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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1872
Page
2
The article notes the President's sudden departure for Long Branch and Cabinet flight, deeming it ill timed amid current sentiment. It highlights strained U S relations with Spain, via Gen Sickles, and a demand for Dr Howard’s release as a decisive test of future policy.
A wealthy young man was lured to a remote building and murdered by three accomplices. His body was mutilated and hidden in a chest, then dumped in the harbor where the sea returned it. Detections led to two executions and one life sentence. the mastermind’s family faced derangement and ruin.
In Cincinnati the Undine at the fountain is described as a sorrowful sight with two missing arms. The statue lacks its cooling shade as crowds gather, and observers urge fountain doctors to perform repairs promptly.
A lengthy appeal from a distressed sewerswoman asks the Knights of St Crispin to address alleged grievances. The writer notes the piece is long, written on both sides of a sheet, and urges Congress adjournment respite to publish further communications.
A brief sketch notes how distant regions show progress through population and growth, referencing Puget Sound Courier of Olympia Washington Territory and towns like Skookum Chuck Puyallup Squally Bottom Skokomish Snohomish and Turnwater highlighting the Pacific coast’s evolving map of places.
A Cincinnati letter-writer reviews Pacific coast expansion including Olympia Arcadia excursions, Puget Sound lumber shipments, Kalama railroad activity, and Portland hotel arrivals, ending with a first person account from a Daughters of St Crispin member detailing union tensions and wage pressures in Cincinnati.
A reader contributing to the newspaper discusses the eight hour movement in New York, capital versus labor, and the rise of labor unions as the central issue of the day. He notes the high price of papers and urges careful perusal by workingmen.
In a provincial city, Mr Disraeli dined with a magnate and requested brown sherry during his talk. The host presented a decanter and glass, and the orator drank repeatedly, finishing most of the sherry and half the last drink. Afterward he noted the wine but praised the host’s excellent spirit despite the unusual remarks.
The late A and NR RB disaster report states no timber broken. heavy rain saturated earth causing bents to press apart as tenons pulled from mortises. Major Firth shows a marked improvement, with doctors noting a favorable change in condition.
Reports describe a one minute westward tornado sweeping through Quincy and De Graff, destroying a third of the town, injuring twenty five people, and causing extensive property loss. Mill, grain, and forests were damaged, with ten thousand visitors and hundreds in need of aid.
On the Saline river camp a platform grave held a young chief's son with full warrior regalia. The outfit included bow, quiver, tomahawk, pipe, tobacco, revolver, rifle, saddle, clothing, paints, beads, and a white woman’s scalp. Dakota Yankton railroad bonds funded half the project for the Sioux City to Yankton line, 65 miles, to be finished by November.
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