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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1925
Page
3
Produce prices across vegetables and fruits drop for several weeks with potatoes green beans and cucumbers showing notable declines. Commission merchants cite heavier receipts while quality remains high as markets post lower figures for potatoes beans carrots peppers and citrus.
Edward E Bartlett Jr former president of the New York Stock Exchange condemned the governments semi monthly crop reports and estimates as demoralizing and urged a return to monthly reports with weekly weather updates as the August 1 crop condition data loomed. The statement came as the government prepared to release its August crop condition report.
The Fleet Corporation modeled the sale of seven oceaning tugs to Henry Ford for 42 500 each. The Shipping Board approved the transaction. Ford will use them in towing the 2060 government vessels he has bought for scrapping.
Worship at 11 a.m. with helpful messages and good music. Open all summer to welcome those whose churches closed. Speaker is Thomas F. Marshall D.D. Presa.
Jacob Rothstein a shoe shop owner of Elmwood Place sues Agnes Cohen and seeks the return of a four diamond ring plus $300 in damages after Agnes accepted his proposal then refused to see him or return the engagement ring while reportedly touring France. The suit was filed in Common Pleas Court through attorney Samuel Rotter.
Plans announced for the installation of Bishop John T. McNicholas as Archbishop of Cincinnati with a high mass at the Cathedral of St. Peter and an 8 o clock Music Hall program. Delegations travel from Cincinnati to Eaton Ohio to greet the prelate, with Knights of Columbus guarding the route to Mt. St. Mary. Local clergy listed for the Eaton journey, and surrounding services noted in overlapping notices.
Tomorrow at 11 o’clock the Mother Church and its branches in Boston Mass report Spirit as the sermon subject in First Church of Christ Scientist Park Avenue Second Church Clifton Avenue and First Church Norwood Weyer Avenue The evening service is suspended for August A Wednesday at 8 o’clock testimonies of healing and experience in Christian Science will be held.
Dr C W Blodgett national chaplain of the G A R will preach at St Paul M E Church tomorrow morning His subject is The Faith and Optimism of the Christian He was pastor here twenty five years ago serving six years and attracting large crowds During that tenure more than six hundred members were received into the church.
Station WLW will radiocast services from the Presbyterian Church of the Covenan at 11 o'clock tomorrow. Pastor Dr. Frank H Stevenson will preach on the text She hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins.
Dr. L. J. Powell will deliver a sermon themed Wells Without Water at Norwood Baptist Church tomorrow morning. The talk is expected to address spiritual drought and faith renewal within the congregation.
The Rev. A. P. Schnatz of First Reformed Church will deliver a sermon tomorrow morning on the subject What the World Owes the Church. He will address the congregation at the usual service time and discuss the church’s role in modern society.
A sermon titled God's Testament With Man will be preached by Dr. R R Fillbrandt. The location and time are not specified in the fragment.
Miss Marie M. Thorpe will act as superintendent of the church school service for the Methodist Book Concern and will be radiocast at 9 30 o clock from Station WLW tomorrow. The Rev. E L Taylor will teach the lesson.
Dr. W. T. Paterson pastor of Norwood Presbyterian Church will address the Monday night Club of the Central Y next week.
The Prospect Place Synagogue Sisterhood will hold its annual picnic at Madison Park tomorrow, offering community gathering and food in a daytime event hosted by local members.
Vice President Charles Gates Dawes arrived in Lincoln after a Colorado vacation report that his nine day catch totaled exactly one hundred fish. E Ross Bartley Dawes secretary vouched for the tale with Dawes described as the party's prize fisherman. Fishing, horseback riding and a broncho trip to see a doctor filled the stay.
Stamford Connecticut August 7 protesters flood letters against the planned execution of a dog caught chewing on rags of an American flag at a local soldier’s grave. The dog was impounded and to be killed when a New York man paid a license fee and took possession. A Minnesota letter arrived as word of the execution spread.
A federal grand jury returned a sealed indictment in a John Doe investigation of a nationwide mail order bootleg ring revealed by a Broadway raid last month. No exact indictee count was released. Prosecutors said the syndicate was backed with millions of dollars and included customers from more than seventy cities and towns.
In Bessemer Michigan at the Tilden mine an eleventh level slope collapsed causing two dirt falls. Adolph Stencher aged 29 was killed, buried by the first cave. Sylvie Guianni, 34, was buried but managed to communicate with rescuers as teams dig to reach him.
Two girls died and several people were injured when Alfredo Mangiarocchi, flying a hydroplane, brought the machine to the water and struck a group of bathers near Porto Rosa. The incident was announced by the Commissariat of Aeronautics.
Sir Michael Selby Bruce the adventurous baronet will marry Miss Doreen Dalziel Greenwell in London tomorrow. The engagement to Miss Emmeline Grace of New York, daughter of E. G. Grace, millionaire steel king, was announced last December but is reported broken off.
A. J. Green secretary to Amelia G Grace states the London report of Miss Emmeline Grace and Sir Michael Selby Bruce is resolved. He confirms the engagement was broken off by Miss Grace months ago and the family has nothing further to add, calling it a closed incident.
New York August 7 The National Crime Commission plans a criminal statistics committee to estimate U S crime levels. Frederick L Hoffman will head a staff to study homicide and self harm data. The effort seeks unified tabulation and better police, DA and judiciary cooperation.
Edward P. Ziegler files in Common Pleas Court to claim a dower share of the $750,000 estate of Countess Helen Chittenden Ziegler Pacelli, who died in 1924 without naming him. Defendants include Count Quirina Pacelli, trustee William F. Burdell, and four institutions with bequests. Probate notes show no filed settlements with prior husbands. The estate totals about $793,492 including business property and furnishings.
Ruth Ellen Dow of Exeter New Hampshire engages Erskine H Childers son of the executed Irish leader Erskine Childers. The groom was heir to the Irish title and is the son of an Irish Republican leader executed in Dublin on November 24 1922 after treason conviction.
The elder Erskine Childers, famed novelist and former aviator in the British naval flying forces, was widely regarded as the right-hand man of Eamon de Valera, leader of the Irish Republicans.
Daniel F. Steck the Democratic candidate gained about seventy five votes in the ballots counted today by the Senatorial Committee reviewing his contest for the seat held by Senator Brookhart of Iowa.
Columbus Aug. 7 A federal judge granted a ten day restraining order stopping the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio from enforcing the Freeman-Collister act on interstate traffic. Clarke & Riggs of Aurora Indiana seeks an injunction testing the law's constitutionality in interstate commerce. The case cites arrests of Indiana trucks near Cincinnati and argues the act burdens interstate trade. Attorneys: Frank Schmitt and Lester A. Jaffe for Clarke & Riggs. Wilbur E. Beney for Ohio. If injunctions proceed, three federal judges will hear the matter.
Five members of the Christos family died when an automobile plunged through a bridge fence and fell forty feet to railroad tracks in Lowell Massachusetts. The party attended a celebration for Miss Gladys Christos and were returning from the event about 4 30 this morning. The victims include Fred Christos driver William Christos Portia Gelters Gladys Christos and Anna Christos wife of William.
Two sixteen year old prisoners Elwood Farmer of Rockwood Ohio and John Martin with no home escaped Urbana City Jail by lifting a 12 inch square iron cover, crawling into a chimney, sliding to the roof, and using a rainspout and fire escape to freedom. They remained at large late tonight.
A two story frame house being moved rolled down a steep street on St. Marys avenue in Omaha. It traveled about 250 feet at twenty miles per hour, demolishing three telephone poles and hitting a steel cap stand before stopping. No injuries reported.
The summer home of William Knapp of Syracuse, father of Philip K. Knapp, suspected murderer and army deserter, was burglarized at Waterloo. Silverware valued at 300 dollars, clothing and other items were taken after the Knapp family had vacated the home during the manhunt for Philip Knapp for the murder of Louis Panella the Hempstead taxi driver.
A committee of the Fellowship for a Christian Social Order in Olivet Michigan was appointed to compare wages and hours at Arthur Nash’s Golden Rule clothing factory with union scale. Sidney Hillman urged scrutiny of management methods while C C Morrison questioned its open shop nature. Critics claimed wages were lower and hours longer than in closed shops.
City and county engineers will study connecting an eastern inlet for Highth street to state roads to make Eighth street a state highway. Ohio pike Batavia pike Kellogg avenue New Rich mond pike may enter the city from the east. Cost of a viaduct likely over 1 million dollars and plans must align with union terminal rail routes.
John A. Bell, president of the closed Carnegie Trust Company, asks U S District Court to appoint a receiver for his assets after filing for bankruptcy and facing embezzlement charges. Bell lists assets at 1 628 535 73 and liabilities at 8 669 097 81.
Federal Judge John G Gore ordered the sale of Clarence Saunders million dollar Pink Palace estate to satisfy liens totaling at least 485000. The Piggly Wiggly Corp seeks a priority claim and trustee C W Thompson asks to sue the NYSE to recover 4000000 from Saunders stock dealings. A creditors meeting was set and Saunders must respond within five days.
In New Orleans Denny Marcade finally earned a free pass to a game after 34 years. He crashed his car after the wind toppled his hat and Tulane belt car on Broad Street, totaling $27 in damage, but reached Heinman Park just as rain forced the game to be called off.
Twenty three Glendale Farms residents sue in Common Pleas Court to force Yellow Pine Building Co to provide a continuous cold healthful water supply. They allege contracts from 1924 to 1925 promised water from a well but none was supplied, and a July 6 1925 sample was condemned. Typhoid fever has appeared. continued use without boiling could trigger an epidemic. Attorney Joseph T. Harrison represents the residents.
Gen Juan Richardez Broca former head of the de la Huerta revolution in Yucatan was found dead with a gun by his side in Puerto Carrillo Honduras. He had been incognito as Rodrigo Garcia and sought work after days of misery.
The United Commercial Travelers of Cincinnati and vicinity stage a picnic at Rosedale Park Covington with swimming and foot races and other athletic events. Committee includes Chairman Philip Alselder and members Jack Calder Jack Koenig Frank Dalton and Henry Austing. Louis Wirth serves as chapter secretary.
Swampscott Mass August reports strong hints that President Coolidge expects miners and operators to settle dispute before any strike. Adjourned conferences and absence of direct White House action suggest caution and a watchful waiting policy. Hoover and Sargent visits were not tied to coal talks. The administration plans budget talks Monday and a Plymouth, Vermont visit soon.
Sir Surendranath Banerjea leader of the Indian Liberal party in Bengal and called the Father of Indian Nationalism died at age 76 or 77 in Calcutta. He founded Riton College in 1882 and served as Bengal government official in local self-government and public health.
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