Cincinnatians Attend Taft Wedding Ceremony
Cincinnati residents gather for a high profile wedding, with notable local families and guests present to witness the Taft marriage event reported across city society pages.
19 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
1
Cincinnati residents gather for a high profile wedding, with notable local families and guests present to witness the Taft marriage event reported across city society pages.
Ohio visitors led by J G Schmidlapp and Gordon Neff arrive to join the Taft silver wedding celebration. Indiana Republican Edwin M Lee and Merrill Moores arrive, praising Taft’s Canadian reciprocity stance. A Cincinnati Commercial Club breakfast and a Chevy Chase luncheon are planned, with Miss Helen Taft to assist in receiving guests at the White House.
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune. The 79 year old Rev George W Lasher collapsed in services at Grace Baptist Temple after a trip from Madisonville Cincinnati and was taken to Samaritan hospital. He was in serious condition tonight.
London suffragists report their campaign fund has risen to 515000 dollars. Mrs. Frederick Pethick Lawrence says plans are in place to reach a total of 1250000 dollars. The drive began five years ago with an initial goal of 500000 dollars.
William Graham a 34 year old farm hand at Clay Center Ottawa county fired at his wife killing her then turned the weapon on himself. He was shot in the stomach and paralyzed, now in critical condition at Toledo hospital.
Louis Strang suffered a dislocated shoulder and ankle when a tire exploded during a race in Kenosha Wisconsin. His car crashed into a fence and he was taken to a hospital. Strang was competing with other drivers in the new motordrome.
New York June 18 After a 36 hour delay by the International Seamen's union strike the Morgan line steamer Momus with over 100 strike breakers left New York for New Orleans. Fourteen recruits jumped to a picketing tug leaving the ship short handed. Sixty veterans were marched to the sheds for crew selection. police guarded the idle men. Morgan line officials predicted victory over the strikers while union leaders said their ranks remain firm and expect to win within days.
Yale announces the honor list and four year scholarship averages. Cincinnati youths win top posts with Geldman leading in orations and Wachsman and Hollister among dispute winners. Reed tops first loquies while Eckstein and Wright place second in loquies.
Attorney General Wickersham reports to Congress the large fees paid to special attorneys as trust busters. Wade H Ellis is singled out for $11,717.73 while Henry L Stimson leads with $83,320 for sugar fraud cases. Other high earners include Kellogg, McReynolds, and Denison amid notable land and anti trust actions.
One hundred thousand calls are mailed announcing the sixth annual session and exposition of the International Dry Farming congress to meet in Colorado Springs October 16 to 20. International divisions with thousands of members form in Brazil, British South Africa, Australia, Hungary, India, Mexico, and Canada. ministers of agriculture from ten countries signed the call.
Washington June 18 Postmaster General Hitchcock reveals the railway mail payments are uneven with 278 of 394 companies profitable and 116 showing losses. A readjustment could save about 9 million dollars yearly, rebalancing pay to a 6 percent profit while smaller lines gain and trunk lines lose. Congress may authorize changes to enable higher postal surplus and eventual one cent letter postage after fixes.
NOME Alaska June 18 A stampede is on to rich placer grounds found south of the Kuskokwim near Good News Bay. Several hundred prospectors move from Iditarod and others head from here to the area seeking fortunes in the new discovery.
Dr. Andrew MacPhail, noted author and essayist, was severely injured at his home near Montreal by an aerated water bottle explosion. Flying glass damaged both eyes and he was rushed to a hospital for an operation. Doctors hope to save his sight.
London crowds estimated in the hundreds of thousands thronged streets around St James Park Westminster Abbey and Trafalgar Square to witness decorations and visiting royalty. Crown Prince Frederick William and the German crown princess arrived aboard the cruiser Von Der Tann and were met in Sheerness. Americans Ricard C. Kerens and John R. Carter also attended.
Lebanon Ky June 18 James Procter Knott former governor of Kentucky and longtime congressman died at his home at age 82 after years of feebleness and partial blindness. He was admitted to the bar in 1851 and practiced in Memphis Mo later serving in the Missouri legislature and as attorney general He served two terms in Congress and one term as Kentucky governor from 1883 to 1887 His signature quote Zenith City of the Unsalted Seas drew national attention His widow survives him.
R D Means of Muscatine Iowa recovered $250 in gold buried in a ginger can under ground in Dimmit County Texas. He hid the cache during an early 20th century cattle country era and rediscovered the decayed tin box and buckskin wrapping torn by time.
In Hamilton Ohio between 11 and 12 last night two men forced entry at George Stephenson on New London pike and ransacked the home. Stephenson, 73, and daughter Sophia resisted. a struggle ended with Stephenson shot in the right breast and robbers fleeing. search ongoing. Doctors say bullet extracted and patient will recover. earlier break in at John Starbach’s nearby house yielded $2.50.
Washington reports about 350 000 acres of Indian lands will be put up for sale this year. Disposition will be encouraged by posters sent to post offices nationwide. Much land was inherited by Indians who seek funds to improve their government allotments. Other farms are offered to non citizen Indians to support them.
Fifty aviators began the European circuit from Vincennes toward London with stops. Captain Princeton died when his motor exploded in flight and M. Le Martin crashed into a tree. Several others were injured as the field faced gusty winds and mechanical failures during the first stage toward Belgium.
Edward Burnham foreman in Cincinnati post office general delivery is jailed after arrest by detectives Schnucks and Wimsey. Investigators allege he destroyed souvenir postcards rather than sending undeliverable items to the dead letter office. Burnham, 39, lives at 305 Berry avenue Bellevue KY and will face a U S commissioner hearing.
United States battleships Iowa Indiana and Massachusetts dock at admiralty buoys in Queenstown on June 18 and will sail to Kiel on June 27. Municipal officers plan a reception for Commander R E Coentz and midshipmen aboard. The squadron, sailing from Annapolis June 5, cruises Europe until August 28 with visits to Killarney and other sites planned.
Denver June 18 Private advices report George W Vallery general manager of the Colorado Midland railway elected president by the board of directors in New York yesterday. Vallery previously served as general manager of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy with Denver headquarters.
John C. Marquette of Cincinnati was badly hurt after falling from a street car in Washington. He was taken to a hospital where doctors said his condition is serious.
At the Pan4 handle crossing on Fifth and High streets in Hamilton Ohio a southbound passenger train struck an automobile driven by Stanley Williams 19 son of J Williams a prominent real estate man. Williams suffered a fractured skull and is in critical condition at the enemy hospital. The other occupants of the car were uninjured.
Hundreds of Yale graduates and alumni gathered in New Haven for commencement as President Arthur T. Hadley delivered the baccalaureate sermon to the class and reunion audience.
Washington June 18 The task of gathering evidence on rates for different grades of second class mail will begin in New York City on July 18. A commission appointed by the president under congressional authority will lead the inquiry. The commission is led by Associate Justice Charles E Hughes of the Supreme Court, with A Lawter of Harvard University and Harry A Wheeler of Chicago Public Library attached.
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