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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
4
A editorial praises Cardinal Rampolla while questioning indiscriminate charity. It argues true greatness lies in careful, just aid and warns against enabling imposture, urging prudent giving during Christmas to temper generosity with judgment and dignity.
The column explains a free legal service offering concise written answers to questions signed for confidentiality. It covers divorce alimony property on death without will and child support, noting jurisdictional limits and that a father is not obliged to support a former son-in-law but a parent must support needy children.
Dr Harvey W Wiley former chief chemist at the Agriculture Department addresses the National Civic Federation in New York about the pure food law being a prisoner of war. He cites executive orders, opposition from Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, and the struggle over saccharin and whisky definitions in a history of enforcement hurdles.
A humorous verse praising the banker as a powerful community figure who gathers others money at high interest. It contrasts the banker’s gleaming status and benevolence with a harsh, credit denying frown when misfortune hits. The poem lampoons wealth, authority, and the social standing of bankers.
A garbled collage of quotes from newspapers includes references to Governor Tener, personal health anecdotes, jokes about beauty standards, and a Detroit Free Press note on classical Athens. The mixed items resemble a feuilleton style sampler.
The fragmentary text references alfalfa as breakfast food feed and stuffing for clothing, with scattered notes about a campaign cigar use and a farmer's curiosity. A police heading report hints at a copper risk and a disrupted train timing, while remarks touch on education and work in a value factory and politics.
A reduced readable fragment notes a clerk and a chicken related to a new pen. Mentions Beeond Ditto Yer and a tolerant living. Context unclear but hints at a local matter in Boston.
A brief cartoonish satirical line from the Washington Star features Farmer Corntoesel insisting he cannot afford an alienist and that if his son Jaceh causes trouble they will simply label him plain foolish.
A collection of jokes and quips about earths shape and patriotism opens a page of entertainment notes. Theater listings include Mabel Bloundel and the Moore Gilson trio, Casad and DeFern, and May Mathewson in Gayety burlesque, plus Delly Dimple Girls at the Olympic and Rialto Rounders by Standard Stock.
A period theater roundup lists Primrose and Mucksteder acts with vaudeville and burlesque at venues like Lyric Grand Orpheum Walnut and more. Highlights include Peg O My Heart at Lyric with Jesa Ryan, Oh Oh Delphine at Grand, Neptune’s Garden at Keith’s, and The Little Minister at Orpheum.
A Kansas City woman swallows her false teeth in a moment of distress. A Long Island farmer amassed a fortune of 390000 and likely more before starting farming. An editor recalls eggs sent with subscriptions no longer arriving. Americans bought more cars than furniture last year. A Pennsylvania man staged a fake charity ball and fled with the receipts. Charity covers a multitude of sins.
A nostalgic portrait outlines Beethoven as a German prodigy born around 1770, noting his early music study, rough boyhood, persistent genius, and eventual deafness. The piece contrasts his era with modern times and muses on his enduring influence and the emotional depth of his work.
A reader cites incivility in a city theater urging patrons to report gum chewing giggling and chatter to the manager. The note says theater management would thank observers for helping curb disturbances and protect patron comfort and box office.
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