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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1925
Page
2
Detectives contacted Utopia Oklahoma for more details while Sheriff Frank Caswell of Batavia Ohio was notified and went to Utopia to assist the investigation.
Fire Marshal Joseph N Treinen was stricken and ordered home after answering a still alarm at 226-228 East Second Street. The 62 year old, with 39 years service, reportedly injured his spine when his car hit a rut while en route. A $15000 blaze damaged the United States Iron and Paper Company building, noticed by Leonard Kendall, with fire crews on scene for hours.
On the application of Haroth E. May, United States District Attorney, indictments were not pressed in the current session. No further proceedings were announced.
Judge Hickenlooper yesterday remanded three indictments against Louis Breitenbach head of the Breitenbach Lunory Company Opera place and Karl Mog assistant librarian of the Ohio Supreme Court. Two indictments charge separate copyright act violations and a third accuses them of conspiring to violate the act.
Oscar L. Graeser manager of the National Candy Company and his wife depart Cincinnati with James Dietz and wife for a six week tour of Europe. They plan to meet daughter Aurelia Graeser in New York City to sail on the Homeric early Saturday. The itinerary covers France Italy Germany Belgium and England with an English Channel crossing on an air liner to Paris. They return to Cincinnati in August.
Ethan B. Stanley of Norwood, vice president and secretary of American Laundry Machinery Company, was elected to the Fifth Third National Bank board yesterday. He fills the vacancy created by A L Whitaker’s death several months ago.
Detectives arrested Thomas Nicholson on a charge of shooting to kill after Earl Shirvin aged 18 was fatally wounded at Pearl and Lawrence streets last Wednesday. McDonnell filed a warrant charging Nicholson with murder, while McDonnell and Shirvin’s companions gave differing accounts of the events and intentions surrounding the shooting.
A city liquor court summary lists multiple arrests for possession. Names include John Schroerlake and Miss Louise Ruth with addresses on East Thirteenth street and Stratford avenue. Several others such as Joseph Herz, Harry Schultz, and Mrs. Albert Dawson are noted with possession charges and some fines.
Lou is Wirth of 622 Prospect Place Avondale elected Imperial Clerk of the Imperial Guild Baymen of the Commercial Travelers at the organization’s International convention in Columbus. Prof Abraham Gronbach to speak tomorrow at noon for the Exchange Club on Because Men Differ. Last meeting until September.
A long list of marriage licenses is presented with names and addresses across multiple cities including Elm Street in Lakeville Connecticut and Mulberry Street. The compilation includes Hildegarde A Wuest William Simmonas Sophie C Johannsen Rosa Szabo Theresa Kocher Marie Clampett William Story and many others with varying street addresses and cities.
Newark lecturer Harry W. Butz traveled from New York to Cincinnati with five cents in his possession. He sought to understand why the working class drifts from the church while exposing harsh testing of hospitality, noting many refusals for coffee and food, several acts of kindness, and meetings with officials including President Coolidge. He plans to stay in Cincinnati briefly and later publish magazine pieces on American hospitality.
Cloudy skies with showers and possible thunderstorms across Ohio Indiana Kentucky Tennessee and Illinois through Wednesday and Thursday Temperatures range from the mid sixties to low eighties with rain totals noted for several cities The table records highs lows and precipitation across major stations in the region for June 23 1925 at 7 pm meridian time
The trial recounts a bracing prosecution of Shepherd for Billy McClintock’s death amid claims of typhoid to kill him before a will could be altered. Prosecutors frame Shepherd as calculating, using months of past acts to build a circumstantial case while defense calls witnesses including the minister. The jury hears sweeping claims of greed, manipulation, and ultimately the want for the death penalty.
Obituary notices for Henry Ankenbrock and multiple others list deaths and funeral details across Cincinnati and area in June 1925. Names include Carsey, Gaz zolo, Hill, Maffey, Moorman, Shaw, with addresses, relatives, and scheduled services at churches and cemeteries.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 8.5 feet and stationary last night. Vessel movements include Queen City arriving from Louisville around 6 am, Betsy Ann leaving Pittsburgh early yesterday, Tom Greene departing for Pomeroy at 5 pm, and other arrivals and departures from Pittsburgh and Louisville. Cincinnati is expected to receive several boats today with the Andes due in early morning and again tonight.
Seventy eight pupils from Cincinnati schools including eighth graders and all high school students received one year Mercantile Library Association memberships for top scholastic honors under the Day bequest of Timothy C Day. The list names students from Withrow Woodward Evanston Fairview Guilford Hartwell Highlands Hyde Park Vernon and others including Hughes High and Walnut Hills High.
Mrs Barbara Hill wife of Jacob J Hill Sr mother of Milford mayor Harry H Hill died at her daughter’s home 2586 Irving Place North Norwood after a three month illness. She 80 spent much of her life in Amelia Clermont County and later Deer Park. Survived by husband five sons and one daughter funeral at Spring Grove chapel Friday at 3 burial in Spring Grove Cemetery.
A jumble of birth announcements lists numerous parents and addresses with genders and locations, including BOCKHORStam and Elsie in West Fifteenth Street for a boy, BUSHELMAN-J and Helen in Del mar place for a girl, and multiple other entries across towns such as Batavia and St. Bernard. The text appears as OCR garble with inconsistent formatting and incomplete names.
Several hundred persons attended the opening of the Hotel Metropole store of the Robert Putman Candy Company at 609 611 Walnut street. The store, enlarged from a three year old outlet, features 45 by 60 feet space, 125 seating, and electric refrigeration with washed air cooling.
Shipping news lists arriving vessels Zacapa Orizaba Muenchen una Suffren Carabobo Estonia Bogotá Teno Homeric Valparaiso freight dates June 23 to June 27 with arrivals from Kingston Havana Hamburg Havre Danzig Puerto Colombia and other ports. Outgoing sails include Cabo Santa Maria Mauretania Ixaola and others bound for Lisbon Southampton and Keratha.
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