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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1873
Page
3
Mrs Leonowens gives a vivid portrait of Bangkok, the so called woman’s city of Siam, where only princesses wives and concubines and their slaves live behind guarded walls. The city has its own laws police courts and markets and a permanent population of about 9000.
A Bedford County brief recounts Benjamin and Catharine Troutman of Londonderry Township and their ten surviving children weighing collectively heavy, with one son Peter weighing about 200 pounds. Peter fought a buck, grabbing its horns as the deer gored him, while his father fired to save him. The piece ends with social notes on a London assault case over bed space and a skeptical take on Mr. Greeley and education.
New Year’s Day in Rome saw Victor Emmanuel host his usual reception with Cabinet members foreign ambassadors and a deputation from the Chambers presenting congratulations and urging health preservation. The King thanked them for loyalty and announced measures to maintain unity and liberty of the Italian States. His Holiness the Pope also received New Year greetings from a select circle of friends.
New York reports the body of James Bevins found in the Center street fire ruins. Two more bodies are believed to remain among the wreckage as laborers continue the search and removal work.
John W. Pollock of the Pittsburg Leader hosted his fourteenth annual dinner for the city newsboys and bootblacks. About three hundred boys attended. A query asks what Col. Dodds could have accomplished with a full term in Congress regarding inland navigation.
The holiday custom of honoring friends with tokens of esteem was evident as Mr J E Rey, oyster fish and game dealer of 125 131 West Fifth Street, received a splendid silver service from his employer. A speech by Boym G Fipeseie followed by Mr Rey's reply preceded a festive repast with champagne.
A young man provoked a fight in Linton’s building at Fifth and Vine streets. After an onlookers’ scuffle he delivered a blow that knocked the foe to the floor. Two policemen restrained the scene and tried to revive him with rubbing and care before he was taken to the Ninth-street Station in a comatose state.
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