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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1873
Page
2
The Gazette urges delaying judgment on the Mobilier cases until all testimony. It questions the potential acquittal despite evidence. It questions lawyer secrecy, cites Durant money, and analyzes Ames' $1,290 election contribution to Colfax and its political implications.
The article notes France paying Prussia 5,000,000,000 francs about $1 billion, with the fourth millard due in May and smooth finance. Thiers holds to power as Assembly aims to save France from disturbance and test republican freedoms amid rising Republican sentiment. It also reports a Mobilier scene confirming a $1,200 Colfax payment, Vice President denying получил funds, and Senate deliberations on investigations and impeachment limits.
The text urges the people to awaken and hold indignation meetings to demand the resignation of Wilson and the declination of his inauguration. It calls Kansas residents to seek a governor’s proclamation for a new Legislature and to replace a bribed body with honest representatives. It also urges nationwide pressure to reject Wilson’s inauguration.
Ezra Cornell and other agricultural educators push the bill granting proceeds of vast public lands to agricultural colleges now in the House. The educators are derided as public enemies by critics who say the plan wastes people’s land and money and fails to reflect farmer interests.
Senator Samuel Pomeroy of Kansas is arrested in Topeka on bribery charges and released on $5,000 bail. The joint convention to elect a successor to Pomeroy adjourned after York testified to bribe payments, York's vote supporting Ingalls won. Public reaction questions national honor and urges reform.
Secretary Boutwell weighs indictments against Phelps Dodge & Co importers of tin plates and metals valued at about 50 million dollars. The firm faces potential damages up to 1 million and possible perjury charges on numerous invoices. Dodge contends settlement offers, while public pressure calls for full investigation and severe punishment.
The Judiciary Committee of Congress plans reporting raises to fifty thousand dollars for the President and a yearly pay for Congressmen, with back payment to March 4, 1871. The piece denounces the Forty-second Congress for alleged bribery and policy that harmed the public, calling the proposed raises an extreme display of shamelessness.
A city observer reports that Signal Service pay is only 72 dollars a month, far below the 100 dollars of a first class clerk. Emphasizes 15 hour days, high responsibility, and critical public service, urging higher rank, military status, and fair compensation to retain skilled personnel.
The passage notes John C. B. Davis being nominated by President Grant and confirmed by the Senate. It alleges that in 1867 as director and legal adviser of the Erie railway he received 60000 dollars from the Boston Hartford Erie Company to obtain a 5 million dollar guaranty, and that the Erie Company lost two to three million dollars.
A peck of seed dropped in a cornfield yields a nine cow dairy kept through summer with excellent butter quality. Six heifer calves and fat cattle produce six pesade of butter weekly, milk and cream for a sixteen‑inmate house. Cows eat and work daily, grazing, milking, and stable routines continue through winter with small corn ears kept to sustain milk.
A fire destroyed a house belonging to Mr Reed three miles west of Vin ton Iowa early yesterday. The family fled with no clothes as their three sick children were moved to a barn. The thermometer stood two below zero and the loss was about 1500 dollars with no insurance.
A Kenosha bound train derailed near Glencoe after a broken rail. One car and the locomotive left the track. Sylvester Buffin of Kenosha was severely burned by a coal stove and dies soon after. Passengers survived while rescuers pulled a charred body from the wreckage. The disaster coincided with a police department feud over Mayor’s suspension of officials.
In Police Court Judge Straub sentences Joan McDonald for habitual family abuse and wife whipping to three months in the Workhouse. Aaron G. Perkins, about 70, is jailed ten days for intoxication after claiming a fractured memory prevents him from remembering.
The report lists multiple defendants including Mary Gallagher and Mike Melia with sentences for drunkenness and vagrancy. Several defendants such as Nettie Melis and Aaron Perkins receive short terms, while others are discharged or continued.
The case against Kreaz and Muth, accused of a robbery and attempted murder at the Northwestern Hotel, was terminated yesterday afternoon after a long history of delays. The court decided to proceed against the two defendants with trial forthcoming.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference the Order of United Workmen and individuals with dates and votes. Readable items include mentions of meetings, detentions, and unspecified actions. however core details are garbled and names and places are not clearly identifiable.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a purchase of a pair of boots from a shop or stall at a station area. The readable items name a person or shop but lack dates amounts or clear actions. The context suggests a simple sale or inquiry about footwear.
Real estate transfer notices itemize deeds between multiple pairs of owners. Jacob Elsas and spouse transfer property in Mille township to M J inpean tran pene 481-109 Rares. A B Willis and wife convey land on west side street. E B Thomas and wife sell to Sarah Hinmen a one acre lot in Columbia town. John O Connor purchases lot on Washing ton avenue in Glendale. Margaret Haley transfers parcels in Foote's second and Danville areas with values noted.
The market remained firm at previous rates by 1 P. M. Thursday Jan 9 with active demand for certain staples. Pork and Green goods showed steady or firm conditions, bacon and lard quoted at established levels, with clear rib and other cuts sold at cited prices. wholesale quotes and arrivals for pennies and hog products noted.
Grain and livestock prices drift with mixed activity in Milwaukee and Toledo. Wheat, oats, and sugar shown limited movement while hogs draw steady demand. receipts and futures activity cited, with cash and futures values implied but details fragmented.
Circular to the sick extols Holloway's Ointment for rheumatism scrofula erysipelas and related muscular and fiber ailments. Claims include medical waters lotions and various recipes under its influence relaxing contracted sinews and offering miraculous relief.
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