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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1878
Page
2
A Cincinnati Commercial report tells how a Baltimore street family kept a singing mouse confined behind a hearth wall on Seventh Street. The creature sang for an hour, described as soft and sweet with trills and cadenzes, entertaining a crowd of friends who fed it bread and water and watched its primping before the table trap was finally set.
A Cincinnati correspondent views Thomas A. Edison’s laboratory at Menlo Park New Jersey. Edison talks back to his talking machine and works eighteen hours a day. He has 157 inventions, 77 patents, a small home life, and an estimated worth near 150000 dollars.
A collage of pithy lines and curious facts includes quips on warlike nations vaccines and rulers. It notes Emperor Alexander signing grain elevator rights for New York capitalists and a Georgia man living to 100 before a fatal dose. Reports mention Parisian horseflesh consumption and rapid scientific advances from telephones to phonographs and gas liquefaction.
Mr Marooney and his wife discuss a plan to save money by letting his wife manage the household funds. The experiment shows gradual tightening of expenses, from $30 earned to $6.50 weekly savings, then adjustments to housing design, fencing, and even wardrobe purchases, until the couple weighs the burden of home ownership against the comforts and risks of renting.
A correspondent describes the signing room where plenipotentiaries from Russia and Turkey met after hostilities ceased. The scene shows a blue and yellow rose patterned chamber with Smyrna loom carpets, porcelain vases, a divan, and a map covered table while Ignatieff and Nelidoff assess the moment.
A historical excerpt explains heat and material handling for wood brass and steel. It covers wood bending with wrapping and steam, brass tempering before shaping, steel forging improved by salt baths, annealing without oxidation, and case hardening by potash and salt in a crucible followed by quenching.
A garbled pastiche discusses fine language and genteel speech. It contrasts lofty phrases with perceived foolishness while noting objections to overly refined diction. The text uses metaphor about an ostrich and feathers to critique pretentious eloquence.
A fragmented advertisement notes Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and other medicines claiming cures for liver biliousness and skin diseases. It emphasizes fear of change and promotes the product as a superior remedy with broad health claims. The text references sales success and compares favorably to earlier remedies.
A garbled excerpt mentions Dooley and a teen bee vent in Pon Hoy baking. The readable fragments imply a local event or scene but lack clear names, dates, or outcomes to confirm specifics.
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