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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1913
Page
4
Citizens urge immediate progress on Cincinnati Union Depot with the mayor directing railroad officials. The long running debate over a modern station has delayed construction while other cities move ahead. residents demand tangible results and less talk.
The piece contrasts acts of brave leadership with cowardice during a Volturno crisis. It argues that in moments of danger, strong individuals rise while the hesitant reveal their shallowness, and that everyone faces such tests in life.
A Newport hostess invited a dressed baboon guest of honor to a society dinner. The monkey entered with the guests then refused to dine and fled, leaving the idle rich embarrassed. The episode mocked high society and prompted satirical commentary on class pretensions.
The line about luck with the number thirteen suggests John McGraw’s superstition or misfortune surrounding the digit in baseball lore, highlighting a notable figure’s uneasy relation to superstition.
The piece recalls petitions by workers to “let the steel trust alone” and compares them to past protests by blacks seeking slavery’s continuation. It questions Tammany’s ambition to divide New York State into building lots and notes ongoing high prices for beefsteak, eggs, and bacon.
A stream of varied quips and scenes touches on domestic life with a wife away, political jab at President Wilson and the Panama Canal, jokes about wine and whiskey, agriculture fashion, and a seaside fishing anecdote featuring a man and a maid in duck suits.
Actresses complain costumes have become so revealing that performers cannot wear less on stage than off it. They argue current norms pressure artists to reveal more for attention, while maintaining boundaries between stage and personal life.
A fragment mentions a slit in a skirt not needing to be hooked up, but lacks clear event or identifiable subjects to summarize into a complete news item.
The Cincinnati American outlines an advisory service with attorney John W Cowell reviewing legal queries by mail. Topics include gambling debts, homestead exemptions, mortgage taxes, leases with purchase options, name changes, and medical questions with suggested research and steps.
The article surveys hygiene, sanitation and disease prevention, noting the New York Health Department shifts on fumigation and bedding disinfection for diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles and smallpox. It cites London contagion care and cautions on measles contagiousness and air sunlight disinfection.
A list of marriage licenses issued, naming applicants and addresses. Entries include Joan Tegphors and William, Kathryn Mockber and Charles Wins, Ade Williams and Mitchell Miller, and Margaret Tee, with associated ages and street addresses in various cities.
Cincinnati architects Weber Werner and Adkins have drawn the plans for the First Presbyterian Church in Charleston West Virginia. Jural contractors are bidding on the work and local men will be well represented on the project.
Diggs Ferris Insurance agent W. Diggs spoke informally to the Life Problem Club at the YMCA. He previously served as club president last year.
Former president Augusto RH Leguia argues South America offers unlimited opportunity, citing Peru’s irrigation and hydro power potential, mining and agriculture growth, and the Panama Canal’s impact on trade. He predicts radical geographic and economic change with expanded port facilities to support new trade.
Henry Van Dyke argues diplomacy should be a steady pursuit of healthy relations between friendly nations. He compares it to medicine, noting prevention and cooperation advance civilization, law, trade, and a peaceful world order.
Arthur T. Hadeay, president of Yale University, argues that true power in public service begins with self governance. He warns leaders not to appease crowds or boast of temporary gains and stresses that leaders must act with visible credit to the winner and world expectations.
The American invites Amateur Cartoonists to submit entries for its Cartoon Contest. Every cartoon submitted will be printed. Prizes range from ten dollars for first to one dollar for seven more top cartoons. Judges include Charles W. Beem and Tyree.
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