The Star for the Summer Mail Service Instructions
The Star for the Summer notes a mailing option for residents who spend the summer away from the city. People may have the newspaper mailed to them by leaving orders at the counting-room.
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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1873
Page
2
The Star for the Summer notes a mailing option for residents who spend the summer away from the city. People may have the newspaper mailed to them by leaving orders at the counting-room.
The essay attacks the franking privilege and rising public printing costs from two to two million dollars annually. It argues Congress may restore the privilege, criticize salary gains, and warn of entrenched waste. It urges vigilant reform to prevent abuse by officials and book merchants.
The passage argues that people learn to protect themselves as classes organize for mutual benefit, with manufacturers forming powerful associations to secure protection and profits. It notes bankers and other groups aligning under a federal principle to maximize gain, often without regard for justice, and hints at a broad network of societies under unified leadership.
A call for broad worker organization across crafts and sectors argues that bankers, rail, and railways wield undue control. It urges farmers, mechanics, laborers, and other workers to form federations, advocate for justice, and attend a National Industrial Congress beginning on the fifth of the month with delegates from farmers Granges and labor unions.
Remains of the aging Jesse B Grant are laid to rest as a piece recalls his life. He balanced vice and virtue, valued work, and despised ostentation while maintaining simple habits and strict filial respect. His stubborn resolve to lead his business endures as a man of Scotch roots and quiet duty.
The piece honors a Covington resident, praising his warmth amid frugality and cold manners. It recalls how leaders like Hamer, Medary, Amman, and Fishback respected him. President Jackson recommended Leavitt for Ohio District Judge, a fact he often cited with pride. He aided a struggling family, saying the man’s character mattered, and he remembered his own earlier hardships.
In a Friday lecture Beecher rebuts Dr. Curry and the Methodist preachers association who labeled his teaching emasculated theology. He argues that true Christianity adapts to contemporary needs, rejects fixed systems like Calvinism and Armenianism, and pleads for a Bible-centered, adaptable gospel that inspires love and confidence. He says people seek inquiry and practical insight into current events and motives rather than abstract doctrinal debates.
In a Louisville High School alumni gathering the 1869 graduate Charlies B. Seymour urged noble sentiments for all youths from middle and poor classes predicting moral elevation over wealth. He argued every man is priceless and laborers outweigh products, warning against selling self for fame or power as Beecher denial is noted in telegraphic columns.
The Office of the Chief Signal Officer reports brisk easterly and southerly winds with cloudy, rainy conditions in the New England States. Elsewhere forecasts include southwesterly to westerly winds, clearing skies in the Middle States and Lower Lake region, and mixed conditions across the Gulf States and Ohio Valley. Telegraphic reports from Upper Michigan and west of the Mississippi are still not fully received.
James Whalen aged 80 who was severely shot weeks ago has recovered enough to sit up in bed.
The Board of Control met without a quorum for the first time since its creation. Absent were Messrs Brannan and Longworth, leaving the meeting unable to proceed.
Visited markets reveal no cholera fear in Cincinnati as stalls brim with cabbage green peas cucumbers string beans and other produce. High demand for the truck indicates steady consumer confidence, a quality valued in sausages and other innards.
In police court this morning Samuel K. Rose and N S Frazier faced embezzlement charges. Jesse Young and Louis E K Goldstone were arraigned on fake pretenses. William C Clay was charged with assault and battery. All dockets show months of delay and bail forfeitures with capias for rearrest. Continuances set for October 1.
Perry Sanders a colored shoemaker of Avondale was arrested for disorderly conduct after resisting officers in his home. He was arraigned in Police Court, defended by Mayor Johnson, and sentenced by Judge Straub to $10 and costs after a week in jail, with praise for his character.
Miss M F Buchanan praises Cincinnati for the May Musical Festival and credits Theodore Thomas and Otto Singer with remarkable leadership. The cor Pilot notes the festival as a renaissance of genuine musical art in the new world and compares the Cincinnati chorus favorably to historical English performances. Handel is referenced as a benchmark for mastery by Thomas and his orchestra.
In re Ll. Werr in Cr scens Broetit v. The Uardian Mutual Life Insurance Co The judge decided the plaintiff must surrender the insurance policies and marriage certificate deposited with her former attorney The court considered liens and the attorney's fee arrangement The insurance companies may remain stakeholders until final disposition of the litigation and rights of all parties are preserved
In a Superior Court proceeding, Braina Engel faced a personal judgment related to a land dispute with the Rahpdane and Samuel Burt versus Frederick Croppel. The case concluded with a judgment for the plaintiff. In Probate Court, the will of Frank Ruesshe was admitted to probate and Nathanias Simonene and his wife adopted Caroline Lammert, aged two.
Guardian Eulalia Meyer transfers lot 9½ by 110 feet on Baymiller with 195 tons south of Piveny for $4,600 to J. Mussard. Peter Heinrich, Henry Jobanning, Brienite, Alex Wes, and others appear in a series of conveyances and perpetual leaseholds including a 25 by 80 foot parcel on Lames River road. Holmes, McCulloch, and Evans link to several tracts in Twenty-first ward with varying dimensions and prices. Sheriff's sale transfers list Freeman Street and Batts Street parcels in the eastern Beek area with values around $3,000.
Market report shows cattle at 181 head with flour quiet and steady. Wheat demand for choice grades exists but low and inferior remain dull. mixed corn scarce with demand muted. Meats market active and high with shoulders and pork futures noted. sales on change list include mixed lots and various barrel quantities. prices vary by grade and item across commodities.
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