Commercial Tribune May 23 1925 edition note and distribution
Front matter and masthead details for the Commercial Tribune published May 23 1925. Notes include publisher and address, circulation points in New York and Grand Central Station, and Associated Press affiliation. Price information listed as 2 cents daily with Sunday issue.
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Commercial Tribune
New York City
Schults
Forty-second Street
Grand Central Station
Hotaling
Times
Forty-third
Broadway
Associated Press
Revenge At Last In Jazz Worm Versetone
A humorous verse by James J. Montague from 1925 notes a European entomologist discovering a worm that hums jazz. The speaker imagines quelling noisy music with strength, then vows to confront the worm if met. The piece also includes brief jokes about Babe Ruth and free speech limits.
Judge Darby Attacks National Moral Decline in Address
Judge Thomas H. Darby denounces the United States as the most criminally inclined nation, linking widespread crime to lax citizenship, high office corruption, and parental influence. He calls for responsible citizens to restore standards and combat moral decay amid a timely, extra judicial appeal.
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Darby
Times
United States
Thomas H. Darby
Judge Darby
Credit Men’s Association
Fitting Definition to the Fiat Reformer
Dayton judge Roland W. Baggett spoke to Linen Supply Association of America delegates in Cincinnati. He critiqued reformers as either old without memory or young without imagination, citing legal absurdities when one law requires violating another.
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Dayton
Cincinnati
Roland W. Baggett
Judge Baggott
Linen Supply Association of America
Baggott
Royal Court Glamor Highlights England’s Social Bond
The article notes Buckingham Palace ceremonial court and American presence among debutantes, arguing royalty shapes English social standards and heritage. It contrasts English devotion to monarchy with American democracy and mentions Bryan’s absence at a Presbyterian Assembly, framing a victory for charitable conservatism. It ends with a cheeky forecast about the weather wave not being hot enough.
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England
Buckingham Palace
America
King
Presbyterian General Assembly
William Jennings Bryan
Maitre d Hote Personalities Rule Gotham Dining Rooms
NYC headwaiters shape success in social dining as suave diplomats. The piece profiles top maitre d hotels at major venues like the Ritz Mirador Algonquin and Sherry's and notes their discretion, charm, and status symbols. It recalls Broadway society, travel by car, and changing bus colors amid city life.
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Theodore
Ritz
Charlie
Mirador
Georges
Algonquin
Louis Cantone
Ciro’s
Laurence
Sherry’s
Elie Jaution
Brevoort
New York
M'soo
Voila
M’soo
Fifth Avenue
First Avenue
Holland House
Grand Central
McNaught Synd., Inc
Fifty Years Ago in Cincinnati Snapshot of Local Oddities
A Cincinnati item recalls a ward resident who drank tea berry and fell into a cellar, Patrolmen Kinsey and Kidney retrieved him. Ex Prosecutor Tom Campbell faced Judge Lindemann for choking a woman during a deposition, fined $5 plus costs. W G McCoy disputed a city tax, Ramsey argues admiralty license issues, Mose Kramer overpaid Water Works by $846 in a billing mix. An opening game ad notes Ludlows vs Westerns of Keokuk Iowa at Ludlow grounds near Fifth Street.
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Twenty-second Ward
Kinsey and
Kidney
Tom Campbe
Lindemann
Simon & Henscheimmer
Campbell
Louisa Reiner
Tom
Ludlows
Westerns
Keokuk
Ludlow
Fifth Street
Twenty Years Ago in Cincinnati Highlights
Twenty years ago in Cincinnati from The Commercial files report William Patton a hay ing death sentenced to twenty years for the killing of strike-breaker Samuel Oakley. Herman Witte a pork trade leader dies at 87 in Oakley. The Catholic Festival Chorus of 600 sings at Music Halls under Andrew Boex with John Weber’s orchestra. Patrolman Bill Knight rescues Mrs Cramer’s four children after a gasoline explosion. Grand Lodge of Bnai Brith meets at Grand Hotel chaired by Leon Bloch. Early & Daniel wins forage contract for Department of the Gulf over twelve million pounds. Weather cloudy 54 to 75.
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William Patton
Samuel Oakley
Sam Smith
Catholic Festival
Andrew J. Boex
John C. Weber
Grand Orchestra
Early & Daniel Company
Department of the Gulf
Former AMA President Promotes Welfare and Success
Former president of the American Medical Association advocates for public welfare and personal success, highlighting ongoing health initiatives and professional standards within the medical community.
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The
American Medical Association
Letter to fashion leaders on waists and health
A friendly protest to designers about reviving the wasp waist era. The author praises former choices that favored women's health and comfort and warns that big business may push new restrictive fashions. The piece closes with a note of caution and an object lesson in vaccination.
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Ascot
Latonia
Paris
Buenos Aires
Montmartre
America
Fifth Avenue
New York
Michigan Boulevard
Chicago
Market Street
San Fran
King Feature Synd., Inc
Answers to Yesterday's Questions Reprinted
Answers printed apace in Monday's edition include Arcadians expelled from Nova Scotia during the Seven Years' War and Goldsmith's The Deserted Village. Other items note Holland meaning hollow land and Montpelier as Vermont's capital.
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Europe
Tunis
Italy
Turkestan
Turkey
Ukraine
School of Painters
Rafael
Malta
Nova Scotia
Oliver Goldsmith
Edward MacDowell
Land’s End
Cape
England
Holland
Edmund Hoyle
Montpelier
Vermont
Thoth
Thor
Tierra del Feugo
South America
Strait of Magellan
Press Publishing Co
Wilder herbs and healing plants near Rocky Lonesome
The article describes Yellowwood sorrel yarrow bearberry and pipsissiwa as wild remedies. It notes their uses for ink stain removal astringent tonics and dyes and frames nature as a patient guide helping humanity toward progress through peril and healing. The piece ends with a philosophical remark from Otis Swift.
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Rocky Lonesome
Mother Nature
Rogers Sees Prosperity in National Campaigns
Jason Rogers former publisher of the New York Globe told Inland Daily Press Association members in West Baden Indiana that national ad campaigns now before the public and others being prepared signal great prosperity for the country.
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Rogers
Associated Press
West Baden
Ind
Jason Rogers
The
New York Globe
Inland Daily Press Association
Trade balance key to Britain's debt payments says ambassador
In New York Sir Esme Howard told the American Iron and Steel Institute that Britain must expand markets in the United States to meet its debt to the US Government. He warned that an unequal trade balance forces Britain to buy elsewhere and urged equalization of imports and exports to restore global commerce.
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New York
Great Britain
United States
Sir E . Howard
Ameri Iron and Steel Institute
England
America
Europe
Esme
France
Italy
Germany
Belgium
French Troops Rout Rifflans in Tacunat Campaign
Paris May 22 official report says General de Chambrun's French forces crushed Riffians in Tacunat, driving rebels northwest. French losses were light. heavy Rifian casualties noted. Posts around Tacunat freed. tribes relieved from choosing between rebels and bombardment. Negotiations with Spain on joint action were described as underway.
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Associated Press
Paris
Count de Chambrun
Tacunat
Spain
France
Painleve
Louis Malvy
Bus Driver Killed When Train Hits Auto at Crossing
Frank Dusmore 30 of St Clairsville driver for Red Star bus line was killed when a Pennsylvania passenger train struck his car at a grade crossing near Short Creek West Virginia.
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ST. Clairsville
Frank Dusmore
Red Star
Pennsylvania
Short Creek
West Virginia
Carnarvon Gainsborough Brings $89 000 At Sale
A Gainsborough portrait of Countess Chesterfield led Christie's mixed sale of Almina Countess Carnarvon and Earl of Carnarvon works, fetching about 89 000 dollars. Other notable bids included Metsu and Bellini pieces, with total day sales around 444 000 dollars.
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Carnarvon
Gainsborough
John L. Baldurston
New York World News Service
London
A _ Gainsborough
Countess Chesterfield
Christie's
Almina Countess Carnarvon
Earl of Carnarvon
Albert Culp
Bank of Maas
Boucher
Love
Bellini
Gabriel Metsu
Joshua Reynolds
Holbéin
Mabuse
N. Y. World News Service
N. Y. World Press Pub. Co
Warn Of A Walkout Of Plumbing Inspectors
Union officials warned Charles E Tudor Safety Director that deputy inspectors and the chief would stage a walkout if wage increases to union rates were not granted. The Plumbers Union seeks boosts from 1800 to 3000 for six deputies and 2800 to 3600 for Chief Jere Doud amid budget constraints.
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Charles E. Tudor
Tudor
Thomas Hogan
William Lyon
Adolph Kummer
Central Labor Council
Plumbers’ Union
Jere Doud
Theity
Fire destroys Tell City wagon hub factory in Indiana
A Tell City wagon hub and porch furniture factory operated by John Obrecht & Son was destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at $75,000. The factory, among Southern Indiana’s oldest institutions, was operating at full capacity.
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Evansville
Ind
Tell City
John Obrecht & Son
Indiana
Heat Record Set in Middle West
The Middle West sweltered as a sudden heat wave pushed temperatures above 90 in many cities. Chicago hit 94 a May record, Milwaukee 91, Cairo 95, St Paul 97 and Minneapolis 99, with Nebraska, Kansas City, and Michigan also reporting extreme heat and a heat prostration death in Lincoln. Thunderstorms and rain were forecast to bring relief.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middle West
Mercury
Plains
Nebraska
Northwest
Lincoln
Néb
Milwaukee
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Cairo
Ill
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Kansas City
Park Avenue Baptists Accept Fosdick's Terms
Park Avenue Baptist Church voters by seventeen against, with Annie Peck leading, chose to call Rev. Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick to their pastorate to replace Cornelius Woelfkin. They agreed on three conditions including immersion baptism, open membership, and a Broad Way Temple style skyscraper church near Columbia University. John D. Rockefeller Jr. attended with family. emotion ran high and Mrs. Marshall Clarke fainted near the meeting’s end.
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New York
Annie Peck
Park Avenue Baptist Church
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Cornelius Woelfkin
Fosdick
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Marshal Clarke
Cincinnati Chapter hears talk on malleable cast iron
The Cincinnati Chapter of the American Society for Steel Treating met at the Literary Club rooms on East Eighth Street. H. A. Schwartz of the National Malleable and Steel Castings Company spoke on the manufacture and properties of malleable cast iron with illustrative pictures. Elections named E P Stanger as Chairman and W H Klinkicht as Vice Chairman among others on the executive committee.
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Cincinnati
American Society For Steel Treating
Literary Club Rooms
East Eighth Street
H. A. Schwartz
National Malleable and Steel Castings Company
Cleveland
E.P. Stanger
W. H. Klin» Kicht
Fred L. Martin
J. Culver Hartzell
J. H. Nead
C. M. Bigger
E. F. Ries
Edward Gardner
Women wreckers raze house in record five days
Two women in Pittsburgh tear down a two story five room dwelling in five days. Mrs John Smyth and Mrs Louise Leive wore overalls and used hammer and saw to complete the job. Wreckers said the task paid them.
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New York World News Service
Pittsburgh
John Smyth
Louise Leive
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