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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1878
Page
4
A reflective collection of maxims on virtue, self discipline, and happiness. It urges guarding thoughts, cultivating charity, and wearing learning discreetly. It warns against fretfulness and envy, advising persistence, self-improvement, and a cheerful outlook as guiding principles.
The excerpt describes Chinese laborers in California as farm workers and laborers who live in tents, rely on masters for rice and clothing, and avoid learning English. It portrays their economic role, living conditions, and cultural retention, noting their preference for simple, frugal living and limited language acquisition.
The Pall Mall Gazette in London reports inquests into child deaths linked to life insurance. Dr O Hanlon notes a rise in infant mortality tied to insurance canvassing and suggests a disturbing motive among some parents to profit from a child’s death.
The text relays a collection of quotes attributed to Guizot Thiers and Bismarck about forgiveness. It then mentions a Roman candle used against a dog near an engine house, followed by a maternal appeal for Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, pitched as a remedy for teething and colic with claims of relief and rest for mothers.
An assortment of sensational notices praises peculiar people and various patent medicines. It features Dr. Pierce products for digestion and catarrh, claims about reading material, and remarks on fashionable health resorts. A recipe for Boston Tea Bread and Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders are also included, with dubious claims about protection of hogs and people.
A Missouri debtor sent a note to settle a debt by recounting how a hanging at Warrensburg funded payment. He explains the hazardous plan earned funds to “pay off your debt” while noting the hardship it caused others and hoping to be prompt next time.
Scott county farmer Mr. Henderson attempted a race against a train at a railway crossing. He partly succeeded by crossing before the coaches mail-car tender and cab, but the train proved quicker and the effort ended with a draw and a spoiled attempt.
An old ad promotes Johnson 8 Anodyne Liniment claiming wide value and promising quick returns for shippers of farm produce. It urges readers in the United States to write for details and notes establishment in 1865. Includes Quirk's Irish Tea as a remedy for biliousness and headache with druggist sales.
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