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Newspaper
The Evening News
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1887
Page
3
Citizens rail against grain and stock policy players as Warman fled with thousands while police and commissioners clash over enforcing laws against anti commercial gamblers at the northwest corner of Fourth Street and Walnut. The exchange casts reputations and faction lines, with accusations of agitator labor ties and cries for action.
The Republican convention nominated Doran Copeland and Jack Hart for the Legislature. Doran is disliked by many in his ward and may fail to win his own Twenty-fifth Ward. Critics question his morals and accusations of poker running and ties to the Free Sisters Club.
A series of ward meetings is listed for Twenty-first, Tenth, Sixth, Fifteenth, and other wards with locations and hosts. Thomas W. Taylor, aka Old Beeswax, arrives from Payton to speak on the Union Labor platform. reports on Dayton and other cities. praised for his plain style. Court upholds a one tenth mill tax for Harrison statue. contract to Louis I. Rebisso debated. A sixty-six year old woman found dead in Pigeon Creek with a garter binding. presumed self-inflicted.
A civic plea argues the medical society seeks legislative action to curb quacks and deceptive advertising. It accuses editors of bias, condemns lax registration and ten year practice rules, and cites local typhoid fears at Iron Mountain as evidence of doctor accessibility failures.
A violent conflict unfolds in Jackson County West Virginia as robbers murder Reverend Ryan and rob him, while vigilants pursue them. Several attackers have already been killed. others face harsh retribution.
The Ohio convention of the Union Labor Party declares alarm at syndicate control of production and distribution. It endorses the Cincinnati platform of 1887 and calls for salaries tied to service, anti bribery laws, charter revocation for violators, state printing of school books, taxed mortgages, a graduated income tax, direct vote for US electors, and Chinese exclusion measures. It also denounces speculative trading and urges protections for workers and equality in voting.
A 19th century platform urges a graduated land tax on large holdings and state control of irrigation, offers settlement of unoccupied Indian lands, and prohibits excessive corporate land ownership. It calls for postal system driven transportation pricing, a monetary reform favoring producer credit, and debt repayment backed by public issue while opposing usury. The platform also advocates free coinage and a secure labor wage policy.
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