22 Oct 1870
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1870
Page
1
Readable fragments report varied items including a rolling mill proposal by Cameron, a dissolution of Ecumenical Gold Bank, a fatal train accident near St Joseph Railroad, and a memorial funeral. Mentions of health officer roles, congressional district races, and a police shooting inquiry are tangled with garbled OCR.
General Sheridan in Brussels. Cherbourg receives 700 chests of arms from England. Prussians tightening control. bombardment of Paris anticipated. Normans eager for fight. Briand commands troops. Lyon supply for 75,000 in two months. Bourbaki through Roven to Lille. Duke of Aosta candidature for Spain accepted. Paris suppresses female military groups. Five thousand under Duke of Mecklenburg march on Sequent. St Cloud reported burned by Prussians. Stenay forced to retire after Montmedy sortie. Bitche invested. heavy guns from Stras. foraging party attacked. Gambetta calls for harsh action against dissent. Fortifications around Paris complete. forts hold key positions. Metz negotiations fail. Bazaine's terms debated. Moltke rejects. Washington Thanksgiving Proclamation issued by President Grant.
London reports the steamship Cambria of the Anchor Line, en route from New York to Londonderry, struck off Innishowen Island last night and sank with four lifeboats carrying passengers. A sole survivor, Cartland of Armagh, says a sailor and a girl’s body were recovered by the Enterprise from Garston to Londonderry. No news yet on the missing passengers.
Reterley of Brookfield Ohio attacked two coal diggers on Sunday in his arch as they were taking his apples. The incident involved stabbings but details on injuries or legal action were not provided in the fragment.
Critic lauds Mr. Jefferson as Rip Van Winkle and praises McWade for a pleasing portrayal though not equal to Jefferson. Emerson's Troupe of Minstrels closes the engagement with a benefit for Foster. Old Drary acts end tonight. Edwin Booth to debut as Iago Tuesday at the same house.
After a 23 hour rail journey the Red Stockings arrived in Philadelphia and attended Arch-street Theater on invitation. Games, umpire assignments, and upcoming matchups with clubs like the Forest Citys and Maymakers are reported, along with the Exposition closing day crowd and extensive exhibit highlights across photography, sewing machines, and various arts. The piece records attendance, receipts, weather, and observer impressions.
An attempted coupling of two freight cars produced a brake failure and a misalignment incident. Investigators report a mishap occurred during the maneuver, with minor injuries to a worker and no derailment. Authorities are reviewing procedures and equipment condition.
The Davenport Club held its first meeting of the season at Becker's Hall with readings of Waters Run Deep and The Rough Diamond among other pieces.
In the Board of Councilmen, an ordinance allocating sixteen thousand eight hundred thirty five dollars from the general fund was approved yesterday. The measure included a synopsis detailing the delay on the subject and the reasons for the reallocation.
A fragmentary text references a civic reform or revolution context and a solicitor aiding efforts to raise funds or picts for export and Cheslonet ridge. It hints at regional issues around the Ohio ahees tam but lacks concrete details, dates, or named entities.
An excursion party led by J. G. Hill of the Missouri Pacific Railway leaves the city on Tuesday October 25 at 3 30 p m for Kansas and Colorado. The group travels from Saint Jake aboard the Minced Pacific to Kansas City and continues to Colorado via the Kansas Pacific Railway. The trip is expected to be an agreeable outing.
L C Buente and H Phillips transfer parcel 3S by 150 feet at the northwest corner of Ohio and Clifton avenues. T Jones conveys lot 313g by 97 feet on Seventh Street near Eloy Street for 18500 to Bailie A Webster. Susan L Howler sells lot 60 by 99 feet on the east side of one street 165 feet north of Hunt Street for 8708. B D Barton and wife sell lot 10d in Oakley granter’s addition 00 by 175 feet for 2656. Charles Johnson and wife deed two acres on New Richmond turnpike in Anderson Township to John D Gaines. Sheriff Carter conveys 30 by 108 feet on Sedam Street to John Davis and others.
In the last 24 hours eight arrests across stations include Third Street three with two for abusing family and one for disorderly conduct, Ninth Street three with two for grand larceny and one for abusing family, Bremen Street five with two petty larceny two drunkenness and one assault, Hammon Ammund with seven including one for selling by light weight. Four are women, one black. Notable cases: weight selling and butter theft cases. defendants Stubbs and Coney Coole faced judge Straub and were fined or bound over. A large stock of clothing was recovered in a separate grand larceny case. defendants waived examination and are held on $1,000 bail to face common pleas court.
Burial permits issued from the Health Office for the week ending Friday evening October 21 1870 list dates from October 15 to October 21 totaling 73 permits. The entries include varied day numbers and initials, reflecting routine issuance by the health department.
A committee to probe W J Hurlbut, Clerk of the School Board, met and heard testimony alleging he used official position to profit from board contracts. Witnesses described payments, discounts, and purchases of subcontracts by Hurlbut and partners, with several names cited and the panel set to reconvene next Wednesday.
A heated debate on Spiritualism opened last night at Thoms Hall on Ventr al avenue. On the resolution addressing fraud in Modern Spiritualism, Mr. Moore argued that fraud pervades spiritual exhibitions and cited A J Davis. Mr. Hull contended fraud is not inherent and defended Davis while acknowledging some fakery, noting spiritual manifestations exist. The speakers clashed over witchcraft, biblical figures, and honesty, ending with a paused discussion to resume this evening.
Last of letters remain unclaimed in Covington post office for the week ending October 22 1870. To claim advertised letters callers must cite the list date. Also reported are a governor petition to remit Manlius 400 fine for shooting jealousy, 156 scholars at Files Senos with room limits, and a $6240 contract awarded to Thomas Greer to build a waterworks reservoir 60 by 40 by 16 feet deep.
The new Presbyterian Church, under Rev F Leroy Se nour, reports religious prosperity with thirty additions on the recent revival Sunday. Prominent Newport residents and Kenton County Clerk, plus others in Corones, have been summoned as witnesses before the United States Grand Jury in Louisville next Monday.
Advertises Extract Buchu as unequaled for chlorosis retention irregularity pain or suppression of evacuations and related female affections. Notes confinement labor pains bed-wetting in children and life decline. Portrays a medical cure in sweeping terms without clinical detail.
The fragment lists ailments including diseases of the bladder and kidneys, inflammation of the kidneys, ulceration of the kidneys and bladder, and retention of urine, indicating a medical catalog or note on urinary tract issues from a historical source. The wording reflects older medical phrasing without modern diagnostic detail.
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