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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1914
Page
4
The passage defends Chief Copelan, arguing his duty requires obedience to the law and opposes political interference. It notes enmity from those unhappy with his stance and expresses public support for keeping politics out of the police department, led by Mayor Spiegel and associates.
Cities like Dayton and New York want Colonel Goethals to solve municipal problems and the Federal Government wants to keep him. President Wilson and advisers decided his appointment as first civil governor of the canal zone was settled somewhat prematurely yesterday. The Goethals case inspires ambitious young men that romance remains in workaday life.
The piece argues that mild winter and slow economy reduce factory orders and retail activity. Stores accumulate stock while mills face dulled demand, though buyers can gain by purchasing now at reduced prices for future cold days. The article stresses the understated benefit for shrewd buyers who seize discounted goods.
A collage of comments notes wash sales and market risk in Pensacola and Chicago with sharp lines about Wall Street, a new baseball league, a Toledo crime, and a Yale gridiron star injured during a tango at a Chicago wedding.
The Strand, London, is described as a busy multi named artery linking Cannon Street to Piccadilly and Ludgate, hosting Law Courts and the Gaiety Theatre. It notes congestion from buses and taxis, proximity to Trafalgar Square, and a vacant signboard covered lot ripe for an American discount store.
A nostalgic poem laments changing values as homes fade into streets and music, recalling old fireside games and neighborhood gatherings while youths roam streets at all hours. The verse contrasts past coziness with a world where homes feel hollow and entertainment shifts of youth.
Reilly-Pat belonged to the union. He was drowned yesterday after eight hours of swimming. Fitzpatrick asked if he could swim. Reilly replied he was a union man and swam for eight hours before quitting.
A light salon item notes an exchange between an American heiress and Count Butinski about favorite flowers. The Count answers Marigold in a brief Birmingham Age Herald style snippet.
In a terse exchange a man recalls his mother using power over him linked to a former Ford Motor Company job he left. The snippet hints at family strain and past employment shaping present conflicts.
A cryptic note from a courtroom-tinged exchange reflects on crime and time. The speaker muses that fifty years ago something was a crime and fifty years hence it may not be.
An Irishman named Pat fishes in a river under a railway bridge to avoid rain. A stranger asks what he is doing. Pat replies in a laconic, humorous retort. The scene captures a quirky moment amid trains overhead during a downpour.
An American tourist tours a field with a guide who boasts of escorting General Sheridan. The guide quips that Sheridan said the site was a peach of a place for a fight. A waiter, a customer, and Captain Inch of the Volturno cruise discuss criticisms and memories.
An elderly farmer conducts an auction on his farm without a professional auctioneer. He sends advance notice listing livestock and odd items such as a Maltese cow a triple expansion bicycle and a Berkel bicycle wheel plus household goods and curiosities. The notice humorously mixes odd items with personal touches and names some unusual examples.
A reader explores Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali through Charles Frédéric Goss. The piece discusses God as the You and the poet’s dialogue with the divine, saying faith endures beyond modern doubt and old paths reveal new country.
A historical notice outlines a Free Legal Department to answer concise legal questions via newspaper columns or mail. It explains confidentiality for signed inquiries and provides the Cincinnati address for correspondence, describing topics from contracts signed on Sunday to property classifications and delivery obligations.
A fragmentary verse tale follows a hardhearted miser named Years who hoards gold and dies by the Golden Gate only to find the gate slammed in his face. His desperation and disbelief unfold in a bleak moral vignette.
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