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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1875
Page
4
A chaotic OCR blends weather notes, court actions, accidents, weddings, concerts, and local notices. It mentions court cases, thefts, injuries, a pension office move, a wedding at Pendleton, and society events with scattered names and places throughout the city.
In Longworth Street a well dressed man named Geo Walder visited Kate Riley’s house and asked for an intimate friend of Mary Riley. Wilder drew a pistol and fired wounding the young woman mortally after a struggle with the landlady. Wilder, a 27 year old with a past as a three card monte man, was arrested and jailed. The scorned lover’s motive appears jealousy. The wounded woman, about 20, died within hours.
Fire broke out around 4 30 this morning in Box No 20 at Hum and Pearl streets, engulfing properties Nos 214 916 218 and 290 W Second Street occupied by Steptoe McFarlan Coy wood working machinery. The blaze caused heavy damage to belts and stock, with losses not exceeding 2000 dollars, and prompted a second alarm as flames spread. Firemen gained control within about an hour.
Death occurs at Ninth Street residence of Judge Storer one of the oldest and most respected lawyers in the city age about eighty. Born in Portland Maine he studied Bowdoin and was admitted to the bar in 1797 at twenty one. He served as Judge of the Superior Court and was awarded Doctor of Laws by Kenyon College, leaving a wife and three children.
Testimony details how water collectors altered bills against policy, with only two exempt from changes. Witnesses describe funds misused from money in packages and loans sought to cover deficits. Trustee B Dannenhold confirms contributions to the Democratic Executive Committee, while mention of Mayor Johnston and possible Waterworks money surfaces alongside a list of damaged properties and losses from an earlier report.
A garbled passage laments poor spelling and aims to create a series of parsing waaps or conjugations amid reflections on historic events and a great explosion. It questions why public focus shifts from language reform to sensational topics and hints at educational reform.
Wr. Baddies of Cumberland County fights a Berkshire boar. Mr Saddler is seized by the ankle and dragged about in shallow water. The house dog aids in escape, biting the boar’s ear. Saddler crawls away nearly smothered but not seriously hurt.
OCR text fragment outlines a weekly newspaper with sections on religion intelligence poetry obituaries and editorial content. Appears to summarize varied items including local news, historical sketches and literary notes.
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