Election Bets Now Favor Mayor Hunt
A Cincinnati crowd wagers on mayoral outcome with bets favoring Mayor Hunt. Reports describe odd wagers and playful dares, such as a man wearing a straw hat if Judge Spiegel wins and neighbors betting on lawn care or wallpaper choices reflecting election results.
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Hunt
New Orleans
Judge Spiegel
Cincinnati
Mpiewel
Uson
Odda
Cre Mane
Spiegel
Puffrager
Mayor Hunt
Throagehout
Hunt Miller
Fountain Square
Jobless Man Ends Life With Poison
Ludwig Louis Hanenstein, 56, of 2005 Whitman Street, committed death by his own action using a vermin killer. He had been unemployed about two months and told his wife he felt ill after returning home at night. He died about midnight after confessing to Dr Scherrer that he ingested the poison. He leaves a widow and three grown children.
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Ludwig Louis Hanenstein
Tearmster
Whitman Street
Goroner
Foertmeyer
Hanenstein
Dr. Scherrer
Hauenstein
Fire engine balks as flames rip through Reading Rd shop
An automobile fire engine failed to operate for several minutes at 2127 Reading road delaying suppression of a blaze that began on the first floor of J F Walker paper store and spread to an adjoining apartment. Fire losses are estimated at 3000 to 4000 with several women and children escaping through smoke filled halls. Patrolman Gallow rescued a dazed woman on the third floor while no injuries were reported.
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Reading Road
Halle
J. C. Bennekes
Gallow
J. F. Walker
Fire at H. D. Smith Co. plant from defective flue
A fire at the H. D. Smith Co confectionery and paper boxes plant at 206-208-210 Main street was sparked by defective flue and a stove fire. Two girls allegedly entered the plant and started the blaze using an old fashioned stove. a neighboring firm spotted smoke and alerted the fire department. The blaze caused about $10,000 in losses before crews gained control.
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Main Street
Grossman % Hoop Co
Smith
Glad Hand Day Observed by Grange in Cincinnati
More than 1,500 members and friends attended Glad Hand Day at Union Central Building in Cincinnati. Luke W. Smith and committee arranged the event with Esberger's band providing music and addresses from W C Culkins Walter A Draper and Professor Dean Harry of the University of Cincinnati. Mayor Hunt arrived to applause with cheers for a future Cincinnati mayor.
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Hoboes of America Leader Heads to AFL Meeting
Jeff Davis president of the Hoboes of America travels to Seattle for an American Federation of Labor session. He aims for federation recognition of hoboes as an AFL auxiliary and to push abolition of all state vagrancy laws with a telegraph aid plan for hobos.
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Jeff Davis
The
Hoboes of America
Seattle
Vine Street
Davis
Negro accused after morphine theft from doctor’s cabinet
A man who earlier sought relief from Doctor J. E. Pirrung was suspected of stealing sixty grains of morphine from the physician’s cabinet while the doctor was away yesterday. The doctor notified police of the incident.
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J. E. Pirrung
Pirrung
Thief Steals Shoes From John Stowe’s Room
John Stowe a colored man of 630 Carlisle Avenue reported to the First District police last night that a pair of shoes valued at four dollars were stolen from his room during the day while he was at work.
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John Stowe
Carlisle Avenue
First District
Better Housing Urged At National Convention Effort
The Anti Tuberculosis League plans to use the National Housing Association convention in Cincinnati in December to boost its housing crusade. A committee led by Dr Samuel Iglauer Dr H Ketin Dunham L Hitchens Dr Otto P Geier and Arthur Boden will organize preparations and coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce housing panel.
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National Housing Association
Cincinnati
League
Samuel Iglauer
H.ketinon Dunham
Coroner Probing Death of Fissel in Butler County
Coroner investigates the death of 62 year old Fissel found early Thursday morning in the road near Sharonville. He was last in a Sharonville saloon Monday night with a large sum of money on him, $4.61 found on the body. For over thirty years Fissel ran a Wing street saloon opposite Inwood Park and also sold horses. He recently sold property to the Brewery Workers' International Union, which built its headquarters there.
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Fissel
Gano
Butler County
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Sharonville
Niy
Missel
Wing Street
Inwood ‘Park
He &Old
Brewery Workers’ International Union
High Honors To Be Given Priest On Friday
The Rt. Rev. Mer. John B. Murry Vicar General of the Cincinnati archdiocese and pastor of St. Edward's Church marks his fiftieth priestly anniversary. Events span Thursday to Sunday with a solemn mass, a banquet at the Grand Hotel, and a parish celebration including a high mass and a sacred concert culminating in benediction.
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John B. Murry
Cincinnati
St. Edward's Church
Grand Hotel
Purse Stolen From Terre Haute Visitor’s Room
Mrs. N. H. Waters of Terre Haute Indiana reported to Eighth District police that a purse containing $20 and her husband’s office safe combination was stolen from her room at the home of Robert Chambers on Thrall Street. A man who had been working around the house is suspected.
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N. H. Waters
Terre Haute
Ind
Robert Chambers
Thrall Street
Eighth District
Arm Fracture After Fall From Cart
Benjamin Laken of 3932 Dalion Street suffered a fracture of the right arm when he fell from his cart at Dalton and Bridge streets yesterday morning. He was taken to City Hospital in Auto Patrol No. 5.
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Benjamin Laken
Dalion Street
Dalton
Bridge Streets
Auto Patrol
Commission Begins Work of Abolishing Saloons in Cincinnati
Liquor License Commissioners Wright and Marschheuser started reducing saloons in Hamilton County to legal limits. About 532 Cincinnati saloons will be forced to close, with 1,384 saloons currently in the city. The new law defines sales in quantities as saloons, affecting wholesale licenses and city revenue. Applications for licenses will be reviewed and processed through November.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Wright and Marschheuser
Hoenstein
Hamilton
Ieee
Freight increase draws strong shipper interest in Indiana
Indiana shippers urge protest to a proposed 5 percent railway rate rise filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission. If approved and adopted in Ohio, Ohio and adjacent Indiana areas could face retaliatory rate actions, though no steps will be taken without evidence of discrimination.
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Indiana
Interstates Commerce Commission
United States
Cincinnati Chamber of ‘Commerce
Interstate Commerce Commission
Interstate Commerce
Ohio
Chamber of Commerce
Five Thousand Dollar Verdict Against Devon Over Cistern Injury
Annie Hughes, once 16, won a $5,000 verdict against William P. Devon for injuries from falling into a rusted cistern lid at his 620 West Fourth Street tenement. Medical testimony said she is seriously crippled for life. The suit sought $25,000. a earlier $1,250 verdict was set aside by the Supreme Court as too small.
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William P. Devon
Weet
Superior
Devon
Clyde
Johnson
P Ss. Phillips
Jacksor and Woodward
Devons
Supreme Court
May Revive First Regiment Visit Sparks Local Pride
The city anticipates the revival of the First Regiment Ohio National Guard with a muster at Wyoming led by Captain Wayne Sticey. About fifty eight men will join Company B, with plans to expand as enthusiasm grows, aiming to reestablish the historic Cincinnati military legacy across Hamilton County.
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Ranswart
Ohio National Guard
Wyoming
Cincinnati
United States
Wayne Sticey
Will
Millcreek Valley
Hamilton ‘County
Marble Workers to Resume Work Today at Gayety Theater
Eighteen marble workers at the Gayety Theater on Walnut Street, who struck yesterday, will return to work today. They protested the hiring of non union helpers to speed construction for the opening next Sunday. Painters, who went on strike earlier, are also expected back today.
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Gayety Theater
Walnut
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