Nonpartisan school board praised in Citizens Council speech
Bryant Venable and other candidates on the nonpartisan ticket urged depoliticizing school boards at the Citizens Council of Public Education headquarters. They advocated German teaching methods and formal selection of education boards to boost efficiency and investments in schools.
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Citizens’ Council of Public Education
Bryant Venable
Venable
Germany
John M. Withrow
Boards of Education
Annie Laws
Samuel Ach
Gideon Wilson
Withrow
Bound Over in Perjury Case for Referendum Petition
George Hays Jr was bound over to the grand jury by Judge Fricke in the police court on a charge of perjury connected to a referendum petition.
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George Hays, Jr
Fricke
Hays
Business Men Back High Pressure Plan and Water Works Changes
The Public Safety Committee of the Business Men's club endorses a 400000 bond revue for a high pressure system and urges support. It warns that the current system leaves fire fighting apparatus at 60 percent efficiency. The report praises 1918 water works changes and recent progress in health, food and sanitary inspection, reduced death rate, and dental department work.
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Committee On Public Safety
Business Men's Lab
Ths
Health Department
Dental Department
Guilty Verdict in Embezzlement Case Against Brown
Mrs Carlotta Thompson Brown found guilty by a jury after thirty five minutes deliberation in a embezzlement case involving 21471 dollars from Fred Schroth. Judge Cushing granted a stay of execution pending new trial or appeal while bondsman status remains and further indictments exist against Brown and her husband Henry A Brown.
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Carlotta Thompson- Brown
Fred Schroth
Brown
Cogan
Cushing
Poppe
Henry Schwartz
Corncilman
O'Brien
Curhing
Schroth
Henry . Brown
New York
Indicted East St. Louis Ex Official Tied to Cincinnati Past
Daniel Wuersch once lived in Cincinnati and later moved to East St. Louis where he joined the Standard Oil Company, studied at night, earned a law degree, and entered politics. He was appointed Street Commissioner two years ago by Mayor Lambert. Friends in Cummineville believe in his innocence and vow to help.
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Daniel Wuersch
East St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cummineville
Ludlow Avenue
B. and O- Bridge
Standard ‘Ol Company
Lambert
Wuersch
Water Main To Run Under Sidewalk Plan By City Leader
Public Service Director Price proposes to lay a new force main from the Western Hillis pumping station four miles out Harrison Avenue beneath the sidewalk. The project costs $134000 per General Water Works Superintendent Bert Baldwin. Price asked City Solicitor Bettman to draft an ordinance for bond authorization and work.
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Public Service
Price
Hillis
Harrison Avenue
General Water Works
Bert Baldwin
Bettman
Evansville Chamber Receives Grateful Reply After Flood Aid
The Evansville Business Association thanks the Chamber of Commerce for aid and credit extensions to flood stricken Evanville merchants. It apologizes for delay due to busy conditions after the flood and pledges reciprocal considerations. John M. Dugan to manage Union Printers Tournament subscriptions in August 1914 in Evansville. The National Chamber prints local resolutions on the Glass Owens currency bill, Cincinnati among few cities honored.
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Chamber of Commerce
Evanaville
Indiana
Epring Soceda
Evansville
Evansville Association
Union Printers
John M. Dugan
Carr Street
National Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce
Cincinnati
National
Chamber endorses new currency measure and expo backing
The Chamber of Commerce backs the new currency measure and may endorse the Anglo American Peach Exposition opening in London next May. Walter Draper of the Cincinnati Chamber sits on the exposition’s executive committee as the sole local official. The chamber also has an indexed tariff law copy for merchants to consult, with local importers already seeking guidance on new rates.
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Chamber of Commerce
London
Walter Draper
Saloonkeeper Robbed by Two Masked Men
Peter Nelson, saloonkeeper at Tafel and Enslin avenues, was held up by two masked men early yesterday. One thief struck him with a revolver, stunning him, and the pair stole $15 from his pocket before fleeing. He was not seriously injured. his wife, newly married last Wednesday, lies prostrate over the misfortune.
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Tafel
Enslin Avenues
Nelson
Woman Dies Suddenly at Home in Hart Street Case
Julia Flemming 80 died at her home 709 Hart Street. Coroner Foertmeyer ruled the death due to natural causes, noting no foul play.
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Julia Flemming
Hart Street
Foertmeyer
Catholic Priest Celebrates Golden Jubilee at St Edward's
Yesterday many youths and families gathered at St Edward's Church to receive communion from Rev John B Murray as the parish marks his golden jubilee. A mass was planned today and Sunday worship continues with Father Murray leading. Clergy presented a $1400 purse and alumni gave a golden chalice valued at $200.
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St. Edward's Church
John B. Murray
Father Murray
Mary's Seminary
Girls to Usher at Pankhurst Lecture at Music Hall
About twenty high school and university girls will serve as ushers next Wednesday at Music Hall for Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst’s lecture. The Equal Suffrage Association decided not to invite militant leaders as a body, leaving invitations to individuals. Mrs. Albert Morrill has already invited the English suffragette, with a Morris mansion event possible.
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Pat
Music Hall
Emmeline Pankhurst
Equal Suffrage Association
Militant
Albert Morrill
Morrill
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