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Newspaper
Lima Gazette
Location
Lima, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1874
Page
4
A curious railroad depot note and a chaotic scene in Lincoln Nebraska ends with Mennonite divorce and a street water fight. Boys combat a depot nozzle flooding sidewalks while townspeople react and a saloon keeper intervenes.
A carrier pigeon released at Elizabeth New Jersey at W02 a.m. several days ago reached its home in Philadelphia at H a.m. after flying seventy miles in about forty minutes. The bird’s rapid journey highlights the quick delivery possible by trained pigeons between the cities.
The Toledo Blade notes immense wheat crops as a sign of broader prosperity. Businessmen report high wholesale activity, New York and others echo the trend, and financial sectors expect revival after summer suspensions. Farmers’ prosperity is tied to overall economic revival, with farming’s strong season fueling next year’s activity.
An unreadable OCR fragment presents garbled text with scattered names and phrases. It mentions Mr Denton, odd references to beverages and weather, stray lines about storms and afflicted children, and a jumble of invented terms, lacking coherent narrative or clear event.
A fragmented OCR note lists Gullenv County tax payers and levy figures, with unclear figures and references to rate, official tables, and distribution. It notes counts of taxpayers and collections, mentioning local officials and withheld details. The legible items include references to taxes, fees, and the division of funds among purposes and entities.
A dog Caesar disrupts a woman's portrait attempt then brings home his own daguerreotype. A Des Moines drifter in a glass-smashing scam evades arrest with counterfeit money. A witty joke and several lightquaint quips close the piece, reflecting a late 19th century humor column.
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