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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Press
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1861
Page
3
The Daily Press lists a five week feature on witty cantas and humorous items. It highlights updates from Panes and Televi dishes alongside digest entries and editorials. The column promises daily content, rapid prompts, and varied topics through the period.
City news item from December with scattered notes on gas fitters union meeting, a U C unity event, military movements, local deaths, river accident, and road repairs. Mentions Major Dreabach, Colonel Gathele, Captain Philippe funeral, Captain Adam Kogle illness, and Walnut Hills road condition needing attention.
A garbled market and crime note compiles an ad for boots and shoes at Lawson and Cole, near Vine, plus a chaotic report of a nighttime theft at Walnus Hill and a stray medical puff for Dr N B Wolfe of Cincinnati Institute. The text also lists county payments, jail discharge records, and public notices from the era.
Law case summaries describe Judge Henry Alonso presiding in a wrongful arrest matter and a separate attachment dispute. A jury verdict awards $200 in a foundation case, while another trial is continued to the next term. Corners note the will contest of Reuben S and a Barbour notice on boots and costs.
A bustling program promises a rare night of entertainment headlined by Dao and Jansen Robinson with Miss Adaletice Meaken and Adah the Bohemian impersonator. Campbell Minstrels, Joans of Arc, and a diverse cast perform at Smith & Mixoo’s Hall as a large crowd gathers at the Pearon temple. Bruviace notes a copper theft attempt near Frontstreet with three youths arrested after a failed break in. Streetcar service remains free to A B Darbour’s Boat and Shore Store.
The Committee for the relief of Indigent families of volunteers in Newport informs subscribers nationwide that deliveries are delayed due to bad roads and cold weather. Orders can be delivered when conditions improve, with collection points and responsible party names listed for payment and delivery coordination.
Local authorities consider moving the Armory to a more central site while planning a public meeting in the next day or two to discuss the proposal. The notice invites attendance as the issue is deemed important by city officials.
A long, mixed passage describes charitable drives and a meeting of volunteers to aid destitute families with clothing and shoes. It lists ward-based donation schedules and names several committees and organizers, followed by unrelated anecdotes and misspelled passages.
The Dublin Freeman reports worsening distress as famine looms in Ireland. It notes food waste fears, potential government action, and pleas for relief, with mentions of landowners loans and workhouse concerns amid harsh winter forecasts.
Waanivoron December 10 A W Johnson brother of El-Governor Johnson of Pennsylvania had his pocket picked at the railroad station of two government drafts, one for 5000 and another for unknown sum, amid reports of a bank attack in Piping PMN and GA. The government debates filling regimental availants to 1045 meg to preserve field effectiveness and avoid a disordered regimental structure.
Detailed price movements across grains, meats, and commodities with Weather and river notes. Includes Wheat, Corn, Oats, hay, pork, lard, butter, cheese, cotton, coffee, sugar, whiskey markets and receipts, plus shipping and London market references. Notable figures include prices for wheat 1.80 to 1.2, corn 29 to 29 20, pork barrels 3950 and 7, timeframes and regional market tone.
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