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Newspaper
Daily Star
Location
Marion, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1877
Page
2
A New York letter exposes a literary man famed for dodging bills, delaying payments after greeting dignitaries. A jewelry firm finally seized a repaired clock to cover a debt, while tales recount other aristocratic “dead beats” who pay to avoid creditors but never settle small accounts.
The Flint farm six miles from town on the Perth road, long owned by Samuel Flint, is bought by Frank McCrea for 15000 dollars. McCrea reports this year’s effort includes 125 tons hay, 1899 bushels oats, 900 barley, 100 spring wheat, 1800 oats of straw, 100 peas, with 650 pounds per cow per milking and seven horses. Half of 500 acres is cultivated and the place aims to sow rye this fall.
In Virginia Nevada a little boy Benny cherished a tale from his Uncle Ben about a star guarding his faraway home. As he grew to nearly five, his belief endured, and during a painful illness he gazed toward the star, whispered Take me to the window, and died with a smile, “Now I can find the way to Uncle Ben.”
A party plays a proverb guessing game using phrases like Train up a child in the way he should go. Words are distributed to players who answer questions to reveal the proverb. The guesser must deduce the saying and identify the word bringer who first pointed the clue, with forfeits for the wrong track.
An antiquated advertisement extols Pond's Extract as a universal remedy for injuries including bruises burns and sprains, and claims benefits for women men and children. It lists uses from headaches and hemorrhoids to toothache and diarrhea, notes physician commissions, and warns against imitations before urging purchase through a mail order address.
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