New York Star Fragment Lets Firelit Scene Surface
A fragment from the New York Star describes a fireside scene with a crackling hearth and glowing embers. The short text hints at a serene domestic moment and a sense of quiet warmth.
04 Dec 1885
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Newspaper
Roseburg Review
Location
Roseburg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1885
Page
1
A fragment from the New York Star describes a fireside scene with a crackling hearth and glowing embers. The short text hints at a serene domestic moment and a sense of quiet warmth.
A prose meditation on the body as a complex machine that must be kept working by daily eating and drinking. It outlines dire consequences if organs fail to function from neglect, then ends by praising the human body's resilience and the beneficial magic of nourishment.
London letter describes hundreds of stray dogs taken to a so called home where they are killed by a humane process. Dogs are fed then placed in cages by size with violent ones segregated. The cages are surrounded with chloroform and bisulphide of carbon causing sleep within minutes and death in minutes. Bodies decompose rapidly after burial.
Nevada diggers carry hens and baskets of chickens to uncover gold. Upon arrival the birds are set upright and fed until exhausted, then killed for craws that reportedly yield up to eight units of gold after three or four days of work.
An ad promises a salve that cures cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains corns and all eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. It notes a price per box and claims guaranteed satisfaction.
A critical essay condemns high book prices and committee bribes in school textbook distribution. It criticizes Watson’s Complete Speller for illogical arrangement and topically driven lessons, urging simpler inductive learning. It cites editorials and quotes from Sacramento Record Union and Fitzgerald on education, politics, and moral progress.
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