Covington Woman Improves After Rival Shooting Incident
Coroner's jury ruled the death of Asa Otis Wilkins a self inflicted act after he shot his wife Zora Wilkins at their 1805 Madison avenue home and then killed himself. Mrs. Wilkins, shot in the right breast and grazed elsewhere, was improving at St Elizabeth Hospital with potential recovery if no complications arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephens
Asa Otis Wilkins
Zora Wilkins
Madison Avenue
Wilkins
Shanks
Warsaw Avenue
Cincinnati
Covington City Fights Tax Raise Over Street Railway
The Covington City Commission seeks a federal injunction to block a $25 000 annual tax for ten years on the Cincinnati Rosedale Covington Street Railway Company. The city also asks the court to rule on back duties under an 1892 franchise. The measure passed unanimously with Mayor Cochran presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Cincinnati, Rosedale & Covington Street Railway Company
Iernst
Cassatt & Cottle
Cincinnati
Cochran
United States District Court
London
Marin J. Brown
Stret Car Company
Kluemper
Covington Children's Home Campaign Tops $5,000 Gift
Dr. R. A. Jones contributed 5000 dollars as the Covington Children's Home campaign reports substantial progress. Volunteers canvassed, 8000 cards taken by 350 workers and the business committee, with 14000 names carded. Memorials range from 25000 to 600 for beds, bronze tablets to honor donors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Jones
Covington
Business Men's
Cincinnati
Ohio
New VOLTA TONIC Battery Recharge Compound Promises Big Savings
A new compound VOLTA-TONIC recharges 12 or 13 dry cell batteries at 7e per bottle. The promotion claims savings over 60 percent with nationwide shipping at 7ic per bottle.
Volta Tonic Co. Dayton Address Listing
Volta Tonic Co located at 636 Sixth Ave Dayton Ky appears in the business directory. The listing provides street address for inquiries, orders, and possible phone or contact details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sixth Ave
Dayton, Ky
Union Church Union Services Planned in Covington Area
The Covington Ministerial Association schedules two summer series of union church services from June 14 to August 30. North section meetings at Union M E Church with pastors listed. south section at St Luke's M E and other churches with a rotating lineup. Y M C A oversees August 9 and August 23 north and south services respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
St. Luke’s
G. A. Caldwell
Shinkle M. Gi Xsee
Totals for Two Days Outpace Monday Night Report
The two day totals would exceed Monday night's initial report of 40 464 dollars, signaling higher receipts than previously recorded.
Placing Police Captain Under Civil Service Urged
Commissioner Kluemper plans to ask the city to amend the Civil Service ordinance to include the Police Captain post and appoint Lieutenant John Putthoff as Captain to replace the late Edward Riemeyer. He seeks a protected appointment, with an examination to fill the Lieutenant slot as no eligibility list exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kluemper
Civil Service
Police Department
John Putthoff
Edward Riemeyer
Putthoff
Liberty Theater Presents Helene Chadwick in Her Own Free Will
Helene Chadwick stars in Her Own Free Will at the Liberty Theater Covington Wednesday and Thursday. Blaine Hammerstein screens Drums of Jeopardy Friday and Saturday. Gordon and James close a four day engagement Wednesday. Cody and King open a three day dance novelty Thursday. Bargain matinees begin Saturdays with all seats 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helene Chadwick
Liberty Theater
Covington
Blaine Hammerstein
Harold McGrath
Gordon and
James
Cody and
King
Liberty
Latonia Postoffice to Enlarge Latonia Station
Covington postmaster G A Seiler announced Washington approved leasing extra space to enlarge Latonia Station. The current postoffice sits on First National Bank of Latonia property. additional rooms will rent for 1400 dollars yearly. Latonia Station employs ten staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Seiler
Covington
Washington
Latonia Station
First National Bank of
Latonia
Divorces Granted In Kenton Circuit Court
Mrs. Leola Boss of 116 East Sixth Street obtained a divorce from Vernon Boss in Judge Applegate's court on a charge of hay. Artha Martin was granted a divorce from Robert Martin of 624 Crescent Avenue with child custody and $25 monthly alimony. Jennie F Sparks sues Warren Sparks of 416 West Eleventh Street for divorce on cruelty, seeking child custody and alimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton Circuit Court
Leola Boss
East Sixth Street
Wesleyan Guild to stage two plays in Ludlow Friday
The Wesleyan Guild of Ludlow’s Wesley M. E. Church will present Not a Man in the House and Mrs. Vaughn's Telephone Friday night at Odd Fellows Hall on Elm Street. Police seek Wayne Lucas, 14, missing from 709 Greer Avenue since Monday. The Fred W. Bremenkamp Company filed articles of incorporation with $10,000 capital stock in upholstery. Building permits issued include a $4,000 Suspension Bridge Co. warehouse, two $3,000 frame houses at 722 and 724 East Twenty-first Street for Frank Hehman, and a $3,000 frame dwelling at 311 Forty-fourth Street for Owens & Cummings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Wesleyan Guild
Wesley M. E. Church
Ludlow
Ninth
Pike Streets
Suspension Bridge Company
Frank Hehman
East Twenty-first Street
Owens & Cummings
Forty-fourth Street
Covington Residents Named in Local Notices
Name. Residence. Leo F. Rieselman Covington Anna M. Dewes Covington Thomas Burke Covington Katherine Kirby Covington PANEGOLAN cs csccceunsee Covington Jeanette Zormand Covington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo F. Rieselman
Covington
Anna M. Dewes
Thomas Burke
Katherine Kirby
Panegolan Cs Csccceunsee
Jeanette Zormand
G. O. P. Southern League Organized In Memphis
The Southern States Republican League formed in Memphis to promote GOP principles in the South with Memphis named as permanent headquarters. Charles A. Gordon of Greenville Miss chosen president. State officers include Clarence T. Case Missouri vice president Frank B. Russell Louisville and John G. Stoll Kentucky vice president and director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Southern States Republican League
South
Lincoln
League
Roosevelt
Charles A. Gordon
Greenville
Miss
Clarence T. Case
St. Louis
Missouri
Frank B. Russell
Louisville
John G. Stoll
Lexington
Kentucky
Cincinnati Girl to Meet Queen
A batch of American debutantes and English peers prepare for Queen Mary’s first royal court of the season. Seven American debutantes will be presented at Buckingham Palace with seven matrons, as gowns by Bond Street designers include blue gowns and silver cloth trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Mayfair
Bond Street
Buckingham Palace
Queen Mary
Alanson B. Houghton
Jean Field Blair
Richmond
Virginia
Mary Louise Butterfield
Chestnut Hill
Mass
Elizabeth Irving Chase
Waterbury
Conn
Suzette Dewey
Chicago
Washington
Helen Edwards
Cincinnati
Betty Galey
American University Union
Joan Williams
Newport Hold Up Men Get $75 in Liquor
Two Newport robbery victims reported being held up near Fifth and York streets and losing fifteen gallons of liquor valued at 75 dollars. The Gowans brothers from Dayton identified the car used and, when liquor was named, refused to prosecute. Additional parties from Dayton were named in the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
C. S. Gowans
Fred C. Gowans
Indiana Avenue
Dayton
Williams
Fifth
York Streets
Mildred Brock
Elwood Brawner
Riverside Apartments
Alice Montgomery
Howard Apartments
Newport Notes and Local Court Actions In Newport
J W Kirgan will speak at a Northern Kentucky Izaak Walton League meeting at Covington Library Auditorium tonight. Miss Mary Walsh and Miss Lucille White entertain. Charles Shaw alias Shore alias Gold faces pocket picking charges. bond set at 1000. Epworth League officers elected at Grace Church. Mary Louise Jones president. Frank Turner fined for intoxication and disturbance. Anna Kruse jailed five days. William Ford fined. William McGraw’s case continued. Inland Coal sues Ollie Munston for 2537.51. Means case verdict favors defendant over illegal beer possession due to missing search warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Notes
J. W
Kirgan
Fish and Game Protective Association
Ohio
Northern Kentucky
Izaak Walton League of America
Covington Library
Mary G. Walsh
Lucille White
Ft. Thomas
Charles Shaw
Charles Shore
Maggie Farler
Chestnut Street
Anna Kruse
West Eleventh Street
Newport
William Ford
Kruse
William McGraw
Vendome Apartments
Josie McGraw
Inland Coal Company
Auntington
W. Va
Campbell County
Ollie R. Munston
Dixie Fuel Company
Monmouth Street
Frank Means
Means
West Fourth Street
Caldwell
Realty transfers list for Bellevue Dayton Southgate
Katherine E. Romweber sells to Joseph Schu maker a Bellevue lot for 6000 stamps. Gertrude Mattick sells to B. R. Fugate a Dayton lot for 6500 stamps. Otto Hufziger sells to Anthony J. Dietrich a Southgate lot for 1000 stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine E. Romweber
Joseph Schumaker
Bellevue
Gertrude Mattick
B. R. Fugate
Dayton
Otto Hufziger
Anthony J. Dietrich
Southgate
Local Residents and Cities Named in County Notices
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals and towns including Piqua County Ohio Newport Kentucky Springfield Ohio Urbana Ohio and names such as Olive E. Boswell and Bey Bi Myers with scattered initials and page marks. lacks coherent event or action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piqua County
O. Mtbator Co
Stephenson suit against Evans dismissed in federal court
A $125,000 damages suit by D. C. Stephenson former Klan Grand Dragon against Hiram W. Evans Imperial Wizard was dismissed in federal court as Stephenson failed to appear. The case alleged Evans conspired to burn Stephenson s yacht Reomar II at the Toledo Yacht Club on June 27 1924.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
D. C. Stephenson
Ku Klux Klan
Hiram W. Evans
Robert C. Baltzell
Stephenson
Evans
Reomar II
Toledo Yacht Club
Rickard Secures Permit for Milk Fund Bouts at Yankee Stadium
Tex Rickard, promoter, won permission from the State Athletic Commission to stage the Milk Fund bouts at Yankee Stadium on May 29. The commission had barred ticket sales last week due to lack of a license. Rickard’s agents apologized to the boxing body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rickard
New York
Tex Rickard
State Athletic Commission
Yankee Stadium
Fete Queen nominees to be seen at carnival
The St Xavier College May fete carnival on Corcoran Field opens tomorrow for three days to raise funds for the athletic fund. Queen candidates will be introduced each evening from the new dance villa. The queen’s enthronement occurs Saturday evening with Mayor Carrell presiding. The fete village offers tents amusements booths and swings for all ages. A chicken dinner is served Saturday 5 to 8. Father Finn Day features Friday with many parochial students expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Xavier College
Corcoran Field
College Athletic Fund
Carrell
Ryan
Alfred T. Geisler
St. Xavier
Joseph B. Verkamp
Joseph Benning
William E. Fox
Fred E. Mackentepe
Clara Pressler
Father Finn
The Mode in Pictures In Paris Fashions Push Spring Hats
In Paris thumbnail sketches show current fashion with small hats dominant and novelty furs declining for spring. Silver fox furs appear but less aristocratic fox varieties remain supported by sartorial sponsors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Silver Fox
Fairchild
Guarding Your Health Care for a Baby and Toddler
This health column stresses mineral retention in vegetables by using minimal water during cooking to preserve nutrients. It urges careful feeding for infants and toddlers, especially ages eighteen months to three years, to establish lifelong healthy eating habits and table manners.
Popular Apron Pattern No. 6079 Described
The item features a figured percale apron with rickrack trim suitable for unbleached muslin or gingham. Sizes cover bust measures from small to extra large, with fabric yardage listed for a medium. Pattern mailed for ten cents.
Love's Magic Power A Pretty Operator Seeks More Than Life
Madge Burton a twenty year old telephone operator longs for more than a switchboard and poverty. She dates Jack Hampton Ted Duncan and other youths while loving Emerson Tyndal a wealthy bachelor and firm president. He sends roses to her boarding house and ponders her lonely world in this 1925 fiction excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Burton
Madge
Jack Hampton
Ted Duncan
Emerson Tyndal
Rich
Tyndal
Graham
Lillian
Dicky
Ser., Inc
Secreted life of Madge Burton revealed in boarding house chat
Emerson Tyndal visits a parlour to hear how Madge Burton lives. He learns she loves jazz, dances nightly, and struggles with debts and rent, then gives a tip to cover the rent while restraining his curiosity about her motherless situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson Tyndal
Madge Burton
Madge
Miss Burton
Tyndall
Red revolt peril still terrorizes Bulgaria
Sofia reports of rekindled Communist activity across Bulgaria despite official claims. War Minister Voulkoff confirms new conspiracies against officials and troop deployment to quell unrest. A Russian vessel near Varna is captured with crew detained as allies' delay on extending 10 000 militia beyond May 30 risks greater complications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Bulgaria
Voulkoff
Varna
Russia
Robbers Blast Nome State Bank in Early Morning Heist
Robbers blew the Nome State Bank safe in Nome North Dakota and escaped with 2700 dollars after firing shots to scatter those alerted by the explosions. Bank damage was put at about 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeggs
Associated Press
Nome
N. D
Nome State Bank
Five Persons Bitten by Stray Dogs in City
Five people were bitten by stray dogs yesterday with no serious injuries. A police officer killed one of the three dogs that ran amuck. another dog was kept by its owner for health officials and the third escaped. Victims include Ethel Beck five, of Westwood, and Robert Thomas nine, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chitren
Health Department
Ethel Beck
Harrison Avenue
Westwood
Albert Loehker
Knox Street
Reck
Thiem
Robert Thomas
Clemmer
York Street
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Covington Churches
G. O. P. League OF South
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Plymouth Coal
Hatfield Coal Co
Madison Ave
E. W. Edwards
Observatory Road
Katrinka
By Fontaine Fox
Katrinkas
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Eleanor Gunn
Gaselle
Cc. A. C
Dr, Copeland
Commercial Tribune
Fay Stevenson
Adele Garrison
Mother Graham
Ockenstett Jeweler
Albert Banasch Co
Race St
Cal
LA Vogue Beauty Shoppe
East McMillan
Kemper Lane
Woodburn
Chichester
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