11 Apr 1867
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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1867
Page
1
A battered OCR fragment from The Gazette presents a garbled verse about a father, son, and a crown era image. The text jumbles names and phrases, implying a nostalgic or dramatic meditation on kinship, loss, and identity within a troubled, mystic landscape.
Maude Bryant rejects a life of wealth and jewels to marry Charley May, a clerk earning eight hundred dollars a year. Her father, Richard Bryant, initially resists but ultimately allows the match after Maude proves her resolve. The narrative follows Maude’s vow to shun luxury for love and Charley’s determined pursuit, ending with their marriage. The text then shifts to a summary of Indiana's new liquor law provisions and enforcement details.
A skeptical essay on youth harshly tempered by experience, arguing that rough worldly treatment tempers conceit and builds character. It notes schooling, leadership, and social rank shaping a novice into a man through abrasion, then shifts to political debate on suffrage and party discipline in a legislative session. It also touches on public health and a Peru valley anecdote.
A long report describes Mr H Wilde of Liverpool revealing a new method to produce electricity from weak currents in powerful magnets. A compact one pound electro magnetic machine and a three pound armature generate and store energy, using a rotating iron cylinder and incandesced copper coil. The machine lights streets, powers photography, and outshines gas lighting in public buildings. The piece notes the inventor’s claims and mentions a US correspondent and political remarks with a proverb about one’s master always being present.
A fragmentary historical piece discusses grape cultivation by George Hushmann of Horr mon Mo with notes on drainage pruning and pest control. It also covers varied items including remarks on Brice Pomeroy, a new dining room in San Francisco, and municipal consolidation efforts in Allegheny Philadelphia area, plus religious and industrial notices.
A garbled wartime scene shows a clergyman delivering political addresses with both parties listening. A Copperhead critic heckles the preacher, accusing mixing religion with politics, while the orator defends his stance amid noisy audience remarks.
A garbled passage lists likely serial book titles and poetic lines, then pivots to a local family in Colon Michigan, Thurston surname, with twelve children named in a bewildering sequence. The note hints at a teacher’s remark and a boy named Uselora Visto, amid scattered names and phrases.
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