20 Jul 1872
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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1872
Page
2
The Evening Star notes Ohio's large afternoon circulation while D C enacts a civil rights bill. It urges local adoption to require price displays in eateries and services and to punish refusals to serve or price discrimination with fines and license forfeiture.
The United States built vast rail lines, expanding from 23 miles in 1830 to about 61,900 miles by 1871, with annual increases peaking at 7,458 miles in 1871. Construction costs averaged $50,000 per mile, totaling around $3.05 billion, while 1871 earnings reached $454.96 million at about $7,500 per mile, two thirds from freight.
The Treasury Department reportedly purchased rebel archives and aims to publish them in permanent form. A New Report piece cites Gen Grant among Harvard College speakers, which the writer doubts, suggesting the president would not give a speech.
An extra session in Hamilton's city government debates appropriating funds for the Hamilton Gas Light and Coke Company and reports on July work. The Board approves coal and supply bills, discusses teacher reinstatement and Goering’s German A Grammar School credentials, and notes salary increases for several teachers. Dr W W Caldwell bonds discussed amid calls to dismiss a large check, with adjournment following.
County Commissioners authorize building a double track iron bridge over the canal on Ludlow Avenue, echoing the Walnut Street span. Grading on eastern and western approaches will be done by Clifton and Cumminsville respectively. Completion urged before muddy season.
The article notes contemplated improvements on Kirby street and states the Grant Club meets at String's Turner Hall this evening at 8 o'clock, expecting a full attendance.
The City Council yesterday afternoon appropriated the balance of funds for the release of a Re-pa ke, and enacted an ordinance for opening Apple Street from the Tennessee to the Cole rain pikey. Marshall Avenue in southern Camp Washington will be finished in a week or two. Mrs. Emily Bankson opens an ice cream saloon on Fourth Avenue in front of the Union Sunday School. The STAR will be delivered regularly each afternoon in Camp Washington.
In Covington the Commonwealth case against Dresmann for selling liquor to minors was dismissed for want of prosecution. Water rents are due by August 1 or water will be shut off incurring a $1 reconnection fee. The George are ten statue at City Hall will be moved today and its final fate undecided. Courthouse work lag affects Circuit and Count Clerks and Master Commissioners who must relocate Monday to Franklin Library Hall on Greenup street. Democratic City Executive Committee meets at the Journal office tonight at ?.
In Newport yesterday several boys were jailed and a found silver watch may be stolen property. City Treasurer Louis Constans urges quicker tax payments as axes arrive slowly. James T. Be declines Democratic Sheriff candidacy in Campbell county. A water service ordinance passed first readings in Council and was laid over. Republicans hold primary meetings to elect delegates for a city convention nominating a Marshal candidate.
July reports from Geneva describe a secretive arbitration board session with protracted pleadings by English and American counsels and a debate over England's responsibility. Madrid witnesses a failed assassination attempt on King and Queen, spurring nationwide excitement and a royal visit plan.
A reviewer argues that love for children is largely illogical yet universally admired. It proposes innocence as insufficient for admiration, notes tender feelings toward infants despite lack of moral reasons, and suggests parental instinct supports society, implying humanity’s amiability despite logical critique.
A July issue overview notes Mr W L Alden’s After the Comet, claimed as a New York Historical Society lecture from 1982 about a great celestial catastrophe sixty years prior. It features frontispieces, travel scenes, art notes, child life glimpses, translations, and essays by various authors with editorials and a $5 annual subset price.
Advice on independence and self-reliance from Grace Greenwood urging personal effort to gain fame fortune and love. Includes an old method for feeding fowl with scalded hay and corn meal to boost winter egg production and general notes on thrift and hard work.
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