01 May 1868
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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1868
Page
1
Will Weed’s estranged wife Lotty Weed confronts him as he prepares for another night out. The piece traces his growing coldness, her isolation in a gilded cage, and the looming threat of an alcohol fueled drift away from marriage. The narrative probes class and temptation through Lotty’s awareness of bottles and bars beyond her social circle.
Will Weed wanders through a festive night of alcohol and flirtation until a drunk trapper abducts him and a burglar targets Lotty. A desperate rescue by a passerby and police stops the crime, leading Will to confess, vow sobriety, and rebuild a domestic life with Lotty.
About one o'clock Sunday morning in Nashville an argument with Quint Me Wright, a railroad worker, led to his wife defending herself with a carving knife after he beat and choked her. She wounded him in the arm and back. he was arrested but released on recognizance. He disappeared next day. The wife, small and ninety-five pounds, acted in self defense.
A soldier recalls a Christmas on picket duty near Fredericksburg. A Confederate rebel from the Georgia Legion crosses the river, shares a respectful exchange, and returns a Bible and a photograph, expressing emotion at the reunion. The article closes with a school composition about dogs and other animals.
An article describes a man who bought hogs in Illinois and drove them to Chicago selling at a loss. It then discusses a Cincinnati inventor’s model of an iron passenger car with four-inch padding, warm-air heating, and collapsible, flexible crush zones to prevent splintering in crashes and protect occupants.
A comical tale of a Boston boarding house mistress strict on doctrine who relents when a sea captain asks for shelter. she probes his belief in damnation, and, after a backhanded calculation, accepts the guest declaring fifty thousand souls are better than nothing.
Clermont Courier home correspondent reports fruit crop notes with cherries used up peaches half crop pears damaged strawberries and apples all right plumes all right. The column rhymes about attachments and women versus men, citing hats and bonnets.
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