17 Sep 1870
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Daily Times
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1870
Page
1
A mixed column reports customs receipts, railroad topics, and local governance in Indiana. European dispatches describe Napoleon’s movements, the Army of the Loire’s organization, Uhlans entering Meaux area, and heavy explosions at a citadel yard with extensive destruction and unknown casualties.
A newspaper record lists prize winning poultry entries led by H Bishop and W H Todd with breeds including Cochin China fowls, Gray Brahms, Shanghai Brahma, Dorking, and various Leghorn and Dominiques from Springfel, Milan, and Verdillion locales. It also catalogs PROSIO SUMMER AND FALL APPLES displaying fifteen varieties graded by amateurs and professionals, with many winners named such as James W. Ross, H Kellogg, H Heffelbower, and G W Church, across Perrysburg, Monclova, Painesville, and surrounding areas.
The Twenty-first Annual Fair showcases 96,000 square feet of additions to the building, a $20,000 display of goods, and superior exhibits in cattle, machinery, domestic wares, and art. Premiums awarded to top makers include McBeth Saafferson and several drill, saw, and reaper manufactories with noted accuracy and durability. Attendance reaches about 2,607 with total receipts near $21,000, Toledo outrunning Springfield in visitors.
A city council session opened with no quorum and only eighteen members present, rising to twenty four after a short recess. The speaker urged resignations if representatives cannot attend meetings biweekly, noting no urgent business could be transacted.
Fragmented notice lists unclaimed letters as of September 17 1870 including names such as Andersen Alexander Ashford Birans and Dockten plus a note that recipients must call at the post office to claim and pay any due fees. The item also contains community notices about a school board meeting absence of a quorum and other local snippets.
The passage discusses female ailments linked to Fremares and their effects on health. It argues that relief comes only from urgent medical care and promises simple specifics to relieve or cure many troublesome female complaints peculiar to the sea.
A medical treatise argues that gynecological distress stems from direct irritation of the vaginal mucosa and social pressures. It blames excessive education, early marriage, and fashionable confinement for harming young women’s health, warning of fatigue, nervousness, and protracted menstruation as leading dangers.
A circulating gun in construction on the east side of New York Bay is said to fire 800 five-ounce balls each minute to two miles. The circular device resembles two iron discs four feet across with a funnel feeding chambers. It is operable by manual or steam power and could fire shots from fire stones to eight-pound shells, signaling a formidable war implement.
A Times article titled College Hills Correce Hint and Its Epocational Institutions presents a flawed piece that starts with millennial sentiment yet deteriorates in its closing. The writer’s mood shifts, weakening the overall argument and coherence.
In Columbia last evening the Town Hall Republican Club of Township held its opening session chaired by Dr. O W Nixon who was named Permanent President. An Executive Committee and officers were elected and funds raised as the group set plans for three upcoming Friday meetings with speakers before the election.
Rev. David L. Barrow will lecture at Papen's Methodix Episcopal Church on September 18. A meeting at Armore's Hall will elect officers and conduct business. The Darton Building Association will hold an election for Mayor on September 10 to fill the vacancy left by Phil Meader. Col. Geo. E. Currie announced as a candidate.
Leveland reports the installation ceremony for Rev H A Rossiter as pastor of the Loveland Presbyterian Church to be held Wednesday evening. Rev A O Hille of the C oe Church will preach the sermon, W D Rossiter will deliver the pastor’s charge to Rev Mr Haight, and the church is expected to be crowded amid renewed Christian fraternity.
Directions tout Helm Boldys Extract Bu chu as a universal remedy for many nervous and debilitative symptoms from pregnancy to old age. It claims safety and superiority over Bark or Iron preparations, endorses physicians, and pushes genuine bottles in steel engraved wrappers priced at 10 dollars per bottle or six four dollars for two bottles, with order details.
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