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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1872
Page
2
Hon J A Foots of Cleveland and G E Howe commissioners to the International Congress of Prison Reform will sail from Liverpool on the 15th inst and are expected home September 1.
A critique of journalistic ethics condemns sensationalism and personal abuse in the press. It notes historic partisan rancor from Washington through Hamilton and Jefferson, urging reform to restore dignity, truth, and courtesy in journalism led by the New York Nation’s push for conscience over success.
An observatory in Litchfield Connecticut reports astronomer Peters as saying he found two new planets on July 21 using special glasses. The piece mocks the claim, noting the coincidence with President Grant's visit and predicting political misinterpretation of star lore. It also mentions rising English coal prices threatening British trade and a London Review view on the U.S. campaign.
A Liberal meeting led by Col I P Gray was held in Union City and L M Ninde spoke at Fort Wayne. George W Parker, once a New Orleans surgeon, was captured at Richmond Union depot after escaping arrest and jail breaks in Michigan. An engineer Morgan hit a horse near Memory Station, claiming no fault by the company. The Female College of Indiana in Greencastle reportedly secured coal lands donation worth ten to twenty thousand dollars and more. Geo W Durgin Jr of Fort Wayne was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to two years. Bill Watkins murdered his partner after a drinking spree near New Albany. Erastus Graham was seen near Goose Island by the Louisville bridge.
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