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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1895
Page
5
A long, disjointed excerpt discusses human anatomy and physiology with garbled, old-time style explanations. It includes notes on blood, nerves, the eye, ear, bones, and senses, followed by a paired stray anecdote about a noisy passenger and various humorous urban vignettes.
In a sleeping car a sudden snore woke all aboard at a watering stop. The porter hesitated to wake the culprit, a woman, and later an older lady was asked to rouse her. The exchange revealed no illness, only a loud unexpected disturbance.
A fragmentary report notes that when travelers leave main railway corridors for minor roads serving a focal purpose, delays and slower schedules become common. The piece hints at a Wyoming-related account and a broader issue of inconsistent rail gathering practices.
A train slows for a two year old steer stuck on a trestle. The conductor explains the animal is the company’s property and the steer resists being led, so crew struggle to move him with a bell rope and umbrella as a joking rider questions the pace.
A patient in an insane asylum clings to the belief he is dead. A physician tests him by drawing blood, but the man counters that if dead men can bleed, his condition remains unchanged. The exchange ends with the joke that blood proves nothing about being dead. The Yonkers Blade report adds a Train Robber dialogue and a sleepily angry passenger.
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