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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1915
Page
10
Readers encouraged to join a cash prize Picturegame contest offering 2750 dollars to 178 winners. Players pick titles matching pictures from a catalog of 4000, using an Answer Book for convenience, with emphasis on home and self improvement and daily participation.
New Courthouse Commissioners reject moving the front of the project from Main to Canal street citing impractical contract changes. They turn over the old courthouse to McCaul Construction for the new building and expect to finish on schedule despite delays. The suit against elevator contracts will go to the Court of Appeals. North Court sewer will shift to Sycamore street at an estimated cost of $7,000.
Louis J. Rebhun, candidate for Rotary Club president, distributed a poem to all members highlighting the Red ticket. The election is set for Thursday forenoon, followed by a trip to Ryland, Kentucky, for the annual picnic.
The first penny dance held last night drew 802 ticket buyers. Dances will occur every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday night in Washington Park under competent women managers.
A Cincinnati Grain Company warehouse at Water and Walnut streets burned, with an estimated total loss of about 100000. Firefighters faced intense heat from live wires and smoke as six 40000 candle power lamps aided visibility. The horse aboard the building was rescued by Patrolman Jack Guethlein, and company officers planned a new office location while continuing operations at other city warehouses.
Colonel Hubler ordered immediate recruitment to full strength after a special Armory meeting with Lt Colonel Procter and captains. Fifty five to sixty new men enlisted in three days as Captain Wunder expects seventy by week’s end. A new recruiting station opens at 2176 Ohio Avenue with Camp Procter encampment planned above Coney Island.
Rumors say the Cincinnati College of Music may join the University of Cincinnati as a new music department. President Dabney and Judge R B Smith discuss consolidation while the Board and university leaders consider a plan long debated. Financing is seen as manageable due to strong support for the music college.
The Photographers' Association of the Chamber of Commerce held a dinner at the Hotel Gibson last night. R. E. Carl and Fred D'Lisle gave short addresses, marking the group’s first meeting since a photo display at the same hotel two weeks earlier.
Members of the Yokum Athletic Club back Joe Murphy for the City Council in the Seventeenth Ward. In Washington on June 7 President Wilson appointed Arthur Espy as Assistant Treasurer of the United States in Cincinnati.
More than 2 000 Chamber of Commerce members are expected at a June 16 meeting in the Union Central Building. The event includes a buffet luncheon, music, and decorations, with T C Powell and Governor Frank B Willis invited.
Chief Copelan presents the 1914 police department report to Safety Director Holmes noting strict enforcement of gambling and closing laws, new liquor club concerns, and traffic education. It cites 3,719 arrests, 4,270 detective cases, 28 000 calls, 65 000 fire alarms, and 78 271 miles driven plus property losses and recoveries, pensions, and staffing changes.
North American Union Cincinnati Chapter 143 will hold its regular meeting on Friday June 11 at Lincoln Inn Court. J W Brooks Supreme Counselor of Chicago will speak on Prosperity and discuss the banner year of 1914. G H Brown Deputy Supreme President of Ohio will also speak.
Columbus Ohio June 7 Governor's office issued a requisition on the Governor of Tennessee for the return of Fred Neil wanted in Cincinnati for murder in the first degree under arrest in Knoxville Tennessee and awaiting extradition.
Hyde Park residents plan a Monday night meeting at the Hyde Park School small auditorium. Board of Education members will attend, with exhibitions from manual training and domestic science departments. The Woodward School Orchestra and Pleasant Ridge Glee Club will lead a musical program before speeches.
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