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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1872
Page
2
A compact notice lists mail delivery options including by year six months three months and per week for carriers with prices such as 150 and 10) 61 00. It presents options for magic copy weekly and per year delivery terms.
Cincinnati readers see the Evening Star report record circulation over rival Ohio papers. Mexican news offers cautious optimism for quiet across the republic, as constitutional election measures proceed and citizens await the outcome. The piece hopes orderly acceptance and restoration of peace after widespread destruction.
Two Americans, Stanley the explorer and William Bradford the painter, receive royal notice in London. Stanley faced disbelief at a Royal Geographical Society lecture but stood his ground and earned respect from England’s elite. Bradford’s art impressed Princess Louise and the Queen, earning royal lunches and orders for major works, a first for an American since Benjamin West.
The piece argues that Stanley and Livingstone spurred awe about Africa’s interior and future potential. It contrasts polar exploration with Africa’s promises of fertile lands, commerce, cities, and Christian governance, noting persistent prejudice and the public mind’s evolving comprehension.
The article blends views on Africa from ancient writers to modern explorers, recounts Stanley's Zanzibar ascent to Ujiji, and notes searchers finding an ironbound box with five thousand seven hundred dollars in coins and jewelry, plus a notable diamond pin, amid speculation about its origin and the fate of a sunken galleon near Astoria.
A prominent railroad surveyor near the old military road between Cornelius and Astoria spots a pyramidal rock as a sighting point. The stone stands above scattered rocks, covered in lichen, with a brook nearby and dense Oregon forest around.
A letter from Winton Place applauds the Daily Evening Star two cent daily for seven months of growth and wide circulation. Readers praise its spicy news and cheap price while suggesting local carriers and practical tips for households.
Belfast dispatches note quieter streets yet rioting continues with arrests and patrols. A Moor e shooting casualty is reported along with vandalism and the closing of schools and mills. Authorities plan vigilance committees as unrest spreads.
A collection of items notes Mark Twain sailing for Europe yesterday and the English Cricket Club set to play in Montreal today. Indictments, fires, and political events fill the page including Corey Waters facing murder charges in Memphis, a Wicklow store fire, and deaths of two Cairo firemen.
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