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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
4
A legislative probe reports an insurance trust in Cincinnati driving high premiums. Insurers blame fire protection gaps, notably a 60 inch water main break, while urging faster water system upgrades. City officials say a high pressure downtown system is due and condemn the current conditions as a major issue for administrations to address.
Cincinnati owners face criticism as fans and critics condemn the decision to remove Tinker as manager. Brooklyn’s Ebenets offers 25 000 for his release, while Herrmann defends keeping him, urging better management to restore the Reds to their historic Red Stockings status.
The article surveys Mexican events with Huerta Madero and Villa in view. It notes Wilson denying direct leadership of Congress while urging actions. It mentions Zelaya Diaz and compares prospects to Jack London and Richard Dawkins arriving to take charge.
The article describes a live saving suit by inventor Raschke shown afloat from a boat on the Ames River England. The suit uses a body belt cap and ears protection with a detachable paddle for manuvering in water as a demonstration for shipping executives.
The program features a blend of new burlesque and opera pieces with Miss Norma Brown making her Cincinnati debut in six years. The lineup includes a cabaret flair, tropical settings, and a standard stock burlesque with the Symphony Orchestra recently praised after Columbus performances.
In a Philadelphia Ledger excerpt a nervous chauffeur explains a tire and milk bottle incident as the enraged owner demands, the boy allegedly hid the item under his coat amid a tense scene.
The note describes a Free Legal Department offering concise answers to legal questions via columns or mail. Signers stay confidential. It cites a criminal case defendant's right not to testify and prosecution comment, divorce dower issues, wrongful death claiming limits, and a street bonfire ordinance with proper receptacle requirements.
A fragment from a Boeston Transcript reflects satirical dialogue on barbaric gloom highlighting conflict between being looted for kindness and shot for misdeeds. The work cites a soap advertisement moment with a soap claim about washing hands before meals as a social vignette.
Police stopped an automobile funeral motorcade in Long Island City after a car sped at 36 miles per hour, a pace described as fast even for a New York funeral, per Indy newspaper.
A humorous exchange from a 19th century issue features a prosperous young lawyer and a fair maid arguing over an appeal to her mother. The conversation reveals a smug mother, a lucrative practice, and a dinner scene with witty misfires about biscuits soup and flavor.
A Boston Transcript quip notes a couple’s engagement and a fortune teller predicting a wedding in June. The lighthearted item reflects social chatter about forthcoming nuptials.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer note reports on a man famed for the bazoohorn who is humorously described as always having no note, despite being sought by collectors and noted for his peculiar talent.
A brief humorous exchange depicts Miss Flip asking for an idea to wear a hair net and a father retort about under hair net. The scene includes a judge’s dismissal of nonsense and a note about cutting a Chinaman's queue and painting his eyes blue.
A struggling butcher near a rival shop considers prayer as a last resort. After a minister suggests trying prayer, the butcher reports the rival across the street “broke his neck” the next morning. Also recounted are jokes about a talking portrait and a yawning observer in Talleyrand’s company.
A reader questions charity sign policy at Red Cross and Visiting Nurses headquarters and ponders the Lead Pencil and Red Cross Seals funds. The writer, amused and perplexed, asks for light on local charities and notes a prior newspaper letter audience reactions.
A collection of verse and satire from a country editor noting taxes rents and economic worries. It includes quips about Supreme Court nominations, Mexican politics, a peanut trust, and local humor about temperance and public figures. The piece blends humorous anecdotes with social critique and editorials on current events.
A humorous verse about innkeepers demanding payment in advance from guests with nothing but the clothes on their backs. The speaker ridicules the rule while noting its persistence in inns and halls worldwide.
The Panama Canal is hailed as the eighth wonder of the world and a triumph of American politics. The piece lauds U S engineers under Colonel Goethals for cutting a mountain and creating a navigable canal while mocking prior failures and political meddling.
A Baltimore News quips that Mrs Pankhurst is eminently able to paddle her own canoe though the newspaper joke implies other challenges around her.
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