11 Mar 1869
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Newspaper
Tiffin Tribune
Location
Tiffin, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1869
Page
1
A tense scene unfolds with a captured man kept in a house as a doctor watches. The captive parece wary, craving brandy and freedom while the narrator weighs justice and safety as sirens approach and a battered messenger arrives at the door seeking help.
A vivid narrator recounts a violent assault on Constable Hoskins during a jail break and the subsequent chase. The escapee Blancombe vanishes after a brutal confrontation, while Hoskins recovers and offers fragmented, uncertain testimony. The tale ends with a rumor of Blancombe’s freedom spreading through town.
A fragmentary, heavily garbled excerpt presents a farewell speech claiming to be from a U S president addressing the nation from Washington on March 3. It discusses civil war, constitutional limits, the powers claimed by the executive, and urging the public to restore the union while warning against foreign conquest and partisan excess. The text laments overreach by Congress and the judiciary, defends wartime actions, and questions the balance of power between branches. The piece includes stray jokes and unrelated dialogue, but preserves strong references to constitutional principles and national healing.
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