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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1872
Page
3
A poetic memory of a lost child traceable in a mother’s voice. The speaker recalls a tiny shoe and the weight of parting, hoping to meet the child beyond the river shore as tears haunt the empty footwear. The piece centers on grief, remembrance, and faith.
A severe Florida cyclone from Camp Mooney caused extensive damage across several areas. Homes at Stetson’s place were wrecked. a woman was killed in a collapse. cattle and livestock perished. two miles of destruction included uprooted trees and wrecked vehicles. The Jacksonville Union reports broader shipping delays and regional ruin.
A Washington dispatch reports Rear Admiral Inglefield of the British navy is appointed attache in Washington, arriving six weeks ago and now active under instruction from London. He will inspect torpedo systems coast defenses and southern ports, with travel to New Orleans and Key West, while a flying squadron prepares at the Azores for possible contingencies.
Report from Arizona Miner cites Apache bands fleeing to mountains after Camp Verde raids. Warns Colyer policy blamed for losses, urges vigilance as Crook redoubles effort to force peace. Includes notes on lamp cleaning and rural recipes amid scattered domestic items.
A Washington correspondent argues that the city life, from Capitol to White House, is a cycle of dalliance and empty show. Social routines repeat weekly with the same people, events, and routes, urging sober work before Congress's summer break. The piece notes outlets like dining receptions and millinery displays as the dominant social pattern.
The Chicago Evening Journal presents a memorial from Philadelphia dated February 12, 1756. It depicts death philosophically, arguing bodies are instruments for learning and usefulness, and that mortality leads to immortal life. A parent writes to a child, urging acceptance and affection as one joins the afterlife.
The Chieftain reports a Pueblo discovery of a soap bearing stone found by a traveler near Fountain Creek. The stone lathers like soap, cleans stains, and yields soft skin, prompting tests at a local drug store and praise from the tester. Also described are two Maine tragedies where a drunken couple and a mother killed or left a child to die, prompting moral reflections.
The company announces the purchase of 14 acres of prime Mill Creek Valley land between Flint and Liberty streets and McLean and Garrard, at Whitney's Lumber Yard 449 Freeman Street. List of officers includes WM. L. ROBINSON president and JOHN WALLIMAN vice president, with a long slate of trustees and local figures.
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