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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1872
Page
3
A fragmentary verse captures a calm guiding figure beside fleeing orphans. The lines describe a serene woman bearing a dying head, singing away fear as she prepares to take children to safety or a home, with orphans seeking solace and aid.
In Washington May 2 Senate discussed adjournment dates and amendments to the tariff and tax bill. Key votes moved adjournment to June 3 and June 5, with the noon June 3 adjournment adopted. The tariff bill underwent changes including free list remarks on lumber salt and tobacco taxes debated amid party lines. House actions included extending the Ku Klux bill and railroad land votes plus civil rights provisions. The House and Senate also advanced bankruptcy and post office site measures as sessions recessed.
The British House of Commons saw Gladstone's brief reply on the supplemental treaty article and a fiery protest by Tom Hughes against Derby adjournment. The Derby motion passed 212 to 58. Paris reports hint at a July marriage for Christine Nilsson. Archduchess Sophia dies in Vienna. Philippine hurricane damage noted. A botanical piece explains Linné’s floral clock and calendar with flowers marking daily and monthly time.
The House concurred in adjourning on June 3 and set a five minute limit on tariff and tax bill amendments. Section 5 was struck, the paper paragraph amended to levy 2 1 2 percent ad valorem on printing paper and related items, books retained, saltpeter duties updated, and brass rates struck.
The Senate and House adjourned after debates on the supplementary apportionment bill and justice administration measures. Votes favored suspending rules on several acts but failed to pass the civil rights bill extensions and amendments. Bills on bankruptcy law changes and post office site in Cincinnati passed under rules suspension.
A bank failure left liabilities of 225000 with only 60000 in coin and mining stock. Exchequer stock, once worth 5 a share, rose to 10. Other bank stocks climbed, lifting the estate from poverty to prosperity. Cash in bank reached 367000, with 100000 more realized, totaling 467000 in assets and 342000 before debts.
The cross sign marked by illiterate signers replaced signatures, a practice dating to kings and nobles. In Saxon times the cross attestation applied to the unlettered and the skilled, linking the mark to oaths and sacred oathlike expressions such as God save the mark.
An Albany Times report recalls a near disaster when a burning bridge over a deep cut threatened a passenger train. The engine and cars survived by swift action as supports weakened and flames raged, highlighting a terrifying escape and concerns over the bridge’s integrity. The piece also cites incidents of rod sellers inflating profits and a historical House of Commons scene with a farmer’s costume demonstration.
A reader reports illness after December pie made from rhubarb stored in cold water boiled in an iron kettle and canned in charcoal tin plates. The answer explains rhubarb acidity from oxalic acid dissolves tin and lead alloys, forming toxic oxalates and causing vomiting.
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