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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1925
Page
3
A village pageant imitates a fire brigade grip to toss stars high as a social ritual and note on wealth spikes. The piece compares risky gains to bond investments as the narrator urges prudent, investigated decisions for conservative investors.
The University of Wisconsin professor of mathematical physics has been elected President of the University of Chicago succeeding the late Dr. Ernest DeWitt Burton. He will begin administration on October 1 and is a Madison, Wisconsin native born in 1877 to Edwin Cole Mason and Josephine Mason.
John Coulter Donahey aged 80 father of Governor Donahey is burial in New Philadelphia after Methodist services. Pallbearers include four sons and two sons-in-law. He died in East Cleveland from acute cystitis after a week of illness as the governor completed a record 157 mile drive from Columbus. Survivors include three sons, a brother, two sisters, ten grandchildren, and two great grandchildren.
Western soft coal fields reopen in Illinois and Indiana amid fuel shortages caused by the hard coal suspension. The United Mineworkers report several mines are restarting to meet demand from Northwest and distant markets, with expansion expected to move eastward.
President and Mrs. Coolidge enjoyed two long drives during their Plymouth Vermont vacation staying with the President’s father. They visited Ludlow for an hour with Samuel Pierson and his wife and gathered garden vegetables for supper. They also lunched at Woodstock with Governor Billings and his wife. The weather was ideal and no return date to Swampscott was announced.
Harriet Ellen Johnson three die after collision in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. Grandmother Squire Shute Covington Indiana injured along with Mrs Homer Fox Newport Indiana. Dr W A Johnson father bruised. J C Knick Greenville Ohio sprained ankle. Gard Yangy Salina Ohio head injuries as vehicle hit freight train Byron Crossing.
Mrs Clara Moulden 67 of Anderson Indiana died in Fairchild Wisconsin after a head on crash involving a touring car carrying Mr and Mrs Charles Summers also of Anderson and a Fairchild man Antone Belzek. Moulden died two hours after the collision from a severed spinal cord. Horace Summers 18, the Summers driver, and Mrs Belzek were injured lightly.
Thomas McAvoy of New York City turned himself in to Philadelphia police claiming he killed Florence Kane in Brooklyn. Detectives doubt his confession and say McAvoy was not the killer after two hours of questioning. Kane's body was found May 29 with signs of strangulation.
Harold F. McCormick sues for his granddaughter Anita Oser in a $7,500,000 Standard Oil stock dispute. The case challenges the transfer of funds from John D. Rockefeller's estate and argues shares may be income not part of the trust. Equitable Trust Company defends trustee residency and asset status.
Four British tourists sent to New York by the London Daily Mirror were held a day at Ellis Island as their passports had not been initiated abroad. The group includes Ruth Carry, E. M. Kempton, James Harris, and Lorenzo Harley. Immigration Commissioner Curran says the hold followed Washington orders requiring pre departure medical examinations.
At a Cincinnati Automobile Club safety meeting the traction car situation and road crossing hazards were discussed. F A Nichols of the Cincinnati Georgetown Portsmouth Interurban Railway urged better signs and road markings while stressing driver caution to reduce grade crossing accidents.
Mrs. Wilfred B. Fry feeds hundreds of pigeons each evening at Fifth and Walnut in Cincinnati between 5 and 6 PM. The birds, including a crippled-foot pigeon, gather near the Post Office as she offers peanuts, drawing onlookers and drawing praise for kindness.
In Plymouth Vermont Aug 18 three White House newspaper correspondents accompanying President Coolidge were injured but not seriously. Guy D McKinney of the Chicago Tribune suffered a scalp wound three stitches Carter Field of the New York Herald Tribune sprained leg and chest injuries George E Durne of the International News Service had a head cut. The trio’s car struck loose gravel and hit a tree after trying to pass another vehicle. They were treated by Dr James F Coupal and Dr Charles Cram and returned to their hotel.
The Alphonso Taft Hall of the College of Law at the University of Cincinnati will be officially dedicated in October. Chief Justice William H. Taft, a graduate and former professor, is expected to speak. The $300,000 building includes amphitheater classrooms, executive offices, a library and private faculty offices. The hall lies on the southern end of campus with Judge Robert Pugh serving as acting dean.
After August 16 19 W Seventh St details indicate residence notice or address update for Dr F C Heffner following a time marker.
Chief Probation Officer A C Crouse says divorce and remarriage may end legal difficulties for the Klein schmidts after a seven year absence. He notes there are no dead legally statutes and a court action is needed for dissolution. Mrs Wood declines comment and Mr Kleinschmidt remains in hospital with back and spine injuries.
Sheriff Henry Dorris and about a dozen deputies issued fifty warrants for the arrest of twenty five men on two counts each in connection with the miners riot at Seigler. The arrests will be made here and defendants arraigned as authorities aim to prevent spread of trouble in Franklin County. A second attempt to resume work is planned for tomorrow morning after an earlier effort failed.
Milan August 18 Dr Luigi Razza Secretary General of the Fascist Corporation and Aldo Carabella former Consul of the Thirtieth Legion of Volunteer Militia at Gallarate dueled with sabers. Razza was wounded three times in the left arm in the second encounter. Both left the field unreconciled.
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