Death Ends Fergus Thirty Year Reapportionment Crusade
John B. Fergus, 85, an Chicago attorney, dies after a long illness ending a 30 year drive to reapportion Illinois legislative districts. He fought to shift state representation to Chicago, filing criminal prosecutions injunctions and civil suits including a case to the U S Supreme Court. Fergus argued downstate Illinois held more seats than Chicago and Cook County due to failure to redraw districts.
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Chicago
John B. Fergus
Fergus
Springfield
United States Supreme Court
Illinois
General Assembly
Cook County
Judge McKenzie Moss Dies in Bowling Green Ky
Judge McKenzie Moss of the United States Court of Claims died suddenly of heart disease early today. Born in 1868 in Christian County Kentucky, he served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury from 1923 and was appointed to the bench by Coolidge in 1926 after a term in the Fifty-seventh Congress. He also served as circuit judge in Kentucky and held posts including general counsel of the Alien Property Custodian and Deputy Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
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Washington
McKenzie Moss
United States Court of Claims
Bowling Green
Moss
Christian County
Kentucky
the Treasury
Coolidge
Fifty-seventh Congress
Eighth Judicial District of
Internal Revenue
Illustrious illustrator Clarence F. Underwood dies at 58
Clarence F. Underwood, renowned illustrator and commercial artist, died at Flower Hospital after collapsing at his studio. Born in Jamestown, New York, he was 58. His drawings of women appeared in magazines and on billboards nationwide, and he is credited with pioneering the inclusion of women in advertising in 1926.
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New York
Clarence F. Underwood
Flower Hospital
Jamestown
N. Y
War posters made him famous for Red Cross and War Department
A noted illustrator gained fame during World War I for posters he created for the War Department and the Red Cross, marking his rise in wartime recruitment and morale campaigns.
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War Department
The
Red Cross
Porter E A F funeral to be held at Mack Johnson home
Funeral services for E A F Porter aged 56 of 2117 Hudson Avenue Norwood will be conducted by the Scottish Rite at Mack Johnson funeral home at 2 PM. The Rev F C Pryor will lead denomination services following Elks Lodge rites. Burial will be in Spring Grove Cemetery. Porter died unexpectedly Sunday while attending Altenheim festivities.
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E. A. F. Porter
Hudson Avenue
Norwood
Mack Johnson
F. C. Pryor
Elks Lodge
Spring Grove Cemetery
Porter
Altenheim
Funeral for Veteran Engineer Frank J. Russell
Frank J. Russell 44 of 955 Clinton Street, veteran Baltimore and Ohio Railroad engineer, will be buried at 9 tomorrow in St. Joseph Cemetery after funeral services at St. Edward's Church. He died Tuesday, born in Cincinnati, member of Price Hill Council Knights of Columbus. He leaves widow May, daughters Margaret and Loretta, mother Catherine, brothers Walter Cincinnati and William Los Angeles, and sisters Mrs. Charles Frick Cincinnati and Mrs. C. M. Dooley Dayton Ohio.
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Frank J. Russell
Clinton Street
Baltimore & Qghio
St. Joseph Cemetery
St. Edward’s Church
Russell
Cincinnati
Price Hill Council
Knights of Columbus
May Russell
Margaret
Loretta Russell
Catherine Russell
Walter Russell
William Russell
Los Angeles
Charles Frick
C. M. Dooley
Dayton
Miss Catherine Shipley Dies at 61 in Bryn Mawr
Miss Catherine Shipley sister of Murray Shipley, machine tool maker of Cincinnati, died Monday in Bryn Mawr at 61. An early Bryn Mawr College graduate, she co founded Shipley Preparatory School at Bryn Mawr with sisters Hannah and Elizabeth. She studied in Leipsic and at the Sorbonne. She leaves two Bryn Mawr sisters, two brothers Caleb W. Shipley of Cincinnati and William Shipley of Germantown, and another sister Mrs Charles Howland of Philadelphia.
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Catherine Shipley
Murray Shipley
Cincinnati
Bryn Mawr
Miss Shipley
Bryn Mawr College
Hannah T
Elizabeth Shipley
Shipley Preparatory School
Leipsic
Sorbonne
Caleb W. Shipley
Europe
Wiliam Shipley
Germantown
Charles Howland
Philadelphia
Longtime City Resident Harry Lysaght Dies at 51
Harry J Lysaght 51 life long resident and 17 years at American Tool Works died yesterday at 951 Parkside Place He leaves widow Cora Lysaght six sons Harold Emmett Lawrence Rogers Stanley and Donald Lysaght and two daughters Agnes and Rose Lysaght Funeral services with requiem high mass will be held at Holy Cross Church Mt Adams at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning Burial in St Joseph's Cemetery
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Harry J. Lysaght
American Tool Works
Parkside Place
Cora Lysaght
Harold
Emmett
Lawrence
Rogers
Stanley
Donald Lysaght
Agnes
Rose Lysaght
Holy Cross Church
Mt. Adams
St. Joseph’s Cemetery
Chillicothe Judge Addison Minshall Dies at 55
Judge Addison Pierce Minshall of Chillicothe died at Mt Carmel Hospital from cerebral hemorrhage. He was a life long resident, recently named Ross County Common Pleas Judge by Gov. Cooper. He served as mayor from 1922 to 1926 and as Ross County prosecutor 1915 to 1919. He graduated from Ohio State Arts College in 1895 and Cincinnati Law School in 1898. His father Thaddeau Minshall was a former Ohio Supreme Court chief justice.
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Columbus
Addison Pierce Minshall
Chillicothe
Mt. Carmel
Minshall
Common Pleas
Ross County
Cooper
Ohio State Arts College
Cincinnati Law School
Thaddeau Minshall
Ohio Supreme Court
Audits Sought Into Cleveland Auto Club Dues
Charles C. Jones of the Ohio Automobile Association asks auditing of the Cleveland Automobile Club to verify dues payments. He claims the club pays $15,000 yearly to the state while claiming 80,000 members. Cleveland official Fred H. Caley calls the claim malicious and says dues are voluntary.
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Cleveland Auto Club
Cleveland, Q
Cleveland Automobile Club
Charles C. Jones
Ohio Automobile Association
Jones
Columbus
Cleveland Club
Fred H. Caley
Caley
R. B. Crawford
Massillon
State Association
Hoover Convenes Oil Producers on Regulation Plan
Representatives from leading oil states ended preliminary talks without a policy for interstate regulation. The meeting, called by President Hoover, aimed to regulate production and reduce waste in the oil industry and will resume upon Hoover's call.
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Colorado Springs
Col
Hoover
Rum Runners Form Pact to Challenge Prohibition Agents
County Attorney David Hurlbert vowed to resist federal takeover of the case against White, claiming culpable negligence by a Customs agent and an intolerable enforcement system. In Detroit, a Great Lakes rum runners combine is formed to divert traffic away from enforcement points along the Canadian border to Lake Erie or Lake Huron.
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David Hurlbert
White
Hurlbert
Neepty
Detroit
Detroit Free Press
Great Lakes
Buffalo
Mackinaw
Free Press
Canadian
Ecorse
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Detroit River
Agents absolved in slaying of rum runner in Detroit
Prosecutor James E Chenot and Representative Robert J Clancy cleared Customs inspector Jonah Cox of all blame in the fatal shooting of Archibald Eugster 21 on Detroit River banks. Frank Cooper admitted he and colleagues smuggled thirty five cases of liquor from Canada and blamed the chase and a log collision for the incident.
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Detroit
James E. Chenot
Robert J. Clancy
Jonah Cox
Customs Border Patrol
Archibald Eugster
Detroit River
Chenot
Cox
Frank Cooper
Eugster
Canada
Cooper
River Rouge
Anonymous letter targets assistant collector in Duluth
An anonymous threat was received by N A Linderberg, Assistant Collector of Persons, in Duluth. He denies issuing shoot to kill orders after reports he told border patrolmen to halt motorists at command. Linderberg oversees the International Falls area where a border patrolman killed a motorist Saturday.
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Duluth
Minn
N. A. Linderberg
Perons
Linderberg
International Falls
Detroit Prohibition Agents Reinforced To Stem Liquor Smuggling
Detroit authorities report 200 additional agents join prohibition and Customs forces in the city. The reinforcement marks the first step in a federal program to curb smuggled liquor from Canada.
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Detroit
Canada
Two Officers Convicted in Prohibition Raid Seek Retrial
In Louisville on June 11 two officers who killed in a prohibition raid were upheld as rightfully convicted after appearing before Judge Charles I. Dawson in Federal Court. They asked for a retrial of their case, the first trial having convicted and sentenced each to two years.
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Louisville
Charles I. Dawson
Huntsville Slain Ex-officer Craft Shotgun Ambush
R. E. Craft, 55, a former federal prohibition officer and Madison County deputy sheriff, was ambushed earlier today seventeen miles from Huntsville. A shotgun full load struck Craft as he rode, killing him in the roadside attack.
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Huntsville
Ala
R. E. Craft
Madison County
Here
Funeral notice for E. A. Ferguson Porter at 2 p.m.
Scottish Rite Brethren are requested to attend the funeral of our late brother E A Ferguson Porter 82. Services at W Mack Johnson's funeral home today at 2 p.m. John G Landwehr Co Op F WM Harte 33 Secretary.
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Brethren of the Rite
E. A. Ferguson Porter
W. Mack Johnson
John G. Landwehr
WM. Harte
Deaths in Cincinnati area June 1929 notices
Death notices for Mary Daly William Hartshorne Ellis Katherine Joerden Catherine Kaising Edward Arthur Kiefer Harry Joseph Lysaght E A Ferguson Porter list birthplaces residences funeral homes and service dates with details of churches chapels and cemeteries in Cincinnati region including Walnut Hills Mt Adams Norwood and Upland area.
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Katherine
Nee Wellen
John H. Joerden
West Liberty Street
Busse & Borgmann Company
Freeman Avenue
St. Henry
Dayton
Hamilton
Kaising
Catherine Kaising
Connor
Joseph Raising
Clearview Avenue
J. J. Sullivan & Co
Bell Place
McMillan Street
Kiefer
Edward Arthur
Jennie Grow Kiefer
Glencoe
W. Mack Johnson
Upland Place
Harry Joseph
Cora Tindall Lysaght
Parkside Place
Mt. Adams
Holy Cross Church
Porter
E. A. Ferguson
Helen Armstrong Porter
Free Chapel Notice Summary
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions cremations and a chapel service. It references a free chapel and appears to be a partial legal or public notice with limited legible details. The readable terms suggest a religious or ceremonial context without clear names or dates.
Six Government Dry Agents Indicted by Federal Jury
Six government prohibition agents were indicted by a Federal Grand Jury in San Francisco on charges of conspiracy and converting seized property to their own use. The indictments follow accusations raised last week by U S Attorney George Hatfield.
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San Francisco
Federal Grand Jury
United States
George Hatfield
Coolidge Comments on Art and Writing in Board Meeting
Former President Calvin Coolidge attends a Board of Directors meeting. He discusses seeking an artist for a Vermont induction painting and praises his writing, noting he writes longhand and has dictated much in the past. He says he is near finishing his memoirs and enjoys the business world.
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Vermont
Mr. Coolidge
Coolidge
Supreme Court Judge condemns political standards in remarks
Westerville Ohio June 11 Judge Florence E Allen of the State Supreme Court warned that moral standards of government have fallen while addressing Otterbein University at its seventy third commencement She became Otterbein s first female speaker and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
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Westerville, O
Florence E. Allen
State Supreme Court
Otterbein University
Allen
Otterbein
Sproul Named President of University of California
Robert G. Sproul, a 1913 UC graduate and former comptroller and vice president, has been named president of the University of California. He will take office when Dr. W. W. Campbell resigns, effective June 1, 1930. Sproul is 38 years old.
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San Francisco
Robert G. Sproul
University of California
Sproul
W. W. Campbell
Two Timer Suspect in International Pageant
In Galveston a conflict over identity erupted as Miss Tulsa Theda Delrey faced scrutiny after affidavits claimed she was Miss Houston 1927 Alberta McKellop. The pageant rules bar former contestants from reentry, and Delrey admitted prior denial while a Houston rival awaited prize night verdict.
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Galveston
Tex
Tulsa
Theda Delrey
Storm Center
Houston
Toledo Historians Present Alabama Arbitration Portrait
Elbridge D. Rand, American Consul at Geneva, W. J. Sherman and Toledo citizens turned over an enlarged portrait of the American delegation from the 1872 Alabama arbitration to Geneva authorities. The Toledo Historical Society will receive a copy for display in the Alabama chamber.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Elbridge D. Rand
W. J. Sherman
Toledo
Republic
Canton of
Alabama
Justice Waite
Hoover Approves Enochs Retirement Amid Insubordination Charges
President Hoover acting as commander in chief approved the retirement of Col. Berkeley Enochs former chief of staff of the Second Corps Area. Charges of insubordination had been preferred against him.
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Hoover
Enochs
Washington
Col
Berkeley Enochs
Second Corps
Cincinnati Officers Lead Reserve Officers Group
Lieut Theodore Safford was named Secretary Treasurer of the Cincinnati Chapter Reserve Officers Association at a Cincinnati Club luncheon. Maj Thomas B Morris retired as president and presented Capt Rudolph Ruzicka as new president with Maj James R Stewart as new vice president. A Federated Civic Associations meeting precedes a July 9 summer outing at Coney Island with details to be announced at 4 pm Thursday at the Gibson.
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Theodore Safford
Cincinnati
Reserve Officers’ Association
Cincinnati Club
Thomas B. Morris
308Th Engineers
Rudolph Ruzicka
Quartermaster-Reserve
Ruzicka
James R. Stewart
Engineer- Reserve
Federated Civic Associations
Coney Island
Gibson
Amalgamated Clothing Workers Pod Picnic at the Zoo
The tenth annual Cincinnati Chapter event will be held Saturday at the Zoo. More than 2,000 are expected, with Jack Kroll in charge of arrangements. A special program of entertainment and competitive events will be presented.
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Cincinnati
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Zoo
Jack Kroll
Eight Foot Snake Killed After Chicago Restaurant Stir
In Chicago near Adams and State streets a basement snake caused alarm as cooks and porters reported sightings. Police later shot and killed an eight foot bull snake reported to have escaped from a snake show. The incident ended without further danger to patrons.
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Chicago
New York World News Service
Adams
State
Goodenow
24 Prisoners in Strie Slaying Are Released
Gastonia North Carolina June 12 The City Solicitor George B Mason withdrew warrants charging twenty four men with assault with intent to kill and released them after waiving preliminary hearing Thirteen remain charged with murder or felonious assault The detainees were strikers from Loray mill or aiding strikers in Gastonia O F Aderholt the police chief was fatally wounded during a clash at the unions headquarters and died the following day
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Gastonia
N. C
O. F. Aderholt
Baptist Convention Bars Modernist Bishop McConnell
Protests by nineteen ministers against Bishop Francis J. McConnell of Brooklyn New York over modernist views led to his removal as keynote speaker at the Northern Baptist convention in Denver. Denver and Colorado ministers objected to his book The Christlike God, published two years ago. Dr Avery A Shaw of Denison University was chosen to replace him as guest speaker.
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Denver
Col
Francis J. McConnell
Methodist Church of
Brooklyn
N. Y
Northern Baptist Convention
McConnell
Colorado
Christlike God
Avery A. Shaw
Denison University
Granville, C
Long Drought Brings Famine To Hongkong
Hongkong and mainland China suffer a ten month drought. Rainfall totals 18.39 inches since September, draining reservoirs. Emergency water tanks and pumping by steamers from Manila and Shanghai supply daily quotas as thousands queue for water in crowded districts.
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Hongkong
China
Manila
Shanghai
Oriental
Brotherhood Investment Co Declares Solvency in Court
Cleveland officials said Brotherhood Investment Co a $10 million subsidiary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is solvent with assets of 16 480 694 and liabilities of 10 860 326. A receiver petition filed by Elmer and Bertha Smith Pittsburgh owners of 3600 in stock was acknowledged as unfounded.
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Cleveland
The
Brotherhood Investment Company
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Elmer and
Bertha Smith
Pittsburgh
Smiths
Pastor's Statement Denied In Ohio Parish Killing Trial
In Youngstown Ohio on June 12 a state witness testified that Rev. Emerald Rhodes shot his parishioner Otto Campbell as the man ran away, contradicting Rhodes claim of self defense. The state, with nineteen witnesses, expects to finish its case tomorrow before an eight men four women jury.
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Youngstown
Emerald Rhodes
Rhodes
Otto Campbell
Community Club Luncheons and Meetings Schedule
A compiled agenda lists multiple luncheon and meeting times across groups. Rotary Club and various associations hold gatherings from noon to evening, including Cincinnati hairdressers, oil clubs, civic groups, and university fraternities.
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Gibson
Masonis Temple Drive
Rotary Club
Earl Zimmerman
jCtecanas Oil Club
Yndseaie Civic Association
Cincinnati Hairdressers’ Association
Chevrolet Motor Ohio, Corporation
Plans of MacDonald Visit to U S A Wait Dawes in London
Washington June 12 Prospective Anglo American summit moves hinge on Ambassador Dawes. Hoover and MacDonald agreeable to a personal meeting and Dawes awaits in London with instructions likely given aboard ship. Edward Bell of the Chicago Daily News sparked the leak about MacDonald's wish to visit America. Bell is not Hoover’s emissary.
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Washington
Hoover
MacDonald
Great Britain
Ambassador Dawes
London
Dawes
United States
America
White House
Edward Price Bell
Chicago Daily News
England
Fell
Ramsay MacDonald Returned as Prime Minister in Lossiemouth Bonfire
Fisher folk and townspeople of Lossiemouth welcomed their fellow townsman Ramsay MacDonald as Prime Minister for the second time. Celebrations featured a giant bonfire on a sand dune, dancing in two large halls, and the Premier and his daughter Ishbel watched from his veranda.
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Lossiemouth
Scotland
Ramsay MacDonald
United Kingdom
Ishbel
Freith Sentenced for Mann Act Violation
Swimming teacher Jack Freith admitted guilt after a letter from 16 year old Texas University co ed warned him to plead or lose her as a witness. He received two and a half years at Leavenworth for violating the Mann Act after fleeing Austin with Fannie Lee Minter to New Bedford.
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Austin
Tex
Texas University
Jack Freith
Leavenworth
Kan
Freith
Fannie Lee Minter
New Bedford
Frankie and Johnnie Too Bold for Chicago Theater
Chicago authorities shut down John Kirkland's play Frankie and Johnnie after a two week run at the Adelphi Theater. Police Commissioner William Russell led the action contending the work was indecent, while theater lawyers argued it was a simple romance of 1849 that inspired poets like Eugene Field and Carl Sandburg.
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Chicago
Frankie
Johnnie
John Kirkland
Frankie and
Adelphi Theater
William Russell
Loop
Eugene Field
Carl Sandburg
Trustees Seek 23 Member Board for Cincinnati Auto Club
Trustees at the Cincinnati Automobile Club met at Maketewah Country Club and appointed a legal committee to draft a constitution amendment increasing the Board of Trustees from twenty one to twenty three. The change would allow Kenton and Campbell Counties in Kentucky to elect one trustee each. The action follows a suggestion from the American Automobile Association executive committee after a meeting with Cincinnati Auto Club and Northern Kentucky Motor Club representatives at Twin Oaks Country Club to address membership issues.
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Cincinnati Automobile Club
Maketewah Country Club
Kenton
Campbell Counties
Kentucky
American Automobile Association
Cincinnati Auto Club
Northern Kentucky Motor Club
Twin Oaks
Man Killed As Car Skids In Industrial Pa
East Liverpool Ohio June 12 Grant Woods 65 of Industry Pennsylvania was killed instantly and John Conley 28 of Industry Pa was injured when Conley s car skidded against street car rails at Midland near here and overturned
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Grant Woods
Industry
John Conley
Conley
Midland
Nere
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