03 Nov 1875
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Newspaper
Lima Gazette
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1875
Page
1
A vivid travelogue recounts a rough sea voyage to Pudding Bay with a querulous eccentric passenger, cave visits, a small local museum, and colorful local characters. The narrator notes humor and oddities while describing crowd reactions, fees, and the bay's peculiar charm.
A Victorian-era snapshot analyzes female attire in China. It describes working women with plain dark outfits, white aprons, and very short trousers, while praising their hair arrangement and decorative pins. It notes head coverings scarce, sunshade hats for outdoors, and contrasts with batter class costumes including ankle-to-pant layers, thick soled shoes, and bound feet descriptions. The piece ends with a remark on footbinding and mobility, referencing lifter fyinn China.
A competitive examination will be held in Lima Ohio on the sixth of November 1875 to select a qualified candidate for appointment as a Cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point from Ohio's Fifth Congressional District. Eligibility includes age 17 to 22, with extension to 24 for certain veterans, height at least five feet, sound health, literacy, and district residency. The board will conduct written and oral tests and nominate the winner for West Point.
The Internal Revenue Service rules weiss beer is a similar fermentable liquor to ale and lager, placing it under the same per barrel tax and alcohol percentage duties. A Detroit police court scene is described with a drunken defendant and a chaotic exchange about the ague and punishment, including a judge warning and a bribe attempt.
Elijah Pond of Adama township battled a fierce bull after it charged him when he returned from tending cows. Armed with a three pronged fork and finally a strong ax, Pond relentlessly fought the animal, sustaining injuries yet forcing the bull to yield. He returned to the yard and completed the suppression, remaining bedridden for days.
The article notes a shift in opinion among critics of Captain Radon’s deepening project on the Mississippi. It describes initial skepticism turning to cautious support as construction proceeds, detailing measurements, timber, and scaffolding involved, and mentions related river and harbor efforts abroad, with irregular OCR fragments about trees, weights, and a fatal incident nearby.
Olive Lagan recounts a wild tale at Maggie Mitchells Long Branch cottage where Jim Cottier tricks a supposed kinswoman and a papier mache snake causes chaos. The yard erupts as the snake, mounted on trousers, writhes free prompting gasps and screams. The scene ends with Vaddork tearing the creature apart, shocking all present.
The text presents a disrupted historical note with scattered names and phrases about a wedding, preparations, and related events, but most details are unreadable. It mentions marriages, meetings, and various uncommon terms, lacking coherent structure or clear dates or participants to identify.
Readable parts show a chaotic scene with references to a murder claim and named individuals like Slight and Van. The text includes an encounter in a doorway with statements about power and a plan. Details are unclear due to OCR errors, but tone suggests a crime narrative fragment.
A fragmented news excerpt discusses nonexistent scientific notions about extinguishing flames by blowing and mentions anecdotes about a Newfoundland dog and a prankster, followed by a tale of a river rescue. It notes predicted oyster season prosperity and large oyster markets near Newark Bay Amboy with substantial harvest expectations and shipping activity.
A fragmented 1862 account describes boiling rain water with wax glue resin sugar and alcohol to make leather varnish by John King of Tennessee. It shifts to a rugged life tale of a man living thirteen years in a cave near the Cumberland Mountains surviving on cave produce and spring water after a rail line blast ends his household.
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