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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Press
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1861
Page
3
The dispatch notes expected troop trains arriving from Columbus Ohio, with five regiments due in over four days. Names listed include officers and local society members, plus references to public notices about agriculture history and fruit varieties.
Fragmented notices describe military, legal, and civic items including a death, a jail sentence, missing pay for invalid soldiers, and a church gathering. The piece also previews Woods Theater promotions and a manager letter pledging superior entertainments and public support for ongoing shows. The scattered items mention names, places, and dates in a mid 19th century civic context.
The letter details mounted rebels depredations on Union property in Bath and nearby counties. Owensville is said overrun by desperatives with families fleeing north to Lexington. A security warning and calls for northern resistance appear amid local political and school district changes running through December to January 1482. The piece notes accidents, military movements, and a parade by Colonel Sar- Pirtyenbe’s regiment, highlighting tense wartime conditions and local upheaval.
A disturbance near Newport News yesterday followed a plan to consolidate Uol Noel Peters command with Colonel Mopar. About a hundred men abandoned their camp and did not return by nightfall, threatening further trouble as an improvised engineer unit remains unsettled. A list of letters remains in the post office with 40 dates noted, and a strange report describes a sack with cheese in it marked PB.
The document notes orders for St Lovie and 1d-Peesong to report to the Provost Marshal office, register, and vow to stay in good faith to seek government protection from suspicion. A December 14 courier from Jacksonville reports weapons and evidence of retreat, with conflicting accounts of engagements and troop movements across Charleston, Fort Pik, and nearby ports.
A garbled market report lists prices for various goods and regions with scattered figures. It references pork, flour, butter, corn, oats, meat, cotton, barley, cheese, and travel lore, interspersed with stray anecdotes about Ireland and a Pennsylvanian traveler.
The readable portion shows garbled dialog mentioning Trish laborer and impediment to speech with letters and a neighbor. It lacks coherent events or clear subjects, making it difficult to identify a concrete news item or outcome.
A garbled OCR item catalogues a string of scattered references and phrases. It mentions Bremer, Vettere, Marat Tichane, San Janice, Eup bane, Nigami Hilt, and a mix of places, dates, and events with little coherent narrative. The fragmentary text hints at weather, fishing, poultry, and a peculiar tale of narrow escapes and a hooked wind, but lacks a readable story or clear facts. The piece remains a jumble of names and stray lines from a historical page.
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