Tobacco grower sued by society over pledges
The Burley Tobacco Society and Pendleton County Board of Control sue Charles Eliott in Kenton Circuit Court alleging he pledged to sell his 1907 crop to the Burley Society for at least fifteen cents per pound and violated the contract by selling to others. They claim three acres and damages of $300. Elliott resides in Demossville Ky. County Attorney Frank Tracy represents the plaintiffs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burley Tobacco Growers
Kenton Circuit Court
Burley Tobacco Society
American Society of Equity
Pendleton County Board of Control
Charles’ El-iott
Burley Society
Elliott
Demossville
Frank Tracy
Mayor Proposes Jobs for Unemployed Men in Covington
Mayor Craig reported the mass meeting of unemployed in Liberty Hall urged city jobs. The council planned to hire 350 men, start Carl Bros. on a large Euclid avenue sewer project, fix streets on Willow Run and Pike street, and clean the Central Covington trunk sewer under public works supervision, prioritizing heads of families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig
Covington
Liberty Hall
Main Street
Willow Run
Pike Street
Bullock
Carl Bros
Euclid Avenue
Covington Board to Seek Full Tax Levy for Schools
The Covington Ways and Means Committee met with Superintendent H. O. Sluss to set this year’s school budget. It estimates needed funds of 182000 for operations plus 50000 for the Sixth District School and 111000 for teachers’ salaries. State aid should total 66000 and city levy at 35 cents may bring 38000, still short, forcing a possible borrowing. Last year’s school funds totaled 154982.26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ways and Means Committee
Covington
Man Sentenced for Disorderly Conduct in Covington Case
James Ball was sentenced to thirty days in jail by Police Judge Read after entering an old residence and occupying the bed of its resident, Peter Wilson. Patrolman Doyle separated the fighting parties as Wilson confronted Ball who had recently moved from the house on Philadelphia Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ball
Read
Covington
Peter Wilson
Philadelphia
Balf
Doyle
Wilson
Covington Real Estate Transfers Noted in Ledger
Margaret Morrison transfers 60 by 153 feet at Golding and Main to Minnie Morrison. Louis Fritz conveys 6 by 1% feet in Pike Street to The Louis Fritz Mineral and Soda Water Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Morrison
Minnie Morrison
Golding
Main Streets
Louis Fritz
Louis Fritz Mineral and Soda Water Company
Pike Street
Adopted Sow Fatally Burned By Fireplace Accident
Voy Davis four year old adopted son of Mr and Mrs Louis Davis of 28 West Third street Covington was fatally burned yesterday morning while playing near an open grate. He lit a piece of paper on the fire causing flames to catch his gown and despite the foster mother’s alarm and Dr Guy Eckman’s efforts the boy died. The child’s mother Blanche Slatzer of Dayton Ohio had placed him with the Davises about one year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voy Davis
Louis Davis
West Third Street
Covington
Guy Eckman
Covington Plans Brick Street Paving Across Thirty Two Blocks
A Covington committee selects Eleventh Sixth Russell Trev or and other streets for brick paving this year. If completed about three miles of streets will be improved. Willow Run sewer work to Third to Ohio River and Sixteenth to Eighteenth streets. Total sewer project about 22 000 dollars. Railways ordinances prompt postponement with railroads asked to send a representative in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleventh Street
Scott
Banklick
Sixth Street
Craig
Russell Avenue
Twelfth Street
Banklick Street
Bremen Street
Main
Fifth Street
Russell
Philadelphia
Highteenth
Madison
Greenup
Trevor
Garrard
Seventeenth Street
Eastern Avenue
Eleventh
Wheeler
Willow Run
Third Street
Ohio River
Sixteenth
Eighteenth Street
Covington
Will of Frederika Evers Filed for Probate in Covington
The will, filed with County Clerk John C. B. Yates, directs $200 for a monument and $50 to Holy Cross Church La tonia Holy Guardian Angels Sandfordtown and St. John's Orphan Asylum. Remaining estate to three sons Joseph Bernard Henry Evers who will run the dairy farm and divide profits. If a son leaves, his share to the other two for $2,000. if any son marries he gets one half acre as homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederika Evers
John C. B. Yates
Covington
Holy Cross Church
Latonia
Holy Guardian Angels’ Church
Sandfordtown
St. John’s
Henry Evers
PACKET CAPTAIN DIES AT 68 IN DAYTON KY
Owen F. Jolly aged 68, long time riverman and steamboat captain on the Ohio River, died after weeks of illness at his home in Dayton Kentucky. He captained the Bostona and Telegraph for the Louisville and Cincinnati Packet Company and later served as mate on the lighthouse tender Golden Red before resigning due to ill health. He leaves a widow and two children, Mrs. Harry Kendrick and Eugene Jolly, Fire Warden of Dayton. Funeral services are set for tomorrow afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen F. Jolly
Ohio River
Fifth Avenue
Dayton
Bostona
Telegraph
Louisville and
Cincinnati Packet Company
United States
Harry Kendrick
Eugene Jolly
Covington Church Notes Highlights Sunday Services
Area churches list service times and sermon topics. Eleventh Street M E South and Scott Street M E South note morning and evening services with themes on prayer harvest and Christian race. Fourth Street, First Christian, Madison Avenue, Trinity and First Presbyterian schedule morning prayers, sermons, and special music with related events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleventh Street
M. E. South
Arthur T. O’rear
Epworth League
Jesus
Mark
J. H. Craven
City School
Scott Street
J. R. Savage
H. K. Miles
Jessie Swetnam
Shinkle M. E
J. A. Browne
Fourth Street Christian
Joseph W.hagin
First Christian
Fifth Street
Milo Atkinson
Young Men’s Christian Association
West Fifteenth Street
Johns. Moore
Kentucky State Committee
First Presbyterian
J. S. Blackburn
Mt. Sinai
Trinity Episcopal
Frederick A. Macmillen
Holy Communion
Thomas Jenkins
Alaska
St. Paul's Church
Newport
Brief Will Left by Judge Berry
The will of Judge A S Berry was filed yesterday with the County Court for probate. It bequeaths all estate to his wife Anna B Berry and is written in the judge’s hand on a Rivers and Harbors Committee letter. At the widow’s request the eldest son Dr Shaler Berry was named administrator of the will annexed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Berry
Anna
Berry
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Washington, D. C
Congress
Shaler Berry
Fire destroys Tremont Avenue home in Ft. Thomas
Company M of the Fourth Infantry and Highland police fought a 4:30 AM blaze that consumed Edward Schwarburgs residence on Tremont Avenue Ft. Thomas. The house valued at 4500 burned completely with 400 damage to the neighboring Shotwell home. Origin remains a mystery though plasterers say workmen built a fire and left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Infantry
Edward Schwarburg
Tremont Avenue
Ft. Thomas
Highland Police
District Fire Department
Volunteer Fire Department
Schwarburg
Thomas Little
Unemployed Newport Group Seeks City Work
A committee led by Walter Landfersiek Frank H Streine and John Burkley met Mayor Krieger, requesting jobs for unemployed men. The mayor, with City Auditor Lang City Clerk Davis and Public Works Chief Mart, explained city funds limits and pledged to convene a joint council meeting to seek relief if possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Landfersiek
Frank H. Streine
John Burkley
Newport
Krieger
Lang
Davis
Public Works Mart
Protestarious Arrest at High Lands District Court
John E. Clark disrupted proceedings at the High Lands District Police Station during the trial of Martin Kamerer charged with carrying concealed weapons. Clark was arraigned for disorderly conduct and contempt of court. Kamerer received a suspended $25 fine and 30 days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Clark
Highlands District
Martin Kamerer
Kamerer
Court prepares library for attorneys in Newport Circuit Court
Judge C W Yungblut moves to open sessions in Newport Circuit Court with a library and consulting room for lawyers and witnesses. The motion docket begins at 8 30 with a memorial session for the late Judge Berry. Eighty four motions are set, including many divorce cases and civil actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Yungblut
Newport Circuit Court
Campbell County
Berry
Newport Church Notes Highlight Weekend Services
Various Newport church schedules list sermons and activities. Taylor Street M E conducts services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with Rev. J W Mitchell and Ambrose Ridd. St Pauls P E features bishop Lewis W Burton, Sunday school, and institute events. Other churches present sermons and programs including First Presbyterian, St Mark s Lutheran, York Street Congregational, Grace M E, Central Christian, and Trinity Lutheran with detailed times and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Street
M. E
Epworth League
J. W. Mitchell
Ambrose Ridd
St. Paul's P. E
Lewis W. Burton
F. A. Mec-Millen
Covington
Sunday School Institute
William W. Smith
Samuel Tyler
Church of the Advent
Walnut Hills
First. Presbyterian
J.P. Whitehead
St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran
H. W. Hanshue
Pilgrim's Progress
T Irene Caldwell
Yader
York Street
F. E. Bigelow
League of Prayer
Jesus
Grace M. E
F. W. Fisher
Central Christian
Charles L. Garrison
Christian Endeavor
Trinity Lutheran
B. W. Zeigler
Pasbel Bye
Luther League
Sabath School
Suffragists Riot in London Under Downing Street Visit
Women suffragists staged a public demonstration as Ministers arrived at Downing Street for the first cabinet meeting before Parliament. Police anticipated trouble. five arrests were made and demonstrators used chains to anchor themselves to rails. They were arraigned at Bow Street Police Court and jailed for three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Downing Street
Robell Bannermian
Bow Street
Police Seek Baby's Parents in Newport Abandonment Case
Newport police pursue a potential suspect after a two week old infant was found abandoned on Mrs. Mary Kaufman’s doorstep at Columbia and South Gate streets. A witness seen near 5 30 am on the morning the baby was found is being traced. The infant is reported improving at Speers Hospital under maternal care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Mary Kaufman
Columbia
Southgate
Speers
Hospital
Major Robinson Dies Veteran Civil War Soldier
Major Robinson aged 68 dies at home on 128 Oathgate Street survived by a widow. He owned substantial property in Paris Kentucky. Funeral set for Sunday at 2 PM with interment in Evergreen Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Major Robinson
Holy Name Society Marks Eighth Anniversary Services
The Holy Name Society of the Immaculate Conception Church will hold its eighth anniversary with 8 am services and a choir program featuring Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Benedictus Agnus Dei. Soloists include Mrs. Sadie Ford Mrs. Anna Simon Lawrence Deininger and George Larbeck. Nora Kelly 26 of 323 Hodge street died after a typhoid illness. Charles Jacks 80 of 227 East Seventh street died after a long illness. Funeral for Kelly and Jacks to be held. mass for Kelly to be read by her brother Charles Jacks at St Stephen’s Church and Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Name Society of the Immaculate Conception
George Larbeck
Nora Kelly
Hodge Street
Father Kelly
Immaculate Conception Church
Charles Jacks
East Seventh Street
St. Stephen’s Church
Thorne Refutes Receiver Talk For Pocahontas Collieries
Charles S. Thorne first vice president of Pocahontas Consolidated Colleries Company in Huntington WV says reports of a receiver are unfounded. He notes a merger on July 1 1907 formed the company and explains a minority of preferred stockholders seeks appraisal or a receiver. He asserts the firm has no debts, paid bond interest, and declared a stock dividend on January 1 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Huntington
W. Va
Charles S. Thorne
Pocahontas Consolidated Colleries Company
John W. Holt
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Company, Incorporated
Pocahontas Colleries Company
Virginia
Thorne
Dna
Stogie Business Increasing During Tobacco Suit
In New York the Federal suit against the American Tobacco Company closed after four witnesses. Hearings will resume with city-by-city sessions in Cincinnati Louisville Nashville and Richmond to push production records from subsidiaries. George H. Hummel testified stogie trade is rising and that entry costs now allow any person with five dollars to join the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
New York
American Tobacco Company
Cincinnati
Louisville
Nashville
Tenn
Richmond
George H. Hummel
American Stogie Company
Duke
Troops to Stay in Nevada For Legislative Police Plan
President Roosevelt telegrams Governor Sparks of Nevada that troops may remain for a reasonable period to allow the Legislature to organize a force to perform state police functions. The stay follows Nevada’s move to perfect related legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Sparks
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Nevada
Sleeping Beauty epitaph instruction shapes German tombstone
Chicago, Jan 17. Mrs. Alwyn Schaeffer, 46, filed a will directing German inscription reading Here lies the Sleeping Beauty on her tomb. The estate of about $30,000 funds German children’s festivals and a weeping willow and tombstone costing up to $500. Her poodle Lottie should go to a rich Chicago family, with $2 weekly for its upkeep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Alwyn Schaeffer
Henry Schaeffer
Magdeburg
Germany
Diamond found in rags at Kalamazoo mill
In Kalamazoo Michigan an employee of the King Paper Company again found a valuable diamond in a rag bundle. J Neary a millwright uncovered a 216 karat stone worth about 400 dollars. The find follows a similar discovery last week by Herman Hines and the custom is to award the property to the finder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Kalamazoo
Mich
King Paper Company
J. Neary
Herman Hines
Canadian Bank Liquidates After Wide Reach
The Sovereign Bank of Canada, with 76 branches across Ontario Quebec the Northwest and maritime provinces, has gone into liquidation. The Bankers Association will manage assets tomorrow. Organized in 1904 with 1.5 million capital later raised to 4 million, it suffered heavy losses after Dresden Bank of Germany seized 2 million in stock and a wipeout of reserves and capital followed, triggering deposit declines of 3 million since the reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Sovereign Bank of Canada
Bankers’ Association
Ontario
Quebec
Northwest
Maritime Provinces
Sovereign Bank
Dresden
Germany
Mrs Metcalf Out On Bail In Federal Building Incident
Mrs Thomas Metcalf was released on $1,000 bail after firing a revolver at S R Hamill, attorney for John R Walsh, in the Federal Building corridors in Chicago. Bond signed by Edward H Miller of Terre Haute and Harry Burgess of Langley Avenue, Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
Thomas Metcalf
S. R. Hamill
John R. Walsh
Federal Building
Edward H. Miller
Terre Haute
Ind
Harry Burgess
Langley Avenue
Towns without fuel gas hit by Pa line break
A break in Clarion County, Pennsylvania disrupted gas supply to Conneaut Kingsville Jefferson Geneva Andover Austinburg and Ashtabula causing widespread hardship The region endures the coldest winter temperatures as gas remains off in these towns
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Ashtabula
Clarion County
Conneaut
Kingsville
Jefferson
Geneva Andover
Austinburg
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Covington and
Branch of
Equity Organization
Covington Real Estate
Burnett
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Joseph Burnett Cco
Sosron
Mags
Blanche Slatzer
Dayton, O
Council
Covington Council
Great Divide
Judge Berry
Company M
Newport Church Notes
Babe
Newport News
Pocahontas Consolidated Collieries Co
Glover Slec
West Fourth ST
Ohio
Southern Ohio Loan and Trust CompAny
Main ST
Paper Company
Canadian Bank
Institut
Business
Mrs. Metcalf
Bond
Walsh
George Bernard Shaw
Edwyn Chambers
GhAe
Hustling Commission
Men of
Federated Improvement Association of
The
Isthmus
Panama
Ernest Cancroft
Great Northwest
James W. Reilly
Sam
Geo. von L. Meyer
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