Introduction to The Commercial Tribune 1924 edition
The Commercial Tribune announces its publication details for Sunday June 22, 1924. It lists the newspaper’s establishment in 1798, Cincinnati office address, publisher Harry W. Brown, and newsstand locations in New York City. It notes the Associated Press membership and pricing for daily and Sunday copies.
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Commercial Tribune Publishing Company
Commercial Square
Broadway
Cincinnati
Ob’s. Harry
W. Brown
Money Power and the University Endowment Debate
A long reflection argues that very large gifts to Harvard and similar endowments enable higher education but warn money must not surpass the human factor. It lauds up-to-date labs and funding while stressing that true greatness comes from the minds and character of scholars, not machines, citing Mark Hopkins as exemplar.
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Harvard University
Harvard
Institution of Learning
Mark Hopkins
Mark
Hopkinses
When Man Won't and Woman Wills in Domestic Deeds
A reflective piece surveys the conflict between male restraint and female hospitality in domestic life and appetite. It contrasts instinct with social duty, husband and wife dynamics, and hints at political mobilization behind La Follette’s banner as parties shift credibility in policy and prestige.
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la Follette
Dawes & Coolidge in Massachusetts Archives
A historic Massachusetts grocery firm Dawes and Coolidge appears in a century-old archive. The piece notes a 1924 reversal of firm alignment and a New Yorker admitting unfamiliarity with the Volstead Act amid broader ignorance among U S citizens.
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Massachusetts
Dawes & Coolidge
The Harmless Necessary Cat
A narrator endures a restless night as a mischievous cat prowls through the house. The feline causes chaos from the linen closet to the piano, keeping the family awake and prompting a long, exhausted pursuit through beds and pantry. The piece preserves a humorous, domestic tone.
Prank Tags Warn Houseguest Misuse of HomeAboard
A Boston Transcript item notes a newly decorated bathroom and a series of humorous tags left by a married woman’s brother and a bachelor friend. The notes humorously instruct what each item should or should not be used for, revealing playful mischief during the owners’ absence.
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Boston Transcript
Pendleton Joins U S Jury in Leavenworth
Ed Pendleton a Kansas Legislator from Franklin County famed as a white-face cattle breeder served on a jury in the United States Court at Leavenworth. He said he had never served on any jury before and joked about being tried by jurors, noting he would not want to be tried by a jury even as a juror.
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Ed Pendleton
Kansas
Franklin County
United States
Leavenworth
Pendleton
Kans
City Star
Wappenstein
Bulmer
Allen
Millikin
Chicago
Fleischmann
Roosevelt
Taft
Harding
Grover Cleveland
Coolidge
Potomac
Wilson
Maryland
Mr. Coolidge
President Demands Entry to Private Alarming Asylum
An irate President visits a private asylum and, after barbed back and forth with a burly keeper, gains entry revealing a staged scene with figures like Napoleon Cleopatra and Henry VIII. Farm Life.
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United States
Napoleon
Cleopatra
Henry VIII
Anniversary anecdotes from early frontier and naval history
Today’s anniversaries highlight Stephen Massett’s 1849 San Francisco piano debut, Captain Schley’s 1884 rescue of Greely expedition survivors, Benjamin Bristow born 1837, and the 1898 St Paul cruiser’s defense near San Juan Porto Rico against a Spanish force.
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Stephen C. Massett
San Francisco
Schley
Far North
Benjamin H. Bristow
Treasury
Grant
Zee
Ps City
Elkton
St. Paul
San Juan
Portoco
St Patrick’s Church Dedication Fetes In Cincinnati
Fifty years ago Cincinnati marked the dedication of St Patrick’s new church with a parade led by the Newport Barracks Band. Bishops Toebbe and FitzGerald preached. A Bellevue-Newport baseball brawl prompted Marshal Knapp to intervene and be chased. The Cincinnati Horticultural Society reported fruit prospects and praised a seedling black raspberry from Indian Hill. Jacob Billingheimer was arrested for Sunday labor. William Baxter spoke on temperance at St Paul’s M E Church amid street preaching.
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St. Patrick’s
Blue Rock Street
Newport Barracks
St. Bonifacius Church
Toebbe
Covington
Fitzgerald
Little Rock, Ark
Bellevue
Newport
Marshal Knapp
Cincinnati Horticultural Society
Sixth and
Walnut Streets
S. N. Muchmore
Indian Hill
Jake Billingheimer
Atlantic Garden
Steenth
Jacob
William Baxter
Baxter
Indiana
St. Paul’s M. E
Double drowning at Mill Creek claims two lives
Frank Kuhlmeyer and Frank Lindeman, boarding at 85 Twelfth Street, went bathing at the mouth of Mill Creek. Neither could swim. It was the second double drowning within a week.
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Frank Kuhlmeyer
Frank Lindeman
Twelfth Street
Mill Creek
Summer Exodus Quiet Amid Calm Church Sermons
The city witnessed a summer exodus with a slim majority attending church, where sermons were noted as not sensational and the overall service mood remained restrained.
Twenty Years Ago in Cincinnati Highlights and Headlines
A look back at Cincinnati events with Garry Herrmann and Blaine Club at Chicago events. Detectives contest retirement while Chicago officials discuss police reforms. A contested will prompts court action as the Pure Food Commission targets soda dispensaries. A mass sight test for railroad staff and a fatal baseball injury in Indiana mark notable incidents. Cloudy weather with high around 82 degrees.
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Garry Herrmann
Blaine Club
Chicago
Michigan Avenue
Garry
Letters to the Editor by Charles Fort on skyfall evidence
Charles Fort of London argues that meteoric and unknown stones and substances fallen from the sky indicate possible inhabited worlds near Earth. He cites historical reports from The Birmingham Daily Post and Comptes Rendus and invites readers to send further accounts to 39 Marchmont Street, London.
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Charles Fort
Fort
England
the Commercial Tribune
Theagazine
Sir
Nature
L’annee Scientifique
Scientific American
Comptes Rendus
Roy
Irish Acad
San Salvador
Spain
Weatherview
Bismarck
Dakota
L’astronomie
Servia
Meunier
Birmingham
Birmingham Daily Post
British Association For the Advancement of Science
la Science Pour
Space
Ohio
Waterville
The
Commercial Tribune
Popular Mechanics
Tarbes
France
Journal of the
French Academy of Scitant
Mars
Earth
Marchmont Street
Russell Square
London
Christopher Columbus
Great Hymns and Their History O Little Town of Bethlehem
A historical note on Phillips Brooks and the Christmas hymn O Little Town of Bethlehem. It covers Brooks as an evolutionist and devout pastor, the hymn’s origin after a Christmas Eve inspiration in Bethlehem, its first sung at Trinity Church Boston in 1868, and Redner’s music.
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Philips Brooks
Trinity Church
Boston
Phillips Brooks
Jesus of Nazareth
Bethlehem
Brooks
Old Church
Jesus
St. Louis
Lewis Redner
Christ
Galilee
Press Publishing Co
Understanding Aims For Knowledge And Sharing
The passage states that understanding serves two goals: improving our own ease of knowledge and enabling us to convey that knowledge to others. It highlights dual aims of personal clarity and effective communication.
Dawes to Lead Republican Push With Hell and Maria Tone
Republican campaign strategists plan a bold Dawes blitz across the nation using a “Hell and Maria” approach. Dawes to tour on a special train, while President Coolidge manages White House duties and Mayflower cruises, shaping party unity after Cleveland.
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Hell
Maria” Dawes
Washington
Charles Gates Dawes
Mr. Dawes
Wasington
White House
No-Man’s Land
Maria
Chicago
Itm
A. E. F. France
President Coolidge Plans Summer at White House
The president shows no plan to depart the capital this summer. He would not tour New England if he leaves, preferring the White House as his summer habitat, though he would enjoy a Great Lakes or Western resort if possible.
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Coolidge
New England
Great Lakes
White House
Stop the leaks in life and business
A talk on thrift urges stopping leaks as a fundamental of success. The speaker cites Lincoln's letter to illustrate how small leaks of habit and judgment undermine achievement. He warns that stability comes from halting petty misdeeds and misdirected energy, urging readers to review their own habits and stop leaks.
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Lincoln
Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Birthdays Today Highlight Authors and Actors
Sir H Rider Haggard, author of Kin Solomon's Mines, born in Norfolk sixty eight years ago. Sir Martin Harvey, actor and manager born in Essex fifty seven years ago. Porter Emerson Browne, novelist and playwright born in Beverly Massachusetts forty five years ago. Robert S Lovett, executive head, born at San Jacinto.
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H. Rider-Haggard
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Forty-second Street
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Forty-third and
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Ben Wood Davis
Davis
State Pure Food Commission
W. A. Garrett
Queen & Crescent
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John Williams
Manhattan Club
Grove Thomas
Phile
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Real Isport
Thomas B. Gregory
DAWES
Robert T. Small
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Senator Lodge
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Watson
Thrift
S. W. Straus
American Society For Thrift
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