Deaths Decline in 1924 Health District Report
Dr. C A Neal reports in Hamilton County that births rose by 34 and deaths fell by 33 in 1924 across townships near Cincinnati. The District Advisory Council elected Clarence Hopping president and Clifford Walker secretary as 24 representatives met at the Courthouse. The year saw 1,210 births and 638 deaths with 115 due to preventable communicable diseases.
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Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Norwood
St. Bernard
C. A. Neal
lJamilton County
Clarence Hopping
North Bend
Clifford Walker
White Water Township
E. H. Schoenling
Harrison
Neal
Suman Gok
District Board of Health and Red Cross
Brotherhood Delegates Register for Meeting
More than 1,000 delegates registered today for the Brotherhood of Railway Clerks Baggage and Ex convention in Kansas City. President E H Fitzgerald, George H Leef, Cincinnati Supreme Secretary Treasurer, and numerous officers attended the ten day event.
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Kansas City
Michy
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks
E. H. Fitzgerald
George H. Leef
Cincinnati
Lutheran Documents Found at St James Church
In New York on May 4 historians discovered dusty church papers in a chest of ancient ornaments at St James Ieran Church. Among them is the ordination certificate of Rev. Justus Falckner, the first regularly ordained clergyman in America in 1703. The find was made by two charwomen.
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New York
St. James I Eran
Jstus Falckner
America
Resort Owner Sues for Divorce Over Harsh Conduct
Dr. William S. Burkhart, owner of the Cherry Hill Club near Reading, filed for divorce from Mrs. Leo norei Burkhart of Ottawa New Jersey. He accuses her of seizing his mail and insulting him, causing humiliation and weight loss. He seeks a divorce and to bar her from any claim to his real estate. Froome Morris, vice mayor, represents him.
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William S. Burkhart
Cherry Hill Club
Reading
Leonore Forney Burkhart
Ottawa
N. J
Santa Ana
Cal
Burkhart
Ohio Foresters to name delegates at convention today
Ohio state convention of the Catholic Women’s Order of Foresters opened a two day session at Linton. Delegates will be chosen this afternoon to attend the national convention in Denver in August. Mrs Mary L Downs of Chicago described the order’s growth from its 1890s roots to a 70000 member network across 1200 lodges in 32 states and Quebec.
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Ohio
Catholic Women’s Order of Foresters
Linton
Denver
Col
St. John's Church
Green and
Republic Streets
Mary L. Downs
Chicago
Quebec
Canada
George Cardinal Mundelein
Order
St. Francis Church
Sacred Heart of Mary Court
Louis J. Nau
Francis X. Buschle
Marvy Downs
Rival of Chapman Held Charged With Six Murders
New City New York May 4 Henry J Fernekes a small time bandit once arrested in Chicago is indicted for first degree murder in the Pearl River bank hold up December 29 1921. He is charged with killing clerks Ziegfield Butts and James Moore. A bail for extradition papers is sought to bring him to New York. Fernekes is also accused of killing cashier Michael Swinotkowski in a March 19 robbery and is said to have slain Patrolman Edward C Doller at Monticello N J and two Pennsylvani a State Police members.
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New York World News Service
New York
New City
N. Y
Henry J. Fernekes
Chicago
Gerald Chapman
Fernekes
Ziegfield Butts
James Moore
First National Bank
Pearl River
Lexow
Albany
Springfield
Ill
Small
Michael Swinotkowski
Illinois
Edwardc. Doller
Monticello
N. J
Pennsylvania State Police
Jailed for Failure to Return Battery by City Ordinance
The first conviction under the new city ordinance imposing up to sixty days in jail and a $200 fine for failing to return a rented auto battery within ten days was won by the Battery Service Association in Municipal Court. Judge William D. Alexander sentenced Harry Cohn Jr. of 904 Richmond Street to thirteen days in jail and a $25 fine plus costs for violating the ordinance. Cohn failed to return a rented battery to Homer's Battery Shop on West Seventh Street.
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New City
Battery Service Association
William D. Alexander
Harry Cohn, Jr
Richmond Street
Cohn
Homer
West Seventh Street
Oil Operator Arrested in Kenova for Mail Fraud
Paul Wright former oil operator from Kentucky was arrested in Kenova West Virginia charged with using the mails to defraud in oil investments. He is jailed in Huntington on a $2000 bond after being indicted by a federal grand jury in Bowling Green Kentucky in December 1924.
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Associated Press
Kenova
W. Va
Paul Wright
Kentucky
Huntington
Wright
Bowling Green
Schurman Returns from China to Assume Germany Posting
Dr. Jacob Gould Schurman United States Minister to China arrived today on the way to Germany where he has been named ambassador. Mrs. Schurman and Miss Barbara Schurman accompanied him.
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Schurman
China
Associated Press
Viera
2. C
Jacob Gould Schurman
United States
Germany
Barbara Schurman
Music prolongs life of flowers for days
Chicago May 4 Flowers will retain their bloom for many days if subjected to the strains of music, said Billings of Milwaukee. He will present his conclusions at the Silver Jubilee Convention of the Music Trades in Chicago June 8 to 11. He asserts rhythmic tones create atmospheric waves beneficial like light waves for flowers.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Billings
Milwaukee
Music Trades
114 Leave Today on Good Will Trip
A delegation of 114 men from 74 Cincinnati firms departs this morning on a goodwill trade trip through Southern Indiana. The itinerary spans 34 cities with a return Friday evening. Walter Esberger’s Military Band will accompany. souvenirs will be given to children as the group seeks to boost Cincinnati business.
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Cincinnati
Indiana
Central Union Station
Osgood
Ind
Walter Esberger
Lloyd Scholl
Samuel Mayer
North Vernon
Seymour
Brownstown
Mitchell, Shoals
Loogootee
Washington
Vincennes
Jevansville
Princeton
Oakland City
Huntington
Jasper
Paoli
Orleans
French Lick Springs
Bedford
Bloomington
Bloomfield
Swiss City
Worthington
Spencer
Martinsville
Franklin
Edinburg
Columbus
Greensburg
Shelbyville
Rushville
Connersville
Cambridge
Richmond
Camden
Get that man! Chase leads to capture of William Green
A white man shouted Get that man near Fifth street and Eggleston avenue prompting Ed Blythe and Mike Roberts to pursue a Negro in a car. Police detained William Green 28 at Broadway station after he denied running and claimed a relative had his razor found in his pocket.
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Fifth Street
Eggleston Avenue
Ed Blythe
East Fifth Street
Mike Roberts
German Street
Pennsylvania Station
Halbrecht
William Green
Clinton Street
Broadway
Reichert
Blythe
Roberts
Petition to Honor Police Officials Over Tear Bomb Incident
A Norwood Protective and Welfare Association committee filed a petition with Mayor Nolte urging the retention of Chief Hart and Sergeant Piepmeyer and recommending commendation for bravery during the January 18 meeting in Odd Fellows Hall when a tear bomb disrupted the gathering. About 4,838 signatures accompany the document, opposing a separate Civic League bid to dismiss the officers.
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Hart
Piepmeyer
Nolte
Odd Fellows Hall
Norwood Protective and Welfare Association
Norwood Civic League
Piepméyer
Relatives Cite Insanity in Ohio Woman Slayer Trial
In Medina Ohio on May 4 125 relatives and friends of Martha Wise 41 the widowed mother of four testify she is of unsound mind Wise confessed administering arsenic to kill her mother Sophie Hazel 72 and her uncle and aunt Fred Gienke Sr and Mrs Gienke as well as making thirteen others ill during juror selection.
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Associated Press
Medina, O
Martha Wise
Wise
Lee Heirlooms Dispute Dies in DC Court
Mrs. Mary E. Lee widow of Colonel Robert E. Lee sued George Bolling Lee to divide Confederate General and George Washington heirlooms. The court found no delivery to Colonel Lee and denied the injunction sought to compel division.
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Washington
Mary E. Lee
Robert E. Lee
District of Columbia
George Washington
Colonel Lee
Marine Lt Watson Assigned to Cincinnati Recruiting Office
Lieutenant Paul Watson of the United States Marines, formerly of Cincinnati, returned yesterday to head the Cincinnati recruiting office in the Federal Building. He succeeds Lieutenant L. F. Knorr, reassigned to Paris Island, South Carolina. Watson is son of Reverend Robert Watson formerly pastor of the Church of the Covenant in Cincinnati, now in Boston, Massachusetts.
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Paul Watson
United States Marines
Cincinnati
Federal Building
L. F. Knorr
Paris Island
Watson
Robert Watson
Church of the Covenant
Boston
Mass
City markets to close Memorial Day May 30
City Custodian Jacob F. Eyrich announced none of the city markets would be open on Memorial Day May 30. He added the Sixth Street and Findlay markets would be open all day on Friday.
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Jacob F. Eyrich
Sixth Street
Findlay
Lindsey Released by Dallas Club in Texas League
Jim Lindsey, former Cleveland pitcher and member of the Kansas City American club last season, has been released unconditionally by Dallas management on instructions from Kansas City after the local club wished to return Lindsey.
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Tandsey
Dallas
Tex
Jim Lindsey
Cleveland
Kansas City American
Kansas City
Lindsey
Los Angeles Dirigible Sighted In Mayaguez Porto Rico
The airship Los Angeles was seen at 6 19 p m in Mayaguez Porto Rico and moored to the Patoka tender mast at 7 45 p m Special Dispatch reports. A second item from Middletown Ohio notes five year old Dudley Wilson Jr son of Dudley Wilson killed instantly after being struck by a switch engine in the Big Four Railroad yards.
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Playa
Mayaguez
Porto Rico
Los Angeles
Commercial Tribune
Middletown
Dudley Wilson, Jr
Dudley Wilson
Crescent Avenue
Municipal elections spark unrest injuring several in Martinique
In Martinique, during municipal elections held yesterday, several persons were wounded as trouble developed in districts where votes remained uncounted. Ohio flour at a premium reported. Ohio wheat flour costs thirty-two to forty cents more per barrel than Nebraska Minnesota and Canadian flour, per State Purchasing Agent John P. Brennan.
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Coun
Columbus
Ohio
Nebraska
Minnesota
John P. Brennan
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