Fire rescues in Newport Covington two homes blaze at West Fourth
At 1 a m a fire damaged the homes of William and Joseph Fogel at 212 West Fourth and Max Roth at 214 West Fourth Newport. Firemen saved three Fogel children and Fred Roth the blind crippled man. Loss about 3900 dollars. origin traced to a tailor shop heating with a gasoline iron. All residents survived.
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William and
Joseph Fogel
West Fourth Street
Max Roth
Newport
Fred Roth
Roth
William Fogel
Equity issue looms in Kentucky Sixth District race
In Kentucky's Sixth District the race shapes as a clash over the Society of Equity with tobacco farmers a deciding factor. Incumbent Rhinock faces strong opposition from John T. Hodge and other candidates as Democrats prepare for primaries while Republicans eye May 4 convention and possible delay in nominating.
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Joseph L. Rhinock
John T. Hodge
Newport
Hodge
Rhinock
Harlin
Chad Wiedemann Will Wed Today
Newport businessman Charles Wiedemann and Covington native Alice Mellinger to wed tonight at 6 at 315 Sterritt Ave Covington with Rev J N Blackburn officiating. The ceremony will be private. a South wedding trip follows and they will reside in the Wiedemann mansion on Park Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wiedemann
Newport
Alice Mellinger
Covington
Lacey
Sterritt Avenue
J. N. Blackburn
First Presbyterian Church
Centennial Rally Held by Covington Christian Sunday Schools
Teachers and officers from Covington Newport Bellevue Dayton Ludlow and Latonia gathered at the Fourth Street Christian Church in Covington for a centennial rally. R M Hopkins of Louisville led the meeting to build enthusiasm for the Christian Church centennial to be celebrated in Pittsburgh in 1909.
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Christian Church
Covington
Newport
Bellevue
Dayton
Ludlow
Latonia
Fourth Street Christian Church
R. M. Hopkins
Louisville
Pittsburg
Covington Briefs Recap Of Local Obituaries And Elks Minstrels
James Thompson saloon keeper and former Covington officer dies at St Elizabeths Hospital from erysipelas. Widow and one child survive. David Price 77 dies at home. brother in law of ex Mayor Reach. Henry Pohlman 40 dies at home. funeral Wednesday at Mother of God Church. Elks Minstrels May 4 and 5 at Library Auditorium. proceeds go to charity.
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James Thompson
Fourth
Main Streets
Covington
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
St. Patrick's Church
David Price
East Twelfth Street
George T. Reach
Henry Pohlman
Pike’ Street
Mother of God Church
Elks' Minstrels
Elks’ Minstrels
Thompson's
Covington Lodge of Elks
Library
Prisoner Seeks Guards for Boone County Murder Trial
John Meeks held in Ken ton County Jail for months on murder charge will be moved to Burlington Kentucky for trial. He allegedly killed Albert Clutterbuck near Stringtown on the Pike in Boone County after a mob formed. Sheriff Hume guarded him. Meeks seeks militia protection from Governor Willson. trial set for Tuesday in Boone Circuit Court.
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John Meeks
Kenton County
Burlington
Meeks
Albert Clutterbuck
Stringtown-on-the-Pike
Boone County
B. B. Hume
Clutterbuck
Hume
Stringtown
Florence
Covington
Willson
Newport council weighs bond for new water plant
Newport council members visited the Water Works Pumping Plant damaged by fire to assess needs for a first class system. A $100,000 bond for a new plant is under review, with $32,000 already appropriated to repair and connect an emergency main to Covington.
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Newport General Council
Newport
Covington
Second Infantry Band Returns to Ft Thomas
Word reached Ft Thomas that the Second Infantry will arrive in San Francisco today. After five days in quarantine due to a measles outbreak on the transport, the unit of 700 incl. a famed band heads to its post and is due Monday, April 27. The band’s return promises summer concerts for visitors to the area.
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Ft. Thomas
San Francisco
Missing Two-Year-Old Girl Stir Newport
Max Fish of 429 Chestnut street reports his daughter missing from home in Newport after supper. He described her as bright and active with brown curly hair, wearing a red dress, and fears she may have been lured away. Police launched a neighborhood search with no trace found.
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Max Fish
Chestnut Street
Newport
Easter Music Illuminates Newport Churches
Easter services across Newport churches drew unusually large crowds with elaborate ceremonies and fresh programs. Central Christian Church saw over two hundred Masonic lodge members in attendance as a floral decorated service featured a special musical program. Grace M E Church presented an Easter cantata directed by Prof. Charles A Voige while Catholic and other Protestant churches also offered ornate services and singing.
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Newport
Central Christian
Grace M. DB
Charles A. Voige
Young America Council Withdraws Objection to Orphan Home Mortgage
Campbell County councils celebrate the withdrawal of opposition from Young America Council of Tiffin Ohio to mortgaging the J O M Orphan's Home in Tiffin for 50000. National Council funds 100000 for eight new buildings and Kentucky Memorial Hospital, plus 15000 from Kentucky lodges. Total home value projected at 315000 with 10000 yearly for future improvements.
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United American Mechanics
Campbell County
Young America Council
Tiffin
United States
National Council
Kentucky Lodges
Kentucky Memorial Hospital
Newport News in Brief: Minnie Gaskins Dies at 31
Minnie Gaskins wife of Benjamin Gaskins died yesterday at her Clifton Newport home from consumption. She was 31 and a lifelong Campbell County resident. Survived by husband and four children. Funeral tomorrow with services at the residence and burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Residents report a gang of loitering boys near Wilhelms drug store at Tenth and Monmouth streets. Police chased them but they escaped. Campbell County Orphans Home Women Managers plan a luncheon and sale this afternoon at St. John German Evangelical Church to benefit the inmates.
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Minnie Gaskins
Benjamin Gaskins
Clifton
Newport
Campbell County
Evergreen Cemetery
Wilhelms Drug Store
Tenth
Monmouth Streets
Board of Women Managers
Campbell County Orphans’ Home
St. John’s
Cribbed Crusade for Sunday Closing Continues
Newport retailers and meat dealers detectives worked citywide to identify open shops. Warrants are expected in court today as the association presses its crusade for Sunday closing despite losses in prior court cases.
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Newport
Marriage Licenses Issued to Several Couples at Easter
Several couples received their marriage licenses during Easter celebrations, with documents completed and filed for upcoming nuptials. Officials confirm all required paperwork was reviewed and approved for the ceremony year.
Newport Vital Statistics Deaths Reported
Dr. George W. Brown listed Newport deaths from the past week including Anna Helm 57 meningitis Henry Shilling 73 alysis Leo Hutzel 16 tetanus John McNamara 4 Magdelina Weingarten 91 old age Elenora Smith 4 months meningitis Infant Ewing 11 days inanition John Oder 9 months bronchitis Emma Fitzer 36 la grippe Infant Dudley inanition Junie Gaskins 31 consumption Henry Osky 58 cirrhosis Infant Ossenbeck inanition
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George W. Brown
Newport
Anna L. Helm
Haynan Shilling
Leo Hutzel
Johkf McNamara
Magdelina Weingarten
Elenora Smith
Ewing
John W. Oder
Emma Fitzer
la Grippe
Dudley
Junie Gaskins
Henry Osky
Ossenbeck
Ohio Works To Gain Embassies Bill And Monuments
The Commercial Tribune reports Ohio seeks funding in the omnibus public buildings bill for Massillon site and Dayton extension among others as Rep Longworth presses developing a policy to buy embassies and legations abroad. Rivalry between Ansberry and Tou Velle over a monument for early Ohio Indian wars grows amid uncertain session prospects.
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Commercial Tribune Boreac
MoNsey
Washington
D. C
Special Dispatch
Commercial Tribune
Ohio
Massillon
Marion
Dayton
Middletown
Cleveland
Delaware
Steubenville
Columbus
Ashtabula
Lima
van Wert
Toledo
Ansberry
Tou Velle
Ft. Recovery
House Committee On the Library
Anthony Wayne
Antony
Ft. Defiance
Defiance
House
Nicholas Longworth
Congress
Longworth
D. J. Hill
Berlin
Hill
Kaiser
Watterson
Henry Mark and Amanda Rowe Celebrate Golden Wedding
Washington C H April 19. Mr and Mrs Henry Mark marked their golden wedding at the family farm home near this city with a reunion of the Mark and Rowe families. Married April 15 1858 they have nine living children and a long record on the farm purchased by Mr Marks father in 1828. Joseph Mark a prominent politician is among their children.
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Washington
C. H
Henry Mark
Mark
Rowe
Mr. Mark
Joseph Mark
Leesburg
Amanda Rowe
Fayette County
Australia Grows Tobacco In Queensland Vision of Local Leaftail
Queensland agriculturists pursue tobacco trials with Bowen District poised as a major leaf producer. Farmers report leaf quality praised by experts and attracting high prices, with more growers joining the region to expand production.
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Brisbane
Australia
Queensland
Bowen
Fire tests show bricks withstanding heat for fireproofing
The United States Geological Survey fire tests at Chicago's Underwriters' Labs found concrete blocks, hydraulic pressed brick and stone panels resisting high heat, with brick outperforming most materials. Granite concrete withstood heat best while natural stones collapsed and concrete cracked without reinforcement.
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Commercial Tribune Bureau
Munsey Building
Washington, D. C
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Chelsea
Mass
Boyertown
Collinwood (Co
United States Geological Survey
Structural Materials Laboratories
Geological Survey
Richard L. Humphrey
Fire Underwriters’ Laboratories
Chicago
National Board of Fire Underwriters
National Fire Progtection Association
Smith
Cincinnati Councilman’s Merry Widow Hat Ordinance Nears Passage
Councilman Robert J. O'Brien proposed an ordinance to ban Merry Widow hats at ball parks, triggering steno refusals from women in City Hall. After delays and refusals, Assistant Clerk Jerry Carroll helped complete the measure, now with the Law Committee.
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Robert J. O’brien
Counceilman O’brien
O’brien
Louise Amthauer
Council of the City of
Cincinnati
O'Brien
Nellie Hogan
Ed Henderson
Jerry Carroll
Committee On Law
Fatal kitchen blast in Xenia leaves wife dead
Mrs Morris Welch 43 died from burns after coal oil explodes while she kindled a kitchen fire in Xenia Ohio. Her husband suffered serious injuries as they and two rescuers fought flames, the house burning to the ground. Mrs Welch was sister in law of May or W. F. Brannan.
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Commercial Tribune
Xenia
Morris Welch
Baffling Burglaries Strike Hamilton Homes
Hamilton Ohio April 19 Police are puzzled after two burglaries last night. Captain A J Lewis residence on Ross Street was entered while the family was away in Dayton, with silverware and other valuables taken. Andy Leonard saloon on High Street was robbed with no significant loot found. both break ins left no signs of how entry was gained as doors stood locked and windows untouched.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
A. J. Lewis
Ross Street
Dayton
Andy Leonard
High Street
Receiver in charge promises swift settlement of O Dell liabilities
Attorney Thomas J. Cogan as receiver for the O'Dell Stock Company said inquiries came in but no communications altering the existing liability schedule. John M. Scott, the stockholder who sought the receiver, added nothing beyond his petition. Cogan intends to wind up the firm's affairs as quickly as possible.
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Thomas J. Cogan
O'Dell Stock Company
John M. Scott
Cogan
Cement block webs strengthened to pass fire test
The report notes wetter richer mixtures resist damage better than leaner blocks. Weakness in hollow cement blocks comes from too dry thin concrete and thin webs connecting walls. Increasing the web thickness improves strength to withstand the fire test.
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Covington and Newport
Newport Department
Society OF Equity
Kentucky
Clifford Nadaud
Nadand
Hogan
J. L. Elliston
Grant County
Kenton
Campbell
Chad
Wiedemann
Sunday Schools Rally
Philadelphia
Covington Briefs
Priouner
Tiffin Council
Newport News
Retail Grocers and Butchers’ Association
John C. B. Yates
Robert Wilder
Eme Johnson
William T. Thomas
Ind
Johanna Winthrop
Patrick Duffy
Muncie
Lilly
Bowling
Covington Anne Eee
John E. Perm Secues
Prospect
Newport Vital Statistics
ONIO
J. Warren Keifer
Henry Watterson
White House
Keifer
House of Representatives
John Quincy Adams
Willis G. Boland
Europe
Boland
Roosevelt
Sheridan T. Dowds
Mt. Vernon
W. J. Werrick
Loudonville
Senate Post Office Committee
House of Representative
T. T. Ansberry
Committee On
National Tribune
Veterans
Conference Committee
House Committee On Mines and Mining
Bureau of Mines In the Interior
Albert Douglas
Interior Department
Cincinnati Hydraulic Motor
C. B. Goodspeed
A. Hayes
Medina
J. Heimlicher
O. E. Kinney
W. F. Kerr
C. Kesler
A. T. Kruse
G. A. Schwer
W. H. Shafer
F.C. Sixt
W. M. Reichart
K. F. Snow
P. H. Standish
A. F. Staples
Alliance
M. G. Voightlander
Harrison
F. G. Walker
G. L. Wall
J. B. Webbder, Jr
D. S. Wolgamott
Millersburg
W.ight
Newark
Collinwood
Baltimore
Hamilton
O’dell
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