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Newspaper
The Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1872
Page
1
A dense directory of merchants across categories from booksellers and furniture to insurance and groceries. It lists firms by street and type, including Wire Goods and Brush makers, Carriage Manufacturers, Furniture dealers, and insurance agents with multiple company names and addresses.
On the international front tensions rise as Prussia and Turkey face growing friction. The article forecasts potential conflicts, outlining diplomatic strains and possible consequences for European stability.
Official Berlin dispatches quoted in Paris indicate Germany plans to evacuate occupied French territory sooner than expected, a decision linked to the recent Berlin Imperial Conference. The move, not officially published, is believed to begin shortly and proceed rapidly, drawing favorable reaction from financial circles.
Dispatches from Lomdolm Lendon dated Oct 2 describe a collision between Turkish forces and Mantiguines, signaling potential trouble between Russia and Turkey and reopening the Eastern question. The British chancellor Lord Hatherley resigns, Sir Rounsdell Palmer named successor. Nellie Grant and Lt. Grant Jr. arrive in London from the Continent.
Berlin report states the option for French residents to stay and acquire German citizenship has ended and all French subjects are to be expelled from the territory.
A death of Ann Montgomery is reported near Benning's bridge with foul play suspected. Treasury clarifies pilot licensing on various vessels, while cotton crop failures through drought and worms are discussed with estimates predicting a possible two million bales. Military appointments include Major Reese’s court martial, Lowrey’s Marine Corps promotion, and Rear Admiral Alden’s dispatches from Europe detailing visits to Wabash Berlin and other courts.
A lengthy report covers a grand imperial visit with dining at the palace and greetings from the Emperors. Separate items detail Treasury actions including a certificate call, debt summaries, and commissions for federal officers and postmasters with dates and numbers.
N Y Municipal Reform Association nominates Smith E Shaw for Mayor and Poverty Reformers back William F Havemyer. Baseball game Mutuals vs Baltimores ends 6 6 after ten innings. Carl Schurz speaks at Cooper Institute. Broad damage report rises to 50000 at 473 Broadway. Hack drivers demand 14 dollars weekly. livery stable keepers back strikes. Trial of Heggi continues. jury in Tiegfried poisoning undecided. Greeley travels to Kutztown Pa. Fleetwood Park meeting results Gloster and Gazelle wins. American Jockey Club meet opens at Jerome Park. Smuggling diamonds seized. Military inquiry into Harlem railroad disturbance convened. Father Gavazzi sails for Italy. Madame Lucca in Faust tonight. Greeley at Kurtztown agricultural expo. Harlem Yacht Club regatta: Carrie Porter first class, Vivid second. Rosh Hashana festival observed by Jewish citizens.
Detroit reports extensive Lake Huron storms with many lives lost. Barge Table Rock wrecked near Tawas Point, schooner White Squall sunk off Fish Point, and several ships including Detroit and Hunter ashore at Greenbush Sauble and Sturgeon Point. Propellers, barges, and schooners damaged. several crews drowned or saved.
A Monday night blaze in Carrollton, New Orleans, caused $10,000 in losses and burned Mrs. Thomas Thompson, 83, to death. The Horton house origin is reported, with tragedy noted amid other 19th century dispatches from Brownsville and Matamoras detailing security concerns, tariffs, and regional unrest.
On a Lewis Gould farm southwest of Morsayville a shallow dig yielded copper resembling a mine at ten feet. The specimen was tested and found to be within 5 percent of pure water. Also noted are miners resuming work in Laselle and Jones coal mines under yearlong contracts and rail shipments from Peru due to low river ice.
In Philadelphia on October 2 a man was put on trial for allegedly killing his mother. A jury was selected yesterday afternoon to hear the case, with proceedings beginning the same day.
Massachusetts Republicans meet in Lowell to nominate E. R. Hoar of Concord for Congress. On first ballot Hoar received 9 votes against 49 for Dr. Ayer of Lowell in the Seventh Massachusetts District convention.
The Republican County Convention nominated candidates for State Attorney C H Reed Sheriff F M Bradley Coroner J H Stephene Clerk J Pollock Circuit Clerk Jacob Foss Recorder Jas Stuart. Also notes relief society funds and Grand Masonic Lodge session at McVicker's Theater with detailed financials of the Grand Treasurer.
The conference urged preachers to abstain from tobacco and refused trial or ordination to anyone using it. It asked bishops not to transfer recently using tobacco, and requested not to appoint presiding elders who use tobacco if feasible without harming work.
New Jersey dispatch reports Judge Bedle instructing the Hudson Grand Jury to bill Jennag, Brocton, and Foley, with trial to proceed at once before Judge Demples if a true bill is found. In Paterson a burglary menaced Samuel Pope and wife. $1,600 and $7,500 in bonds stolen. Pope due $36,000 yesterday but not paid. Trenton notes the funeral of Thomas J. Stryker, cashier of the Trenton Bank, with banks and public buildings closed. he died at seventy-two after over thirty years position.
Connecticut reports a fire at McKeehan & Son's lumber yard in Bridgeport with total losses under 100000 dollars. S. C. McKeehan & Son face 50000 dollar loss, Wheeler & Howe 25000, Jos Hotchkiss 2000, Foster & Longstaff 200, Mor house & Mainwaring 1500, Ring & Phillips 900, plus uninsured home losses and workmen losing tools. The John Wentworth schooner burned briefly but was saved. wharf damage was minimal.
Pennsylvania Norristown October 2. A boiler in the rolling mill of Fulon Co. exploded yesterday afternoon causing two deaths and injuring twelve men. Debris and boiler fragments were hurled over one hundred feet.
State Canal Commissioners arrived in Buffalo New York on October 2 for an inspection of the Western Division of the Erie Canal. They were welcomed by the Board of Trade as cold weather settled in.
Baltimore, Sept. 28. William Prescott Smith, Master of Transportation of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and late manager of the Washington to New York through line, lies dangerously ill at his Baltimore home. Rumor of his death was incorrect as of 3 p.m., with death possible at any moment. A separate anecdote recalls a street auction scene where a wag and an auctioneer drew laughter.
Reports detail clashes averted and preparations to suppress demonstrations. The Irish High Court of Chancery depositions allege tobacco destroyed during the war owned by Valentine O Connor. Papal appointments and U S religious missions noted. Alsace and Lorraine deadline to choose citizenship expires with about 1 200 leaving for French territory as French journals publish in mourning.
The piece argues for the virtue and social value of beauty in women. It portrays a woman’s life as an artistic pursuit of beauty from youth to old age, noting how charm evolves with age and motherhood, and ends with a hopeful view of resilience and renewed grace at later stages.
An essay on promptness in payments and resolving disputes ends with Willis B. Machen of Lyon County Kentucky named by Governor Leslie to fill the U S Senate vacancy caused by Garrett Davis's death. Machen, age sixty two, is a Caldwell County native with notable political service from 1849 through the Civil War era and later disabilities removed in Congress.
The Butler County fair scene adapts to the Cincinnati Exposition wave with fewer visitors yet richer displays. Farming machinery attracts more entries, fruit shows broader variety, and the grounds bustle with grand dining, music, and lively racing while autumn air stays crisp and healthful.
The lamp posts are expected to arrive today and will be erected thereafter.
Atlantic Oceana Richardson obtained a divorce from Louis Richardson on abandonment grounds in Chancery Court this morning. Hon. Wm. E. Arthur, Democrat candidate for Congress in Kentucky's Sixt District, will address Boone county citizens in Verona on Saturday, October 12. John W. Stevenson spoke in favor of Greeley and Brown at Felicity Clem ent county, Ohio, yesterday. Rice's Minstrels had a slim house last night. Mother of God Church on Sixth street was densely crowded for Summers and Elizabeth ke. The couple left on an extended tour after the ceremony. Chris Rice, a butcher, faces examination for allegedly passing a counterfeit ten dollar bill on W. J. McDonald, ex-JP. Rumor says several Council members oppose paying expenses for Horace Greeley reception in Covington. amount about $150. William Showers, bearer of a bearing his name at Elizabethtown, died at the Clinton House in this city after ill health of a week or ten days.
James Smith and John Brandt two Cincinnati residents were arrested for stealing rope. They appeared before Esquires Buchanan and were held over in $200 bonds each. A Newport street railroad loss from $30 to $50 a day during the ceremony is noted. A fire at Louis Geeks bakery on I Street caused partial burning. the cellar stored flour and sugar, with most destroyed. Insurance likely covers losses. fire caught from the oven.
The text critiques slander, arguing that harm from idle babblers exceeds that from forged banknotes. It condemns repeating rumors as a defense and notes that the forger of a falsehood is not found while the injured party must seek redress from those who endorse the tale.
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