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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1878
Page
5
A Union Pacific train at Elko Nevada draws a crowd of dirty, shabbily dressed Native women and children. They beg for food and money with a stubborn, sullen mien while babies are displayed in flimsily made cradles. The scene is described with harsh, demeaning detail highlighting poverty and perceived otherness.
The Groesbeck New Era recounts a singular Prairie Grove courtship where a persistent suitor proposed, was refused, and endured repeated refusals. He vowed to neither eat nor sleep until marriage. After dinner, supper, and a late-night wait, the woman finally agreed, jokingly asking if there were any cold victuals on hand.
A London correspondent recalls two leopard encounters in the Yenrit Hills. Reeves and shikaree Gunnoo wound a leopard after a fierce fight, the shikaree choking it off with his turban. Another hunter narrowly avoids bullets as the leopard stalls, then is killed after a long chase and wounds. The leopard is praised as a formidable, blood-streaked specimen.
The treatise Shut Your Mouth by Catlin gains attention in Germany for promoting nasal breathing. Mouth breathing is easier but less safe, while nasal air enters lungs better, moistens air, filters dust, and reduces throat irritation. mouth breathing can dry the throat and harm children with risks like false croup and potential ear injury.
The Philadelphia Ledger notes Gov. Penn's 1701 message was brief and contains practical counsel. It urges unity and peace, asks legislators to yield to preserve essentials, and warns against losing the governor's esteem as he prepares to depart. The report cites Governor William Penn and the shared colonial context.
A Boston Journal excerpt recounts the Bank of Nevada as a vast gold vault with ten million in its stock, managed by Flood and O'Brien. It portrays generous Bonanza fortunes, early humble beginnings, and the pair’s rise through mining profits, with vivid portraits of Flood’s reserved leadership and O'Brien’s bustling presence.
A compendium lists rivers by length led by the Yangtze Kiang at 4060 miles and the Congo near 3000 miles. Other rivers named include the Amazon, Mississippi, Hoangho, Nile, Euphrates, Volga, Danube, Indus, Ganges, Orinoco, Niger, Don, Dnieper, Senegal, Rhine, Gambia, with lengths from 888 to about 4060 miles. Stanley adds the Congo as nearly 3000 miles, sourcing from Lake Bangweolo near the Zanzibar latitude and flowing through central Africa to the Atlantic.
A New York suit hinges on three torn letters found in a dust barrel by a rag-picker. He stitched them, read the signatures, and led the woman to reward him. The letters, long thought lost, were admitted in evidence and saved her honor. Providence led him to the claimant and the court heard the originals.
A St Petersburg journal says a severe famine has struck Kazan province. Kazan city is crowded with famine sufferers offering free work to gain food. Nearby districts face extreme hunger from successive poor harvests. A government commission tours the famine areas and local subscriptions are opened, with Tartar merchants of Kagan contributing generously.
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