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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1878
Page
2
A collage of recipes and household advice covers beef stews with detailed quantities and steps for pies and puddings, and a method for ridding rats using moistened potash. The piece also outlines treating hoof rot in livestock with warm tar, cleansing with soap and water, and keeping animals in clean conditions.
A man and wife stand by a window on a wintry day. She extols nature and winter as a grand scene while he remains chilly and pragmatic. They trade poetic lines about winter’s beauty, then joke about tracking rabbits as silence settles for an hour and a half.
Stanley bids farewell to his loyal followers in Zanzibar as they escort him to the ship. The party, dressed in traditional dress with canes, display thrift from wages and property purchases. A deputation led by Aledi and others pledges continued aid, vowing to await a letter confirming safe arrival home.
A ragged middle aged man asked for food on Sibley Street. The woman challenged him to work for his meal. He replied with a parable about a heaven awaiting the woman, then paused, considering the situation.
The Boston Transcript reports Mary, once a nine year old on a farm, visited the Old South Spinning Bee and recounted the Mary had a little lamb tale. She recalled nursing a nearly dead lamb with catnip tea, its bond with her, and a schoolroom incident before the lamb was turned out. The poem was written by a friend after the lambs visit. Mary now lives near Boston and brought in early fleece for sale.
A jumble of curiosities and parodic quips spans from a New York sausage maker’s name being debated to New England fawns, Pacific coast oysters, and Barnum’s cattle. Various anecdotes include a Portland cow adopting fawns, expositions with New York exhibitors, a lawyerly math quip, and a lament on the Akhoond of Swat’s death. The piece blends proverbs, humor, and brief notes on timber, clergy wealth, and local oddities.
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