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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1872
Page
4
Coroner Underhill presided over a morning inquest on Elizabeth Waurnsing, an 81 Broadway resident and 91 year old widow born in Germany. Neighbors found her body after a window was opened. testimony said she was last seen drunk yesterday morning. The jury ruled death from excessive dissipation.
A meeting at Oberly House outlined preparations for the grand regatta on the Ohio River on the 27th and 28th inste. Pittsburg’s Fisher Barge Club will send thirty with six scullers led by Jimmy Hamill. Louisville and New Albany entries join Evansville, Ripley, Portsmouth, Trenton and other river towns. Races include single sculls, double sculls, amateur and professional events, with prizes and special trophies. Entry books open at 61 Main street with a five dollar fee, except for the amateur champion and scrub skiff races. A regatta ball is planned for Arbeiter Hall Monday evening.
Local items report the clerk of the board of control fixed at 720 dollars yearly after a rival offer of 400. Hamilton and Dearborn counties discuss bridge options over Whitewater at Harrison and consider a Warren, Pa. suspension model while Kennedy bridge opposing wooden construction. Judge Straub fines dairyman H Karnish 25 dollars for adulterated milk. A Route 0 street car altercation leads to a young German’s three month workhouse sentence suspended for probate review due to possible mental impairment.
In Common Pleas before Judge Avery the State v John Theskner resulted in a $50 fine and costs for assault. The State v F Kambi yielded a not guilty verdict on attempted murder. Several prisoners were arraigned and pleaded not guilty. Probate Court admitted the will of Bibilla Kramer and named Fisher as executor of Robert Granat.
Citizens and visitors will find ample amusements as Vaudeville and the Gouve acts return. The Black Crook at Wood's Theater, plus new novelties from Macauley, promise strong lineups. Rice's Minstrels, the Georgia Minstrels at Mozart Hall, and the National Theater with E D Davies ventriloquism highlight a week of varied entertainment.
The piece notes clear cool fall weather and river levels around six feet at the channel in the Red River area near Shreveport and Pittsburg. It highlights a booming trade between Shreveport and St Louis with fifty two arrivals valued at about $30,000 per cargo, totaling over $4.9 million for the year ending September 1, 1872. It praises rising wealth and investment in Shreveport and argues Jefferson will similarly grow as Red River commerce expands, urging Ohio Valley cities to engage.
In the Bran market dated September 16 1978 little movement is noted with steady demand for Western reserve and Ohio middlings and mixed grains. Prices show limited change for old and new stocks while refined coffee and Laguayra trade slowly. overall market remains quiet with modest shifts in demand and supply.
Market prose covers provisions and produce with mixed tone as prices drift. Beef, refined, and staple items show firm or varied demand while vegetables like potatoes and onions move at listed prices. notes on summer steam, lard, and refined goods indicate overall market conditions.
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