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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1878
Page
3
Fragmentary verse about young children wandering in playful days. Images of little feet, hands, and carefree hours amid blessings and gentle guidance. Reflects wistful religious tone about guidance, innocence, and the danger of straying. Appears as a lyrical prayer or devotional poem with archaic spelling and punctuation.
Fragmentary poem-like advice urges boys to be brave and open and to avoid deception. It contrasts a cowardly “lar” with the ideal of being kind, open, and above-board, calling for gentleness in manners and mind as true refinement.
In a Pennsylvania mine fire, twelve year old Martin Craghan rushed back to warn trapped workers after the upper vein chambers ignited. He and his mule perished as rescuers escaped. several workers survived, and his sacrifice is remembered in the mining region.
A reflection on how days of the week were named after Saxon deities Sun day to Saturn. The text notes the mythic representations of Sun, Moon, Tuisoo, Odin, Thor, Fréa, Seter and Saturn, calling them fanciful yet illustrating historic religious beliefs. It contrasts ancient superstition with modern belief, urging readers to use greater light.
A physician tended a wealthy banker's gravely ill child who recovered. On the last visit the doctor offered to accept goodwill, but the mother returned with a knitted purse as thanks. The doctor refused, saying time is money. She pressed, asking what would satisfy him, and he named two thousand francs. She produced a purse, handed two notes, and tucked away the rest in her pocket.
A doctor leaves the room and returns home with a wry line about a “gift horse in the month.” The note implies that when young readers dislike a gift, they should recall the doctor’s fee.
A British nobleman’s son, a junior cornet in a crack cavalry unit, is tricked into reciting his catechism at a mess. The archbishop dines with the regiment and, by a mistaken cue, asks the cornet for his name. Overwhelmed, the terrified youth bolts from the room as panic ends the evening.
A landslip at Coachford in Cork destroyed large portions of two fields. A cavern formed by subterranean lime stone action and a leaking underground river caused collapse. The opening grew from a few yards to over fifty feet wide and deep, with at least 1500 tons of soil sinking. A laborer narrowly escaped falling in.
The lecture by Charlie Rose’s father conveys pathos as he reflects on his son’s disappearance. He compares his search to lighting a taper in a deep abyss, hearing occasionally a small voice crying for help, “This way, papa, here I am,” while he questions the tone and direction of the sound.
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