25 Mar 1870
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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1870
Page
1
The Coshocton area reports a mass of Masonic lodge officer elections with names and roles listed for several lodges. A COSH YUST post office notice outlines daily mail routes and schedules, including via Millersburg and Adams Mills with specific pickup times and offices.
Pan handle route altered effective Monday November 4 1849 trains will operate on a revised schedule between Pittsburgh Cincinnati and St Louis as specified by the railway company in service notices.
Fragmentary OCR shows a business card style listing in Brugs Pennsylvania with items such as paints oils tobacco books and stationery. Names include W W Croweln and Thorne at Law Coshocton Ohio and references to Central Hall and Costaston.
A short devotional urging women to seek beauty through virtue and duty rather than cosmetics. It encourages maintaining health, modesty, and steady work, promising beauty as a lifelong result of a pure, diligent life.
A Fort Gaines era report recounts John Robinson's Circus passing through a swamp near Tallahassee to Quincy. An elephant, a Bactrian camel, a mare and foal, and two dogs were attacked by alligators. The camel and colt died, the elephant rescued the camel’s head, and the keeper Houston narrowly avoided disaster with the rest.
A survivor recounts tracking animals to a swamp crossing in Florida at night, returning with an elephant a camel and a horse. The camel alone was valued at 5000 dollars and highly prized. The buyer once offered 1600 but was refused. The ordeal haunts Mr Manston for years.
March 14 session details Ohio lawmakers introduced bills allowing indictments of corporations for nuisances and appointing guardians for non-resident or insane persons. Governor nominees were confirmed for state librarian and two trustees. A measure to fund Cincinnati’s Southern Railroad passed losses in votes. a political party protection bill failed. townships lost a hearse-purchase bill. a pension plan for convict families tied to earnings was approved.
March 11 Senate session features Sumner's personal explanation on Cuba sale rumors and a push for specie payments, while House discusses the Mandling Bill and approves Texan representation. Debates surround the Georgia Bill and Western river restrictions. Reynolds-era party politics and northern aid criticized amid Reconstruction. A New Hampshire arson suspect admits alibi.
An explosion at the Portable Sawmill near Shinersburg killed six men and mortally wounded David Tloover. Victims include Jacob Knupp, David Shook, Robert McConnell, Frank McConnell, John Fritz, Lewis Slvover. carpenters and shelter workers also perished or injured. The mill building was demolished and the cause remains unknown.
Reports from Rio de Janeiro describe a powder explosion at Cerrito Island near the Paraguay estuary. Three detonations destroyed the Pluto schooner the pontoon and shore magazine. Seventeen died aboard the Pluto including the captain's wife and daughter. nine workers as well. Damage spread to Brazilian arsenal vessels and nearby buildings with birds and fish killed.
Niev Clayton of Arkansas praises Northern men who moved South for opportunity and prosperity, defending carpet-baggers as brave contributors to the South while denouncing misrepresentation by Northern papers and the Associated Press. The West Virginia capital moves to Charleston effective April 1, with about 300 new hires at the Georgetown Navy Yard and preference for veterans. Romeo Michigan forms a railway car factory with $200000 capital.
The article summarizes Col Baker's report refuting claims of indiscriminate slaughter and noting expansion on Inspector General Hardie’s long defense of Piegan actions. It also includes a separate urban column warning about garter fashion and a critical Plain Dealer assessment of Cleveland liquor and vice density with Sunday openings and police knowledge.
January department reports show winter wheat acreage declines in Illinois Michigan Indiana New York and New Ireland with California steady and notable increases in Kansas Arkansas Kentucky and Wisconsin. Other winter grains inch down while population notes recount a crisis and society chatter from Charleston to Parkersburg.
A fragment discusses Brick Pomeroy retiring from the newspaper business in New York. An airship code is noted as ready to assist his resolve, and a New York press rule for testing a Christian is cited about stoking a stove pipe for an hour to determine if he swears, indicating skepticism.
A London Record excerpt tells of a boy asking why a tavern is named the Pig and Whistle. The child quips that the landlord feeds his pig while patrons whisper for bacon. The line evokes humor about feeding the pig and earning bacon.
An 1860s fragment recounts an amused encounter with a Quaker wife and a wary sheriff at a home, then shifts to a postwar train scene in Revering. A red faced Yankee, a clerical-looking defender of Confederate sympathies, and others debate the fate of a defunct United States in a sharp, satirical exchange.
In Albany two men attempted a scam on a traveling agent who pretended ignorance of Hudson Street. The agent lured them with a fake wallet stuffed with newspaper scraps and safely kept his cash. The tale ends with the agent grinning at his four dollar improvised theft and Mississippi venison prices noted alongside a Mississippi court case and election result.
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