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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1878
Page
2
Practical agricultural notes on pasture management, salt as a vermifuge for livestock, late sowing for faster garden crops, and planning a rich deep soil garden. Advice covers tree planting depth, seed choices, manure use, and early season fodder strategies.
The article surveys this season’s fashion notes including concealed outside pockets, self-material shirred trims, and novel scarf drapery. It highlights cashmere silk mixed dresses, narrow revers collarettes, longer street basques, pleated and yoke waists, belts, and dressy polonaises with fitted backs. Silk suits and velvet with all wool fabrics are expected to lead, with corded silks in plum blue green and claret. Pongee and bourette textures, foulard silks, and durable foulard printing are noted, plus pongee parasols with plain bamboo stems and ribbon details.
A civil engineer G W Bayley lost his wife and oldest child when a ship wrecked in a Bahamas storm. A seven month old infant, Henry P Bayley, survived clinging to a shrub as rescuers later found him near the coast. The tale highlights the infant’s remarkable survival and the peril faced by the passengers and crew.
A historical clipping notes English magazines debating the sensations of hanging. Reports describe brief pain followed by pleasant color visions and oblivion. Some revived prisoners recount fire in the eyes, shifting colors, and a beautiful path of trees, suggesting an entertaining chromatic display.
Washington Star correspondent cites a long list of coincidences linking burning gunpowder to local storms. Examples include a July thunderstorm recurring for eight years and a violent storm on a July celebration night twelve years ago. Civil war battles reportedly followed by storms in 86.5 percent of cases.
A tale of Sandor the reckless rider who defied danger across Europe feasting on feats from stairs with a horse to crossing the Danube on ice. mobbed in 1848 for ties to Prince Metternich he used a cat-filled balcony display and crowd stunts to pressure a consort. He vowed never to mount a horse after a supernatural warning and kept the pledge.
A Washington gossip writer says a Western woman, eager for fame, claims to be the most beautiful on the continent. Her mother supports her vanity, funding a public portrait shown in the West, with plans to send it to Paris as the highest type of American beauty.
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