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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1925
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune dated Friday May 29 1925 from Cincinnati reports daily and Sunday editions price details and sales locations in New York and Cincinnati. The document notes Associated Press rights and distribution specifics for news dispatches and spontaneous local news.
The City Charter Committee released nine candidates for the City Council under proportional representation for the November election. Reports say political religious and racial considerations were weighed along with public merit and citizenship. Fifty nine others filed to circulate petitions, with many worthy contenders among them. The Commercial Tribune will withhold endorsement until all candidates are announced and fully examined.
Editorial discusses U S policy on foreign lending and debt, noting public talk versus official action. It cites President Coolidge's stance against private loans to countries with delinquent past debts and argues debt recognition aids peace and future settlement talks.
A reflective piece surveys efforts to restore youth through cures and elixirs, noting medical skepticism led by Dr. J B Collip that monkey gland treatment lacks value. It cites ongoing cultural longing, the limits of medicine, and voices concern over aging and public health policies.
A reflective verse comparing legendary outlaws like Jesse James Captain Kidd and Jack Cade. It muses that if not for their downfalls their stories would reveal machines of success built on will, system, and plan. It warns against theft yet imagines future tellings of their methods.
A lighthearted note on actors and stardom contrasts Tom Mix posing with Sir Eric Geddes with the idea that modesty is common. The passage muses that no man admits likeness to his passport photo and remarks on trials in the oil industry, suggesting everyday perceptions of fame and work.
A reflective column by 0.0 McIntyre capturing bustling scenes around New York City. Vivid vignettes include Palace Theater crowds, street personalities, storefronts, and a lingering nostalgia for a changing metropolis. The piece ends with anecdotes about stamps, book purchases, and vaudeville stage traditions.
The article argues that more daylight boosts production and reduces accidents. It notes light aids plant chemistry and human energy, cites cost estimates for window cleaning, and recommends regular removal of grime and periodic cleaning of electric lighting. It ends with a teaser about tomorrow's piece on cheese.
A list of ten questions asks about Milton Quebec geography geography spelling? etc and notes answers will appear tomorrow. It also recaps yesterday’s trivia including Vitriol the harvest moon Francis I Cellini Philip II flag colors Ouida Sargon II and Shakespeare with a 1925 copyright notice.
Fifty years ago in Cincinnati a quiet baseball opener ended 25 to 5 as the Ludlows lost to the Keokucks. Andrew Egner protested being called a murderer in relation to the tanyard murder case. Alumnae of Mt. Auburn Institute planned annual exercises with Anna Torrey and C B Mathews presiding. Bishop Wood neared archbishop consecration in June. Bursting downtown water pipes caused damage, including a break at Seely’s. Weather forecast: fair to cloudy, 71 to 83 degrees.
Remson Crawford reports commercial interests pushing to cut dogwood in the South where the tree lights winter woods with white blossoms. Dogwood wood, prized for spools and cogs, grows slowly and would take years to recover if destroyed, a concern to rural communities and outfitters alike.
TWENTY YEARS AGO IN CINCINNATI reports an explosion at the Public Library near Vine street, a Fifth street scuffle at Mills's Edisonia, and two patrolmen arresting suspects. Grace Church leaders reconsider resignations amid congregation pressure. Colonel McKeown of the Union Veterans' Legion objects to Memorial Day placement, while G A R members hint of pique over a Grand Marshal issue. Zoo events feature Turners' drills under North Cincinnati Turn Verein. weather is cloudy with mild temperatures.
Serious floods in the Queenbayan district of New South Wales left five people drowned and about 150 families homeless. The Murrumbidgee River flood wagon threatened Wagka Wageza, risking inundation of the town.
Ethel Laming, 5, struck when darting into Union street. Lyman Perin, grain company president, drove her to Dr Victor Wilson’s office after injuries. Clara Ridlowitz knocked down on Ninth street by a car driven by Elwood Carr. David Rosenbaum, 14, broke a leg running in front of a Lockland bus at Central avenue. Henry Stohmenger, the driver, took him to St Mary’s Hospital.
Fourteen passengers were injured four seriously when a two car shuttle train crashed into the rear of an empty seven car train at the 177th Street Station on the Pelham Bay elevated line. The shuttle carried fifty passengers including mothers and children bound for Pelham Bay Park. Glass shattered as the front of the lead car was demolished and the motorman said he could not brake in time after seeing the empty train.
The Greater New York Development Company 5 percent income bonds, issued in 1902 and secured by Brooklyn land, will pay a single $1,125 coupon. A small, largely New England investor group bought the bonds, with interest accumulative since December 1, 1902, and holders expect coupon No. 1 to set a record.
In Los Angeles on May 28 a grand jury charged Thomas Hennessey and Harry Hibbs with forty six counts of grand larceny over a fraudulent railroad merger scheme. They allegedly collected loans from numerous investors promising ten to one reimbursement once the merger was real, with victims totaling over $300,000.
Geneva officials press the League of Nations to wind up the traffic in arms conference before June 8 due to overcrowded hotels. After 600 arrived for the labor meeting, 300 arms delegates plan to stay. hotels refuse more rooms, risking adjournment.
A Washington note reports the Soviet government has renamed Russia to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics and requests that mail use the new name rather than Russia. Officials warn against using U S S R as an abbreviation to avoid misrouting or undelivered mail.
The National Public Service Corporation announced the purchase of Municipal Service Company, adding nine subsidiary utilities in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia and Ohio. The merged group values over $100 million with annual gross revenue near $20 million and includes several named electric and railway companies.
Actress Marie Nordstrom will wed Elliott Robert Brown, a marine machinery maker, at her home. Nordstrom, who has headlined stock productions since 1900, previously led a Dixey company and divorced in 1920. Born in Ft. Apache, Ariz., she starred in Bought and Paid For and Fashions of 1924 among other plays.
An exhausted carrier pigeon landed at the International Shipbuilding yard in Nyack New York and showed a metal sleeve with a coded note but no identification tag. Army officials on Governors Island said it was not an army pigeon.<B>
Washington officials weigh methods to press unfunded obligations as Italy seeks a refunding settlement. Talks focus on leveraging administration opposition to foreign loans, with Treasury awaiting Ambassador de Martino’s follow up on Italy’s finances and capacity to pay.
Geneva May 28 The Military Committee of the traffic in arms conference ruled the treaty becomes effective after fourteen nations ratify it. Czecho Slovakia replaces Russia as a required participant with the United States Japan Britain France Italy and Belgium among the fourteen. Seven more must include one Latin American state, Brazil debated. The move to fourteen ratifications complicates final adoption. Britain also sought authority to search ships for arms in prohibited zones.
Emmett J. McCormack of Moore and McCormack says his firm is negotiating to take control of the Leviathan and five other United States Lines passenger ships for the Shipping Board. He argues his fleet’s scale could cut overhead and erase the fleet’s deficit with government support until expansion occurs.
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