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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1872
Page
2
A shoe industry dispute between capital and labor in this city leads to a strike by Knights of St. Crispin. The piece urges arbitration by a five member panel to end the conflict and avoid a costly lockout.
Observations on Louisville St Louis and Chicago showing level buildable land boosts cheap property and rail travel. The piece notes dense housing, crowded tenements, parks as a vanity project, and the social contrast with respectable cities while highlighting taxation and public amenities as misapplied remedies.
A columnist argues against Washington park plans and for a quiet suburban home option. The piece critiques city costs and suggests private rail and elevator projects linking Walnut Hills to Pleasant Ridge to enable cheaper homes beyond the crowded core. It laments the impact on laboring families.
Geneva August 27. Arbitrators near agreement on indemnity for ships destroyed by Confederate cruisers. Expected U S damages total between three and four million sterling, with some claims pending. Payment interest issue to be discussed Thursday. Berlin August 27. Admiral Alden honored at banquet by George Bancroft before Emperors meeting. Madrid August 27. Election returns favor Radical bloc with 270 Radicals, 76 Republicans, 26 Conservatives. Paris August 27. French authorities arrest Carlists over insurrection plot in southern departments.
A series of Indiana notices report multiple tragedies and crimes including Maria Alexander and child Cora Megge burned lighting coal oil. Daniel Carr shot by Nelson Sumner in Brazil. a Terre Haute ring theft in a dog incident. Jacob Bauer drowned in St Joseph River. Jordan Lisk injured in a courthouse fall. a counterfeit bill scam in Bedford. farm fire at Elkhart county. arson at Crawford county home. Frederick Miller found dead near Dillsborough with forged love letter. suspicions point to murder.
In Tacony two grand children and a man named Robert Deal died when their farm wagon was struck by a train on the New York road. A woman suffered severe injuries. A bridge collapse, fire and multi car derailments followed on the Reading and New York rail lines, with extensive wrecks and about 250000 dollars in losses.
G W Martin who killed Mollie Rogers and dumped her body in a pond near Jenning's was captured in Ripley county after a manhunt. Twenty armed men dragged him from jail and fired twelve double barreled buckshot charges into his body. he died next morning. Also a Roanoke Arkansas marriage, and political party nominations from Little Rock included Brooks for Governor and a mix of Democrats and Reform Republicans amid controversy. Weather remained warm with a brief shower lowering the heat index.
In New Orleans the Pinchback party joins Kellogg-Grant, placing Pinchback as Lieutenant Governor. Liberal Democratic and Reform parties plan a fusion after a joint conference.
The Chicago Board of Trade expelled John B. Lyon & Company on Hugh Mather for connections with a wheat market corner. The report cites political and legal tensions, including violence in Salisbury and a murder in Baltimore involving Mrs. Amelia Wheat.
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