17 Jul 1873
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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1873
Page
1
Dispatches report workers in cotton and weaving sectors halted work and closed shops after a strike. Speakers urged rebellion against the municipal government, but demonstrations were not favorably received. Troops deployed to the plaza as clashes subsided and authorities prepared for further action.
A patrolman was seriously injured after arresting four men who assaulted him in a Foley Street saloon dispute. He secured his prisoners then collapsed, while the assailants faced charges and police action. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company plans rapid renewal of its fleet to secure freight contracts. Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel with notable figures including General Grant and Secretary Fish. Erie Railroad elected officers. two yellow fever deaths on City of Merida.
The fire origin at the Navy Department is traced to two city cabinet makers who were repairing furniture in room 16 and fled under supervision. Caleb Cushing faces charges in a related court case with suspicions of repeated appearances and long-day actions entering a conflict that hindered the plaintiff. details reference a sustained sequence of events from early day to night.
The report discusses Vice President s health and the chance he may not resume the office. It also covers the International Patent Congress in Vienna and the U S aim to provide data on American patent operations. Additionally the National Grange plans to move headquarters to Washington and expand subordinate granges across multiple states. The War Department warns against improper transfer of military supplies to Indians without proper authorization.
Baltimore officials report that four young men who were swept away in a Monday storm were found yesterday after two days of river drifting. The bodies were recovered by friends and were noted to have suffered partial decomposition due to crabs.
Charles H. Merrill, a well known lumber merchant in Portland, was shot yesterday by John Caslin who warned I am going to kill you before firing. The first bullet struck the back of Merrill’s skull. a second shot missed. Caslin is arrested and believed to be insane, claiming Merrill tried to drug him with apples. Merrill’s condition is hopeful for recovery.
Cincinnati officials from the Cincinnati Times visit Mayor Medill with Johnston General Noble L W Guss and Alex Henderson to plan a broad city tour. A Dexter Park race yesterday saw American Girl defeat Ripon Boy in a $500 race. American Girl is set to race Chicago Jim Rockey for $1,000 a side next Tuesday afternoon.
A July 17 meeting of Iowa Central Railway region lumber dealers formed a coordinated plan to curb farmers and outsiders buying at the same rates as country dealers. The pact sets a ten percent discount limit for wholesale sales to outsiders and targets securing lower lumber rates from Dubuque westward. An inventory linked to the late owner’s estate lists assets including 500 merchandise items and notes North Bison ties. details are uncertain and contingent.
A drowning occurred in Michigan when two men attempted to rescue a boy from a lake incident. One man perished after collapsing into the water and being caught in an embrace with another as bystanders watched. A small boy raised the alarm but help arrived too late, leaving the city in gloom.
Telegrams report Prefecta orders evacuations in occupied departments while Madrid braces for a renewed ministry under Salmeron. Don Carlos reenters Spain vowing to fight for God and country, rallying volunteers amid insurgent activity and cabinet resignations.
Reports list thirty two California Granges, widespread drought ruin in New Mexico, and continued rain damaging crops near Columbus. Other items note deaths including Jonny Kenney and Samuel Kenney, political bids, and transport accidents. President Grant attends a Peabody Fund meeting in New York.
A Cleveland letter from July 16, 1873, reports the Industrial Congress in session with mixed interest. Delegates arrive from distant constituencies as banners and mottos at Temperance Hall reveal a strong pro labor, pro union sentiment, while local media show tepid enthusiasm and debate over the congress' relevance.
A congressional debate centers on whether labor groups should align with political parties, with speakers citing Grange history and the potential power of trades unions. The session shifts to committee apportionments and anticipated reports, while a horticultural note lists top grapes and the Springfield Protestant ministers' weekly meeting.
A London Garden correspondent recommends a thin lime wash as superior to carbolic soap or lye for instant moss removal. The method was notably effective in A. M. Purdy’s Palmyra New York orchard, applied lightly to avoid a stark white coating.
At a late Illinois Horticultural Society meeting the profits of drying by fire heat were discussed and largely discouraged as unprofitable. Wier reported only 4 34 pounds of dried fruit per bushel of apples and the market price was lost. Various dryers were praised as best by their proponents.
A London Garden writer advocates root pruning for overgrown, unfruitful trees. He claims fruit can suddenly appear the season after pruning, even on trees that had yielded nothing for years. Work should be done before spring starts.
A late writer critiques attempting to fuse apple traits by bud grafting. He argues one bud with wood could not share characteristics across hundreds of cells, and that true sweet or sour fruit arises from different processes. He adds that if such a union occurred, both sides would stay separate with no intermingling.
Rochester grower C M Hooker reports using Paris green mixed with air-stacked lime to dust canker worm infested leaves. He warns Paris green is arsenic and dangerous to inhale or touch and urges strict precautions excluding people and animals from the orchard. He prefers flour as a possible alternative.
A Western Rural correspondent reports a simple method to make fence posts last longer than iron. Basswood or quaking ash were found durable after six to seven years in ground. The recipe uses boiled uncovat oil mixed with pulverized charcoal to coat the timber, preserving it so none will rot.
Rev Geo Southgate son of Rev Ho ratio Southgate of New York, missionarybishop of the Episcopal Church, has become a Roman Catholic, creating a notable religious conversion.
Recipe notes describe making German puffs with one pint milk five eggs two ounces butter ten spoonfuls flour and baking in cups with a sauce ice pie. For the rice pie boil rice soft add one egg per pie one tablespoon sugar a pinch of salt and nutmeg.
A vintage recipe lists ingredients including one pound flour halted sugar the yolk of three eggs and half pound of butter with ginger to taste. The clipped note reflects mid century baking guidance and flavor preferences.
A short recipe fragment lists ingredients to make a pie with lemon flavor. It mentions sugar water a raw potato line and lemon zest and instructs baking in a pastry crust. The text is incomplete and contains errors but conveys the method to prepare a lemon cream pie.
A vintage recipe note describes a custard pie with a jar method. Three scoops of Sapoc mill plus one and a half plies of THiK with salt and nutmeg, filling baked in a common pastry crust.
One pound flour and sugar, half pound butter, four eggs, teacup of cream, teaspoon soda, cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, one Eind raisins, and a glass of wine or bran y.
A recipe fragment lists one teacup cream two teacups milk three well beaten eggs a teaspoon saleratus dissolved in a wine-glass of milk a piece of butter half a flour to make thick as pound adrasine and apice to taste wine and brandy if you like.
A vintage recipe lists ingredients for a rich cake: two and a quarter pounds flour, one and a half pounds butter, three pounds fruit, six eggs, one pint milk, one cup molasses, two glasses wine, two glasses brandy, two teaspoons saleratus, and spices such as cloves and cinnamon.
A basic batter uses one teacup sugar and flour, milk and egg, cream of tartar, soda, butter melted, salt, and spice. Bake in thin sheets and spread jelly between sheets to form a cake divided into three portions.
Farmers describe rigging a wagon box with a hang-board and tied horse to maximize corn cribbing. The method uses two rows, catching ears with the thumb toward the point, stripping sides, and a wrench with the right hand to reach about sixty bushels per day.
The text urges farmers to keep a personal scrapbook by pasting valuable agricultural articles they read. It argues readers often forget useful suggestions or hints after finishing a paper and loses them, so clipping preserves helpful information for future operations and makes the scrapbook a valuable record over time.
A Country Gentleman correspondent recounts ten years of growing peas in abundance. Key tips: pinch the vine top at six feet and save the earliest pods for seed. Planting eye down is not necessary. With proper ground prep and warm weather, four peas per hill mature, yielding earlier harvests by saving seed each year.
Detective Bayliss confronted a young man named H. Williams outside a Central avenue shooting gallery and escorted him to Ninth Street Station. A companion, George F. Peck, claimed to be a New York traveling agent. Officers found two ornate revolvers on them and plan further raids as the investigation continues.
A boarder at the same location as Williams and Peck is identified as a third party and described as refusing to share details about his business. Suspicion centers on him as an accomplice in the case.
Eastern exchange rates hold at 7 4 tee between banks with steady round sums. New York prices unchanged with gold and government securities quoted. dairy and provisions show modest movement. Coffee, butter, cheese, and oats markets noted with mixed demand and firm to dull tones.
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