Merger debate roils Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce twenty years ago
In June 1910 the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce faced heated merger talks with pro and anti camps presenting arguments. Col T P Egan issued a merger catechism while Gen Ryan and others challenged it. Heat brought a day of record temperatures 95 with health warnings. German American Alliance outing featured speakers including Mayor Schwab and Judge Lueders. Photographers arrested for Sabbath violations faced fines. Weather Torrid 72 95 deg.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pros
Antis
Col
T. P. Egan
Antig
Gen. Ryan
Bode and
Lueders
Charles J. Fitzgerald
Oscar Ehrgott
Sayler Park
Morrow nomination shapes New Jersey political trajectory
The piece notes Dwight W. Morrow's New Jersey primary victory boosting his Senate bid and the White House's support. It highlights reactions from pro and anti prohibition camps and underscores Morrow's perceived character and capability as pivotal for Republican strength and national policy signals.
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Dwight W. Morrow
New Jersey
White House
Morrow
Mr. Morrow
United States Senate
McKellar’s Filibuster and Laudatory Word Pictures
Senator McKellar of Tennessee uses a lengthy filibuster against ship subsidy measures. He recalls eight hours and twenty three minutes to kill a bill. He paints portraits of La Follette senior and junior, and Comptroller General McCarl, praising their integrity and government service.
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Washington
McKellar
Tennessee
Copeland
New York
Ransdell
Louisiana
la Follette
Senate
McCar
Oh Go to Bed by Eliot Kays Stone
A short dialogue poem by Eliot Kays Stone explores why children must sleep. It frames energy use through questions about tiredness from work and play, ending with a parental command to sleep.
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Eliot Kays Stone
New York World News Service
New York World) Press Publishing Co
The Chestnut Tree Restaurant Dialogue
A humorous exchange centers on a cookbook recipe for using up old potatoes. The bride laments the lack of a clear age for the potatoes, while the husband questions the recipe's specifics.
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Bride
Outrunning the Wolf Pioneer Life Then and Now
The speaker recalls parental warnings about hardship and duty faced by early pioneers who labored from dawn to late night to tame a savage land. It contrasts their relentless toil with modern temptations to leisure including weekly outings and owning a flashy bus, suggesting a pioneer would embrace easier modern comforts.
Mystery Book Sale at 50 Cents Spreads Through United Cigar Stores
In New York on June 19, 1980, United Cigar Stores and partners will offer Edgar Wallace novel The Hand of Power for 50 cents a copy. The Mystery League aims to educate readers to buy affordable books, while noting stores will not publish more than twenty four titles yearly.
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New York
United Cigar
Whalen and Neve Drug Stores
Edgar Wallace
Sidney M. Biddell
Mystery League
William A. Ferguson
United Cigar Stores Company of America
Biddell
Ferguson
Mr. Ferguson
Fifty Years Ago in Cincinnati June 20 1880 highlights
Democratic hosts gather for the national presidential conclave with Tammany figures, Ohio politicos, and Cincinnati receptions at Town Hall and St. Nicholas Hotel. The 1870 census counts 216000 in Cincinnati, now 250000 with suburban moves. Varsity announces third commencement at Pike's Opera House with diplomas for several students. Weather fair 61 to 83 degrees.
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Tammany
New York
Irving Club
Tilden
Tammanytown
Michael Norton
Capt. Murphy
Ohio
Buckeye
Thurman
Groesbeck
Clifton
Queen City
Town Hall
St. Nicholas Hotel
Stanley Matthews
William Groesbeck
Richard Smith
Senator Pendleton
John McSweeny
Gov. Stevenson
Kentucky
Theodore Cooke
Cincinnati
Pike’s Opera House
J. B. Stalle
Ward Baldwin
Miles Beaman
Israel Aaron
George W. Lewis
E. N. Clingman
Helena Stalle
The Heavyweight Situation by J Herman Seidlitz
J Herman Seidlitz analyzes the Sharkey Schmeling bout as a frame up by Wall Street claiming Germany bonds funded the win. He recalls Nurmi feats, predicts future titles, mocks promoters, and endorses rain checks and foul rules while praising Gene Tunney and noting a Muldoon Tunney Cup shift to Germany.
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J. Herman Seidlitz
Seidlitz
David and Goliath
Police Gazette
Chicago
J. Herman Seidiaitz
Little Mickey
Romania
Sharkey
Bishop Cannon
Jack
Bill Dineen
Gene Tunney
America
Gene
Germany
Bobby Jones
New York World News Service
New York World
Press Publishing Co
Citizens Urged to Subscribe to G A R Fund in Cincinnati
Citizens are asked to contribute to a $30 000 fund to entertain Civil War veterans at Cincinnati’s August encampment. The plan includes a steamboat trip to Grant’s home and visits to historic sites around Cincinnati. Over 20 000 people expected to attend as G A R auxiliary groups meet. Nicholas Longworth chairs the executive committee.
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Cincinnati
Grand Army of the Republic
President Grant
Pt. Pleasant
Nicholas Longworth
National
House of Representatives
Capt
R. C. Bunge
D. C. Keller
Three Workers Die In Sudden Steel Bridge Collapse
Three or more men were killed and six injured when half of a steel state highway bridge over the Monocacy River near Frederick Maryland fell twenty feet into swollen water while workers repaired the flooring as a heavy truck crossed. Rescues brought two bodies to shore. others trapped beneath wreckage feared. Names listed include Gue James Lyon Edgar Dortner with addresses uncertain. The span was 100 feet long and about ten workers were on site.
Civic Theater reports profit at end of season
The Cincinnati Civic Little Theater closed its second season with a net profit of 020 after all obligations. Board President Max Hirsch seeks public input on continuing the Civic Theater next year and invites communications to Secretary A. H. Pugh at the Pugh Building. Officers include Mrs. William H. Albers and William H. Harrison as vice presidents, Harry E. Weil treasurer, and Levi J. Burgess. Production director was David Howell Lindley and Elinor Mulvihill served as executive secretary.
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Cincinnati Civic Little Theater
Max Hirsch
Cincinnati
Civic Theater
A. H. Pugh
Pugh
William H. Albers
William H. Harrison
Beatrice Shillito
William J. Williams
Harry E. Weil
Levi J. Burgess
W. A. Julian
Harrison B. Smith
Edgar Friedlander
Otto Armieder
Andreas Burkhardt
Nathaniel H. Maxwell
Philemon B. Stanberry
J. Herman Thuman
David Howell Lindley
Elinor CG. Mulvihill
Disabled American Veterans Delegates Leave for New Orleans
The Cincinnati delegation of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War departs for the national convention in New Orleans for a week. Local representatives include James Cleveland and Casper Vogt among others. Women’s Auxiliary led by Edith Hall and Eunice Bluestein. M. Froome Barbour as pier commander and James H. Cleveland as floor leader.
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Cincinnati
New Orleans
James Cleveland
Casper Vogt
Seldon Wilcox
Lawrence Heck
Vivian D. Corbly
Ray Faulkner
A. J. Fitzgerald
Edward Hoover
Karl Wulff
James Hennegan
Louis Errgang
Brian J. Thornton
James Nielson
William Hoffman
Charles Homan
Paul Summers
Edith Hall
Anna B. Winyard
Eunice Bluestein
M. Froome Barbour
James H. Cleveland
Cincinnati Street Railway to End Two Routes
The State Utilities Commission approved the Cincinnati Street Railway Company plan to abandon street car service to Glendale and Springdale and replace it with three 29-passenger buses. Fares and schedules will be similar, with buses every half hour from Sixth and Main. The change follows improved street leads making track relocation too costly.
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Cincinnati Street Railway Company
State Utilities Commission
Glendale
Springdale
Veterans' relief bill delays Senate adjournment
Senate advocates push for a Saturday session to push the veterans relief bill amid Reed opposition. Hoover veto concerns threaten a late session end, with McNary planning a final vote proposal and action pending on the rivers and harbors bill.
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Washington
Senate
Reed
Rep
Friends of the
Congress
Hoover
McNary
Oregon
Duck Creek Parkway plans reviewed for city official
C A Dykstra, city manager, heard a briefing on the proposed Duck Creek Parkway from a Regional Planning Commission committee. He asked for a written report and said he would study the matter before committing. Committee members listed include Charles H Urban, Albert Bettman, Ralph Rogan, and M D Downs.
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Duck Creek Parkway
C. A. Dykstra
City
Regional Planning Commission
Dykstra
Charles H
Urban
Albert Bettman
City Planning Commission
Ralph Rogan
Glendale Planning Commission
M. D. Downs
Multiple couples listed with ages and occupations in Ohio and Illinois
A compiled list shows numerous pairs of individuals with ages, residences, and occupations. The entries cover electricians, nurses, stenographers, clerks, salesmen, chauffeurs, waitresses, and other trades across cities like Hamilton, Chicago, and Glendale with various street addresses and employers.
Myrna Sharlow to join Metropolitan Opera next season
Dramatic soprano Myrna Sharlow of the Zoo Opera Company is signed for lead roles by the Metropolitan Opera New York for the coming season. The announcement, confirmed by Sharlow, notes she will debut with the Met after contract terms were finalized in April. She has sung widely in the United States and Europe, including Paris and Covent Garden, and is married to Capt. E. B. Hitchcock.
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Myrna Sharlow
Zoo Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera Company
New York
Metropolitan
Beatrice Belkin
Miss Sharlow
Boston Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera
Giulio Gatti-Casazza
Sharlow
Leonora
Seaion
Tannhauser
Aida
Asheville
N. C
Columbia Opera Company
Jamestown
David A. Sharlow
Almira Smith
Milton H. Smith
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Smith
Sharrows
St. Louis
Myrna
Beethoven Conservatory
Forest Park
Boston Dee
Frederick E. Bristol
Henry Russell
Boston Opera
Nellie Melba
Mimi
Russell
Paris
Theater Champs Elysees
Royal Opera
Covent Garden
London
Hoover Signs Flood Bill to Fund Mississippi River Work
President Hoover signed the Ragof bill into law approving five million dollars for flood control on the Mississippi River and its tributaries and for repairing levy damage from prior floods.
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Hoover
Washington
Mississippi
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Warren Harding
Marion
Stamina League
Coney Island
Judge Brown
Dayton
A. Bart Horton
H. V. Speelman
Dr. Harcourt
H. H. Griswold
Mr. Griswold
Griswold
Columbus
South Pole
Richard E. Byrd
Borah
Idaho
John Ari Lloyd
Kirke L. Simpson
Word
An McCarl
Speakies
Gotham Daze
William R. Lipman
Cortlandt Street
General Electric Company
Schenectady
Bright Light
Simon
Ziegfeld
the Coryphees
Equity Association
Maj. W. H. McDowell
Jaba
Neal O’hara
G. A. R. Fund
Dale A. Jordan
Hamilton
Mabelle B. Clark
Ryan Avenue
Joseph W. Schoenberger
Findlay Street
Aliegra J. Bilust
Beekman Street
Martin V. Kelly
Ill
Barbara R. Backer
Kemper Jane
Roy Craig
Huntington Place
Lucille Anderson
Vine Street
Thomas Estese
Ada Banks
Cedar Avenue
William C. Kaiser, Jr
State Avenue
Cutter
Geraldine V. Amspaugh
Trevor Place
Harold J. Prout
Prosperity Place
Lillian C. Lang
Edgar A. Walton
Piedmont Street
Lucile Maxwell
Mills Avenue
Elmer G. Wisher
Mitchell Avenue
Grace E. Gilmore
McMakin
Phiiip Peelman
Colerain Avenue
Louise Hasekoester
Albert J. Wiesen
Hutchins Avenue
Dorothy Hailbrook
Hale Avenue
Joseph R. Engelbert
Wabash Avenue
Katherine Humphreys
Anna Louise Inn
William L. Payne
Kilgour Street
Maud E. Rider
Winslow Avenue
Gipson Barbour
Barr Street
Porter
Mary Jones
Gerald A. Scudder
Mattie Harlow
Glenway Avenue
Russell C. Wade
College View Place
Peers
Eeeatzley
William C. Ripberger
Walnut Street
Margaret Antoni
James Knox
Mound Street
Savannah Ingram
West Seventh Treet
Samuel N. Wright
Perk
Emily G. Gibson
Owaites J. Snyder
Inwood Place
Aareee
Julia Hoffert
Jay
Milton
We Weinling
Helen H. Hilge
North Bend Road
Winton Road
Zoo
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