Block · one region of the page, as the scanner read it. It may hold a whole story, part of one, several, or an advertisement; stitching blocks into articles is the next step. Text is supplied OCR.
Page 2 · column 6 of 9 · from the scan, no model involved

The mayor asked the council to recess rather than adjourn the meeting, stating that they would need to be called again when the tests on the well were complete. Dorothy Hawkins asked for assurance that they would be paid for a separate meeting if they convened again after a recess.
The mayor offered this assurance, the motion was made to recess, and it carried. Present at last Wednesday’s meeting were Newbill Miller, Dorothy Clater, Dorothy Hawkins, Charlie Jenkins, Taylor Updike, C. E. Giles and Brad Fisher.
90.2%