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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1920
Page
5
A terse vignette describes a well dressed man strolling Broadway to a lunchroom, buying coffee for a ticket girl, amid a crowd of gawkers. The piece hints his fortune grown by child labor and ends with a moral about pity and exploitation.
A standard AP rights notice appears in the paper, reserving republication rights for all AP dispatched news and local spontaneous content published. It specifies exclusivity of use for AP credited material and local news originated within the paper.
The Chamber of Commerce outing at the zoo touts inventive events. Suggested are a diving contest between Charles Taylor and a sea lion, a peanut eating duel of Tarzan and Judge Fred L Hoffman, and a voice projection contest with Ralph Tingle and W C Culkins competing for a championship title.
The article discusses laws taxing bachelors and incentivizing family formation as a state policy. It cites Wisconsin’s higher taxes on single men and families, a federal penalty for shirking domestic duties, and France’s harsher treatment of spinsters. It argues such measures reflect a push to broaden population and secure future national strength amid rising bachelorhood.
The author notes Congress repealed war emergency measures but kept the Lever Act, questioning its purpose and effectiveness. Court rulings limit its reach, while sugar scarcity and canning costs mount for households. The piece suggests patience in political aims and observes shifting prices, including Derby day events and high autumn coal forecasts.
Reading the report on the farm situation prompts speculation that a short wheat crop may boost prospects for the pre-crust industry. This highlights potential shifts in supply and regional demand.
Entries note Francois de Laval’s arrival in Canada as Vicar Apostolic in 1693, Breed’s Hill deeds in 1775, the 1815 Quatre Bras clash, 1845 Texas annexation terms, 1870 South Carolina free school system, 1882 Sweden allows higher degrees for women, 18 percent World’s Woman’s Christian Conference in London, and a 1916 French Chamber of Deputies secret session under the Third Republic.
Weather cooled with 82 degree high as steamer traffic to Saengerfest increased. Notables include Enoch T. Carson elected Lieutenant Grand Commander of the Masons Northern jurisdiction and Governor Rutherford Hayes visiting sculptor T. D. Jones. Wesleyan alumnae fund endowment, Red Stockings triumph in New Jersey, Holts beat Miamis, stockholders name officers, Luke O Reilly weds Cordelia West, Saengerfest plans include eight steamboats and alcohol restrictions, parade marshals named, Wheaton College pastor denounces secret societies at United Presbyterian service.
The Board of Education of Colerain Township requests ballots for issuing 190000 in bonds to buy land and build a school. After a conference, the requests were granted. Co Gr McFadden, assistant clerk and Democratic ward captain, received a wedding clock gift from election board officials. He wed Miss Ida Leis of Newport Ky and left for a two week honeymoon in the East.
Answers to yesterday's quiz listed many items from capital of India to walnut growing states and garlic facts. The column credits Press Publishing Co. 1920 with a note that tomorrow's column will print more questions and answers.
The planetary chart for Thursday June 17 indicates strong benefits and friendly malefics with Jupiter supporting favorable outcomes. Sudden openings may arise from old congestion inviting radical changes or journeys with confidence and financial advantage. Birthday individuals may see steady growth and advancement. a child born today will be steady, persevering, and successful.
IL W. asks Richard Barthelmess age. Also seeks addresses for Cullen Lan dis Marguerite Clark Jack Pickford and Conway Tearle. Yesterday's answers include studio history from 1845 to Biograph and listed addresses for Jack Sherrill Houdini De Vore and Robert Vivian.
A new free employment bureau runs from the Community Service League Headquarters. Four hundred League girls will report vacancies and job seekers to Mrs. Julia Wyman, director of Girls' Work. Wyman connects applicants with openings on the Grand Opera House Building's third floor. Directors to be luncheon guests after today’s executive meeting.
Stolen postal money orders from Cleveland were circulated in the eastern region yesterday. Local firms including J M Golding Company Browning King & Co Denton Company and Potter Shoe Company are named as receivers of some orders. A man named James Storey was arrested at Ravenna yesterday on related charges.
Major General Wood issued a signed statement calling Nicholas Murray Butler's claim that a stock gambler backed his presidential bid a vicious and malicious falsehood. He defended his campaign team as of extraordinary high character and condemned Butler's attack as self serving and cowardly.
Governor James Cox will be the principal speaker at the Railway Development Association banquet at the Hotel Gibson tomorrow night. John L. Shuff of Union Central Life Insurance will be toastmaster as delegates convene for a three day session beginning today. Mayor John Galvin delivers the welcome at the Chamber of Commerce today.
John Raker 58 of 919 Walnut Street was overcome by heat while coal hauling at 4423 Glenway Avenue Avondale and rushed to General Hospital. It is the season’s first heat case.
Helen lends Laura forty dollars after a loan to Mrs Ellis, while Warren doubts the aid but defends generosity. Laura repays and ends expectations of ongoing support, exposing fragility and strain in friendships centered on money.
The Lafayette Bloom Junior High School held its third annual commencement in the school auditorium. Twenty six students received diplomas across Industrial Arts, Commercial and Special Academic classes. Dr. Carleton W. Atwater urged graduates to specialize to gain real financial value from education.
Commencement exercises were held at Walnut Hills Church. Dr J A Diekman conferred diplomas on sixty two eighth grade graduates. Ruth Thorp was valedictorian. The event featured a gift presentation for trophies and eight chorus numbers.
George Fitzgerald, chauffeur for opera star En Tice Caruso, jailed on Sullivan Law gun charge after jewel robbery at the Caruso estate. He remained in custody with bail set at 1000 dollars as investigators plan a John Doe inquiry with twenty witnesses, including Caruso staff.
For the first time since the declaration of war, twenty five aliens from Germany will be listed as foreigners admitted as citizens and pledging allegiance to the United States in court today. Each underwent special investigation proving loyalty beyond question before their names were placed on the list. Over 70 percent of all the apples are from Ensen and the "Static entries in South Europe.
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