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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune details and distributor notes for the May 7 1925 issue including price and city distribution points in Cincinnati and New York. The page lists publication details and Associated Press affiliation.
The Washington governor denounces child welfare efforts as altruistic twaddle and declines to name a delegate to a national conference. He argues welfare groups weaken self reliance, praising home discipline while warning against abuses in social service work.
The City Council approves bond issues totaling nearly 1.5 million dollars for street and sewer upgrades to begin immediately. Except for one objection by Mr. Rose over Kellogg avenue linked to a race track, the vote was almost unanimous. The Commercial Tribune underscores the need for a progressive, prompt improvement program to better city streets and utilities.
The piece analyzes a clash between Ohio's Governor Donahey and State Attorney General Crabbey over who should censor racing in Columbus. It notes how the executive faces growing lawmaking and offenses, warning that appointing censorship could hamper constitutionally required duties, with little record of tangible benefits.
The article notes Cincinnati and Hamilton County show weak interest in the free training camp offered to youths. Only 95 of 209 local enlistments have been filed, well under the 45 percent fill seen in past years. Judge Stanley Roettinger urges prompt applications to avoid other counties filling the quota.
A reflective poem traces childhood meals and crusts thought to fuel strength and brains. It notes crusts hidden under a plate, later rethinking bread as mere diet, and ends with jests about Mussolini and Ford aviation jokes reflecting broader cultural ironies.
A private detective exposes a wealthy mother and daughter jewel theft tale in Manhattan. The daughter’s liaison with a Broadway rake funded the thefts, and the detective secured a promise she would break from crime. The daughter later married into an illustrious family, while the thief remains alive and demanding weekly tributes.
Denmark plans a sweeping overhaul of its penal code effective this year. Capital punishment and life imprisonment are abolished except in one rare case. the maximum sentence becomes eighteen years with indeterminate terms for rehabilitation. New crimes include public incitement to speculation and aiding emigration for profit. Punishment ends for breach of matrimonial fidelity. exemptions may apply in mercy killings.
A 150 acre peppermint plantation operates at Mitcham Surrey with cultivation in Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire. In Olbia near Odessa a Fifth Century before Christ vanity bag was uncovered with a linen pouch containing a metal mirror lip rouge and an eyebrow pencil along with preserved vases and amulets from tombs.
Sun spot research argues for a new weather forecasting method linking solar activity to Earthly conditions. Smithsonian scientists report sun spot counts and solar radiation correlate with temperature and rainfall patterns, noting cooler trends during sun spot minima and warmer periods with more spots.
Fifty years ago on May 7 1875 the Board of Water Works Trustees proposed a ten year probe into charges that water renters payments were not properly credited. An investigating committee including William Moser George W Jones and Abner Torrence would review past affairs while a German Catholic Society meeting ended with a scuffle and a reporter was ejected. Weather was clear to cloudy with temperatures 50 to 62 degrees.
Reported shortages hit collector No 2 while a mysterious memorandum book hinted at payments to non Water Works officials. Tom Quinn, a delinquent collector, refused to relinquish his post. Mrs F Bodmann donated 1000 dollars to the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum with thanks from managers.
Mayor George T. Beach appoints Henry B. Shuler as Chief of Police in Covington. Edward Pflueger wins first prize for a University of Cincinnati senior oration. Cincinnati art lovers view local colonial works at the Business Men's Club. Notable depictions include Farny and Webber portraits and Neptune busts. Alexander McDonald comments on Rockefeller critics and church gifts. Lawrence T. Neal seeks Democratic governor nomination amid contest with John Pattison. Cuba's Minister of Agriculture Perfecto Lacoste dies, once a Cincinnati businessman. sister remains. Edward V. Wilbern globe trips and Europe notes appear in the Tribune.
Nearly 1 000 residents in Mt Auburn and Corryville signed a petition to have the city purchase Inwood Park and add it to the proposed system.
A concise aphorism notes that plain truth can influence a fraction of a nation, while mystery can sway millions, highlighting the power of clarity versus ambiguity in public perception and leadership.
A brief line noting the former president of the American Medical Association focusing on welfare and success themes.
A 1925 King Feature Syndicate article outlines a weight loss diet centered on a quarter head of lettuce at each meal. It suggests balanced meals with limited sweets, promotes daily weight checks, and ties progress to bathing and exercise.
Norway celebrates 900 years of Christianity on Moster Island in the southwest coast where the country’s oldest church stands. The church, built around 1100, witnessed the first Christian mass after Viking contact with Christianity in France and England.
The sole monument in the world dedicated to Adam the First Man is located in Baltimore Maryland.
Europe and America ship thousands of old horseshoes to China where they are melted and formed into spades, a use the article deems well suited to the material and trade.
The market now carries 5000 dahlia varieties developed after the wild single dahlia was introduced to Europe from Mexico about a century ago.
Educators and psychologists argue for recognizing intellectually superior children early. Leta Hollingworth notes a general intelligence, shared capacities, and that advanced testing can identify bright youth. Studies show gifted children often remain advanced, not necessarily dullards, after years of re testing.
The quiz asks: 1 country for Taj Mahal, 2 allegretto meaning, 3 Greek god of the sea, 4 Roman sea god, 5 nation with rising sun flag, 6 botany science, 7 English form of Pierre, 8 anthracite meaning, 9 Bogota country, 10 number of NYC boroughs. Answers appear tomorrow.
List of historical claims covering founders of Oxford College Knights of Columbus and Columb, Terpander as early music founder, Cyrus West Field trans Atlantic cable pioneer, Neptune the outermost planet, Danube’s riverine flow to the Black Sea, New Orleans location on the Mississippi, Lucia opera with a famous sextet, and Alki as Washington state motto with 1925 copyright notice.
An explainer notes the root tene ment from Latin teneo meaning to hold and links the New York law defining a home fully paid for as a tenement, beyond the later label of apartments. It observes a demand for more holdings, regardless of naming.
The text traces the word unctuous to Latin ungo meaning to anoint and unctus the past participle, linking grease or oil to the term. It explains the modern English sense of unctuous as morally smeared or greasy in character.
A collection of brief aphorisms and lines from Bacon Stevenson De Mornay Voltaire Zangwill Dryden Hobbes Thackeray Sir W Watson and others. The snippets present reflections on wealth morality motherhood and human nature with varying tonal shifts.
The passage notes that individuals keep nearly the same relative standings through mental development to maturity. It states the dull stay dull and average, while the gifted retain their superior status.
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