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Newspaper
The Evening Star
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1872
Page
2
The Evening Star reports a daily circulation more than 2000 copies higher than any other afternoon paper in Ohio, asserting dominance among state papers.
The Málaga movement reports a strike crippling employment for fifteen thousand, with troops kept under arms. Students at the college join, demanding five hours of work and better pens from writing-masters, a satire on organized labor and reform.
The article notes total gold mined in the Americas from discovery to Mexican revolt estimated at 1.5 billion dollars and similar yields in Australia California and Colorado over twenty years. It highlights record silver production, cites Nevada Colorado and Arizona as major recent sources, and suggests the nation may soon become a hard money economy due to rising precious metals output.
The piece argues that changing opinions is natural and necessary for mental growth. It rejects the idea that flexibility signals weakness, noting doubt prompts reasoning and expands understanding. Consistency for its own sake is criticized and seen as blocking progress.
The text argues that narrow minded men equate religion with their creed and resist doubt. It notes disputes rarely alter opinions in legislatures or stump speeches, and suggests beliefs formed by reason are most malleable while those from passion or tradition endure.
The Louisville convention is mocked as senile and out of touch, though Judge Lyons impresses with calm leadership. Be thune, Duncan, and Blanton are vividly described among oddities including the columnist’s jab at Blanton and the famed four wheeled contraption called the bloody chasm.
The piece mocks a New York galagete named Van Allen who grilled delegates about democracy and epically dominated conversations. It notes his two column interview and the danger of being talked to death by secondhand political discourse.
A heavy thunder storm in Bolton Lancashire caused loss of life and crop damage. Reports from overseas note ships with emigrants, diplomatic congresses, royal visits, and political unrest across Europe and Ireland with various arrivals and protests.
The period offers Bunbay School Teacher and Sunday School Scholar for September from Adams Blackmer Lyon Chicago. Also The Journal of the Farm Philadelphia issues September number with 16 pages of reading, priced at $1 per year.
General news items report a store fire in Louisville damaging Gouce Bros. for about 5000 dollars with 3000 dollars insured. Other notes include Metis disaster death toll uncertain, 30 bodies recovered and 15 to 18 missing, and a Baltimore Ohio collision near Independence Ohio leaving five killed or wounded.
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