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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1872
Page
3
A narrator discovers a bare small footprint in the snow near a cottage and overhears a tale of a barefoot child. She then consoles her own children, realizing that pity opens when love is applied and remorse arises for passing judgments. The poem ends with a sermon on true compassion.
A Letter to the editor laments a man found dead by hanging, blaming neglect by his son and daughter in law. The piece argues lack of care and honor led to the old man’s decline, and praises a son who treated his father with respect and affection.
A stormy voyage in the Gulf of Mexico pits a fearless young man against a pirate crew. Amid fear and battles at sea he rescues a noble heiress, defeats the pirates, and pledges a return to liberty and marriage aboard the progressive ship.
The piece recalls the assassination of Norman of Tudia by Abdallah the Mohammedan fanatic. Abdallah was hanged and his body burned to deter fanaticism, a move praised by English papers. It notes Lord Mayo’s February stabbing, and questions further punishment and wider use of force.
A former friend visits an editor and can not pay for the newspaper. The editor suggests paying with chickens, taking one hen per day until the paper is worth the cost. After a year the neighbor finds he has paid roughly four prices for the paper and keeps telling the joke, noting he was too poor to take the paper in the first place.
Rev. Robert Collyer spoke at Music Hall Manchester New Hampshire delivering remarks on politics and President Grant. He arrived late found no committee, addressed a packed crowd with hats on, and quipped about being mistaken for a South Carolina resident before leaving with the committee.
An anecdote from Richmond recalls Father Taylor of Boston who spoke sailor vernacular to his audience. He chastened a groaning old salt in the pews with a nautical quip about weathering hell using luff and lee features. The tale preserves the reverent humor of his funeral-era public speaking.
A recipe collection describes gazele of veal or shin broth with vegetables and cream, mutton ham curing, venison ham curing, boiled Indian pudding, brown bread, stewed figs, winter sugar candy, sowing lettuce, lemon orange cake, Early Watermelon, quick maple fruit cake, ham toast. Includes practical steps and ingredients for each dish.
The London Free Press reports the Tichborne case ends with counsel withdrawing the suit and a bench warrant issued for Arthur Orton. The claimant is in Newgate, and the fraud is deemed the greatest legal curiosity of the era. Much of the estate may be irrecoverable.
The purchase includes 14 acres of the finest land in Mill Creek Valley between Flint and Liberty streets and McLean and Garrard Streets. Officials and trustees named include W Bell treasurer Edward Leahy secretary and multiple signatories such as W W Roberts T H McGeehir N Roff C H Bishop T C Campbell C P Webberer Wm Caven R H Fleming and others.
A column excerpt mocks a brother journalist and a mule purchase as a display of self possession. It juxtaposes sea berth fatigue and breakfast rolls with tavern talk and war veteran wit. A town fire is quirkily blamed on snowball throwing boys, lampooning civic fire response.
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