Commercial Tribune June 29 1929 front page details
The Commercial Tribune Cincinnati edition announces publication details and distribution. It lists address at 410 Commercial Square and notes sale points in New York City Schultz's News Stand Grand Central and Hotaling's News Stand. It mentions Harry W Brown as publisher and president and credits the Associated Press for news dispatches.
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Hotaling
Times
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Rcal News
Paradox of Respectability in Crime Discussed by Judge
A Harpers Magazine crime essay argues that respectable citizens can foster crime by lax compliance with law. Judge Thomas H. Darby of Hamilton County frames the issue in a Cincinnati Gyro Club talk. The piece also notes Cincinnati Community Chest subscription practices and local unemployment estimates, plus rising auto fatalities in Hamilton County.
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Forget It Not A Better Way To Loosen Worry
The article urges not to forget but to remember and act. It suggests making a list of troubling thoughts and disposing of them one by one as an easy method to stop worry, a form of fear, by ALFALFA SMITH.
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MacDonald
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Christopher Morley
Leon Throckmorton
Conrad Milliken
Harry Wagstaff Gribble
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Rialto
Morley
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Gribble
Milliken
Lebanon
Lindbergh
Noisy dawn serenade ends in bachelor fate for mate seeker
A humorous poem laments a wren’s sleepless 4 a.m. serenade as a bachelor remains unpaired after six weeks, urging acceptance of bachelorhood and calm life. The piece contrasts a mate dream with the speaker’s sympathy and disrupted sleep.
Annual Mosquito Extermination Effort Continues
The yearly campaign against mosquitoes is underway with the odds again in favor of the insects. Officials warn residents to prepare for ongoing battles as crews push the control program forward.
Mrs Schwimmer Seeks Citizenship Abroad
The article notes Mrs. Schwimmer has been denied citizenship and has traveled abroad, warning Gertrude Ederle to watch her laurels as the situation unfolds.
Sabbath Reform Sparks City Council Clash in Cincinnati
Fifty years ago on June 29 1879 Cincinnati papers report City Council debates over blocking Sunday liquor vending and dances at beer halls while closing poolrooms. Budget talk covers Saengerfest deficit and Southern Railroad depot location with cost estimates around 1 million dollars. Joseph Hummel’s cons aim exposed as a hoax clears neighbors. Hebrew Union College graduates several students as the Reds suffer a 5 to 1 loss in Chicago. Weather notes show clear 59 to 87 degrees.
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Ryan
Jacob
Water Pitcher Dave Perspires No More at Kleeno Polish
An amusing ad feature tells how Dave the water pitcher, once a top table piece, began perspir ing and fading from dinners. A remedy is found in Kleeno Silver Polish, restoring popularity. The piece ends with a cheeky health warning and candy promotion.
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Dave
Gorham
Bank robber claims radio static device
Louis Clernt, a prisoner in Nebraska State Prison, allegedly invented a compact radio statics-eliminating device. He tested it on five radio models with perfect results and at negligible cost to produce.
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Royale Theater
Louis Clernt
Nebraska
Jock MacLennan Piper of Scotland Dies in Mourning
Hielan Jock MacLennan Scotland's famed pibroch master dies. His son played the lament minutes before death as the piper asked to blow the bagpipes one last time. The tune passed was the Standards on the braes o Mar. The article notes his heroism at Ypres 1915 and credits the Canadians with saving the day.
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Desgenettes
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Jaffa
Bonaparte
N. Y
World News Service
CN. Y
Luncheon anecdotes from bankers club provoke laughs
Stories recount lunch with Martin W. Littleton and ambassador Houghton in London. Sir Gilbert Parker supposedly stayed silent to avoid interrupting Littleton. A Lancashire farmer tale at the Adelphi ends with a pricey but hearty meal and a stubborn onion debate.
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Martin
London
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Sir Gilbert Parker
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Mr. Littleton
Eddie Cantor Fifteenth Wedding Anniversary Party Tale
A joke recounts Eddie Cantor learning his wife’s likes after years of marriage and notes his quick reaction to a guest’s question. It recalls Ida Kramer in California aiding talkies and a striking letter from a stage hopeful seeking advice to crash into the squawkies.
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Eddie
Ida Kramer
California
East
Young Amerryca Submission Call Published
A day by day column invites clever young readers under 20 to submit original material. Writers may request name withholding and should mail to Young Amerryca care Commercial Tribune Cincinnati Ohio.
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Care Commercial Tribune
Cincinnati
Prohibition Era Musings From A Midwestern Letter
A quirky note from J. Milan in Indiana laments hard times under prohibition. The writer jokes about circus parades and a controlling spouse while reflecting on life’s troubles and the voice of Herzog offers blunt wisdom. The tone mirrors old newspaper alongside social satire.
March of Progress and the Civil War’s End
The Pullman sleeping car arrived in 1864 and the safety coupler and Westinghouse air brake followed in 1868. After the Civil War, the Great Plains beyond Kansas and Nebraska, the high plains, and the Rockies were sparsely settled aside from mining towns in Colorado and Nevada and settlements in Utah.
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Nebraska
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Utah
Overland Stage Line Travel Time in Postwar Era
Seventy years ago mail coaches of the Overland Stage Line required at least five days to move passengers and mail from the Missouri River to Denver Railroading became the era’s biggest business after the Civil War highlighting transportation history and regional commerce.
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Overland Stage Line
Missouri River
Denver
Population surge in Northwest states from 1880 to today
The three Northwest states Washington Oregon and Idaho grew from a combined 282000 in 1880 to over 3 million in the present era. The shift reflects long term regional growth and development across the Pacific Northwest.
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Northwest States
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Generational Gap: Harte West Vigor vs Lewis Civic Portrayal
The remark contrasts Bret Harte's vigorous masculine West with Sinclair Lewis's portrayal of shallow urban society, noting only a couple of generations separate the depictions.
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Bret Harte
Far West
Sincair Lewis
You think I’d have luck in Holywood
Ida replies with a snappy line about chance in Holywood. The exchange hints at a bustling, perhaps comic, local scene with a witty remark about children born there annually. The dialogue conveys humor and a sense of place.
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Ida
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