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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1913
Page
4
Nuisance roads and unauthorized pubs dot areas near Cincinnati where roaming crowds risk youths and mothers worry at night. The piece urges the governor ordered Liquor License Commission to close them, hoping to rid the region of these road houses for good.
The street car company tore up arteries to lay new tracks causing poor surface conditions. Streets remain dirty after repairs and city street cleaning lags behind. Citizens urge immediate attention from the street cleaning department to restore appearance.
The piece argues pleasure costs are rising with living costs and notes a holiday crowd of 350000 in Atlantic City with about 1 million dollars spent for entertainment. It contrasts spending by rich and poor, asserts educationful pleasures are good, and calls for pleasures to be enjoyed by all to some degree.
The piece notes a Cincinnati crowd marking the World Series finish with betting cheer, mentions Mrs. Pankhurst heading to America, and comments on the Anti Noise Society’s latest ordinance amid town-life banter, with stray quips about Macbeth and everyday odd facts.
Today at 2 30 p m in the Hotel Linton the Civic League led by Mrs Claude Lomapeich will discuss Board of Education candidates. Tomorrow at 38 p m at Christ Church Parsonage House speakers include Miss Vonne Laws Miss Edith Campbell Dr J M Withrow and Bryant Venable. Address in Hyde Park Town Hall on Wednesday October 15 features Miss James C Hobert and Bryant Venable.
Cincinnati Woman's Club Drama Circle will host Miss M Louise Armstrong for an afternoon address given by Mrs A Starr Best, president of the Drama League of America. The circle plans to organize a local chapter and will discuss league time and work.
Woodward High School offers sewing classes taught by J. Franklyn. The program extends from one and one half hours to three hours per session. Students will be thoroughly drilled in intensive work, completing garments for practical use. Miss Wrankton previously worked with the Vacation School.
The Christ Hospital Sewing Seriety led by President Emerson and Secretary Mrs J W Dale will host an annual donation day at the hospital on Saturday October 18. Goods include home made jellies cakes candies fancy work fruits and household articles. Donations are solicited by members and a musical program will be offered in the afternoon and evening with former patients invited to attend.
Today at 2 p m the Stonewall Jackson Chapter UDC will meet at 2546 Ingleside Ave Walnut Hill to arrange a State convention in Cincinnati on October 15. Quarters at Burnet House are chosen and the chapter will gather at the Ohio Mechanics Institute Emery Hall to be entertained by hostesses Mesdames Shearer Bloomani Clement.
This afternoon Mrs. James Ho bart will address the Progress Club of College Hill at Mrs. George Cairns home. She will discuss the proposed amendment to legalize appointing women to state institution boards or other roles caring for women and children.
Women in domestic service will gain a club house in Cincinnati similar to New York City’s 203 East Seventy-second Street arrangement. The venture operates under the supervision of Mrs Anson Phelps Stokes and Mrs Phelps Stokes Hooker. Officers of the organizing group oversee the project.
Questions about hygiene sanitation and disease prevention answered free of charge in these columns. Home remedies advised but no prescriptions given.
Readers discuss goiter treatment and surgery, the advisability of cousin marriages, a neck Fat mass query, buttermilk health benefits, diabetes notifiable status, mental worry training, and nasal obstruction surgery. Responses emphasize noninvasive care, neutral risk, and seeking professional evaluation.
Municipal group ended meetings but moves to establish a Home Club. Registered members can stay in a home of their own while seeking positions or taking a rest before starting elsewhere. The facility would offer comforts of a well run home with an official chaperon to assist.
At 10 o clock this morning the ID A session on Linton street will hear an address by Regent Mrs Robert Ralston Jones and Mrs James R Murdock. Tomorrow Canton State conference will be attended by delegates including Mrs Lowell F Hobart Mrs Robert Ralston Jones Mrs Thomas Kite and several others.
On Wednesday October 11 the Bethesda Board of Managers will hold the annual donation day at the Bethesda and Scarlet Oaks Sanitarium. The event invites friends and former patrons to visit the well-managed hospital. Mrs FE H Huenefeld chairs the board and Louise Golder is superintendent.
A historical essay contrasts lessons from past governance with modern progress. The author argues tradition guides liberty protection and warns against discarding proven methods for untested ideas.
Dr. Harvey W. Wiley argues against food cost increases noting better foods and abundant gold purchasing power. He says cereals cost less than decades ago and urges distributing industries to reduce urban crowding and curb alcohol harm. He criticizes stale fresh foods and rapid whisky production.
The Cincinnati American announces its Free Legal Department with attorney John W. Cowell of Cowell & Lamping providing opinion on legal questions sent by mail. All party names kept confidential and responses mailed upon request. correspondence to the Cincinnati American.
A reader explains that a 1912 note remains valid for 15 years after last interest payment and outlines administrator timelines after death with no fixed deadline. They discuss partition actions, rents distribution to widow and children, and the effect of intoxication on note validity. They also touch adoption steps and inheritance tax considerations without court action.
The American invites amateur cartoonists to submit cartoons for a nationwide contest. All entries will be printed with prizes for the ten best works. First prize is ten dollars, second five, third unknown, and seven additional prizes of one dollar each. Judges include Professor Charles W r Millard Tyree and Michael McDonald.
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