Spirit Control Case Amid Santa Clara Seances For Two Children
An occult episode near Mission Santa Clara draws interest as John Santos aged 18 and Adeline 16 reportedly fall under a night time spell causing seances. Authorities and psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Catton say religious frenzy may fuel the hysteria while locals observe the siblings for seven nights under apparent apparitions.
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Santa Clara
Cal
Mission Santa Clara
John Santos
Adeline
John
Meliam
Joseph Catton
San Francisco
Santos
Baker Open to Peace Party Move in World Court Push
Former Secretary of War Newton D. Baker declared in Cleveland that he would renounce his party and political ties to back any group dedicated to world peace. He urged letters to Senators for support of Secretary Hughes's World Court plan, saying he would head an army to Washington if needed to advance the proposal. He added that eventually the nation would join the League of Nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Newton D. Baker
Woodrow Wilson
Hughes
League
Ohio Life Underwriters Elect Officers
The Ohio Association of Life Underwriters elected Le B. Hamlin of Cleveland president for the coming year at its annual meeting in Columbus. W. A. Kruehl of Cincinnati was named vice president and Fritz Lichtenberg of Columbus secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio Association of Life Underwriters
LE. B. Hamlin
Cleveland
W.A. R. Kruehl
Cincinnati
Fritz Lichtenberg
Apartments Ransacked At Locust Street Residences
Police reported last night that the apartments of Harry L. Rembau and George W. Hengs at 1029 Locust Street were ransacked, prompting a police inquiry into the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Rembau
George W. Hengs
Locust Street
Recital by First Presbyterian Orchestra for Longview Inmates
The fifty six piece First Presbyterian Church Orchestra directed by George R. Myers will perform for inmates at Longview Hospital Friday evening in the hospital auditorium. Ten selections will be played.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longview Hospital
First Presbyterian Church Orchestra
Theospital Auditorium
George R. Myers
Studios Swept by Four Thousand Blaze
Hundreds witnessed a blaze at Young & Carl photographers studios at Seventh and Vine Streets. Damage to equipment and building owned by Charles Windisch was about 4000 dollars, insured. Fire started in the second floor printing room and spread to the third floor before firefighters confined it. Street traffic and theater crowds along Vine Street were delayed nearly an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young & Carl
Seventh and Vine Streets
Charles Windisch
R. D. Roberts
West Seventh Street
Rotary Club
Marshall Treinen
Seventh Street
George Golde & Co
Art Novelty
George Saba
Vinesreet
Village pays judgment in poolroom raid case
Mt Healthy Ohio officials paid Stephen Truelock 341.25 after a 1924 poolroom raid dispute involving Bernard Sorn and Mayor Alexis Brown. Judge Fred L Hoffman had ruled the funds belonged to Truelock, and Sheriff Witt warned of a lien if payment was delayed, prompting immediateissuance of the check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Healthy
Stephen Truelock
Hamilton, C
Bernard Sorn
Court of Common Pleas
Fred L. Hoffman
Alexis Brown
Sorn
Truelock
Brown
Common Pleas Court
Hoffman
C.M. Smith
Judge Woeste Elected Head of the 40 and 8
Judge Joseph H. Woeste was elected Chef de Gare of the Cincinnati Voiture of La Societe des 40 Hommes et 8 Chevaux at the Veterans Memorial Club House. Also elected were Frank L. Leonard Chef de Train and directors David N. Levy Robert W. Smith Burton E. Robinson with Russell B. King as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Woeste
Cincinnati
Washington Day in Congress and Hearings on Bills
House leaders agreed to vote next week on the rivers and harbors bill while the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee reopened hearings on the Cramton prohibition consolidation bill. Hoover outlined an agricultural policy to farm groups as Coolidge faced protests about battleship gun elevation. Weeks said aircraft funds are insufficient for a capable air force as the Senate passed the Treasury Post Office bill and the agricultural appropriation. The Naval Appropriations Committee said there is no cause for alarm over the navy's 6 6 3 ratio.
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House
Rivers and Harbors
Many Pledge Aid to Blind After Keller Talks
A large crowd signed membership and pledge cards for the American Foundation for the Blind after an address by Helen Keller in Emery Auditorium. Miss Keller spoke with Anne Sullivan Macy and Dr. E B Russell also giving talks. E J Hoff serves as local treasurer as the foundation seeks a 2,000,000 fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Foundation For the Blind
Educational and Relief Organization of the Blind of America
Helen Keller
Kace
Emery Auditorium
Frank Nelson
Christ Church
Anne Sullivan Macey
Miss Keller
Four Women Report Thefts From Homes And Stores
A thief entered Mrs. Harry Berman’s home on Harvey Avenue and stole clothing valued at 250 dollars. Emma Bingle, of West Seventh Street, reported jewelry worth 41 dollars stolen. Joseph Messingschlager, Covington, said a fur coat worth 155 dollars was taken from an office at Main Street. Florence Herwick, Dayton, reported a 17 dollar purse theft at a Fifth Street department store.
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Harry Berman
Harvey Avenue
Berman
Emma Bingle
West Seventh Street
Joseph Messingschlager
Greenup Street
Covington
Main Street
Florence Herwick
East Sixth Street
Dayton
Fifth Street
Missing Girl Mary Weaver Returns Home on Christmas Day
Mary Weaver fourteen, daughter of William Weaver of 1102 East McMillan Street, returned home Christmas Day after being missing since September 12. Her father, initially denying her return, said she grew homesick at Christmas and contacted him, then brought her from Dayton where she had been working in a department store. She is now enrolled in a private school in Walnut Hills. Police and private investigators searched for weeks but ended the hunt after no leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Weaver
William Weaver
McMillan Street
Dayton
Walnut Hills
Incoming and outgoing steamers listed for January
Shipping news reports inbound and outbound steamers with routes and times. Vessels include Ft St George from Bermuda, Roosevelt from Bremen, Germany to various ports, and outgoing ships such as Deutschland to Hamburg and Montana to Antwerp. Arrivals note Mt Clay from Hamburg and Columbia from Glasgow, with dates December 27 and December 27 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York World
York
Shipping News
Ft. St. George
Bermuda
Roosevelt
Bremen
Decemer
Estonia
Danzig
Carrillo
Santa Marta
Zacapa
Puerto Barrios
Teno
Valparaiso
General W. C. Gorgas
Cristobal
British Envoy's Sons Sail in Second Class
Francis and Hubert Howard aged 19 and 17, sons of Sir Esme Howard British Ambassador, sailed today on the French liner Paris in second class bound for Oxford. Francis said large family expenses drive the choice and they volunteered to travel second class, a practice they have followed before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fhe Commercial Tribune
New York World
New York
Francis
Hubert Howard
Esme Howard
United States
Paris
Oxford
Miss Carrie M Marthens Dies At 73 In Cincinnati
Miss Carrie M Marthens aged 73 of 2126 Madison road died at her home yesterday. She had an interest in social work in Cincinnati and had lived here many years. Survived by brother Chester Marthens of Chicago and four sisters Hattie Matthews Mrs S A Bagley Mrs G W Sherrill of Chicago and Mrs G P Walker of the Anderson Hotel Cincinnati. Funeral arrangements have not been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie M. Marthens
Madison Road
Marthns
Chester Marthens
Chicago
Hattie Matthews
S. A. Bagley
G. W. Sherrill
Ill
G. P. Walker
Anderson Hotel
Cincinnati
Taft toAddress Franchise Discussion by Civic Group
Robert A Taft will speak this afternoon at 4 30 at the Gibson meeting of the Federated Civic Organizations as a Cincinnati Street Railway and Cincinnati Traction Company representative. He will discuss the present franchise controversy before the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Taft
Federated Civic Organizations
Gibson
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Cincinnati Traction Company
Issue of Regularity in Congress Raised Again in Postal Bill Tactics
Washington January 7 1925 the regulars in the Republican party faced a narrow veto override on the postal pay bill with President Coolidge. Senators Edge Norris Ladd and others opposed the President while insurgents welcomed the split. The debate centered on regularity and revenue funding, with many regulars fearing primary reprisals and questioning what regularity means in practice.
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Congress
David Lawrence
The
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Capitol Hill
Coolidge
Republican Party
Senator Edge
New Jersey
President Coolidge
Dale
Vermont
Elkins
West Virginia
Jones
McLean
Connecticut
McNary
Oregon
Means
Colorado
Moses
New Hampshire
Norris
Nebraska
David Reed
Pennsylvania
Shortridge
California
Standfield
James Wadsworth
New York
Shipstead
Minnesota
Johnson
Brookhart
Iowa
Ladd and Frazier
North Dakota
la Follette
Wisconsin
Mr. Coolidge
King
Utah
Owen
Oklahoma
Jrial
South Carolina
Senator Norris
Senator Ladd
Secuies
Workman Killed Rewiring Plant in East End
Raymond Carey a 34 year old Dennison electrician was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when he stepped on a live 4500 volt wire at the Union Gas and Electric Company plant at Eastern and Pittsburgh avenues. Firemen from Life Saving Squad No 52 battled to revive him for about 30 minutes before his body was sent to the morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Carey
Dennison
East End
Union Gas and Electric Company
Carey
Eastern
Pittsburgh Avenues
Fire Department
Robbery Report Involving Morris Wall In Kentucky
Morris Wall of 49 Elm te ae low Kentucky told police one night he was robbed of 2 dollars and a watch valued at 10 dollars by two men at Sixth Street and the Southern Railway Bridge. Both suspects were armed with one man covering him with a gun while the other searched his pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Wall
Elm Te Ae Low
Sixth Street
Southern Railway Bridge
Funeral notices for Lee Fitzsimmons and lodge meeting
A A Scottish Rite and Gibulum Lodge of Perfection announce funeral services for Lee Fitzsimmons at 10 30 Friday at W Mack Johnson funeral home. George T Welsh T P M F W William Harte secretary notes. A A Scottish Rite special meeting scheduled Thursday at 7 30 p m. George T Welsh T P M
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Brethren of the Rite
Lee Fitzsimmons
W. Mack Johnson
George T. Welsh
M. F. William Harte
Gibulum
Death notices from Cincinnati area January 1925 deaths
Obituary notices list multiple local deaths with dates January 5 to January 9 1925. Entries name Brandhorst Davies Fitzsimmons Jones Marthens Moeller McKean Mitchell Prues and Stevenson with spouses and funeral details at W Mack Johnsons and local churches. Dates January 5 6 7 8 9 1925 and burial or service locations in Cincinnati Norwood and nearby.
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Venedocia
van Wert
Fitzsimmons—Lee
Matilda Morganthaler Fitzsimmons
W. Mack Johnson
McMillan and
Upland Place
Jones
Deborah
James H
Margaret Jones
West Eighth Street
Marthens
Carrie M
Madison Road
Moeller
Most
Henry Moeller
Cincinnati
Clinton Springs Avenue
Avondale
St. Xavier's Church
Ycamore
Prues
Harry
Clara Prues
Scheffers
Paxton Road
Hyde Park
St. Mary's Church
Stevenson
John T
Millie Nieman Stevenson
Er Hill
McMillan and Upland Place
Cremation Co Offers Free Booklet and Charcoal Guide
Aesthetic modern cremation service promotes a new central location. The firm advertises a free booklet and information on cremation options. Includes contact details and an invitation to learn more about the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cremation Co
New Central Go
Free Chayel
Busse & Borgmann Co Funeral Directors Ad
Non sectarian funeral home listing for Busse and Borgmann Co located at 1517 Freeman Avenue in Three Chapers with West 469 and 483 phone numbers. Official notice states no phone lines.
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Busse & Borgmann Co
Freeman Avenuue
West
Slays Wife in Street Then Shoots Himself in Troy
Mrs Charles E Carey was killed on Seventh Avenue in Troy after a quarrel over whether she would return home. Police say all bullets were fired by Carey who had just returned from Detroit where he worked in an automobile factory. He was wounded in the temple and taken to a hospital.
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Troy
N. Y
Seventh Avenue
Carey
Detroit
Weather Notes for Ohio and Nearby States in Early January 1925
The report outlines fair and slightly colder conditions for Ohio Tennessee Kentucky and West Virginia on Thursday with rain or snow possible in the north. Indiana should stay fair Thursday and Friday with little temperature change. A temperature summary lists highs around 58 in Louisville and 60 in Nashville with 0.01 inches of precipitation in some stations, and shows a January 7 1925 record at 7 p.m. showing clear and cold conditions across multiple cities.
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Ohio
Portion
Tennessee
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Eastport
eliChicago
Awm
Balaay
Boston
Kan
Ffeies Atl
Somalia
Birming
Denver
Alsa
Gobaies
oHhoenix
Waa
Galveston
Eaieai
Pittsburgh
S. Francisco
Louisville
San Diego
Nashville
S. S. Marie
The
Pas
River Traffic And Water Levels At Cincinnati
The river stage at Cincinnati stood 16.4 feet at 6 p.m. The Kentucky arrived in Cincinnati at 10 a.m. from Louisville and departed at 5 p.m. for Louisville. The steamer Van stopped yesterday en route to Huntington loaded coal and has been bought by Wilson Land and Supply Co. of Huntington from a Louisville coal firm. The J. T. Hatfield arrived from Louisville with an empty tow. Elsewhere, Pittsburgh reports 8 feet and rising, Heeling 3.6 feet and falling, both clear.
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Cincinnati
Kentucky
Louisville
Huntington
W. Va
Wilson Land and Supply Company of
J. T. Hatfield
Hatfield Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Radford
Narrows
Kanawha Falls
Charleston
Pleasant
Vaweree
Dam
Williamson
Bovecesess
Pikeville
Asland
Portsmon Penastertenees
Maysville
Bevsepees
Evansville
Ind
Nashville
Tenn Se
Itanooga
James A. Brett Dies in Bermuda at 60
Cincinnati electrical industry pioneer James A. Brett died in Hamiton Bermuda after a two week illness. Born in 1864 at Mt. Vernon New York he worked with Charles Sprague on trolley systems and later joined Westinghouse where he was district manager in Cincinnati. He resided at Lafayette Circle Clifton and is survived by his wife Elizabeth and two sons James Jr. and Herbert. Funeral set for Mt. Vernon New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Brett
Hamixon
Bermuda
Mr. Brett
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Charles Sprague
Sprague
Brett
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Cincinnati
Westinghouse Company
Third
Elm Streets
Lafayette Circle
Clifton
Queen City Club
Elizabeth Brett
James A. Brett, Jr
Grovedale Place
Hyde Park
Herbert H. Brett
New York City
N.yw
Funeral Service Today for Mrs Anna Caldwell
Funeral services are set for 1 30 pm for Mrs Anna B Caldwell 73 wife of Judge John A Caldwell of the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court who died at the Caldwell residence Northside after a short illness. The former Miss Anna B Eversull of Mt Healthy had an operation weeks ago and the Caldwells marked their forty eighth wedding anniversary on December 28. She is survived by her husband two sons Dr John A Caldwell Jr of Cincinnati Robert Caldwell of Chicago and Mrs Edgar McAllister of Pittsburgh. The Hamilton County Grand Jury adopted resolutions of sympathy and announced court adjournment for the funeral with Judges in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna B. Caldwell
John A. Caldwell
Hamilton County Common Pleas Court
Caldwell
Glen Parker Avenue
Northside
Spring Grove Chapel
Anna B/ Eversull
Mt. Healthy
Caldwells
Boston Quake Shakes New England Seismographs
An earthquake rattled Eastern Massachusetts and New Hampshire, the fifth on record in three centuries. Harvard seismographs logged the 8:10 a.m. quake with windows breaking in Boston and the north shore, while inland residents mistook the tremor for an explosion. Professor Daly explained the event as a deep rock crack fifteen miles below the surface, with surface evidence unlikely.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
New England
Portsmouth
N. H
New Bedford
Mass
Harvard University
Cambridge
North Shore
Reginald A. Daly
Georgetown University
Washington
Toronto University
Canada
Daly
Ose
Births in City Include Nine Girls and Five Boys
Announcements list newborns from multiple couples with addresses on Laurel street Albert court Philadelphia street Liberty street Wade street Lincoln terrace Davis lane Easter avenue and more. Names include Applegate Blum Boecker Huelsman Junker Leavitt Malone Mayfield Mott Donnelly Rush Lawyer Sali Schneider Simon Heninger Whitaker Kramer Zollner Wissel Huber and Turner.
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Applegate
Joseph B
Catherine Adams
Laurel Street
Blum
John C
Verna Sullivan
Albert Court
Boecker
Clarence
Josie Ruth
Philadelphia Street
Huelsman
Paul A
Lillian Tellman
Liberty Street
Junker
Joseph H
Amelia Patroski
Wade Street
Leavitt
Warren E
Cecile Lepper
Lincoln Terrace
Malone
Hugh
Mary Braun
Davis Lane
Rs Mayfield
George C
Estella Killen
Eastern Avenue
la Adkins
R. R. Bond
Grove
Norwood
Nina Schneider
Linus Simon
Raphiel
Ringo George
Se C
Angela Heninger
Bank Street
Whittaker
Dorothy Woods
Grandin. Road
John and
Olive Kramer
Incinnati
L. A
Marriage Licenses for Spaul OBrien and Bernard
Herbert G. Spaul of 905 Nassau Street and Helen M. OBrien of 5223 Ravenna Avenue Mt Healthy Ohio obtain a marriage license. Bernard of Covington Kentucky residing at 3325 Burnet Avenue also listed in notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert G. Spaul
Nassau St. Helen M. Obrien
Ravenna Av
Mt. Healthy, O
Bt. Bernard
Covington
Burnet Ay
Wales to keep place as fashion arbiter during coming year
In Chicago on January 7 Prince of Wales will continue to set men’s fashion in 1925. G. E. Serak of the International Association of Clothing Designers spoke to its convention, predicting loose sack suits, broader shoulders, and baggier trousers with cuffs. He noted plaited trousers for the bold and a shift toward gray with London lavender accents, while not forecasting extreme football shoulders again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Prince of Wales
G. E. Serak
International Association of Clothing Designers
Addresses engineers in Cincinnati on commodity prices and subway
Harold Almert, president of the American Association of Engineers, Chicago, addressed the Cincinnati Chapter on commodity prices at the University of Cincinnati. M. L. Raschig, head of the local chapter and representative of the International Rapid Transit Commission, spoke on the Cincinnati subway. A dinner was served in honor of Mr. Almert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Almert
American Association of Engineers
Chicago
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
M. L. Raschig
International Rapid Transit Commission
Cincinnati Subway
Almert
Trainmen Held in Robbery Looting Parcel Post
Three members of the Chicago and Northwestern Train No 12 crew were arrested by postal inspectors in Chicago for a Monday burglary. A car was looted of parcel post packages valued between 250 and 500 dollars, mostly clothing and none insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Post Office
Negro Held in Slaying at General Hospital
John Hall, 35, described as Negro, was charged with murder after Edward Nixon, 53, also described as Negro, died at General Hospital from knife wounds sustained in an argument over a woman at their shared address last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hall
Edward Nixon
General Hospital
Nixon
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Associated Press
Baker
Cincinnatian
Longview
Vine Street
Woeste
E. W. Grove
Southern Optical Co
West Seventh St. Ae
Richard H. Mitchell
Robert Mitchell
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Hoover
Senate
Weeks
Treasury Post Office
Senate Naval Appropriations Committee
Lawrence
Bridge
Lodge
Anna Caldwell
Wales
Marion Davies
Janice Meredith
Capitol
Colleen Moore
Big
Ben Lyon
Wallace, Beery
Pola Negri
Suez
Bessie Love
Hobart Bosworth
Anna Q. Nilsson
Lewis Stone
Mary Astor
Harold Lloyd
Bert Lytell
Claire
Rich
Agnes Ayers
Pat O'Malley
Alma Rubens
Conrad Nagel
Harold Bell Wrights
Sol Lesser
Creighton Hale
Mary Carr
Dorothy E Mackai
Sty Theater
Smoki Orphe
George Billings
Abraham Lincoln
Alsoj Fox News
Kansas City
Marshall
Mich
Adam
Beement
Ohio Truss Co
John Golden
Austin Strong
Booth Theater
Vannesselew
Lee Sickert
Francine Larrimore
Shubert
Cosmo Hamilton
39Th Street Theater
Fritz Reiner
Emil Heermann
Edward Kreiner
EMERY
John Church Co
B. F. Keith
McIntyre & Heath
Ed Lewry
Hamiltons & Fordyce
Redmond & Wells
Stan Kavanaugh
Fridkin, Jr
Rhoda
Andressens
Paul Zimm
Dorothy Mackainl
John Harron
Louise Dresser
Cox
Stuart
Matinee Today
Alker Company
Canal 2
Corto Grand Opera Cards
LA Tosca
Puccini
Anna Fitziu
Tosca
Ulymes Lappas
Mario
Willis Music Store
W. Fourth St
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