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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1878
Page
4
An English officer accompanying hunter Sheykha conducts a staged cattle drive to lure a tiger from the jungle. After patient stalking and precise shots, the tiger collapses from a spine wound and is carried to camp by elephant.
A Pittsburg man proposes a novel lighting system for the city erecting lighthouses on Nunnery Hill, Coal Hill and Herren Hill. The beams would flood the city so a pin could be seen on the pavement in the darkest night and would cross to neutralize shadows.
The text names Mr Evans mnnd as the champion office-holder of the world in India and lists Johnson of Ootaca as acting commissioner and several high level posts. It references roles in Ooty and Coonoor municipalities, the local fund board, and forest commission positions.
A collection of quoted musings on virtue, self improvement, and meaning. Clarke speaks of upward soul motion and higher aims, while Patterson notes beauty follows storms. The passages remind readers to value inner goodness even when unseen by others.
A projected bridge collision toppled three cages in a Sells Bros show at Pittsburgh. A rhinoceros escaped, wrecked a locomotive car, and injured no one. keeper Kelly mounted the animal and was dragged before being lassooed into a box car. The bear also escaped briefly before capture.
In Nevada mines mules display obedience to drivers and avoid head impacts, unlike horses which risk skull injuries underground. The switch mules beg for food, drink coffee, and even steal lunches while men eat. Teams pull rock-trains in flames of head torches, bobbing through darkness for a striking sight.
Readers receive multiple home cures for corns and warts. Methods include wood ashes with cider vinegar on one corn for days, beef tallow to seal healing, glycerine with tannic acid for soft corns, muriate of ammonia rubs, potassium bi-chromate application, and muriatic acid on warts with care to store away from children.
The article catalogues tones in voices indicating character traits. It lists light slang, deep steady tones, boisterous condense, incredulous sneer, whine of a sycophant, and tender compassionate voices. It argues voice reveals honesty, strength, or deceit and cannot be hidden by artificial tones.
A Whitebal visitor at a telegraph office near 4 Place sought to talk with his wife who was visiting friends at Mr. John Eddy’s. The caller insisted the conversation reveal a private code only they shared, then rambled about the event while the line carried their voices.
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