Teachers Barred as Covington Eyes School Bonds for Fireproofing
Covington Board of Education discusses selling bonds to finance concrete floors automatic doors fir e alarms and iron stairs for school buildings. The plan includes lighting fountains and health certificates for teachers and applicants while a Bible-reading proposal is rejected 7 to 3. The board seeks bids and considers authority for a special election on bond issuance amid ongoing school construction and personnel concerns.
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Covington
Committee On
Phillips
Nineteenth and Mary Streets
Sluss
Rouse
Turner
Todas
Covington Fire Board Votes Equipment Upgrades
In a Covington meeting of the Police Fire Commissioners Mayor John J. Craig presided. Chief Lytle sought new fireplugs and engine repairs for Pike street damage. The board ordered hose purchases, a home telephone for the chief, and use of two town hall cells for juvenile prisoners.
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Covington
John J. Craig
Lytle
Dreier
Pike Street
Covingtown Hall
Pris
Schuler
Kenton Court Notes on Divorces and Sentences
Fischer sues Edward Fischer in Kenton Circuit Court for divorce alleging drunkenness and abandonment and seeks alimony. Judge Read sentences Columbus Smith to sixty days and Wilson to thirty days for drunkenness. Case on Bettie Western Union Telegraph delayed and plaintiff sued for delay in delivery, with confinement ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AdSay
Fischer
Edward Fischer
Kenton
Homier Marion
Elas
Orday
Thomas Ioleman
Coyn
Elizabeth
Read
Columbus Smith
Cheasapeake
Ohio
Wilson
Covington
Bettie
Western Union Telegraph Yeurday
Sunday closing war may cease
Pending negotiations between Covington Retail Grocers and Butchers Protective Association and Covington Grocers and Butchers Association aim to end the Sunday closing dispute. The pro closing group notes warrants issued against open Sunday shops, with courts failing to convict. A winter close and summer open compromise is proposed to serve customers without refrigerators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington Retail Grocers and Butchers’ Protective Association
Covington Grocers and Butchers’ Association
Adopt Ordinance To Stop Touting In Newport
Newport Council passed an ordinance restricting marriage touting with a $15 fine and up to twenty five days in jail for violators. The measure targets habitual touts and takes effect after review by the Board of Aldermen next week. The council also authorized a mayoral contract to collect delinquent taxes and approved multiple public works and budget items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Council
Board of Aldermen
L. C. Crawford
Richard Crooke
Theodore Marz
Henry Neu
Banderman
Aldermen Decline Salaries and Support City Requests
Covington Aldermen approved reporting on public works spending and staff levels. They concurred to ignore Market Master John Hennessy’s orders and to deny his salary. A $250 playground donation and street lamp and arc light orders were approved for several city blocks.
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Covington
Lewis Moves for New Conference Among Coal Districts
Indianapolis April 2 A possible joint conference between coal operators and miners from Indiana Ohio Western Pennsylvania and Illinois may be held April 15 to 27. President T L Lewis has opened informal talks to gauge interest in rehabilitating interstate relations.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Illinois
T. L. Lewis
Lewis
Western Pennsylvania
Feehan
James Clark
National
Night Riders Threaten Latonia Contractor
August Hendrix, a contracting carpenter living at Huntington Avenue and Clyde Street in Latonia, received a threatening letter signed Night Riders. He turned it over to Police Chief Hamlin after two men loitered under his window and slipped the note to his door written in red ink. The letter warned him to leave Latonia by April 15 or face a visit, and suggested selling out to avoid trouble. Hendrix believes it may be an April fool joke and lists no known enemies.
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August Hendrix
Huntington Avenue
Clyde Street
Latonia
Night Riders
Hendrix
Hamlin
Kentuskian Floods Force Log Raft Capture Effort
Reported Kentucky floods along Licking River and Bath County reach historic levels. Valley View on the Kentucky River shows water rising to forty five feet as towns flood and lumber rafts drift away. Saw mills shut, logs scattered, crews race to recover logs and move goods to higher ground.
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Valley View
Kentucky River
Book author seeks separate maintenance amid cruelty claims
Mrs. Lillyan Shaffner filed for separate maintenance from Attorney Benjamin M. Shaffner on grounds of extreme cruelty. She alleges May incident with a revolver and threats to kill, while Shaffner denies the charges and says the book Suzanne caused the trouble. Mrs. Shaffner was confined to bed at 808 Pine Grove Avenue.
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Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Social Economics Club
Lillyan Shaffner
Chicago Society
Suzanne
Benjamin M. Shaffner
Mr. Shaffner
Miners and Operators End Talks in Pittsburg Deadlock
Pittsburg April 2. Conference between miners and operators adjourned after 3 o'clock without a settlement. Both sides stuck in a deadlock all day. another bid at settlement is expected in a few days.
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Pittsburg
Woman Struck by Main Street Car in Covington
Mrs. Mary Luttman, 40, of Ninth and Main streets, Covington, was hit by a Main street car at Ninth and Main yesterday and taken to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Willenborg’s ambulance with head injuries. The car was operated by Motorman McHblroy and Conductor Gordon.
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Tenth Street
Brighton
Lowell Streets
Phil
Ninth
Dayton
Thielly Alley
East Tenth Street
Mary Luttman
Ninth and
Main Streets
Covington
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Willen& Hugenberg
McBhlroy
Gordon
Covington Park Board to Choose Between Three Sites
Covington board members reviewed Levassor tract Goebel property and Park's Woods as possible park sites on a ten year plan. They inspected each tract and planned to reconvene to select a final site today.
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Covington Board of Park Commissioners
Levassor
Goebel
West End
William Goebel
Park’s Woods
Lewisburg
Scarlet fever closes schools in Coldspring area
An epidemic of scarlet fever in Coldspring nine miles south of Newport has led to school closures. Nine cases were reported at St. Joseph's Orphans' Asylum with illness in several families. The parochial school next to the asylum also closed to prevent spread. Most cases are mild, though some children are seriously ill.
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Newport
St. Joseph’s Orphans’ Asylum
Orphans’ Asylum
Ragan
County Judge removes Probation Officer Barton
County Judge Moore refused to give reasons for Barton’s removal from Juvenile Court stating the court does not need his services and plan to fill the vacancy later. The new law allows appointing a Chief Probation Officer at 2400 dollars yearly and two assistant officers at 1200 and 900 dollars respectively.
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Moore
John Barton
Barton
Covington Briefs Report Fatal, Arrests and Meetings
The Richmond Ky funeral for Colonel Richard Clark, father of Covington Patrolman John Clark, was held yesterday. Detectives Booth and Waldron returned from Indianapolis with three fugitives wanted for entering a Bracken County freight car. shoes and other items were buried in a field. Nancy Williams, 80, died of heart failure at 1913 Banklick street. coroner Tarvin ruled heart failure. A Spanish American War Veterans women relatives meeting to form a permanent Covington Newport ladies jury is tonight at 8 at 222 Russell street with Mrs Lambert as temporary chair and Mrs Williams as temporary secretary.
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Richard Clark
Richmond
John Clark
Covington
Booth
Waldron
Indianapolis
William Davis
John Hughes
Harry Schallenberg
Bracken County
Willow Grove
Nancy Williams
Banklick Street
Tarvin
Newport
Charles S. Lambert
Russell Street
George Reiley
Williams
Newport streetcar worker injured after fall from car
Thomas Holmes, an employee at the Newport . N. & C. streetcar barns, was seriously injured when a car he was riding was diverted by an unthrown switch at Eleveth street and York street. He was knocked unconscious and carried to his Covington home.
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Thomas Holmes
Holmes
Covington
Local names and ages in Covington area records
A list of residents and ages including Charles H. Knopp Ludlow Ada C Nolan Covington Ada F Ashcraft Covington James E Weldon Florence Martha Conrad Thomas L Morten Covington Rose Craig Covington with several ages noted. Names span Kentucky towns and surrounding areas.
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Charles H. Knopp
Ludlow
Eerie
Ada C. Nolan
Laurence B.ghtiner
Covington
Ada_F.Ashcraft
James E. Weldon
Florence, Ky
Martha E. Conrad
SOW Ssc
Dee
Thomas L. Morten
Rose Craig
Property Transfers in Newport Dayton Jamestown 2000
Martin Clark and wife transfer to John F. Stumpf part of Lots 68 and 69 in Newport Little Itiensvesers ete. Frank Wewer and wife to Henry B. Rie aryser and wife part of Lot 464 in Tay lors addition in Newport. Joseph Doller and Mary A. Dueber to Fanny Buse part of Lots 109 and 110 in Chadwick's subdivision in Dayton. H W Riley and wife to S C Refley Lots in East Bellevue subdivision in Dayton. Hip Wahmara Frank Kwuever to John Kuever Lots 2 and 24 in Jamestown addition in Dayton. 2000
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H. W. Riley
S. C. Refley
East Bellevue
Dayton
Hip Wahmara
Frank Kwuever
John Kuever
Jamestown
Covington Real Estate Transfer in Bromley Street
Gabriel C. Black transfers 3 by 10 feet on Boone street in Bromley to Emma Black in a Covington real estate transaction.
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Covington Real Estate
Gabriel C. Black
Emma Black
Boone Street
Bromley
Names and Residences of Local Residents
List of residents with ages and cities: Simmie Dudley 21 Ov Home City. Carrie Williams 19 Newport Kentucky. John Swan 4eepee Hamilton Ohio. Carrie Johnson Cincinnati ar 4eepee RB.
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Simmie Dudley
Home City
Carrie Williams
Newport, Ky
John Swan
Hamilton, O
Carrie Johnson
Cincinnati
Columbus Coal Strike Talks See Little Hope From Monday Meeting
Columbus Ohio April 2 mine operators say several conferences failed to change the situation. Mine officials predict the strike will end in ten days and Monday's meeting will be important.
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Columbus
No Agreement at Huntington District 17 Wage Talks
In Huntington West Virginia on April 2 the joint conference of operators and miners from District 17 adjourned without a wage scale agreement. Miners demand an eight hour day and semimonthly payday while operators press for ten hours. Sub committees meet tonight and report tomorrow.
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Huntington
W. Va
District 17
Miners Wage Scale Talks Set By Interstate Operators
The South western Interstate Operators Association will meet a United Mineworkers committee from Missouri Kansas Oklahoma and Arkansas on Monday to decide a wage scale for about 35 000 coal miners in the district now on strike.
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Kansas City
Southwestern Interstate Operators’ Association
United Mineworkers of America
Missouri
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Jury Unable to Reach Verdict in Nightingale Shooting Case
In Newport Circuit Court Judge Yungblut ordered William Nightingale to reassemble at 8:30 AM after jurors failed to reach a verdict in the indictment accusing him of shooting George Springe during an Eleventh and Patterson streets altercation. Former Mayor R. W. Nelson represents Nightingale. Commonwealth's Attorney Burkamp and County Attorney Heaver prosecute.
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William Nightingale
George Springe
Newport
Yungblut
Nightingale
Springe
Eleventh
Patterson Streets
R. W. Nelson
Newrt
Comonwealth
Burkamp
Heaver
Kentucky River Runaway Rafts Float Downstream
Heavy rains and strong winds push logs worth 100000 dollars loose from moorings at Valley View. One hundred rafts drift down the Kentucky River as steamboats rush to recover them. River gauge hits thirty one feet, submerging locks and dams and aiding the runaway logs’ progress.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Valley View
Flood Renews Fury Along Ohio and Guyandotte Rivers
In Huntington West Virginia on April 2 the Ohio River rose to fifty one feet as residents fled flood waters in Central City and Proctorville. The Guyandotte River topped records and a log gorge at Martha prevented damage to the C O Railroad bridge while the Guyandotte Valley line suffered track loss and may be out for a week or more. Thomas Dingess drowned at Fourteen Mile while attempting to cross the flooded river.
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Huntington
W. Va
Ohio River
Central City
Proctorville
Guyandotte
Martha
Chesapeake & Ohio
Guyandotte Valley
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Thomas Dingess
Voodoo doctor Robert Burden jailed in Covington on disorderly conduct
Robert Burden a Cincinnati resident known as a voodoo doctor was arrested in Covington on disorderly conduct after an account from Coleman who claims Burden asked to wear the patient’s suit to cure paralysis. Patrolman Pickett made the arrest as Burden returned to Covington after a month away.
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Robert Burden
Cincinnati
Covington
John le
Nth
Pickett
Burden
Coleman
Oa Coleman
Social and Personal Notes Highlight Cincinnati Wedding News
The column details Miss Gp Lewis and Mr Edward Hamilt wedding at The Pilars with family celebrations and attendant bridesmaids. It notes a Lent lecture, teas, and bridge party events, plus engagements including Stanley A Morsbach to Dolores Brown. Additional items cover a upcoming Masonic reception and Kentucky Day at Highlands Woman's Club.
Avondale Residents Take Seasonal Journeys to New York and Atlantic City
Mrs. Helen Stevens of Reading rodd Avondale travels to New York for three weeks. Mrs. Dudley Sutphin and Mrs. Sallie Harrison of Vernonville head to Atlantic City with Harrison returning for a death in Langdon. Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson Jr. of Grandin Road East Walnut Hills plan a ten day New York trip. Various locals embark for French Lick Springs Omaha or Europe, with several to Atlantic City for Easter and others remaining in New York or Philadelphia through spring.
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Gp. Lewis
Edward Hamilt
Pilars
Alexander Harve
Dudley W. Rhodes
Rhodes
Lewi
Lewis
Mise c& Vieve Leonard
New York
Charlotte Allen
Mt. Auburn
Grace White
White
West Virginia
Berry
W. Kesley Schoepf
Gilpin
Dana Stevens
Leonard Kebler
Frank Rhodes
Clermont
East Walnut Hills
Mia
G. Leonard
Poride
Charles Richardson
Ward Leonard
Barbour
Washington, D. C
Helen Stevens
Reading Rodd
Avondale
Dudley V. Sutphin
Sallie P. Harrison
Vernonville
Atlantic City
C. E. Page
Cameron Davemre
Norwood
French Lick Springs
Ind
Frank J. Jones
Dawson Blackmore
Reading Road
Omaha
Neb
M. S. Drukker
Marie Violet Drukker
Warwick
Louis E. Hays
Alaska Avenue
Hays
Alexander H. Clark
Seabreeze
Ormond
Fla
Philadelphia
Clark
Winthrop Clark
James B. Maris
Fernbank
Clifton
Roanoke
Harriet Kemper
Sionary Training School
Wesley Avenue
Astern
Kemper
James Anderson
Dayton Heights
George Ilsen
Kentucky Society Delegates Attend Early May Socials
Covington and Newport residents attend a sequence of social visits and receptions in Lexington Paris Aurora and Chicago. The outline lists Mr and Mrs Richard Ernst Miss Sarah of Covington Mrs Elizabeth Brent and Emily Woodall at a Paris Ky wedding and mentions several dinners and homecomings across Covington Newport and nearby towns with guests from Indiana Virginia and Denver.
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Richard Ernst
Sarah
Covington
Lexington
Ousin
Elizabeth Brent
Emily Woodall
Ing
Paris
Harry Brown
Woodford
Aurora
Ind
Charles Howe
Helm
Victor M. O'Shaughnessy
Lawrenceburg
O’shaughnessy
Newport
Helen
Walnut Hills
Diehl
Beulah
Butcher
Glendale
O. Mellinger
Charles Wiedemann
O. P . Hurd
Edgar Evans
Wagoner
Wintermeyer
Victor Martin
Ada McDonald
Wiedemann
Carl Wiedemann
Bettie Carothers
Charles Arleston
Hart
Gue
Chicago
Hamilton
Overton
New
Port
Laura Scherer
Denver
Harvey Meyers
Ington
W Bruehl
Ovington
Florida
Jane Withers
Reynolds
Covingty
Hot Springs
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Ovington and Newport
Kenton Court Notes
Newport City
Gretna
Albert B. Kelley
Reusch
Kelley
Kentuskiang
Alorg
Commercial
Licking River
Rowan County
Bath County
Saltlick
Wyoming
Modang
Aar
Covington Briefs
Newport Real Estate
Newport News
Ideal-Savings, Loan and Building Association of
W. L. Glazier
C. A. Ogden
R. H. Pyne
J. CC, DeMoss
Joseph Hickey
H. C. Dodsworth
Thomas Hogan
W. A. Warren
W. H. Horton
F. L. McLane
R. W. Phillips
Mary Abert Johnson
Washington
D. C
James W. Abert
Benke
William Keefe
John Foelds
The
Immaculate Academy of Newport
Academy Hall
C. E. W. Griffith
August Droste
Campbell County Equal Rights Association
Civic Department
Cincinnati Woman’s Club
J. Warren Ritchey
Miss Austin
Emma
Julius Hargrave
Ritchey
Hargrave
William Turner
Irma Tafel
Ella Wilson
T. N. Lupton
Pullan Avenue
Northside
Hopkins
Mountain Lake Park
William M. Ampt
Bekymer
Copeland
Snodgrass
Cook
Pollock
Walker
T. L. A. Greve
Verona
Park Avenue
Wall Hills
George Hughes
J. Gorgon Taylor
Hughes
Taylor
Frank Lee
S. McLean Blair
Edward Lee
W. T. Andrews
Stanley A. Morsbach
A. Morsbach
Dolorés Brown
Belton
Masonic Circle
Grand Opera House
Highlands
Highlands ‘Woman’s Club
John, Storrs
Roxie
Billigheimer
Mr. Samuel
O. Ra
Arthur Bowman
Harvey Avenue
Stoltz
Kentucky Society
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