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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1872
Page
3
Fragmentary verse celebrates farmer tools and agrarian labor with lines about plow rake and hoe. The text juxtaposes war imagery with harvest labor and noble figures, blending rural toil with grandiose language. Limited readable phrases mention steel and a kingly stance in a wartime framing.
Fragmentary text narrates emotional response to coming year and peace. Readers feel loss and seek solace as memory and longing intertwine with a call to endure. The source shows garbled phrases and stray reflections.
An Oriental Sporting Magazine extract recalls two events where pigs were bitten by cobras without apparent harm. In Ceylon 1856 a sow crushed a large cobra mid bite as pigs circled a palm stem, while on Pulabbin Island near Singapore a tiger hunt interruption led to a cobra biting a pig that died within a minute, the pig continuing to clamp the snake.
A rural reader laments the habit of borrowing farm tools and supplies. The piece recalls frequent lendings of shovels, briar scythes, and rakes, often returned damaged or not at all, leaving owners short-handed and delaying their own work. It notes the strain on horses and implements, plus the need to stock extra tools to meet demand.
Mr Hiram Wellington, resident four miles below the city, reports two men Isaac Price and Milton H F Sward attempted to cross the river in an old dugout during a gale. They perished despite warnings and efforts to persuade them to stay.
Unspecific fragments report fears of British and French policing actions, rumors of a protectionist regime, and a siege of Metz inquiry. Paris reports cite Bayonne munitions seizures, Frontière orders to deter Carlist sympathy, and executions as Communists face death or life sentences.
A collection of brief notes reports a drop in smallpox cases in New York City. It mentions air deliveries rumored, political nominations, ship cargo to Europe, a Wisconsin hotel fire, resignations in Illinois, a Baptist clergyman’s death, a Virginia poisoning case, a Georgia political figure’s death, and commentary on impeachment developments and legal suits.
On a recent Saturday Colonel Holloway and Thomas D Fitch sold their interest in the journal to Messrs Riba and partners. The sale centered on the establishment and office, with bids around 190000 discussed. Holloway and Fitch reportedly accepted a lower offer amid negotiations and the deal moved toward completion.
An essay contrasts female and male cooks, claiming women excel at detail and patience while men handle strength and precision tasks like cutting meat and preparing pastes. It notes European cooks vary by country and criticizes American wasting practices, with an anecdote about John Jacob Astor and his brother Henry revealing loan tensions.
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