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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1913
Page
8
Reports indicate a woman may have placed the explosive machine in a Cincinnati parcel sent to Washington. Handwriting was blamed on a woman by the mall clerk Mary Leininger, with the box opened in the capital revealing explosives. Authorities weigh steps after the discovery.
Mary G. Peyton, a professional singer and Mt. Auburn Church soloist, testifies in an Insolvency Court divorce filing against John K. Peyton, a steam-boat inspector, detailing marriage begun 1903 and disputes over her career, finances, and alleged chloroform incident. hearing continues.
A stream of divorce filings highlights Cruse, Sutherland, and Leach cases. Minnie Sutherland seeks custody of her child after John F. Sutherland abandoned wife and child in 1907. Multiple suits name William Thorndyke and others as attorneys. Accusations of cruelty, desertion, and injury appear alongside alimony and name restorations.
William C. Fiedeldey filed for removal of his step-sister Ada F. Miller as guardian of his elderly mother Barbara E. Fiedeldey who lives at the Hotel. Miller was appointed guardian last January after Fiedeldey claimed Miller lent money and entrusted securities to a stranger. Fiedeldey now accuses Miller of neglect and alienating his mother’s affections. Samuel Wolfstein is his atorney.
On August 26 a 12 year old boy alleged that August Bell threw bricks from a shed roof on Ben son Street Reading injuring him including a broken arm. The boy, represented by his mother Anna Meyer, filed a $500 damages suit in Common Pleas.
Judge Merrell noted a settlement in the Ernestine Hargens v Gorman case over alleged $1000 stock delivery. Gorman’s illness delay was contested as he may appear via physician or in person. Separate suit by Sam Weiner seeks $10000 for his 4 year old son Josaph’s death after a truck strike. Edwin Ling sues Miller Jewelry Co for $3000 over chemical burns to his arm from bottles carried to work.
Charles Marriott is acquitted of stealing a canoe named Piawatha belonging to Charles B. Koehne. The court records indicate Marriott and a boy accomplice were involved, but the verdict absolved Marriott of the charges.
Kiger faced looting charges along the Little Miami River and alleged involvement in a murder near Plainville, though cleared of the homicide. Kizer confessed to looting camps and was sent to the Industrial School last summer. Two beer chips led to thirty day jail terms for Frank Smith, Rastus Neely and Joseph Brooks after confessions. sentences were later suspended on their promise not to repeat.
A playful exchange imagines a dachshund ruling the canine realm, jokingly pegging him as a member of a squatter sovereignty class and prompting lighthearted commentary on canine social status.
A curious note discusses women’s night attire and trailing garments, invoking Longfellow’s line about trailing garments. The fragment references trains and skirts, hinting at historical fashion language and literary allusion.
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