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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
4
An advertisement touts Senreco toothpaste promising white radi ant teeth and healthy gums. It stresses regular dentist visits, claims of pyorrhea prevention, and urges readers to request an instructional booklet from Senreco at the Masonic Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Newport attorney Lorimer W. Scott filed a suit in Campbell Circuit Court challenging the Newport Board of Education action to transfer seven thousand eight hundred dollars from the site and building fund to fund teachers salaries next year. The suit questions legality of borrowing in anticipation of taxes and asserts funds in the building fund are restricted to erection remodeling or improving buildings. The petition seeks a court ruling that the board's resolutions are illegal.
Several defendants appeared before Judge Otto Wolff in circuit court. Three Buffalo, New York youths Harry Myers George Stone and Charles Kra mer pled guilty to stealing four bicycles in Melbourne Kentucky and were sentenced to two years in the Kentucky Reform School at Green dale. Others pleaded not guilty to multiple indictments and faced bond or trial dates with Frank Buechel Richard Newhouse linked to Newport burglaries. Howard Armstrong and Charles Fields face trial for grand larceny on June 30.
Mayor Joseph Hermann accepted Charlton B. Thompson as campaign manager for the Democratic bid to Congress in Campbell County. Attorney Hubbard Schwartz assists. Hermann criticized incumbent Mr. Rouse for lack of qualifications and indecision on the Volstead Act while predicting Thompson would win the district decisively.
Campbell County Commissioners rejected all bids for the 1.5 mile Licking pike reconstruction south of Newport. Contractors Billiter and Connell won the contract to build two concrete culverts and a concrete retaining wall under State aid. The meeting followed an adjournment after Judge Caldwell’s Bellevue home fire call.
Miss Josephine Gerring of 616 East Ninth Street was severely hurt yesterday when struck by a Ft. Thomas street car at Tenth and Washington avenues Newport. She was found underneath the car when it stopped and is reported recovering at her home.
Yesterday’s deeds show Joseph Schultz and Barbara Schultz selling to William and Maric Galvagni a Bellevue center street parcel between Van Voast and O Fallon avenues for 3500 dollars. Sarah Van Pelt and others sell to Jacob Raphaelson and Ida Raphaelson 30 feet on Monmouth street in Newport for 1500 dollars. Jennie Neiser and William Neiser transfer 30 by 100 feet on Tenth street in Newport for 4000 dollars to Henry and Elizabeth Ackemann. Rosa Steinbarger and Elmer Steinbarger sell a Day ton Vine street lot to Emby and Tempie Laugherty for 2600 dollars. W W J Baker and Elizabeth Baker to Anna E. ae property on Beech road Southgate. W J Baker and Elizabeth Baker to Leo and Genevieve Goesling on Beech 102d Southgate, Xv., 6500 dollars.
Lee R Blagg and his wife of Dayton Kentucky were granted permission to adopt a three year old boy by Judge Wolff in Campbell Circuit Court. The boy will be named Robert Lee Bi. The mother was unable to care for him. Ben Knoebel Newport Bowler visits old friends at Courthouse. June tax collection hours announced for the Finance Office. Catherine Runge severely burned by gas oven explosion at 138 West Fourth Street. Park Avenue School campus hosts second community sings with ice cream served by Mothers and Teachers Association.
William Diethelm a 24 year old barber and boarder at the Schott home Newport is charged with shooting Mrs Alma Schott at 823 Washington Avenue. He faces a preliminary hearing. Doctors say Mrs Schott has a good chance to recover. Diethelm claims he was kidding and cannot explain the two gunshots.
Marriage licenses issued in Newport listed are Cecil H. Reagd of South Charleston and Alma Gray of South Charleston. Franklin S. Thomas of Ironton and Roma Baker of Ironton. Bruce Bennett of Pine Flat and Julia Morris of Greensburg. Indicated residence locations shown.
Louis N. Fernberg ex Assistant County Prosecuting Attorney returns to Cincinnati from New York as a warrant charging embezzlement is withdrawn. He says the matter was satisfactorily adjusted and credits a misunderstanding with client Mrs Emma Mackey who alleged misaccounting of funds.
Covington Williams reports Southern prohibition district superintendent S R Brame met with Kentucky official Paul Williams in Covington yesterday. Brame said future enforcement will intensify in the Southern district as whisky theft trials proceed and moonshine production in mountains declines with aims for heavier sentences.
Rodman Russell new Public Property Commissioner tells City Commissioners about Union Light Heat and Power plan to install a $6000 water pump with $55 monthly rent for Ft Thomas barracks. He says his waterworks option costs $4000 and would save $220 monthly salary, and asks for bids to report next meeting.
Leslie Farmer, grocer of 1711 Banklick Street, told Commissioners the pump supplying water to bar racks is in bad condition due to a defective boiler. The issue was referred to Public Works Commissioner Vastine for action.
Norman Barnes Post members met at Patriotic Hall to circulate petitions opposing executive clemency for Covington espionage case defendants Henry Feltman, C. B. Schoberg, and J. Henry Kruse. The trio were convicted in U S District Court Covington and their conviction sustained by the Cincinnati Circuit Court of Appeals. Their appeal to the Supreme Court was denied.
The case against Ernest Brady and Joseph Helmar of the Stone wall House on the Dixie highway was dismissed in Kenton County Court. Grand Jury had indicted them on selling liquor without a license and maintaining a nuisance.
Federal Judge Cochran has asked Postmaster Orie S. Ware to fix the acoustic problems in the Federal Building courtroom. Ware will seek to remove the defect after a prior year’s similar request. High ceilings have hindered hearing for the court and jurors. contractor John J. Craig had proposed improvements, but Washington officials deemed them too costly.
George W. Smith sues Fannie Williams Smith for divorce claiming abandonment. they wed May 5, 1918. Mary A. Lowenstine obtained a divorce from Willard D. Lowenstine on abandonment grounds. they married April 1, 1913 and she reverts to her maiden name Mary A. Ross. The suit was filed in 1916 with decree issued months later.
The Booth Memorial Hospital Training School for Nurses held commencement on the hospital grounds. The four graduates were Elizabeth Bergner Martha McCann Lydia Ott and Jane Reynolds. Dr J Risk Meek chief of staff gave the principal address and diplomas were presented by Dr J D Northcutt.
Taxes can now be paid for both June and October. Pay at City Building with no penalty after the last opportunity. Office open every evening until 4 o clock. George C. Sta Commissioner of Public Finance.
Ben Weller, custodian of the Masonic Temple, received a telegram from B. F. Frazier of Portland Oregon stating the Covington delegates’ application to establish a Shrine Temple in Covington was turned down with no explanation.
Henry Holland 67 of Carlisle Ky died last night at Booth Memorial Hospital from blood poisoning that followed a foot injury. The body was moved to Allison's undertaking establishment Pike street and will be sent to his home for burial.
John W. Scott 40 of New Orleans appeared before Judge Manson in the Police Court on a touting charge at Latonia race track. He promised to leave the city and was fined $1 plus costs.
Names appear with residence cities including Covington Cincinnati Burlington and Williamstown. Individuals named include Charles E. Phillips Dorothy R. Carrick John A. Schwartz Catherine Willen Ray R. Rogers Frances McGlasson Robert L. Smith Mabel Jackman Jesse McClain Emma Barnes Orville Nelson and Bess L Rice for Covington and surrounding locales.
The Fair Price voiced that Cincinnati coal remains costly like other cities as coal men told the Commission about the supply and dealers’ roles. Authorities from the Department of Justice are investigating operations of several local coal dealers guided by Attorney General Palmer’s circulars.
Six members of St Aloysius Orphans Society who died in the war will be honored with a bronze tablet at the eighty third anniversary celebration at Reading Road home. Rev Joseph H Steinbrunner former army chaplain will deliver the memorial address. Children of the home will sing patriotic selections.
Mrs. Edward Stoll of 414 Lock street faced a shock when her first husband James E. Rake, believed dead, reentered her home. Rake planned to stay to resolve the matter with Stoll, but his daughter and two other children urged him to go to Covington. A. C. Crouse said Stoll may seek divorce on grounds of prior marriage while Rake could pursue a divorce by naming Stoll.
Members of Mohawk Brighton improvement associations and Mothers Clubs are urged to attend a mass meeting tonight at the Dayton street public library to press the Board of Education to reverse its decision turning Bloom Junior High into a three tier high school. Councilmen Schneider and Stenger called for the meeting after a prior discussion.
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