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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1913
Page
3
A Sunday fire at the Chartier Taylor Bons Company brick plant on Burne Street threatened nearby tenements as a drying brick building burned completely and another was partly destroyed. Sparks from a passing locomotive caused the blaze and high winds spread embers. Damage is estimated at 3,000 dollars.
In Columbus county auditors delay payments to blind pensioners after a Supreme Court ruling. Officials prepared vouchers but state officials ordered funds to be distributed by a state bank under a new law, leaving about twenty thousand dollars in due pensions unpaid.
Rev Herbert Bigelow spoke at the Grand Opera House on The Catholic Church and Progress. The auditorium was full as readers of Catholic magazines challenged his views labeling him a Socialist. The program included quotes from Cardinal Gibbons and Taft framed to discuss class and religious roles in society. Rev Walker of the Menace attended and the crowd applauded him heavily.
B H Kroger donates an acre farm near Terrace Park to establish a George Junior Republic in memory of his son. W Marshall football coach of the original republic at Freeville will bring 30 youths to Cincinnati in coming weeks to form the new colony, which is expected to open within about 30 days.
A telephone from Greenfield Ohio police says John W. Kelly, released from the workhouse to attend his brother s funeral in Cincinnati, disappeared on the trip and may have been injured while riding a freight train toward Cincinnati.
Passengers on several city lines faced 30 minute delays when westbound Sedamsville streetcar No 173% derailed at Eighth and John streets. Wrecking crew faced difficulty rerailment and traffic remained tied up for nearly an hour.
Charles Sawyer, elected in 1911 at age 24, represents Madisonville Hyde Park and Oakley in Cincinnati as the Second Ward councilman. A Cincinnati native and lawyer, he became council chair of the Sewer Committee and pushed streetcar rerouting sewer improvements and two new public squares for his ward.
Rev A B Beresford of the First Universalist Church Walnut Hills preached on The Master Ideas of Christ with focus on The Value of a Mortal Life. He urged saving not destroying as a national aim and highlighted humane reforms such as against animal cruelty and protecting child life.
Robert Huber a Chicago jeweler indicted for murdering John Kunzelman a Mt Healthy saloonkeeper plans to plead unwritten law. He says his wife a Kunzelman sister told of abuse prompting the killing on June 4. Fréome Morris defends Huber.
Tens of thousands gathered at a Cincinnati rally to honor the name of God and protest profanity. Archbishop Moeller and Father O’Brien addressed the crowd as 49,000 men paraded through streets, the grandstand overlooking an altar, with ceremonies lasting over an hour.
A thief entered Holy Name Catholic church on Auburn Avenue and McMillan Street Saturday night and took $2 from the poor box receptacle. The incident prompted a police report and investigation.
The Hamilton County courts last week saw 76 marriages but 46 divorces granted by Judge Warner and four more in Common Pleas. Wives filed as complainants in 3 percent of cases, husbands in 12 percent, with 27 petitions for separation filed, leaving only three couples still happily married among the 76.
A telegram to the Chicago police chief from Detective John Halpin asks for information about a man named Miller struck and killed by a car in Chicago. The killer is thought to have relatives in the area, with John Miller of MecMicken and Elm streets suggesting the victim may be his brother who worked as a printer in Chicago for eight years.
Robert Rostock reported a thief shattered the window display at 1122 Gest Street and took 200 choice cigars Saturday night. Police were informed of the crime and the loss occurred during the display window break.
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