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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1913
Page
4
A Cincinnati conventions leader notes world improvement in housing and cites tenement evils, urging less fortunate to receive upward help. The article calls for faster reforms, stronger laws, and greater official power to accelerate welfare housing across the country.
Tuberculosis Day tomorrow calls for parishioners and citizens to join in a nationwide effort against the white plague. Mayor urges cooperative action and cleaner city, better housing, and adherence to hygiene laws to sustain the decline in deaths and support health organizations.
A collage of political quips touches suffrage, Newport mayor Patrick Royle, Niagara Falls illumination, Lord Cowdray, Mrs. Pankhurst, President Wilson, a Los Angeles man seeking nerve help, and Uncle Sam urging more food production. The piece mocks taxes, tariffs, currency law, and escalating conflicts in Mexico.
The piece mocks diplomatic stumbles from the Wilson administration, noting Huerta’s alleged sluggishness and questioning the return of Ambassador Wilson. It jokes about Lind, Mexico policy, and press headlines while lampooning the era’s political theater and gusts of opinion.
Three years late a Mexican diplomatic quartet led by Norberto Dominguez Manuel Gasque and Rodolfo Nervo along with Attache Luts U Galvin pass San Francisco en route to Tokyo to extend formal felicitations for Japan's participation in Mexico's centennial. They deny political aims and address rumors of a Japanese Mexican alliance or lower California sales.
The column offers concise legal answers by mail or newspaper, with signers kept confidential. Readers ask about warehouse liens, collection notices, and requirements to become a lawyer, including education and exams, plus timelines for probating estates.
Emma Trentini leads a week at the Lyric in The Firefly with a strong comic opera cast including Roy Atwell Louis Mink Ruby Norton Craig Campbell Melville Stewart Wil Ham Wolff Sammy Lee Katherine Steward and Vera De Rosa. The Grand presents The Governor's Lady a Belasco Elliott drama at Grand Opera House for a week starting Monday with a large cast led by William Harcourt Gladys Hanson Catherine Proctor Eugene OBrien Diana Storm William H Tooker. Walnut offers The Common Law at Walnut Theater by A H Woods with frank themes and powerful interpretation. Orpheum adds two stars in The Thief starring Charles Dunn and Lillian Kembie as the Orpheum previews next week.
The Johnston Twins and Cincinnati singers return to the Orpheum Winter Garden for a short engagement. Eva Chambers Charles Muserett Charles Harris Esther Horn and others appear on the program with Manager M M Wolfson arranging nightly changes to the bill.
Patrons will enjoy an international week at Keith's Columbia. Manager Royal promotes a diverse lineup with country themed acts including Ismed the Turk and The Housewarmers. The Uessem family leads a roster featuring Johnny Dooley Steph ens Miss Tiny Marshall Ryan Lee and others from Greek Italian and Turkish traditions.
The Empress bill includes Evelyn Nesbit Thaw tango dances from six weeks at Hammerstein New York along with four expert free tango lessons daily. Also on stage are the Rossow Midgets in The Hold-up Man, Murray Bennett singing comedian, the Dennis Brothers Kings of the Revolving Ladder, Gertrude Clark and Spencer Ward in A Dream, and the Empresscope.
Presenting a new two act musical drama Newport the dreamland burle rsters come to the Gayety tomorrow starring Will H Ward Eddie Johnston Jean ette Buckiey Countess Camille Falardaux Virgie Royden Billy Massey James X Francis Violini Symphony Four and a chorus of over thirty. The Olympic presents Mirth Makers burlesque musical comedy for a week opening with a Sunday matinee cast includes Clare Evans Will Flaherty Thomas Boylan Everett Mulford Charles Morend Arthur Holloway Pearl Reid Mile Babette Louisa Marie and Nan Wallack.
The Standard announces a program upgrade for next week featuring four vaudeville acts, two burlesques, and an additional attraction to enhance patron value. Manager Riesenberger emphasizes the added feature will benefit audiences without removing existing entertainments.
A compilation of humorous quotes from newspapers. The Denver News joke credits Edison with inventing the first talking machine that could be shut off at will. The Chicago Record-Herald urges readers to smile and spread cheer through simple verse.
A collage of snatches from 19th century newspapers with sharp wits and social snippets. The Houston Post notes a noisy scene with a derrick and engines under a window while other papers joke about drinkers marriage plans and a playful exchange on milking cows.
The question asks about pronunciation by a Mexican of the surname O Shaughnessy. It implies language and phonetic adaptation rather than a factual event. The article fragment may explore cross linguistic pronunciation influences and name anglicization.
The Philadelphia Ledger reports Italy has sold three battleships to Turkey after Turkish officials were persuaded by actual combat efficiency of the ships.
The Chicago Record-Herald notes Alfred Noyes the English poet is touring the United States delivering lectures at 180 dollars per lecture. The report comments on potential profits for poets who secure strong advance agents.
A terse exchange notes a move next door and the presence of twins next door, reflecting a brief social moment from the Boston Transcript.
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a remark where a man explains to his wife that the days are shortening, forcing him to work night shifts as evenings lengthen their work time.
A Chicago Record Herald line notes Young Brooks feels relief as he will not have to misstate his earnings to the woman he plans to wed. The man works for her father, removing the need for deceit in their future.
A reader responds to the November 29 editorial on charity issues. He critiques orphan asylums, mothers with missing spouses, and charity allocation rules, urging clearer definitions and the introduction of Mothers Pensions for widowed mothers. The writer muses on finding help in cold city life and humorously mentions seeking aid from the fire department.
A local act features Mayco bound and jailed as part of a stunt and Hayco booked to perform a water escape from Canal bridge at Vine Street. Mayco claims the escape will take 15 seconds in a county jail cell. Hayco will be bound and dive from the canal bridge to escape underwater in 15 seconds.
The Heuck theater management arranged a bill to attract vaudeville goers. Motion pictures are touted as worth the admission price.
A collection of humorous poems and anecdotes from Hickeyville and surrounding areas. Ranging from Eskimo fantasies about cold living to village characters like Amos Butts and Euphemia Perkins, the pieces mix light humor with dialect, everyday life, and gentle social scenes.
The piece recalls Alfred Lord Tennyson with playful irony and praise. It contrasts his grand Epics Idyls of the King with popular songs like Tears Idle Tears and When I Have Crossed the Bar while noting time’s passage and readers shifting from monumental works to simpler verses.
A humorous piece on borrowing describing it as a talent and vice with varied motives. It contrasts those who borrow for survival from those who borrow for show, noting the borrower and lender dynamic and quoting Rockefeller to illustrate wealth and need.
A garbled verse hints at aging humor and a lifelong faithfulness to a village, then abruptly shifts to a stray line about General Huerta and college days, suggesting a composite clipping with misplaced phrases from different topics.
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