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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1872
Page
3
The speaker recalls youth and courtship in a bawdy verse about turning forty, aging, and the vanity of romance. It laments lost loves Gillian and Marion, celebrating aging men with gray beards and memories of Gillian's death while enjoying Gascon wine.
A Harper-like travel piece notes the Danish backed Greenland parliament at Julianashaab. Native representatives from towns vote on relief for a kayak loss, loans for gear, and support for a family with daughters, illustrating early formal self governance and paternal welfare.
A Syracuse shop tale recalls Jonah Squires a bold talker who could lift a dollar from pockets for a planned vest pattern trade. He boasted of cheap fabrics and staged sharp bargaining while the narrator endures rips from his antics and jokes about California tax amendments appear garbled at the end.
The piece critiques a Paris satire showing Mr Thiers as a sculptor of the Republic, noting the statue mirrors Thiers himself and wryly contends that suppressing caricature and photographs of Communist leaders curbs freedom. It argues government bans risk fueling vagabond genius and mocks censorship’s effect on press and public.
The annual report states farm products in the United States and territories excluding livestock reached 2.445 billion dollars as created wealth. It warns this figure reflects labor value, not pure profit, after deducting support for 40 million people, taxes, public debts, and foreign private debts.
Librarian of Congress A R Spoffard reports December 1 1871 totals of 236846 books and 40000 pamphlets up from 197666 books and 80000 pamphlets the prior year. He notes new copyright duties and requests more space and funding while postal rail expansion figures show 3185 miles of new track in six months and 6107 miles in the year.
The notice outlines postage rates for the United States with 3 cents per half ounce, local letters 2 cents with free carrier delivery, 1 cent at other offices, and 20 cents to register valuable letters. Money orders, circulars, printed matter, and various items have specific rates. Overseas rates include 6 cents to Great Britain, 10 cents via North German Union, 15 cents via England to France, and Dominion rates. Prepayment is required for most items.
The notice outlines daily and seasonal train services from Dayton to Toledo and Sandusky with connections to Cleveland Buffalo Indianapolis and Chicago. It notes specific departure and arrival times, the Bellefontaine Accommodation through service to Sandusky, and general train operations with station addresses and the agent Samuel Stevenson at No. 115 Vine Street No. 96 Canal Street.
The document presents a concise table detailing stamp duties with numbers 100 and 10 and 5. It organizes a complete set of values, likely tax rates, in a straightforward format for quick reference.
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