06 Apr 1870
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1870
Page
1
Correspondent visits Hamburg in extreme southwestern Iowa via the St Joseph and Council Bluffs Railroad. Notes rapid town growth, notable cliffs, a first class hotel lacking, and a bustling county seat with local editors and a rising press scene. Des Moines visit planned for next trip.
A letter from Columbus details a legislative push to relocate the Central Ohio Lunatic Asylum from its current site within the city to a 300 acre farm west of Columbus owned by William Sullivant. Proponents argue the move would provide a fertile, scenic setting with farm sustenance for inmates, while critics accuse lobbyists of corrupt influence and scheme to profit from land deals.
A bright program at National Theater includes Little Nell songs and a Shakespearean pane. The Woon's Theater presents Enoch Arden and Othello with Adams, Waite, and Gotthold, promising a fine production. Forepaugh’s mastodon show tours, detailing a vast, modern menagerie and circus with Romeo the elephant, famed riders, and an extensive setup in Philadelphia and New York venues.
The Cincinnati news item notes a Board of Education meeting with about twenty one members present and motions to reconsider a vote regarding a German assistant. It also reports the Cincinnati Chapter of the American Institute of Architects meeting, electing new members and hearing Edwin Anderson read a paper on American architecture and its influencing causes. The session adjourned with discussions among members and a future meeting scheduled.
A yesterday afternoon meeting organized by electing Gen Granville Moody as chairman and Colonel Slocutt as secretary discussed further steps on the death of Gen Thomas. A resolutions report was presented and a committee on attendance and related officials, including the Clerk of the Police Court and Waterworks, was formed to secure bonds and sworn status for new appointees.
The Cincinnati Presbytery held its spring session at Auburn Presbytery hall with Rev. F Brauns elected moderator and Rev. Dr M A Hoge as temporary clerk. Rev T F Cortelyou designated Stated Clerk. adjournment planned for morning. Mr Powell, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist pastor, bade farewell with gifts including a gold watch and purse. Freeman Street Mission Sunday School organized by Christian Church ladies, meeting Sundays at 2:30 PM. City election for Street Commissioner results on third ballot. salaries set, and measures debated on railroads and sand-bar lease. Preservation of city records urged. adjourned to first Tuesday in May.
Attendance at morning prayer meetings has grown with renewed interest. Rev Ritchie led the session at 8:30 with a sermon and hymns, including Must Jesus Bear the Cross Alone. Morning lesson from Luke 16 prompted remarks on mammon. a prayer request asked for guidance for a lifelong church member seeking conversion. Union Mission services at Saint James Church drew crowds with Rev Snively preaching and Rev Elliot to follow amid nightly services.
A late session charter permits Magnolia Poem parents to establish an Oddfellows encampment in the city, to be opened Friday evening at the Main and Sixth streets corner under a new name. A Sunday affray near Main and Sixth left Marion Mathe na wounded. John Fenton is held for Criminal Court. A Church of the Mother of God structure rises on Sixth near Washington to serve a congregation until its new house is built. Burglars robbed Mr J A Skiff at 80 East Front Street of five dozen silverware pieces, napkin rings, a full tea set and other items valued around $800, entering through a dining-room window, then attempted Captain Miller’s nearby dwelling but found nothing usable.
Newport announces an upcoming public schools exhibition at Oddfellows Hall with music recitations and tableaux on Thursday Friday evenings and Saturday matinee. A Colored Citizens meeting plans the April 14 jubilee with Marshals Bell Rippleton Lyott and Root as speaker. School board notes report cistern work salaries and March finances totaling 5125 with a deficit and donations to support school needs.
A sprawling 1860s style digest reports on Maryland legislature adjournment and various election results across states. It notes General Thomas’s remains moving through Chicago, Indiana and Ohio political shifts, New York charter adoption, Milwaukee ticket results, and Canada troop movements while touching taxes, railroads, and conscription issues.
Columnus reports multiple Senate bills including B No 188 to authorize Bucyrus school bonds, B No 187 to pay bounties to reenlisted veterans, and B No 152 on corporate nuisance indictments. Passages include B No 198 on timber and road work certificates, and Geneva bonds—miscellaneous House amendments on county borrowing and a Soldiers Orphans Home petition. Special Order on General Appropriation bill followed, with debates on Lunatic Asylum expenses and Morgan raid damages. session adjourned to tomorrow.
An 1867 New York ad promotes Ex Trad Buchu with Buchu Lon Leaf Juniper Berries and Cube, distilled in vacuo. It claims superior color and palatability, warns against dark decoctions, urges physicians to trial, and includes endorsements from Powers & Weightman chemists in Philadelphia.
An 19th century medical advertisement extols Helmbold's Fluid Extract Bachu as a universal tonic for weakness from indiscretion. It claims to strengthen exhausted natures, aid memory, wakefulness, and social enjoyment, and asserts superiority in treating female disorders including chlorosis, retention, and uterine conditions.
An advertisement touts Helmbold's Fluid Extract Buchu as a universal remedy for diseases of the urinary organs in both sexes. It claims immediate action, superior strength to Bark or Iron preparations, and urges early use for broken-down constitutions. The text promotes diuretic effects and offers delivery with symptom descriptions.
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