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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1878
Page
4
Faded lines praise rowing prowess and poetic echoes in a piece from the Ithaca Democrat. The text references oars, echoing a race at sea and the ideal of coordinated effort. Fyaneta O Connor is named in connection with the poem.
In colonial South Carolina, eight year old Samuel and ten year old Robert Williams find two wild kittens in a rock cave. A pursuing wolf chases them toward their family farm, but their father shoots the wolf, saving the boys and the kittens.
A distressed child recalls his mother in a coffin with flowers, asking for comfort and a pudding from his missing dinner. He blames Aunt Agnes for his mother's death and longs for maternal care as he sits by a fire and imagines playing with a pudding marked D for Danny.
Denver reports a severe Kiowa wreck as a heavy engine and several freight cars plunged through a bridge into a swollen river. Despite exhaustive searches, the engine and cars have not been recovered, water depth and current hindering recovery efforts.
Jim Knox suffered extreme cold symptoms despite warm rooms and fires. He rode home in a wagon with Mr. Meadows and collapsed, dying near a thermometer reading about 9 degrees. Doctors noted normal body heat at times, a puzzling case of exposure and attempt to warm.
An American traveler notes Cairo donkey boys learn words from travelers and tailor donkey names like Yankee Doodle or Andrew Jackson. Donkeys and camels carry loads, with slow results. dirt often moved by donkeys or women on heads, while wheelbarrows clear more dirt in an hour.
The article discusses nerve impulse speeds across animals from small mice to whales, noting delays due to nerve distance and the brain’s role. It compares quick reactions in short-mined creatures to slower responses in longer bodies and considers the brain and spinal cord as central nervous centers in the transmission of commands.
The readable lines show a weary speaker seeking medical help and lamenting illness. A later fragment references strawberries pineapples ice cream and refreshments, with odd garbled names and stray comments about someone refusing to move. The passage mixes poetry and stray notes without a coherent narrative.
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