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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1878
Page
2
A farmer sharing practical tips lists household and garden uses for borax and other simples, including preserving leather, whitening inks, cleaning brass, and keeping pests at bay. It also details codling moth life cycles, methods to reduce moth impact in orchards, and practical orchard maintenance practices.
Every afternoon from April 3 for thirty one days tar mixed with rain water was warmed and applied to the trees. The tar did no harm to the trees but trapped millers attempting to ascend. The insects emerge from the ground at dusk and crawl up the trees to lay eggs, sticking in the tar.
Kentucky bans concealed weapons. Nevada senator has been seatless over two years. A New York woman sings for three hours straight. Central City Colorado fields a boy fire brigade aged ten to thirteen. Spain’s former monarchs attend Paris Expo. A Chicago dealer’s assets include 600 dollars of ice. a $674 bill notes loss. Louisiana enacts a penny-quarter tax on drinks. expected annual revenue $300,000. Nancy Hatch of Royalston Ohio revoked a will in insanity yet probate proves it valid. US fruit crops value about $140,000,000, citrus in Florida and California outshine Italian and Spanish fruit. Bersig, Berlin locomotive magnate, dies. firm built 3,600 locomotives since 1837 employing 10,000 plus. Global rail capital totals quoted near $6 trillion. From 1830 to 1878 US mileage grows from 23 to 77,470.
George Grant, founder of a large English colony in Victoria Kansas, died recently. He once traveled from London in 1873 as a partner in Grant & Gash, bought 140,000 acres from the government, stocked the land, and brought numerous English immigrants to settle there. The estate is valued at about $700,000.
The report notes eels attack the ahad in nets after capture in the river. They slit the gill openings to suck spawn and entrails, leaving fish clean. Fishermen say ahad that are attacked yield the best catches, as eels will not enter untouched fish.
The text notes eels and other fish following shad upstream to eat the spawn, preventing the shad from increasing excessively. Without these natural destroyers, the shad would grow to an amusing extent.
In 1855 Massachusetts had 30,000 more boot and shoe workers than today, yet factory product value now exceeds 70 million dollars per year. The note highlights modern sewing and shaping machines, 17 key inventions for large factories, and a vivid claim that newspapers act as tireless ads reaching all walks of life. It also recounts a Paris banquet memory of 10,000 victorious soldiers fed with massive meat and wine servings at Champs Elysees.
The Missouri Republican warns that fifteen American boys have fled comfortable homes in a month, stealing from parents to fund outfits for adventures. It blames dime novels and illustrated papers for instilling unhealthy romantic notions and urges keeping such books away from boys.
An observant writer notes few men bear prosperity without intoxication and loss of balance while adversity tests fortitude. He contrasts the old sailor who finds happiness in storms with those who refuse to believe the sun will shine again. Young men are urged to keep their heads cool under all changes and maintain equanimity.
A collage of aphorisms, proverbs, legal quips, trade notes, and verse fragments from 19th century papers. It cites apples imported to England in 1877, American fruit exports rising since 1862, cigar shipments from Key West, and a variety of curiosities and humorous lines.
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