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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1872
Page
3
A faded passage reflects on robins and birdsong as winter nears. It ponders what the robins might reveal about autumn, migration, and the vanished summer through their whispers and quiet calls.
Practical notes on soil and orchard care include leached wood ashes as top dressing, salt-treated wood preventing decay, sage tea for horse botts, and oats and clover for livestock. Advice covers grafting cherries, soap washes for fruit trees, whitewashing as pest protection, and cheap hot beds from dunghills.
The report notes government stance on the treaty stirring politics, with a possible no confidence move by Disraeli or Bouverie, though unlikely to pass. Paris debates irritate Thiers as Bancroft Davis heads to Geneva. the Royal Thames match sees Egeria win after time allowance.
George Carroll, a Portland submarine diver, perished while examining the wreck of the tug Resolute in the Willamette River near Portland Oregon. He descended twice and on the second trip remained below about an hour and a quarter before losing signals and drowning. His body was recovered and pronounced dead from brain congestion due to air supply failure. He was about thirty, Swedish, and unmarried.
Two lifelong enemies become Masons and face an awkward initiation in which the presiding master is the former foe. After the lodge closes they confront mutual distrust, then a candid exchange reveals a hard earned life lesson about friendship and reconciliation.
An elephant on a stage balks at crossing a bird, injures its keeper and bleeds from a root wound as the scene unfolds. Charles Young intercedes, appealing for mercy, while Captain Hay restrains violence. Chung later accepts apples and shows gentleness toward Young.
A compilation of reform methods in a Dutch colony describing punishments for misbehavior. Examples include silent read aloud sentences, restricting work, quarantining marbles, forced needlework with copied objects, and confession after misdeeds. The piece contrasts mild mechanical punishments with strict social discipline and notes a shift toward nonphysical measures.
The report notes Mormon leaders traveling to Salt Lake City amid political attempts to ease tensions in Utah. It cites a rise in a daily average of 300 to 700, with most being young men. Other items mention reforms in reformatories, punishments in France, and the slow spread of agricultural colleges across states. A Cincinnati furniture maker, J M Fockes, nearly died by jumping into a river but was saved, citing reduced means as motive. A Mariposa man who lost an ear in a fight now hears poorly while standing on his head for balance.
A descriptive gallery note recalls a sleeping boy with a Newfoundland dog, a kitchen scene with a mother and children playing hide and seek, all set in a cozy home. The article advertises subscriptions and postage details for The Sur Publishing Company in Cincinnati Ohio.
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