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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1878
Page
3
A fragment from a publication for youth presents rhymed verses about infant attire, dreamy moon poems, and a playful fairy tale about the man in the moon. It mentions soft linen and wool garments, silk ribbons, and a baby’s delicate wardrobe, followed by a short moonland reverie with a pudding mishap and rainy tears.
Fragment from a historical note recounts May Day customs in England with a tall may pole carried by oxen, garlands and ribbons, villagers in holiday dress, and Morris dancers. Figures such as Robin Hood Maid Marian Friar Tuck and a hobby horse appear in the dances and pageants, with prologues and a festive street procession.
A description of May-day customs from Spain to England, noting the Maypole dances once common, their suppression by Puritan rule, and a later revival with a towering Strand pole. The piece traces the decline of May-pole traditions to modern times, ending with scarce remnants in small villages like St. Nicholas.
A moral essay compares faces to gutta-percha and muscles that pull expressions. It explains how grief joy anger pride vanity envy and deceit shape a person’s face. Repeated pulls can harden features, sometimes revealing character to others in the street.
A narrator describes African trimming of cattle horns and ears as a cultural art. Cows are branded by shaping horns into curls and ears into leaf-like forms, done from young age with deliberate pain. The piece notes locals admire these practices while the narrator mocks tenderness and dress, calling them savages.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a boy named Tom venturing into the forest to meet a hired man with a load of wood. The scene shows the man encountering Tom on the road and moving forward, with details cut off by the text.
The speaker likens perseverance to a beaver's industrious effort. He urges relying on prayer while taking decisive, strenuous action to overcome troubles, noting that faith and effort should go hand in hand.
A St. Nicholas note explains Spanish cats roam rooftops to access grain stored in attics. Owners cut small roof doors so felines have shelter and keep away rats. In rain, many cats quickly scamper across roofs to their grain homes.
Doctor Delaunay reports that skull size and brain development correlate with head volume and that intelligence aligns with brain weight. He notes growth, stability, then decline in aging lineages, with Revolution-era citizens having larger heads than predecessors while nearing extinction lineages show shrinking heads. He cites hat sizes as evidence and points to Paris schools as having the largest heads.
In Congress preliminary steps aim to prepare for the 1880 census. The census serves apportionment and taxation aims but has grown into a broad tool for social and material progress. General Walker led 1870’s census to high standards amid legal obstacles. 1880 should improve on that record.
A German widow Mrs Marion Hillitz fell gravely ill and died in a Richmond hospital run by Sisters of the Poor. At midnight her body seemed to rise and speak claiming she was not dead yet before reportedly dying again as crowds gathered and medical staff watched in fear.
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