Quest for Gold Absent This Year in West Covington Tale
West Covington residents recount legends of a Civil War era buried pot of gold near Hanna Hill and the old Hathaway property. A laborer found gold years ago during Ludlow waterworks work, fueling ages of folklore about White Hall tavern gamblers and secret treasure.
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West Covington
Old White Hall
Cincinnati
Manhood
Kirby Smith
White Hall
Ludlow
Hanna
Mr. Clark
Thomas D. Carneal
Ohio Valley
Major Carneal
Elmwood Hall
Webster
Carneal Plantation
Fifth Street
William C. McCoy
Cincinnati Southern Railroad
Carneal
West
City of
Israel Ludlow
England
Bullock
Alanson Morehouse
Baltimore
Henry Hathaway
Bernard Wisenall
McFarland
Ambrose Dudley
William Phelps
Covington
Patrick Shields
George Clark
Elias Wightman
Army of the Republic of Texas
Colonel Wightman
Edwin Forrest
Forrest
Bread Loaf Hill
White Hall Tavern
Bromley
Tennessee
Kentucky
Great Southwest
Virginia
Long career of minister ends in death
The Rev. Adolphus S. Dudley, a prominent Ohio Presbyterian divine, died at his son A Mansfield Dudley's home in Pittsburgh after a heart failure at age 74. He served as pastor in Morrow, Granville, Lane Seminary, Emporia, Cottonwood Falls, Logansport, and Riverside Congregational church, edited The Cincinnati Law Bulletin, and wrote a biographical dictionary in Harrisburg. Funeral at Spring Grove chapel Monday at 10 a.m. with Rev. Dr. Goss and Dr. E. T. Swiggert speaking.
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Adolphus S. Dudley
Ohio
A. Mansfield Dudley
Pittsburg
Dudley
Ohio Presbytery
Morrow, Granville
Lane Seminary
Emporia
Cottonwood Falls
Kan
Logansport
Ind
Riverside Congregational Church
Cincinnati Law Bulletin
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Helen M
University School
Edith
Jacobi Select School
New York City
George Coddington
Morrow
Colonel Mansfield
Fort ‘Thomas
Williamsburg
Clermont County
Spring Grove Chapel
Goss
E. T. Swiggert
Hidden Gold Tales From Covington Folklore
Folklore in West Covington centers on a rumored hidden gold linked to the heirs of the late John Burgoyne of Cincinnati. The searchers report sightings but no one provides definite information or verifiable facts about the treasure.
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John Burgoyne
Cincinnati
West Covington
County Jail Population Report for Year End 1909
County Jailer Kushman reports 2 278 prisoners for the year ending June 30 1909 versus 2 412 the prior year. The breakdown shows 1 115 white and 607 colored males 231 white and 180 colored females with 86 German 35 Irish 13 English and other foreign births. Charges include 636 felonies 561 misdemeanors 983 ordinance violations 83 lunacy 4 contempt 3 habeas corpus and 3 held as witnesses.
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Kushman
Dyer to Speak at National Education Association Meeting
Superintendent F B Dyer left for Denver to address the National Education association. Prof O P Voorhees A J Gantvoort Cincinnati College of Music president and Prof Ed B Lyon attend and speak. Dr Dyer returned to Cincinnati from the Teachers association at Put in Bay where he was elected president of the Ohio State Teachers association. Voorhees was elected to the state executive committee.
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F. B. Dyer
Denver
National Education Association
O. P. Voorhees
A. J. Gantvoort
Cincinnati College of Music
Lyon
Dyer
Cincinnati
Teachers’ Association
Put-in Bay
Ohio State Teachers’ Association
Mount St. Marys Seminary Hosts Diocesan Priest Retreat
The diocese conducts its biennial priest retreat at Mount St. Marys seminary for two weeks led by Bishop Carroll of Helena Montana. The opening session starts promptly at 7 am with pastors in the first week and younger priests in the second week.
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Mount St. Mary’s Seminary
Carroll
Helena
Mont
Venerable Bishop Walden and Wife Celebrate Fift ieth Wedding Anniversary
Bishop and Mrs. John M. Walden hosted open house in Walnut Hills to mark their fifty years. Daughters and sons from North and South joined guests as tributes and yellow rose decorations framed a reception in their Alexandra building apartment. A gold $100 coin gift dated 1859 honored the couple, while messages poured in from church and secular figures, with notes from clergy abroad and friends across the country.
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Bishop
John M. Walden
Alexandra Building
Walnut Hills
Dayton
Mary
Marguerite
Elisha CC. Walden
Athens
W. F. Boyd
Cincinnati
Walden
Albert J. Nast
Europe
Burt
Zurich
Switzerland
Ball
Fort Worth
Tex
George B. Johnson
Harper
Isaac Hitt
Washington, D. C
Little Cheviot Church
Getzendaner
Westwood
Joseph Bush
Northside
Mary Dunaway McGee
Rebecca Dunaway Algar
Mary Goble
Samuel Hannaford
Winton Place
Harmon Griticed for Appointments and Local Politics
The Democratic county executive committee met to discuss Harmon's appointment policy in Hamilton County. A five member subcommittee was approved to vet all applicants for state positions and guide final decisions, amid criticism of Harmon’s local appointees and influence.
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Democratic County Executive Committee
Harmon
Lewis Bernard
Lewis
Tom O'Neill
Bernard
Campbell
O’neill
Chris Stichnath
Hamilton County
Independent farmer and seven sons run Obold farm solo
Miltor J. Hetrick of Obold Pennsylvania and his seven sons farm without hired help. The family selfsuffice with each son handling a trade from blacksmithing to painting while the father travels. The sons perform as a musical group with four in the Mount Pleasant cornet band.
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Obold, Pa
Miltor
J. Hetrick
Mr. Hetrick
United States
Hetrick Farm
Hetrick
Mount Pleigant Cornet Band
Antituberculosis Society Compares Deaths With Mules
The Anti tuberculosis league notes 942 male deaths yearly in Cincinnati from tuberculosis and argues the city should act. The circular says those dying are humans with no money value and lists monthly death totals with February highest and October lowest.
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Cincinnati
Portable Vacuum Cleaner a Success
The Hydro-Vacuum Machine Co. offers a compact electric and hand held cleaner praised for rug carpet wall and mattress cleaning. It traps dust in a receptacle preventing scattering and is marketed as sanitary for home store or office with medical approval.
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Hydro-Vacuum Machine Co
Fourth St
Obituaries and funeral notices from multiple cities
A list of death notices and funeral arrangements for Albert Bruemmer Mary Bruemmer Elizabeth Hassmann Maria Hurbéobrink Mary Hort Catherine Klostermann Elizabeth Mulrean G H Merkel Isa belle Robison and others. Dates July 1909 with church and address details and service times.
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Mulrean
Elizabeth Mulrean
Marks
St. Ann Church
West Covington
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Quest For Gold
Charles Eugene Clark
Alock
New Orleans
Mexico
London
Napoleon Bonaparte
Waterloo
America
Carnegl Plantation
Adolphus Dudley
Kushmian
Mrs. Walden
Oxford
Simpson
Ames
Wright
Methodist Book Concern
Chattanooga
Bishop Walden
The
Freedman’s Aid Society
Moore
Bishop Wiley
H. B. Jameson
Pierson
C. C. Peele
W. D. Cole
Richard Rust
E. S. Gandis
Gaddis
I. Dle. Jones
A. W. Leonard
Levi Gilbert
White
L Lfe
Lebanon
North Bend
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cheviot
Martha Young
Young
Mount Vernon, O
Diel
American Toilet Supply
West Court Street
New York
Boston
New Jersey Coast Resort
Washington
Philadelphia
Daly
Atlantic City
PAIV
Walnut Street
Cape May
Ileges
Wuerdeman’s Dye House
East Thirteenth Street
Vine and Walnut Sts
Masonic
Lafayette Lodge NO
A. M
M. M
P. M
Lewis W. Irwin
Masons of the Revolution
James N. Ramsey W. M
Kilwinning
WM. J. Bauer
Neil-Kary
John Wainwright Neil
Leah Ruth Kary
Chicago
St. Louis
Bruemmer
Albert
Mary Bruemmer
Wellman
Madisonville
St. Anthony's Church
Adolphus
Hassmann
Elizabeth
Hackmann
Henry Hassmann
William Toenges
Klotter Avenue
Hurbeobrink
Maria
Piper
John Hurbéobrinkx
Rittenhouse Street
St. Joseph's Church
Klostermann
Catherine
Richard
Mary Klostermann
Ratermann
East Fifth Street
St. Philomena’s
Robison
Isabelle Robison
Reiss
Pauline
Ganz
William Reiss
Lincolne
Judah Torah Cemetery
Rumker—Gerhardt
East Street
St. Philo
Schwenker
Charles L
Anna Schwenker
Vaughn Street
Grove Chapel
Wachs—Walter
Fune
Ichie Jewelers
W. BR
F.B. Maertz
Automobile
Plum
SonTe Ee North
Gilbert
Chilaren Ae
A. T. Roever Myer
Tel. Res. N
Indianapolis
Detroit
Toledo
City Ticket Office
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