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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1878
Page
2
Mrs. Mary Treat describes the belted kingfisher along the St Johns River during winter. The bird uses a wharf as a fishing post, dives for fish with expert aim, and, in spring, shares nest duties with a mate to raise their young.
A North Carolina representative Robb ins report reveals a constituent forged an admission order to obtain Wheeler's exploration reports. The trick involved erasing pencil marks and substituting a dealer’s request, leading to Robbins signing for gallery access and Fletcher noting the ploy. The incident highlights ongoing gallery admission scams.
The article discusses sun spots as familiar phenomena with a nonuniform solar surface. It describes gulfs and dark chasms, up rushing streams of gases, and prominences reaching up to 100,000 miles high. Solar activity varies from violent to calm and shows regular periodicity.
Mr H Bessemer writes to the London Times explaining the vast scale of a billion. He measures time by 31,687 years for a billion seconds and imagines coins, a golden chain, and piles of paper to visualize the number's magnitude.
A fragment describes testing drinking water by filling a quart bottle two thirds with water, dissolving sugar, corking and warming to observe clarity. If the liquid remains clear no danger is indicated, but cloudiness or gas warns against drinking the water. It also mentions an odd altitude reference and obscure terms from the source.
A historical advertisement touts Hostetters Stomach Bitters as a premier remedy praised for malaria prevention and treatment, dyspepsia relief, liver and nervous conditions, and general vitality. It claims decades of success and widespread demand across the Americas, Mexico, Guatemala, the West Indies, Australia, and Europe.
John Flagg of Bennington New Hampshire narrates a three year struggle with a severe cough and bronchitis. After trying multiple remedies he used Dr Wistar’s Balsam of Wild Cherry which restored his health and has since prevented repeated severe coughing fits. He keeps the remedy on hand and recommends it, noting price of six cents and one dollar per bottle.
An old advertisement urges buyers to prefer Dooley Yeast Powder over inferior anterior powders. It promises absolute purity and full weight in every package and notes grocers sell it. Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery is pitched as curing coughs faster by addressing the cause, and is sold by druggists.
An 19th century advertisement extols Sheridan's Condition Powders for hog cholera prevention, Johnson's Disease relief liniment, Quirk's Irish Tea, Dr Tobias Venetian Liniment with cures for diarrhea to rheumatic pains, and Tobias Horse Liniment, urging readers to buy from Park Place depot New York.
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