Ohio Evening Star declares lead in state circulation
The Daily Circulation of the Evening Star exceeds that of any other Ohio afternoon paper by over 4000. The paper notes its indispensability and announces tomorrow’s issue. Mentions Horace Greeley and Whitelaw Reid, Tribune stock speculation by Jay Gould, and Massachusetts Senate contest with Boutwell favored. Also reports Indiana’s cold snap freezing sixty locomotives and cites the “Wizard of the North.”
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Evening Star
Ohio
Indiana
Usury Laws Reconsidered in a Modern Currency Debate
A historical critique argues against fixed usury rates and calls for uniform money pricing across states. It notes the inconsistency between limiting interest on loans while permitting high returns on housing and questions legal standpoints rooted in antiquated doctrine. The piece references Mosaic law and early Christian thought to suggest usury prohibition is outdated.
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St. Ambrose
Early Christian Fathers on Usury and Its Political Impact
The piece traces usury's moral and legal rise from church authority to state law, citing Solon, Athens, Rome, and England. It notes decrees against usury, Jewish and Lombard lending, and the 1290 English expulsion of Jews, arguing clergy profits and fear of excommunication shaped policy. It also mentions corn as fuel and price comparisons from the Nonpareil.
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Solon
Greece
Attica
Rome
Tacitus
England
Alfred
Edward the Confessor
Perrault
Edward
Hume
Embezzlement Case in Police Court Postponed Again
The case of 8. K. Rose charged with embezzlement remained on the Police Court docket and was continued for four months. Humphreys, a Delaware Police Court shyster, aided Prosector Campbell in sending several defendants to the Workhouse. Coroner Underhill held 251 inquests in the past year, mostly due to bad whisky, with July and October being the busiest months. the total money found on bodies in these inquests was recorded.
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8. K. Rose
Humphreys
Delaware Police Court
Campbell
Underhill
Geist
Probate court records list beckman will admitted and admins named
The will of Joseph Beckman was admitted to probate this morning. Theodore Lassig was appointed administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Berry. Real estate valued at 3500 and personal property at 5000. Henry Huffman was appointed administrator of the estate of Allen Huffman deceased with real estate valued at 25000 and personal at 1000.
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Joseph Beckman
Theodore Lassig
Oflizabeth Berri
Henry Huffman
Allen Huffman
Drunk and Disorderly Defendants Appear Before Judge Straub
In court before Judge Straub, Mary Muljen received ten days, Edward McCabe thirty days, George Walters thirty days, and Buck Robinson ten dollars fine. Ellen Armstrong was dismissed, Henry Tibbetts continued. Chas Neuilly charged with petit larceny. Edward Andrews labeled common thief with thirty days. Matthias Goodhart vagrancy dismissed. Henry Null assigned assault and battery dismissal. Thomas Kinney vagrancy ten days, Kate Shannon vagrancy thirty days.
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Judge Straub
Mary Muljen
Edward McCabe
George Walters
Buck” Robinson
Elen Armstrong
Henry Tibbetts
Cellanrovs
Kate Shannon
Ear severing noted in early county records
A historic court record from 1800 documents an 1806 quarrel in Hamilton County where Henry Copees allegedly bit off Johnston Campbell’s right ear top and a fragment from the left ear, witnessed by Justice Joseph Prince. The fragment preserves a dramatic glimpse into pioneer era law and disorder.
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Recorder’s Office
United States
Ohio
Hamilton County
Joseph Prince
Daniel Critchley
Henry Copees
Johnston Campbell
Real Estate Transfers in MonoDays December 89
Transfers list multiple parcels from Spring Grove Cemetery to R W ashen and others. Notable sales include Martha Ruffner to Sylvester Ruffner, Michael Dooly to Elizabeth Graves, and T McIntyre to J D Parker. Prices range from $25 to $1,500 for various lots in Lockland Glendale and Sycamore Township.
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Spring Grove Cemetery
R. W.ashen
Martha Ruffner
Sylvester Ruffner
Lock Street
Millcreek
Lockland
Michael Dooly
Elizabeth H Graves
Forest Avenue
Glendale
Erasmus
Clarissa Gest
Philip Hartsmuth
Cross Street
Elm Street
Woodruff
Benj. Mason
Em and
Walnut Streets
Charlotte R. Clarkson
Peter Zinn
Central Avenue
Charlotte Street
J. W. Dimmick
Philip Newbrandt
Bridge and Garden Streets
T. McIntyre
J. D. Parker
Elia Finley
Kate F. Robb
Sycamore Township
Charles Schmidt
Catharine Roeller
Fourteenth Street
Bremenstr
Joseph Roeller
Afternoon Market Review Reflects Mixed Commodities Activity
Wheat firm with futures near 162 for No 2 red winter and 168 for No 1. Oats show activity, corn steady with supply constraints supporting prices. Cotton quiet, middlings around 19 to 19.5 cents, pork and lard firm with steady wholesale demand. Whisky active at 88 per gallon iron bound.
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Tige
L&c. Crater
York
Am Seating Co
Cuba
Market roundups and prices across cities end of year
Chicago notes show mixed grains and livestock bids with no. 1 red winter wheat around 1 65 and oats dull while hogs at Louisville near 350. Receipts vary with Toledo reporting active wheat and flat oats amid year end trading. Milwaukee prices list corn flour bacon lard and tallow with general activity steady.
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Amber Paige Cheng
Louisville
Tsue
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