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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1872
Page
2
The Daily Evening Star will publish three editions daily after 7,000 copies are issued. The change creates multiple daily printings to cover broader readership and timing.
The War Department cites a Treasury communication shifting enlistment dating for three months regiments reconstituted as three year troops. The change enables all three year enlistees from May 3 to August 6 1861 to receive the Congress sanctioned $100 bounty.
The account describes a fresh group of adventurers heading to Cuba to rekindle revolt as Spanish authorities fear Carlist uprisings. It notes limited home government troop availability due to Galicia and reflects on Spain and Cuba facing difficult, dangerous conditions.
The article advises that with the hot season residents endure a dull, ordered routine. It suggests finding happiness in occupation, modest leisure, and city comforts instead of far travels. It contrasts Versailles gardens and Yosemite cascades with local fountains and city amusements.
A garbled OCR fragment reports on severe punishment for fraud in a city, mentioning Jersey City and a legal or punitive action. The legible parts indicate a harsh penalty and a claim about widespread dread, but many words are corrupted or missing.
A court sentence for Bumstead, former Commissioner of Public Works, serves as a contrast to leniency shown to others. Nine months hard labor and costs were imposed, while co-defendant Vreeland received restitution and a postponed sentence. The piece rails against perceived corruption and uneven punishment among politicians and officials.
The Indiana Democratic Convention met in Indianapolis with large attendance. Nominations included Governor Thomas A Hendricks Lieutenant Governor William Du Pauw Secretary of State Owen W Eddy Auditor John B Stall Treasurer James B Ryan Superintendent Milton B Hopkins Attorney General Byless Hanna Clerk Edward Price Reporter John Robinson and delegates to the Baltimore Convention listed with several county affiliations. The State Central Committee is headed by John H O'Neil for the first district.
The Miami University Alumni Society held its annual meeting in the Oxford college chapel. J. McLain Smith was elected President with Rev. T. A. Fullerton and Rev. W. B. Spence as vice presidents, R. H. Bishop as secretary treasurer, and Whitelaw Reid as orator. Reid sent a letter explaining he cannot attend due to pressing duties in New York.
In a formal note Reid states he must break engagements due to imperative demands and offers sincere regret. An Alumni Society adjourned for short addresses by Cary and Chidlaw before a reception at Prof. Bishop's residence. Commencement exercises are scheduled for 10 o'clock on the campus grove.
The Greensburg ceremony launches the Cincinnati and Terre Haute division with Patrick Ewing inaugurating the first plow cut. Major Cumback, Colonel Gorin, Judge Bonner and Major Robbins attend as speakers predicting regional benefits from the line linking Cincinnati to Bartholomew and surrounding coal districts.
An accident at Kingan's alk house injures Martin Quinn a two year worker. While cleaning rendering tanks he fell into a four foot slush tub of hot grease and water but crawled out before aid arrived. He suffered severe scalds to his feet and chest and is under medical care at home.
A fragment records a treaty note about rail transport of war material during wartime and mentions a German rail route context. The readable text hints at negotiations or restrictions affecting movement of war supplies.
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