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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1913
Page
7
The Chamber of Commerce will seek a joint meeting with the Cincinnati Freight Committee and road operators to adjust freight service into Cincinnati. Floods and strikes earlier in the year disrupted shipments, but conditions are improving and a resumption of favorable service is anticipated.
Devoss of Covington and Mildred Barr a Covington teacher at Weyman Conservatory of Music plan to marry at 11 this morning. DeVoss, a traveling salesman for a Cincinnati dry goods house, will begin a three weeks trip after the ceremony.
Covington voters face a long candidate list for the city commissioner race. Fifty four hopefuls are on file seeking the eight seats for the regular election on November 4, with a $3 000 annual salary. The filing period ends today at 6 pm with County Clerk Dillon closing the list.
Marriage licenses issued in Covington to four couples: George Bohman 24 and Theresa Lucas 24, Louis J. Grover 23 and Lottie E. Goebel 21, Oral F. DeVoes 28 and Mildred J L Parr 24, all of Covington.
Complex schedule list for multiple routes including Columbus accommodations Loganport Chicago and Indiana lines. Details show various departure and arrival times, daily and weekend variations, and multiple accommodations trains.
A fragmented railway timetable shows departures and arrivals between Louisville Nashville and New Orleans with times around 5:05 p m to 4:30 p m and notes of connection points and routes. The legible items indicate trains leaving Louisville and reaching destinations such as New Orleans and Memphis with arrival times and intermediate stops.
Fragmentary railway schedule from Kentucky division listing towns Paria Winchester Pes Setment Keoxville and arrivals at 20 and 50 minutes past the hour with references to Jacksonville and Saint Seventeenth Street. The legible items indicate arrival times and destinations amid incomplete text.
A fragment shows various train services including Queen & Crescent Local Express and Florida Limited with arrival times in the evening. It lists routes like Carolina Special and Pan American Special with stations such as Georgetown and Deevilie and mentions Blanchet and Walton accommodations and intermediate points.
Partial OCR item lists a train route between Cincinnati and Detroit with a 6:10 departure and 1:00 p.m. arrival reference, plus unclear notes and a time code. The readable detail shows the fifth end at Baymiller Streets and mentions stations and times, indicating a transportation timetable snippet.
Rail timetable fragment lists trains between Cincinnati Louisville Chicago New York and other points. Includes multiple departure times 2:00 am 9:00 pm 12 noon and arr 7:45 am 6:20 pm with notes for Beards Town Springfield Louisville Evansville and St Louis connections. Subheadings reference routes and stops but details are garbled.
A fragmented notice lists Pearl and Butler Streets and Roanoke to Lynchburg routes with a rate of 45 dollars per month for train service. The readable fragments reference Ver Treston and RBice eld and Nor folk Leave Arrive.
Fragmentary OCR reads court and Broadway area with a daily notice line and reference to Sundays and a Sanday note. No clear events or names available. Further readable details needed to build a proper item.
Covington women voters show interest in a $160,000 bond to build a new high school. The attorney general says women may vote on the bond issue and on a school board vacancy, recommending separate ballots for women. Registration drives aim to boost turnout next Tuesday.
Early reports show Covington registering more voters than last year with precinct tallies from 20 to 49 and a boosted female turnout following an attorney general ruling on women voting on the high school bond issue. Newport precincts indicate a slight rise in registration, with party workers pushing for full party totals ahead of the next election day.
Dr. B E R Shank of Dayton must serve on Judge Hollister's jury after waiting to be sworn and then requesting excusal. Joseph T Nevin of Cincinnati named foreman. Under the new law grand juries must have 18 to 23 members with 12 votes needed for indictment. Eighteen pending cases were dismissed Tuesday by Judge Hollister under Rule 13 unless a good cause exists.
City Commissioners weigh an ordinance requiring the Street Railway to equip all Newport cars with air brakes. A $100 daily fine is set for each unmodified car after the deadline. Proponents argue brakes could have prevented accidents on Central bridge and other downgrades.
A large church fair committee was named at a Newport meeting to organize the October fair from the 13th to the 18th. John W. Schneider chairs the general committee with Rev. Frederick Knapp as secretary and Judge Otto Wolff as treasurer. A reception committee includes Wiedemann, Robert L. Spergel, Peter Weekman, and others led by Mayor August Helmbold. Ladies of the congregation will manage various tables under group heads including Mrs. Wagenfeld and Mrs. Knapp.
John Krumpelman files another suit in Kenton Circuit Court against Cincinnati Motordrome and Kenton Amusement over the Ludlow Lagoon disaster of July 80 in which ten lives were lost. He alleges burns to hands knees face and neck from gasoline thrown on spectators and seeks 5000 in damages. Five Kenton cases were transferred to the U S court.
Dayton councilmen launch inquiry into city officials failure to sentence prisoners locally. A Newport jail bill of 18.75 dollars spurred the probe, with officials arguing Dayton should house and work its own inmates in the city jail and workhouse rather than sending them to Newport.
An important meeting of the Covington Industrial club will be held Thursday evening at the club house at Eighth and Madison avenue. Dinner will be served in the club dining hall.
Thomas McDonnell of 218 West Eleventh Street Newport had a narrow escape near Eden Park and Park Avenue Walnut Hill when his wagon with a team slipped on a grade. The wagon rammed the horse against a pole. McDonnell was thrown from the seat and only slightly shaken.
The Cincinnati man Scheyer, father in law of Newport County Judge Hawkins, died yesterday at his home. Hawkins was in Alexandria holding court when he received word by telephone and adjourned court.
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