Taft Favored in Kenton County Delegates Contested
County conventions in Kenton County prepare for April 25 with a Taft instruction showdown. A faction aligned with Taft aims to guide delegates to support him at the district and State conventions, while opponents push to block such instructions. Ernst predicts Taft will win the district delegates and expects Taft to be endorsed by most county conventions.
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Ernst
Kenton County
Kentucky
Republican League
William H. Taft
Taft
Friends of
Covington
Congress
State Central Committee
R. P. Ernst
Covington Council to Eliminate Grade Crossings and Penalty
The Covington General Council committee approves an ordinance authorizing the city to compel railroads to eliminate grade crossings by building viaducts or subways when needed. A $5 daily fine for noncompliance is set to take effect.
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Covington
Late Returning Auto Charged With Disorderly Conduct
Samuel Cassidy of Covington, employed by former Congressman D Linn Gooch, was arrested by Patrolman Endrix last night on a disorderly conduct charge. Gooch said Cassidy took his car earlier and forgot to return it. Gas sidy claimed he was told to take the vehicle out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Cassidy
D. Linn Gooch
Covington
Endrix
Covington Briefs: Stroke sends Webster to home care
Bruce Webster a 45 year old Holman street resident and South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway employee lies in serious condition at home after a stroke Saturday evening. Jasper Taylor 72 of 223 Pike street died at home from heart trouble. George Sullivan an aged man on Fifth and Johnson streets was arrested for lunacy after neighbors alerted police. Badtenia Mutual Aid Society presented William Riedlin Sr with a gold headed cane for long membership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Webster
Holman Street
South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Company
George Sullivan
Fifth and
Johnson Streets
Hinstman
Jasper Taylor
Pike Street
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Badtenia Mutual Aid Society
William Riedlin, Sr
Newport Vital Statistics Dead in Past Week
Dr. George W. Brown reports eight deaths in Newport over the past week including 86 year old John D. Lohmeyer and 75 year old Elizabeth Collins. Also listed are children Geneva Fleming 3 Lucinda Carr 3 James Ernsterhoff 38 infant Rust ination Gertrude Blakeley 11 months Thomas Ewing 4 days Sophia Zimmerman 45 Caroline Stegner 72 William Dwyer 8 Leonard Dreiling 7 Bernard Schmitz 29 and Anna Textor 8 with causes ranging from pneumonia meningitis and tetanus to gall stones and heart disease.
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George W. Brown
Newport
Geneva Fleming
Lucinda Carr
James Ernsterhoff
John D. Lohmeyer
George Gruenholz
Elizabeth Collins
Gertrude Blakeley
Thomas Ewing
Sophia Zimmerman
Caroline Stegner
William Dwyer
Leonard Dreiling
Bernard Schmitz
Anna Textor
Second Infantry to Arrive in San Francisco on April 21
Word from Ft. Thomas reports the Second Infantry arriving in San Francisco on April 21. The Second Regiment has been ordered to this post and is due here April 21. Repair work ongoing for weeks is nearly finished and readiness is complete.
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Ft. Thomas
San Francisco
Cal
Water pipe breaks disrupt Gledway residents
An eight inch supply pipe broke at the Warsaw avenue and Wilder street intersection causing water outages for several homes on Gledway avenue. The Water Works Department cites earth movement as the cause, noting this is the third break this year. The damaged pipe runs from the main on Warsaw avenue and little damage occurred beyond the break.
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Gledway Avenue
Warsaw Avenue
Wilder Street
Water Works Department
Quinn Refuses To Name Adversary In Saloon Fight
James Quinn, 30, a bricklayer from 132 Baymiller street, was injured in a saloon fight near Twelfth and Central avenue after being struck with a club and cutting his hand. He refused to identify his attacker and was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
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James Quinn
Baymiller Street
Twelfth and
Central Avenue
City Hospital
Lockjaw Claims Another Newport Victim
Leo Hutzell ten year old stepson of Verd Wagner of 1120 Orchard Street Newport died after a brief illness of tetanus linked to recent vaccination. This follows Leonard Dresling seven who died days earlier, with a third boy reported struck by the disease. Doctors note puzzling spread and debate tetanus germs and vaccine reactions amid damp weather and overheated children.
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Leo Hutzell
Verd “Wagner
Orchard Street
Newport
Leonard
Henry Dresling
Fast Seventh Street
Hutzell
Board of Health
Brother sought for lunacy arrest in Newport incident
William Doughty of Orchard Street Newport asked police to arrest his brother Willard for safekeeping while his sanity is investigated. Willard was arrested after threatening to kill people and behaving violently. He will be tried tomorrow on a writ of lunacy. Doughty is a longtime Newport resident.
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William Doughty
Orchard Street
Newport
Willard
Doughty
Kleeman
Wright
Runaway Horse Destroys House After Plunge Into Newport Home
A horse attached to a buggy bolted along West Eighth Street Newport yesterday afternoon without a driver. It struck Patty Shea's residence at Eighth and Isabella, demolishing the buggy and damaging the house end. The animal belonged to Crawford of Covington and was frightened by a passing locomotive on the L and N Railroad. The horse suffered cuts to its legs.
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Eighth Street
Newport
Patty Shea
Eighth
Isabella Streets
Crawford
Covington
Saratoga Street
Shea
Frenchman Sparks Nighttime Fracas Near Newport Church
Gabriel Digatana caused a ruckus at Eighth and Monmouth streets as St. Pauls German Evangelical Church worshippers left. He waved a revolver claiming someone tried to kill him. Patrolmen Rau and Lickert arrested him for disorderly conduct and carrying concealed weapons.
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Gabriel Digatana
Eighth
Monmouth Streets
Newport
St. Paul’s German Evangelical Church
Digatana
Rau and
Lickert
Detective's Wife Dies in Newport After Illness
Mrs. Helm wife of G T Helm a Danville Kentucky detective for the Queen Crescent Railroad died yesterday at the Newport residence of her daughter Mrs L C Wadsworth 219 East Sixth Street of cerebral meningitis. She is survived by her husband one son and three daughters including the wife of Dr L C Wadsworth. The body will be taken to Danville today and the funeral is set for tomorrow afternoon.
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Danville
Newport News in Brief
After release from jail Mary Thorp was picked up again by Detective Sheeran on drunkenness charges and jailed. Police report Fire Commissioner Dan Shea, operated on in Cincinnati, is improving and may return home soon. A fire at 721 Isabella street damaged the roof. Chicken thieves struck Third and Berry streets and other neighbors reported losses. Ray Morton, brother of Night Detective Frank Morton, returned home after honorable naval discharge from three years service on the Olympia. Mrs. Mary Flanigan died at 333 Chestnut street after a long illness. she was 70 and longtime Newport resident. Newport Pump House fire triggers Covington water supply use and a warning to conserve water. sprinkling prohibited until further notice.
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Dan Shea
Newport
Good Samaritan Hospital
Cincinnati
Isabella Street
Patterson
Third
Berry Streets
Ray Morton
Frank Morton
Newport Police Department
United States Navy
Morton
Olympia
Navy
Mary Flanigan
Michael Flanigan
Chestnut Street
Covington
Job, Co. Reahling
Board of Water Works Commissioners
Ft. Thomas Sees Big Spring Crowds Prompt Extra Streetcars
Hundreds of sightseers flocked to Ft. Thomas and the Highlands enjoying the pleasant spring day. The large crowds forced the street car company to run additional cars to handle the demand.
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Ft. Thomas
Highlands
Cataloguing Scientific Literature Through International Effort
The Smithsonian administers the U S regional bureau of the International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. Since 1867 conferences in London created a transnational index funded by more than thirty nations. The bureau, directed by Dr Cyrus Adler with Leonard Gunnel as assistant, processes tens of thousands of references annually to classify and publish scholarly works across sciences.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
London
United States
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Cyruss Adler
Leonard C. Gunnell
America
Joseph Henry
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Royal Society
Langley
Simon Newcomb
J. S.billings
Cyrus Adler
Central Bureau
Greek Shoeshine Owner Surrenders to Police in Murder Case
Mike Katsetos a 28 year old Greek shoeshine parlor owner traveled across three continents to surrender to Detectives Burkholz and McQuesten and is held at Central Station. He faces charges in the December 3 1907 murder of Greek rival George Boulougarac. co defendant Nicholas Kazata is at large. Katsetos had earlier been cleared by a coroner inquest. He returned to face the charge and will be arraigned in Police Court. Karlas remains at large with Greece authorities aware of his possible arrest.
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Mike Katsetos
West Sixth Street
Burkholz and
McQuesten
Central Station
George Boulougarac
City
Sixth Street
Walnut Street
Nicholas Kazata
Old Country
Katsetos
Karlas
Greece
Tank offering meeting to raise funds for missions
The Cincinnati branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church will hold its annual tank offering meeting at Trinity Church tomorrow from 9 45 a m to 4 p m. The goal is to raise 10000 to spread Christianity in China Japan and other countries and fund hospitals and schools in Korea. Missionaries will speak including Miss Julia Bonifield Miss Mary Hillman Miss Mary Melton and Miss Erashaw. Eleanor O Connell will lecture on Signs of the Times in Japan. The session will include reports and officer elections despite continuous prayers for the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Trinity Church
China
Japan
Korea
A. J. Clark
Wheeling
W. Va
Julia Bonifield
Morgantown
Foo Chow
Mary Hillman
Newark
Seoul
Mary Melton
Illinois
Nagasaki
Erashaw
Indiana
Society
Eleanor O’connell
Hughes High School
Dying man found in Emery Arcade after alleyway injury
Patrolmen investigate a seriously injured unidentified white man found near the Race Street entrance of Emery Arcade. Store clerks from Marden's confectionery report he was in the shop and had annoyed customers while intoxicated. No identification or arrests made.
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Watson
Kiem
Marden
George Zervos
John Johnson
Central Avenue
Johnson
Zervos
Miser 3 Millions Eagerly Sought in Mirabel Death
A miser named Lavergne died at Mirabel in the Dordogne without a will leaving 3 million francs about $600,000 sixteen farms and large sums in cash hidden away. Crowds claim kinship and press to Mirabel as thirty distant relatives appear with lawyers watching developments.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Lavergne
Mirabel
Department of the Dordogne
Injured Norwood Tailor Edwards Murray Found Near Dudley
Edward Murray a 68 year old tailor of 2728 May street Norwood was found last night in the rear of 1558 Dudley street unable to walk He said he fell from a buggy and suffered a dislocated hip Police are puzzled no horse or turnout was seen and Murray declined to discuss the incident He was taken to City Hospital for treatment.
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Watson
Fifth Street
Edward Murray
May Street
Norwood
Dudley Street
City Hospital
Murray
Accident Injures Man From Shooting Near Bank Street
Michael Malkmus, 45, of 2235 Vine Street, was accidentally shot in the left leg by a youth who did not reveal his name. The gun brushed his coat near Bank Street and Western Avenue. He was treated at City Hospital. the injury is described as slight.
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Michael Malkmus
Vine Street
Bank Street
Western Avenue
Malkmus
City Hospital
Passover Plans Among Cincinnati Jews Detailed
Cincinnati Jews prepare for Pesach beginning Wednesday with home meals of matzos and unleavened bread. Plum Street Temple holds a 5 30 p m ritual service and Rabbi Grossmann will preach at 9 30 a m next day, with Avondale Temple under Rabbi Philipson observing similar ceremonies as Passover continues one week.
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Cincinnati
Moses
Egypt
Plum Street
Grossmann
Philipson
Avondale
Tulsa Daily Courier to Visit Cincinnati From Tulsa
Tulsa citizens arriving by B&O Railroad at 5 pm will tour Cincinnati with the Tulsa Commercial Club. The paper The Tulsa Daily Courier is edited by J. K. Cleary and aims to study business methods in the east of the Mississippi.
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Mississippi
Tulsa
Break into Saloon Leads to Ping Pong Bust
Sergeant Juegling and patrolmen broke into Schwartz and Longenecker saloon at 1319 Vine St and arrested barkeeper Edward Meyers 1612 Hughes St for promoting a game of chance and violating the Sunday law. Others—John Wengerd 451 West McMicken Ave Frank Fath 455 West McMicken Ave William Staderman 318 Mohr St and B W Cleary Covington—were arrested for participating in a game of chance.
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Juegling
Reisenberg
Hoff
Saffin
Schwartz & Longenecker
Vine Street
Edward Meyers
Hughes Street
John Wengerd
West
McMicken Avenue
Frank Fath
William Staderman
Mohr Street
B.W. Cleary
Covington
Guard Sentenced for Beating and Killing Convict in Mississippi Camp
Special Dispatch to the Commercial Tribune from Lexington Mississippi April 12 a county convict died after a guard beat him with a gun belt and struck the head with a billy on three separate occasions the convict kicked the guard in the stomach and he died twenty thirty minutes later a guard has been sentenced to the penitentiary for the crime.
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Commercial Tribue
Lexington
Miss
Holmes County
Child Sees Parents Wed In Oklahoma Ceremony
McAlester Oklahoma April 12 seeing her own parents married was the novel experience for 4 year old Marcia Fassir when County Judge united Angelo Fassino and Marie Fabrize Fassino. Five years ago the couple were married here and later returned to Italy where Angelo had acquired property. They returned to correct a misspelled name in the certified copy of their marriage record to avoid affecting their interests in the Old Country.
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Commercial Tribune
Mcalester
Marcia Fassir
Angelo Fassino
Marie -Fabrize
Fassino
Italy
Angelo
Old Country
May Festival Chorus Rehearsal Opens Tonight
The May Festival chorus conducts its first rehearsal in Music Hall tonight. Only participants will be admitted as it begins work on Pierne's The Children's Crusade.
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Music Hall
Pierne
Lockland Council Considers Canal Crossing for Streetcars
Lockland council to discuss allowing the street car company to cross the canal via a draw bridge. The plan to place a loop in Lockland stalled years ago because the bridge could not safely support the cars.
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Lockland
Douglas Pleads For A Gardener
In a Washington debate Representative Albert Douglas opposes locating the Grant monument in the botanical garden, arguing it would wound a revered site. Assistant Secretary Winthrop ordered a surveyor to allow a duty drawback on Hillsboro mills using pig iron.
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Commercial Tribune
Munsey
Washington, D. C
Special Dispatch
Washington
Grant Monument
White House
Botanical Gardens
Park Commission
Albert Douglas
Ohio
Botanical Garden
Ulysses S. Grant
Botanic Garden
W. R. Smith
Coness
Robert Burns
Treasury
Winthrop
Amor Smith
Cincinnati
C. S. Bell Company
Hillsboro
Stephenson Seen Resisting Retirement In Wisconsin Politics
Washington April 12 Uncle Ike Stephenson the Wisconsin lumberman millionaire and Senator shows signs of running for the Senate again threatening to hang on indefinitely He backs La Follette financially and owns The Milwaukee Free Press influencing younger La Follette lieutenants but a break could weaken La Follette's position and upset Wisconsin politics.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Ike” Stephenson
Wisconsin
Badger
John c. Spooner
Pees
Ike
United States
Wistonsin
Senate
Stephenson
la Follette
Milwaukee Free Press
Stephenson la Follette
Ste*phenson
Local Courier Mixes Names Across Ohio Cities
A fragment lists places including Toledo Fremont Lima Columbus and Canfield with stray terms like Wood County and Amelia. The text appears as an OCR jumble of city names and regions with no clear event or action.
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Syth Post
Toledo
Volunteer Post
Wood County
Rete Mee
Ors
Mochines
Protective Ton
Fremont
Lima
Wau
Leon
Amelia
Columbus
Hudson
Canfield
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Covington Briefs
Newport Vital Statistics
Lockjaw
Newport Boys
Newport News
Mary Thorp
Sheeran
L. & N. Bridge
Eve
Missionary Society
Race Etréet
Emery Arcade
Mariner
Identity
Miser
MN Lavergne
Sige Paine
Oklahoma
Lockland Council
Font Lore
New York Connection
James McCreery & Co
34Th Street
Douglas
Treasury Department
Thaddeus R. Goldsberry
Billie Sharfno
Dorcas V. Hicks
Evelyn C. Widney
Isaac Sherwood
Tolédo
Troy
Tedrow
Crestline
Williams County
Zanesville
Clinton
Wapakoneta
Zionsville
Wellston
Moorefield
Martinsburg
Leipsic
Imont
Ber# Hill
West Unity
Arcanum
Middle Point
Reese Mitchell
Sunbury
Grand Rapids
Warren County
Clermont County
Hamilton County
Dayton
Akron
Reidsville
James Smith
Washington Life
LaFollette
Lusitania
Cluett, Peabody & Company
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