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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1872
Page
4
Railroad agents along different lines are asked to act as distributors for gratuitous copies of the Daily Evening Star. Agents will be charged one cent per copy delivered at railroad stations. STAR CO. 169 Race St. bet. Fourth and Fifth.
Miss Wallace, a leading vaudeville artist, departs for the sunny South. The note mentions her acclaimed talent and plans after a season of performances.
The Ohio No. 4 captained boat will depart tonight for Marietta as river traffic continues. Weather is pleasant and rivers show declines with rail and canal data noted. Arrivals report no beyond local packets. several boats depart with freight while incidents include a sailor rescued after a fall and a death aboard Thompson Dean in New Orleans.
Covington residents report L. C. C. Lodge workers donate flour and coal to widows of deceased members. George Phillips becomes president of Phillips & Jordan Rolling Mill Co. at 4000 dollars yearly. A West End coal dealer clashes with a boy on the river bank. Esquire Wayman improves from illness. Washington Lodge No 3 plans January visit to Franklin Lodge No 4 in Cincinnati. Kenton Building Association may end after four years based on current share payments. Thomas Benten found dead near Taylor Mill road. coroner cites unknown cause. Kentucky legislature repeals insanity based divorce grounds. School project on Bachelder Street seeks time extension. Dick Davis, jailed for drunkenness, is claimed as a Newport Barracks deserter. soldiers escort him home.
The article recounts Louise Michel's life as a schoolteacher turned insurgent in the Paris Commune, detailing her trial, transportation sentence, and role as a militant figure. It also mentions broader debates on women's rights and a New York church formation led by Rev. Hepworth.
Reported cases include Bluffer Sparks charged with assault and battery on Lillie Goons on Vine Street near Getz's Beer Garden with witnesses detailing the incident. Also Thomas Connelly fined for dropping a brick on Morris and Henry Schliff linked to a shooting at Henry Metz’s residence, with mixed outcomes and costs.
A call for an unsectarian movement uniting good men and women to apply fundamental truths to hearts and lives. The plan seeks cooperation of Christians on historic faith to form the Church of the Disciples and organize within a week or two, led by Gene Hepworth and supporters. Citizens and families gathered after a service to support Hepworth’s goal of a free gospel and practical church effort.
Market was heavy and over but steady as of 1 P. M. in New York. Financial notes include entries for New York Central at 98 and various rail stocks such as Erie Reading Michigan Southern Cleveland and Pittsburgh Northwestern Rock Island Ft Wayne St Paul and Pacific Mail with mixed preferred and common shares.
Market dull with receipts and demand about even and prices steady. Provisions show more activity and whisky trends upward. Grain and produce values listed for wheat, corn, oats, rye, buckwheat, flour, and fruits with various farm prices and deliveries noted.
Special weather notice by Henry Twitchell Optician reports cloudy conditions with morning wind and milder temperatures. Friday forecast shows cloudy unsettled weather with similar wind patterns and sunset at 5.06.
Listings show Clark wedekind Lunbeck Price Platz O Neil Auer Weizenicker Lynch Webster Schlegel Meyerhauber with grooms from Madisonville Hartwell Philadelphia St Louis Poughkeepsie Karlsruhe and Europe arranged by a friend who selected Emma Meyerbober from Germany.
Obituaries list Willard Campbell daughter Catherine Kinsby Richard Charles Roberts Sarah Wrightson H. P. Bogie William B Ball James Crutchfield Charles Dana Eliza Donovan A Fields Minnie Long J. C. Webber Eliza Wood among others. Funeral times and locations provided for multiple families with addresses and dates.
Readable fragments list assets details from a bank ledger including bonds state and city bonds market values notes on collateral loans accrued interest and total assets with net assets referenced. Names appear as table entries among agents and parties.
Partial balance sheet showing cash on hand in bank and in transit 837 499 96, U. S. bonds and state bonds with market values, notes on bills receivable and other items. Liabilities note losses in process of adjustment, fire and inland liabilities not yet totalled.
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