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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1895
Page
5
Attorney at law W R Pomerene announces offices at North of Court House, formerly occupied by E T Spangler in Cashocton.
A social scene recalls a fashionable hat dispute and a stern railroad of etiquette as a hat obstructs a view at a concert. The tale shifts to Gen. Van Wahl of St. Petersburg who tests a pension case by secretly bribing a widow to reveal corruption, leading to a police chief's exile and a pension granted.
A New Hampshire farmer and a Massachusetts traveler share quick wit and humor over preach er patches and a farmer's patch joke. The tale shifts to a courting couple at a wedding and a comic coffee ruse, all framed by a pithy, period-voice collage of small-town anecdotes.
Mrs Bittersweet rushes to the theater town outing as her husband insists on quick dressing. Amid torn wardrobes and missing shoes the couple races to catch a train, only for him to arrive late and wave a scarf as the car pulls away.
Col John H B Latrobe relays a Baltimore News claim that John P Kennedy authored the fourth chapter of the Virginians describing George Warrington’s flight from Fort Duquesne. At a London dinner Kennedy reportedly offered to write the chapter, a move Thackeray accepted after prompting. Kennedy then penned the chapter overnight, matching Warrington’s trek with exact topography.
An old tale from The Fourth's Companion recalls Rev H C White aiding poor Irish tenantry who repay loans with interest. A young man hides a brother’s hospital letter and reveals the truth only after pressure. The brother’s note explains he was injured in America and urges repayment quietly.
Atte Railway Station an Irish woman argues with an agent about an excursion ticket to Ashland. The dialogue highlights the stubbornness of paying for travel there and back while already present, revealing humor and frustration at the ticket window. A stray line notes housing densities: 3.82 families per dwelling in New York City, 1.00 in Cincinnati, 1.72 in Chicago, and 1.70 in Bowton.
Fragmented OCR text presents the original words and verses of Dixie with many garbled spellings and mixed dialect. It includes lines referencing Dixie land, old missus, and southern imagery, plus a short dramatic exchange about a wife and husband parting.
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