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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1878
Page
2
San Francisco Echo reports on Chinese funeral customs where a yearly grave feast is laid with whole hogs, poultry, rice and spirits. Graveyard wreckers, a fringe of vagabonds, raid these graves at dusk, stealing gin and food, sparking clashes over spoils and prompting a shift away from grand tomb offerings.
Le Monde Russe compiles a table from sources detailing officers, men and artillery captured by Russia in the war. The list includes official figures from Plevna, added to the compiled totals for a consolidated summary of wartime losses and captures.
A New York Sun commentary argues solid learning outweighs flashy arts for women. It condemns households where a mechanic’s wife cannot cook or iron, urging mothers to train daughters in domestic skills to ensure harmony and support for working husbands.
A historical table ranks woods by fuel value with shellbark hickory at 100 and white pine at 30, noting soil and site strongly influence wood quality. It explains that dry upland trees from isolated positions are worth more for home use, while wet, low, rich soils reduce durability and value.
A San Francisco correspondent describes a Chinese eating-house as three stories with cooking on the first floor, common tables on the second, and grand dinners on the third. It covers lodging, opium smoke, Joss temples, and bustling language signs. It notes crowded rooms, busy labor, and the High Binder gang with dangerous districts like High Binder's Lane.
An excerpt from Scribner's Magazine analyzes fox hunting in New England, detailing how the fox deceives hounds by running in circles and using field edges, fences, and scent tricks. It follows the elder fox’s methodical windings and the watchful patience of the hounds as the quarry repeatedly evades pursuit.
Describes differing horse shoeing practices by country. United States England and France favor knee lifting. Netherlands and parts of Germany use stalls with ankle chains. Turkey and Servia hold heads with multiple handlers. Russia cages horses in wooden frames with straps while a helper fixes the foot for the smith.
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