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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1875
Page
4
A compact survey of daily items including political notes, court news, hotel arrivals, real estate, and advertisements. It lists sections such as United States site court con park music hall committee and foreign matters with items like a homicide and grand jury.
The Gazette offers summer mailing of the Daily Gazette. readers leaving the city can subscribe by leaving orders at the counting-room northeast corner Fourth and Vine in Cincinnati.
The piece surveys Democratic factions in Ohio, a looming State Convention, and potential nominations for Lieutenant-Governor. It notes Beacu’s rhetoric, party infighting over inflation and contraction, and ties to figures like Samce and Cary amid legal suits, Waterworks probes, and press scrutiny.
The piece laments the removal of Mr. McCammon the superintendent of public school buildings praising his honesty while blasting the school board. It notes opposition from the bummers and questions the replacement chosen by the board. Also mentions Tweep’s release after the Court of Appeals reversed a Supreme Court judgment citing multiple convictions.
The piece discusses a high-profile figure linked to repeated offenses and looming civil suits requiring a $3,000,000 bail. It notes new travel restrictions limiting excursionists to under $500 in purchases for European trips, and mentions smuggling risks and evolving enforcement. The text also touches on Beecher’s case, a controversial trial, and advances in transatlantic telecommunication, highlighting cables spanning thousands of miles and ongoing global connectivity.
In a New York Bulletin interview Dr Hayes discusses the English Arctic expedition now under way. He cites better organization and two ships increasing chances of success, with one vessel capable of detaching if ice blocks the lead ship. He estimates $750000 for the voyage and argues Americans should back the effort to claim the pole.
An 18th century incident recalls John Wesley's life saving experience in Ireland. Wesley, ill with fever, pressed on to preach despite a physician's rest advice. Mrs Gayer led fervent prayer, and supporters recalled a miraculous recovery, paralleling Bishop Simpson's later healing after prayer.
The article contrasts prayer and medicine in the illness of Mr Westy who was gravely ill for days with a black tongue violent convulsions and near death. A traveling companion offered a cup and Westy’s condition soon improved after drinking. The account notes potential religious or secular interpretations and questions the medicine’s power and timing.
A critical editorial argues that the Democratic party uses language to mask aims, warning that church influence will extend from prisons to schools. It contends the Catholic vote, if united, could sway elections and that platform promises mask real agendas, threatening religious freedom and public institutions.
The piece attacks inflation as a Democratic tactic in Ohio, arguing more paper money would devalue the dollar and harm the economy. It links inflation to public debt, praises sound currency, and urges education of younger voters on Democratic history and past misdeeds.
An Ohio rhetoric scene argues inflation and repudiation claims do not mask the Democratic record. It declares the party on trial, insists Republican platform defines the issues, and warns that inflation tactics won’t halt Allen’s path or Ohio’s fall defeat. It adds that church opinions cannot defer urgent public questions.
Weather was unsettled but the John Robinson's Great Show line plans another grand free street parade today at 9 o'clock. The route runs from Lincoln Park along Freeman Street to Central Avenue then Twelfth Vine Hamilton Main Fifth Freeman to the park.
Park Commissioners fail to settle park music while a new reed band shows vitality. The Cincinnati Orchestra earns praise for fidelity and enterprise and is urged to support a future in city music. A Burnet Woods Park concert by the Curriet Seidensticker Band with forty performers is set for Thursday afternoon.
On Reading Road near McGregor Avenue two sections of plank sidewalk were removed and filled to create a road to the hillside quarry. The mill is clay and rain worsens conditions.
A resident questions the authority for removing sidewalks on the quarry road and demands a safe crossing or alternate path. The writer asks the Commissioner to provide a reply on the sidewalk disruption and crossing options.
The United States Mail Line Steamer Gen Lytle will take excursionists to Madison next Sunday for 350 each, meals and staterooms provided, with a Monday return before breakfast. Departs from Vine Street foot at noon for 100 miles daylight southbound and 100 miles night return.
Special correspondence reports unrest in Baroda with a palace rebellion attempt in the capital, arming and disarming of troops, arrests, and speculation on British annexation aims. It notes viceroy powers to stop telegraphs and arrest without reasons, and questions English policy toward Baroda and succession. It also covers Berlin press bureau dissolution tied to Europe’s war alarms and anti Papal currents in Italy.
A Western Democratic organ questions the party’s stance on the Geghan bill and Catholicism in Ohio while tracing recent liberal and Democratic efforts in New York and Mississippi. Nordhoff notes missteps and white line tactics, asking who truly benefits from party division and carpetbagger accusations.
Postage reforms set uniform rates from July 1 1875 to many nations forming the General Postal Union with the United States. Letters up to half ounce cost 6 cents prepaid or 10 cents if unpaid at destination. Newspapers 2 cents each. postal cards 1 cent. Other printed matter 2 cents per two ounces prepaid. France to follow with same rates from January 1 1876.
Grand Jury in New York returns several new indictments charging complicity in silk smuggling frauds. Names of the indicted are not disclosed as arrests have already been made. Authorities say the cases involve extensive trafficking and fraud.
While an excursion party swam at Arkwright Island yesterday a group was swept to sea. Frank C. Discoll a city merchant and Charles R. Johnson a clerk were drowned before rescue could reach them.
The source quotes Mark Twain in a letter to the mosquito net inventor, praising the device as a cure for flies and imagining a summer scene where people sit under nets in church and use the net to disrupt flies during services. The text shows Twain’s humorous take on insect control and social scenes.
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