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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1878
Page
3
An 1863 account describes a condemned thief, famed for abducting and selling young girls. He was chained to a cross inside a Sepan ghetto, his arms bound, a wooden plank in his waist cord bearing his name and crime. Officials posted his sentence, and daily crowds watched. He died after authorities broke his legs with bamboo and strangled him at sunset.
The speaker argues self reliance over government aid. They condemn teachings that encourage dependence for both boys and girls and warn that swift, sustained government backing disincentives effort. A call to make individuals earn a farm and pay taxes to avoid welfare reliance.
An American describes a Chinese inn with an earth floor and walls festooned with ancient cobwebs. The room features a dirty square table a high backed chair and two narrow benches. A brick platform houses a cavity for a fire during cold weather.
A homily urges individuals to avoid idleness and perform duties for humanity. It argues every person should have a trade and contribute to society rather than live as an automaton or a mere cipher. The speaker warns against dying without fulfilling one’s worldly tasks.
A well dressed woman, Mrs Mayhew, appeared among the Jefferson Market prisoners charged with shoplifting at Ehrichs. She wept as the court investigated the case and admitted no clear motive. Home life showed her to be respectable. judge Kilbreth discharged her on her own recognizance.
A reflective ode extols a mother’s enduring love. It paints the aged, loving matriarch as the core of loyalty and sacrifice, her lips thin yet sweet, eyes dim yet radiant with holy affection. She braves life’s fading sands to guide and bless her child, offering shelter when the world forsakes.
A novelty whip prank by a horse in a stall escalates into a nightly rattle as guards wake to a banging stall. The animal targets foes with an automatic whip and clever stamping, then adapts, finally outwitted when cords foreclose the trick. The horse eyes the men and claims payback for their mischief.
At the Royal Institution London Professor Garrod discussed respiration noting that most carbonic acid is exhaled before the next breath and inhaled from near the nostrils. He urged nose breathing even in cold weather and warned against nasal breathing blocked by bedclothes at night.
A Wellesley father recalls punishing his daughter for playing in church when she was about three, noting she remembers the peach-tree switch’s ting ling. The daughter claims the father was at the opposite end of the switch, and the father admits he does not recall the incident. This exchange appears in Harper's Weekly.
A gentleman and his Newfoundland braved furious surf off Lydd Kent to save eight mariners. The dog retrieved a rope and then a piece of wood, dragging it through foaming seas to his master, forming a line of communication and saving all aboard. Observers note the dog’s notably large head and high intelligence, with demonstrations of retrieving, delivering messages, and even guiding a horse to the stable.
Dr R S Tracy notes that inhaled water accelerates painlessness in breath holding, as airless lungs trigger quicker distress. He cites theater divers and Johnson the ocean swimmer, who held breath for up to three minutes twenty seconds, with unconsciousness unlikely unless the head remains under water and breath is released.
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