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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1878
Page
2
A poetic sketch contrasts a free sparrow in a pagoda with a caged life of wealth and status. It follows the sparrow’s yearning for open skies and the moral about love over riches, then shifts to The Story of Mushka a tale of a poor merchant’s son who earns capital through persistence and wit.
An odd, fragmentary confession reveals a man claiming to have amassed a fortune from a small loan. He jokes about a daughter’s marriage, claiming the nickname Mushka or the Mouse and a reputation built on a bent path to money.
A fragment lists twenty rules for proper behavior at home. Advice covers courtesy to parents and servants, speaking softly, cleaning boots, being punctual at meals, and avoiding interruptions. Emphasizes kindness, honesty about faults, and valuing a mother as a best friend.
Two New Yorkers overheard in a Sacramento saloon tale a man who never saw his wife and six children in New York. The man explained one child was born after he left, eliciting laughter as the encounter closed with him known for his six children he had never met.
The piece surveys recent toilet fashion including the matelet square sailor collar bourette effects and Pekin style hats in cardinal and navy blue. It notes rich falling collars echoing old French school paintings and mentions kilt plated skirts plaited blouses and trimmed wash goods with solid color bands.
The memory of Rebecca Bates recounts how she and her sister Abigail, aided by a light house guard, managed to thwart English warships during a 181x incident. On witnessing the La Hogue offshore, they hid and used flutes and drums to signal, while Rebecca played Yankee Doodle to delay attackers. She saved flour shipments and lives, prompting questions about a pension for her bravery.
Ahmed Kais erli obtained permission from the Muscovite commander to return ships to Constantinople, then quietly shipped eighty Krupp cannons from the besieged fortress. The Russian general, unaware of the ruse, realized the deception too late as the fleet set sail.
A mosaic of anecdotes and quips, from taxes on interest to a dancing master who clocked sixteen hours of waltzing. Notes on misers, counterfeit coins, a two sultans era, a Eureka hat, and a moral about not poking umbrellas at nighttime mules. Also mentions Edison’s marriage and a Norman hair tale.
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