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Newspaper
The Evening News
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1887
Page
2
The paper claims major influence in the campaign and urges workingmen to rally to the Union Labor party. The campaign committee asks merchants to advertise, noting forty thousand workingmen read the Evening News and signatories are required for submissions.
Democratic managers spread a campaign lie that Union Labor will abandon the party and vote Democratic. The claim, verified by Union Labor and Republican sources, prompts a News premium offer for proof. Governor Foraker’s penitentiary report is accused of omitting convict labor details, hinting at conflicts with directors and labor groups.
The Commercial Gazette defends the right of three party representatives to attend Board of Elections returns and denounces Mayor Roche and other authorities for restricting discussion. It cites Lincoln and U S history, warns against Wall Street influence, and condemns the paper’s own previous dispatch as a campaign lie.
A reader urges publishing New Hampshire election law on government printed tickets citing honest elections there and asks the paper to publish the NH law for reference. Richardson signs the brief letter to the editor.
Packed houses fill Heuck's for Hanlon’s New Fantasma this week. Effie Elisler’s Parlor Match opens at Harlin’s. Harris Theater features A Great Wrong with daily matinees. Ruy Blas with Emma Abbott Opera Company plays at Grand. White-hot crowds for Jim the Penman next week at the Grand. Trade shows Cyclorama double headed Mlie Christine at Kohl and Middleton’s Dime Museum. Concerts by Rice Hart and Ryman minstrels at Heople’s and Shefler Blakely next week.
The article reports Detroit leading the pennant race with seven wins in nine games and needing one more victory in six remaining. It cites scores from yesterday including Detroit 4 St. Louis 2 in Cleveland and Pittsburgh 8 Cleveland 6, and notes a Cincinnati Club challenge for a $5,000 gate-war, to which President Stearns replies Detroit should beat somebody first. It mentions disjointed garbled lines at the end.
Testimony from a Special Committee recounts a prison works site where guards and a doctor allegedly failed to protect prisoner Weger who died after exposure and illness. Witnesses claim rampant cruelty and call for continued investigation to uncover more facts.
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