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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1878
Page
3
A letter describes Eleuthera Bahama pineapple cultivation. Land is rocky with hollow holes where sprouts grow. fields yield 10,000 pineapples per acre and replenish for six years. Weeds, crabs grass, and rats threaten crops. rats are controlled by poison from phosphorus in sweet potatoes.
Pleischroter the German banker, a close ally of Bismarck, bragged about receiving a patent of nobility after much lobbying and claimed even Count Von Moltke witnessed a guardhouse salute. He lamented the constant honors as a nuisance, noting soldiers presented arms as he passed.
Capt William Plocker of Brandon is profiled as a peculiar man with a banker background who settled in Metomen, Fon du Lac county thirty years ago. A well read farmer, his vast library and habit of deep thinking standout. He once ran a tavern, once milked ten cows at night, and after serving in the 1875 Assembly, sold his farm for 12000 dollars and now residents consider him Brandon’s potential first village president.
The treasury department lists 1879 requested appropriations versus 1878 enacted for all departments. Totals show 280,699,768 for 1879 and 126,963,070 for 1878 with no funds for military establishment or rivers and harbors. The document includes line items for executive, state, treasury, war, navy, interior, post office, justice, agriculture, and other sectors.
Advertisement claims Tar Proxies Toracco Company products and Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders offer profits from poultry feed. Mentions Irish Tea and Quirk's brand, with prices around 25 cents per package. Includes dubious claims of disease prevention and financial gain from a coop of thirty hens.
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