Five Covington Newport residents die in tragedy
Five Covington Newport residents aged from 1 to 82 died yesterday. Names include Mary E. Rieselmann 6 of 84 West Sixth Mary Brinkmann 17 of 1030 Lee Charles C Wade 82 of 169 West Twelfth Belle Doyle 31 of St Elizabeth Hospital and Louise 16 months daughter of John and Mary Reif 617 Western Avenue Funeral arrangements to be announced or set at Mother of God Church Middendorf chapel and other local venues.
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Covington
Mary E. Rieselmann
West Sixth Street
Mother of God Church
Mamie Brinkmann
John Brinkmann
Lee Street
Charles C. Wade
West Twelfth Street
Bélle Doyle
St. Elizabeth Hospital
Middendorf
Louise
John and
Mary Reif
Western Avenue
Bishop administers confirmation at Covington church
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Lewis Burton of the Lexington Diocese confirmed six at St. John’s Episcopal Church Covington last night. Rev. Curtis Fletcher of Ft. Thomas presented the class comprising Margaret Macklin William Macklin William Austin Frank Fish Earl Buckner and Jane Thomas.
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Lewis Burton
Lexington
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Eighteenth and
Scott Streets
Covington
Curtis Fletcher
Ft. Thomas
Margaret Macklin
William Macklin
William Austin
Frank Fish
Earl Buckner
Jane Thomas
Fire breaks out at lumber storeroom on Twelfth Street
Alarm from Box 13 summoned Covington Fire Department to Twelfth and Washington last night. J A Brownfield's lumber storeroom burned with about five dollars loss. Origin unknown. sparks from a passing locomotive suspected as the likely cause.
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Covington
Twelfth
Washington Streets
J. A. Brownfield
Covington Turners Ladies Society Holds Ninth Anniversary Banquet
The Covington Turners Ladies Society marked its ninth anniversary with a banquet and installation of officers in Turner Hall. About 200 attended, followed by a dance with William Riedlin as toastmaster. Speakers included County Clerk John B. Yates H. A. Penny and George F. Roth. Mrs. George F. Roth presented a $175 purse to the society.
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Covington Turners’ Ladies Society
Turner Hall
William Riedlin
County
John c. B. Yates
H. A. Penny
George F. Roth
Covington Turner Society
Covington Briefs Reports Shots and Arrests
George White, colored, 60, attempted suicide yesterday in Covington by taking poison. Dr A D Kelly saved his life. Harvey Childers of Thomas and Williamson streets was arrested for disorderly conduct after allegedly cutting a man named Combs at Pile Street near the railroad. R K Kruse of Covington and EB J Whitley of Boone County were found asleep in a furniture car. Kruse jailed for drunk and disorderly conduct and Whitley for drunkenness. St Paul’s German Protestant Evangelical Church elected officers at its semi annual meeting: Dietrich Hoffman president, Carl Bruck treasurer, trustees Theodore Anhofer, Walter Bruestle, Edward Imfeld, Paul Pracht, William Meyer. Plymouth Coal delivered by river.
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George White
Covington
A. D. Kelly
C Harvey Childers
Thomas and
Willamson
Fahey
Childers
Combs
Pile Street
R. K. Kruse
EB. J. Whitley
Paul Pracht
William Meyer
Plymouth
Census Enumerators Start City Count Of School Age Children
Mr Kimberle appointed as census enumerator begins today to take the census of all children of school age in the city. Matthew Ronald will leave shortly for Houston Texas.
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Kimberle
Matthew Ronald
Houston
Tex
Fortune smiles on ex bankrupt cotton buyer Windstrom
Santa Fe Railroad recovered 100000 paid on fraudulent cotton bills of lading issued in the name of Elmar Windstrom once a wealthy Texas cotton buyer. Windstrom fled, faced indictments, then regained fortune through cotton and stock speculation, returned the funds with bonus, and had prosecutions dropped. He later claimed good faith in obtaining the bills but acknowledged the failed pending cotton deal.
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Tribune
Galveston
Santa Fe Railroad
Elmar Windstrom
Belton and
Temple
Windstrom
Mother and Son Suffer Burns in Newport Stove Explosion
The three year old son of Louis Crosthwait motorman at 302 Thornton street Newport was badly burned about the face and hands from a gasoline stove explosion yesterday afternoon. The mother, who lit a match, helped fuel the flames and was burned on the hands. Dr Brown attended and expected the boy to recover despite serious injuries.
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Louis Crosthwait
Thornton Street
Newport
Brown
Arrest of Mrs Ross Husband in Newport Disorder Charge
Mrs Jack Ross claims her husband Ross forced her from their West Fifth Street home at gunpoint and threatened to kill her. She swore out an affidavit seeking his imprisonment on disorderly conduct charges. Ross was taken into custody by Patrolmen Amrein and Pryor after the incident.
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Jack Ross
West Fifth
Newport
Ross
Amrein and
Pryor
Chief of Police Marries Again in Highland District
Louis Thoeney, chief of police, announced his secret February wedding to Grace Cros of near Alexandria. Grace Cros was formerly married to Louis Clos and divorced in Newport Circuit Court last December for cruelty. This is Thoeney's second marriage after his own divorce on abandonment grounds.
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Louis Thoeney
Highland District
Grace Cros
Alexandria
Louis Clos
Newport
Chief Thoeney
Taft Favor Widens Across States Before Convention
Republican leaders in California West Virginia Oklahoma and Kentucky press Taft as the favorite for the nomination. Quotes from Rep Joseph Knowland S V Matthews E C Norris Dennis Flynn and A B James support a solid Taft delegation and a likely nomination on either the second or third ballot.
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Oakland
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Banking
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Oklahoma
Dennis T. Flynn
Congress
Oklahoma Territory
A. B. James
Kentucky
Burglars Ransack Newport Tile Dealer Home
George Starr of 821 Maple Avenue Newport awoke to a broken into residence. Thieves rifled rooms and took miscellaneous items including some change, while a hidden roll of money in a dresser drawer remained undiscovered.
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George Starr
Maple Avenue
Newport
Saloon Keeper Shot. Victim Shows Signs of Recovery
Charles Regan a Newport saloon keeper at Eleventh and Patterson streets improved after a back shooting Saturday night per Dr Higgins. Two boys Fred Fischer and Walter Grossheim remain jailed and deny firing any shots. trial postponed to tomorrow or next day.
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Charles Regan
Eleventh
Patterson
Newport
Dr. Higgins
Fred Fischer
Walter Grossheim
Residents protest daily dynamite haul through Newport streets
East Third street and Lexington avenue residents in Newport plan a petition to the City Council protesting the daily transport of dynamite from nearby magazines. A week ago a wagon dropped a box of explosives on East Third street but it did not detonate.
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East Third Street
Lexington Avenue
Newport
Council
Newport News In Brief Headlines
Charles Dawson, jailed for robbing John Greenbaum on Columbia Street, was pardoned by Governor Willson and returned home. Sam Clark, arrested for disorderly conduct, jailed after flashing a revolver on Monmouth Street. Newport Elks Lodge officers to be installed at stag party. Mrs. Mary Thorp arrested for drunkenness. County Judge Moore to Alexandria for two day County Court session. Risch Martin found injured on Fifth and Monmouth after a fall from a car. Ben Mulford Jr addressed Newport Presbyterian Church on Running Life's Buses.
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Charles Dawson
Yungblut
John Greenbaum
Columbia Etreet
Willson
Newport
Sam Clark
Sheeran and
Morton
Clark
Monmouth Street
Newport Lodge of Elks
Mary Thorp
Moore
Alexandria
Risch Martin
Isabella Street
Ndemer
Fifth
Monmouth
Ben Mulford, Jr
Newport Presbyterian Church
Sixth
Monroe Streets
Newport Vital Statistics Deaths This Week
Dr. George W. Brown of Newport reports weekly deaths in the city: William H. Pearce 64 heart disease. Mary Horgan 2 pneumonia. Anna E Heppner 65 cardiac paralysis. Mary J. Kramer 64 cancer. Mary E Waters 73 senility. Eliz Niehaus 27 septicemia. Pearl M. Diehm 3 pneumonia. Lena Ne Gubbett 4 months pneumonia. Catherine O'Connor 74 pneumonia. Joseph Bankemper 8 accidental ing. Geneva Fleming 3 pneumonia.
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George W. Brown
Newport
William H. Pearce
Mary Horgan
Anna E. Heppner
Mary J. Kramer
Mary E Waters
Eliz Niehaus
Pearl M. Diehm
Lena Ne Gubbett
Catherine O'Connor
Joseph Bankemper
Geneva Fleming
Wilson’s buttermilk drink fuels a late secretary’s thirst
Vice President Fairbanks’s name is linked to a rumor about the present administration buttermilk drinker. James Wilson, Secretary of Agriculture, was spotted in Fifteenth Street near the Treasury at 4:30 PM visiting a dairy lunch. He reportedly buys and drinks several mugs of buttermilk daily to whet his appetite.
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Washington
Fairbanks
James Wilson
Wilson
Fifteenth Street
Treasury
Mr. Wilson
Newport Pioneer Dies After Stroke at Home
John D. Lohmeyer aged 86 a pioneer of Newport died from apoplexy at his son E G Lohmeyer jeweler 617 York street He was born in Germany and lived in Newport over fifty five years His wife died years ago and E G Lohmeyer is the only son of the decedent
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York Street
John D. Lohmeyer
Newport
Mr. Lohmeyer
Germany
G. Lohmeyer
Highlands District Appoints New Police Chief and Patrolman
The Trustees of the Highlands appoint Patrolman Louits Thoeny as Chief of Police and name former Chief Charles Flynn as Patrolman. River road washouts force the closure of the tollgate at Ft. Thomas Avenue until repairs are completed.
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Trustees of the Highlands
Louits Thoeny
Charles Flynn
Ft. Thomas Avenue
Miss Elkins Draws Rome Court Attention in Betrothal Rumor
Rome dispatch says Miss Katherine Elkins daughter of Senator Elkins may wed the Duke of the Abruzzi after a Rome meeting with the king. Washington society recalls her unconventional ways and speculation swirls over a possible royal betrothal amid family tensions and prior engagements.
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Ohio Democrats Expect Victory in Congress
Ohio politicians in Washington predict Democratic renomination and re election for several Ohio Representatives in the Sixty first Congress. Ton Velle Sherwood Ansberry and Ashbrook circuits are discussed with Republican resistance noted. Goebel Subvention bill advances with Cannon support. Goebel confident it passes this session. Also mentions Harmon Davis and Foraker fishing trips and postmaster nominations.
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MunseEy
Washineoton
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Washington
Ohio
Ton Velle
Sherwood
Toledo
Blanche Ostertag Succeeds as a Decorator in New York
Miss Blanche Ostertag, a noted mural painter born in St Louis and trained in Paris, now works from a top floor studio near Columbus Avenue. Her vibrant color work, likened to stained glass, has earned demand across New York theaters offices and private homes after earlier success in Chicago and the West.
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New York
Blanche Ostertag
West Seventy-second Street
New Amsterdam
Columbus Avenue
Miss Ostertag
Paris
St. Louis
Automobile kill shocks Madrid in La Puerta incident
An automobile driven by Dr. Gonzalez Alvarez struck and killed an elderly man in La Puerta del Sol. The crowd's anger at motorists led authorities to resort to drastic measures to quell unrest.
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Gonzalez Alvarez
la Puerta del Sol
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