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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1872
Page
3
A poetic dialogue between a Lark and a Rook compares their dreams at dusk. The Lark questions whose sleep is sweeter and which voice carries more influence in the world. The exchange ends with a quiet nightfall reflection.
A speaker argues modern botany seeks to eliminate flowers and even humanity and God, reducing beings to machines. He traces ideas to Goethe and Ruskin, noting leaves and roots as two parts and flowers as wedding leaves, challenging illusion of distinct flowers.
Gambling among Piute Indians described as their main vice with groups in lumber yards and mines playing cards for dollars and gold. Women are adept, using marked cards, with a cigar-store owner noting a skillful Piute buyer selecting favored cards. A Fort Churchill例 shows a Piute losing money then clothing and finally hair after a trail of losses across games.
The item surveys clergy salaries and ordinations across denominations in the United States, noting Universalist growth in Kansas and women’s ordination, resignations in Cincinnati, and new Episcopal ordinations in Philadelphia. It reports on pew sales in San Francisco, church leadership shifts, and a range of church opinions and theological actions.
A fragmented report describes a continental railway bond issue with a $100,000,000 pack and 000 shares. The plan aims to create a main trunk line from Council Bluffs to New York, with allocations involving several states and counties.
An Utica Herald correspondent profiles John Smith of Minden New York as a model farmer. He credits thorough land preparation drainage and manure use with his success and fortune while stressing humane fair pay and steady leadership to keep capable hired help. He advocates selecting workers wisely rewarding diligence and maintaining order.
Teacher Rev. Geo A Jackson argues concerts should resemble sermons with a single clear truth. Opening and closing exercises frame a progressive unity from start to finish, combining music and recitations to impress the lesson, not merely entertain.
Six chromos themed scenes accompany a farm house and family life, including The Pet Lamb and Unconscious Sleeper. Each chromo sent by mail or via agents upon receipt of a single newspaper subscription. postage covered by subscription counts. Demand includes Pine Estey Organ, Family Sewing Machine, and Grain Drill with values listed.
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