18 Nov 1875
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Newspaper
Coshocton Age
Location
Coshocton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1875
Page
1
In late summer scenes the verse urges young lovers Robert and Mary to marry before the harvest moon wanes. Farmers attend to chores as the countryside hums with bells, crickets, and harvest activity while a red sky signals the impending station.
In a Wide Awake tale by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, a English coachman John Jacobs and housemaid Susan move to Nebraska. After two sons Titus and Tam O'Shanter, and new baby, they face a savage Indian raid. Their brave mother guards the home while the boys ride Jerusalem. An arrow wounds them but they survive, as Susan tends them and Jerusalem carries them to safety. The story ends with the revelation of the arrow’s recovered shaft and the claim that it was an arrow escape.
The article argues that poor labor quality worsens unemployment and low pay. It notes plowmen, horse groomers, sailors, and other workers often fail to perform skills properly. It urges workers to improve skill to increase demand and earnings, asserting better labor makes labor more productive and less vulnerable to economic downturns.
In Portsmouth Newfoundland, Mr. Sheaf the grocer pretends to overcharge a thief who steals a bag of wool. the man pays for the wool with a weight trick. The trickster ends up with the skim milk cheese at forty four cents a pound, paying for dishonesty.
Cadiz residents chase a forged notes case tied to George A. Haverfield who disappeared last Saturday after extensive property improvements and running a Central Hotel. He allegedly forged brothers Jaimes and John’s names on promissory notes totaling about 15000 dollars. a note bearing his deceased father’s name is contested by his wife who holds the property in trust for note holders. The last sighting was in Dennison Saturday evening en route west. some believe he fled to Canada.
An elderly man named Jeesb Wimeth, described as a vagabond traveler, faces a court hearing. He talks of traveling across the Continent for observation, noting critics and foibles of society and officials before being dismissed.
A grand narrative of a seventeen year old boy on a log cabin doorstep laments a life of hardship in Arkansas while a traveler passes by. The scene contrasts a baby’s serenity with the boy’s despair as he outlines a string of family misfortunes and drought. The piece notes Hon. T. L. Jewett’s death in Philadelphia and critiques Alabama’s new constitution risking debt repayment.
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