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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1925
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune published in Cincinnati Ohio announces daily and Sunday editions dated October 8 1925 with publication details and distribution information in New York City and Cincinnati. It notes Associated Press rights and masthead details for the paper.
Cincinnati greets the Dixie Highway motorcade en route from the North as it travels toward the Mason and Dixon line. The city, with escorts from the Cincinnati Automobile Club and Dixie Highway Association, celebrates the opening of the Dixie Highway and welcomes travelers with hospitality and civic pride.
The piece frames Coolidge as a champion of freedom of conviction speech and action within society’s safe bounds. It notes his demobilization of intellectual forces, warns against standardizing thought, and urges liberty of conscience and dissent from intolerance, while stressing tolerance as the start of a broader totality.
The Federal Shipping Board ousted Leigh C. Palmer from the Federal Fleet Corporation presidency, asserting independence from Executive supervision. The board, seen as a fifth wheel to a weak wagon, clashes with the President while Congress remains indifferent. Abolish multiple agencies and place fleet operations under direct Executive control.
A hostile anti Negro demonstration in the west end is condemned as unjustified and dangerous. Officials note no public reason existed and urge legal channels for redress while police seek anonymous perpetrators. The bakery merger is sued under the Clayton Act as the government probes inner workings.
A caterers’ convention speaker asserted that a chef can earn more than a bricklayer, indicating strong pay potential for culinary professionals. The remark emphasizes the chef’s favorable market position and earning prospects.
A 1925 feature presents James J. Montague with a bold title More Truth Than Poetry. The piece discusses literary ambition and the role of honesty in verse, contrasting poetic flourish with plainspoken clarity in modern writing.
A poem satirizes modern drama where obscure dialogue leaves the reader perplexed yet praised by critics. The speaker contrasts vague plays with Shakespearean clarity and laments commercial reviews that fail to illuminate the meaning.
A brief editorial noting Abd-el-Krim avoided a war loan proposal. It also comments on American currency longevity and a post season ticket scandal in New York. It concludes that New York teams failed to win the league pennants, shaping foresight.
In a broad New York column from 1925 fashion, dining rooms, and even walking sticks reflect a city chasing novelty and spectacle. The piece notes rapid style turnover, wardrobes of many frocks, and the move toward homey eateries with bold color and new decor.
Fifty years ago in Cincinnati a Butler County jury found George Rufer guilty of murder in the second degree after four hours deliberation in the tanyard murder case. The Commercial reported strong indignation in the city with cries that hanging is played out. Weather cloudy to fair 48 to 57 degrees.
Twenty years ago in Cincinnati the Commercial Tribune notes James Slattery’s appointment as lieutenant in the Fifth Police District. Other items include the death of Michael Maier after a streetcar accident, changes in church roles, a circus experiment with animals, a veterans reunion in Batavia, and a Carnegie Library corner stone address with a provocative remark by James Albert Green.
Dr. Charles A L Reed former president of the American Medical Association advocates personal health and professional achievement in a concise guidance piece. He emphasizes disciplined routines, self care, and ethical practice to promote well being and career fulfillment.
The article explains unconscious mind laws and auto-suggestion as tools for daily problem solving. It instructs nightly self-questioning, aloud, to direct the unconscious mind toward helpful insights and reports in the morning. A note on sleep prompts transition to stomach gas discussion. It also previews Reginald Denny in California Straight Ahead at the Strand with cast details and plot hints.
The Shubert Theatre brings Ralph Spence's The Gorilla a live mystery comedy described as the funniest show on earth with a Chicago cast led by James C. Marlow and Lon Hancall. The bill includes Two Girls and a Fellow S Nuff The Melody Man West of the Great Divide and a rope exhibition plus Lois Wilson and Wallace Beery in Rugged Waters as the screen feature.
Halil's The Miracle presented by Max Reinhardt to tell a Twelfth Century legend in music and pantomime. Lady Diana Manners alternates Madonna and Nun with Iris and Elizabeth Schirmer in key roles. Extra matinee Thursday. tickets remaining for all performances.
Grand Opera House to host a week long engagement starting next Sunday night. Elsie Janis stars with sixty performers led by producer aap Dillingham. The cast features Jimmy Hussey Irving Aaronson and others in a varied line up of comedians singers dancers and a large chorus.
The National Players present The Bat at the Cox Theater starting with a Sunday matinee. The mystery unfolds from a bank official's disappearance through theft, murder, arson, and assault, with the culprit revealed near curtain close. Cast includes Don Burroughs, Helen Redd, Richard Irving, Alice Baker, Lawrence O’Brien, Edith Gresham, William Phelps, Lewis Welch.
Keith's The American presents a ballet trained by Albertina Rasch starring Marita as topper beginning Sunday. Theoi cinema feature pairs with a vaudeville lineup including Bert Lahr Mercedes in What's the Idea and Will Mahoney querries Why Be Serious plus acts Frank Fisher Eldrie Gilmore in Her Bashful Romeo Moran and Wiser in All in Fun. Victoria and Dupree perform in a dark batik dance with Pathe News a new Aesop Fable and Topics of the Day shown.
A miniature musical comedy titled Love Nest will open at the Palace Theater next Sunday featuring four young men and two girls who sing and dance. The program also includes Donnie O'Neill and Cy Plunkett in Red Hot, a black face turn, with additional acts to follow.
Joe Wilton star and producer of the Girl Club announces a speedy talking burlesque show opening at the Olympic next Sunday matinee. He vows fast episodes and a lively chorus backed by entertainers including Jules Howard Rex Weber Wally Jackson Ha el Al gér and others.
Henry Dixon presents Evelyn Cunningham and Her Gang at the Empress Theater for the week starting next Sunday. Dixon, a burlesque veteran, promises top material and lavish production with George Leon Billy La Verne Harry Leff Dolly Barringer Will Carleton and sixteen chorus girls. New scenery and attractive costumes include many novelties each show.
Corinne Griffith headlines the Capitol Theater in an Edna Ferber story about a classified girl of a large metropolitan paper whose romance is threatened when she imitates a duchess. Jack Mulhall and others co star as the plot unfolds around moneyed circles and a faithful mechanic lover.
Rex Beach novel winds to life in Winds of Chance at the Lyric Theater with scenes of beauty in British Columbia and a plot of action. Principal roles are played by Anna Q Nilsson Ben Lyon Viola Dana Hobart Bosworth Victor MacLaglen Dorothy Sebastian and Claude Gillingwater. A young prospector faces penalties for stealing provisions amid romance with a Countess and a harsh struggle for gold, aided by a giant French guide and saved from danger by loyal friends.
Harold Lloyd comedy The Freshman continues a three week run at the Walnut Theater, breaking local records for continuous showings and drawing more laughs than any film in years. The college life theme with football pranks appeals to both young and older audiences, starring Lloyd with Jobyna Ralston.
Ann Pennington and Billie Dove star with Tom Mix in The Lucky Horseshoe a rollicking romance of the old West and Spain at the Family Theater Sun day. J Farrell MacDonald Malcolm Waites and Clarissa Selwyn appear as Mix faces a romance with a European wife plan and a nobleman captor.
Despite rainy days visitors continue to flock to the zoo. Animals in summer quarters include a Bengal tiger, Genet cats, rare spotted hyenas, Egyptian geese and a Griffin vulture with a wingspan of eight feet. Pony track merry-go-round and Fun House open Sunday. Auto gate and sun parlor open daily for visitors.
The first of two Thursday matinees of Max Reinhardt's The Miracle will start at 2 pm at Music Hall. The shows were added to meet rising demand and to replace the Sunday night final performance, which was canceled to move the production to Boston for its opening there without delaying the local closing.
Cincinnatians will host a reception and banquet at the Gibson tonight as more than 500 people are expected to attend. The Dixie Highway Motorcade began in Sault Ste. Marie on October 5 and will reach Miami to celebrate the highway’s completion. Judge M M Allen Judge Nathan Bachmann Richard Hardy and John E Lovell of Chattanooga arrive for the banquet and will join the motorcade Friday. Reservations are at the Gibson registration desk and telegrams indicate towns in Kentucky and Tennessee are preparing to entertain the party.
The Ohio Council No 9 of the American Indian Association holds a meeting at 8 tonight in the Dr Thomas M. Stewart offices 901 Union Trust Building. Stewart, elected head of the Ohio council, serves on the National Board of Governors. The group aims to unify races, secure equal rights for Indians, and preserve Indian history and crafts.
At Omaha the American Legion convention heated as the World Peace Committee report was referred for amendment. Delegates selected Philadelphia for 1926 and Paris for 1927. The Aeronautical Committee debated endorsing Col. William Mitchell and the national defense plan. Three main candidates emerged to succeed James A Crain as National Commander with last minute jockeying for support.
Campaign workers reported notable progress in raising money for the Deaconess Hospital Building Fund with unofficial totals near $500,000. Individuals and firms including Mrs Helen W Reemelin, August H Tuechter, Cincinnati Bickford Tool Co, Mrs George B Cox, L B Reakirt, and others contributed significant sums amid a push at the Gibson roof garden and planned noon meetings.
Enthusiastic crowds welcomed President Coolidge as his train moved toward Washington Ohio and Southern Ohio through Athens where Ohio University sits a Pi Beta Phi group led the sorority yell with Mrs Coolidge joining in on the observation platform smiling at her role as cheer leader during the journey through Parkersburg West Virginia Oct 7.
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