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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1914
Page
7
Inquiries seek a roofer and a repairer for electrical or mechanical work. A. Ernest at 461 W McMicken Ave and Orville at 415 Plum St advertise work, offering positions for six men and detailing contact points for the trades.
Classified snippets describe real estate offerings in Madisonville Norwood Westwood and College Hill with several houses and rental options. Also a machinist injury at the Victor Lamp Company on Walnut Street with four fingers hurt.
Real estate transfers include Lot 471 and various parcels in Green Township, with buyers and sellers such as William, Morris Earp, and Mary Dewlay. Numerous mortgages and liens are listed for institutions like Southern Ohio Savings Bank and Brighton German Bank, with amounts ranging from hundreds to thousands of dollars.
In Common Pleas Court Judge Sedge Warner postponed a fast tracked divorce after criticizing the rush to decree and allowing time for an answer. Testimony from Myra Melvin described threats, assaults, and fear, while other divorce petitions sought abandonment, custody, and alimony from spouses including Richard Hendren and Oliver Smith.
Glenn Curtiss expressed confidence that the planned 24 hour Atlantic crossing would succeed if weather cooperates. The flying boat, built by Rodman Wanamaker at Curtiss works in Hammondsport New York, aims for a 1600 mile leg from St Johns Newfoundland to the Irish coast at about 70 mph. Curtiss will not fly the mission himself, delegating navigation to Mier who leads the trans Atlantic effort.
Members of the Cincinnati Building Owners and Managers Association say many offices lack adequate fire protection. A Palace Hotel meeting discussed fire proofing stairways and elevator shafts in public buildings and plans to install improvements once a solid solution is found. Architect Jot Zettel spoke to the crowd.
Special to The Americas reports New York police court proceedings as Meyer Son Meyerson, clerk, is arraigned before Magistrate Cyrpigan after a woman detective saw an expensive silk petticoat disappear from a Sixth Avenue department store. The detective exposed a hidden hook tied to the garment triggering the theft. Meyerson was held in five hundred dollars bail.
A committee of women engaged in civic work asked to confer with Superintendent Condon to discuss changes in gym classes. The group argues current methods are distasteful to students and urge reforms. Condon said no time has been set for the meeting yet.
Relatives mourn Mrs. Joseph Nelson White of Winchendon Massachusetts who died yesterday. She was daughter of Seth Evans of Cincinnati and sister of J R Hodge former librarian at Cincinnati University. Survived by husband and five children.
Former Campbell County Sheriff John Nagel and Louisa Shelton were fined ten dollars plus costs after a judge changed their charge to disorderly conduct. The incident involved local detectives Chic Stegner and Ecker and Ellenfelder, with the case proceeding last week.
During a severe storm Angeling Tozer widow of Perry Tozer fell on the pavement in front of 1409 Chase Street Northside fracturing her skull. She died minutes later before Dr. Charles E Geiser arrived and deemed possible heart attack as contributing factor.
Court notices Alice Never filed a petition in the Court of Common Pleas to quiet title to property in Hamilton City. The suit names Thomas Bishop and others as defendants and seeks to bar claims to the described parcel along Euclid Avenue Rochelle Street and adjacent blocks. Unknown heirs and residents are listed, with a final filing date in January 1914 for action on the estate of William M Bleeth.
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