Covington Newport Mothers Club Organizes Committees
The Mothers' Club of the First District School in Covington completes its organization under H. O. Sluss. Committees named include Social and Entertainment, Home, Improvement, Press, and Membership with numerous chairmen and members listed.
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Association of the First District
Mothers’ Club
Covington
H. O. Sluss
C. C. Owens
M. Lerrit
J. L. Rich
Warrington
H. Oo. Sluss
Clarence D. Wilson
John D. Neff
James T. Thompson
M. L. Strouse
Charles Striger
R. R. Revere
Kate Hughey
George N. Hobbs
A. J. Bruner
Prof. Canfield
Margaret
Emily
W. B. Easton
W. M. Fenley
Lena Martin
Beanhardt
Rawland
Amelia Denman
Clara Queeman
Grace Everett
Watson
Lutia Cochran
Anna Fugate
Ida Reed
J. L. Farber
Maria Finley
George Hall
John N. Chase
A. Anderson
M. Barber
W. L. Brazier
Walter Crail
Canfield
T. J. Colbert
Sarah Cooper
Katherine Cranch
Man Waterfield
Eva Beal
Fannie Wright
Picton
Helmbold Faction Plans Affidavits After Newport Convention
Newport Democrats in the Eighty fourth district prepare affidavits to challenge the Lexington state convention results. Helmbold Nelson supporters allege irregularities in Saturday’s balloting and accuse Chairman Donelan of bias favoring the Hodge faction. Both sides claim a majority and vow to present sworn testimony at the state gathering.
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Newport Democracy
Eighty-fourth Legislative
Lexington
Helmbold-Nelson
Helmbold
John T. Hodge
M. F. Donelan
Campbell County Executive Committee
Donelan
Hodge
L. J. Diskin
Democratic Party
Bob” Clark
Covington
Diskin
Anti Pugh forces contest at Covington convention
Democratic anti Pugh delegates worked through the day securing affidavits from attendees at Congress Hall Pike street. They say Pugh drew a larger crowd by bringing in Republicans and Cincinnati residents. Affidavits travel to Lexington for state convention to decide Kenton County contests.
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Democratic Party
Covington
Congress Hall
Pike Street
Pugh
Cincinnati
Lexington
Kenton County
Ernst Goes to Chicago to Face Contested Delegates
Republican Richard P. Ernst and Internal Revenue Collector Maurice L. Galvin, both Covington residents, departed for Chicago after a Covington convention to contest seats for Ernst and J A McPherson as delegates to the Republican National Convention. Mayor J T Earle and Rep Harry Weitkamp were chosen as bolter delegates in Covington. Captain J A McPherson, regular delegate, is ill in Pendleton County and cannot attend.
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Republican State Central
Richard P. Ernst
Covington
Internal Revenue
Maurice L. Galvin
Chicago
Ernst
J. A. McPherson
Sixth
J. T. Earle
Latonia
Harry Weitkamp
Campbell County
Bolters
J. A.pherson
Pendleton County
Covington Briefs Signaling Local Civic and Crime News
The Star Permanente Building Association elected officers led by President A Meyerratken and Vice President Carl Hauser. Police report a colored man named William Martin arrested for cutting to kill. other incidents include a Holdup suspect description and a garden hose theft. Local church, education, and marriage license updates rounded out Covington notices.
Deaths in Newport Reported by Dr George W Brown
Dr George W Brown lists Newport deaths over the past week. James L Scherer 30 died of carbolic acid poisoning. Infant Yarner 2 months died from whooping cough. Mary L Sutton 7 days died of enteritis. Dora Ampler 61 died of gangrene. William Wagner died of inanition. Christina Geartlein 42 died of apoplexy.
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George W. Brown
Newport
James L. Scherer
Infant Yarner
Mary L. Sutton
Dora Ampler
William Wagner
Christina Geartlein
New Port William Man Arrested After Night Chase
After a lively chase early yesterday morning in New Port William, Borne was arrested by Night Detective Morton and Sheeran on a charge of disorderly conduct. He allegedly abused a conductor on an owl car, threw stones, and fled as detectives pursued. Multiple shots were fired before his capture, drawing a curious crowd into the street.
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Newport
William Borne
Morton
Sheeran
Borrie
Ana
Fourth
York
Borne
Heat Affects Mind Leads to Dayton Man's Lunacy
Fred Birsinger 28 living with parents at 607 Berry Ave Dayton Ky was locked in Newport Jail for safekeeping after his parents found him irrational and then raving near 7 pm Dr Lawrence Spitzelberger advised detention until a sanity inquiry. A warrant will be sought for lunacy.
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Fred Birsinger
Berry Avenue
Dayton
Newport
Lawrence Spitzelberger
Newport News in Brief Highlights Local Crime and Community Events
Ollie Hall was arrested near Central Avenue and James Alley on disorderly conduct charges after allegedly threatening to stab Laura Penn. Memorial services are planned by Campbell County Knights of Pythias lodges at Evergreen Cemetery on June 21. Mingo Tribe of Red Men Newport and allied lodges held services at Evergreen Cemetery. The St Paul German Evangelist Church will host an ice cream social June 10 for church programs. James J. Metcalfe’s funeral will be held at his Ft. Thomas home with Royal Arcanum members attending. The Phoenix Hunting and Fishing Club held its first spring outing in Phoenix Grove along the Ohio River with thousands present. Rev F W Fisher delivered his Grace M E Church farewell sermon and will relocate to Alaska for missionary work in Ketchikan. Grace Church awaits a new permanent pastor within a week.
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Ollie Hall
Central Avenue
James Alley
Sheeran
Morton
Hall
Aad
Laura Penn
Knights of Pythias
Campbell County
Evergreen Cemtery
Eureka Lodge
J. M. Digby
Overton Harris
William Schnell
Monitor Lodge
Michael Carr
Robert Bowman
Wallace Davis
Douglass Lodge
Bellevue
Robert Nagel
Ward Kettenacker
Elias Fromell
Guiding Star Lodge
William Steele
M. D. Truesdell
L. G. Ricketts
Mingo Tribe of Red Men of
Newport
Red Men
Evergreen Cemetery
Covington
York Street
Eighth
Monmouth
Young People’s Society of the
St. Paul German Evangelist Church
East Eighth Street
James J. Metcalfe
Ft. Thomas
Royal Arcanum Lodge
Hamilton
F. W. Fisher
Grace M. E. Church
James Ware
C. E. Evans
Thomas Allen
L. H. Wilson
C. M
Grace Church
Memorial Services at St Francis Cemetery Held by G A R Post
Memorial services were held yesterday afternoon in St Francis Cemetery by the Joseph Hooker Post G A R The Rev Thomas Cooney delivered the ora? piece at the service.
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St. Francis’ Cemetery
Joseph Hooker
Thomas Cooney
Freesetters Show Off In Kentucky Farm Side Show
Freesetters Union members held a gathering on Joe Pugh’s farm near Lewisburg Kentucky with a barbecue and circus side show. Tom Cody and Abe Fletchers cooked in white aprons and caps as they roasted spring lamb and tended the yard pit.
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Freesetters’ Union
Joe Pugh
Lewisburg
Kentucky
Tom Cody
Abe Fletchers
George Gohen
Board of Elections
George
Speller
Committee On Arrangements
Tetrazzini Not Singing as Well in Punch Cartoon Duel
The scene shows a cartoon duel between Tetrazzini and Melba with gramophones and musical notes pelting each other. Critics note her top notes remain strong but overall voice and consistency have declined as her stay in London continues.
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Tetrazzini
Melba
Punch
Method Disguised by Music Master
A Parisian laryngologist and American singing master discuss singing methods. They critique ready made methods, defend natural breathing, and advocate a no effort approach using the diaphragm and resonant chambers to guide vocal tone and range.
Mystery Deepens as Paris Police Probe New Killing
In Paris on June 7 a fresh murder widens police focus after Auguste Remy a 77 year old retired banker is found stabbed to death in his Rue De la Pepiniere mansion. Stolen money and jewels plus a wine carafe and three used glasses imply possible involvement of suspects linked to the Steinheil case.
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Paris
Adolph Steinheil
Mme. Japy
Auguste Remy
Rue de la Peppini¢re
Steinheil
New York Central Lines Offer Half Fare to Cleveland Meeting
Acting with the wishes of Edwin Shepard, secretary of the National Educational Association, the New York Central Lines announce an open rate of half the round trip for the New York Educational Association meeting in Cleveland from June 29 to July 3. The move is expected to boost attendance and mark the event as notable in NEA history.
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Chicago
Edwin Shepard
National Educational Association
New York Central Lines
New York Educational Association
Cleveland
Pickpockets Operate On Lagoon Car During Limb Holiday Ride
Victims returning from Ludlow Lagoon report a wedge game on Covington streetcar that robbed wallets of varying amounts. Witnesses saw a slender gray suited man push a pocket and steal money as passengers felt a shove entering the car. Police were informed but names were not given.
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Ludlow Lagoon
Covington
Covington High Class Sees Sermon Before Commencement
The Covington High School graduating class attended a baccalaureate sermon at Scott M. E. Church delivered by Rev J R Savage. Commencement is set for tomorrow evening in the Library Auditorium, with class day exercises today at the High School. The thirty graduates mark the largest class in Covington's history. The colored high school’s graduation follows Wednesday evening in the Library Auditorium.
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Covington High School
Scott M. E. Church
J. R. Savage
Library
Covington
Colored High School
Labor Farm Colony Planned for Vagrants and Petty Offenders
A committee led by Edmond Kelly pursues a bill to establish a labor farm near New York for vagrants drunks and petty offenders. The plan would have inmates work and learn farming toward reemployment, with a proposed 6000 acre site on Long Island. Railroads back the bill, hoping to curb tramp costs.
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Commercial Tribune
New York
Edmond Kelly
City Club
Kelly
Long Island
New York Central
German Baptists Meet at Des Moines Conference
About twelve thousand men and women attended the German Baptist Brethren Conference services in Des Moines with thousands more in the area Sunday school at the State Fair Pavilion. Key speakers included Dr. M. M. Brumbaugh of Philadelphia and Wheaton College president Blachard of Illinois, leader in a movement against secret societies.
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Des Moines
State Fair Pavilion
M. M. Brumbaugh
Philadelphia
Blachard
Wheaton College
Illinois
Brotherhood
Physician Dead in Office After Suspected Apoplexy
Dr Gustave Nature aged 38 former U S Army surgeon stationed at Jefferson Barracks and Ft Leavenworth found dead in his St Louis office this afternoon. Believed to have suffered apoplexy he was a native of Germany and a Heidelberg University graduate.
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ST. Louis
Gustave Nature
United States Army
Jefferson Barracks
Ft. Leavenworth
Germany
Heidelberg University
Balloonist Dies in Park Ascension Accident
Luther Edward Jones aged 27, a balloonist, died at Mildred Park after a parachute swung him into a dead tree limb as his balloon rose. His skull was crushed instantly. his wife, an aeronaut, lives in Hot Springs Arkansas.
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Springfield
Ill
Luther Edward Jones
Mildred Park
Jones
Hot Springs
Ark
Memorial services held by Hamilton Knights of Pythians and Red Men
In Hamilton Ohio on June 7 the Knights of Pythians and Red Men held their annual memorial services at Greenwood Cemetery. The Rev Henry Nevin Kerst addressed the Pythians and Attorney Ben Bickley spoke for the Red Men.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Hamilton Knights of Pythians
Red Men
Henry Nevin Kerst
thePythians
Ben Bickley
Greenwood, Cemetery
Arrogante Bullfighter Gored After Guitar Interlude in Madrid
In Almanzar Bullring Madrid on June 7 Arrogante’s act ended abruptly when a bull charged after he played guitar alone in the arena. The crowd and officials noted tight security as smuggling and autoist abuses draw scrutiny.
Street Car Wreck Fatal In Missouri Excursion
A Creve Coeur Lake line open car derailed after leaving the track at a curve near St. Louis killing William C. Warren and seriously injuring about a score of riders including R. B. Brown May Flaherty William Heinnann Julius Hughes Albert Geisel Mrs Julius Bennett Miss Clara Simmons and H L Kenyon.
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ST. Louis
Creve Cover Lake
William C. Warren
R. B. Brown
May Flaherty
William Heinmann
Julius Hughes
Albert Geisel
Julius Bennett
Clara Simmons
H. L. Kenyon
Haggler Loses Picture in Goya Portrait Heist
Paris June 7 A Cheramy dealer recalls the sale of a famed Goya portrait Lola Ximenes. The seller offered the work to a collector who balked at the price. Cheramy then seized the painting himself five minutes before the buyer could close.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Cheramy
Lola Ximenes
Goya
M. Cheramy
Duel and Reconciliation After Paris Pistol Duel
In Paris at Tour de Villedon a pistol duel occurred between Pierre La Fitte, publisher, and Pierre Mortier of the Comedie theatre paper after a dispute. Two shots were fired with no injury and the rivals reconciled afterward.
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Commercial Tribune
Paris
Tour de Villedon
M. Pierre la Fitte
M. Pierre Mortier
Comedie
Fire in Textile Building. rubbish pile blamed
Firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze in the basement of the Textile Building at Fourth and Elm Streets. The fire started in a pile of rubbish shortly before 10 o clock last night and caused only nominal loss.
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Fourth and Elm Streets
Betty Oden Beaten by Husband. Seeks Arrest
Mrs. Betty Oden, 26, of 1025 Noble Court, was found in front of her home yesterday with head wounds and extensive bruising. She told police her husband John Oden beat her and kicked her out, and she planned to obtain a warrant for his arrest today.
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Betty Oden
Noble Court
John Oden
Congressmen Oppose Air Space Cut for Immigrants
Washington June 7. House immigration committee members Burnett Sabath and O Connell condemn proposed air space cuts for steerage passengers. They urge upholding Section 42 boosting space about 40 percent, warning smaller space would revive cruelties and deaths in transatlantic travel.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
House
Committee On Immigration and Naturalization
Burnett
Alabama
Sabath
Illinois
O’connell
Massachusetts
Senate
House Immigration Committee
Bennett
New York
Messrs. Burnett
America
Dover to stage great pastoral play on ancient English epic
Dover prepares a seven episode folk pageant directed by Louis N Parker with about 2000 locals and possible royal attendance. The arena set on Dover Priory grounds overlooks Norman arches and seven hundred foot western heights as the history of Arthur and William the Conqueror unfolds.
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Commercial Tribune
London
Dover
Louis N. Parker
Sherbourne
Warwick
Bury St. Edmunds
Dover Priory
Arthur
Britain
Gawayne
Canterbury
England
William the Conqueror
Invicta
John
Crown of England
Peter of
Pomfret
Hubert de Burgh
Maison Dieu
Louis Tiercelin
Douai
Cinque Ports
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J. H. Weichman
G. H. Schlueter
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Albert Ramirer
Charles Mack
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Henry Tuemler
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Joseph Hepp
Alfonse Groskora
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Covington Board of Education
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Trinity Episcopal Church
Mae Pierson
Martinsville
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Newport News
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Circus
John Laughlin
Frank Kelly
Laughlin
Lou Brizzolara
Far West
Ed Brookfield
Borneo
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Mme. Tetrazzini
Covent Garden
Fendall Pegram
Barytone
New York Herald
Herald
Poyet
Italy
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Madrid
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