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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1878
Page
3
An Indian experiment stored heat from the sun to cook food in a copper receptacle surrounded by hot air and a silvered glass reflector. The device can keep heat for up to three and a half hours and now cooks chops or steaks outdoors as quickly as fire. The note invites readers to test sun heat on south-facing slate roofs on hot days.
A compact collection of maxims on honesty caution and prudence. It covers speaking boldly for a right cause avoiding rash promises and the consequences of careless words. The sayings warn against overconfidence and praise true virtue over ancestral status.
A quirky note claims New York Times scientists link a cat’s nocturnal howl to electricity. It suggests cats on east and west fences feel pain and howl, while north south fences supposedly cause no distress. The piece reads as humorous commentary with archaic phrasing.
A wintering gentleman traveling from a village near Perpignan to Marseilles with his mother in law’s remains learns the wrong coffin was shipped. The admiral’s coffin bound for Algeria left on board the vessel while the intended coffin was sent to Toulon. Despite efforts to intercept, the admiral’s casket arrived after the other had sailed, leaving the mourner to keep the remains until authorities supply the correct body. The episode ends with naval honors already paid to the mother in law.
A correspondent reports on triangular seed fruits in Mexican regions that host small moth larvae. Children collect the beans and sell them to steamship travelers. when warmed they move, roll, and jump like living creatures, later becoming light brown moth larvae before dying if kept cool. Locals call these berries devil beans.
At a Paris opera a colored lady in an elegant box drew attention as Princess Celia daughter of Soulouque the former Haytian emperor. She and her family mingle in England. Soulouque’s son could sign only and read print. He named himself emperor in 1849 creating many nobles and two orders for men and women.
A 1877 fiscal record shows Britain paid foreign nations 484 398 685 dollars for grain cattle and meat. Breakdown includes 315 961 120 for grain 86 568 370 for cattle and meat 47 691 525 for butter 23 815 265 for cheese and 12 362 405 for eggs. Mothers! Mothers! Mothers! urges Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething pains wind colic and bowel regulation in children.
The article debunks claims of clairvoyance behind Dr B V Pierce’s method and compares his diagnostic system to the scientific signs used in geology and chemistry. Comley’s Biographical Encyclopedia lauds Pierce for basing diagnosis on rational scientific principles. It advertises the People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser and offers delivery for one dollar.
A promotional notice urges gentle treatment of the stomach and recommends Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior restorative tonic. It touts rye as the basis and claims the bitters speed healing by delivering plant-based ingredients into the system, asserting superior efficacy to officinal remedies.
The housekeeper or cook can study economy in the kitchen by using Dooley's Yeast Powder. It is claimed to be an economical and valuable baking assistant for biscuits rolls bread cake waffles muffins and all flour foods. It supposedly saves eggs shortening patience and more while producing light palatable wholesome results with no waste.
A ten year overview highlights grand hotels in New York led by Grand Central as the largest and finest. The text praises comfort and satisfaction while noting surprisingly low prices for a first class hotel and cautions against worthless dust and ashes powders sold as Condition Powders, recommending Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders as pure and valuable.
An old advertisement offers Johnson's Anodyne for sore throat stiff joints and rheumatic pains claiming it is the best pain killer. It also promotes Quirk's Irish Tea sold at 25 cents and mentions H C Acker 105 Park Place New York as a shipper of farm produce seeking top market prices.
The advertises a 30 year old claim of Dr Tobias Venetian Liniment for internal use against diarrhea dysentery cholera and external use for cough croup rheumatism sore throats cuts bruises and other pains. It guarantees cures or pay and lists 40 cent price for internal use and one dollar for pint bottles with depot in New York.
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