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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1870
Page
1
The readable text lists scattered items from a newspaper page, including mentions of health, political nominations, local fires, crop notes, naval assignments, and regulatory actions. Amid jumbled phrases, named entities include Ohio figures, Franklin County, Minnesota, Nashville, Columbus, Port land, Alaska, and St. Paul.
A long, mixed dispatch covers European battles around Forbach Saarbruck and Baden with troop dispositions in France Prussia and Austria. It also reports on Paris Rome Italy Russia and Ottoman concerns. Separately a Cincinnati correspondent laments New York European plan hotels and Park amusements while observing Boston bound travel in this era of heat and war talk.
At the L Branch races on Saturday the hurdle race finished in 3 57 with Eure defeating Morris and others. Governor Hoffman is to decide John fate today as a Newport dispatch notes the sentence will be carried out.
A Chicago man named Forrest drowned while teaching at Hopefield. His body lay on a sand bar and was left unburied as authorities and locals declined to bury him outside the city or state. Buzzards later revealed the remains, leading to burial by locals. In a separate feud incident, Thomas Dickens was shot near Big Creek while returning home, marking the tenth fatality in the Memphis area feud between Wade Bolton supporters.
A large project plans an ice structure atop a roofed grand union custom-house. Merchants anticipate an inter railroad depot exchange hotel and railroad offices with other facilities, creating a complex occupying three entire blocks in St Louis.
The Med-Stocking Mutuals beat the Rede nine 15 to 12 in a late Saturday issue game. Home runs by Gould Leonard and McVey highlighted a strong Red effort, while the Mutals staged a solid defense and steady offense. Upcoming: Best Stockings vs Maryland Club of Baltimore. Cincinnati Baseball Club holds its meeting to elect replacements for Champion and Joyce.
The Daily Union Prayer Meeting was held at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Atkinson presiding. Attendance was light. prayers, scripture reading from 1 Chronicles 4:9-10, and testimonies followed, ending with doxology and benediction. Tomorrow’s service will be led by Rev. Emery.
A fragmented recounting details the 1830s murders near Walnut Hills road, Beavers’ death, three killers’s capture, executions on a creek scaffold, and the area’s nickname Hangman’s Hollow before capital punishment ended. It recalls old shanties, a spruce beer seller, and the evolving memory as Eden Park unfolds.
A list of guests arriving at the Put-in-Bay House from Cincinnati on Friday and Saturday last includes Gordon, Shillite, John Han and tease, dehn F. ne and yor Mea, Ehrman, P. H. Hartshorn, Harry Ellis and son, D. N. Domingoer, Mrs. N. Gane and tapally, Froman s. ees, T. Goshorn and family, ae Melish, C. J. W. Smith and Delty, Con. Woodward and G. W. Skaats and family, James J. Farran, has. H. Carr, S. F. Greely, Captain C. G. eee and family.
The Cincinnati Gaslight and Coke Company advances with a $67,481 three story Romanesque building at Fourth and Plum streets. James B. McLaughlin designed the plan, Truman B. Haeds to erect, target completion June 1. Gateways, offices, and fireproof safes described, with ample light and ornate candelabras. Work begun, expected under roof before cold northern winds.
A local piece explains the market forestalling issue, detailing how Section 21 of the ordinance dating June 24 affects deals with produce. It describes the market master’s enforcement, the roles of shippers and grocers, and suggests a wholesale market to curb high prices and ensure cheap, quality food for all.
The Pittsburg Chronicle editor extols the central trunk line for speed safety and courteous staff. He notes Columbus to Pittsburg trips cover 193 miles in seven hours with elegant cars and precise schedules. The Panhandle division, when better known, is praised for similar excellence and reliability.
Sunday morning burglars robbed Mrs Close on Linwood Road taking 20 in money 80 silver items and clothing. At Jesse Nile’s home a burglar was challenged by Mrs Nile and fled with only a pocket handkerchief. Mr Close offered 25 reward for arrest. Ward residents blame city for lack of night guardians and rising thefts.
A Times inquiry outlines a brewing dispute among Crispins workers and employers in Cincinnati. factions claim wage equalization pressures and lodge control threaten pay scales, while a proposed reduction of at least twenty percent appears, with pledges of money to enforce it.
Heatwave in the region has caused many deaths and dozens of illnesses. Officials report sixty persons affected by heat exposure and around sixty have died from the extreme temperatures. Local authorities warn residents to stay hydrated and seek shade.
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