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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Press
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1861
Page
3
A dense miscellany of items appears from a Southern city newspaper page: theatre notes, street advertisements, police court mentions, notices of public events, and local commerce. Names of venues, officials, and vendors appear amid varied short items and upcoming performances.
Reports describe Camp Fraser operations under Colonel Warler with regiments moving near Bourbon Gee and Kin Door, plus a Kentucky regiment recruiting effort. Notices detail raised companies, prisoner transfers at Winchester and Covington, and Confederate incursions at Newport Bar, with militia formations and patrols across Kentucky and Virginia fronts. Medals and casualties are noted alongside weather forecasts and ongoing recruitment in Covington and Parkersburg.
Fragmented report covers a courtroom dispute about alleged injuries to a boy and the extent of a defendant’s responsibility, plus notes on Judge Cullin and other officials. It also includes Mayer's Arctic Expedition details from Dr. Hayes, dinner remarks, and excerpts on exploration plans and naval stories.
Newport News reports include Council Chairman Caplan issuing grocery orders to volunteers families, complaints about storekeepers failing pledges, and Miss Mary Bodley resigning from Newport High School to teach in Cincinnati. Mollie Lindsey appointed to replace Bodley. Deputy Saraeon Ed Milani reports a two thousand parodonium package smuggled as dried apples across the river. Newport ferry Charley Air plans hourly Camp King trips from Ludiows Street.
A garbled set of excerpts mentions Mining in Cataia with land holdings and animal figures, a horse dealer in Geneva, a person in Boston last week, and an order to prevent revolvers for army use. It also references Nightingale, Tocqueville, and a Quaker freed neighbor, all in a patchy, OCR-like jumble of phrases and names.
A report from Vienna notes Colonel Rute of the Third Wisconsin captured by rebel forces. General Hancock campaigned at Vienna, pressing the frontier for action while rebels moved ships into Charleston harbor. Richmond dispatches describe ram defenses, naval engagements, ship repairs, and heavy fighting near the James River with losses and tactical maneuvers.
A wide market report notes slightly firmer prices in wheat and rye amid foreign news, with quotations for prime fall wheat and choice white varieties. It also covers flour, oats, corn, pork, beef, lard, butter, and cheese, plus Missouri Sige bonds authorization of 1.444 million and state warrants for military funding, listing various issuances and payables.
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