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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1914
Page
4
The piece critiques voters electing reformers with past crimes, citing Al J. Jennings, a former train robber turned Oklahoma attorney, as an example. It argues voters are swayed by martyr narratives, risk electing undesirable figures, and seek political profit from such candidacies.
City merchants urge removal of the Main Street canal bridge grades to reunite the divided business area. With the canal abandoned as a commerce artery, bridges segment the city and curb shopping traffic, justifying removal to enhance canal site development and overall urban improvement.
A collage of satirical observations spans New York scenes from penitentiaries to Paris fashion, Carnegie, Rockefeller, and industry chatter. Mentions of a coin shortage, mercury tablets, rail car porters, eggs, and steel mill reopenings frame a brisk, opinionated spray of dated cultural wit.
Douglas County Washington funds a farm attached to Waterville High School to blend scientific farming with regular courses. A farm director will be hired under a state law enabling up to 100 monthly government aid. the district will cover salary and ensure practical lessons with acre allocations and competition prizes.
A bleak midwinter storm bears down as a postman and pony stubbornly deliver mail to farmers. The long cold journey over frozen ground tests endurance, yet the postman persists to fulfill the farmers needs. Tomorrow repeats the same arduous rounds.
A collage of vaudeville burlesque and straight plays headlines multiple venues. Peg O My Heart returns to Lyric with strong crowd response. Stop Thief at Grand praised as long running farce. Keiths showcases Vaieska Suratt in Black Crepe and Diamonds with other acts. Walnut presents What Happened To Mary with Anna Bridiey. Empress hosts top show opening week.
A fragmented Washington Star passage discusses production costs in farming. The text contrasts farmer challenges with inputs and outputs, noting meat and plant production costs and the need to cover expenses to stay in business.
A garbled OCR fragment references a person obliged to pay duty on art work. Mentions a person and a city in unclear phrasing, suggesting a notice or court context. Contains no clear dates or reliable details due to damaged text.
A Cincinnati arts page reviews varied acts from Harmony’s opera selections to German American soloists and Bobber’s burlesque stars. Performers include Beatrice da He and Emma Berg with T. W. Eckert, while Orpheum, Olympic, Gayety and Standard deliver revues, dances, and light comedy to mixed receptions.
The article muses on buried treasure as a perennial fantasy for men and dogs. It notes pirates hid chests ashore to keep wealth from circulation and to tempt future seekers, while gambling, ships, and society shape modern fortunes and the hunt for lost riches.
The text riffs on political and social absurdities including government posture, a joke about too much kissing, travel whiskey bans in Texas, a Mexican welcome note, and a bizarre mock recipe about oysters. It reads as fragmentary humor with scattered references to places and practices.
A fragmentary poem recounts a nameless poet drawn by nature on a sunlit day. He wanders miles from Texas, his mood darkening as wind and cold foreshadow danger. Months pass and the traveler dies, a victim of misplaced confidence, left with mournful friends.
Readers seek guidance on humane ways to kill live oysters in the half shell. The article lists methods such as pinning and choking with chloroform, striking, decapitating, and battery shocks, reflecting a sensational but cautionary wartime style.
The Lane Seminary faculty honors Bishop John M Walden of the Methodist Episcopal Church for more than fifty years of gospel ministry and service to students and faculty. They commend his life as a model of Christian character and pray God’s grace for his bereaved family.
A boy keeps a diary misdating entries from 7 to 9 o clock as a child questions a temperance speaker. The Sunday school worker, wearing a ribbon badge, is asked to justify not being a drunkard, prompting a shy retort from a child in a town known for prohibition.
A newspaper note announces a Free Legal Department to answer concise legal questions without attorney fees. Signers’ names are confidential. correspondence to Free Legal Department Cincinnati American, 122 East Seventh Street, Cincinnati Ohio, via columns or mail.
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