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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1872
Page
3
The speaker exults that liquor selling has ended in the town. He praises the change as a moral boon for families, noting a mother’s relief, children’s prospects, and a safer, steadier future with fewer temptations. The message urges support for the movement and highlights education and restraint.
The essay traces Gypsy origins from India through Europe, noting names like Romany and Zigani and linking them to Bohemians and Tehingene. It discusses possible Egyptian village legends, the nomadic heritage, and kinship with low caste Hindus, framing Romany life as a wild, windward presence in English landscapes while acknowledging limited harm and a fading population.
A rural woman describes her butter making method using six quart pans, setting milk cream for several hours, warming, churning in an open jar, and scalding the jar before breakfast. She notes calm routine, vigilant care, and that some workers are underutilized and underpaid, with no enthusiasm for extra duties.
A Berlin correspondent reports a reception for Minister Moltke marked by politeness and a declined invitation. In Hanover German Americans arrive for Schuetzenfest with cheers for the Fatherland. London reports destructive midland storms and crops ruined by lightning. Paris marks Bastille Day with Gambetta denouncing church and monarchy. Alexandria recounts a disgraceful affray between US Consul Butler and officers. Havre notes regatta delays and lone Sappho victory. San Francisco notes a Yokohama treaty stance and Niigata unrest. St Pauls Petits, once wealthy, dead in a station cell. The London Court Journal praises General Schenck and a Geneva agent’s cleverness amid vast Jeffersonville works progress.
Inventor Thomas Morton of Racine Wisconsin claims a ratchet based crank substitute removes crank dead points. The device uses opposing pawls and springs to drive a wheel a full revolution per piston stroke, doubling efficiency and reducing fuel. Morton seeks patent. engineers reportedly favorable and view it as a simple, revolutionary improvement.
A sprightly Missouri Republican correspondent recounts a Turkish bath in New York with comic exaggeration. She describes clothes removal, steaming, a freezing plunge, and near-misses, ending that she will not endure another such experience, and includes vivid, humorous asides about the procedure and reactions.
Fragmentary OCR notes record a cattle dealer named Sore Trotter and a note involving Devonport and Michael Flinn, mentioning eight framed dollars and a bank. Details are unclear due to damaged text. no clear dates or locations emerge.
A sequence of warm pictures depicts a grandmother knitting with a mother and toddler reaching for sunbeams, a girl teaching a cat to “face the music,” a boy decorating his pet lamb with flowers, an unconscious sleeper, a Newfoundland dog with a boy, and a mother in an old fashioned kitchen with children at play. Six Chromos offered by mail through The Star Publishing Company.
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