Covington Star Office Open All Hours for Ads
The Covington Star announces 416 Scott Street Covington Kentucky will be open day and night to handle business for Newport and nearby patrons. R F Ascow Esq. is named as authorized agent to take all orders for subscriptions and to contract for advertisements, with ads left before 10 AM guaranteed in the Star's first edition.
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Evening Star
Newport
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Covington
R. F.ascow
Covin
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Cipovinati Star Publiaging Co
Burnet Woods Park Change Sparks Local Ring Fight
The piece notes Burnet Woods will become a park, while criticizing the ring and derision over Millcreek's muddy margin. It mentions Mexico’s post Juarez quiet and a new president Tejeda who aims to curb thefts, warning of a costly reckoning if not halted.
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Burnet Woods
Millcreek
Juarez
Tejada
Mexico
Gems and jewels and the art of precious stones
The piece argues public skepticism over rumored Rocky Mountain gem mines and explains why authentic gems differ from artificial stones. It defines carbon diamonds, chalcedony, agate, onyx, and sardonyx, clarifies why only carved or engraved stones become gems, and notes the historical value and symbolism of cameos and intaglios.
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Rocky Mountains
Pacific
Golconda
Russia
Granville
Gems and ancient intaglios guide art and empire echoes
The article surveys gems and intaglios from ancient Egypt and Etruria to Rome, noting their indestructible record of domestic life, warfare, religion, and statuary. It traces famous pieces like the Apoxyomenos copy and a potential Jewish temple breastplate, and discusses diamond cutting, fake gems, and beliefs about stones' powers. It adds cultural vignettes and snippets from public life and literature.
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Callicrates
Cyrus
First Temple
Jerusalem
Josephus
Rome
Titus
Justinian
Byzantium
Constantinople
St. Sophia
Herodotus
Polycrates
Tiberius
Christ
Louis de Berghem
Charles the Bold
Ceylon
Batavia in a Flowery Forest of Alleys and Palaces
A French travel sketch portrays Batavia with alleys shaded by tall trees and arbors, canals, and water lilies. The narrator describes the Netherlands hotel, marble rooms, a kiosk dining area, and an Oriental staff serving a lavish, spicy dinner with hundreds of dishes and exotic beverages, capturing a dreamlike colonial city sight.
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Batavia
France
Java
Siam
Canton
le Comte de Beauvoir
Paris
Henri Plon
Europe
Saan Cg
Equator
Hotel of the Netherlands
Sant
Penny Microscopes for a Penny in Leicester Square
A London seller in Leicester Square offers microscopic lenses for a penny each. The devices use a pill box body with a balsam lens, tinted black, claimed to match costly shop instruments. An expert noted twenty diameter magnification. the lens material is Canada balsam. The maker has sold these for fifteen years.
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Seotonceman
Tea party chemistry lesson and hog crop outlook
A period piece describes a cabbage dye experiment for a tea party showing acid alkali indicators with red vinegar and soda, alum and colorless liquid in glasses. It then notes expectations of higher hog production due to abundant corn harvests and favorable prices, suggesting pork as a profitable use for corn.
Radical Republicans win in Paris elections amid Conservative disappointment
In Paris the Radical Republicans secured a decisive Assembly victory, while Conservatives expressed disappointment. Dayton reports a string of local incidents including the death of City Solicitor John H. Baggott in his garden and a series of court cases and arrests across Leesburg and Bucktown.
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Paris
Assembly
Highway Robbery on McMillan Street
Louis Esselbach a German was attacked from behind by two young men, John Walsh and Frank Hall, who robbed him of his pocketbook containing naturalization papers and some money. Walsh and Hall were arrested for disorderly conduct and later identified by Esselbach as the robbers. In Police Court their cases were continued until Wednesday with bail set at 500 dollars.
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Louis Esselbach
McMillan Street
John Walsh
Frank Hall
Esselbach
Young man jailed after saloon break in and brawl
Wm Clark broke into a Walnut and Water street saloon and stole a box of Waltons bitters then fought with patrons. He was charged with petit larceny and housebreaking and sent to the Workhouse for sixty days. In a Garden betts John streets quarrel ended with Frank Carney losing part of his lower lip during a fight with John McDermott, who fled with a warrant issued.
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Walnut and
Water Sts
Jesse McLean
Walton
Garden
Betts and
John Streets
Genersar
Frank Carney
John McDermott
Carney
McDermott
After the Wedding Ends in a Turbulent Irish Party
A wedding at A Seibert front street premises turned chaotic with a drunken fight. George Callihan and Brian McNulty clashed with others, chairs and beer glasses flew, a stone pitcher struck James Welsh, leaving severe facial wounds. Police arrested Callihan and McNulty for disorderly conduct. fines of ten dollars plus costs were levied.
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A. Seibert
Front Street
George Callihan
James Welsh
Caromin
Welsh
Brian McNulty
Mike Welsh
Callihan
McNulty
Police Court Disposes Miscellaneous Drunk and Disorderly Cases
Morning session reports numerous drunken and disorderly fines and dismissals. Several defendants faced charges ranging from assault and battery to horse stealing and burglary, with many cases continued or remanded to later dates.
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