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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1872
Page
2
A public debate centers on T.8 Nobie’s Forgiven in the Art Gallery, examining whether art should please or bear a deeper truth. The review praises the painting’s honest execution and the mother’s sorrow as central to a broader tragedy of forgiveness.
The essay argues artists may explore death and sorrow, citing Macbeth, Homer, Dante, Poe, and Michelangelo. It notes great masters repeatedly treat grim themes without violating aesthetics, urging fidelity to human experience while upholding artistic ideals.
Special Dispatch from Dayton reports Mr. Greeley arriving by train at 8:40 am to a carriage procession and a decorated stand. He spoke fifteen minutes urging reconciliation with the South and heart purification, cheered by about a thousand. Governors Walker and Randolph spoke. Greeley declined further due to fatigue. Also noted is a separate incident at Larimer House where a waiter girl was fired after a colored guest was seated at a public table.
James T. McWilliams an eighteen year old printer on the Times was shot and killed last night by one of four unknown men on Clinton Street near the Times offices. The assailants fled. one man was seen peering from a fence as a companion passed. Police are pursuing leads. Also notes report a fire on Longworth Street and detectives recovering a stolen jewelry haul.
In Police Court this morning Judge Straub presided over thirty two new and eight continued cases. Defendants faced varied charges from assault to theft with penalties ranging from fines to terms in the Workhouse. Key actions included a lenient adjournment for a burglary victim and several sentences for thefts and assaults.
The coroner reopened an inquest into the Conway homicide. Several new witnesses testified without revealing new facts. One young man from Barr Street described his evening after the Grant procession, detailing a visit to a Fifth Street beer garden and Harding's restaurant.
OCR fragment lists various corn and flour lots with prices and quantities. Mentions steamer samples, bush and spring wheat, and descriptions of grain quality like clear and middling for mess. Indicates a buyer and monthly timing in Texas.
Market reports show mixed activity with receipts noted and prices varying across commodities. Gold, silver, grains, livestock and fats move with rains, declines in corn and pork, and steady wheat levels in New York and London exchanges.
A detailed promotion of a law book on horse sales and the duties of livery stable keepers, veterinarians, horse breakers, and graziers. It covers warranties, soundness, deceit in sale, and responsibilities in horse care with endorsements from legal journals and scholars.
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