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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1925
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune publishes in Cincinnati Ohio with Harry W. Brown as publisher. The paper details sales locations in New York and affiliations with the Associated Press. Sunday August 9 1925 issue notes price and distribution.
President Coolidge seeks settlement in the coal miners dispute with caution, while forecasts from Father Gabriel warn of a likely coalless winter. The piece notes ominous signs, weather anxieties, and reliance on expert judgment amid national energy tensions.
The piece defends the Vice President Dawes fishing yarns as harmless myths. It argues the veracity matters little to public imagination, noting his secretary’s corroboration and the allure of vivid storytelling over factual detail.
The fate of the Eighth Street Viaduct hinges on its status as a state road. City financing will not cover rebuilding if kept as a city street. county funds may yield aid if designated a state road. Projects depend on state designation and interjurisdictional cooperation despite cautious optimism.
The text notes the dollar as a common standard in zland and Russia and hints at illicit liquor flowing into Midwest cities. It mentions Kentucky moonlight schools potentially offering moonshine courses. It also reports a minister's son in Allison Indiana who killed his father and wounded his mother, with neighbors saying he had no bad habits.
Fare ono is the only reply made these days in answer to street car arguments. With things the aide tregs way they are at Erlanger Ky the races have gone In that Chinese trouble the nations are just ironing out the wrinkles of the Orient problem.
A man buys a used car for forty five dollars after the prior owner abandons it in a ditch. The tale follows improvised repairs, a village police encounter, a cow collision and a bootlegger crash, ending with the wreck resting in a river and a dredging bill to recover it.
A Cincinnati feature recalls The Commercial published its first true cartoon The Rag Baby drawn by Thomas Nast front page. It notes Druid national convention attendees and the Covington saloon Fowler's praised for closing on election day. It mentions armory moves, National Guard drills, Brand's band, Elizabeth Rogers death, funeral at Central Christian Church, and William Cumback speaking at Pioneer gathering.
A retrospective from The Commercial Tribune notes Governor Herrick selecting D P Rowland and Dr Thomas C Minor to represent Ohio at an Immigration Congress. The piece recalls London Ontario visitors, a police gym collision injuring Patrolman William J Gerschwind, Joseph Gaul celebrating 40 years of marriage, debates over St Patrick’s Church site, warnings of a second 1866 scale flood, Ohio Fuel Supply’s $4,000,000 stock move, and a warm weather note.
New York analysis reports denatured alcohol forms the core of most liquor sold in the city and eastern hubs. Poison additives like carbolic acid and kerosene persist through redistillation, with government chemists claiming poisoning is inevitable. bootleggers profit big from recovered hooch while smuggling remains a strong alternative.
Judge Francis Mancuso urges rapid trials and abolition of parole plus a national crime commission. Senator John Knight backs anti crime measures including stricter gun controls and a revised criminal code. Proposals seek to speed verdicts, limit appeals, and broaden prosecutorial disclosure to aid justice.
Reported by the National Board of Fire Underwriters last year shows fire destruction at 548,810,639 dollars, the highest in U S history. Experts say about 75 percent of fires stem from preventable causes, urging stronger enforcement against arson and wider public education on fire safety in schools and homes.
The piece traces the origins of the Fresh Air Fund as a philanthropic effort to send city children to vacations outside urban areas. It notes early efforts by ministers and parishioners in Sherman Pennsylvania and other communities, forming small groups that hosted poor children for a fortnight each summer, growing into a larger movement by 1877 with Willard Parfr Parsons involved in organizing trips for two weeks or more.
Gratifying success and precedent for future efforts came from the Fresh Air Fund movement aided by newspapers and magazines. Periodicals organized fund drives with entertainments and benefits, sending proceeds to the cause. Mr. Parsons relied on personal appeals to secure temporary homes for children, overcoming slum hardships without circulars.
A local tale from Staten Island recalls Fowler's toads seen near the old Lake House on Tyson's Lane. The male toad welcomed visitors with quiet dignity until a girl attempted to lift him, then he vanished. The piece warns about automobile threats to garden toads and notes Bufo americanus vs Fowler's toads.
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