25 Aug 1921
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1921
Page
1
The Commercial Tribune is a Cincinnati newspaper with address 528 Walnut Street and Harry W. Brown as publisher. It notes Associated Press rights and pricing for daily and Sunday editions, with contact Canal 6300.
About 1,400 railroad labor leaders and 165 railroad executives gather in Chicago to examine possible violations of the transportation act. The open-session conference aims to reveal who bears responsibility for the looming strike and to push toward public policy that averts further harm to society.
The Attorney General's ruling confirms married infant girls remain within compulsory schooling age for legal purposes, affecting Juvenile Courts and attendance departments. The decision, echoed by officials, notes marriage as ending school eligibility but acknowledges marriage also marks life commencements and hints at later domestic education needs.
The article notes Billy Sunday and Rev Wimuram A Sunday nicknamed Bilg leading anti cough crusades in churches theaters and public venues. It reports a growing campaign to silence coughing during gatherings with admonitions to control coughing and avoid coughing during illness. It mentions ongoing civic planning and a few unrelated items about transit commissions education and Armistice Day.
Ex convicts turn taxi drivers in New York as poems lampoon crime and reform. Dorgan and Dave the Dip reimagine crime by switching careers to cab fares. The piece pairs sharp satire with a closing line about the haunted house ghost mistaken for a Ku Klux Klan member.
The speaker argues Yap’s ten acre size makes digging up and replanting wise, suggesting relocation to San Francisco Bay to maintain oversight and control. The remark frames a strategic plan rather than a literal agricultural project.
The housing crunch worsens due to a lumber shortage driven by a large stock of wood alcohol now controlled by bootleggers. The note links illicit spirits trade to scarce building materials affecting construction.
New York scenes reveal debt ridden society where wives wield luxury and men chase Wall Street wins. A Park Avenue eviction tale contrasts with a blind shopkeeper’s warm gift shop and a Broadway actor’s encounter with Lambs antics and an Italian bootblack who earns respect as a gentleman.
Actor Edwin Forrest visits Wood's Theater with a white rat and multi play slate. Woman's Christian Association in College Hill elects a Board of Managers. Water Works facility stored fuels and nitro compounds nearby. Wolcott M Spencer Jr marries Sallie Behrman in Newport. Smallpox claims 146 lives in Cincinnati, 120 German. Dayton Ky seeks daily mail delivery. Pelly Lead Mining Co elects A H Bugher president, L C Hopkins vice president, Hugh Colville treasurer.
Mayor Fleischmann remains in office allowing free campaign speeches. Dr George K Taylor seeks state senate meet rights. Enoch T Carson monument dedication at Spring Grove cemetery by local masons. Scottish Rite Double Quartet performs. Across the Pacific at Heucks drives crowds. Stella Feiss to Harry Hoffheimer engagement announced. Business Men's Club hires to fund a new club building. Barney Furey draws with Art Simms in Abbey bout.
The Commercial Tribune reports Postoffice Inspector E P Aldrich recovered publicity stories from First National Films, after a pouch theft in Arion Pennsylvania. The note mocks mail thieves and questions how smudged material could be recovered if eaten.
William Jennings Bryan visited D. W. Griffiths Mamaroneck studio where The Two Orphans is being filmed. He watched Lillian and Dorothy Gish at work and asked about grape juice. He handed out cigars to the crew before departing.
A judge notes a man who loves without action grasps a damsel to his heart despite cigars, reflecting a romantic, interior male ideal. The verse contrasts public display with private affection and stolid restraint.
In a clipped exchange, Herbie Rawlinson tries to push a Universal City cashier to add ten dollars per day to his wages. He claims to contribute music to support his actor friends, who weigh paying him to cease the requests. The scene captures tensions between performers and support staff.
In London Charlie Chaplin watched the Beckett McCormick bout from a ringside seat as Georges Carpentier dropped in. A film magnate offered £10,000 to charity for a three round Chaplin Carpentier fight, but Chaplin declined. Critics called it a publicity ploy with cameras possibly ready.
A reader asks about May McAvoy s address her latest production where to write to Jewell Carmen Kathryn Williams marriage status. Another reader seeks information on Ae sop s Fables Alice Brady The Little Minister film cast and more.
The Commercial Tribune invites brief letters on public matters and will publish those worthy of dissemination. Letters should be concise and free of animosity, as ideas from the people foster constructive discussion for publication.
A reader recalls joining a William Henry Harrison election celebration in 1840 as a cadet. He describes a unit named after Tippecanoe, blue uniforms with red plumes, tin swords, and a makeshift canoe wagon ride in Fayette Missouri. He notes voting first as a Whig in 1853.
Under a marble slab in Buchanan's Station Tennessee rests Sarah Buchanan, wife of Major Buchanan. She aided fort defenders during attacks by Indians in 1792 and helped by melting pewter into bullets. Her bravery, endurance, and cunning during the siege earned her famed title.
The inaugural Young People’s Concerts by the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra in the Emery Auditorium featured conductor Modest Alloo and interpreter Thomas James Kelly. The program included Mozart and Beethoven selections with Humperdinck and Brahms, capturing both children and many older attendees with engaging commentary and anecdotes.
Sharonville and area residents stage a Saturday program to dedicate a newly bought fire engine. The 2 PM ceremony features sermons by Rev. Neal Conroy Arndt and A Kloman, with school children and Geyer's band. A naming contest offers a prize upon council approval. Euchre 3 PM to 6 PM and a mask dance in two halls.
Mrs George P Geis will entertain W C T U members at her Mt Auburn home this afternoon at 2 o clock with a due tea. Miss Susan Renick will speak on Some Glimpses of the East.
Largest New England inland lake identified. Malay Peninsula separated from island by Malacca Strait. Nails weigh about a thousand ten-penny pounds. The light spot at the base of a fingernail is called the lunula. The Tammany tiger and other symbols were originated by cartoonist Thomas Nast. Natural selection was first advanced by Charles Darwin. The most valuable moth to man is the silkworm moth. The eyes of a potato are the buds or sprouts. China leads in needle manufacturing.
A readable OCR fragment presents 10 factual items on geography, astronomy, chemistry, and history. Points include Louisiana’s navigable miles, Milton’s Lucifer, lunar caustic composition, Luray Caverns in Virginia, Apollo’s lyre, nutmeg mace, Gloucester Massachusetts mackerel hub, Madagascar as a French dependency, madder root dye, and Magdalen Islands location in the Gulf of St Lawrence.
First meeting for the Western Arts Association convention to be held next May focused on visits to student workrooms in Cincinnati schools rather than display exhibits. Leaders include Dr. Randall J. Condon and Edward D. Roberts with many from University of Cincinnati and Ohio Mechanics Institute present. committee chairs named and honorary presidents announced. Sacred Heart School reports 620 pupils, the largest enrollment. Drake Avenue Colony Mothers Club names officers and outlines Christmas and Thanksgiving party plans.
Cincinnati Public Schools will pay teachers on Wednesday instead of Thursday due to Friday’s closure for the Southwestern Ohio Teachers Association Convention.
The East Side High School Debating Society debated the proposed soldiers bonus amendment ahead of the November election. William Lovell and Kenneth Vordenberg supported. Adrian Weinstein and Arthur Downey opposed. Officers elected for the coming year: William Lovell President, Naomi Schreiber Vice President, Byron Veard Secretary, Harvey Stevens Treasurer, Robert Kyle Program Committee Chairman.
The Girls Glee Club at Hughes High School will gather at the school tomorrow afternoon. The Hoffman Kindergarten Mothers Club will meet at the school building at the regular hour for its monthly session.
Plans are set for the Home Economics Department meeting of the Southwestern Ohio Teachers Association at East Side High School Room 229 next Friday at 1 PM. Speakers include Miss Jessie Jackson Oxford Miss Bluma Franklin Woodward HS and others addressing dress hygiene child care and food habits. The event closes with a round table on teacher training for wholesome womanhood led by Mrs. Norman Seibert.
Commemoration exercises of the sixth centennial of the death of the Italian poet Dante will be held at Woodward High School by these Italian Societies of Cincinnati on.
The Actuarial Society of America holds a two day fall meeting at the Union Central Life Insurance library with six speeches by prominent life insurance men. A banquet at the Queen City Club on October 27 and multiple luncheons accompany the program. An informal discussion on total disability claims, sickness statistics, and new life insurance issues will be held daily.
A C I and W train struck an automobile truck at a Glendale crossing south of the B and O depot injuring Frank Hoerst 19 with a fractured skull and broken collarbone and Joe Wills 18 with head and body lacerations both taken to Cincinnati General Hospital Hoerst in critical condition Bert Talbott conductor and Kiam Strode engineer were on the train.
Officers of the Board of Women Managers of the Home of the Friendless were elected at the annual joint meeting of the Board of Trustees and the Board of Managers. New president is Mrs. Charles J. Iredell, with Mrs. William Galt as First Vice President and Mrs. O. de Gray Vanderbilt as Second Vice President. Other officers include Mrs. H. H. Wigger as Treasurer, Mrs. Tyler Field Recording Secretary, and Mrs. Fred Flach Corresponding Secretary. Iph Rogan, President of the Board of Trustees, presided. Tea for guests to follow organized by Mrs. Robert Pogue, Mrs. Vanderbilt, and Mrs. Flach.
James A. Wilson president of the Pattern Makers League of America told the rons Club yesterday that railroaders’ October 30 strike threat was a bluff. He praised shop crafts and maintenance of way unions for not being drawn in and urged a lawful settlement, noting strikes bring disaster.
Neosters rose to 13 cents a pound wholesale at the Chamber of Commerce Produce Exchange yesterday. The advance marks a notable uptick in grain and produce trade as buyers eyed stronger prices.
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