Fragmented OCR News Note From Cincinnati Star
Fragmentary text from the Cincinnati Star appears, with garbled names and phrases. It mentions theater or science content and a dated byline, but details are unreadable and uncertain.
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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1875
Page
1
Fragmentary text from the Cincinnati Star appears, with garbled names and phrases. It mentions theater or science content and a dated byline, but details are unreadable and uncertain.
New York reports Yesterday afternoon the Sound steamer Stars of New York struck a rock near Hale Jon Point while en route from Hartford. The hull had a large hole. many passengers were saved and the vessel listed badly but remained afloat as damage was surveyed. The vessel was to be salved tomorrow with valued cargo severely damaged or destroyed.
A special agent under the Treasury investigated a number of tune houses on the Mississippi between Memphis and St Louis and on the Missouri toward Washington. Findings indicated the average condition was false and a consolidation of budgets is planned. Likely order to abolish several Quatom-tole at minor rivers including the Mississippi and inward rivers. Assistant Treasurer in New York directed by the Secretary to sell gold.
A major blaze at the old Avon building on 98 Taylor Street in Ayrungveltold, Massachusetts, caused extensive damage over two hours. Fire spread rapidly from northwest to southwest, destroying multiple buildings between Taylor and Work Street, Dwight Street to the block end. Estimated losses run up to $100,000 while occupants evacuated in time. Local residents and workers watched as flames gutted the structures and a fatality was reported amid the disaster.
A fragmented report notes Decoration Day events with a procession to the cemetery and graves decorated. It lists the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals officers and mentions attendance at Columbus July 1 and Governor Curd’s address at a local home gathering.
A long dispatch covers political debate on presidential term limits, with General Grant’s stance against a second term, and the 1875 Republican convention’s stance. It notes memorials and public reactions, plus contemporaneous foreign and domestic news items and a wide array of civic notices and obituaries.
The item lists patent notices from the United States Patent Office directed to Cincinnati citizens for the period ending May 18, with names including Albert J. Redway and Knocht, noting drawings and specifications, and references to patent numbers and October entries.
A garbled late 19th century column reports drunk and disorderly events, court fines, and local society happenings. It notes magistrates, appoints Kentucky and national delegates, Jubilee devotions, church social plans in Oxford and Lexington, and a range of personal notices, marriages, and obituaries amid civic business.
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