Martyrdom and McKinley Honored in Harding Bust Unveiling
National figures praise Presidents Harding and McKinley at the unveiling in Niles of a bronze Harding bust. Secretary James Davis recalls his steel mill days, urges harmony between employers and workers. Civil War Governor Tod and former Treasury Secretary Bliss noted nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Warren G. Harding
William McKinley
Coolidge
John J. Davis
Davis
John G. Cooper
Youngstown
McKinley
Labor
Harding
Lincoln
Roosevelt
iBust
Addre ‘D. Waddell
Niles Chamber of Commerce
J. Massey Rhind
New York
David Tod
Cornelius N. Bliss
Advertisements Index With Local Businesses and Services
A dense listing of 1920s regional ads and notices includes Cincinnati area firms such as Altenheim Citizens' Motor Car Co and Beazell & Chatfield, with services ranging from hair products and dry cleaning to hotels, savings institutions, schools, and piano firms. The collage-like directory highlights merchants like Japp's Hair Stove, Lyric Piano Co, and The Dunham House among others, reflecting a broad commercial mix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satoucs Oh Capemone Damortic
Bicecesc En Cccciones Colloway Coa] CO
Ceceeeeees Senses
Ore Park
Oreeied
M. F. McCarthy
Steed Eagle Savings and Loan Co
Financial
A. Lepper & Co
Beazell & Chatfield, Ghanner & Sawyer
C. Goldhurst & Co
Avice Irwin, Ballmann & Go
Southern Ohio Savings B. and T
Stanley & Bissell
George C. Miller Sons
Gidding
Goldenburg School
Ahemed Bote Gordon
Cccccascsecevon , H. Bode Co
Aden Mad Ashe
Japp
Klett
Kotalko
Louisville & Cincinnati
Lyric Piano Co
McAlpin'’s
Max Wacher & Son Co
Miner Bros
Milner—Player Pianos
Motion Pictures
Nunner & Ashton—Furniture
Ocean View Hotel
Ohio Mechanics Institute
Oskamp
Teasdale—Dry Cleaning
Teasdale
Magasin
The
Dunham House
the Dunlevy Co
Lawton
Sparger-Johnston Motor Ae “Ee
the Summer Medical Co
Anetis, OS Mayer & MN
Shoot Holes in Burning Tank to Save Oil
Seven large oil tanks at the Midwest Refining Company tank farm in Casper Wyoming were set afire by lightning. Officials withheld loss estimates while workers drilled holes in two tanks to drain thousands of barrels of crude into a temporary reservoir. The tanks held 445000 barrels before the blaze began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
Midwest Refining Company
Detroit woman guilty of first degree murder in child death
Elizabeth Lewen, 58, was found guilty of first degree murder in Detroit Recorder's Court for the death of six year old Max Ernest. She received a life term at the Detroit House of Corrections after a one hour jury deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Elizabeth Lewen
Recorder’s Court
Max Ernest
Detroit House of Correction
Lewen
Lew
Ernest
Dorothy Wonnacott
Max
Wookes
Realty Company
Needle Women Patrol Chicago Bathing Beach
Seamstresses with pins needles thread and other paraphernalia of the ladies sailors were stationed at Chicago beaches to censor bathing suits and sew in those who violated prohibitions against display of legs and shoulders now in effect this year. Last year beach costumes were left to the wearers conscience causing many to wear last year’s suits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Slayers Put In Dungeon On Murder Anniversary
Columbus Ohio June 18 Steve Manos of Tuscarawas County arrives at the penitentiary to serve life imprisonment for the murder of Mike Slampros on March 8. He is sentenced to spend the march of each year in solitary confinement. Similar conditions apply to other prisoners including Jiggs Losstiner the Cleveland gangster who will spend Christmas Day each year in solitary confinement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Steve Manos
Tuscarawas County
Mike Slampros
Jiggs
Losstiner
Cleveland
Cloudburst Damages Sweep Western States Relieve Relief Trains
At least four cloud bursts hit Wibaux Montana and areas between Sentinel Butte and Medora North Dakota causing extensive damage. Homes along the Wibaux main street were washed away and cattle losses ran high while two Northern Pacific passenger trains were marooned by washouts. Ten miles of track were washed out and relief trains were dispatched as transcontinental service was detoured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mandan
N. D
Wibaux
Mont
Sentinel
Butte
Medora
Northern Pacific
North Dakota
Amundsen Ready to Renew North Pole Efforts
Ronald Amundsen arrived in Nome aboard The Maude after wintering off Cape Serge, Siberia. He plans to return to Seattle for repairs and resume drifting with Arctic ice floes to reach the North Pole once repairs are complete. He traveled on the Herman with one native, three whites, and the daughter of a Siberian trader, plus a Chukuk Eskimo girl he will send to school in Norway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nome
Alaska
Ronald Amundsen
Cape Serge
Siberia
Seattle
South Pole
North Pole
Herman
Ast Cape
Charles Carpenter
Norway
Cincinnati Sizzles as Heat Wave Persists
Cincinnati endured another scorching day with the thermometer at 93 degrees at noon. Crowds flocked to riverfronts parks beaches and Eden Park and Burnet Woods as relief from the heat remained unavailable and officials warned of continued hot weather into midweek. Fire Chief Barney Houston urged doubled fire watch and public cooperation to prevent blazes during the spell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Weather Bureau
Eden Park
Burnet Woods
Barney Houston
Heat Claims Several Lives in Chicago as Mercury Rises
Chicago reports several deaths and numerous prostrations from the heat. Temperatures reached 95 degrees for the second time in forty eight hours. Afternoon showers failed to relieve the oppressive heat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cincinnati Debates Klan Oath Ceremony and Civil War Parallels
The city discussed an oath administered to 300 Ku Klux Klan members on a wooded knoll as 2,000 masked supporters stood by. Reform leader Wilbur H. Crafts warned of social chaos, while local officials urged police to maintain order and deny outside power. Community leaders expressed fear, citing potential clashes and accusations of white supremacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ku Klux Klan
Cincinnati
Franklin Smith
Park Street Methodist Episcopal Church
National Association For the Advancement of the Colored People
John Galvin
Mr. Smith
Galvin
Crafts
Wilbur H. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Tulsa
Okla
Klan
United States
Herbert S. Bigelow
The
People’s Church
Lightning kills Chicago railroad traffic clerk at home
Charles Widen of Brookfield Illinois chief traffic clerk for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railway was struck by lightning while standing in front of his home. His wife witnessed the event as a clear sky was reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Charles Widen
Brookfield
Ill
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway
U S Warns Autoists Against Puncture Vine
Washington June 18 government weed sharps issue warning against the puncture vine tribulus terrestris an undesirable immigrant from southern Europe likely to reach the West and Southwest by sheep fleece A California man reported seventy tire punctures from the plant in one tire
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Europe
California
Jitneys to Begin Five Cent Rides in Cincinnati
Promoter Charles J. Morton announces three jitney lines start in Cincinnati tomorrow with five cent fares. Gilbert Avenue route from Federal Building to Peebles Corner and Dana Avenue, Reading Road line to McMillan Street, and Vine Street line to McMicken Avenue. Mayor Galvin and Safety Director Tudor supported the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton
Gilbert Avenue
Reading Road
Vine Street
Charles J. Morton
Detroit
Mich
Cincinnati
Mr. Morton
Federal Building
Peebles Corner
William Jerome Kuertz
Kuertz
Man Who Took Bergdoll’s Place Proved Argonne Hero
Russell C. Gross of Philadelphia died a hero in the Argonne Forest after taking Grover Bergdoll’s place when the draft evader failed to answer. He was 23, a private in Company E, 328th Infantry, killed by a machine gun nest later captured by Company G under Corporal Alvin C York. The Overbrook American Legion post disclosed the findings and planned to rename the post in Gross’s honor and honor a memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Grover C. Bergdoll
Germany
Argonne Forest
Russell C. Gross
328Th Infantry
Alvin Cy York
Tennessee
Overbrook
American Legion
Gress
Bergdoll
Gross
Torpedo Explodes In Child's Mouth A Serious Burn
Rena Drake, five, of 926 West Seventh Street, bit a torpedo and suffered severe burns in the mouth and throat. A private ambulance took her to General Hospital where doctors report her condition serious. Police will investigate how the explosive was obtained amid fireworks ordinance restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rena Drake
West Seventh Street
Rena
General Hospital
Boy Clings to Log Hour in Niagara Rapids Rescue
Edward Denny a 16 year old swimmer was carried out by current near Maid of the Mist landing in Niagara Falls New York. He clung to a drifting log as it spun in the whirlpool outer eddy then was hauled ashore by rescuers after a risky river crossing. He was uninjured aside from fright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Edward Denny
Niagara Whirlpool
Denny
Milk War Drops Milk to 6 Cents a Quart in Fostoria
In Fostoria Ohio on June 18 citizens can buy milk for 6 cents a quart or 4 cents a pint as a milk depot lowers prices from 11 cents. Several grocers have matched the cut, and the rate is described as roughly the price paid by the farmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fostoria
Ohio
Victim Struck by Car In Street Near Washington Wyom
Edmund Swormstedt a 82 year old resident of 119 Washington avenue suffered compound fractures and serious scalp wounds after a car full of singing men and women struck him while crossing at Washington and Wyom yesterday evening. He was taken to Christ Hospital in serious condition. Police traced the vehicle license and searched for the motorist as witnesses described the incident. Swormstedt a longtime Cincinnati Methodist Book Concern worker is a twin of Hamlin Swormstedt. Police had no arrests by early morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wyom RE
Edmund Ett
Washington Avenue
Christ Hospital
Swarmstedt
Lockland
John Gates
Mr. Swormstedt
Cincinnati
Concern
Hamlin Swormstedt
French Cyclist Flies Airplane Powered by Foot
Paris report says Gabriel Poulain, famed French bicyclist, achieved a successful unofficial flight in an airplane operated entirely by foot. The test aimed to win the Pugeot prize of 10,000 francs for the first person to leave ground and fly ten meters with human power, a feat Poulain reportedly fulfilled multiple times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Gabriel Poulain
Poulain
Welch Mayor Shot in Family Quarrel Duel
Mayor John H. White of Welch McDowell County and adversary Gibson Carter were shot in a lung head and abdomen duel during a gun fight believed to stem from a family quarrel. White had been acquitted of killing former West Virginia University football star Bill Johnson. Both men were reported in serious condition and neither has been arrested.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch
W. Va
John H. White
McDowell County
Bill’’ Johnson
West Virginia’ University
Gibson Carter
Rolling Mills Announce Wage Cut And Increase
Middletown OhioJune 18 The American Rolling Mill Company announced a wage readjustment effective July 1 Yard laborers will earn 30 cents an hour up from 20 cents the figure used in 1916 The change represents a 50 percent increase for yard or base labor in the plants अभी
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
American Rolling Mill Company
Tribune
Mob Seeks Life Of Negro After Officer Shot
James Owens fifty two, a negro, narrowly escaped lynching after shooting Patrolman Frank Pfister at Central avenue and l'Hommedieu alley. Pfister was seriously wounded and Owens held on suspicion as police patrols prevent race rioting in the West End.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Owens
Central Avenue
Seventh and
John Streets
Frank Pfister
Pfister
Owens
l’Hommédieu Alley
Central Aven
Seventh Street
John Street
Hamel
John
General Hospital
Harry Boxce
West End
John and George Streets
Five Die in Rear-End Interurban Crash Near Ann Arbor
Five persons were killed and sixteen injured in a rear-end collision of two westbound Detroit United Railway interurban cars near Ann Arbor. The wooden car was telescoped by a steel car with most casualties among forward-car occupants. The accident’s cause is not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Midh
Detroit United Railway
Ann Arbor
Police After Hot Chase Catch Negroes Accused Of Snatching Purse
Police and detectives pursued two men, Will Rogers and Ernst Bailey, through Fifth Street to Elm and Hatters alley before arresting them on suspicion of purse snatching. The pair, both residents of 509 Carlisle Avenue, had 65 cents between them when captured. The victim could not be located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Rogers
Ernst Bailey
Carlisle Avenue
Fifth Street
Elm
Hays
Bullerdick
Pearcy and Karman
Bailey
Hatters’ Alley
Rogers
Thomas Edwards
Oxford
Robbery At Shapiro Home Ends With $1600 Looted Jewelry
Two yeggmen forced entry to Nathan Shapiro’s residence on Red Bud avenue and Burton Woods lane, smashing a kitchen door, stealing $1600 in money and jewelry from a second floor safe. Watchman Joseph Bahlke fired on fleeing suspects. a car fled with a third man driving. Judge Arthur Spiegel and neighbors assisted, Shapiro returns to find most valuables gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathan Shapiro
Red Bud Avenue
Burton Woods Lane
Joseph Bahlke
Arthur M. Spiegel
Shapiro
Mr. Shapiro
Negro Holds Up Foltz Store Manager at Westwood and Shadwell
At 9 last night a tall Negro with a gun forced Frank Scott, manager of Foltz grocery and bakery, into a rear room, robbed him of 105 dollars and tied him to a post with a 40 foot clothesline. An accomplice helped conceal the crime and fled before police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foltz
Westwood
Shadwell Avenues
Frank Scott
Scott
Paul Schardlin
Louis Meyer
Foltz Company
West Sixth Street
Jones Named to Command the Atlantic Fleet
Vice Admiral H P Jones is assigned to command the Atlantic Fleet with the rank of Admiral He will replace Admiral H B Wilson who leaves June 30 to command the Naval Academy at Annapolis Rear Admiral E W Eberle is named Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet with the rank of Admiral He succeeds Admiral Hugh Rodman who moves to Hampton Roads Va Rear Admiral John D McDonald becomes second in command of the Atlantic Fleet and commands the battleship force with the rank of Vice Admiral He succeeds Admiral Jones Rear Admiral W R Shoemaker becomes Vice Admiral of the Pacific Fleet after leading Pearl Harbor and the Fourteenth Naval District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
H. P. Jones
Atlantic Fleet
H. B. Wilson
Naval Academy
Annapolis
E. W. Eberle
Pacific Fleet
Hugh Rodman
Naval Operating
Hampton Roads
John D. McDonald
Navy Yard
New York
Battleship Force
Admiral Jones
W. R. Shoemaker
Fourteenth Naval District
Pearl Harbor
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Cooper
Niles
Eaneeee
Tee
Ieekea
Sae Eeee
Weeee
Tweee
Beto
Slayers
Dungeon
Montana
Amundsen
Discoverer
Wilbur Crafts
Lawless
Joel Clore
Nicholas Klein
Copelan
U. S
Argonne
Yeggs
Edmund Swarmstedt
Wyoming
West Virginia
MOB
Central Av
Avondale
Watchman
Negro
Jones
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