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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1878
Page
2
A French chemist asserts that ground coffee, when boiled with hot water, can enhance its stimulating properties. The article also discusses butter restoration, cider preservation, sash adjustments, toads in gardens, horse stables, fat horses, feeding fowls, and sprain care with rest and cold applications.
A feisty tale recalls Billy Bangs a notorious Philadelphia debt collector famed for a high hat painted Bad Bills Collected. He paraded to debtor offices until payments were secured and kept half the sum, though a court later acquitted him, ruling his hat regulation free.
A historical reflection extols industry and time value. It contrasts happiness from useful work with idleness, praising truth and immortal virtues such as integrity, honesty, and goodness. It notes enduring witness from those who keep these principles, despite persecution.
A beloved San Francisco social figure, Alice J. Hyde, was fatally injured when a runaway horse struck her as she helped her mother cross Market and Kearney streets. She suffered a skull fracture and died within two hours. Her death echoes a similar historic New York tragedy associated with Charlotte Candas.
A historic Berlin health warning describes morphinomania born from opium subcutaneous injections used to ease pain and sleeplessness. Victims span tradespeople, judges, soldiers, clergy and students. Dependence grows as medical doses rise, leaving patients unable to sleep without the injections and often leading to chronic addiction.
A curio filled portrait of Swedish dining shows soup ending meals, iced soups and cold fish as favorites, and desserts built from cherry and berry flavors. The piece notes sauces of many colors, strong ice-cream-tart combos, berry confections with farina and almonds, and a universal sweetness courting dyspepsia among visitors.
A scholarly note describes Miocene Greenland fossils indicating a vegetation rich in oaks pops chestnuts and vines with sequoias, implying a milder climate similar to Geneva Lake region. Earlier eras reveal ferns and conifers of temperate to subtropical affinity, with Arctic climates in the Cretaceous likened to Egypt or Canary Islands.
A large alligator mob disrupts steamer Pionsér near Kenaka on the Norman River. The crewman unfastening rope is seized and saved after fighting the beast with thrown branches. The pursuing reptile sinks back, one man fatally wounded by bites. The victim dies fifteen minutes after reaching medical care.
A North Lexington man recounts a startling incident in which a dead horse toppled into a grave while being lowered. The animal lurched, catching the man's frock and throwing him head first into the pit, breaking his neck upon impact.
The Malay is described as dull and listless until roused, then showing notable energy and determination. A proverb cited notes wounds heal but leave a scar, reflecting a mentality where offenses are avenged in blood and a kris is always carried.
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