Four Bracken men named in Covington damage suit over night rider raid
Robert Staton of Brooksville Bracken County Kentucky sues Elbert Route Hillman Hamilton Benjamin McCracken and John Flannery for 5000 damages claiming a March 9 night ride forced him to his warehouse where attackers burned 22000 pounds of tobacco. Staton was beaten and forced to move to Ohio. county official tobacco left unmolested. Similar suits expected. US Attorney J H Tinsley to be alerted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Staton
Brooksville
Bracken County
Elbert Route
Hillman Hamilton
Benjamin McCracken
John Flannery
Staton
United States Court
Covington
Joseph Finnell
Myers
Howard
Ohio
United States
J. H. Tinsley
Night Rider
Kenton Senator Witnesses Wilhelmi Bill Signing by Governor
State Senator E. E. Walker of Kenton County returned to Covington after the Kentucky Legislature adjourned and watched Governor Willson sign the Wilhelmi bill directed against poolrooms. The measure, Senate Bill No. 38, passed both houses and limits bonds for public officials, setting amounts by county judges to guide bonding companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Walker
Kenton County
Covington
Kentucky
Willson
Frankfort
Walker
George H. Davison
Stephens
Davison
Chief PAYS FARE Man Surrenders
Orville J Bagby came to Chief Symmes in Hamilton Ohio asking for transportation home to Covington Kentucky. He claimed a check signed in his brother Leonard’s name was passed and cashed by Edward Carberry for five dollars. Bagby then surrendered to Covington authorities and was jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Orville J. Bagby
Symmes
Hamilton
Leonard
Edward Carberry
Carberry
Covington real estate transfers show multiple property deeds
W E and Ada Rowland transfer to George and Lena Jetter a 30 by 265 ft lot in Ster WEEE SEV, Richard and Annie Schmidt deed 60 by 127 ft on Oak street to A V C Grant, Edw and Mary Scharbach sell 25 by 68 ft on Ninth street to Thomas M Gleeson, and city transfer notes Lot 6 in Kyle's subdivision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E
Ada Rowland
George
Lena Jetter
Richard
Annie Schmidt
A. V. C. Grant
Oak Street
John W Davis Newport City Clerk in Kentucky
John W. Davis serves as city clerk for Newport in Kentucky, handling records, approvals and administrative duties for the city government. The notice identifies Davis's official role within Newport's municipal framework.
Taft Indorsed for Presidency by Covington Club
The Charles A. Hitch Republican Club of Covington indorsed William H. Taft for President and R. P. Ernst for National Committeeman from Kentucky and for State Central Committee from the Sixth District. Speakers urged harmony and Roosevelt policy continuity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Hitch
Republican Club
Covington
Fifth and
Madison Avenue
William H. Taft
R. P. Ernst
Kentucky
State Central Committee
Sixth
Kenton
Campbell
John C. B. Yates
Hitch
Taft
Roosevelt
Ernst
Cummins
Yates
Samuel Anderson
Campbell County
T. J. Edmonds
John H. Meyer
Newport
Maurice L. Galvin
John L. Rich
Allie Seiler
William Wilson
Henry B. Schuler
John E. Shepard
Scott Shoemaker
Sailors Seek Wages After Towboat Sinking
United States Commissioner John Menzies heard Fred Scott of Pittsburg and John Higgenbotham of Middleport claim unpaid salary after the towboat Boat struck a bridge pier at Ironton Ohio throwing five overboard. Both men said water illness prompted hospital tickets which Captain Gould refused before the case. Defendants denied the claims and offered leaving the boat at the company. On Menzies suggestion the men were given hospital tickets in Cincinnati Ludlow voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
John Menzies
Fred Scott
Ft Pittsburg
John Higgenbotham
Middleport
Monongahela River Coal Company
Ironton
Gould
Marine Hospital
Cincinnati
Ludlow
Menzies
Covington Elks Select Officers for March Election
The Covington Lodge of Elks announced the candidates to be voted on at the March 25 election. Candidates include Exalted Ruler L. J. Ante, Leading Knight Elmer Becker, Dr W. C. Harris, Loyal Knight Harry Bailer, Lecturing Knight Charles H. Blaise and George Hellebusch, Secretary W. H. Hayes, Treasurer Ben Bramlage, Tyler C J Schroeder, Trustees Theodore C Wolkers Edward Taylor Ben Dressman, Grand Lodge Rep B J Linneman, Grand Lodge Alternate Henry Holtrup. Installation set for April 5 with ceremonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington Lodge of Elks
L. J. Ante
Elmer Becker
W. C. Harris
Harry Bailer
Charles H. Blaise
George Hellebusch
W. H. Hayes
Ben Bramlage
Tyler
C. J. Schroeder
Theodore C. Wolkers
Kenton Circuit Court Dockets Cleaned Up Sooner Hearings
Judges Harbeson and Shaw praise progress as both court branches reduce average suit hearing time from eighteen months to five months after petition filing. Conserves justice pace and efficiency across Kenton Circuit Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton
Harbeson
Shaw
Newport News In Brief
Lafayette Hoffman remains missing from 1127 Orchard Street since March 5 though some believe he may be alive after his hat and a carpenter union card were found on Central Bridge. A reward is offered for information. Mrs. Anna Guilfoyle died at 326 West Ninth Street after a long illness. her son Charles drowned last year in the Licking River. Newport police plan Covington target practice and Monitor Lodge Knights of Pythias prepares to mark its second anniversary next Wednesday night at the hall on Fourth and York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette Hoffman
Orchard Street
Newport
Hoffman
Carpenter's Union
Central Bridge
Anna Guilfoyle
West Ninth Street
Charles
Licking River
Covington
Monitor Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Ourth
York Street
Kenton Court Notes and Local Court Sales
Brinkers sues Covington & Cincinnati Elevated Railroad and Transfer Bridge for 1000 damages over an added double track said to have damaged his house. The First National Bank sues for 300 on promissory notes. Jansen’s grand larceny charge reduced to disorderly conduct, 30 days. Commissioner Rich sold Latonia and Covington lots for 2655, 1370, 81, 71, 500, 1670, 2245, 1800 to various buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. H. Brinkers
Annie Ryan
Kenton
John Jansen
Jansen
John L. Rich
Columbia Building Association
Herman Reinersmann
James Taylor
Latonia
H. Kallman
John Oars" Walte
Eva Guenther
Joseph Guenther
Woodside
Erdanger
August Eisele
Joseph A. Eisele
Ninth Street
Russell
Catherine Heker
Republicans Hold Secret Campbell County Meeting Ahead of April Convention
Campbell County Republicans form a new group to oust current leaders. Newport meeting decides committees to canvass voters and push a large turnout for the April 25 convention at Turner Hall. W. O. Bradley support cited as boosting the new faction against Scott Shoemaker and John Meyer supporters led by Theodore Marz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell County
Newport
Bellevue
Dayton
William O. Bradley
Republican Club
Turner Hall
W. O. Bradley
United States Senate
Scott Shoemaker
John Meyer
Theodore Marz
Girl of Seventeen Held for Bigamy
A seventeen year old girl Minnie Adams of Ludlow Kentucky was arrested on a warrant by her father in law charging bigamy. She married David Adams in 1904 and Robert Kelly in Campbell County after earlier marriage to Adams. The case was sent to a special grand jury by Juvenile Judge Moore in Newport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moore
Newport
Kendrick P. Kelly
Minnie Adams
Ludlow
David Adams
Jessamine County
Kentucky
Robert Kelly
Campbell County
Minnie Richardson
Kenton County
Adams
Kenton
City Jailer Wins Suit Over County and Federal Fees
Newport Circuit Court ruled the city cannot force City Jailer Chris Ebert to account for fees received from the county and federal government. The decision voids a city ordinance clause demanding payment to the city and penalties for non city prisoners. The ruling may affect former Jailer Bernard Ploeger whose term has ended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
General Council
Chris Ebert
United States
Bernard Ploeger
Funeral for Confederate Soldier Moses R How ard
The funeral of Colonel Moses R. Howard, a Confederate veteran and insurance man, died suddenly in Newport, was held yesterday at his Washington avenue home. Services conducted by Rev. Mr. Frye of Cincinnati with assistance from the United Confederate Veterans and Daughters of the Confederacy. Colonel J. M. Arnold read the Confederate funeral ritual at Spring Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses R. Howard
Washington Avenue
Newport
United Confederate Veterans
Daughters of the Confederacy
Mr. Frye
Cincinnati
J. M. Arnold
Spring Grove Cemetery
Covington Briefs Officers Elected and Patrol Drive Reported
The Covington Turner Society elected officers including President Alban Wolff and Vice President George Schneider. A patrol drive resulted in William Manwaring recovering his runaway team near police HQ. The Covington Board of Education plans a fire escape inspection at Fourth Street School in Newport. City Auditor W S Gould issued a building permit for a three room brick cottage on 18th Street costing 900.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covingtton Turner Society
Alban Wolff
George Schneider
H. A. Penney
Louis Schneider
Rresponding
R. Friedrich Trear
William Riedlin, Sr
al Krohman
Albert Wahle
John Knoechelmann
Henry Lohstroh
Henry Wahle
Frederick Vonderschmitt
William Riedlin
Robert Friedrichs
William Manwaring
Cincinnati
Covington Board of Education
Do. Sluss
George Roth
Act of Education
James Metcalfe
Fourth Street
Newport
Gould
Elizabeth Summerburg
Bighteenth Street
Cogg
Campbell County Court Suit Seeks 800 From Patterson Building
Cora M. Nance filed suit in Circuit Court against Patterson Building Company to recover 800 alleged due on a building contract. Campbell County Grand Jury was granted two more days by the court. Irish natives John Joseph Heelan and Michael Kilgariff obtained naturalization papers at the Circuit Clerk's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora M. Nance
Patterson Building Company
Campbell County Grand Jury
John Josep Heelan
Michael Kilgariff
Ireland
Covington Marriage Licenses Filed by H Edison
Mrs. Sallie Dean is noted in Covington marriage license records with her spouse’s details not fully legible in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Hiddison
Sallie Dean
Orchard Judge urges clemency in Haywood Pettibone case
Caldwell Idaho March 18 Judge Fremont Wood recommends clemency for Harry Orchard after reviewing the Haywood Pettibone trials and Orchard's testimony. He states Orchard acted in good faith, told the truth, and deserves commutation from death to imprisonment. He cites prior crimes and pending pardons authority to the Pardoning Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell
Idaho
Harry Orchard
William D. Haywood
George A. Pettibone
Forme
Frank Steunenberg
Fremont Wood
State Board of Pardons
Orchard
Wood
Haywood
Pettibone
Tam
Bunker Hill and Sullivan
Kronprinz Wilhelm Damaged In Fog Collision Off Staten Island
The transatlantic Kronprinz Wilhelm struck by Crown of Castile in thick fog tore a fifteen by ten foot hole in the stern. No injuries reported. Both ships anchored and awaited fog lift before docking in Hoboken and New York. Crown of Castile, from Rotterdam, belongs to New York and Continental Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown of Castile
Staten Island
New York
Kronprinz Wilhelm
Lloyd Line
Kronprinzg
Hoboken
Bremen
Nierich
Robin's Reef
Kronprinz
Lloyd
Rotterdam
New York and
Continental Line
Duel Ends in Wounding of Smirnoff in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg a morning duel between Lt Gen Smirnoff and Lt Gen Fock left Smirnoff fatally wounded by the fourth shot. The clash stemmed from Smirnoff’s Port Arthur memorandum. both generals faced seconds and observers, with Roentgen exams planned to locate the bullet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smirnoff
Fock
ST. Petersburg
Chevalier Guard
Port Arthur
Vladimir H. Purishkevich
Douma
Schlutz
Navy
Sido
Stoessel
Podgursky
Kireiff
General Fock
Gorbaloffsky
Western Front
Russia
Feck
Reiss
Bomb filled with cream disrupts Paris residence discovery
A mysterious tin can bomb was found on a windowsill at Baron Reille’s residence on the Boulevard La Tour Maubourg. A servant alerted police and officials from the Laboratoire Municipal confirmed the device contained only cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Paris
Baron Reille
Chamber of Deputies
Names. Residence, Age. Carl Scheidel af shay so se RET pee er at Mabel Fricke
The fragment lists individuals Carl Scheidel and Mabel Fricke with unclear residence and ages, indicating a tagged but incomplete notice. No clear event, date, or organization is identified in the readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Scheidel Af
Mabel Fricke
Cincinnati
Judge sets May execution date after mercy plea
Judge Wood sentences Orchard to death with May 15 as execution date. Orchard thanks the court for review and mercy remarks, insisting immunity or mercy were never promised and tears mark his farewell. He reiterates he told the truth and expresses gratitude to the judge for recommending clemency to the Board of Pardons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orchard
Wood
Board of Pardons
Real Estate Transfers in Bellevue and Dayton
P T Brown to Henry Bischoff sells Lot 26 in Hugh Kennedys Bellevue subdivision for 1900 dollars. Alice B Bowler sells Lot 4 in Williamson s Bellevue addition. P Bowler sells Lot 3 in Williamson s Bellevue addition to Nicholas Tunken. August Haunert and wife sell Lot 28 in East Bellevue Lot Association subdivision Dayton to Edward Reuther and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. T. Brown
Henry Bischoff
Hugh Kennedy
Bellevue
Alice B. Bowler
Nicholas Tunken
Williamson
Pert P. Bowler
August Haunert
Edward Reuther
East Bellevue
Dayton
Wedding of Miss Marjorie Sayler and Mr Hawkins at Fernbank
In Fernbank parlors Miss Marjorie Sayler wed Mr John Lawrence Hawkins. The ceremony featured a transformed chapel setting, antique lace and orange blossom bouquet. Brutus the St Bernard attended. guests included Judge John R Sayler and family friends from Baltimore Scranton and Pittsburgh. The couple will reside in a Fernbank cottage. Also notes on a Bach celebration program by the Woman's Club and other society events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sayler
Fernbank
Marjorie Sayler
Nelson Sayler
John Lawrence Hawkins
Miss Sayler
John R. Sayler
Grace Kite
Brutus
St. Bernard
Killarney
Pittsburg
Hawking
Church Lane
Woman’s Club
Bach
Henri Ern
Henri
Georgette Ern
Emma L. Koehler
Louis Schwebel
Katherine Bennett
John Hoffmann
Howard Barnett
Annie Laws
Julia Worthington
Ernest Osborne
Helene Dickofe
Otto Stein
Alice Laws
Local residents begin extended trips to Cuba and beyond
Mr and Mrs J E Anderson of Bur net avenue Mt Auburn depart for two months in Cuba with a stop in New Orleans. Carl Cohen, former guest of Ane A Lowman, heads to New York after visiting South Crescent avenue. Wells Hutchins hosts a visit from Miss Miller in South Portsmouth Ohio. Leonard S Smith and son of Avondale head to New York and Europe. Stella Victor of Greenwood Lane Avondale leaves for Danville to visit her sister. Mrs S Winkler and Miss Domhoff plan weeks in New York Chicago и San Francisco trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Anderson
Burnet Avenue
Mt.Auburn
Cuba
New Orleans
Carl Cohen
Ane A. Lowman
South Crescent
Avvondale
New Yo
Wells Hutchins
South Portsmouth
Miss Miller
Oak Street
Vernonville
Leonard S. Smith and Son
Avondale
New York
Europe
Stella Victor
Greenwood
Ine
Danville
S. Winkler
Jessie Domhoff
Northside
San Francisco
Chicago
Social notes from Newport and Covington in Kentucky Society
Miss Anna Berry of Newport returns from Indiana while many locals host or visit friends and relatives. The Elks Lodge in Newport hosted a euchre and dance for 150 guests. The column lists numerous travel plans and visits among Newport Covington and nearby cities including Columbus Toledo Chicago and Richmond with dates and hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Berry
Newport
Indiana
Lenard Spearis
Marvin Spearis
Richmond
John Walters
St. Louis
Lodge of Elks
Joseph Finnell
Covington
Smitt Sellers
Columbus
Frank Perkins
Culture Club
Edward Manogue
Silva Marie
Anderson
Ind
Albert Silva
Orlando Schmidt
Cairo
Athens
Willie Lovell
Chicago
Hester Laird
Benjamin Ashbrook
Toledo
Irving Halsey
Kentucky
John Coffin
Georgia
New York
Fatime French
Maysville
Kkentucky
Edward Robbins
Leonard Speaks
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Covington and Newport
OES
Bill
Executive
Accused
Dee
Liebig Company
City Reserve
John W. Davis
Newport, Ky
Indorsed
C. A. Hitch Republican Club
Newport News
Kenton Court Notes
Covington Briefs
Campbell County Courts
Pardoning Board
Pardon Board
Colorado
Newport Real Estate
Bernard
THE NEWS OF _ SOCIETY
N. O. Goldsmith
Cameron Avenue
Norwood
Gertrude Lewis
Edward Hamilton Berry
David M. Allen
Price Hill
Hanna
Helen Grover
Sunshine Evans
W. J. Roderick
Laura Foy
Robert Heekin
Mina Giffen
Charles F. Giffen
William Henry Emerson
Gervaise Roughton
Miss Giffen
Carrie Robertson
Edward Anschutz
Harvey and
Union Avenues
Henry Emerson
S. A. Cassidy
J. D. Moore
Edward Sullivan
George Long
C. P. Sweeney
William Giffen
Covington, C
George Emerson
Kentucky Society
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