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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1872
Page
2
The Daily Evening Star notes that Charles Reade will publish a new novel titled A Simpleton. The item remarks Charley Reade’s capability to undertake this project with a confident assertion.
A Lancaster museum reportedly preserves applebutter made during the Revolution, claimed by a young woman who says she made it a century ago. The tale blends local lore with a claim of origin and time.
The New York dailies fill space with what they know about Stokes and what they don't know about Baltimore and the coming election. The latter offers the sharper reading, as the unknowns attract interest while known facts repeat.
The piece mocks grand speeches by politicians who claim their states will deliver large majorities for their candidates. Each speaker inflates numbers, while the article notes such orators know little about actual majorities or outcomes, urging common sense and truthful rhetoric.
Toombs accuses Brown of bribery in Georgia Legislature in a published letter. Brown replies with a sharp rebuke calling Toombs an unscrupulous liar. The exchange ends with a quip about possible gunpowder investments in Georgia and a nod to historical loyalties.
The irascible Catacazy, recalled Russian minister, plans a thin pamphlet with alleged revelations that will shed light on the Fish of the State Department. He sought a London publisher, who balked at publishing the thin book. Campaign funds may back its distribution at ten cents a thousand.
The piece portrays farm laborers, termed Hodge, as a distinct and markedly low class among British workers. It notes their limited reading and writing, and their tendency to remain on the estates where they work, highlighting minimal social mobility and education.
The article surveys brutal conditions of English farm laborers living in substandard cottages with meager wages. It highlights emigration from Cambridgeshire and Warwickshire as a spur for reform, the rise of labor unions on large estates, and support from prominent philanthropists. The trend promises wage, housing, and schooling improvements that could modernize British agriculture.
Suburban edition notes Capt Lon Bryson has commenced residence on Clay street. Chancery Court meets today. Newport's Mr. Marsh is building a neat residence on Sixth street, next to Henry Teiman.
CUMMINSVILLE Mayor Dirr plans talks with the president of the C H D railroad within days to devise a drainage plan for the pond at Cherry and Hoffner streets. The pond has long troubled the neighborhood with noxious emissions and nearby cemetery interments have surged due to a cholera morbus outbreak. A culvert project on Elmore street and Colerain pike is underway, promising flood relief to surrounding cellars, and the Turnverein has leased land near Dirr's dry goods store to build a new facility for gatherings.
White Water Valley notes Cedar Grove residents propose a Gothic style church sized fifty five by ninety feet as a local ornament and credit. Brookville residents plan a large two story school building for four to five hundred scholars. Architect A Druiding of St Louis is said to have designed the Brookville plan.
Covington re election of George Hartley as Chief of Covington lies Department marked a victory for his party. Council met with President presiding and most members present except Middenorf. major action included awarding Sheena Jones contract to M P Smith as low bidder at about $19 380.
The ordinance increases Fire Department head term to two years and boosts the City Treasurer salary amid amendments. A bridge company proposes purchasing the suspension bridge for 750000, with city debts totaling about 1 million, raising total cost to 1750000. Hartley is elected Fire Chief. a Cincinnati girl found intoxicated on the commons raises suspicions. Greeley men plan a meeting tomorrow to ratify and glorify.
Newport council meets with president Berry presiding. A Madison street drainage petition is sent to committee with power to act. Reports approve treasurer vouchers totaling 18 146.51 and Bank of America coupons 11 483.50. Ermert bond for Harris street improvement approved. City Clerk to credit treasurer and bank. Ordinance to improve Washington avenue requested. Nuisance abatement proposals invited. Buena Vista alley improvement referred. claims allowed 2 215.01. Horse accident near York and Madison noted. New fire alarm telegraph tested successfully. In Mayor Court Geo Elliott held to bail 250 for cutting Adam Snyder. Greeley Wednesday night joke referenced.
Rev H Clay Trumbull notes a moving scene where General Howard aids Miguel a battle scarred chieftain, now listening in a mixed language setting to the gospel. An advertisement mix and a curious marriage anecdote follow, including a Louisville suitor who courts his sister and an old lady seeking civil engineer advocates for conductors.
A sweeping wire of foreign dispatches reports political exchanges in the United States as Democrats rally to Greeley and Liberal Republicans waver. In Africa, Stanley departs for London with Livingstone’s health noted, seeking the Nile source. Berlin bans Jesuits, while Sherman’s Berlin visit stirs court etiquette debates. Paris hosts Sherman’s audience as Metz burn and Spanish border skirmishes ripple. Brazil braces for elections as tensions with Argentina rise.
Charles D Vorhis was arrested yesterday morning in Indianapolis on charges of robbing the Marion National Bank of about twenty five thousand dollars. Bail set at twenty thousand dollars, he was committed to jail. The Indiana & Illinois railroad project reports a new line between the Indiana State line and Decatur Illinois, contingent on donations and right of way. The Terre Haute Daily Journal editor rumored suspended. Methodists in Gillam, Jasper County, plan a new house of worship.
An unknown man was knocked from a railroad track near Lexington Indiana by a southbound train and likely fatally injured. Jennings county reports red foxes as a pest. A post office robbery attempt failed at Connersville last week. A child’s body was found in a well near Sullivan. A five year old daughter of William Matchett near Salem was fatally scalded. Corn crops promise an excellent yield despite some delays. Elizabeth Burns of Longsport was arrested for alleged arsenic poisoning. examination ordered but no prosecution.
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