City county lines debated over life saving emergency response
Sheriff William Anderson criticizes a city rule delaying emergency rescue across jurisdiction lines. He urges departmental option in life critical calls while President Hoover discusses pension standards and veteran relief, and James M. Cox signals political shifts at a Columbus dinner. Covedale votes to annex to Cincinnati, boosting the city’s population and setting a regional example.
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William Anderson
Little
Miami
Anderson
A Washington Bystander Observes Hoover Inspection of Fleet
The article notes President Hoover was impressed by a Virginia capes fleet display of battleships cruisers destroyers and carriers. It highlights Saratoga and Lexington as vast carriers with unique interiors and describes hangar deck space and on deck movie shows for the crew aboard the ships.
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Washington
Hoover
Virginia Capes
Salt Lake City
Sick Bay
Senate Chamber
Machines Won’t Make Think For Me Yet
A poem reflecting on gadgets and machines that aid work and leisure but cannot replace human thought. The speaker jokes about flivver rides typewriters radios phones lawn care and kitchen gadgets while admitting only a future invention could truly ease mental strain. The piece contrasts effortless convenience with ongoing need for deliberate thinking.
Bidder pandemonium at Manhattan Hotel auction shocks bidders
James P. Silo presided over the dispersal of the Belmont Hotel contents with furniture selling at pennies on the dollar. Items such as mahogany sets curtains and beds drew stray bids as the crowd snapped up $4.50 chairs and $10 beds while the 1928 inventory valued the lot at $1.2 million.
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New York
James P. Silo
Manhattan
Belmont Hotel
Mr. Silo
Old Hughes Alumni Celebrate Juniors at Linton Hotel
Twenty years back in Cincinnati the Alumnal Association hosted a grand reception for new graduates at the Linton Hotel with 800 former grads in attendance. The event praised the school’s reach with 3000 alumni worldwide and noted a golden jubilee coming in a new campus.
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Hughes
Linton Hotel
Alma Mater
Globe
Heights
R. D. Barney
W. Cooper Procter
Charles H. Stephens
Froome Morris
David Phillipson
D. B. Gamble
James A. Green
Mark Brown
Francis Dyer
Clara Jordan
Gilbert Bettman
Joseph W. O’hara
Kennon Dunham
Hoffheimer
Edward Dempsey
Dudley
Oh go to bed by Eliot Kays Stone
A fragment from a New York World column with dialogue about social climbers and ostentatious wealth. The piece contrasts the motives of social climbers with the idea that wealth display does not define smarts, followed by brief literary quotes from Tupper Campbell and Walnola.
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Eliot Kays Stone
New York World News Service
New York World) Press Publishing Co
Fifty Years Ago in Cincinnati Highlights From The Files
Fifty years ago in Cincinnati, The Cincinnati Commercial notes the American Union of Hebrew Congregations dominance with Moritz Loth as president and Solomon Levi as treasurer. It mentions Hebrew Union College under Dr. Isaac M Wise, Cincinnatians on the executive board, and a push to hire Harry Wright as Reds manager. Mayor Jacob invites British royals Prince Leopold and Princess Louise, Neal Dow travels east for temperance events, and weather is reported as cloudy with a high of 80.
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Washington
Hoover
Cincinnati
American Union of Hebrew Congregations
Children of Israel
Moritz Loth
Cincinnatian
Solomon Levi
Hebrews Union College
Isaac M. Wise
Jacob
Prince Leopold
Princess Louise
Great West
From Soup Kitchen to Guard in a Week Window Washing Course Spotlight
The notice celebrates home study courses turning students into workers fast. Ralph Lumsden of West Snickarsee, Ind, moved from a soup kitchen to a Longview Asylum guard within seven days after enrolling. The current installment teaches window washing in large buildings for experienced observers.
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Ralphumsden
West Snickarsee
Ind
Lumsden
Longview Asylum
How to Become a Window Washer
A humorous guide from 1930 outlines the window washing trade as a lofty, reputable profession. It jokes about floors, attire, safety gear, and the oddities of securing outdoor work, ending with a tease for the next installment.
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Kipling
New York World News
New York World
Press
Verities and Vagraries From a Cincinnati Column
A light column notes neighbors in Covedale and Price Hill adjusting to annexation and new street lights. It mentions city improvements, local quirks, a joke about Jinks King Pharaoh, a Cincinnati Astronomical Society invitation, a fake detective with a police badge, and a vacation pause until June 23.
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Covedale
Price Hill
Overlook Way
Brooklyn
Willy Billy
C. Pp. D
Cincinnati
Hoover Hosts Taft for Camp Trip With Fifteen Guests
Washington June 6 Fifteen guests join President Hoover for a Virginia mountain camp trip to visit Mrs Hoover recovering from an earlier injury. The party is drawn from high government officials including Hurley Mills Hope Jisson Richardson Bennett MacNider Taft and others.
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Washington
President Hoover
Virginia Mountain
White House
Ogden L. Mills
the Treasury
Walter Hope
Charles P. Jisson
Seth W. Richardson
Theodore Roosevelt
Porto Rico
Robert Lucas
Internal Revenue
Thad Brown
The
Radio Commission
Ira T. Bennett
Washington Post
Mr. MacNider
John Richardson
Boston
Ashmun Brown
Providence Journal and Bulletin
Robert A. Taft
Lawrence Richey
Joel T. Boone
Stark County Official Loses Bribery Appeal
The Ohio Supreme Court denied a motion for rehearing by Charles A. Fromm former Stark County Commissioner. He was convicted of soliciting a bribe of 200 dollars for hospital contract work between Canton and Alliance and sentenced to eighteen months in the Ohio Penitentiary.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Charles A. Fromm
Stark County
Ohio Penitentiary
Cuyahoga County
Alleged Child Deserter Bound To Grand Jury
Richard Burbank of 33 Arlington Avenue Lockland was ordered held for grand jury on charges of failing to support his two children Richard 10 and Joan 4. Bond set at 2000 was posted. wife Anna Burbank of 41 Burns Avenue Wyoming testified. Court had previously ordered $70 monthly support later reduced to $50. weekly $160 child support order was converted to grand jury action.
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Richard Burbank
Arlington Avenue
Lockland
Samuel W. Bell
Burbank
Anna Burbank
Burns Avenue
Wyoming
Richard
Joan
Bell
Charles Hoffman
Immunization Drive Starts June 23 for Cincinnati Children
The Board of Health and the Academy of Medicine launch a diphtheria immunization campaign for children under 10 on June 23. Dr. William H. Peters notes 1929 saw 20 diphtheria deaths, none in tested children, as district physicians staff branch libraries Cumminsville Dayton Street East End North Cincinnati Price Hill Stowe Walnut Hills to aid those unable to pay private care.
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Board of Health
Academy of Medicine
William H. Peters
Peters
Cumminsville
Dayton Street
East End
North Cincinnati
Price Hill
Stowe
Walnut Hills
War Department Sets Flood Control and Survey Funds
Washington June 6 The War Department announces an allotment of 24.2 million dollars for Mississippi flood control and 1.12365 million for navigation flood control power and irrigation surveys. The allocation funds projects and assessment efforts across federal channels.
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Washington
Mississippi
War Department
AIDS NAMED FOR SHERRILL TESTIMONIAL
Col. O. Sherrill City Manager will be honored at a June 19 testimonial dinner at the Hotel Sinton. General Chairman C. Robertson announced a broad committee of Cincinnati leaders and a ticket price of 2 dollars. Mayor Wilson named toastmaster. former Mayor Seasongood to deliver a tribute. John L. Horgan said 1200 guests will be seated in the French ballroom.
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Col
O. Sherrill
Hotel
Linton
C. M. Robertson
A. E. Anderson
Clara Pressler
William Cooper Procter
Fran Rostock
Murray Seasongood
Murray M. Shoemaker
John L. Shuff
B. H.siehl
Max Stern
Hulbert Taft
Henry W. Waite
Helen Peters
Wallace
Silas B. Waters
William F. Wey
James A. Wilson
John . Withrow
E. J. Wohlgemuth
T. H. Ziegler
Robertson
Sinton
Mr. Robertson
C. A. Dykstra
Col. Sherrill
Cincinnati
Russell Wilson
Harvard University
C Cambridge
Mass
Co. Sherri
Measongood
Colerrill
Washington
District of Columbia
John JL. Horgan
City Schools Honor Graduates Across Several Ceremonies
Graduates and near graduates were honored in ceremonies at local schools yesterday. Hillsdale School graduated sixteen girls with exercises led by Dr. Arthur E. Morgan of Antioch College as principal speaker. Walnut Hills High School awarded certificates to one hundred pupils with an average of 90 or more, and seventeen earned Cum Laude. Honor Night at Withrow High featured athletic awards, followed by a mother and daughter dinner by the Girls' Athletic Association.
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Hillsdale School
Arthur E. Morgan
Antioch College
Yellow Springs
Walnut Hills High School
Cump Laude
Withrow High School
Girls’ Athletic Association
Chief Smoke Inspector Weds Graduate Nurse
Gordon D. Rowe 61, Chief City Smoke Inspector, married Pearl Jordan, graduate nurse of Covington Kentucky, in Louisville last Saturday. The wedding was kept secret until rumors leaked. The couple will reside at 4694 Hamilton Avenue.
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Gordon D. Rowe
Louisville
Pearl Jordan
Covington
Kentucky
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John Laws
Lower East Forties
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R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
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Helen Kane
New York World Press Publishing Co
Institute For Training
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the Bell Syndicate, Inc
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William R. Lipman
Cincinnati Reds
Harry Wright
Harry
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Neal Dow
Maine
Neal O'Hara
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Epyilding
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Glenway Avenue
Pellmell
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