THE SHINING STAR, Danville, Pennsylvania, August, 1878  This title is not listed in Gregory's "Union List of Newspapers".  This is the volume 1, number 12 issue. This is a religiously-themed newspaper, and seems to be focused on children's interests.
Four pages, a handsome masthead, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to a large sheet, 11 by 16 inches, very nice condition.

AI notes: The Shining Star was a local newspaper published in Danville, Pennsylvania, in 1878, known primarily from archival inventories of early amateur and small press newspapers; it appears to have had a very limited run, with few surviving issues, making it a rare example of late 19th-century community journalism in Montour County. The paper likely covered local news, events, and possibly social or political commentary relevant to the Danville area, reflecting the concerns and daily life of its readership at a time when small-town newspapers were a primary source of information and public discourse. Because very little of its content has been digitized or preserved in widely accessible collections, research into The Shining Star generally requires consulting specialized archives, historical societies, or microfilm holdings, such as those maintained by the Pennsylvania State Library or the American Antiquarian Society, which cataloged it as part of their records of 19th-century amateur newspapers. Its existence provides a glimpse into the rich but often ephemeral world of local press in post-Civil War Pennsylvania, illustrating how small publications contributed to community identity and historical memory despite their fleeting presence.