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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1878
Page
2
Frazer's Magazine reports on a Devonsul pyrites mine where vast heaps of white arsenic sit in open sheds. More than 2000 tons yearly are shipped for use in dyes, while safety and poisoning risks are debated despite workers’ skin eruptions. The piece highlights the powder’s near tastelessness and lack of a reliable antidote.
The article details the cat’s superior tactile sense via whiskers or vibrissae, noting their deep roots and muscular control. It explains whisker contact transmits touch to the brain, guiding nocturnal movement like a blind person with many fine sticks embedded in the skin.
A Helena Montana news item describes Bear Tooth peak near the Gate of the Mountains, where a massive eastern tusk collapsed after a rumbling, sending a 500 foot high mass down 150 feet across the base, leveling timber and scattering rock and timber debris over a quarter mile. The event, witnessed by hunters north of the peak, reflects a major geological shift in a famed landmark.
A note traces the shoe-throwing tradition from ancient Hebrew symbolism of authority transfer to modern good luck rites. It cites biblical references and a Danish poem tale of kings, explaining how the act shifted from a probate of guardianship to a festive ritual.
The vital statistics of New York City show Germans as the healthiest class in the community with mortality nearly 38 percent below the general average. Their birth rate also exceeds that of any other race, indicating greater population growth.
The article traces ancient advertising practices from Roman roads and public notices to early printing uses and plainer signs. It notes statues of lost items on tablets, large color boards for events, and even early ideas of marriage agencies echoing Plato. It cites a Hamburg matrimonial office with frank, openly stated advertisements.
A five year old girl on Eighth Street watches her baby brother during a wash. She stamps her foot and declares adults have it easy, saying wait till he gets a lickin and then he’ll see. Her remark is captured in the Cincinnati Breakfast Table style.
A girl muses on the challenge of being good without obeying her grandmother. She finds reading and praying easy, but minding grandmother proves much harder.
A short verse by George Couper titled The Girl Who Is Always Good appears in the column. It extols a well behaved child, praising steadiness, neatness, and quiet obedience in a lilting moral rhyme. The piece concludes with a gentle implication of the child’s identity as Dolly.
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