Coptic Church in Egypt A Curious Ancient Faith
Frederic J. Haskin surveys the Coptic church in Cairo describing its ancient roots and split after Chalcedon, its Arabic sermons and Coptic liturgy, and the mixed fate under Islamic rule. He notes the language barrier, devotion, reforms, and the Copts as wary but eager adopters of English civilization.
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Babylon
Peter
St. Mark
Jerusalem
Jesus
Egypt
Joseph
Mary
Mark
Africa
Alexandria
Venice
eThe
Cairo
Abyssinia
St. Anthony
St. Augustine
St. Chrysostom
Sinai
Chaucer
Frederic J. Kin
American Missions
Roosevelt Party Tries Shoot At Monkeys
British East Africa June 4 Roosevelt party arrives by special train from Nairobi and camps near the railroad. They visit the African Inland mission, lunch with missionaries, and Mr. Roosevelt spends the morning shooting monkeys, notably the Colobus, as R. J. Cunninghame plans final preparations to enter the OStik country.
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Kisabe
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Nairobi
African Inland Mission
DAR Board Endorses President General Washington
The board of directors of the Daughters of the American Revolution at its June meeting unanimously adopted a resolution endorsing the president general. Delegates attended from New England and numerous states across the East, Midwest, and Southwest including Mississippi Kentucky Iowa Illinois Indiana Ohio North Carolina Michigan New Mexico and Arizona.
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Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
New England
Mississippi
Kentucky
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
North Carolina
Michigan
New México
Arizona
Railroads Plead Guilty in Federal Case
The Missouri Pacific and its Iron Mountain subsidiary pleaded guilty in federal court in Little Rock. Judge Trieber fined $7,500 for each railroad on 58 counts tied to concessions with T. H. Bunch Elevator. Bunch and Wilbur C. Smith had pleaded guilty earlier and were fined.
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Trieber
Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain
Little Rock
Ark
Missouri Pacific Railroad
T. H. Bunch
Bunch
Wilbur C. Smith
Agent's Act Binding
The Department of Justice reported that the Missouri Pacific and the St. Louis Iron Mountain Southern Railway companies pled guilty before Judge Trieber in Little Rock Arkansas to illegal rebate practices with a grain merchant and were fined 15000 dollars. The attorney general said the firms were technically guilty under Elkins law due to orders from C S Clarke, but acting through their traffic manager.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Missouri Pacific
St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern
Trieber
Little Rock
Ark
Elkins
C. S. Clarke
City Ticket Official to Become Passenger Superintendent
Cli Blackburn, city ticket agent for the Queen and Crescent road, is assured appointment as division passenger agent of the same line. The post opened after the death of Charles W. Zell. Blackburn has served the road in his current role for many years and is regarded as highly competent.
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Blackburn
Queen & Crescent Road
Charles W. Zell
Local Baltimore & Ohio Strike Won't Hurt Cincinnati Shops
Local Cincinnati B and O employees report no impact from a Baltimore strike over piece work. Officials say Baltimore turmoil relates to piece-work adoption, not to workers in Cincinnati shops, who are not on that system.
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Cincinnati B
Baltimore & Ohio Yrailroad
Baltimore
River Pollution Haunts Indiana Ohio Fight Public Health
A North American conference report links river pollution to typhoid outbreaks across the United States. It notes Ohio leads with strong sewage disposal laws while Indiana faces water supply risks as city populations grow. Recommendations urge state boards to curb discharges, pursue partial purification, and push federal support to regulate interstate waters.
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Alec H. Seymour
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Boards of Health
Congress
Wyman
United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Alaska Yukon Stamps Placed on Sale in Cincinnati
New Alaska Yukon postage stamps commemorating the Alaska acquisition went on sale at the Cincinnati post office yesterday. Stamp collectors and others showed strong interest, with a few hundred selling quickly. The two cent stamps feature William H Seward, Lincoln era secretary of state and Alaska treaty negotiator.
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Alaska-Yukon
Alaska
Cincinnati
William H. Seward
Lincoln
Alumni Class of 89 Receives Subpoena Styled Reunion Invite
At a Cincinnati Law School reunion committee meeting the Class of 89 was sent invitation notices in the form of a parchment subpoena for the twentieth anniversary reunion at the Law School building on June 25 at 8 p.m. Professors Henry Merrill and Dean Rogers received invitations as the only living faculty linked to the class.
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Cincinnati Law School
Law School
Henry Merrill
Dean Rogers
Taft Nominates New Yorker for Deputy Commissioner
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Mr Conant Jr of New York to be deputy commissioner of corporations in the department of commerce and labor. He succeeds Dana Durand, recently named director of the census.
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Washington
Taft T
Senate
Mr Conant, Jr
New York
Department of Commerce and Labor
Conant
Dana Durand
Miss Melvina Sellman Returns on Mission Furlough
Miss Melvina Sellman a missionary who left the country seven years ago for work in South China has returned to Sa city for a one year furlough. She will resume her China work after the break and spoke at a Lincoln Park church reception as the principal speaker. She plans lectures in various churches sharing her work titled My Work in South China.
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Young & Carl
Melvina ‘Sellman
China
Sa City
Baeing
Miss Sellman
Lincoln Park
Makes
Church
Auditor discusses league charges against saloon keepers
The Municipal Reform league, via Rev. WJ Hawk, filed complaints with County Auditor Richardson accusing eighteen saloon keepers of violating the Dean law. Deputy Auditor Frank Krug says enforcement rests with the treasurer and courts, not the auditor, and renewals in January will trigger questions if offenses occurred within a year.
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Commercial Tribune
Municipal Reform League
WJ. J. Hawk
Carthage
Richardson
Frank Krug
Satoons
Tepper
Clifton Faces Water Shortage After Main Burst And Landslides
Clifton residents suffered a water outage as a large main burst under pressure while a second main threatens failure. A landslide on MéAlpin Avenue sent debris into Morrison’s Creek, flooding the thoroughfare and washing away decades old trees planted by Mayor Probasco. Residents fear the street may collapse without repairs.
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Morrison’s Creek
Morehhan
Vilage
Probasco
Woman Faces Charges After Room Arrest Knotted by Intrigue
Detectives Dwyer and Harnola were arresting Ollie Newman, 34, at 228 East Twelfth Street when Joseph Cuban, 34, arrived offering new quarters for 175 a week. Newman allegedly stole a watch and chain from Frank Naylor, 545 East Twelfth Street, on May 22 and pawned it in Columbus days later. Newman admits the charge and says she gave the chain to a Columbus woman. Both are held on suspicion.
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Dwyer
Harnola
Ollie Newman
East Twelfth Street
Joseph Cuban
Hughes Street
Newnan
Frank Naylor
Columbus
Four Maltry Children Placed In Home After Starvation Risk
Four young Maltry siblings ages 4 3 and 10 were removed from 608 Carlisle Avenue after months of neglect. Their father, repeatedly jailed for nonsupport, vanished on Sunday leaving the mother unable to feed them. Humane officers found the children and took them to the Children’s Home.
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Frank
William
Clarence
Ralph
John
Namie Maltry
Carlisle Avenue
Turnfest Float Plans For School Parade
Turnfest organizers unveiled float designs by school departments with 250 to 308 dollar costs. Central figures include a spinning goddess, wheat, cornucopia, and a globe with lions and an eagle. Over 1,289 children from nine schools have signed up to participate, with plans for calisthenics and a large parade crowd. Chief Millikin will map police coverage and check the north corporation line ahead of the festival.
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Ullrich
Ing
Hke
Vogel
céle‘Bratea
Goddess of Education
C. E. Johnson
Country Club
Carthage
Millikin
Harry Martin
Corporation Line
Cencer Fate Grounds
Norwood Opera House plans announced for 1000-seat venue
Real estate notes report plans for a new Norwood Opera house on the lot north of the Norwood National Bank, to be joined by two ground-floor stores, with construction to begin soon and a target opening in the next theatrical season.
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Norwood
Real Estate Transfers Mentioned In Fragmentary List
A declamatory list of real estate transfers includes multiple buyers and parcels across Hartwell Newtown Nortwood and Cincinnati area subdivisions. Names such as Rachel Keeler Frederick Beckmann and William Shoemaker appear with various lot numbers and street references amid incomplete descriptions.
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Rachel Keeler
George Kramer
Anderson
Goes
Ottoot Sour Co
Frederick
Beckmann
Borcherdrent
Everett We Frank
Ida M. Frank
New
Tubike - Road
Newtown
Charles’ J. Nheiar
Edward FF
Harvey Avenue
T’ Place
Prospect Place
Leslie & Dick's
Nortwood
Mound Street
Clark and
Court Streets
William A
William A. Shoemaker, lots 28 27 and +28 in George: F. F. Meyers
Ler & Tatts
Pidale
Seine
Lotes
Charles
J.-F. Muuses
Hartweil
William’ A. Miller
John H. Riestenberg
Mbia
Maryan
Tubdiveton
Ieee
Mortgage items and building permits listed in local record
A fragmentary list shows mortgages filed and canceled, including entities such as MORTGAGES CANCELED and various names, locations, and sums. Building permits are noted for a two story dwelling and alterations, with costs cited and addresses along Mont Avenue and Exenoet Avenue.
Passenger loses stone after train stop at H D depot
Ahren Lavery of Winston Salem reports a $600 three karat diamond missing from his shirt after being rushed by a thick set white man at the H D depot during a 7:30 train stop. Lavery identified the suspect, seen boarding the train at Dayton Ohio, and notified police.
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Ahren Lavery
Winston N. C
Lavery
Dayton, O
Lottery Ring Busted in Arrests Across Several Cities
Two men were arrested as post office inspectors believed they captured the headquarters of a Mexican National lottery operation. Packages of tickets addressed to St Louis warrant and names of numerous lottery agents were found, with profits said to be enormous. Authorities in Cleveland Cincinnati Indianapolis Chicago St Louis Kansas City Denver and San Francisco were alerted to act.
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New YO
Post Office’ Department
St. Louis
John Smith
Rutger Street
St.Louis
Post Office “Department
Post Office
Mayer
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Chicago
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
Fraternity Criticism Allied With College Behavior
Prof John C Reed dean of the University of Michigan led a Belden Avenue Baptist church lecture condemning college fraternities for causing poor scholarship and dissipation among students In Ann Arbor he claimed every student needing a cab home or involved in a nocturnal incident was a fraternity member and he said such men frequented street corners and harassed women in towns
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Chicago
Belden Avenue Baptist Church
John C. Reed
University of Michigan
Reed
Ann Arbor
Bridegroom Dismissed in Hotel Fraud Case
Manning Balaski of New Orleans, accused of defrauding the Havity hotel, was dismissed in police court after a friend paid the bill. He then testified for the state against Qwen Benson, an alleged ticket scalper, in a separate case involving a "no-good" mileage ticket sold to James Acklin and later to Acklin on a train to Chattanooga. Benson’s case was continued to secure witnesses.
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Manning Balaski
New Orleans
Havity
Balasii
Qwen Benson
James Acklin
Chattanooga
Bensen
Acklin
Tot Falls From Balcony At Walnut Street Home
A three year old girl named Alice Seer, daughter of James Warren, janitor, was seriously injured when the spindle balcony railing collapsed at 1226 Walnut Street. She fell from the second floor into the gates, chest and right hip hurt, and was rushed to the hospital.
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Alice
James Warren
Yeatenday
Walnut Street
Court Resisted: Prosecutor and Judge Clash in Bribery Transcript Case
A Columbus court faced resistance from the prosecutor as orders to produce trial transcripts were challenged. The judge granted more time while efforts continue to arbitrate the ongoing bribery case involving Director Burr and solicitor Rhoads. Testimony from a Sunday night session two years earlier is at issue.
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Rhoads
Solcitor
Webber
Burr
Rhboeds
Governor Harmon Pardons Prisoners and Commutes Sentences
Governor Harmon issued two pardons to prisoners in the penitentiary and commuted another sentence from two and a half years to two. Joseph T. of Hamilton County and Har from Van Dusseldorf alias Herman Fink were pardoned and released. Ritchie, who faced shooting with intent to wound, had his sentence reduced to one year. William, a writer and world traveler from Franklin County, had his sentence commuted with the condition to leave the country.
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Harmon
Joseph T
Hamilton County
Har
van “Dusseldorf
Herman Fink
Roo‘bery
Ponit
Brooklyn
Ritchie
Wiliam
Franklin County
Tate
Arbitration row threatens Great Lakes freights seizure
Secretary Bishop says the lake vessel strike may extend to longshoremen if no agreement is reached within days. Lake Carriers' Association refuses to concede or meet with other vessel representatives, risking near suspension of freight traffic along the lakes. Mr Bishop advocates a joint conference to arrange a meeting of all interests.
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Bishop
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
National Civic Federati
Bigh
Invol
Finley Suffering From Severe Illness and Nervous Strain
W L Finley chairman of the Democratic state executive committee remains in his Virginia apartment with a severe cold that has not become pneumonia. A nervous breakdown from hard campaign work is feared. family and friends hope rest and relief will allow a complete recovery soon.
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W.L. Finley
Democratic State Executive Committee
Virginia
Expose Judicial Campaign in Thatcher Disbarment Hearing
The June disbarment hearing into Charlies A. Thatcher focused on whether judicial campaigns used improper methods and a county jury commission in Lucas County. Thatcher testified he was not the chief promoter of attack materials against Judge Morris and took responsibility for facts he trusted as true. the case moves to further arguments next Friday with four hours allotted to each side.
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Lucas County
Charlies A. Thatcher
Kieea
Ker
Morris
Thatcher
Judge Morris
Ben Johnson
Suit in Supreme Court over Beeman stocks after Florida divorce
A Cuvehogs county suit filed in the supreme court involves banks and the Cleveland and Buffalo company seeking guidance on stock division following the divorce of L G Beeman, a Cleveland man living in Florida. Beeman and his wife were divorced on her petition, with a referee awarding her stocks worth a large fortune as alimony. Beeman objects, and the stock holders are unsure whether to transfer assets to the wife or hold for the husband. The case aims to settle this question.
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Cuvehogs County
Supreme Court
Cleveland& Buffalo Company
Ll. G. Beeman
Cleveland
Florida
Beeman
County Commissioners Award Street Contracts
The county commissioners approved John Nickoson’s bid of 16878 for Hallside Avenue extension from Franklin to Delhi, via North Bend Road to Cleves and Wartsaw Pike as the lowest bid, $5000 under estimate. A dog bite claim by Anna Pierce for 37.50 was approved from the sheep fund. The North American Gymnastic Union of Turners and the court house decoration during vegetation were noted, with a fence plan for public ground in Springfield township and a county road project at 525 adopted on Waiters’ petition.
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John Nickoson
Hallside Avenue
Franklin Avenues
Delhi
North Bend Road
Cleves
Wartsaw Pike
Anna Pierce
Addystonen
Union of Turners
Springfield Township
Winton
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