28 Feb 1878
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Newspaper
The Democratic Press
Location
Eaton, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1878
Page
1
A merchant asserts readiness to buy for cash and, leveraging a large trade, will sell in their line at prices to attract attention and secure the patronage of the immediate cash buyer.
Thomas Jefferson Leverett recalls becoming district attorney in New Hampshire, resisting a bribe from Marlo Cropt, prosecuting the case, and sentencing Cropt to five years. Cropt later vows revenge, confronts Leverett decades later, and a desperate struggle ends with Cropt killed and Leverett's wife saving him.
The article discusses how Earth would appear to inhabitants of other planets starting with Mercury and Venus. It explains that even the nearest fixed star would render Earth invisible, while from Mercury Earth looks like a large bright star moving across the zodiac and from Venus Earth appears as a prominent bluish white orb eclipsing other stars.
The report details 1877 gold exports and imports by Great Britain, France, Germany, and the United States, noting monometallic and bimetallic practices, net gold stock changes, and international bank reserves. It highlights that despite a favorable US trade balance with Britain, the US exported 10.3 million dollars in gold to England in 1877.
An unreliable narrator recounts a boastful string of tall tales about a lion, a gunboat war story, and a financier named Teo Wae. The narrative teeters between fantastical claims and disbelief, ending with a grim note on the truthfulness of the speaker and the fate of the liar.
A Quaker peaceable man restrains a rough fellow in a sleigh on a rural road from Bucks County to Southampton, ending with a comic refutation. The page also explains Pope election practice as of 1274, with conclave rules, secrecy, and ballot process, and reports on silver imports and Turkey’s debt issues.
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