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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1872
Page
2
The paper will publish two editions the first at 2:00 PM and the second at 4:30 PM The first includes Telegraphic and Local News Market and Financial Reports and miscellaneous reading matter The second repeats the first and adds any further Telegraphic and Local News received by 4:30 PM.
The piece urges correcting a newspaper name to Evening Star and reports relief from cholera spreading in Europe. It promotes swift completion of the Cincinnati Southern Railroad within a year and critiques a rival editorial calling the Democrats a kangaroo party, recalling Polk and Dallas as 1844-era references.
The article argues that despite claims of freedom from feudalism, corruption grows as the people’s sovereign power slumbers. It likens partisan politics to banditti warfare under leaders and calls for a remedy to curb rising corruption threatening public affairs.
A critique of railroad barons and corporate rings dominating politics. It warns that corporations wield power over elections and legislation, reducing the people to powerless subjects while feudal lords shape policy and law. The piece urges the public to rise, reclaim sovereignty, and end this corporate dominance.
Congressman Beck of Kentucky denounces both government telegraph proposals as centralizing power in Washington. He cites past committee work, warns of a sixty million dollar initial cost, ten million yearly upkeep, and twenty five thousand new civil servants, accusing officials of misstating international costs and censorship abroad.
Lawmakers argued about telegraph control and railroad government ownership. Focused on Western Union cost, Belgium efficiency, and possible remedies amid a broader critique of corporate power and public cost. Adjourned after speeches on public lands and veteran bounty warrants.
The Senate did not meet in the morning. In the House five Hardin County citizens asked to curb empiricism. Madison County residents supported the topic. Bills introduced include county annual financial statements in newspapers and penalties for polluting wells. A coat room for members was proposed. Debates paused as the House adjourned due to a small attendance.
A 19th century notice outlines plans for a major World’s Fair in Vienna in 1878 with expectations of record size. It recalls Vienna 1873 by Paris 1867 standards, highlights a vast ark exhibit space, and calls for full national displays of raw materials, manufactured goods, and statistical data. It also proposes art loan collections from German museums and a showcase of household articles and furniture.
A batch of brief notices reports several Union Pacific trains snow-bound. Caleb Cushing sails for Europe. Dissolutions hit Market Fire and Washington Insurance in New York. Other items note ill health of Archbishop Spaulding, Missouri water bonds, and various legal developments and societal events.
First Presbyterian Church Walnut Hills notes Rev Henry Smith of Lane Seminary will leave for Europe for a year after delivering his closing sermon. The address centered on John 1 4 and the divine attributes of God as revealed in Christ, examining divine power, benevolence, and the meaning of Jesus life and death. The discourse urged belief in God as First Cause and emphasized Christ as the light of man and the divine love guiding his empire.
The convention in Thoms Hall on Wednesday and Thursday begins January 31 at 2 PM with lectures by Judge Hagans and leaders of the movement. Delegates from rail lines are being organized and lodging arranged at Gibson House. John Elge of Jeffersonville Indiana killed himself after a neighborly assault on his daughter, driving the tragedy by years of distress.
A retired Boston merchant explains his family budgeting plan. He says his fortune of 300000 should teach his wife and four children to live on 75000 total by arranging their future inheritance to curb spending. He resolved to curb his own extravagant living to set a prudent example.
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