Opening Day at Queen City Beach Signals River Season
The Queen City Beach opens its new season under manager W. E. Kroger with peak readiness for crowds. The river is eight feet low exposing the big bar and ample sand while 140 bathrooms are renovated and new suits arrive for men and women. The pavilion gates open early as the season runs daily through September. A Walton-inspired prank led to a young follower becoming the butt of a joke, after which he avoided angling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen City Beach
W. E. Kroger
Kroger
Queen City
Coney Island Adds New Features and Dance Acts
Breezes along the river shade Coney Island as Indian Village and Cafe Dan sant debut. The Mooglines lead the place de danse on the upper porch while Esberger’s band provides evening concerts. Aerdome vaudeville debuts Sunday with Wolf and Lée as a highlight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Cafe Dansant
Coney
Esbergers
Coney Broad
Reisenberger
Esberger
Wolf and
Lée
Lagoon Angling Tale From a Busy Clubhouse
A Lagoon fishing anecdote recounts Young Frater at the Lagoon lake casting for bites while his chef brother works in the clubhouse kitchen. A rogue white fish was grabbed from the ice and hooked, then returned with the two fish and a mishap in the tale, noting the chaotic yet humorous scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freport
Krombach
Frater
Ambous Nerman
Lagoon Alpine Singer Draws Crowds at New Park
Painters and workmen rush Lagoon improvements with three more buildings and theater upgrades. The Alpine singers and yodelers perform on the breezy veranda with Fraulein Mayerhofer from the Bavarian Alps leading four mountaineers and three women in Tyrol peasant garb. End races run today and Sunday under John S. Prince.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lagoon
William Krombach
Fraulein Mayerhofer
Bavarian Alps
Tyrol
John 8S
Prince
The Masons to Possess the Zoo Today
The Masons will have possession of the Zoo today and can enjoy enhanced features. The program includes a regular bill and a fine Summer lineup with extra elements for visitors to enjoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
Band shell concert and vaudeville acts before fireworks
Symphony Orchestra and vaudeville acts at the band shell and moving pictures in the evening before and after the fireworks. The clubhouse with its new mammoth porch will be packed, and Manager Goodwin will ensure guests are served properly and promptly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Band Shell
Goodwin
Chester Outing Planned for Little Mothers
The Health Department to hold a Chester Park outing on June 25 for 1400 Little Mothers League members. The event links with a Better Babies show and includes demonstrations on proper child care, free admission tickets from Colonel Martin, and prize essays for the best submissions by the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Department
Chester Park
Little Mothers’ League
William H. Peters
Landis
Sarah B. Herbert
Peters
Rosemary Rooney
Dr. Peters
Miss Herbert
I. M. Martin
Colonel Martin
Randall J. Condon
Board of Health
Dial
Actress Tess Fiske and Becky Sharp Visit City
Mrs. Fiske spent a brief visit in the city yesterday en route to Detroit where she agreed to appear in a benefit performance promised earlier in the season. After this single night of work she will return to New York and then go to her Adirondack bungalow for a lengthy summer rest.
Outing for Card and Printing Company Workers at Chester Park
Employees of the United States Playing Card Company and United States Printing Company join the Mutual Aid Association for a day at Chester Park featuring contests such as boat and swimming races a fat men's race a cack race and a potato race plus a prize dance. Fred Timmer B G Welage Hugh McGuinness Robert Kidd and Harry A Guxel lead the committee. Another event at Colonel Martin's Park hosts the Second Ohio Independent Regiment Junior Order of United American Mechanics with a popularity contest led by Captain A A Ernst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Playing Card Company
United States Printing Company
Chester Park
Mutual Aid Association
Chester Ballroom
Fred Timmer
B. G. Welage
Hugh McGuinness
Robert Kidd
Harry A. Guxel
Colonel Martin’s Park
Ohio Independent Regiment
Order of United American Mechanics
A. A. Ernst
Sea Wolf photodrama set for Grand all next week
Hobart Bosworth presents The Sea Wolf a photodrama based on Jack London novel and promised to deliver as many thrills as the book. The attraction runs at the Grand tomorrow and continues all of next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hobart Bosworth
Jack London
Bee Man Captures Swarm That Terrorized the Street
Bees swarmed near St Xavier College on Sycamore Street causing disruption to transit and pedestrians. Fred Ducker and son Irwin captured the hive at 5 p.m., transferring the queen and swarm to a hive without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bee Man
St Xavier’s College
Sycamore Street
St. Xavier College
Fred Ducker
Hackberry Street
East Walnut Hills
Irwin
Dueker
Mr. Dueker
Irwin Ducker
Teachers' Wrath Stirred by Board
After a seven hour closed session the Board of Education ratified actions in Judge Harbeson's court. The plan to appoint female principals was rejected. A junior high school for seventh and eighth graders was approved and elementary schools established. Kindergarten age limit set to five. W A Shore re-elected business director. James A Ryan re-elected medical examiner. Commencement set for June 16 and 17 with speakers E P Morrow and Prof Pickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Harbeson
Furber
Pflueger
Averdick, Grote
Ranshaw
W. A. Shore
James A. Ryan
Sluss
E. P. Morrow
United States District Attorney
Sam Hawkins Sentenced for Malicious Cutting in County Court
Sam Hawkins, a Negro, received twelve months in the county jail and a $250 fine by a jury in Judge Tracy's court yesterday for maliciously cutting a man named James Lee. In Judge Harbeson's court Perry Romens vs Covington and Cincinnati Elevated Railroad Transfer and Bridge Co was settled. Harry Schenker vs F S and Wright awarded $200 damages and a lien on an automobile. William Wilcox et al sued Luella Wilcox in Kenton Circuit Court to sell West Covington property to settle an estate. D C Lee for plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hawkins
William Wilcox
Kenton
Luella Wilcox
West Covington
D.C. Lee
Covington Files Tax Suit Over Back Dues
The Covington delinquent tax collector filed suit in Kenton Circuit Court against Henry and Joseph Feltman as executors of Henry Feltman seeking 19939.50 in back taxes on stocks now in executors possession. Attorney Klette represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
John Kleyman
Kenton
Henry
Joseph Feltman
Henry Feltman
Klette
Retail Merchants' Meeting at Covington Club Tuesday
About 100 members of the Retail Merchants' Association will gather at the Covington Industrial Club on Tuesday night to transact business of importance and pursue plans to secure speakers for the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Merchants’ Association
Covington
County Judge Sebree Visits Tax Office After Setback
Carroll County judge Sebree, en route with hogs for sale in Cincinnati, visited Collector Charlton Thompson and Marshal Robert Ford. He had sought the Marshall post now held by Ford and says he has recovered from the President's oversight disappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebree
Carroll County
Cincinnati
Collector of Internal Revenue
Charlton Thompson
Marshal Robert Ford
Marshall Ford
Judge Tracy Extends Case in Dean Fraud Charge
Judge Tracy continued the case against Thomas Dean for obtaining money under false pretenses until June 13. Dean allegedly presented a $25 check to the John R. Coppin Company from a St. Louis bank that was worth less.
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Tracy
Thomas Dean
Dean
John R. Coppin Company
St. Louis
Remodeling planned for Boone Block once home to famed Kenton lawyers
Plans to remodel the historic Boone Block on lower Scott street into modern flats are under way. The building, stretching from Fourth to Fifth streets, housed governors, judges, and barristers, including Goebel and Bryan, who shaped local political campaigns from its offices.
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Boone Block
Lower
Scott Street
C of Covington
Fourth and
Scott Streets
Fourth
Fifth Streets
Stevenson
O'Hara
Bryan
Pryor
Arthur and Menzies
M. M. Benton
Robert Richardson
Goebel
Robert Hamilton
W. W. Cleary
J. G. Carlisle
M. T. Shine
Tarvin
Democratic Party
Harbeson
Commion, Law and Equity
Kenton Circuit
Democratic Executive Committee
Kenton County Bull Moose Party
Old Guard
Covington
The
Commercial Tribune
Bullock Estate
Kenton County Bar
Plans for Centennial Exposition Outlined at Club Meeting
Centennial Committee at Industrial Club drafted plans for a week long centennial exposition to run September 14 to 19. Miss Fannie Manser was named Chair of the Board of Lady Managers guiding 100 leading city women. committees were created for Finance, Ways and Means, Reception and Ceremony, Athletics, Banquet, Industrial Parade, Illumination and Decorations and Publicity with Col Joseph St Clair as official decorator. Prizes will be offered to the oldest inhabitant traveling the greatest distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industrial Club
Fannie Manser
Charles Hickey
Ben Bramlage
A. J. Howard
Prof. Fogg
J. Wunderlich
Samuel King
J. Robert Coppin
R. Dibowski
J. W. Brown
Joseph St. Clair
Spirit of the Mob Focuses On Schoolboys
Principal Patton lectured First District School pupils on mob mentality after hot weather sparked an early release. A detention of forty five minutes was imposed for students who left early, and teachers reinforced the lesson with a warning to beware whom they follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patton
Ray
Grand Jury Indicts Eight in Campbell County
Campbell County Grand Jury returned eight indictments and asked for six more days for deliberation. Indictments include George Heck for failing to provide for his family with a $250 bail and a bench warrant issued, Elijah Orr for malicious shooting without wounding with $500 bond, John Jones Hamp Thomas and August Drott for petit larceny with $200 each, Robert Huffman and Robert Bradley for housebreaking with $1,000, Oscar Bowman for malicious shooting without wounding with $500, John Nagel for larceny with $500 bail, Frank Harris and John All for petit larceny with $200 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yungblut
Campbell County Grand Jury
George Heck
Elijah P. Orr
John Jones
Hamp Thomas
Robert Bradley
Oscar Bowman
August Drott
John Nagel
Frank Harris
John All
Newport Women Teachers Club Elects Officers
The Newport Women Teachers Club held its annual meeting at Carnegie Hall. Officers elected include Edith Venables as president and Maud Robinson as corresponding secretary along with other posts. Mrs Chapman elected active member and Mrs Willis named associate member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Women Teachers Club
Carnegie Hall
Edith Venables
McCarty
Carrie Berndt
Maud Robinson
Reardon
Alice Runnells
Chapman
Willis
Lock System At Local Jail Declared Inefficient
City Commissioners inspected the jail interior and found the first and second floor combination locks badly worn and near worthless since the building settled. Repairs will require tearing down much of the cell room interior. Visiting rules tightened to visiting day only in the jailer’s presence.
Newport Faces Tax Hike for School Bond Interest
The Kentucky Appellate Court requires Newport to levy a sufficient tax to cover interest on public school bonded debt. City Finance Commissioner McCrea says a small rate increase per $100 of valuation will raise about 6800 dollars, to be added to December tax bills. the ordinance for the levy will pass at Monday's meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Appellate Court
Newport
Charles M¢éCrea
Rice Sentenced to Life for Eddyville Murder
Deputy Sheriff Infield escorted George Rice to Eddyville penitentiary for a life term in the murder of Alan Davis. Authorities recount Rice’s attempted jail escape by sawing through cell bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iinfield
George Rice
Eddyville Penitentiary
Alan Davis
Junior Order Protest For School Curriculum Cuts
Members of the local Jr O U A M held a mass meeting to condemn the School Commissioners for cutting several studies from the course of study. They say the action is backward and not in step with the times. They note the $6,800 city raise will fund schools as before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jr. 0
Moran Divorces Sought Over Cruelty Claim
Mary Moran filed suit in Circuit Court yesterday against W. R. Moran for divorce. They were married in Bellevue in June 1905. Cruelty is alleged by the plaintiff. The defendant is a lumber salesman and earns $200 per month. Attorney L. J. Crawford filed the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Moran
W. R. Moran
Bellevue
L. J. Crawford
Local saloon keeper obtains marriage license
Charles T. Vetter of Pike Street visits the County Clerk’s office to secure a license to wed Rose Lunkenheimer. After receiving the license, he jokingly asks for an advance on the wedding and remarks about arming himself with both licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Vetter
Pike Street
Vetter
Lon
Rose Lunkenheimer
Property transfer notice for West Covington parcel
George J. and Josie Perek transfer interests to Susanne Steidle for a lot at the intersection of Thirty-fifth and Watson streets in West Covington. The notice records a conveyance conveying property rights and the related street address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J
Josie Perek
Susanne Steidle
Watson Fag
Reas Iere
Bring’ Lark
Anna Claring Street
West Covington
Girls Make Charges Against Wulftange
William Wulftange proprietor of the Huber House in Clifton was summoned to appear before Juvenile Judge Boltz to answer a charge of contributing to the delinquency of two Newport girls. He will be tried today. Charlton Collins 22 a traveling showman faced Judge Boltz on a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a sixteen year old Newport girl. He and the girl were married by Judge Boltz. Robert Cramer 18 pleaded guilty to a similar charge and was fined 25 dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wulftange
Huber House
Clifton
Boltz
Newport
John Meyers
Wulfrange
Charlton Collins
Judge Boltz
Saloon Keeper Acquitted After Second Trial
Al Hauser of Bellevue was acquitted for the second time on charges of violating the Sunday law. Tried in Police Judge Klein's court by a jury, this case follows a previous Highlands Mag istrate Brandeis trial. Officials say the antisaloon effort may be dropped after the verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Hauser
Bellevue
Klein
Highlands
Brandeis
Rice Confesses En Route to Eddyville Penitentiary
George Rice, recently convicted of murdering Allen Davis in Campbell County, confessed to authorities tonight while being transported to the Eddyville Penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Louisville
George Rice
Allen Davis
Campbell County
Eddyville Penitentiary
Property sale in Inverness district court
Master Commissioner Samuel Anderson sold at the courthouse door yesterday a lot on Argyle avenue Inverness to the plaintiff in the case Rybott v J J Abbott for 2600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Anderson
Argyle Avenue
Inverness
Rybott
J. J. Abbott
Mrs Catherine Buckner Funeral Services Today
Funeral services for Mrs Catherine Buckner who died on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad tracks will be held this afternoon at St John s Evangelical Church Seventh and Columbia streets She will be buried in Evergreen Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Buckner
Chesapeake & Ohio
St. John’s Evangelical Church
Seventh and
Columbia Streets
Evergreen Cemetery
Property transfers listed for Newport Jamestown and Bellevue
Louis Ostheimer transfers lot 4 East Fourth Street Newport to Henry Dessel. Louise Morrison transfers Lot 14 in Jamestown Sub of Dayton to C. T. Hughes. The Grand Central B L A transfers one half of Lot 115 in Williamsons Sub in Bellevue to Emma M. Downton.
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Louis
Ostheimer
Henry Dessel
East Fourth’ Street
Newport
Louise Morrison
C. T. Hughes
Jamestown
Dayton
Grand Central B. & L. A
Emma M. Downton
Williamson’s
Bellevue
Newport Marriage Licenses Registered in Local Court
Alphonse Heeg of Dayton and Cora Rose Kybitz of Dayton apply. Daniel Schlosser of Newport and Lydia Sellers of Augusta Ky apply. Robert Carter of White Cottage and Helen Gunion of White Cottage Ky request. Isador Dansky of Newport and Jeannett Brown of Newport listed in records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alphonse Heeg
Eames Dayton
Cora Rose Kybitz
Dayton
Daniel Schlosser
Newport
Lydia Sellers
Augusta, Ky
Robert Carter
Helen Gunion
White Cottage, Or
Isador Dansky
Jeannett Brown
Newport Hoa
West Virginia residents seek relief in gas rate case
A Pittsburgh company appeals for a temporary injunction against the West Virginia Public Service Commission in a major rate case. The Manufacturers’ Light and Heat Co. seeks to block rate reductions after the commission cut prices by about 121000 annually. The hearing before Circuit Court of Appeals judges and U S District Judge Dayton began with prospects to modify the restraining order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martinsburg
W. Va
West Virginia
Public Service Commission
Manufacturers’ Light and Heat Company of
Pittsburg
The
Service Commission
J. C. Pritenard
C. W. Wood
Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District
A. G. Dayton
Pennsylvania
Light and Heat Company
Panhandle
Dayton
Divorce Petition Against Nonresident Charles Gibson Filed
Margaret Gibson filed for divorce in the Insolvency Court of Hamilton County Ohio Case No 6734 on grounds of extreme cruelty and gross neglect with alimony sought. The hearing is set for on or after July 13 1914 with D C Outcast as attorney for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles N. Gibson
Margaret Gibson
Hamilton County
Ohio
D. C
Impeachment hearing on Wright drums up Co operative case
Washington June 5 receivership of the First Cooperative Building Association of Georgetown dominates the Wright impeachment proceeding. Associate Justice Gould cites appointing Reeside Lambert and Lester as receivers as he testifies Ambrose was appointed by Wright as receiver after Gould revoked the order. Witness says it is common for a presiding justice to sign orders in absence of the head judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Washington
Georgetown
Daniel Thew Wright
Ashley M. Gould
Reeside, Lambert ,& Lester
Wright
William E. Ambrose
Gould
Joseph H. Lee
First Co-operative Building Association of
Ambrose
Justice Wright
Georgetown Association
William C. Sullivan
Sullivan
Justice Gould
McCoy
Fisher Chosen Head of Funeral Directors
Charles B. Fisher of McConnelsville was elected president of the Ohio Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association at its Columbus convention. Toledo to host next meeting. officers elected include Morrison, Winegarner, Barnhart, Branch, with delegates named for the national convention in New Orleans. A resolution urged garnishment for funeral expenses as a necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Charles BE. Fisher
McConnelsville
Funeral Directors and Embalmers’ Association of Ohio
Toledo
C. A. Morrison
Delaware
W. S. Winegarner
Frank M. Barnhart
Findlay
Fred Branch
Medina
J. D. Ashe
Fostoria
Dr. Blanchard
Canton
A. L. .Hanna
Blanchester
George A. Wiltse
Co. J
Administrator's Sale of Cincinnati Property Listing
Probate Court of Hamilton County approves a public auction on June 4 1914 at 11 am for 4143 Dane Street Cincinnati Ohio. Property described in Section 22 Town 3 Range 2 Miami Purchase with a 7500 dollar appraisal and a payment plan of one third cash one year and one third two years with mortgage security. Signed by Harry E Baughman administrator and attorney Joseph B Derbes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton County
Ohio
Dane Street
Cincinnati
County of
Hamilton
State of
Miami Purchase
City of
Knowlton Street
Jacob Rahn
Said Rahn
Rahn
Adam Fisher
Said Fisher
Knowlton
Harry E. Baughman
Andreas Schill
Joseph B. Derbes
Wiggins Block
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Keith
Prise
Walton
Lilian Kramer
Ths
Lillian
Kramer
B. F. Keith
Miss Kramer
Kennedy
Ocoogooo
the Zoo
Doch
Mrs. Fiske
Chester
Sea Wolf
the Grand
St. Xavier’s College
Bee’? Square
the Commercial Tribune
Kentucky
P.m
Retail Merchants’ Meeting
Northern Kentucky
Old Block
John, Mays
Blackstone
Shelly Rouse
L. & N. Railroad
Covington Industrial Club
Rice
Eddyville
Ive Grodm
Vrvanc
Rose
Covington Eee Ae
Fred K. Lillich
Crescent Pges
Esther Vristophel
Crescent
Pes
John Dasesks
Springfield
Della K Wiempe Abaeses
Teatees
Arthur Miller
Middletown
Ovah
Elizabeth Downey
Taanee
Covington Real Estate
Wulftange
Plaintiff
Newport Real Estate
Koenig Albert Ee
Genoa
Caserta
Eeeneee Cote
Wwe Dee Wn
Naples
San Giovanni Soto
San Giovanni Ee Ae
Sonpa
Sivess
Boulogne
Seattle Maru Ee
Hongkong
Divinsk
AOR
Rotterdam
Carpathia Hee
Bergensfjord
Seni
Bergen
Olympic
Plymouth
Wren
New York
Madonna
Aquitania
ABC
Pretoria
Cedric
Queenstown
Yokohama
Shanghai
Cabbie
Oie
Lisbon
Kaiser Franz Rook
Algiers
Fisher
Bridge
Fourth St
Laconia
Butler
Falmouth
Boyd, Berry
Cynthiana
Paris
Winchester
Vine
Sinton Hotel
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