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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1872
Page
2
The Evening Star boasts highest circulation in Ohio, while rumors claim Miss Nellie Grant bought 40000 francs worth of Paris silk and lace. A Boston society anecdote suspects Nellie’s customs duty, plus chatter over Longfellow allegedly breaking down in a race with Bassett after a loose shoe.
The piece argues Germany profited from the Franco-Prussian War, noting total German expenditure of 273 million and a net credit of 860 million after Alsace and Lorraine. It details indemnity distribution including 26 million to Alsace Lorraine sufferers, 1.5 million to Germans in France, 2.8 million to soldier families, and 9 million in pensions, plus 28 million for fortifications, 80 million in a war fund, 7 million deposits, and 9 million for rail improvements.
The report of Benito Juarez the Mexican president dying is met with caution as he has been declared dead before. If true, his death would affect Mexico's ongoing turmoil and factional strife driven by racial conflict between native and Spanish-descended factions.
An analysis shows town populations grew faster than rural areas from 1860 to 1870 across states like Ohio Massachusetts and New York. The piece notes urbanization raises living costs, boosts mercantile and industrial demand, and may tempt farmers to shift fields while offering higher profits in towns.
A fragment from a local column recalls a private gathering for the gentry near a camp meeting site. A wag labeled it a scamp meeting, provoking lighthearted chatter about decorum and social stance among attendees.
In a November 1871 missive to James Gordon Bennett Jr., Dr. David Livingstone recounts hardship near Ujiji after Stanley’s arrival. He details being attacked by drunken half caste slaves from Zanzibar and the loss of goods to slavery and ivory trade while nearly succumbing to exhaustion and fever.
David Livingstone writes home amid Africa’s rivers and droughts, describing watershed surveys toward Nile sources, colonial intrigues, and the push to end East Coast slavery. He thanks supporters, notes British aid of a thousand pounds, and laments delays from slave-trade politics.
In Treasury offices a clerk jokes that Peter is the shortest man in the Bible because he had no money, while the Chicago Law Journal criticizes juror verdict procedures and cautions against sensational use of mock data to skew court outcomes.
The report covers diverse items including political conventions and nominations in various districts, a decree dismissal of public official Catacazy, interviews with Horace Greeley, and deaths such as ex-General Harlow W. Chittenden. It notes arrests for abortion, a Hartford trial acquittal, a steamboat explosion near Bellevue, a Dubuque tobacco factory fire, and Philological Association proceedings.
A Genesee herald tale recounts Major Murderwell wounded in Grant’s West campaign. A gold pen and its case traveled with the ball through his stomach and intestines, later lodged near the spinal column, then partly exited. The incident highlights unlikely medical luck and cautions against imitating such perilous feats.
Dr Maudsley argues in the British Medical Journal that while insanity reports rise with population and registration improves, there is no solid evidence yet of a real increase in insanity beyond better reporting. He notes possible yearly rise may be plausible but unsupported by facts.
Advice on choosing high quality starch to avoid clumping and sticking. Methods include using starch glass, boiling soap with starch, and dampening wrung garments with starch solution before ironing. Also mentions folding dresses to steam and press effectively.
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