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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1872
Page
2
The Daily Evening Star will publish three editions daily starting now. Press derangements over the past two days caused delays and missed connections for some early train packages, but the issue has been resolved and subscribers and agents will receive papers promptly as before.
TKE BABEKET reports announce StaR market coverage as a specialty with enhanced reliability. The second edition will revise leading articles up to 7Change, include shipments, sales, and latest markets by telegraph to ensure confident transactions for patrons.
Telegraphic dispatches report General Howard traveling to the national capital with a picnicking party to receive seasonal compliments. With the Great Father gone and his wigwam closed fears arise he may turn to Forney as next best chance to mollify all, except Simon Cameron who seeks Forney’s scalp. Enlist Forney.
A New York suit against Jay Gould, former Erie president, seeks six million dollars. The piece suggests the action may amuse him and criticizes the legal system's spectacle, asserting genuine justice often eludes the citys battles with powerful figures. The column notes Tweeds warning and doubts real punishment will follow.
A historical editorial labels Mr Lo a gentleman and discusses U S Indian policy. It compares Lo to idle “gentlemen” and debates how to manage natives like Red Clouds and Blue Horses, with references to annuities and living conditions in Washington.
A long critique argues Mr Lo’s supposed gentlemanly stance amid Indian policy and railroad plans. It cites the New York Tribune piece on a visit to Dakota Indians, contrasts work with leisure for privileged men, and warns government and rail firms about indolence and moral risk. The piece ends noting the Ohio Valley Editorial Association meeting at Athens with officers and resolutions.
The government should adopt an Indian Policy to keep the peace while recognizing Mr Lo as constitutionally valid. It rebukes disturbance as marauding and murderous behavior.
The Rambler recounts a June 1872 overnight journey from Cincinnati to St Louis aboard an excursion train. He notes noisy passengers, a conductor’s intervention, a Horace Greeley rumor, and crowds at Lawrenceburg Indianapolis Terre Haute Effingham Vandalia seeking the famed figure. The piece shifts to St Louis hosting the eighteenth annual Singerfest with thousands of singers and an active Y M C A convention agenda the next day including committee work and religious talks.
The article details a grand Sengerfest with civic pride as crowds decorate Market Street with arches and flags. It describes the Sengerfest Hall on Twelfth Street, Italianate in style, with towers, flag staffs, a 150 by 225 foot auditorium, stage of 75 by 100, and capacity figures totaling 16 665. The wooden structure is valued at about $75 000 and slated to open during the Feast of Weeks on June 12.
A Cassel's Magazine writer notes Holland and Belgium honor pigeons with Antwerp exhibitions and recalls a 1819 Antwerp competition where a pigeon flown to London returned home in six hours, a 180 mile straight line. The piece explores instincts, sight, and unresolved questions about how birds navigate long journeys.
The closing exercises at Kentucky University in Lexington were held on the 18th with a strong turnout. Three graduates completed Arts, fifteen in the Bible college, and twenty in Commercial. About six hundred students attended the past year, as the Board of Curators met for two days and adjourned. The secret session yesterday reportedly involved the regency of the institution amid years of debate.
A boy teases the dog Dandy who bites no one but defends a friend. When Bobby falls into a lake, Dandy initially helps a larger boy but then returns to save Bobby, delivering him to shore. Bobby learns kindness after nearly losing his life due to mistreatment of the dog.
California farmers expect about 20 million bushels of wheat to sell to San Francisco buyers this year. A bay area ring allegedly extorts high prices on nine ounce sacks that hold two bushels, demanding eighteen to twenty cents, while New York offers similar sacks for fourteen and a quarter cents. Shipping differs by rail and steamer, making New York purchases save three to four cents per sack, about twenty percent, prompting farmers to unite with clubs to thwart the scheme.
The Galion Logansport and Chicago railroad company filed to build a line from Galion to Wabash City near the Indiana line with 2,000,000 capital. The Junction City Iron company organized with 250,000 capital for mining and manufacturing.
The Bookstore at 39 West Fourth Street next to St Pauls advertises New Books Initial Paper Croquet Chromes Pocket Books Gold Pens Stereoscopic Views Family Bibles Hymn Books Blank Books and related items Dealers can buy at low prices in this stationery notice from May 27.
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