Man Kills Wife and Self in Eastern Avenue Home
Richard Kouschuetzky a machinist fired two shots killing his wife and then shot himself as neighbors reported weeks of unemployment and brooding. The couple’s children aged 9 and 5 were left with relatives after the tragedy and a note was found blaming the wife and a neighbor woman.
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Richard Kouschuetzky
Eastern Avenue
Kouschuetzky
St End
Bauer
Sleanore
Harry
F. E. Horner
Horner
Ixouschuetzky
Army Sells 2 000 Planes to Curtiss Corp
Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corporation announces purchase from the War Department of 2 176 airplanes and 4 600 motors. The planes of the Curtiss M type were used for training and will be mobilized at five fields before inspection and sale for commercial and pleasure use.
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New York
Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corporation
War Department
Weather summary across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky shows showers and mild changes
The report notes partly cloudy conditions in Ohio and Indiana with upcoming showers in parts of Ohio and Kentucky West Virginia. Cincinnati records for May 24 1919 show temperatures from 52 to 71 with light to moderate winds and precipitation figures in the region.
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Ohio
Indiana
Kentucky
West Virginia
Cincinnati
Keys Orders $2 000 Ring for Wedding Next Month
Boston dispatch says John Baker Keys of Cincinnati sent to New York for a $2,000 wedding ring for Miss Florence Girardin whom he plans to marry in June. He claimed three loves and that he is genuinely in love with Miss Girardin despite interference.
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Boston
The
Commercial Tribune
John Baker Keys
Cincinnati
New York
Florence Girardin
Keys
Miss Girardin
Lawmakers Split Over Vinton Coal Lands Purchase
The Legislative Finance Committee returned from a tour of a 7000 acre Vinton County coal tract with divided views on a state purchase. Senator Davis, a leading advocate, doubts the committee will back the buy, though the land is said to hold an eight foot coal vein and eyes a price around 200000 dollars.
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Solons
Columbus
Legislative Finance Committee
Vinton County
Davis
Youngstown
Cleveland trolley expert summoned to aid in city railway dispute
Peter Witt, Cleveland trolley expert, has been summoned to Youngstown to help settle the dispute between the Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company and the city. The company demands higher operating expense allowances, while the city has yet to act on the guaranteed support.
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Youngstown, O
Peter Witt
Cleveland Trolley
Mahoning and Shenango Railway and Light Company
Cuba Unions Threaten General Strike in Havana
A union actions push Havana toward another general strike with streetcar and ferry service halted. Security forces detain many labor leaders and foreign agitators including Spaniards and American Eclid Champinois, with deportations ordered aboard the Chalmette to New Orleans.
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Secret Service
Eclid Champinois
Champirois
Chalmette
New Orleans
Panama Street Cars Tied Up by Strike
Panama City street car system faced a stoppage as motormen and conductors went on strike demanding higher wages. Workers currently earn 17 cents an hour and seek a raise.
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Panama
Panama System
Prohibition Issue and Suffrage Vote Reported in Texas
Texas voters showed divisions on prohibition and women suffrage with early tallies from Dallas and other cities. Dallas results favored both measures with 4 008 for prohibition and 4 258 for suffrage while 2 935 and 2 885 opposed respectively. San Antonio and Galveston precincts indicated ongoing contest.
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Texas
Dallas
Tex
San Antonio
Prohibition
Galveston
War Risk Bureau Manned by Veterans Urged by Laguardia
Representative Fiorella La Guardia urged Secretary Glass to replace War Risk Insurance Bureau officials with former soldiers. He said he would ask Glass to accept resignations and appoint ex soldiers, otherwise he would push a House bill to force action. He argued veterans would better oversee the bureau and speed military family payments.
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Glass
New York
Fiorella H. Laguardia
Secretary of the Treasury
War Risk Insurance Bureau
House of Representatives
Bureau
Queen City Sees Saloons Fall in Ohio Prohibition Rush
In Columbus Ohio on May 24 1919 authorities report 5600 saloons closing tonight to evade licensing costs leaving about 163 still open. Bars shift to soft drinks while breweries plan ice and cold storage ventures.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Ohio
John Barleycorn
Hines Seeks 1.2 Billion for Railroads War Losses
Director General Hines asked Congress for 1.2 billion dollars to finance railroads and cover government operating losses through May of this year. The sum includes prior appropriations and the 750 million failing of last session, with 486 million tied to postwar losses and about 1.214 billion to be repaid as working capital.
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Washington
Congress
Hines
Railroad Administration
War Finance Corporation
Rai
Prohibition Turns Cincinnati Night into Final Cheers and Farewells
In Ohio's wettest week on record, Cincinnati faced a last night of revelry as saloons close at midnight. Crowds rushed to buy whiskey and wine while bartenders maxed out business, then faced an eerie dawn as the industry faced disorganization and a long dry spell ahead.
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Cincinnati
John Barleycorn
Gambrinus
Ohio Governor Vetoes Busbey-Fouts Highway Bill
The Ohio Good Roads Federation calls for the bill to be enacted despite Governor Cox veto. The Republican State Advisory Committee denounces the veto as camouflage and says votes exist to override. The federation accuses Cox of misrepresenting the bill and road needs while stressing jobs and farm product outlets.
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Associated Press
Columbus
Cox
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Senate
Good Roads Federation
Ohio
Federation
Mexico
Russia
Biggest Saloon in the World to Close Its Doors Tomorrow
Bridgeport Ohio, population 4200, will see the world's largest saloon shut on Monday as Ohio goes dry. Sam Ungerleider, 36, millionaire owner, runs 216 feet of bar with 77 staff, claims 20,000 drinks daily since 1915 and no fights. He is a banker, manufacturer, mine oil man, hotel owner and vice president of a Columbus street railway company.
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Bridgeport
Ohio
Ohio River
Wheeling
W. Va
Sam Ungerleider
Ohio Valley
Ungerleider
Columbus
Message of Gratitude Written on Wheat Grain
Nasib Said, headman of a Lebanese village, sends a blood written note of thanks to American relief workers. The grain of Syrian wheat, read by glass, expresses gratitude for aid and calls American benevolence “great.” The Iran-based relief group received the message in Beirut from the American committee for Armenian and Syrian relief.
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New York
Lebanon
American Committee For
Armenian and Syrian Relief
Beirut
Nasib
Flier Climbs Rope Ladder Between Planes at 2500 Feet
Lieutenant Omar Locklear, ex Army air service, achieved a historic feat at 2500 feet by climbing a dangling rope ladder from one plane to another during Pan-American aeronautical convention events in Atlantic City New Jersey. He previously hopped between aircrafts in flight but never ascended from one craft to the other.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Omar Locklear
Air Service of the Army
British labor leader arrives for conference in New York
J H Thomas MP and General Secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen lands in New York as the first of several British labor chiefs to meet American leaders on international labor issues. He cites health as the trip’s main reason though he holds Privy Councillor honors and helped avert a postwar rail strike.
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New York
J. H. Thomas
National Union of Railwaymen of Great Britain
Thomas
Ensble
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Penrose Group
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New York Evening ‘Post, Inc
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