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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1872
Page
2
The Daily Evening Star notes the strong abstinence at Independence Day gatherings this year. It observes widespread sobriety and orderly conduct, hoping this change signals a lasting halt to intemperance and benefits the nation’s welfare.
The piece notes varied political rhetoric as Father Gideon decries Grant and Greeley. It cites his claim that the Republican party has served its purpose and warns of Grantism. Gideon muses a crooked stick could beat a mad dog, implying a strained view of party unity and candidate suitability.
The article discusses a possible interoceanic canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific and reviews surveys led by Navy Captain Hatfield. It notes the Darien route as closest yet hindered by mountains, with Panama considered for a railroad link and coastal logistics.
Reports show five practicable routes between Lake Nicaragua and the Pacific, with Ochomogo to Escalanta the favored line. Distances range from twenty to thirty six miles, with elevations up to forty feet and minimal cutting required, suggesting feasible interoceanic canal construction. Authorities urged government action to advance the project.
A July fifth celebration in Chillicothe marks Ross County's voting for new railroads. A morning parade, speeches by Wm. Allen and others, and evening crowds show strong support for railroad progress under banners like railroad yes. Businesses close for the event amid hopeful prospects of increased prosperity.
A New York correspondent notes the summer travel question of whether pleasure trips pay as a diversion from Mammon. He describes Long Branch, steamer jaunts, and shore drives, praising Long Branch cottages, monitor peat works on Long Island, and the heat’s toll. He observes quiet politics, mentions Grant and Reeley, and reports March heat in 98 to 100 degrees.
In Dayton on July 9 1872 a First Lutheran Sunday school moved from a warehouse to a dedicated chapel 90 by 50 feet with land cost 200 by 190 feet totaling 20000 dollars no debt. Rev Irving Mayee D D presided and Rev W Chidlaw and Prof Ort spoke. The Young Men's Christian Association held relic services in the park and runs eight schools.
A humorous antiquated guide on diet and daily routines. The text mockingly prescribes odd tips such as tar baths and sleeping improperly documented. it jokes about wood chopping, bed lounging, and avoiding eye shunts while referencing old grandfathers and curious “scientific” notions.
A broad collage of 19th century items covers politics, canal repairs, and international affairs. Reports include Crook and Grant's allies, Erie Canal damage at Port Jackson, New York and Philadelphia mortality, and movements of Ulysses Grant and family toward Europe. Also noted are shifts in Spanish and French politics, Mexican ministries, and local criminal updates including a Kentucky escapee recaptured in Indiana.
The item list notes Crawfordsville water fears, Peru exporting ague to Germany, a Brownstown to Houston mail route, and New Albany naming Joel D. Smith as chief of police. It records drownings near Kosciusko, a man struck by lightning near Oxford, deaths in Harrison county, and local church leadership in Corydon. Several jailings and legal cases are mentioned amid scattered county figures and production estimates for Delaware county.
A parade of mishaps unfolds with a boy breaking an arm after a wagon fall, a Greenfield man injuring his father in a scuffle, William Heintzelman sustaining multiple wounds after a fall from a second story, and several wagon crashes injuring Miss Adams and Miss Baker. In Seymour Norris’s lamp accident burns three children and himself. Mrs Turnpaugh suffers arm fractures in Circleville.
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