07 Feb 1867
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Newspaper
Lancaster Gazette
Location
Lancaster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1867
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered names and phrases about committees letters and publications. It mentions Abelye’s and Dr. D. H. Seelye Co with various cities and firms, suggesting a historical pamphlet notice or publisher list with uncertain details and incomplete names.
A jumbled miscellany of Victorian prose includes a lurid theater description, social satire on finance, and extended sketches of manners. The piece juxtaposes travelogue style, moralizing anecdotes, and caricature of urban life with long, digressive passages and garbled OCR.
A garbled news slice lists varied items from Bible sales to marriages in Wheeling, a yacht challenge, a Russian in Chicago, disputes over slavery, property values in Missouri, anniversaries of Mrs. General Williams, a rope walker’s tour, and New York crime tallies. It reads like a collage of loosely connected reports with numerous misprints and corrupted phrases.
An Irishman arriving in New York encounters a parrot in a shop window that greets him with good morning sir. He replies politely, then jokes that he thought the tailor was a bid. The note contrasts urban life with distant groves planned for harvest, mentioning St Axuntine fruits.
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