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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1872
Page
2
A notice states the Dariny EveNina Star will be mailed to residents likely to be absent from the city in summer, at a rate of 50 cents per month. The plan targets long absences and outlines collection and eligibility details.
We have gratifying intelligence from Washington that the Engineer's Bureau is examining reports from officers in charge of works on Western rivers and harbors. The aim is to devise the best method of expending the Congress appropriations approved at its last session.
We wager one of Grant's Havana cigars against Greeley's white hat that Eighth street between Main and Sycamore is the county's worst road since 1812. Street Commissioner, mend thy ways. A well defined fatal case of cholera was in New York City last Wednesday and the city fears a summer visitation. City authorities should act and the sanitary police be mobilized at once.
The letter notes Horace Greeley saying he is not in the habit of receiving presidential nominations while recounting his multiple nominations. It contrasts his experience with other presidents nominated twice such as Washington Jefferson Madison Monroe Jackson Lincoln and Grant, and notes Greeley has been nominated twice, in Cincinnati and Baltimore. The piece ends with a playful jab about the veteran Chappaqua man being used to nominations.
The article discusses why gold and silver became monetary standards and explores the shifting values between the metals. It notes Nevada’s silver yield, Asia’s silver demand, and historical gold surges that altered relative values, including California and Australia gold floods that once emboldened demonetization movements.
The article traces gold and silver values from colonial times to recent quotations, noting shifts as South American mines augmented supply. It cites ratios from one to ten to one to fifteen and a half, reflects on future circulating means, and muses whether gold or silver will again serve as currency.
The New York Bulletin urges caution over using city or county credit to back rail bonds. It argues consolidating municipal funds for distant roads risks civic bankruptcy, dilutes local governance purpose, and invites corruption as cities indorse speculative ventures. Leading cities like St Louis and San Francisco face $10 million each in bond pledges for a Pacific line.
A series of short notes from Indiana reports drownings at Fall Creek near Indianapolis and in Center township Marshall county, a new post office at Swan township Noble county named Ann, and at Independence Station Warren County. Also deaths including Mrs Malinda Laplante of Vincennes and Rev J E Lapsley of Terre Haute. Fire destroys residence of Willeman Shoals in Martin county. Atherton arrested in Fort Wayne for counterfeiting. Gold finds near Princeton stir excitement. New Era paper planned for New Albany. Rewards for Rapley murderers offered by Michigan City council. Terre Haute water works contract ready, operation by January. Terre Haute House sale attempt by C Geffroy of Cincinnati and hotel business moves.
A Terre Haute correspondent reports a porch fire scare at Mr Jonas Perkins farm three miles northeast on Lafayette road causing minor burns and splinters but all are out of danger. In Vigo county a bank $300 thief pursued by armed son and mother is captured. thief refuses to give name and is jailed awaiting grand jury action.
The Ohio Wesleyan University year report notes 409 students with 44 graduates and strong prosperity. President Rev Dr Merrick plans resignation due to health in a year, while Dr McCabe and Prof Williams continue leading figures in education and university growth.
At a regular Cincinnati Horticultural Society meeting Dr Warder described pear blight as patchy bark disease on four year old limbs, progressing from superficial to wood death. He noted healthy bark beyond the demarcation, potential removal by shaving and mastic sealing, with discussions on moisture, rooting vigor, underdraining, and soil conditions influencing severity.
A brief moral admonition urges men to treat women with respect at home, condemning cruelty and cowardice in private speech and warning that domestic harmony hinges on mindful conduct and consideration. The fragmented text references a sermon or editorial advocating gentleness within the household.
A New York baseball score shows the Mutuals defeated the Athletics eight to nothing. A cholera death is reported in New York and ex Governor Stanley of California dies. Various political and court items follow including appointments, elections, and legal actions across several states.
In York England a vast new railroad station is described as the largest in the world. Public schools in Paterson New Jersey closed or affected due to smallpox fears. Andrew G C Clark, charged with rape, appeared in New Castle Delaware and claimed innocence while expressing a wish to die. Woodlawn race course near Louisville Kentucky described as one of the country’s most beautiful, subdivided for a total of 29250 dollars. Dexter horse bred by Jonathan Hawkins Montgomery Orange County New York foaled in 1 and later sold for 400 dollars to George Alley at age ee years.
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