July 7 1924 Commercial Tribune News Summary
A compact historical note shows the Commercial Tribune dated Tuesday July 7 1924 in Cincinnati Ohio. The issue lists publisher Harry W. Brown and distribution points in New York City and at Grand Central Station. It notes Associated Press affiliation and republication rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
THE
Commercial Tribune Publishing Company
Commercial Square
Broadway
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry W. Brown
Commercial Tribune
New York City
Schultz
Sixth Avenue
Forty-second Street
Grand Central Station
Hotaling
Times
Forty-third and
Associated Press
Belief in Statesmanship Tested by Political Tactics
The piece argues that political contests should rest on merit rather than attacking rivals. It cites Pennsylvania figures Governor Pinchot and Senator Pepper, noting how devious methods undermine public service. It laments the rise of petty, personality driven politics.
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Pennsylvania
Pinchot
Senate
United States Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Pepper
Mellon
Folly of Courting Death in Carelessness
A lecture on deadly accidents cites the Boston dance palace wreck and other disasters as warnings. It warns that many Sunday fatalities, injuries, and near misses come from unsafe actions and rushed living, urging calmer, cautious behavior and stricter life ordering.
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Cincinnati
Call for Driver Licensing and Insurance Reform After Tragic Crash
A speeding driver killed a mother and child and fled, prompting calls for strict driver licensing tests and compulsory liability insurance. The piece argues such measures would weed out the irresponsible, reduce hazards, and give victims some recourse.
Over-the-River Traffic Safety and Local Racing News
The narrative praises the Covington police and fire crews for traffic direction near Latonia race track during June with one fatality causing an arraignment. It compares cross river safety to Cincinnati and calls for continued vigilance amid congested routes and varied approaches to the Coney Island course. A side remark questions tariffs versus tax cuts at the national level.
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Latonia
Cincinnati
Coney Island
Covington
Somewhere To Go Verse Reflects On Travel And Afterlife
A reflective poem contemplates travel as a lure and a critique of ordinary pleasures. The speaker admits a general lack of interest in local entertainments yet acknowledges a pull toward foreign regions as a future, transcendent destination beyond this life.
Shifting Geopolitics and a Controversial Europe Rift
A fragmentary quote discusses the search for a European statesman and mocks legal advertising while imagining lawyers volunteering for an evolution trial. It notes shifting geography due to wars and cites a Rift between Spain and France as a current example.
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Spain
France
London tastes of aristocratic life versus New York practicality
A New York humor column compares London manners with American life, noting a returning Jersey family’s Mayfair chatter, a butler named Trowbridge, and changes in domestic routines. It contemplates country gentlemen abroad versus farmers at home and includes a quip about a bachelor hiring a beard to deter suitors. The piece ends with a public-spirited appeal for playgrounds and city recreation for children.
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New York
Albion
London
Jersey
England
Bertie
Cyril
Humphrey Ward
George Eliot
Thackeray
Trowbridge
Liza
Playground and Recreation Association of America
America
King Feature Synd., Inc
Notable Cincinnati Figures and Local Incidents, 1875
Obituary for Joseph L. Ross of Glendale notes his public service and role in naming Cincinnati’s first fire engine in 1853. The piece mentions his steamboat wealth, presidency of the Miami Valley Insurance Co, and early racing ties at Chester Park. It also cites a shooting involving W. W. Harper and J. J. Bunning, pork fattening debates before the Board of Health, and a harbor excursion with Evansville visitors.
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Joseph L. Ross
Glendale
Cincinnati
Joe
Red River
Miami Valley Insurance Company
Died Leaders and Local Legends Shaping Cincinnati History
Jerry Kierstead died at eighty after a life as Civil War era Chief of Police and multiple returns to direct the department. He was active in the Chamber of Commerce and Cuvier Club and helped the Municipal Art Society with repairs. The piece notes local figures and laborious civic events amid city governance tensions and banking troubles. Weather notes follow: cloudy, 68 to 87 degrees.
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Jerry Kierstead
Johnston
Jerry
Chamber of Commerce
Cuvier Club
For Your Welfare And Your Success
Dr Charles A L Reed former president of the American Medical Association promotes health guidance and personal improvement in this brief feature outlining welfare and success strategies.
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Charles A. L. Reed
The
American Medical Association
Questions and Answers from a 1925 Newspaper Quiz
A list challenges readers with ancient myths and history. It asks who was Achilles son and his role in Troy s fall and other trivia about Homer s Iliad Trotsky Tripoli and Trumbull plus Trotsky s real name and a troglodyte. It also lists yesterday s answers about Tarkington Washington Hartz Mountains Black Forest Court tomato bridge grapefruit and Waterloo figures.
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Achilles
Troy
Rasselas
Tripoli
Leon Trotsky
John Trumbull
Booth Tarkington
Indiana
Washington
United States
Hartz Mountains
Germany
Black Forest
Supreme Court of the United States
America
England
France
Waterloo
Napoleon
Duke of Wellington
By Press Publishing Co
Cones of sand foreshadow ancient insights near Blue Hill
A fragment notes small sand cones found beside Blue Hill and a curious creature retreating into a central shaft. It briefly discusses Andronidae bees soil burrowing and the resemblance of sand cones to ant hills and ancient burial mounds.
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Blue Hill
Peekskill
Tramp and Trails Club
Frank Place
Andronidae
Egypt
India
Mexico
Quake Prophet in Faenza Hopes to Forecast Earthquakes
In Faenza Italy Raphael Bendandi a cabinet maker studies tremors from a shaft laboratory predicting earthquakes including a major forecast for July 15 to 16 He believes all quakes come from a single source and tests his theory with a chalked floor seismograph while skeptics note his peculiar talent and lack of formal training.
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Lindsay Denison
New York Evening World
Faenza
Italy
Raphael Bendandi
California
Santa Barbara
Bendandi
Far East
Central Asia
Tokyo
Bendandli
Goethe
Europe
Alfani
Fourfold View of China Riots From a Japanese Observer
A Japanese journalist describes the ongoing anti foreign uprising in China and its causes, based on on the ground observations at the disturbance sites and his close contact with conditions among locals and foreign residents.
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Mook Joya
New York World News Service
Kamakura
Japan
Shanghai
Tsingtao
China
Chinese Republic
Hongkong
France
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the Commercial Tribune
Secre
James J. Montague
the Bell Syndicate. Inc
O. O. McIntyre
Merly
McNaughty Synd., Inc
Cincinnati Commercial
Chester Park Driving Association
Harbor
Evansville
H. M. Turner
W. W. Harper
Baymiller Street
J. J. Bunning
Board of Health
Quinn
Cincinnatus
Municipal Art Society
Ross Holzman
Richard Yates
Illinois
Caleb Powers
Goebel
Kentucky
A. M. J. Cochran
Mayeville
Union Board of High Schools
Board of Education
A. H. Bode
Building Committee
Louis Dauner
Covright
N.X
Greece
Paris
Athens
A. Victor Conan
Cadwallader, O
William A. Gu - Episae
Tixty
Ching
Chi
John
Maurice Ketten
Kotte
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