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Newspaper
Springfield Globe Republic
Location
Springfield, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1885
Page
2
A notice from the Gianeet announces issuance of warning and evening editions from Lith to 12th of dune with full reports of the State Repub. The brief item signals multiple editions and ongoing coverage.
A garbled OCR fragment lists multiple personal names and places including Allen Astland Ashiabvila Yelwant Kauwa Clare Carmine Clinton Mundin Harriss Hour Wlulilands Mowing Holme Horan Janson. Many items appear without clear context or event. The text preserves numerous named individuals and possible locations but lacks coherent narrative.
A chaotic mix of notes from Springfield meetings and surrounding towns discusses the Ohio State Republican Convention to be held in Springfield. Mentions debate over venue, delegates in Xenia and the central location, and comments on candidates and local political figures.
An elderly Lancaster resident recalls a curious tale from the town’s early days about Jacob Humbarger who crafted a coffin overnight for a mysterious customer arriving before daylight. The stranger paid in full, took the coffin home by wagon, and the incident lingered as a vivid local legend.
A Lancaster County legend recounts Jacob Humbarger’s coffin order and eerie chalk marks on a work bench, as neighbors and family discuss strange messages and a fear of being haunted. The tale ends with Humbarger’s rumored burial inside the coffin and its aftereffects on the village.
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