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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1872
Page
2
Incomplete municipal note cites street routs Bennied by Sixth and Smith and Carr streets due to seriousness of a matter. Authorities promise updates and to send word to the police.
The Geneva Tribunal case pitted United States against Great Britain with Britain ordered to pay fifteen million five hundred thousand dollars. The judgment draws praise for balance while prompting Britain to tighten its ship-building and export controls, signaling broader effects for neutral nations and future arbitration outcomes.
In 1870 71 New York offered 100000 for a steam substitute for canal horses that would not swell water or erode embankments. Inventors test varied ideas, some with odd devices. Dr Chase of Portland Maine claims his sea horse power engine could push a heavily laden boat at 3 to 4 miles per hour in a canal and up to 6 on a river, with reduced propulsion cost despite higher initial expense.
The article surveys several propulsion ideas for canal boats, including a vertical stern paddle wheel and water duct systems designed to reduce shoreline swell. It notes competing screw and double screw arrangements and argues such innovations could revive canal and river transportation and justify a hundred thousand dollar prize.
A famed priest at forty five, after twenty seven years of celibacy, declares he must marry. He argues for civil unions for clergy, claims marriage strengthens society, and envisions global effects from his personal union. The piece notes public shock, wider implications for the church, and a potential culture shift sparked by this elopement.
Wall Street rumors of broker failures echo as the convention approves the National Rules of the Pork Packers and Provision Dealers. The gathering sets detailed packing standards for mess, clear, and Cumberland cuts, brands dates and weights, designates boxes and tieres, and names Chicago as next meeting site for October 1873 with appreciation to Cincinnati for hospitality.
Market activity rested firm with unchanged overall tone as of 2 PM on Sept 19. Commodities traded include wheat, corn, rye, barley, cotton, pork, bacon, flour, and whisky, with prices cited for various grades and origins and limited movement in demand.
Market reports from Liverpool New York and Toledo dated September 19 show mixed price activity across wheat corn and other staples. Wheat prices in Liverpool and New York fluctuate with firmer components in Toledo while corn holds steady or weak in some regions. Meat lard and tallow trends are noted with varying demand and exchange in the same session.
A comprehensive work outlines the laws governing livery stables stock raisers and veterinary surgeons in daily transactions sale warranty and safe keeping of horses and live stock. It aims to be plain practical and useful to lawyers owners inn keepers and others dealing with horses.
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