Kentucky Men in Line for Taft
Kentucky Republican leaders gathered at Covington under State Chairman Richard Ernst to launch the Taft presidential campaign. Four Kentucky Congressmen attended along with other state figures, endorsing Taft and planning district committees while noting Willson’s stance. The session ended with a midnight banquet, described as highly enthusiastic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Taft
Kentucky
Richard P. Ernst
Fourth and
Garrard Streets
Covington
Taft
Ernst
Grip Seizes Covington As One Thousand Affected
Health Officer L. E. Brinker of Covington reports about one thousand people in Covington stricken with the grip. the figure may be higher according to the statement released yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Brinker
Covington
Covington Notes Arrangements for Galvin take charge Feb 1
Maurice Galvin, recently named Internal Revenue Collector in Covington, will assume his duties February 1. Mayor Craig and city officials received invitations to a birthday event hosted by Fred Baschang at Eighth Street and Washington Avenue. Also noted: funeral of J R Ledyard, superintendent of the South Covington Cincinnati Street Railway, held in Woodlawn Park Ludlow with interment at Spring Grove Cemetery. A novena at St Elizabeths Chapel precedes St Joseph feast. Laura Howard reports her son’s escape and return from reform school to Standford, Ky. Officer Salters to return him to the wheel. A building permit was issued to Saradh A Thompson for a brick flat at 435 Greenup Street costing 9000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Galvin
Internal Revenue Collector
Covington
Craig
William Riedlin
Laura Howard
Craig Street
Ishop Howard
Reform School
Standford
Salters
Saradh A. Thompson
Greenup Street
Covington Real Estate Transfers Listed
Real estate transfers include Mrs M E Poor and husband conveying Lot 71 in real street Er Langep to R L Pearson. Johanna Wolverton and husband transfer part of Lot 34 by 34 in Greenup Street Cyvigieton. Francisca Meyer transfers part of Lot 308 in Twelfth Street Covington to Theodore R Fuchner.
Bryan Lectures At Covington In Old World Talk
William Jennings Bryan spoke to a large Covington audience on The Old World and Its Ways at the Library Auditorium. The Aston Madera Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy organized the event. Arrival delay forced changes to the reception and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Street
Covington
Aston Madera
United Daughters of the Confederacy
William Jenningson
Bryan
Sunday School Money Stolen From Covington Church
Thieves broke into First Baptist Church on Fourth Street near Madison in Covington and stole more than four dollars in cash from the Sunday school offering. They damaged furniture in the pastor Rev W M Wood's study and the sanctuary, wrecking a rolltop desk with a crowbar, while omitting the silver communion service kept in the anteroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Fourth Et
Madison Avenue
Covington
W. M. Wood
Accosted Detective In Newport Sees John Doe Detained
An unknown man accosted Detective Morton of the Newport police asking about a Newport Hospital which does not exist. After a verbal rebuke the man allegedly reached for a pocket, fought with Morton, was knocked down, and jailed as John Doe.
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Morton
Newport
John Doe
Campbell County Court Actions Record
Collopy and Healy answered the $5 000 damage suit by John Buchner for injuries from stepping on a nail. The court also considers Baker's administratrix vs the C O Railroad and a $30 000 verdict request on appeal. Barringer vs Grimm was dismissed with costs. Hatfield ordered to pay $3 weekly support during divorce proceedings.
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Collopy and Healy
John Buchner
Buchner
Collopy
Healy
Baker
Barringer
Newport News in Brief
The Retail Grocers Association of Newport holds its regular meeting on January 22. Henry L. Fisher, 91, pioneer Campbell County and Newport businessman, will be buried at St. Pauls Lutheran Church Alexandria. Dr Carey Wamsley returns to Newport and settles at the Virginia. John Wagner arrested for dis orderly conduct after a disturbance at his aunt’s home. Private Forest Burley, Fourth Infantry, fined 10 and costs for following women and children. John De Ruiter arraigned for discharging firearms and remanded for further investigation. Owen McLaughlin fined 10 and costs for dis orderly conduct and resisting an officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Burley
Fourth Infantry
Hawkins
John de Ruiter
Orchard Street
Owen McLaughlin
Kenton Court Notes: Trials and Appointments
Thomas Moree faced trial in Judge Read's court for cutting with intent to kill his father in law David Hull and was held to the grand jury without bail. W. H. Perry sues C. Rice's sons in Circuit Court for 79.97 dollars. Frank Droege's bond was approved. Mary McConnell named administratrix of James A. McConnell's estate. A bankruptcy petition was filed against Lexington Plumbing Co. in Federal Court with listed creditors. Andy Roberts on trial for shooting his wife. wife testifies of her husband's deranged mind and the case goes to the Circuit Court for mental health review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Moree
Read
Chary
Cutting
David Hull
Moree
W. H. Perry
C. Rice
Frank Droege
Judge Stephens
Mary McConnell
Stephens
James A. McConnell
Lexington Plumbing Company
Lexington
Ahen & Ott Manufacturing Company
Louisville
General Gas Light,Company
Kalamazoo, Mich
J. F. Krusee Paint Company
Andy Roberts
Covington Marriage License Record Detail
The Covington marriage entry lists Henry C. Yellon 23 of DeMossville Ky and A Young 21 of Latonia Ky with spouse Guenther Stevenberg 21 of Covington Ky 22. The notice records ages and residences for both parties in Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Yellon
DeMossville
A. Young
Latonia
Fiam Guenther
Stevenberg
Covington
Town Marshal and sheriff clash in grand jury room
In the Newpot Courthouse grand jury chamber Tom Shannon town marshal of Clifton fought with Sheriff Nagel and deputy Charles Davis. Shannon resisted being taken to Judge Yungblue and the altercation left Davis with a deep gash above the eye. Shannon was ordered to appear again before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newpot
Tom Shannon
Clifton
Nagel
Charles Davis
Marshal Shannon
Shannon
Davis
Yungbiut
Yungpblut
Yungblue
Willson addresses Lexington crowd in people's laws speech
Governor Augustus E Willson spoke at a Lexington Commercial Club banquet with about 200 attendees in the Phoenix Hotel. He urged adherence to law as the people's laws and cautioned against quick condemnations despite tobacco district tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Lexington
Lexington Commercial Club
Phoenix Hotel
Augustus E. Willson
Burley Tobacco District
Willson
Chilean War Vessel Chacabuco Sails To Meet Evans Fleet
American Minister Hicks in Santiago reports the Chilean warship Chacabuco will depart tomorrow to join Admiral Evans fleet at Punta Arenas. Rear Admiral John M. Simpson commands the Evans squadron. Hicks plans to be away from Santiago until February 12 aboard the Chacabuco with Henry L. Jones the secretary of the legation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Hicks
Santiago
Chilé
State Department
Chacabuco
Evans
Punta Areas
John M. Simpson
Punta Arenas
Henry L. Jones
Legation
Torpedo Flotilla Sails for Buenos Ayres
The torpedo flotilla sailed at 9 o'clock tonight from Rio de Janeiro bound for Buenos Aires indicating naval movements in South America.
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Rio Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
Dewey Cousin's Naval Application Rejected
Earl Anthony Easter claimed to be Admiral George Dewey's first cousin and applied at a naval recruiting station to become an apprentice. Colonel Anderson rejected him after finding defective vision. Easter, 19, lives at 2052 Lawrence Avenue. his brother Leslie, of Summerside, joined the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Anthony Easter
Admiral George Dewey
Naval
Easter
Anderson
Lawrence Avenue
Leslie
Summerside
Property Transfers in Local Subdivisions and Tracts
Walter Bennett and wife transfer Lot 108 in Home Company subdivision Cote Brilliant to William Nehl and wife. Marguerite Wilmoth and husband transfer Lot 45 on First street New Co pany subdivision to Elizabeth Heinlein and Frei J Heinlein for a tract on Licking pike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Bennett
William Nehl
Magdelena Henn
First Street
New Copany
Cote Brilliant
Marguerite Wilmoth
Elizabeth Heinlein
Frei J. Heinlein
Licking Pike
Arnold bound over in shooting at Ft Thomas saloon
Oscar Arnold, who shot his friend William Lowney and Private Hahn of the Fourth Infantry Band in a Ft Thomas Midway saloon weeks ago, was bound over to the grand jury by Squire Quehl. Bond set at 500 dollars, furnished by his father. Both wounded men have recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Arnold
William Lowney
Hahn
Fourth Infantry
Ft. Thomas Midway
Grand Jury
Squire Quehl
Highlands
Smallpox On Ocean Ship Quarantined In Victoria
The steamer Bellerophon of the Blue Funnel Line arrived at quarantine in Victoria British Columbia from Liverpool via the Orient with five crew members ill of smallpox. All victims are white. The vessel is under quarantine.
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Victoria
Bellerophon
Blue Funnel Line
Liverpool
Orient
Telephone men meet at Chicago convention
The opening session in Chicago of the International Independent Telephone Association drew about eleven hundred delegates and many manufacturers and dealers from across the United States and Canada. The main issue debated was whether telephones should be legally declared common carriers, a proposal favored by some interests and opposed by others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Chicago
International Independent Telephone Association
Punishment for Leaks Sought in Crop Data Bill
In a day of House excitement an amendment to the penal code bill makes it a crime for any government officer or employee to reveal advance crop statistics. The provision, pushed by Mr. Burleson and accepted with a Sherley-Olmstead substitute, carries penalties up to 10 years or a $10,000 fine. Debate also featured Mr. Dalzell and Mr. Randell over public service corp employment. William J. Bryan was named as a Denver convention nominee amid cheers, with Speaker Cannon tipped as Republican nominee in Chicago.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
House of Representatives
Burleson
Texas
Sherley
Kentucky
Olmsted
United States
Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Randell
Clark
Missouri
William J. Bryan
Denver
Boutell
Illinois
Speaker Cannon
Chicago
Bennett
Ashbrook
Ohio
House
John Tyler
Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond
Rhinock
Carrollton
Advertising club dinner emphasizes honesty and art in ads
At the Cincinnati Advertisers' Club dinner in the Grand Hotel more than a hundred attendees heard James Rodgers of Harper & Brothers urge honesty in advertising while John Galvin highlighted advertising as a science and art. Milton Bucklin recalled a Kansas City ad campaign that averted a financial panic after a Bank of Commerce failure.
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Advertisers’ Club of
Cincinnati
Grand Hotel
James Rodgers
Harper & Bro
New York
John Galvin
Milton Bucklin
Judicious Advertising
Chicago
Harper & Bros
Galvin
Kansas City
Bank of Commerce
Bucklin
Johnson case remanded in judge upholds indictment
Supreme Court sustains indictment against John W. Johnson State Supervisor of Public Printing. Case remanded for trial in the Slater suit to oust Johnson. Johnson denies authorship of a disparaging letter. Prosecutor Weber has not decided if trial will proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Supreme Court Today
John W. Johnson
Common Pleas Court
Johnson
Circuit Court
Mark Slater
Slater
Weber
Woman Fatally Burned in Hamilton Street Fire
Mrs. Mary Lamke 28, wife of Fred J. Lamke of 1035 South Second Street, died from burns after oil ignited on her dress. She rushed from her home at noon as flames enveloped her clothes. Neighbors helped extinguish the blaze but she was fatally burned. En route to Mercy Hospital she claimed the devil set her afire. She had recently returned from a sanitarium near Cincinnati and her mind is believed unbalanced.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, CO
Mary Lamke
Fred J. Lamke
South Second Street
Mercy Hospital
Bachert Seeks Death After Mail Fraud Arrest
John M. Bachert president of the Reliance Oil and Grease Company attempted suicide by swallowing morphine in his Cleveland office after his arrest on charges of using the mails to defraud. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors reported his prospects as very doubtful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Cleveland
John M. Bachert
Reliance Oi and Grease Company
Labor Rejects Socialist Binding at Hull Conference
The Labour Party conference in Hull on January 21 rejected an amendment that would bind the party to Socialism by a large majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hull,eng
Labor Party
Senate weighs injunction probe in Hitchman case
The Senate debated authorizing a committee to investigate the injunction issued by Judge Dayton in Hitchman Coal and Coke Co. v. John Mitchell. Senator Culberson pressed for a resolution, while Senator Hale warned against harassing judges. Time ran short as debate focused on revising the federal criminal code.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Senate Today
Hitchman Coal and Coke Company
John Mitchell
Dayton
United States Circuit Court
Northern District of West Virginia
Culberson
Hale
Senate
United States
Judge Dayton Deflects Senate Charge Criticism
Federal Judge Alston G. Dayton dismissed the charge news as he learned it from Senator Culberson. He stated he knows nothing of the accusations and would have learned of them if true, adding he welcomes criticisms but will ignore them as his record speaks for itself.
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Commercial Tribune
Parkersburg
W. Va
Alston G. Dayton
United States Senate
Culberson
Obituary notices for Turpin Patterson Parker Wagner and Mrs Mkenna
A. J. Turpin died in Louisville after operating tobacco rehandling houses in Kentucky and supplying English forces. Alexander H. Patterson aged 72, VP of Duquesne National Bank, died suddenly in Pittsburgh. Captain Benjamin Parker, famed yacht skipper, died in Southampton after a long illness. John H. Wagner, 72, Chicago architect, died in Elmhurst Illinois. Mrs Frank B. M Kenna, daughter of Colonel Richard C. Kerns, died in Paris.
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A. J. Turpin
Kentucky
Louisville
Alexander H. Patterson
Duquesne National Bank
Pittsburg
Batterson
Benjamin Parker
Southhampton
Eng
Parker
Sir Thomason
John H. Wagner
Chicago
Elmhurst
Canada
Second
Minnesota Volunteers
Wagner
Frank B. M’kenna
Richard C. Kerns
Republican National Committee
Paris
France
Alma Rasch Weds John G pp Jr In Avondale Home
Social notes record the wedding of Alma Rasch to John G. Japp Jr at the Rasch home with Rev. George A. Thayer officiating. Attendants included Florence Japp and Walter Rasch. The couple left for Europe and will reside with the Raschs upon return. Various society events follow including a linen shower for Miss Mabelle Greenwald, bridge and euchre gatherings, Dutch paintings exhibit by John Rettig, and lectures by Henry Turner Bailey at the Woman's Club.
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Ferns
Palms
Alma Rasch
Las
John G.pp, Jr
C.C. Rasch
Avondale
George A. Thayer
Rasch
Florence Rapp
Walter Rasch
Miss Japp
Mr. Rasch
Amy Lothman
Natalie Kelsall
Martha Vogeler
R. Japp
Henderson
Bankhardt
Tusculum
Frank Milligan
Mabelle Greenwald
William Milligan
Miss Greenwald
Irene Surdo
Reba Rose
Louise Kohler
Fred Lush
Spencer Walker
Harley Ayres
William Herbstreit
Gene McDonald
June Walker
Clara Strebel
Margaret Buhr
Belle Locke
Emma Poor
Grace Evans
Will Leen
Willard Fox
Harry Tietig
Miamisburg
Jeannette Greenwald
Edith Wilson
Alice Feemster
Helen Handley
Cora Wirthlin
Henry Turner Bailey
Boston
Woman's Club
Club
Woman’s Club
College Club
Social Roundup of Local Residents Traveling
A string of readers and their companions depart for visits and weddings across the United States. Guests include Mr and Mrs Arthur Emerson Garlay of Philadelphia staying with Mrs Allison Bishopric in Rose Hill and others traveling to Chicago New York Fort Wayne and Florida for holidays and family events.
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Arthur Emerson Garlay
Philadelphia
Allison Bishopric
Rose Hill
George W. Lewis
East Walnut Hills
Chicago
Marjorie R Son
Clifton
Hyde Park
Ill
Hugh Smythe
Rebecca Scarborough
Madison Road
Mexico
Rudolph Kleybolte
New York
Samuel W. Sturm
Ingleside Place
East
C. H. Rosenthal
Rockdale Avenue
Avondale
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Rosenthal
Milton Rosenthal
Seth C. Foster
Julia Foster
Laura Foster
Palm Beach
Fla
Burton Wolf
Julia H. Wolf
Reading Road
Munro
St. Louis
Clifford Seasongodd
Albert Seasongood
St. Paul
Alex. Offner
Washington Avenue
Fauline Sternberger
Social Roundup of Covington Guests and Local Visits
Clifford Kaiper of Covington entertained Bruce Carruthers and friends at a Heidelberg dinner Friday. Guests included Elizabeth Westfall Mary Russel Innes Ethel Carruthers Stewart Walker George Eaton Clarence Kaiper and Bruce Carruthers. Local visits feature Mrs Westfall from Marianna Urbana and Mrs Rentz from Newport staying en route to New York.
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Clifford Kaiper
Covington
Heidelberg
Bruce Carruthers
Elizabeth Westfall
Mary Russel Innes
Ethel Carruthers
Stewart Walker
George Eaton
Clarence Kaiper
L. ©. Westfall
Marianna
Urbana
Edward C. Rentz
Newport
James E. Winter
San Antonio
Tex
New York
William Burns
Ft. Thomas
Los Angeles
Frank McCord
W. L. Core
Monday Affternoon
Thomas P. Carothers
Lucy Abert
Bishop Burton
Henry Higgin
Lexington
Irish election in doubt from Dublin Gazette report
The Dublin Gazette announces that Lord Curzon of Kedleston received a majority in the recent election for a representative Peer of Ireland but declines to declare him elected. It notes the possibility of a contest and that Lord Ashtown placed second.
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Dublin
Ireland
The
Dublin Gazette
Lord Curzon of
Kedleston
Lord Ashtown Wa
Japan Will Bar Emigration of Laborers to Mexico and Hawaii
Tokyo reports Viscount Hayashi stating Japan will restrict emigration to America by requiring two sureties from students and preventing laborer emigration. The Foreign Office aims to ban emigration to Mexico and Hawaii, while the Diet session opens amid political moves and a pending confidence vote.
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Tokyo
Viscount Hayashi
Japan
Hayashi
America
United States
Hawaii
Foreign Office
Mexico
Japanese Return Wave Reported From United States
San Francisco dispatch notes an unusually large return of Japanese nationals. Ninety were aboard the Manchuria last week, a hundred departed today on the Asia, and one hundred fifty have been booked to sail on the Mongolia next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
San Francisco
Orient
Asia
Mongolia
Postmaster Lemieux Reports Tokyo Mission Emigration Check
Ottawa report states Postmaster General Lemieux told the House his Tokyo mission secured an effective check on Japanese emigration from Hawaii to Canada. He said Japan agreed to Canada’s emigration limits and viewed further emigration as an economic loss, noting Japan’s colonization focus on Korea and Manchuria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Poles in Ludlow seize priest to block transfer
In Ludlow Massachusetts on January 21, about 2000 Polish parishioners surrounded Father F. F. Kolodzicz as he prepared to leave for a train station after orders from Bishop Beaven to install Father Francis Chalupka as his successor. They dragged him into the church and placed him on the altar steps, a gesture they said forbids departure. Authorities later sought Springfield police to prevent potential bloodshed as a detail was dispatched to maintain order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Ludlow
Mass
F. F. Kolodzicz
Beaven
Springfield
Kolodzicz
Francis Chalupka
Father Kolodziez
Kolodziez
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George du Belle
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Tion of Bryan
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the Entertainers
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Horace Motteram
William Danziger
Niel Mathias
Albert Schnicke
Mary Dennison Gailey
Ethel Irwin Rendigs
Walter Esberger
Helen Emma Reaume
Frank J. Loewe
Smith B. Queal
National Organization of Advertising Clubs
Paul Pointdexter
Mr. Queal
Supreme Court
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Judge Dayton
Social and Personal
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Grandin Road
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Euchre
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Westwood
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Holland
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Cincinnati Woman’s Club
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