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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
7
Cincinnati newspaper issued June 29 1923 by The Commercial Tribune Publishing Company. Publication details include address 410 Commercial Square and notices about newsstand locations in New York City. Includes publisher Harry W. Brown and Associated Press affiliation.
Dr. W. O. Thompson, president of Ohio State University, voices dissent at the Ohio Teachers Association. He argues rote memorization and eye training are insufficient, urging greater emphasis on initiative, thinking, and the creative life alongside practical living. The Commercial Tribune has echoed similar views.
The article argues that coordinating city and county water and sewer services is impractical. It suggests uniting the city and county into one political entity to achieve economy and efficiency, noting current barriers and the likelihood of consolidation in the future.
A columnist discusses Ellis Island crowding and possible relief schemes including building a massive composite quarters for all nations or keeping ships with passengers on board during quarantine. The piece notes official concern in Britain and the U S about inadequate island facilities and health risk from mixed racial crowds. It also touches on progress of women in business and politics and a brief digression on agriculture and Cincinnati play streets.
The Anti-Saloon League plans to spend 2 500 000 for dry candidates in 1924, signaling a major political bet. The piece muses about applying prohibition law measures to foreign liquor ships and notes Kentucky Republicans united in support, shaping convention dynamics and election prospects.
A brief note reflects how gatherings intended to foster unity can reveal underlying divisions among council members and party leaders during ongoing debate over policy priorities. Local participants stress attainable goals while voices clash on strategy and timing.
A 1923 Bell Syndicate piece by James J. Montague contrasts fact and verse in a compact discussion of truth, art, and the role of poetry in modern life. The essay weighs sincerity against ornamental language and considers how prose can convey earnest meaning.
A father recalls his son growing from a sick child into a college graduate. He shares moments of fear after a broken nose and pride at the son’s achievement and independence, yet longs for the younger, helpless boy he used to know.
The article reports that Douglas Fairbanks Jr has signed a film contract for $50,000 annually, a move that angers his father who views the young actor as a mere piker. The narrative contrasts ambition and caution in show business and money matters.
A sketch of bustling Manhattan scenes from uptown to Fifth Avenue. Observations include street crowds, ticket speculators, theater gossip, and a note on Paderewski's Carnegie Hall success with receipts surpassing $500,000 for the season. A Better Taxi League forms to improve cab quality and etiquette books are sold in office buildings.
A jury of examination praised art by Mary Holbrook and others while city leaders urged Charles Kahn Jr. to withdraw a resignation. Dr C P Divan, a young physician, died of cholera. Frank Mulholland faced discipline after a policing misstep. A Woodstock granite monument for the Kemper brothers arrived at Spring Grove Cemetery. A green and red house paint clash drew admiration. Four-Mile House hosted Turners shooting fests and prize team displays. Gymnastics, Inwood Park events, and a grand ball closed three days of city entertainment. Weather: Cloudy to fair, 73-87 degrees.
The Commercial Tribune notes incidents: Col J B Ewen, former Kentucky hotel keeper, fled the mountains after testifying against Brethitt feudists. A brewery driver was thrown from a wagon during a picnic accident. Clyde Danvin died in an elevator fall. David May to Europe for health, leaving with Dr and Mrs Mitchell. Special Agent Hart narrowly escaped a rough confrontation. The German Epworth League Convention closed with a Hillsdale Park gathering. A roofer fell forty feet but survived. Cool weather praised by doctors and Health Department. Fire Chief Archibald warns vacationers and homeowners. Weather: Cloudy 62-79.
Charlotte Corday, noble Caen girl, killed Marat to end terror. She gained entry by letter, stabbed him in his bath, hoped to save lives, faced the guillotine with calm, posed for a portrait before death. Her belief in a republic without bloodshed doomed her to martyrdom.
In a Philadelphia Ledger piece a dialogue shows an older child teaching younger pupils about school management. Joe asks if he can go home when a teacher is sick and Mike explains substitutes and the principal’s role, noting the janitor would fill in if the principal were ill.
A short lampoon depicts a young couple on a porch after four hours together under moonlight. She leaves abruptly, and the man discovers a nickel in his palm, revealing a humorous financial longing and misreading of romance.
Chicago Herald recalls two boys from Chicago, Henri and Chris, who returned home against their mother's command to face a stern question about where they had been. The mother saves the switch for another time, signaling a lighthearted, family discipline moment.
A 1923 instructional piece introduces insects as hexapoda with three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings, contrasts them with spiders and bugs, notes 5000 North American species, and explains life cycles and respiration. It also covers habits of bedbugs and cicadas, and methods to deter pests.
A reform effort by business and professional leaders partners with former criminals to guide youths away from crime. Alpheus Geer of the Marshall Stillman Movement describes recruiting an ex bandit nicknamed Fagin to run a lower East Side club and provide a living wage. Workers say most violence is by ages 17 to 22 and stress offering jobs to broke youths to divert the gangster impulse for the community.
A collection of maxims on desire, prudence, independence, love, courage, honesty, and gender roles. It contrasts disciplined thinking with idolizing ideals and notes life lessons as central to character.
Answers to today’s questions include mythic Perseus with serpents, the Greenwich Observatory for longitude, mummy from Arabic, Wil liam l. Scott, the silkworm on mulberry, the minor planets called asteroids, A1 meaning, Jerome father of U S Weather Bureau, Walter Scott called Abbotsford, and Canterbury’s shrine to Saint Thomas Becket.
Frederick C. Hicks president of the university expresses deep thanks for The Commercial Tribune's support in shaping public opinion favorable to the university. He urges continued cooperation from the newspaper in Cincinnati dated June 26.
A reader defends The Commercial Tribune against Dudley Hancock’s critique. The author claims the paper serves working people and challenges Hancock to prove otherwise by reading the morning edition, asserting forty of every fifty workers read the paper.
The piece notes Toledo once home to 200000 people now about a tenth that, and says Toledo blades remain made though demand wanes. It mentions Stillmann Movement plans clubrooms to guide youth and says hundreds of bandits are in touch, eager to reform, while vice is not monopolized by any class.
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