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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1872
Page
3
London writer reports Metz streets full of shop to let signs and businesses run by German owners. He notes French traders emigrating, German officers admitted to society, and a stubborn flag atop the Metz cathedral showing fragile Franco Prussian divides.
A gentleman trains a valuable horse to accept an umbrella in the stable. Through patient rides and gentle handling the horse learns to tolerate and even enjoy the umbrella, reducing fear and shying. The tale ends with a note on love easing fear, even in animals, and a humorous aside about a diamond pin misperceived as a seed wart.
The piece lists narcotics and poisons such as lettuce lactucarium, hemlock, nightshade, mandrake, clove rose, and basil herbs. It notes alleged historical uses from Macbeth to ancient remedies, highlighting dangers to children and the enduring lore of plant medicines.
A remote basin midway from Lake Superior to Puget Sound near the Yellowstone headwaters is described as a vast 40 by 15 mile region with warm springs and abundant marble and alabaster. The writer envisions it becoming a continental watering place with health benefits, beauty and potential U S ownership.
The Yukon river region in Alaska yields abundant fossil elephant remains and ivory, showing the species was widespread across North America and Europe, with Alaska offering rich bone deposits and cargo potential for vessels. The elephants may be in slow decline, redefining their historic range.
A Minneapolis Tribune piece recounts a curious city girl deceived by a fortune seeker for a future husband. Promises, forbidden romance, and a snowstorm that upends plans culminate in a dramatic sequence with a cutter ride and a surprising resolution amid social tensions.
An elderly resident of White Haven named Valentine Miers wandered from home during a winter pursuit. A search party tracked him through deep snow until three in the afternoon when his frozen body was found sitting upright on a log. His body was moved to White Haven for burial as a large funeral crowd attended the following Monday.
In Otis Massachusetts a man Philo Clark fired a double barrel gun at his sister Mrs Turner while she sat with her husband and child, mortally wounding the sister and injuring the daughter whose arm required amputation. The incident, linked to a carelessly handled gun, led to a coroner’s inquest and takes place amid public fear of accidental shootings.
Rose Cofmeyer a Milwaukee & St. Paul train dispatcher employee recently became the heiress to about $20,000 after Monte von Driscoll of Merton, Waukesha County, a rich young farmer, died before marrying her. Their romance, begun in the city, ended with his death and the anticipated wedding never occurred.
A list of officers and names appears in the record describing the local assembly leadership. The roster includes MOthialas WAM L. ROBINSON as President along with JOhn WALLIMAN and SAML. W. BELL in key posts and other figures such as EDWD. LEAHY and Wm. Caven. R. H. Flemming and Hon. Alex. Long are noted among attendees.
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