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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1872
Page
3
A meditation on memory and virtue contrasts with a light agricultural event at the Oxford Delaware fair where contestants race a wheelbarrow to gather four bushels of potatoes. The playful contest awards a prize to the fastest team amid a page of sentimental musings.
An American woman traveling in Switzerland recalls a dining table scene where English guests disrespected locals. She ignored them, then challenged a bold European lady by asking for bonbons in polished English, provoking shock and a silent reaction from the party.
The article catalogues composers and their peculiar working habits. Lully favored snuff boxes and trial melodies, Sarti needed a dark room, Spontini preferred night quiet, and Cimarosa liked lively company. Haydn prayed, Beethoven sought nature, Mozart flirted with billiards, and Huntin styled autumn walks to inspire hundreds of works.
Health of Governor Curtin improving. Cholera in Grodube Russia. Charles appointed U S Consul at Para Brazil. Failures shake confidence in consuls in London. Fire loss at Hendee mill in Council Bluffs 30000 with 15001 insurance. Marra jailed over Alderman McMullen shooting in Philadelphia. Burglars steal silk worth 30000 from Jersey City warehouse. Hon. B F Reford dies in Norwich. Mrs Fisk objects to Erie lease extension. Kelley defeats Timony in boxing. Moroney inherits 300000 English estate. Judge Tremaine accepts Congressman nomination. Kingsland charged with Jersey City bank embezzlement. Arizona diamond field expedition sails. Two hackmen drown near Portland Maine. Tragedy near Grove City Ohio as Monix shoots wife then himself. wife grievously wounded.
London reports say Americans bought rough diamonds from merchants posing as Pacific railway contractors. Arthur Sullivan reportedly married Cornelia Dauka. Sherman visited Glasgow and sails Sept 5. Belfast solicitor released. Belfast riots crowd dispersed by police. London Times notes rising cattle disease in Britain. Russian Emperor trip plans and Berlin summit details dominate European coverage with dates in August and September.
A German bookkeeper John C F Rindars was found dead in Indianapolis. Dresher who shot Alexander Crowe was admitted to bail in Indianapolis. Governor Baker appointed William Land to the First Judicial District in place of resigning Wm P Edson. Summers relieved a mangled band by cannon discharge at Rockport while saluting Senator Morton. Plans for the Danville Brazil Bloomington railroad with capital 2 5 million were filed in Indianapolis. The Anderson Herald reports scandal against Indianapolis merchants with denial from the men and a $25 000 damages claim threatened.
Notre Dame Chapel hosts a 24 bell chime weighing 14000 pounds heard twenty miles away. The piece covers church openings and expansions in Charleston West Virginia and Missouri Baptist growth. It notes Rev Lanahan’s Baltimore appointment, an ecclesiastical eclipse in Springfield Illinois, and a push to fund infirm Episcopal clergy near New York. Bishop Jones recovers from illness as fall conferences loom.
President Tuttle extols accuracy as the path to advancement. A poor man's son rose through precise work, writing, arithmetic, and telegraphy, earning praise and promotion. Employers prefer accurate workers and discard inaccuracy. A Lewistown Maine dress anecdote contrasts scorn and affection for consistent, reliable habits.
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