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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1925
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune publishes daily editions in Cincinnati Ohio with bureaus and Associated Press news. The June 23 1925 issue lists distribution points in New York City and Cincinnati and notes pricing for daily and Sunday copies.
A furtive stranger distributes cases of “Scotch” labeled as Kilmarnock claiming real whisky comes from Bingen on the Rhine. The poem notes Germans imitate Scots in postwar trade and culture for profit. Also mentions Chinese industriousness provoking Bolsheviks and a bull moose gifted to the New York Zoo.
National Industrial Conference Board analysis shows immigration at about one fifth of prewar levels and net arrivals down 71.4 percent from last year. The report notes hardships and higher production costs but argues the laws improve selection and assimilation of newcomers despite ongoing border influx.
Tennessee governor declines state troops for the Scopes trial crowd in Dayton. The piece predicts a heated but nonlethal clash of ideas, a circus-like gathering, and calls for detectives and alienists to handle crooks and cranks while defending Darrow and Bryan amid the spectacle.
The piece praises R R. Jones of the government engineering force for forecasting federal river improvements in Cincinnati. It argues the slack water system will connect the Ohio River to the sea, aided by future dams, and predicts Tokio through the Panama Canal opening markets for Ohio products.
A reflective column muses on legendary Mexican giants and current diplomacy, contrasts modern Mexicans with historic tales, and notes persistent local claims and heat from climate. It also surveys a Gotham candy magnate dubbed King of Happiness giving to charity, city planning shifts, and Father’s Day observed with modest gifts.
A wry line suggests William Jennings Bryan might wander mid trial and address the Scopes jury about Miami real estate, hinting at courtroom eccentricity. The remark reflects the era's legal theater and public figure notoriety.
The piece recalls Manhattan's seasonal yelps of returning pilgrims and contrasts the city’s real character with its nightlife. It notes neighborhoods, bars, and iconic figures like Joel Rinaldo and personalities such as Kid McCoy in anecdotal vignettes from old New York.
Fifty years ago the Ludlow Avenue Baseball Company formed as the citys first commercialized sport. Dr. P. F. Maley was elected president with Edward Daley as vice president and Caleb Dodsworth as treasurer. The Blue Stockings of the Alumnus Association and Woodward High School graduates featured among early civic events, parades, and city infirmary coffins contracts awarded to J Habig.
Former American Medical Association president urges strict hygiene to prevent typhoid during summer and drought. He lists steps: avoid known cases, wash hands, skip roller towels, use pure or treated drinking water, avoid polluted baths, pasteurize milk, clean raw vegetables, avoid unknown shellfish, vaccinate on exposure, isolate cases, disinfect excreta, and ensure pure water and milk. Tomorrow: Self Poisoning and Your Eyesight.
A quiz page lists ten trivia prompts asking about US states oceans languages and historic facts. It also previews tomorrow's publication with ten new questions and cites yesterday's answers including Meridian Mississippi silk centers Lyons Magna Carta Shenandoah Valley and Gustavus Adolphus.
Horticultural note surveys rhododendron display along lake shores from Brooklyn to Arden and Duanesburg. Graves praises large crimson and lavender blooms blending with evergreens. Southern species like Catawba and maximum Laurel bloom July, with local plantings noted in garden plots and Helderbergs sanctuary.
Reprinted from the Commercial Tribune files a review of past events. Kentucky lawyers attended a State Bar Association session in the Public Library Auditorium where Joseph W. Folk spoke on The Reign of the Law. The Traction Company outing drew about 40 000 workers at Park.
Cleveland socialite Dan O Caswell 25 died in St Luke s Hospital New York City after a month with typhoid fever and pneumonia His mother Mrs Elizabeth Caswell will bring the body to Cleveland Caswell once married Jessie Reed a Ziegfeld Follies chorus girl in Rhode Island The marriage ended in divorce and his second wife Miss June Castleton also later filed for divorce The tale notes Caswell s Broadway nightlife and two rapid marriages before death in New York City
Dr. Robert Kehoe commended gasoline makers for withdrawing ethyl gasoline pending a United States Public Health Service study. He noted the looney gas caused fourteen deaths and serious injuries in early tests, and described ongoing investigations with General Motors on exposure effects and lead accumulation in the body.
Rev. William Fritz Meier of Pittsburgh gave the final address at the Evangelical Congregational Churches conference closing session. A dinner at St Johns in Mt. Auburn marked the end, Etna, Pa was chosen as 1926 convention city. He spoke of hope beyond material senses sustaining humanity.
A coroner's jury in Washington New Jersey ruled the June 16 Delaware Lackawanna wreck at Rockport Lag, causing 48 deaths among Chicago tourists bound for Germany, was due to a combination of circumstances unavoidable and beyond human control.
New York dispatch reports W. W. Peep treasurer of the Constantinople Red Cross branch says harems in Turkey are nearly extinct due to cost. He notes polygamy has waned as Turkish women adopt Occidental tastes and styles during a vacation visit.
Three hundred women attended the Gibson banquet as the Business Women's Club marked its ninth anniversary. A nine candle cake symbolized all members. National Association of Business Women's Clubs president Mrs. Amelia Prichard spoke and received a three deck cake from Miss Mabel Otting, later presented to her by the group. New directors were named for three year terms and officers installed, with Elizabeth Critchell retiring as president. The evening featured the Orpheus String Quartet, a Glee Club performance, readings, and music by Elizabeth Shipley and William Stoess.
Delegates debated a liberal editorial stance of the New Church Messenger at a Swedenborgian convention. The vote to resume control of the paper's editorial policy was set for this morning amid speakers defending scripture and urging broader Bible interpretation. Notables across Boston Philadelphia Cambridge and Portland heard talks on The Rebellion Against War and the Word.
Ella Spanhorst, 63, of 1719 Highland Avenue, collapsed at 8 30 during the requiem for Nellie Coleman at St Xavier Church. Her niece Miss Josephine Paschen, and another niece Mary Paschen, witnessed the death before her own funeral Mass the next morning at St. Joseph's Cemetery.
Grettir Algarsson of Victoria B C sailed from the Mersey with Commander Worsley and a small team. He aims to reach the farthest north in a semi rigid air ship after prior plans to go by sea and air were uncertain.
The first labor union Rhodes scholarship will start October 1 under the Workers' Education Bureau. William Ross of Baltimore will study at Ruskin College in Oxford England, while Horst Berénz from the Free City of Danzig will attend Brookwood Labor College in Katonah New York. Each to cover own travel costs.
London reports ongoing negotiations between the British Foreign Office and the American Embassy as British interests in Mexico, once managed by the United States, face strain since Washington and Mexico City split. The UK refuses full relations while talks continue amid a complex, unsatisfactory diplomatic gap.
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