Murat Halstead Yields To Death At West Fourth Street Home
Veteran editor Murat Halstead dies at his West Fourth Street residence after a brilliant career shaping Western journalism. Surrounded by wife and family, his passing marks the end of an era as colleagues recall his rise from reporter to editor and his influence on Cincinnati newspapers and industry.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
Columbian
Great West
W. B. Shattuck
Cincinnati Commercial
M. D. Potter
Mr. Halstead
Murat Halstead
New England Magazine
Cincinnati
Ohio
Paddy
The
Commercial
the Gazette
Commercial Gazette
Halstead
Rarmks
Democratic
Lincoln
Z L. White
Harper’s Magazine
West
Kentucky
Telegraph
Fourth and
Race Streets
Commercial Building
Mesers. Curtis and Hastings
Gazette
Vine and
Sixth Streets
Richard Smith
Murat Halstead Remembered as Journalist Pioneer and Leader
The obituary reviews Murat Halstead's journalism career and public life. It notes his quick news judgment and editorial independence, his sixteenth hour work ethic, and his early support for the Union and later Republican ideals. It recounts his marriages, children, travels, and a late dream of starting a new Cincinnati daily with the Volksfreund connection.
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Halstead
Rutherford B. Hayes
Cincinnati Commercial
the Gazette
Richard Smith
Commercial Gazette
Pays Tribute to Murat Halstead by Howard Saxby
Howard Saxby lauds Murat Halstead as the greatest American journalist who has entered rest. He recalls Halstead's career in Cincinnati journalism, his principles, humor, and influence, and notes praise from Senator Foraker and others who recognized his national and worldwide reputation.
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Howard Saxby
Murat Halstead
Halstead
James Whitcomb Riley
Senator Foraker
Cincinnati
America
Napoleon His Model. Halstead's Work as a News Paper Man
George Mortimer Rowe recounts the career of journalist Mr. Halstead. The article surveys Halstead’s influence and methods in the newsroom and his approach to reporting and editorial work.
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Halstead
Rowe
Mr. Halstead
George Mortimer Rowe
Denver to Host Next National Education Association Meet
Denver, Ohio July 2 The National Education Association Board commends Denver as the site for next year s convention beating Atlantic City Chicago and Seattle Final action on location awaits December session Professors Davidson and Wolfe address the group urging practical science including physics and improved library use in schools.
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National Education Association
The
Associa
Denver
Atlantic City
Chicago
Seattle
Davidson
Miami University
Oxford
Department of Science
Library Department
L. R. Wolfe
San Antonio
Tex
Dynamite Threats Target Italian Family in McKeesport
Four people were seriously injured and two houses damaged when dynamite exploded at the home of George Deavatoria, a wealthy Italian in McKeesport. The blast followed threats from a Black Hand group demanding $2,000, with a warning to place the money under the Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge by July 1. Elmer Bailey, who lived nearby, sustained very serious injuries.
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Pittsburg
George Deavatoria
McKeesport
Black Hand
Deavotoria
George Deavotoria
Elmer Bailey
Bailey
Deavatoria
Ft. Wayne
Politician Hurt in Streetcar Fight at Lebanon
Former Captain of Police Tom Lenehan, ex Sergeant-at-arms of the Democratic Senatorial Convention, was seriously injured in a late night streetcar altercation with saloon keeper Joseph Butcher at Fourth and High streets. Lenehan suffered a broken nose and collar bone. a shot was fired and Butcher was arrested on a shooting charge.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Tom Lenehan
Lebanon
Fourth
High Streets
Lenehan
Joseph Butcher
Butcher
Timber yard blaze devastates Chew lumber yard
Waubashene Ontario July 2 A. G. Chew’s lumber yard at Tannersville was struck by fire destroying seven million feet of lumber two million laths three thousand railway ties and fifty thousand broom handles along with thirteen Grand Trunk Railroad cars and eleven tram cars.
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Waubashene
A. G. Chew
Tannersville
Grand Trunk Railroad
Marooned Fishermen Rescued After Months of Hunger
Twenty fishermen stranded on Victor Island for months were rescued by Brazilian training ships and landed at Yokohama. They were left to fish by the Hokui on January 1 and abandoned. found May 26 they were starving. The Hokui captain was arrested in Yokohama.
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Zilian
Yokohama
Empress of China
German American Teachers Form New MEA aligned Constitution
The National German American Teachers Association changed its constitution to align with the National Education Association plan. New York eyed as next meeting site. officers named include President Otto Schoenrich Baltimore Secretary Dr A Hoelper New York Treasurer Carl Engelman Milwaukee Emil Kramer Cincinnati urged continual teacher study over hard advancement.
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Milwaukee
Wis
National
Eight Heat Deaths Reported in New York
Eight deaths attributed to the excessive heat were reported to police authorities today. The 11 o'clock temperature in New York measured 83 degrees.
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New York
Woman Arrested After Ax Kills Five Children
In Kherson a woman from a nearby village is jailed on charges of decapitating five of her own children with an axe. The brutal act shocks residents and authorities investigate the motive and details of the crime.
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Kherson
Obituary notes General Batchellor and several prominent figures
General George Sherman Batchellor longtime diplomat and judge of the International Tribunal of Egypt died in Paris after a cancer illness. Born 1837 in Batchellerville New York he practiced law in Saratoga Springs served in the Civil War held various posts including Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and American Minister to Portugal. Also noted are W W Hite 54 Louisville business leader. Thomas P Bashaw former Missouri judge and speaker. W M Townsend former Missouri Pacific official. John N Jacobi of the Herring Hall Marvin Safe Co. and Henry Arthur Cadogan Viscount Chelsea dead in London.
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George Sherman Batchellor
International Tribunal of Egypt
Paris
Batcheller
Batchellerville
N. Y
Law Department
Harvard University
Saratoga Springs
New York
Grant
the Treasury
Batchellor
Portugal
W. W.hite
Board of Trade
Louisville
W. W. Hite Company
Louisville and
Evansville Steamboat Company
W. M. Townsend
St. Louis
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Port Huron
Mich
John N. Jacobi
Herring-Hall-Marvin Safe Company
Hamilton
Henry Arthur Cadogan
Chelsea
London
Widow questioned in poisoning case in Philadelphia
The widow of Dr. William H. Wilson, who died after drinking reportedly poisoned ale, met with the District Attorney's office in Philadelphia. She described delivering the bottle and the doctor drinking it. A package containing the poison-laced ale was allegedly delivered to Wilson's home from the Philadelphia local express company, with a delivery record signed by Mrs. Wilson.
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Philadelphia Local Express Company
Fred Buckman
Buckman
Personal travel notes of Cincinnati residents this summer
Purported social column lists numerous families from Avondale Walnut Hills Hyde Park and Mt. Auburn sailing to lakeside resorts Michigan New York Ohio and beyond for extended summer stays. Names include Pogue Trevor Allen Durrell Robertson Laws Hertweg Doering Bryers Tabb Stix Lowman Cleneay Crane Newburgh Greenland Heekin Murray and Kurtz with trips to Charlevoix Cobourg Algonac Port Huron and Denver among others.
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Samuel Pogue
Hale Avenue
Avondale
Lakeside
N. Y
Joseph Trevor
Gladys Trevor
Katherine Trevor
Walnut Hills
Michigan
Thomas Trevor
Europe
John Allen
Louise
Mariette Allen
Thomas and
Douglas Allen
Auburn Avenue
Price Hill
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Annie
Alice Laws
Boston
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Victor Hertweg
New York
William Doering
Freeman Avenue
Bay View
Mich
Walter Bryers
Gillespie
Charles Tabb
Villa Place
Ft. Thomas
Tabb
January
James
Maysville
B. Q. Gastner
Hampton
Broadway
Virginia
Henry Stix
Gholson Avenue
Charlevoix
Leo J. Lowman
Chilen
H. Q. Cleneay
Fairfield Avenue
East Walnut Hills
Nantucket
Mass
Sol N. Stix
South Crescent Avenue
George R. Raih
H. L. Crane
Miss Crane
McCormick Place
Auburn
Robert L. Crane
Baby
Buffalo
Vernonville
Falmouth
D. H. Holmes
Vachel Anderson
William Anderson
Grandin Road
Cobourg
Ont
John D. Reinhart
Jessie Reinhart
Greenwood Avenue
Winona Lake
Ind
William Greenland
Norwood
Robert Heekin
Stettinius Avenue
Hyde Park
Mea
Murray
Jane
Geneva Murray
O’hara
Denver
Jerome Kurtz
Huntington Place
Mt. Auburn
A. D. Martin
Marie Martin
Philip Werthner
Kemper Lane
Algonac
Werthner
Detroit
Port Huron
Duluth
Algonne
L.O. Hooge
Windham Avenue
Elsie Dorst
Spartanberg College
S. C
J. Dorst
Howell Avenue
Clifton
H. C. Peters
Flora Peters
Albert Peters
Wentworth Stotel
Fortsmouth
N. H
Atlantic City
Ohio Passport Stoppage Ends Governor’s Letter Practice
Federal authorities in Washington stopped the issuing of passports from the Ohio Governor’s office. For years Ohio travelers had obtained letters from the governor listing their name address business and travel purpose to foreign countries.
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Columbus
Washington
Ohio
Lights in the northern heavens seen over Berlin
On Tuesday and Wednesday nights observers in Berlin reported remarkable lights in the north. Treptow Observatory director Archenhold said the bright diffuse white and yellow glow persisted through the night and might relate to significant changes on the sun's surface triggering electrical discharges.
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Berlin
Archenhold
Treptow Observatory
Quanah Parker Elected President of Parker District School Board
Quanah Parker, renowned Indian chief and former adversary of settlers, was elected President of the Parker District School Board in Lawton Oklahoma. His son, a Carlisle Indian School graduate, was picked as a teacher in a district school, and the land for the school property was donated by Parker.
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Chicago
Record-Herald
Lawton
Okla
Quanah Parker
Parker District School Board
Carlisle Indian School
Jail Term for Attack in Warren Ohio
Christopher Dunn of Niles was sentenced to seven years in the Ohio Penitentiary for attacking Mary Thieme of Niles. The verdict was delivered in Warren on July 2 amid local court actions.
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Ohio
Commercial Tribune
Warren, O
Christopher Dunn
Niles
Ohio Penitentiary
Mary Thieme
Social and Personal Notes From Avondale and Hyde Park
Miss Emma Poor entertained at Avalon Canoe Club for Miss McGinnis with a group of friends including Miss Sullivan Verkamp Cahill Minor Knapp Robben McCracken Readin Buhr and Gannon. Mrs Oscar D Coldewey hosted an informal gathering for Miss Baird of Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs F W Muhlhofer, new Hyde Park residents, held a surprise anniversary gathering. George Nees hosted mournful select guests from the couple’s wedding party and Mrs Philip Werthner. Clifford Egan gave dinner at Zoo club for Miss O Hara of New York visiting Miss Murray. Laura Nolan hosted an informal card afternoon in Birch avenue.
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Emma Poor
Forrest Avenue
Avondale
Avalon Canoe Club
Miss McGinnis
Elizabeth Sullivan
Marie Verkamp
Clara Cahill
Ancel Minor
Allie Knapp
Clara Robben
Lenora McCracken
Nannie Readin
Margaret Buhr
Madge Gannon
Oscar D. Coldewey
Tuxedo Place
Walnut Hills
Baird
Indianapolis
Georgia Coppin
F. W. Muhlhofer
Mooney Avenue
Hyde Park
Clifford ‘Egan
Zoo
Miss O'Hara
New York
Jane Murray
Laura Nolan
Birch Avenue
Gertrude Higgin
Newport
S. B. Warner
Covington
John
Elizabeth Brown
Michigan
G. D. Archibald
Agnes
Roaring Brook
Mich
James Tarvin
Panama
Ft. Mitchell Club
D. H. Gayle
Sidney Arthur
Bradford Shinkle
Erlanger
Bright Kelley
Eleanor Grant
Emily Weedall
Messrs
Stewart. Anderson
Howard Stevens
M. G. Land and Children
Cynthiana
William Simrall
Charles Katper
Everett
Hannah Purser
Thomas Port
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Jennie
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Griffin
Frank
Willis
Raymond Haacke
Volksfreund
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Associated Press
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Robert Halstead
Clarissa, Halstead Dana
Clarence Halstead
Marie Halstead Stein
Albert Halstead
Griffin Halstead
Jean Halstehead Davidson
Willit Halstead
Marshal Halstead
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Greeley
Dana
Whitelaw Reid
Ife
Napoleon
Model
Colorado City
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Tion
Victoria
B. C
Victor Island
Bra
Cincinnatian
Emil Kramer
Teachers’ Association
Thomas P. Bashaw
Missouri House of Representatives
Philadelphia
William H. Wilson
E. J. Manely
Joseph H. Taulane
Paul and
Long
Coroner’s Office
Arthur Sellers
Husband
Man
Social and Personal
George A Nees
Joseph Schenke
William Beck
H. Neilsen
Louis Ehrgott
Gilbert Wilson
T. J. Sullivan
Gilbert Schramm
Miss Martin
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