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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1925
Page
4
In Cincinnati the 1925 August 6 front page of The Commercial Tribune outlines publication details, pricing, and distribution channels. It features publisher Harry W. Brown and notes Associated Press dispatch rights and general republication terms.
The President argues for united railroad and agricultural interests through voluntary railroad consolidation to improve transportation rates and remove weak lines. He favors self-initiated mergers over new legislation, aiming for stable rates and stronger nationwide transport.
Council debates salary changes and new governance structure under the city charter amend ment. Proposals include nine council members, 5000 dollar per member salaries, a Mayor elected by Council, and a City Manager at 25000 dollars. Total proposed cost equals about 50000 dollars, questioning whether service quality improves with fewer public servants.
The Stinnes fortune built on watered stock has crumbled and the heirs face poverty. Hugo Stinnes Sr. expanded monopoly power in Germany, but bankers now press the heirs as they had pressed workers. The Ruhr’s industrial hegemony faces instability without cautious financing and full employment.
Dr. B A Williams of Longview Hospital links motor car danger to a large class of drivers described as morons. He says reckless, inconsiderate driving causes most preventable accidents and urges licensing tests including mental and moral evaluation. The testimony was given before the Cincinnati Automobile Club safety committee.
A Pittsburgh man underwent 267 operations for a fractured skull and minor injuries, with doctors later finding no serious damage. The ordeal leaves him grateful that no major harm was detected.
A humorous verse by James J. Montague zinging Keats Poe and Bartlett. It mocks classical poets and praises Bartlett for finding witty phrases, while noting a learned pose and upturned nose. A brief newspaper sidebar mentions a man shot for singing and a Chinaman's chance idiom illustrated locally.
O. O. McIntyre profiles Manhattan’s lone sheepherder tending a Central Park flock. He notes leashed dogs, collie helper, and sheep filmed for papers and films as gleaming skyline and Broadway bustle frame the scene. Scrubwomen atop midtown hotels and Pullman porters in Harlem add contrast to city life.
Over four hundred attended a Runnymede Park Cumminsville picnic celebrating the centennial of Irish patriot Daniel O Connell. Proceeds benefited St Patrick's Church with dancing quoit pitching ten pin and rifle shooting for the beer. Amos Smith Jr led a Cummins ville voters meeting to organize for the upcoming campaign. Rev A S Hobbs received a solid silver tea service at a church party presented by James Dalton before moving to a church in Bloomington Illinois.
Officials from Superintendent Morgan downward required a blue police fashion uniform with brass buttons and helmets for all Workhouse staff.
In this Cincinnati snapshot from The Commercial Tribune, William Henry Reid nears death at Kenyon avenue while seeking to finish a long contemplated book. The Sands Fishing Club nets a 27 inch alligator near Symmes Station and donates it to the Zoo. A three column image shows the Rooseveltian family of Councilman Keehan. Ohio River Launch Club marks its new quarters at Congress street. Kingfishers Club members return from a North Michigan camping trip with trophies. Walnut Hills forms a group to combat dog poisoners as Miss Alice Peddie resigns from City Hospital nurses' school. Weather: clear to cloudy, 68 to 92.
Dr Charles A L Reed former president of the American Medical Association outlines principles for health and personal achievement in a concise essay style note.
Dr Reed outlines wholesome summer camps for children emphasizing health safeguards. He warns on site selection water supply sanitation vaccination and medical oversight to prevent contagion and ensure suitable recreation and exams. Tomorrow topic is new hope for victims of general paralysis of the insane.
Quiz for the reader with ten trivia prompts on history geography and language and a note that answers will appear in tomorrow’s paper. It includes questions on stingaree Robin Hood Washington’s Armament Conference Zodiac and John Knox.
A former Park Row journalist in Eliot, Maine, extols waking at 3:20 a m in July to listen to robins, thrushes, phoebes and bobolinks. He describes dew on the morning, gray light spreading over a new world and calls it luxury. The piece is credited to J Otis Swift with World News Service copyright 1925.
Mrs Edith K Roosevelt widow of the former President is 64 today born in Norwich Connecticut Miller Reese Hutchison famed electrical engineer is 70 today born in Montrose Alaska and Keeler secretary of the United Embassy in London is 56 today born in Oswego New York.
In a letter to the editor W White of Cincinnati counters a Dixie origin claim, arguing the term arose from Southern banknotes printed in French ten-dollar bills known as Dixies. He links the name to Dixie's Land, Dan Emmett, and the Dixie battle song, asserting money interests rather than New England tales as basis.
Letter cites editorials on extra levies and bonds for city improvements. Lindenberg of Cincinnati urges engineers inspectors and auditors to ensure honesty and efficiency, free from political control, to gain voter confidence in bond issues.
The piece collects aphorisms about selflessness and true nobility. It pairs Froude with Ben Johnson and Tillotson, noting that self-taught wisdom yields folly, and that genuine character surpasses outward appearance.
George R. Witte surveys postwar liquor control across thirteen nations, noting Sweden's Bratt system reducing Stockholm drunkenness, and contrasting dry and wet trends in Norway Finland Denmark France and Germany. He observes bootlegging in Finland, varied hours in England, and ongoing debates over prohibition and temperance Europe-wide.
The Cornish fishing village Polperro hosts a blend of civilizations and bloodlines. Its boats rest on dry sea legs at low tide and rise with the sea as tides return, embodying a vivid marine character in a harbor aged by history and craft.
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