Wireless phone to be demonstrated in Cincinnati
Telegraphers and Morse Mutual Aid Society members plan the first local wireless telephone demonstration on June 12 at Coney Island. A wireless station at Coney Island and another at Gilbert avenue will relay a spoken speech and band music to the audience and ships. A wireless telegraphy test will transmit baseball scores and news to island visitors and river boats, with air plane stunts and passengers possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
W. G. Scholl
Morse Mutual Aid Society
Coney Island
Precision Me Tet Company
Gilbert Avenue
Five Month Building Permits Double Last Year’s Figures
For the first five months of 1920, 4,580 building permits were issued valued at 5,575,645. May alone saw 1,346 permits valued at 1,271,510. The early year totals nearly double 1919 figures for the same period, with May permits at 1,029 valued at 1,539,355 and overall 1919 May 959 permits valued at 300,185.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hauser
Fun Makers Hold Boards At Palace Theater Show
Vaudeville bill opened Memorial Day at the Palace featuring Jim and Marion Harkins with a new blue number titled the Profiteering Blues. Ralph C. Faulkner resembled President Wilson and joked about addressing intelligent audiences. The Randalls presented a wild West shooting act aided by Reynolds and White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Palace
Memorial Day
Jim
Marion Harkins
Ralph C. Faulkner
Congress
Reynolds
White
Randalls
Wisconsin University Girl Killed in Auto Collision
Miss Amanda M. Hanson of Ashland a University of Wisconsin junior was killed in Madison when the car carrying four sorority sisters collided with another vehicle. Her neck was broken. Mrs Marjorie N. Huber of Minocqua and Mary T. Voorhees of Washington, D. C., are hospitalized with serious injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison
Wis
Amanda M. Hanson
Ashland
University of Wisconsin
Marjorie N. Huber
Minocqua
Mary T. Voorhees
Washington, D. C
Madison Hospital
Morrow Returns From New York As Congress Bid Continues
Captain Thomas H. Morrow returns from New York where his candidacy for Congress in the Second District is under advisement among supporters. He heads to Columbus today where the Federal Grand Jury will hear cases involving alleged profiteers and law violators.
Coil Battery Found In Milk Bottle Mistaken For Bomb
A man reported finding a milk bottle with water and a cylindrical black tube and feared a bomb. Detectives seized the device as panic spread in City Hall as the bottle was examined and the suspect device identified as a carbon cylinder inside a cell battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tts
Detective Headquarters
Emmet Kirgan
Webking
Janitors at Schools To Seek New Jobs At Higher Wages
Janitors at public schools will surrender keys to principals as James M. Sprague takes over building care under a new contract. Most leaving the service intend to pursue other lines of work. many have long resided in the buildings. The board’s lump sum contract saves nearly $100 per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
James M. Sprague
Sprague
Women spend more on meals at Cincinnati dining rooms
Restaurateurs report women run higher dining bills than men. A Sixth street cafeteria and hotel dining rooms show women pay 16 to 15 percent more while eating less. Managers say women prefer dainty salads and pastries, and hotel staff note women select pricier cuts, with men typically picking up the tab.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
a _ Sixth street
Elmer Fischer
Automobile Hits Pole On Richmond Street
David Simpson of 629 Richmond street escaped injury when his car struck an electric light pole in front of 621 Richmond street and toppled it. Simpson said a small boy ran in front of the car and he swerved to avoid him, causing the collision and significant vehicle damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Simpson
Richmond Street
Simpson
Fire crews abandoned two Cincinnati units in city shakeup
Barney Houston, chief of the Cincinnati Fire Department, said last night that Company No. 27 at Clifton and Calhoun streets and Company No. 8 at Cutter and Laurel streets have been abandoned. Company No. 34 at Clifton and Ludlow avenues was motorized yesterday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Houston
Cincinnati
Covington Memorial Day Parade Draws Thousands
Covington observances drew crowds along Madison avenue to Linden Grove Cemetery for a large Memorial Day parade. Civil War veterans led, followed by bands and youth groups, with prayers and tributes at the cemetery and floral ceremonies.
Memorial Day Honors Limecrest Veterans in Newport Valdroug
Memorial Day services in Campbell County honored fallen veterans from the Civil War through 1898 and later wars. A 9 am parade from Fourth and York featured American Legion posts led by Grand Marshal Elmer T. Gray. Veterans from Civil War to 1898 rode or were driven. Evergreen Cemetery graves were decorated and a 200-voice school chorus sang as Major Samuel Wilson delivered the oration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Madison Avenue
Linden Grove Cemetery
al Schild
Lew Phillips
Emil Rivard
Joseph Pontius
Stanley Wilson
Carl B. Wachs
James A. Garfield
H. H. Webb
First Christian Church
Ida Plummer
H. C. Runyan
Latonia
Campbell County
American Legion
Fourth
York Streets
Elmer T. Gray
Newport
Leslie Graham
Edward Boers
Dayton
Bellevue
Eleventh
Monmouth
Evergreen Cemetery
Samuel Wilson
Caneron
Covington Night High School Graduation in Holmes Auditorium
Covington High holds graduation exercises Thursday in the Holmes High School auditorium. Dr A A Ranshaw, Board of Education president, will present diplomas to 47 graduates. Most completed two year programs in bookkeeping stenography dictation drawing and general studies with a few finishing four year courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Holmes High School
A. A. Ranshaw
Board of Education
Marion Curry
Anna Dooley
Bertha Pierlage
Emily Hiltz
Adelaide Kerr
Violet
Beatrice Meyer
Fannie Ostick
Hilda Roesing
Ruth Schaefer
Mildred Schatz
Almyra Seiler
Louise Staiger
Estella Stephenson
Evelyn Thiel
Blanche Tombragel
Hilda Vogt
Rose Willenbrink
Evelyn Rose
Donald Burns
Russell Cromwell
Leonard Ehrhart
Harry Treiling
Elmer Walz
Covington Firemen Plan Morning Walkout Sparking City Coverage
Firemen will leave posts at 7 a.m. to press for a $1 daily raise while city officials arrange protection. Mayor Donnelly urged a five hour postponement, but firefighters will stay nearby to respond to alarms until the city meets their demands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Thomas F Donnelly
Donnelly
Court Clerk Deputy Plans Six Months Leave to Montana
Michael M. Glenn a deputy in the Kenton Circuit Court Clerk's office at 8% Park avenue Ludlow will depart for Butte Montana where he expects to stay several months. He will be granted a leave of absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael M. Glenn
Park Avenue
Ludlow
Kenton
Butte
Mont
Arrest of Insurance Agent on Assault Warrant
Co. D. Smith a 4 year old insurance agent of 10 West Fifth street was arrested last night by Chief Bul lock and Chauffeur Ricken on a warrant sworn by John Schuerman of 648 Crescent avenue. Smith denies the assault charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Smith
West Fifth Street
Bullock
Ricken
John Schuerman
Crescent Avenue
Smith
Wheeler to Speak at Forum Meeting on American Business
Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, former president of the U S Chamber of Commerce, will discuss "A Practical Federation of American Business" at the weekly forum at the Hotel Linton. Reservations already indicate strong attendance. He argues businessmen have neglected cooperation unlike farmers with their granges and workers with unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Linton
Harry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Federation of American Business
Wheeler
Millers Annual Meet Draws 1500 Delegates to Cincinnati
Reservations in Cincinnati hotels have been made for more than 1500 delegates and visitors to the American Community Millers Association annual convention opening in Cincinnati this morning. Sessions run through Friday at Music Hall with milling machinery exhibits and national speakers expected to reveal developments of interest to bread makers and wheat growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
American Community Millers’ Association
Music Hall
Four Newport youths held in burglary sweep
Police rounded up Elmer Welkley Henry Derick Frank Beagle Richard Newhouse and Frank Minor on burglary charges. Newhouse confessed to breaking into Dr Fischback’s Newport home stealing jewelry and was linked to whisky theft at several local saloons and cigars from a Cincinnati factory. Beagle and Newhouse face charges while Welkley Derick and Minor are charged with receiving or possessing stolen goods. Hearings set in Newport Police Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Elmer Welkley
Keturah
Brighton
Harry Derick
Tenth
Newort
Frank Beagle
Cincinnati
Ichard Newhouse
Newhouse
Beagle
Welkley
Derick
Frank
Howard P. Fischback
Fourth and
Park Avenue
Joseph Heringer
Brighton Street
Newrt
Joseph Yolan
West Twelfth Street
United States Government
York Street
Joseph Knecht
Sycamore Street
Dr. Fischback
Fuller
Murphy
van Lewen
Lickert
Search for body of Dayton youth continues in river
Rivermen combed the Ohio River at the foot of Benham Street Dayton yesterday for 18 year old Joseph Donahue who drowned last Saturday near West Tenth Street. Dynamite was used in the effort to reach the body as swimmers and beach staff searched the scene and dragged hooks along the river bed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Donahue
West Tenth Street
Ohio River
Benham Street
Dayton
Soldiers from Ft. Thomas to Olympic trials at Camp Grant
Soldiers from Ft. Thomas qualified for Olympic trials at Camp Grant Illinois, starting today and running through next Saturday. Competitors include Willard boxing 145 pounds Slosser boxing 136 Ferrias boxing 116 Hunter running broad and high jump Hoover 400 meters Carter 400 meters Mosley 1500 meters Patton discus Papparis wrestling Hammer 5000 meters. Winners advance to the Olympic Games in Antwerp Belgium this fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ft. Thomas
Camp Grant, Ill
Willard
Slosser
Ferrias
Hunter
Hoover
Carter
Mosley
Patton
Papparis
Hammer
Camp Grant
United States Army
Antwerp
Belgium
Bellevue Teachers Granted Salary Increases
Bellevue school teachers receive raises from $300 to per year. The Superintendent’s pay rises to $2,700 annually and the high school Principal to $1,500. A wage scale for high school teachers sets maximums of $1,400 and $850 minimum with graded steps. High school graduation exercises occur in the auditorium on Friday night, June 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue
Italian ice cream vendor Talmerino Sabatino Dies at 50
Talmerino Sabatino age 50 a well known Italian ice cream vendor died yesterday at his home at Eleventh and Isabella streets after a brief illness. He left a widow and four children. He also ran a Newport confectionery for years. Funeral Friday morning at St Stephen's Church with burial in St Stephen's Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talmerino Sabatino
Eleventh
Isabella Streets
Campbell County Grand Jury Draws Names for June Session
Campbell Circuit Court Clerk William Newell will draw names from the jury wheel this morning to form the Campbell County grand jury pool for the regular June session. Citizens named may be chosen to serve when the grand jury is impaneled on June 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Newell
Campbell Circuit
Campbell County
Funds To Adorn East High School At Recital
Funds to adorn East High School with items not supplied by the Board of Education will be raised at a musical entertainment in the school auditorium Friday evening June 4 at 8 o clock. Joseph Surdo directs a large program featuring ten student selections and a special chorus competing with Girls and Boys Glee Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
East High School
Joseph Surdo
Surdo
Girls’ Glee Club
Boys’ Glee Club
River stages and conditions on surrounding ports
Down along the river at 6 p.m. the stage was 13.8 feet and falling. Louisville gauge 9.5 feet below the locks 14.1 and falling. Pittsburg Davis Island Dam 8.5 feet and stationary. Wheeling river 9 feet and stationary. Cloudy or clear conditions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville—River
Pittsburg
Davis Island Dam
Wheeling—River
Weather summary for Ohio Indiana and surrounding states
Weather outlook shows showers in Ohio and Indiana on Tuesday and Wednesday, with north portions affected by showers. West Virginia experiences local showers Tuesday and Wednesday, Kentucky mostly fair, Tennessee local showers, and varying cloud cover elsewhere. Temperatures range from the mid 60s to upper 80s with measurable precipitation noted across stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Indiana
Portion
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Thieves rob church rooms. $1.50 taken from Sister Adelaide
A thief robbed the rooms of Sister Adelaide at St. Mark's Church on Montgomery Road yesterday, stealing $1.50. Cincinnati items list a series of brief notices including missing youth Morton Tippet Elder, 15, sought by his mother in Morehead Kentucky, and other civic and social notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
St. Mark's Church
Montgomery Road
W. B. Elder
Morehead
Morton Tippet Elder
Ma Association
Eith
East Fifth Street
Chamber organizes delegation for Great Lakes Tidewater Congress
The Chamber of Commerce has begun activities to assemble a delegation for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Tidewater Congress set to convene in Detroit on July 22 23 and 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Loss of Mail Parcels Small in Cincinnati District
Postmaster Clore announced that domestic mail parcels lost in the Cincinnati district last year were few despite vast parcel post volume. He said a $1,000,000 appropriation for paying claims on lost packages by Burleson is probably necessary. Government receipts from unclaimed parcel post matter totaled $14,300.54 in 1919, up from $6,455.89 in 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clore
Cincinnati
Burleson
Knights of Khorassan Initiate 118 Members
Memorial services and initiation of 118 members conducted at the Moose Temple by the Dramatic Order Knights of Khorassan. Benjamin T. Archer presided as Royal Vizier with P A Caro Charles Hammond and D F Summey speaking. Ralph A. Tingle served as installing officer. Candidates came from Middletown Hamilton and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Temple
Dramatic Order
Knights of Khorassan
Benjamin T. Archer
Imperial Council
P. A. Caro
Grand Grand Rapids
Mich
Charles Hammond
Columbus
D. F. Summey
Ralph A. Tingle
Middletown
Hamilton
Cincinnati
Barbers Likely to Receive Raise Across Union Shops
Master Barbers' Association faces potential wage rise as barbers expect another increase today. The proposed scale would guarantee $23 per week plus 60 percent of income over $35, replacing the current $20 per week base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Master Barbers’ Association
Barber union adopts new wage scale for city shops
The article notes a wage scale for barbers in the city reaching 60 percent overall, with the plan taking effect today in Robert Uricho's three shops. E. H. Corbin, secretary of the employers association, says the matter will be discussed at this week's meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Uricho
E. H. Corbin
Employers’ Association
Children Exhibit At Queen City Poultry Show
An upcoming Chester Park poultry show August 18 to 24 will feature cash prizes and ribbons for young exhibitors. A school poultry clubs section will be led by Charlies Springer and W H Besaden announced. John Zimmerer said rabbit breeders and pigeon fanciers may obtain show space. Ohio Department of Agriculture is negotiating a state exhibit to boost poultry raising and egg production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen City Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Chester Park
W. H. Besaden
Charlies Springer
John Zimmerer
The
Poultry Association
Ohio State Department of Agriculture
Cut This Out Money Offer From Foley Co
A promotional slip instructs readers to mail a 5c payment to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar for coughs, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets with plain name and address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Foley
Masonic Stated Meetings Notice for Kilwinning and Chapter No 19
Kilwinning Chapter No 97 R A M holds a stated convocati on Wednesday June 2 at 750 pm petitions last call for clues routine Entertainment officers invite lodge friends. Chapter No 19 R A M holds a stated meeting Tuesday June 1 at 730 pm companions welcome J W Pottenger H P
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilwinning
Atpman
H. P. A. Roever
Obituary notices from Cincinnati area 1920
Deaths listed include Maria Hamilton Empson of Cincinnati died in Longmont Colorado. Funeral services at Spring Grove Cemetery chapel on June 3. Other notices show Herman Goepper in New York May 31, Nancy Gould in Chicago May 31, Elizabeth Harding May 30, J Bernard Nordloh May 30, Alfred Peters May 31, Catherine Taylor May 30, Lee A Wagner May 30 with services in Ohio and Chicago papers requested to copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Empson
Maria Hamilton Empson
Cincinnati
W. Howard Ogborn
Longmont
Col
Spring Grove Cemetery
Fahnle
Eagles
William Fairnle
Findlay Street
Sam W. Bell
Louis Broerman
Goepper — Herman
Herman Goepper
Elizabeth Butler Goepper
New York City
Gould
Nancy J
John Q. Gould
Chicago
H. G. Gould
Woodbine Avenue
Hartwell
Harding
Elizabeth
Walters
Vincent Harding
Baltimore Avenue
Olhaber
William Munson
Leona Bidlack Olhaber
Clement and
Olivia
Springrove Chapel
Taylor
Catherine Taylor
William H. Taylor
Clifton
Wayland
Grace Taylor
Bonaparte Avenue
East
Walnut Hills
Wagner
Lee A. Wagner
Louise Tobitt Wagner
Ford Wagner
Reilly Road
Wyoming
Ohio
New York
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FUN Makers
Palace Theater
Wisconsin University
Postum Cereal Co
Batile Grek, Mich
Newport Valdroug
Glenn
Montana
Robert M. Tomlin
West Covington
Margaret M. Whalen
H. A. Wheeler
River
Newport Notes
Victor Records
Victor
Don Giovanni
Mabel Garrison
Reinald Werrenrath
Enrico Caruso
Geraldine Farrar
Flonzaley Quartet
Mozart
Chopin
Stephen Foster
Tosti
Washington Square
Tyrol
Alma Gluck
Jascha Heifetz
Louise Homer
Fritz Kreisler
Evan Williams
Olive Kline
Elsie Baker
All Star Trio
Victor Orchestra
Elizabeth Wheeler
Margaret Young
Billy Murray
Green Brothers
Mother’s Hands
Henry Burr
Charles Hart and
Lewis James
Frank Ferera
Anthony Franchini
Victor Roberts
Ching-a-Ling
Victrola
Victor Talking Machine Co
Camden, New Jersey
Pee Stalin Ted
New Drizanalee
Galveston
Hican Franco
Nashville
S. Marie
S.W
Knights OF
Khorassan
Vy S
J. J. Sullivan & CO
Fourth Street
Hyde
Masonic
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