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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1872
Page
3
In a Venetian church a patriotic American family attends a mixed service. A restless three year old endures repeated whippings by his mother after a garden excursion, while the narrator pities the child and notes Italian parenting. The scene contrasts American and Italian religious customs and child discipline.
A group of gentlemen in Bos ton near Tremiont House observe a countryman with a mangy horse offering it for sale. The seller boasts the horse’s speed and soundness while bargaining is brisk. A Maine sheriff later serves a writ but dies before completing the act.
Senate action covers amendments to civil rights measures and public land bills. It reports on bridges across the Ohio and district of Columbia school reforms while debating deferral of a deficiency bill. The House passes a Niagara tunnel bill and Utah railroad land rights amid Utah Mormon debates and civil service reform proposals urging written recommendations and openness.
A British breach of promise suit titled Kent v Crook involves a widowed plaintiff, aged 29, who lived as a housekeeper with a man in 1870 and faced repeated advances from him through 1871. She seeks damages while the defendant repeatedly avoided marriage, making the case a stark warning about widowhood and elopement.
A review of scientific curiosities includes phosphorescent sea water after a ship's exhaust, a Trinidad pitch lake described by Canon Kingsley, and a reader's testimony on horned toads squirting blood. It covers medical uses of animal venom, a viper bite curing heart disease, and urged caution after a Brazilian serpent death.
Theodore B. Lytle recounts a shocking assault on an eastern-bound Kansas Pacific Express at Salina. Three strangers lured him into a card game then drugged him with whisky, robbing him of 1200 dollars, a 1000 dollar bank draft, a gold tie, and a valise before abandoning him near Junction City. He describes the suspects as two known men and a young, about 21, accomplices who fled. He seeks help in locating them from Denver to Colorado authorities.
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