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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1878
Page
2
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a morning scene where a family receives a package marked C O D. A local boy mocks the label, shouting COD soap and triggering a brief clash as neighbors react to the odd delivery. The exchange ends with mischief and local taunts about class and status.
Two journeymen tailors of Lyons dueled at dawn over pantaloons cut. Each wore blindfolds, fired pistols loaded with powder only, and after a misfire both realized the ruse, pulled off masks, and reconciled, becoming friends.
Instructional note to young girls on decorating common pots using colored tamala leaves, gilt ornaments, and gilded paper on an ebony-black varnished surface. Leaves pressed flat with mucilage then placed in order to create a pleasing border using rows along edges and garlands.
In a late imperial event described as barbarous, Emperor Peter assembled about seventy dwarfs and the two dwarfed spouses for a grand wedding. Dwarfs were transported as a spectacle, shown off at dinner with tiny tables and vessels, and forced to sit in mock hierarchy. After initial resistance, the participants reluctantly engaged in dancing, the minutely scaled ceremony ending with the dwar fed into lighthearted entertainment.
Extraordinary phenomena are reported among the popniston banks where snow crowns the summit, now melting rapidly and sending torrents down the mountain washing away stones and earth. The river overflows, causing damage below. A lateral crater opens with smoke flames and loud subterranean rumblings under a crown never imagined volcanic. The people live in fear of a sudden earthquake or eruption.
Mrs Van Cort pressed her priority claim on material portions of torpedo machinery used on Admiral Porter s torpedo vessel the Alarm before a board of officers and experts at the navy yard. She appeared with three attorneys and pushed her suit with strong force.
A pithy compilation of wry observations and curiosities from New Orleans to Tokyo. Chinese phrases, jokes about market wives, a Wyoming wager on pig feet, telephonic medical chatter, poetry debates on oceans, and stock exchange obscurities color a collage of 1780s style musings. It notes fortitude, a London Gazette mystery, and a London policeman’s fire spree alongside fashion fancies and a Tokyo agricultural college agenda.
Fragmentary OCR text purports to reference the Secretary of War and postings at military posts across the United States for the benefit of enlisted men and families, but the fragment lacks clear action, date, or official details.
A Paris report notes American exhibitors, led by Magon and Hamlin, advancing ahead of rivals at the World’s Fair. The cabinet organs firm won top medals previously and now competes with a strong group of American makers, reflecting notable American craftsmanship.
The Adriance Plan Co of Poughkeepsie New York touts the Adriance Reaper as a distinct reaping machine, paired with a New Model Buckeye Mower to ease grass and grain gathering. They claim simple, durable design with portable features, urging personal inspection to appreciate its workmanship. Also promoting Mrs Windlow's Roo Syrup as ateething remedy for children with wind colic and bowel relief.
An early 20th century ad extols Dr Pierce’s products as superior medicine for pulmonary and blood complaints. It touts Medical Adviser book and Patrons from Buffalo New York with claims of universal efficacy and a Pleasant Purgative Pellets remedy. The text stresses thrift and merit as the sole law of success in medicine and commerce.
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