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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1871
Page
1
A wide S S wrap of 1873 era items notes Kentucky reconstruction plans and Ku Klux activity, political shifts in Ohio and Michigan, a Saginaw wreck telegram, Grant family moves, and local crimes in Cleveland and Frankfort with election outcomes and legislative actions across Missouri Illinois and New York. The piece also mentions government stamp contracts and a New Haven insurer assignment amid a broad federal session.
Cable condensations report 150 Americans remain in Paris while American ambulance corps provide aid. German forces push through Loire valley defenses toward Le Mans as Paris fortifications endure bombardment. French barracks at Fort Vanvres and Montrouge catch fire. Paris garden areas reportedly hit with pine shells. J Meredith Read meets with Bismarck and departs for London.
A fragmented account discusses a writer in Blackwood's Magazine defending or challenging statements about Quakers, Indians, and the United KiTas era, noting a curious figure of 15,000 and a voluntary offering for war-related aid amid disputed opinions and historical claims.
The romantic tale centers on M. Gui zot and Pauline de Meulan, linked to a periodical editor. Pauline falls ill during separation from literary work, while de Meulan and the editor navigate social pressures and romantic entanglements. Eventually the shy suitor presents himself and Pauline becomes Mme de Meulan.
Dispatches from Cincinnati Times dated January 10 report counterfeits linked to Oneida Bank, Erie lease for Middleton and Crawford Railway, and Fenian prisoners relief. Also notes Plast a frog restoration, water woes in New Jersey, and Senator Morton’s succession plans for Fish as Secretary of State.
An elderly man of ninety eight in New Cornwall Nova Scotia known for past walking feats recently undertook a twelve mile walk. He kept his best pace and finished the distance in two and a half hours. He spoke proudly of the achievement despite age-related limits.
The Legation kept Secretaries of the Saxon and Darmstadt branches on duty with Washburne incurring extra expenses totaling about 1000 dollars and likely 1500 by siege end due to staff labor. Washburne asks extra compensation breaking down to First Secretary 500, Second Secretary 500, Meenager 300, Guard 100, needing an additional appropriation up to 2000 dollars.
Chief Justice Brinkerhoff declares Cincinnati late annexation act invalid on irregular proceedings and unconstitutional on grounds of special legislation. Senate and House journals face proposed printing changes. Baltimore Pittsburg Continental railroad consolidation filed. Democratic conclave en route to date. Morgan raid claims verdict sustains auditor against prior legislature.
The money market remains easy as banks meet legitimate trade needs. Packers lead as principal borrowers with modest demand. first class paper at favorable rates and heavy depositors favored. Exchange activity remains high with uneven supply and several city rates noted for buying and selling.
The Cincinnati produce market shows sluggish demand with little buyer interest. Prices vary by product from beans and butter to flour and meats, with steady or unchanged quotes and limited inquiry locally.
Special to the Cincinnati Times from Phosacns reports Monongahela at 3 feet and stationary, Allegheny at Oil City 20 inches and falling, Mary Lowry freight for New Orleans, levee business dull, weather cloudy with drizzle and 23 degrees. A.Minor Griswold lecture before the Press Association at Library Hall praised as one of the best. New Axanaxy notes river falling, then rising, no ice, hazy spring-like weather, thawing fast. Stables burned at Jeffersonville, old Government stable destroyed by fire.
The text outlines Senator Grenet's bill to annex Yonkers Merriamia Westchester Eastchester Pelham and New Rochelle towns to New York City forming a Suburban Section. It details district size population about 75 000 and debt asset arrangements while preserving city control over highways streets sewers and docks subject to real estate owner petitions in each ward.
An Iowa correspondent recaps thirteen years of drought with one unusually severe season. Notable points include narrow wet pockets yielding good crops, shallow plowing outperforming deep planting in dry soil, and a discussion on drought impact, plus a religious remark about covetousness and church discipline.
Henry Lanfersick testifies that after six years of illness with lung affliction from service, a November visit to Dr Robert Hunter at 225 West Fourth Street led to rapid improvement with two months of treatment. He gained fifteen pounds, recovered strength, and remains free of symptoms, noting others cured by Hunter.
The article discusses rising adult illiteracy in the United States with 1860 counts estimating 1.126 million white illiterates, plus 91 thousand colored and 1.655 million freedmen. It argues for compulsory education to sustain republican institutions and safeguard rights, noting census data incomplete but highlighting a potential total near three million.
A devout Catholic priest spoke to a large Hanover Square audience in London on the Franco Prussian war. He rejected it as a war of churches and argued German unity was fostered by France’s policy toward Italian unification. He blamed France and Germany for post Sedan policies and warned of further bloodshed, predicting Paris would rise again with vengeance.
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