01 Jul 1873
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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1873
Page
1
A massive nitro glycerine blast near the giant powder works devastates a city area. Many missing or dead, including workers and several noted locals. buildings crumble, streets chaos, and schools shut. Rescue teams pull bodies from rubble as calls for mourning and aid spread.
The Brooklyn Eagle prints a letter from Mr. Beecher defending against rumors and asserting consent to publish letters in possession. The text contains garbled phrases and hints at Woodhull and other persons, with Beecher signing as Busi PEs and referencing past stories.
An unreadable OCR snippet mentions a person sentenced and penitentiary context but lacks clear names dates or places to form a coherent fact. The readable bits indicate a legal action but are too fragmentary to identify entities or outcome with accuracy.
In Dusy Que on July 1 two men Jh raloeonen and James Sack under liquor challenged a butcher shop. McDonough faced the block when Sackett swung a cleaver injuring him. bystanders intervened to prevent further harm.
A forthcoming statement will testify that a bearer check for 1200 dollars was handled by a gentleman who may now provide testimony in Ames. The man, long absent in Europe, only recently learned the significance of his testimony. Also today the Interior Secretary will sign an order for the removal of the Winnebago Indians from Wisconsin.
A sailboat overturned at Clear Lake Iowa on Saturday night during a party wind capsized the craft. Miss Florence Brown her father and a male friend were drowned while others aboard escaped by clinging to the boat.
George Black, postmaster at Rochester in Recine County, Wisconsin, died suddenly of apoplexy yesterday morning at the Railroad Hotel in Milwaukee. He was over sixty years old and had served as postmaster for about one year.
The Courier notes a sharp rift in Ohio Democrats after Allen county threats trigger a Hamilton county call to a mass convention in Columbus on the 30th. Signers include once prominent figures, signaling possible party realignment and rival factions forming ahead of autumn elections. A separate brief reports the US steamer Nepsic awaiting Polaris search gear if the Tigress is deemed unfit.
Citizens demand a larger post office and better light and ventilation. The Phoenix Building on Walnut Street, part of condemnation plans, is described with stairs, stores, and high ceilings, and proposed as temporary office space until new federal buildings are completed.
Local notes report officers elected for a new term at Magnolia Lodge No. 1 I O O F with John Hartou and others named for key posts Recording Secretary James Bush and Trustee A P L Brffield are listed alongside Miami Lodge officers including Smith Sag Donnelly and Aug Donnelly in a separate Improved order notice.
A meeting of gentlemen in Cincinnati discussed founding a zoological garden. Attendees included Max Lilienthal, J. Simkinson, Charles Taft, and others. A seven member committee was named to study feasibility and park access.
Rights of Pribies officers were elected at Saturday evening session with Chancellor Commander George W. Styles and officers including Vice Chancellor John T. Follette Prelate Sam D. Sheppard Trustee A J Jones. An entertainment at Second Presbyterian Church York and Ringgold featured recitations by Hon C J Dodds and Colonel Taylor plus berries and cream and other attractions.
Edward Carr a Montgomery resident, after taunts from brothers over his aim to become a bus driver, returned home and fatally shot himself. The incident followed his failed bid to be named a driver and sparked widespread gloom in the community.
Auditor Schmidg hag lists new structures including dwellings and churches valued at hundreds of thousands, banks and roads totals, and a county death by exposure case. He notes a Sunday liquor ordinance case with a stalled jury, and a planned court social at the courthouse with county women coordinating.
The text notes active money demand and bank willingness to lend. Bond prices show modest activity with New York bonds fractionally up and gold receipts described as short. Silver is bought around 107 to 109 for small amounts.
Bills of sale and price quotes cover meat, wool, and staples. Entries cite per pound rates for beef, pork, ham, and bacon, with references to demand and market steadiness. Wool receipts and varied country and city staple prices are noted amid limited buyer activity and general market conditions.
Weekly market roundup notes active demand and pricing in alcohol butter beans bran shipstuff and cooperage with price ranges quoted. It also records light steady demand for bagging gunny rye and related commodities while notes on oats corn and live stock are fragmented and uncertain.
The Brighton live stock market notes cattle prices and arrivals for the week ending Wednesday. Beef cattle and cows traded with prices up to 58 per head for certain lots, while shipping cattle and calves showed firm prices. The report lists yard activities, rates per hundredweight and general market conditions.
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