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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1872
Page
3
A children’s fable about two fish in a river who warn each other about a tempting fly. One fish ignores advice, grabs the lure and is caught by a man with a rod. The tale ends with a moral: those who choose wrong soon repent, while temptation can hide a sharp hook in a pleasant appearance.
Esther and Jacob mourn their daughter Bessie who drowned in a lake while the couple awaited his return from work. Esther comforts him with faith as she recalls the child’s innocence and guides him toward mourning through memory and hope in heaven.
mourners kneel in faith and envision the departed child in white vesture with a star crowned head. They perceive a peaceful presence not outwardly visible, as the spirit exchanges earth for heaven and ascends in radiant companionship.
The Mullein plant is common in the United States and blooms June to August. The halves yearly compendium notes medicinal uses for leaves, flowers, seeds, and stalk pitch, including diuretic and anodyne properties, indications for coughs, catarrh, diarrhea, piles, and throat poultices, with cautions about weak diuretic effects and narcotic seeds.
A man in Darty Pennsylvania bought a bull dog to ward off thieves but the animal attacked him when the store opened the next morning. He shot at the dog through windows and chimneys to exterminate it, washing up with a ruined shop and twice paying the owner to take the dog away. The incident ended with the store closed and the man cursing cruelty prevention efforts.
The article argues against uniform feeding for all horses noting age constitution and work demand different rations. It warns against cheap bad hay and damaged corn for bowels and spring diseases. It favors chaff for old horses and advises mixing chaff with corn or beans for better chewing and digestion. It cautions that hay or grass alone cannot sustain a horse under hard work.
A quirky Glauber-like mix of items from 1605 includes J Jones the Joiner repairing St Joseph, ornamenting a figure, and making a new nose with glue. The rest combines odd anecdotes on doctors, a westward town, an axle grease recipe, cucumber bug remedies, Saratoga springs, and scrapbooks with camphor scent.
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