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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1873
Page
2
The Evening Star laments Ohio street filth surpassing rival papers, mocks the street department’s inaction, and jokes about weather contracts. It then analyzes usury history, arguing money lenders set rent for borrowed money, not just interest, and criticizes ecclesiastical influence on laws.
The piece argues that fixed usury limits harm borrowers by keeping interest rates too low, urging free lending. It cites historical shifts toward higher conventional rates, noting Ohio’s repeal of a ten percent cap led to more borrowing at twelve percent and reduced overall risk and cost to borrowers.
A special report from Louisvi m Kentucky notes ice forming on the lake with the current driving it ashore toward Indiana fields. By 2 PM the ice runs heavily in large fields but no damage is reported locally. No word yet from coal boats near Pumpkin Patch and no disaster seen in the area.
Special report from Columbus notes both legislative houses handling numerous routine measures. Senator Jones of Trumbull proposes repealing the Boesel railroad law, with Hamilton's Shank to mirror in the House. A Hamilton bill for a Cincinnati Board of Construction is unlikely to pass. Taft seeks condemnation powers for a U S Custom House in Cincinnati. Oliver of Hamilton would pay a salaried law librarian. The Temperance Committee may propose changes to the Adair liquor law.
Memphis dispatch reports light excitement as the Arkansas politics view the upcoming state government inauguration with caution. Judgeship decisions loom, party conventions appear ineffectual, and Brindle delegates organize amid hall access disputes. Local crimes, arrests, and a railroad derailment near Madisonville are noted with brief details.
The notice states that until further notice all services will be at the National Theater Sundays at 3 and 7 o'clock PM. John E. Morris and Henry H. Erne will conduct the services. Seating is free and there will be no collection.
Resolved that passage of a bill to amend section twelve of an act for punishing certain offenses is necessary to protect merchants from fraud and deceit. The bill assimilates false pretenses to larceny and has passed the House. resolutions urge Ejectment of county members to support the measure and direct the secretary to inform Senators Thomas L. Young John Wright and others.
Mike Fay an east end thief was committed for two petit larceny counts and given nine months in the workhouse. Dr O E Newton was fined 20 dollars for assault with intent to collect a board bill. A license clerk scene shows a couple seeking a marriage permit with evasive answers about residence and plans to wed elsewhere.
A novel hook and ladder wagon built by R. Bruce & Co. for the Common Council is placed in the engine house of the Threes on Sixth Street. The three-tier design holds ladders of various sizes, hooks, ropes, buckets, and extinguishers, with an iron brake for easy turning.
Transfers list multiple property deeds including nett Nurre to H H Nurre on Main Street west side and other parcels in Columbia and Woodburn. Also notes leases, wharf lease, and various owners. Market summary covers imports exports with flour, wheat, corn, cotton and meats. prices steady to firm with mixed demand and limited receipts.
A colonial legal primer outlines the rules for bargains in livestock trade. It covers sale expectations for horses and other live stock, the warranty of soundness, and the grounds for declaring unsoundness or vice under common law.
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