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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
4
A young man in a local story writes a farewell note and asks his mother forgiveness while stating he is going to hell. The piece argues heaven and hell are real here and now and hinge on personal and societal responsibility coupled with prayer and practice.
A Purchasing Agents' Association prediction that Cincinnati will see cheaper coal is welcomed with caution. Analysts warn the industry remains opaque and a nationwide strike could still push winter costs higher.
Public plea for strict police action against street harassers in Cincinnati. Emphasizes protecting wives daughters and girlhood from insults and flirtation aimed at decency. Calls for heightened enforcement and moral standards to curb lurid street behavior.
Government sponsored one month training camp invites young men from select cities and sections. Colonel Peter Traus at Ft. Thomas urges timely consultation with parents or candidates to secure a spot before quotas fill. In prior years late applications caused many to miss the opportunity.
Los Angeles County Grand Jury charged three top Ku Klux Klan officials and thirty four members with felony counts tied to the Inglewood raid on April 22. Coburn Price and Baker face bail. Baker held in psychiatric ward. others to appear in Superior Court. several others in township court on related assault charges.
A satirical verse extols harsh methods against crime in Silesia while condemning army crackdowns in other contexts. It contrasts brutal punishment with peaceful policing and mocks war, taxes in the afterlife, and trivial public annoyances like a Sacramento whisker contest.
New York Morning glimpses the East Side push cart sellers from Greeks Italians and Turks pacing Fifth Avenue to Bowery ten cent banks. Carts display names like George the Greek Nick the Busy Bee Pedro loves America. A Greek entrepreneur expands from ice cream to a street syndicate while push cart workers endure fines poverty and hope.
A blast at 123 West Fifth Street owned by Henry Wexlman tore the building and shed apart. Gas lines were not the source. Wexlman burned by flames from the cellar as he sat on the sidewalk. Fire crews arrived after a 4 a.m. alarm linked to a neighboring three story blaze near the Cathedral on Plum Street.
A storm tore through Mill Creek ripping roofs from Snider Preserve Factory and breaking windows. Downtown injuries occurred as H. & S. Pogue windows were smashed and other damages noted.
Grove City Pa June 7 The valiant efforts of forty fellow students to keep Edwin Leslie president of the sophomore class alive through artificial respiration ended in his death after forty eight hours. Leslie broke his neck while diving into a swimming pool last Monday. Students had given up all examinations to stay at the hospital and work in shifts.
William Surnake aged 33 of 833 Clark Street, was injured at the Metal Specialty Company on West Sixth Street when his hands were caught in a punch press. Surgeons amputated all fingers at St Marys Hospital on Betts Street. his condition was listed as very serious but with a chance of recovery.
Twenty one American women and girls will be presented to King George and Queen Mary by Mrs George Harvey tomorrow evening at Buckingham Palace. The first of three court functions this season will showcase prewar pomp with diplomatic presentations and debutantes entering society.
Tomorrow's issue promises quick responses to ten trivia prompts on topics from numismatics to geography. It will also publish yesterday's Q and A covering Walton, fabric, Caliphs, deserts, geodesy, condors, La Garrote, Confucius, galley ships, and Copra.
Belgrade June 7 Princess Marie of Rumania prepared for her marriage to King Alexander of Jugoslavia with grand welcome rites. She received bread and salt on arrival and a full royal procession with gifts from across Central Europe including a tiara from King Alexander and a pearl string from Queen Marie of Romania.
Springfield Colorado June Seventh Wittenberg College announced at its Seventy sixth commencement that future students must observe an eight hour day. President Rees Edgar Tullos stressed the policy will not use time clocks or monitors but will raise scholarship standards and require substantial outside work to instill habits of application and persistence.
Rep. Schall of Minnesota, himself blind, lauds a large delegation of blind World War veterans in the gallery as heroes who gave their sight in service. He recalls his own blindness and defiance of death rumors, saying he is not dead and neither are they.
A slight improvement in Bishop John C. Kilgo of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, ill in a Memphis hospital, was reported tonight. If the condition holds, doctors will attempt to move him home to Charlotte, North Carolina, tomorrow night.
The body of Mrs. Alexander P. Moore known as Lillian Russell will be borne by a US Marine detachment from her Pittsburgh home to Allegheny Cemetery. A private family service precedes a Trinity Church service with hymns Rock of Ages and My Faith Looks Up to Thee. The San Francisco Press Club flies colors at half mast. Harding Cabinet and Governor Sproul expected.
Benny Rifkind a 14 year old cross street from a streetcar and was struck by Grover C Bennett driver from Ferguson road. He suffered a broken leg below the knee and facial injuries. recovery to take time. Edward Sahkamp 45 was bruised and August Scholter 1120 Harrison ave drove him home.
The north side of the Union Central Building was lit with flood lights last night. Officials consider placing lights on the cap to highlight the structure against night clouds. The test outcome will decide if other sides are similarly equipped.
Ralph A. Tingle, Illustrious Potentate of Cincinnati Shriners, fell seriously ill on a Shriners train en route to the San Francisco convention. News from Salt Lake City reported the illness while a medical supply request was sent. Mrs. Tingle, visiting with her sister, had recovered enough to travel. Tingle, a Standard Oil of Ohio special agent, is serving his second term.
A barefoot boy in overalls arrived at Central Union Station in Cincinnati after saying he rode the blinds from Knoxville. Police questioned 15 year old Buster Chesney who appeared younger, then detained him in the Juvenile Detention room while authorities contact Knoxville.
Bud K. Hynicka appointed Myers Y. Cooper as Chairman of the Executive and Advisory Committee to run Senator William H. Chatfield's campaign for Lieutenant Governor. Other committee members include Charles W. Baker John J. Burchenal Henry G. Hauck Peter W. Durr and John V. Campbell. Hynicka left for New York after noting satisfaction with the Republican primary ticket.
One hundred orphan children from the Springfield Masonic Orphans Home will be entertained by Cincinnati Lodge No. 133 F and A M all day Saturday. They will take a sight seeing auto tour of the city and a Zoo visit with free concessions followed by dinner.
The notice lists anniversaries and deaths of several figures and events from 1783 to 1905. Washington resigning as commander, Wythe dying in Richmond, Paine's death in NYC, and other milestones including earthquakes and political shifts in Sweden Norway and the United States.
One year ago today the Republican national convention gathered in Washington. The item notes Babe Ruth served several hours in a New York jail for auto related matters.
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