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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1872
Page
2
The World contends Stokes benefits from counsel withdrawal and a September delay as John McKeon takes over. Jurors may cool on the crime amid legal tricks, delaying the trial and preserving Stokes’s life prospects.
A New York arrival from Bremen aboard the Athena reports 27 aboard lost to disease and the sea with no physician on board and only the captain’s medicines. Twenty were infants and the voyage endured extreme squalor and medical neglect.
A powerful hurricane and ice forced many sealing ships to be crushed or surrounded, resulting in the loss of about forty vessels and over four thousand seamen. The tragedy follows last year’s noted fleet success, hitting a community not very wealthy with a vast material toll.
A new law bans all Sunday processions in New York except funeral processions during burial and those to or from places of worship with police notification. Only National Guard Fire Department and Police processions may occupy streets at all times, excluding other citizens' use of streets.
English capitalists plan a 2.5 million investment to build three 4000-ton steamers from San Francisco to Asia via Hong Kong Yokohama and other ports with Vancouver Island calls. The plan supports a northern route from Puget Sound shortening Asia trade by about 587 miles and six days, boosting Pacific commerce and rail links to upper Northwest markets.
Weather forecast notes clear and pleasant conditions with northerly winds. A cloudy area may extend over the South Atlantic Middle and New England States with possible rain and a westward shift in wind.
The week saw a record influx as twenty thousand immigrants arrived at Castle Garden. The Dayton Horse Fair opens today, drawing attention from buyers and spectators.
A Brussels zoo aquarium display features a grand grotto with glass tanks of sea and freshwater life including sea horses crabs and anemones. The exhibit highlights a luminous flower like a rainbow water lily and three large crocodiles in a central paddock amid other marine wonders.
A collection of satirical suggestions from several papers proposes humorous disguises for a man, from a waxed whip lash to a broom or a barber pole, each noting absurd practicality and drawing on common attire items. The quip depicts a parade of improbable outfits and ends with a note on absurd comparisons.
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