Borah’s Dry Prohibition Campaign Shapes 1928 Nomination
Senator Borah’s stance for bone dry prohibition and his attack on wet blocs are seen as a keynote for his 1928 Republican presidential bid. The analysis foresees a major intra party clash, possible tilt by Coolidge if he stays out, and the potential for a broader West versus East, rural versus urban fight with a possible shift toward a third party.
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Washington
Borah
New York
Calvin Coolidge
Theodore Roosevelt
Taft
Idaho
Coolidge
New York State
la Follette
Wisconsin
Progressive Movement
Madison Square Garden
America
Senator Borah
Frank O. Lowden
Dawes
Watson
Sea Gulls Pay Annual Farm Visit in Kansas
A flock of about 200 sea gulls arrived at the T. S. Mullings farm near Junction City Kansas during corn planting season. The birds have halted here each spring for fifteen years following their northward flight to feed on grubs and worms along the corn rows.
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Kansas
New York World News Service
Junction City
Kan
T. S. Mullings Farm
Tennessee Supreme Court Hears Evolution Law Appeal
The Tennessee Supreme Court heard arguments over the state law banning teaching evolution in public schools. Scopes counsel argued unconstitutional basics while state counsel claimed power to shield children from evolution. The courtroom overflowed as figures like Bryan Jr. and Darrow were referenced in the historic case.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennésséé
Supréme Court
Ed.t. Séay
William Jennings Bryan, Jr
Scopés
Scopes
Dayton
University of Chicago
John R. Neal
Knoxville
Charles Strong
New York
Unitarian Laymen’s League
Arthur Garfield Hays
American Civil Liberties Union
Henry F. Colton
Tennessee Academy of Science
Robert 8. Kebler
Memphis
Thomas H. Malone
Mr Darrow
K. T. McConnie¢o
Missing men prompt police search in Elmwood and Carthage
Police aided by residents searched for Herbert Moore 27 of 209 West Seventieth Street Carthage who vanished after leaving his barbershop on Hiland Avenue Elmwood Monday night Moore closed shop before 11 and did not return home Relatives reported. Authorities also looked for Andrew Wright 36 who left 1345 Walnut Street Sunday night to visit a drug store and did not come back
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Herbert Moore
West Seventieth Street
Carthage
Hiland Avenue
Elmwood
Moore
Andrew Wright
Walnut Street
Polish War Senate Declines Presidency Offer Amid Turmoil
May 31 Warsaw reports Marshal Pilsudski chosen for Poland’s presidency but declines citing constitutional limits. Acting President Rataj orders new election as street protests and security clamps surround Parliament. Moscicki favored by insiders. Danzinski and others considered. Political lines shift as factions tally votes for tomorrow’s decision.
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Warsaw
Joseph Pilsudski
National Assembly
Senate
Diet
Rataj
Pilsudski
Redeemer Square
Prof. Moscicki
M. Rataj
M. Bartel
Youths Rob Filling Station on Busy Street
Abraham Jackson of 6620 Fairpark Avenue reports two young men robbed the Pure Oil station at Sheehan Avenue and Carthage Pike yesterday afternoon. One forced him to open a safe, yielding 96 dollars. They fled in a small coupe, license-unknown, with the car later found stolen from in front of the General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Jackson
Fairpark Avenue
Pure Oil Company
Sheehan Avenue
Carthage Pike
Jackson
William Hawk
Borden Street
General Hospital
Auto Colossus to Remain at Zoo for a Month
Charles G. Miller business manager of the Zoo says the Colossus of Roads, a special feature for the Silver Jubilee of the Cincinnati Automobile Club, will stay on display through June after many requests from the public. He arranged with the Cincinnati Automobile Dealers' Association to keep the huge car at the zoo for the entire month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles G. Miller
Cincinnati Automobile Club
Cincinnati Automobile Dealers’ Association
Flynn Home Ransacked While Family Camped Nearby
Real estate broker Michael J. Flynon reported his home at 29618 Hackberry Street was entered and ransacked during a weekend family trip to a camp on the Little Miami River near Shadémore. He notified police after returning home.
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Flynn
Michael J. Flynon
Hackberry Street
Shadémore
Little Miami River
Piano Teacher Miss Mary Venable Dies in Cincinnati
Miss Mary Venable prominent piano teacher at the College of Music for 25 years died at Good Samaritan Hospital after several days illness. The Cincinnati native aged 60 taught many famous students and authored Interpretation of Pianoforte Music. She leaves four brothers and two sisters and will be honored at her sister’s home before burial at Spring Grove Cemetery.
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Mary Venable
Good Samaritan Hospital
Miss Venable
College of Music
Cincinnati
W. H. Venable
Ruth Jamerson
Catherine Widman
Valparaiso University
the Sisters of the Good Shepherd
Louisville
Miss
Cincinnati Board of Health
Venable
Tusculum Avenue
Spring Grove Cemetery
Pier Astorri Dies Noted Italian Sculptor at 43
Rome May 31 Italy loses one of its best sculptors Pier Astorri age 43 Americans visiting Rome know his Pris X monument at St Peter's and the Victor Emmanuel statue dominating central Rome. His work is in Philadelphia Baltimore and several South American cities.
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Beatrice Baskerville
New York World News Service
Rome
Italy
Pier Astorrfi
Pris X
St. Peter's
Victor Emmanuel
Philadelphia
Baltimore
South American
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World
Presa Pub. Co.j
Perceval Gibbon Dies at 47 in Guernsey
London May 31 Perceval Gibbon novelist and short story writer died yesterday in Guernsey Channel Islands He was born November 4 1879 in Trelech Carmarthenshire Gibbon served as a Major in the Royal Marines during the war and worked as a journalist and war correspondent traveling in Africa America and Europe He contributed to leading English and American magazines
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London
Perceval Gibbon
Guernsey
Channel Islands
Trelech
Carmarthenshire
Africa
América
Europe
Royal Marine
Rear Admiral Richard G Davenport Dies at 76 in Washington
Rear Admiral Richard Graham Davenport U S N retired 76 died in the Naval Hospital in Washington after weeks of illness. He served more than forty two years including sea duty and was recalled in 1917 serving at the New York Navy Yard during World War I. He married Serena Hale Gilman of New York in 1884 and she survives him.
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Davenport
New York World News Service
Washington
Richard Graham Davenport
Naval Hospital
New York Navy Yard
Serena Hale Gilman
New York
Mrs D M Mote Pioneer Resident Dies in Dayton
Mrs. D. M. Mote 76 longtime Dayton resident died at her daughter’s home in Reading Ohio from complications of diseases. She was visiting her daughter and had been ill several weeks. She is mother of Perry V. Shoe president of the Shoe Boehm Walnut Lumber Co St Bernard Ohio and also survived by another daughter Mrs E F Deeter. Home was 3303 North Main Street Dayton. Funeral services will be held in Dayton tomorrow afternoon with burial at Pleasant Hill twenty miles north.
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D. M. Mote
Dayton
A. A. Gaible
Reading
Mote
Perry V. Shoe
Shoe-Boehm Walnut Lumber Company
St. Bernard, O
Mrs Hazel Elmore Dies After TB At General Hospital
Mrs Hazel Elmore aged 16 of 331 Arlington avenue died of pulmonary tuberculosis three hours after admission to General Hospital. Coroner D C Handley was notified last night.
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Hazel Elmore
Gneral Hospital
Arlington Avenue
D. C. Handley
Martha Farrar 95 Natchez Woman Pioneering College Degree Holder
Mrs Martha Ferrar of Natchez Mississippi dies at 95. A graduate of Elizabeth Academy she was among the first women in the world to earn a college degree and outlived her class by many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Farrar
Natchez
Miss
Martha Ferrar
Elizabeth Academy
Pope's Niece to Wed Marguis Persichetti Ugolini
Milan May 31 Maria Ratti niece of Pope Pius was betrothed today to Marquis Eduardo Persichetti Ugolini secretary of the Nicaraguan legation to the Holy See.
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Pope
Milan
Italy
Maria Ratti
Popé Pius
Eduardo Persichetti Ugolini
Holy See
Ohio River Gauge and Boat Movements Report
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 10.9 feet at 6 PM. The Cincinnati to Louisville departure was at 5 PM. Betsy Ann arrives from Pittsburgh at noon and leaves for Pittsburgh at 5 PM. Queen City expected from Louisville at 11 AM and back to Louisville at 5 PM. Towboat Sam P. Suit reported here yesterday en route to Huntington with an empty tow.
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Ohio River
Cincinnati
Betsy Ann
Pittsburgh
Queen City
Louisville
Sam P. Suit
Huntington
Crown Prince of Sweden Pays Tribute at Tomb of the Unknown
The Crown Prince Gustavus Adolphus offered a tribute at Arlington Tomb of the Unknown Soldier then toured Washington. He met Supreme Court justices, attended a White House reception, and spoke of gratitude for hospitality. A new John Ericsson Memorial event accompanied the visit.
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America
Capital
Washington
Sweden
New York
Arlington Cemetery
Gustavus Adolphus
Capitol
Taft
Supreme Court
Robert Woods Bliss
White House
Congress
Secretary of State
State Department
Clews in Eden Park mystery linked to straw hat fight
Police traced the Eden Park murder amid a raid that led to Nicholson Martin and Roy Conn being arrested for liquor. Layton was later questioned after investigators found brown stains in his car seat and said he was in bed by 8 80 PM with no involvement in the fights.
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Nicholson
Layton
Lerm
Fuller
Philtner
Deaths and funeral notices from Cincinnati area
A list of obituaries and funeral details for Edward Bruce, Harry Buckingham, William Frank, Michael Galvin, Anna Hohnhorst, Mary McGowan, Barbara Menz, John Moffitt, Philippine Rabbe, Elizabeth Shields, Irene Smith, Mary Venable, Edward Weiler, and Wolfstein. Notices include ages, residences, funeral dates, and burial locations, with church services and society meetings noted. An unrelated police report references a hat exchange theory in a murder case and subsequent witness statements.
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Bruce
Edward‘i
Benjamin
Caroline Bruce
Chicago
Buckingham Harry Montfort
Louilla Buckingham
Humphrey
Adison Road
Adisonville
Miamiville
Frank
William A
Margaret Frank
King
Winfield Avenue
Price Hill
J. Waywod
Charles
Joseph Hohnhorst
St. William’s Church
St. Ann Ladies’ Society
School Hall
McGowan
Mary
Olive
Adisonville Baptist Church
Springrove Cemetery
Menz
Barbara
Nee Heck
William Mews
Ave Avenue
Boring Grove
Apel
Moffitt—John
Edward Line
1814 Parkway
West Covington
Edward Sine
Elmer Wood
Berry
James Simpson
St. Ann’s Church
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Rabbe—Philippine
Ae Kreis
Henry G
Delaware Selens Avondale
Spring Grove
Indianapolis
Hamilton
Shields
Elizabeth
Lee Johnson
McMillan and Upland Place
Smith
Irene Smith
Matthew
Bohan
Neral
Purcell Avenue
Quebec Road
Lickesday
St. Bonarave
Rose Wolfstein
Weather overview and temperatures across states in 1926
The report lists weather across Ohio Tennessee West Virginia Kentucky Indiana with showers cooler nights and fair days. It includes a 24 hour temperature and precipitation table for cities such as Port Last and Chicago Boston Kansas City Denver Houston New Orleans Spokane Pittsburgh Louisville San Diego Winnipeg and The Pas with highs and lows and rainfall totals. Record for May 31 1926 ends 7 p.m. meridian time compares to prior years and normals.
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Lastport
Chicago
Boston
Kansas City
Azalveston
el Paso
Orleans
Spokane
Ea Heasias
Winnipeg
Marie
the Pas
Plan Plus Push Talk by Dr Kréba at Sinton Meeting
Dr Stanley Le Fevre Kréba of the Institute of Mércantile will present Plan Plus Push at the weekly Sinton gathering on Thursday. The talk covers strategy and impact in mercantile planning.
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Stanley LeFevre Kréba
The
Institute of Mércantile
Suicide attempt ends in nonfatal wound and gastric surgery
Civil engineer E William Huge 64 shot himself with a .45 revolver at his sister Anto Huge’s home on Past Liberty street. The bullet failed to penetrate his bodyguard underwear leading to a superficial wound. He remained hospitalized for a gastric ulcer operation.
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E. William Huge
Huge
Anto Huge
Liberty Street
Miss Huge
General Hospital
Walter Smith
Prince Henry Engaged To Lady Mary Scott
Prince Henry third son of King George and Queen Mary is reportedly engaged to Lady Mary Scott daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch according to a New York World News Service informant. The engagement would have been announced earlier if not for Queen Alexandra's death last year. Also noted is a Hamilton outing by Junior Order United American Mechanics and Daughters of America with over 150000 tickets distributed to 110 councils for a Zoo event next Saturday.
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John Ericsson
Grew
J. Wright
Kellogg
Philadelphia
Ericsson
Oscar N. Solbert
Army Reserve Corps
Royal Party
Crown Prince
John Ericason
Republican League of America
Axel Witterman
Massachusetts
Leonard Erikson
Chicago
Nelson Thorson
Omaha
Republican National Committee
Coolidge
League
Crown
New York World News Service
London
Prince Henry
King George
Queen Mary
Mary Scott
Duke and Duchess of
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World Press Pub. Co
BIG J. O. A. M
United American Mechanics
Daughters of America
Hamilton
Kenton
Campbell
A. S. Bossong
Italian Revolt Plot Supposedly Found Aboard Trieste Express
Manuscripts in French urging a military revolt in Italy were discovered in the corridors of the Trieste Express on arrival at Venice. The incident was reported May 31.
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Venice
Italy
Triesté
Domergue Receives Berenger Amid Debt Funding Talks
Paris May 31 President Domergue met French Ambassador to the United States M Berenger who helped negotiate the Franco American debt funding agreement.
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Paris
Domergue
M. Berenger
United States
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Charles Michelson
Mit
Lou
Bath
Mai
Detroit
New Orleans
Cleveland
Lexington
Danville
Somerset
City Ticket Office
Dixie Terminal
J. H. Ballance
G. C. Blackburn
Dixie Terminal Arcade
Isystem
Dr. J. Louis Ransohoff
Pearl Market Bank Building
Seventh and
Race Streets
Uagt OF
Scopes Crowds Court
Supreme Bench
Dol
Poland
Ignaz Danzinski
Lublin Socialist Republic
Radical Peasant Party
Piast Party
M. Witos
Michael Bobrzynski
National Democrats
National Laborites
Radical- Peasant Group
Peasant’s Party
Labor Club
Prof
Moscick
Socialists
Norbert Balécki
Christian Agraians
Christian Democrats
Mary Venable Nes
Wason College
Pier Astorri
Clews
Eden Park
Isabella Street
Newport
Charles Kemper
Ampbell
Mount Mageé
Lafayette Avenue
Norwood
Mage i
Luther Smith
Carthagé Avenue
Norwood Police
Riley
Flower
Main Avenue
Magee
Julius Baer
Fourth ST. East
Busse & Borgmann Co
Freeman Avensa
Nensettarian
Nechatram
Ohio
Tennessee
West Virginia
Indiana
John J. Balderston
Berenger
Marshall
Mich
Adams
N. Y
Ohio Truss Co
Cincinnati, O
Oo Deo McRestra
Incusanas
Broadway
Government Square
Grand Weiss
Stuart Walker
Barry Conner
Applesauce McKay Morris
Ann Davis
Bilinee
Monte Carlo
Lew Cody
Gertrude Olmstead
Rey D’arcy
Kearl Dane
Harry Langdon
Capt
Klein Schmidt
Jack Pickford
Louise Fazenda
Mrs. Wilson Woodrow
Anna Q. Nilsson
Huntly Gordon
Charlie Murray
Kreith
Pathe—Comedy
Aesop
Russland
Klein Brothers
Rod LA Rocque
Red Dice
Ghubert
National Players
D. Woodward
Hazel Whitmore
Ernest Glendinning
the Brat
Orpheum
Sis Theater
Harold Lloyd
Pathe Review
Hal Roach
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