Aerolite shower sparks city interest on Tuesday night
An aerolite struck Walnut Hills causing a six inch deep hole in Yale Avenue pavement. Mrs. Defosse witnessed the event and photos were made for today's Commercial Tribune. Scientists speculate other fragments may be scattered across Cincinnati and nearby areas.
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Commercial Tribune
Charles W. Defosse
Yale Avenue
Park
Elmwood Avenues
Cincinnati
Lindahl
Mike Mullens Family Outing at Coney Island Picnic
A Newport crowd led by Mike Mullen celebrates a seaside outing for about 3,000 guests from the Fifth Ward, with Daughters of Rebecca and St. John's Church members joining. The day features games, lemonade, ice cream, and candy, plus two weddings aboard the boats, one for James Meyer and Bertha Hannagher and another for James Collins and Cora Ib. Politicians and Mr Mullen join in the festivity as the day unfolds with baseball on the ball field and festive crowds aboard the boats.
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Fifth Ward
Coney Island
Mike
Daughters of
Rebecca
St. John's
Newport
Mr. Mullen
Mullen
Messrs
Plong
Frommel
Carrigan
la Hosty
MeKeons
Shaffer
Rand
Jackson
Kerry
Ullen
Ae Stuary
James Meyer
Bertha Hannagher
St. Xavier's
Father Kiefer
James Collins
Coneysland Company
Pretty Coralb
Main Street
All Saints’ Church
Father Burns
Ie Matten
Mr. Burns
Coney Island Runaway Night at the Island Queen
Residents recall a lively Coney Island evening with rides including the merry go round switchback and Ferris wheel. Girls danced enjoyed lunch baskets while the Island Orchestra played. A wet ending prompted officers to calm the crowd before the last boats departed.
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Digan
Tragic Fall Injures 12 Year Old In East Court Street
Twelve year old James Reitzes of 127 Green Street fell from a first floor to a basement while crossing joists on a partially constructed East Court Street building. His skull is fractured and internal injuries are reported. his father works on the site.
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James Reitzes
Green Street
East Court Street
German Presbyterian Church Picnic At Harvest Home Park
The Second German Presbyterian Church holds its annual picnic at Harvest Home Park today. A fine dinner and supper, athletic events, and an evening program are planned as part of the outing.
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Second
Harvest Home
Hyde Park Water Rates at Issue Before City Board
Wallace Burch for Hyde Park pressed the Board of Public Service to keep Hyde Park water rates at city prices, arguing a 1893 deed created a contract and that raising rates 10 percent would unjustly tax Hyde Park property while denying equal treatment to Cincinnati residents. The board planned a final decision next.
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Board of Public Service
Hyde Park
Boeh
Board of Administration
Hyde Park Syndicate
Burch
Ames E. Mooney
Cincinnati
Furnis
James E. Mooney
At Park
Free Trip to Buffalo Prize at Commercial Tribune
The Commercial Tribune offers a free week at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo as the top prize in a guessing contest. Readers must identify firms described only by omitting names and locations, with a $5 gold prize for the second closest entrant. The prize covers hotel, transport to Buffalo and back, ground admission, and many Exposition features.
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Commercial Tribune
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Bostock
Mexico
Johnstown Road
Cairo
Kilauea
Missionary Ridge
Jerusalem
New Schedule of War Taxes Explained
July 1 marks the start of the new war tax schedule prepared by Collector Bettmann. The bill passed last March modifies stamp taxes and other levies with reductions, exemptions, and retained taxes for drafts, bonds, tobacco products, and broker activities.
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Bettmann
Nine Months' Search Ends in Meyers Arrest
Detectives Calnan and Wappenstein arrested Philip W. Meyers in Cincinnati after a Newcastle Indiana man was traced for nine months as a suspect in obtaining money by false pretenses. Meyers, formerly with a Newcastle broker’s office, reportedly swindled a local resident of over $1,000 and was later locked up at Central Station awaiting transfer.
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Wappenstein
Philip W. Meyers
Newcastle
Ind
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Heers
Cincinnati
Highland Avenue
Central Station
Visi Li
St Xavier's College Holds Sixty First Commencement
The sixty first annual commencement at St Xavier's College was held at the Pike Opera House. Graduates on stage included Joseph Baurichter William Deasy Thomas Devaney Joseph Cohan and others with Francis Kramer earning the highest honors. The Cincinnati Grand Orchestra provided music and local prizes recognized Latin contest and essays.
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Pike Opera House
Messrs
Joseph Baurichter
William P. Deasy
Thomas Devaney
Joseph Cohan
William Flanagan
Joseph HB. Grollig
Philip Kates
Francis Kramer
Aloysius Kruempelbeck
Matthew H. Mangold
William Phelan
Charles Robes
Oscar Verkamp
Morgan Williams
Morgan W. Williams
William A. Geoghegan
A.B
Cincinnati Grand Orchestra
St. Xavier's College
Austin G. Schmidt
T. Lincoln Boucaren
Iliam P. Deasy
James J. Donnelon
College Hall
Thos. P. Hart
William Deasy
Five Alms Medals for Bravery to Police Department
Police Commissioner George Henshaw learned that Mrs. Frederick Alms plans to donate five gold medals to the Police Department to honor acts of bravery. The Alms Medal for Bravery will be awarded annually at the department’s inspection, succeeding a prior series donated by Henshaw.
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Frederick
George Henshaw
Frederick Alms
Police Department
Alms
Flenshaw
New Quarters Planned for Cincinnati Gas Light and Coke
Plans are prepared to remodel the Fourth and Plum building housing the Cincinnati Gas Light and Coke Company and to erect a six story McFarland street block behind it. The new stone structure will be 100 feet by 100 feet, connect with the old building, and include space for machine shops in the basement. Stables will be built on McFarland Street to house repair wagons. The Edison Electric Company offices will move to the Fourth and Plum site.
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Cincinnati Gas Light and Coke Company
McFarland Street
McFarland
Plum Street
Cinnati Gas and Electric Company
Edison Electric Company
Governmentquare
Fourth
Uture
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Playing on Canal Bank Goldstein Loses an Eye
Moses Goldstein nine year old of 1544 Central Avenue lost sight in his right eye yesterday afternoon while playing with companions along the canal bank at Fifteenth Street. A stone thrown by Johnnie Walters struck him in the eye. Taken to the hospital doctors could do nothing to restore sight. Police reported the accident with no arrests.
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Central Avenue
Canal Beakh
Fifteenth Street
Johnnie Walters
Goldstein
Carthage
Ohio
German National Bank
Cincinnati
Clift Street
State of Ohio
L. Hall
Hollingsworth Not Dead Denial Counters Rumor of Death
Parents of Harry Hollingsworth of Bond Street West Covington deny a newspaper report that he bled to death while pasting the Southern Road tunnel near Kings Mountain. Superintendent McCuen of Ludlow located a suspect at Bergin and expected home tonight. Reports say Hollingsworth is in perfect health.
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Bond Street
West Covington
King’sountain
McCuen
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