15 Feb 1868
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1868
Page
1
The notice sets subscription options with price breaks for clubs of fifty or more and for single copies. It details payment methods by express or mail with prepaid charges and advises against money letters, recommending drafts or money orders where possible.
The White Fawn at Niblo's Theater draws crowded houses despite moralist criticism. The production imports Paris machinery and sets, with an Americanized translation deemed more lavish than conversational. Critics note extravagant costumes and a strong visual emphasis over refined dialogue, while regional tours seek new venues in Boston Cincinnati and Chicago.
A long excerpt reviews Whitelaw Reid's Ohio in the War and presents a critical take on Generals Grant and Sherman. It traces Grants early life from Ohio to West Point, Mexican War service, prewar civilian years, and his rise during the Civil War. It also sketches Sherman’s West Point start, civilian ventures, and entry into military leadership, concluding with assessments of their characters, decisions, and legacies.
Fragmentary OCR reads discuss a man named Wirth and mention an ill proposal in a historical newspaper snippet. The readable text hints at a disagreement or verdict but lacks complete context or dates.
Augustus Wilshire was arrested as a suspicious character. He promised to leave the city but did not, and was committed as a vagrant for thirty days.
The Board of City Improvements met with Mayor Wilstach presiding. Actions included grading requests for Concord, Hamburg Ravine, and related streets, ordinance proposals on fees, and advertising sealed bids for Ohio avenue grading. A contract for 300 tons of broken limestone for Sanders and Liberty streets was awarded to E.S. Gault at $182 per unit, time 30 days.
Real estate notes list multiple transfers including L B Carey and wife to M W Cordell for Lot 129 by 200 feet on Hathaway lane, and various parcels near Liberty street and Avery street. Other deals involve J J Cazad, Bag h Mob, and Samuel Grane with accompanying spouses, noting street locations and lot sizes. Total listed value appears as 18,000 dollars.
The article discusses a person enduring prolonged nervous and debilitative symptoms believed to stem from unseen underlying factors. Medical experts weigh possible chronic conditions and seek further testing to determine a definitive cause and treatment.
A dated advertisement discusses the alleged health harms of voluntary discharges and sexual excesses. It warns that such acts undermine general health, cause weakness, palpitations, nervousness, and various organ issues while urging the use of a diuretic to treat ailments of the organs of generation.
An advertising notice touts a universal diuretic claimed to treat diseases of the urinary organs regardless of origin or duration. It warns that without prompt treatment consumption or insanity may follow and emphasizes health of the present and Posterity to support its use.
Readable fragments show two street addresses, 594 Broadway New York and 104 South Tenth Street Philadelphia Pa with stray characters suggesting OCR damage on a classifieds or notice page. The text provides no dates names or actions to summarize further.
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