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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1872
Page
2
A Commercial inquiry asks Horace Greeley age with a best estimate: sixty one, going on sixty two. Gov Noyes issues a proclamation for a Nobles county special election on the first Tuesday in March to fill a legislative vacancy caused by a tied vote in the last election.
Judge Brinkerhoff writes Judge Stallo praising Cox Stallo and Hoadly to the S HR Missouri. He misreads the party’s plans and credits Kittredge as the sole generalissimo. Only Kittredge should be consulted for the success or failure of the new party movement.
The passage argues for creating a western territorial government called OKLAm'en, covering lands from Indian reservations. It laments potential displacement of Native Americans as the region near Arkansas and Texas would become a territory, with concerns the Indian must move again toward the setting sun.
Hon Jasons W Grimes ex Senator died in Burlington Iowa on the 7th at age 56. Born October 16 1816 in Deering New York he attended Dartmouth College 1836 moved to Iowa and served in the first Iowa Assembly and as Governor 1854 to 1858 and United States Senator in two terms between 1859 and 1871. His impeachment vote against President Johnson estranged friends though his honesty was not questioned. Death due to heart disease, a family pattern.
The article argues a Commercial plan to seize offshore islands near the United States in wartime, noting an omission of San Domingo and the Bay of Samana. It questions editorial strategy and suggests Rev EFJ rewrite prior San Domingo correspondence to revive the paper as an Administration organ, while warning such move could provoke harsh public reaction.
The Loyalists of London planned a grand demonstration to express devotion to the British Crown and royal family. They aimed to use capital from Prince of Wales illness to crush Sir Charles Dilke and republican supporters. Uninvited crowds gathered outside a hall, singing Europe’s Song of Freedom and the Marseillaise as doors finally opened.
An enormous crowd packed a spacious hall for a political gathering. After speakers urged the cause, the crowd displaced chairs, darkened the hall and massed tens of thousands to march to Sir Charles Dilke’s residence, praising the Republican headlong momentum and predicting future strength for the party.
A partisan polemic argues that England’s threat to withdraw from the Washington arbitration would deface its reputation. It contends the claims extend to consequential damages and quotes the Geneva Conference framework, while noting Berlin and Vienna press reactions to England's perceived perfidy.
The Cleveland Non-Explosive Lamp Company lists 72 employees on its payroll and a production capacity of 2600 metal lamps per day, indicating a significant manufacturing scale for its industry.
The record covers a Pennsylvania contested election case ruling against Cessna and Meyer, passage of an Educational Fund bill allocating net public land proceeds to education, and House actions on seating revisions. It notes votes, key names like Dawes and Burchard, and memorials from Wisconsin and Chicago merchants on revenue seizures.
Senate factions clash over Sumner's Civil Rights Amendment as Trumbull and Logan push modifications. Ferry argues federal interference harms states like Connecticut while Sherman and others seek to strike sections on churches and juror selection before an evening adjournment.
The Senate Judiciary Committee discussed Mr. Berry's House Bill to allow persons who have read newspaper reports of criminal transactions to serve as jurors. The measure aims to keep the law substantially as it is and the session recessed for a break.
Discussion resumes on the Jury Bill with objections to juror bias. Amendments disqualifying biased jurors and excluding newspaper hearsay failed by narrow margins. The House then passed a motion to revise laws, fund bridges in Muskingum county, and enable mortgage holders to verify secured amounts. Third reading included a measure to move the Farmer's Insurance Company principal office from Yelloway in Knox county.
House debated an amendment to fund last year’s salary for the Central Lunatic Asylum superintendent and matron after Dr Peck and wife’s roles. A motion to increase Peck’s pay to 1200 and cut Mrs Peck’s 400 failed 12 to 77. Senate amendments approved 64 to 31. Cincinnati redistricting bill reported with amendments, set for third reading.
A Cincinnati reader recounts advice from a Constant Reader on avoiding late visits to ladies. He argues women should end calls by ten, as lingering past ten invites discomfort, while a polite insistence to retire earns respect and helps prevent hasty marriages.
An elderly resident of Andrew County Missouri was found along a roadside near West Point. He appeared frozen and stiff with a head wound resembling a horseshoe strike, attributed to heavy drinking ending his life.
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