Commercial Tribune Historic Issue Note
The Commercial Tribune published daily in Cincinnati Ohio on Tuesday October 27 1925. It notes distribution points Schultz's News Stand and Hotaling's News Stand and Grand Central Station in New York, with the Times Building entry. The issue is priced daily 2 cents and Sunday 7 cents.
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Commercial Tribune Publishing Company
Commercial Square
Broadway
Cincinnati
Ohio
Harry W. Brown
Commercial Tribune
New York City
Schultz
Sixt Avenue
Forty-second Street
Grand Central Station
Hotaling
Times Building
Forty-third and
Bond Issue Proposals Require Careful Voter Judgment
The voters of Cincinnati face thirteen bond proposals and must decide which are justified by public need and fiscally sustainable. The piece argues that past overuse created debts while urging prudent selection based on merit rather than politics, urging favorable votes for necessary items if the tax rate allows.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Parole boards and the cost of mercy in crime
A critical editorial argues parole boards harm public safety by delaying justice. It cites a Michigan case where mercy allowed a dangerous offender to remain free, costing Cincinnati a police officer and Hamilton County a wrecked life. It urges probation and custody over careless parole to protect better lives.
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Brooklyn
Board of Parole
Parole Board
Michigan Board of Parole
Ohio
Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Ounce of Prevention for Infantile Paralysis in Cincinnati
The city expects no new infantile paralysis cases in Cincinnati but notes one fatal case in the outer suburb across the river. Preventive serum treatment is offered free to families with young children, with no red tape. Health officials urge protection for every child reachable by Department services, stressing calm, cautious vigilance.
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Cincinnati
Greater
Health Department
Judge Cochran Warns on Plea Bargains in Prohibition Offenses
In Covington Kentucky Judge Cochran of the Northern District adopts many guilty pleas in first offense prohibition cases. He argues acceptance of pleas fixes a defendant’s criminal rating and paves the way for harsher penalties on second offenses, signaling broad jail time ahead for those pleading guilty.
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Cochran
Covington
Kentucky
Experts Seek Insight On Longevity Of Married Men
Insurance mortality experts weigh whether married men live longer than single men and consider perspectives from figures such as DeWolf Hopper and members of prominent families including the Goulds and Vanderbilts.
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DeWolf Hopper
Goulds
Vanderbilts
Chinese Customs Conference Hears War Faction Topic in Peking
In Peking the International Conference on Chinese Customs weighs debate over a factional war practice observed by three armies. The discussion centers on how such customs influence military conduct and regional traditions.
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Peking
Insolvent Chicago Broker Pays Off Creditors in Florida Deals
A Chicago broker facing prison has earned enough from Florida transactions to satisfy several thousand creditors in Chicago, many of whom are eager for watered stock.
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Chicago
Florida
German Cities Borrow for Slaughterhouses and Art
German cities plan to borrow funds for building slaughterhouses and purchasing Greek statues as part of potential futurist art projects.
More Truth Than Poetry
A column by James J. Montague from 1925 discusses the value of plain speaking over flowery verse, urging readers to seek honesty and clarity in expression rather than ornate language. The essay reflects early twentieth century sensibilities about truth, literature, and rhetoric.
The Billboard Oasis That Spoils the View
A touring narrator laments billboards dominating scenic roads and childhood ads. He lists consumable truths such as tires fuel gas overalls paint clothes breakfast and cigars while noting that autumn colors and real scenes are obscured behind frequent advertising signs. The piece laments commercial saturation.
The Unchallenged Cantaloupe Mystery and Comedy Plans
The article notes the enduring mystery of cantaloupes in American culture and mentions Mr Chaplin’s reluctance to act in Hamlet, doubting his Dane could outshine serious portrayals. It also comments on boundary talks with Mexico being preferable to battles.
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Chaplin
Hamlet
Dane
Wan Book! A Baby Takes Center Stage In New York Life
A columnist recalls babysitting Ray Long Jr while recounting a chaotic afternoon of bargaining with a toddler over a book. He imitates Chaplin and tries firm discipline, yet the child wins the contest, revealing playful parenting and social gravities of New York life. The piece notes Michael Arlen earning royalties and a stylish, public-facing elite culture.
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New York
Ray Long, Jr
Collier’s Weekly
Ld Sock
Cincinnati Of Fifty Years Ago October News Highlights
A City Council finance panel flagged election expense abuses with polling place rents and costly ballot box delivery. The boot and leather sector formed a trade group hub at the Board of Trade with 22 firms. Y M C A officers were elected to the board. The Safety Committee urged a plan to reorganize municipal government for state action. Mayor Johnston ordered police to halt performances at Arbiters Hall and similar Sunday events.
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Columbia Town Hall
Board of Trade
Messrs. Stribley
Committee of Safety
Johnston
Arbiters Hall
Vine Street
Twelfth
Weather and Local Notes From Cincinnati Archive
Weather: Cloudy with 50 to 64 degrees noted twenty years ago in Cincinnati. The column recalls Senator Joseph B. Foyster’s remarks amid war secretary Taft debates, a Richmond street machinist’s stomach pain relief, a rowdy class donut attack at the University of Cincinnati, typhoid death of attorney Charles A. Gehrlein, Harruot Bros. celebrating a first residence under their direction on Cavagna Avenue, and a final forecast of cloudy weather with 86 to 47 degree range.
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Cincinnati
The
Commercial Tribune
Joseph B. Foyaker
William H. Taft
Akron
United States
Senate
Foraker
Ohio
John Stevens
Richmond Street
City Hospital
Harruot Bros
Cavagna Avenue
Hudson
Donkey seized in theater act case at People's Theater
Constable James Wilder from Squire Mackelfresh's court seizes a donkey that was part of the act by Joe Van Cleve at People's Theater.
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James Wilder
Squire Mackelfresh
Joe van Cleve
People’s Theater
Recognizing Influenza Versus a Cold in 1925
Dr Reed explains how to tell influenza from a cold by onset, fever, and symptoms such as sudden chills, high fever, severe headache, eye tearing, and lung soreness. Advice urges physician evaluation and self care like rest, warm room, hydration, laxatives, and baths as fever rises.
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King Feature Synd., Inc
Hudson River gas line lays 7000 feet across river
A notable engineering feat recently completed involved laying a gas main seven thousand feet long across the bottom of the Hudson River at Newburgh New York.
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Hudson River
Newburgh
N. Y
Ashes and cinders repurposed into Rochester bricks
About twenty thousand tons of ashes and cinders from Rochester gas and electric works have been reused this year to manufacture building bricks, turning waste into construction material.
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Gas and Electric Works
Rochester
N. Y
Central States Horticultural Exposition Set for December
The first Central States Horticultural Exposition, backed by fruit growers of Kansas Iowa Missouri Colorado Nebraska Arkansas and Oklahoma, will be held in Kansas City early in December.
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Kansas
Iowa
Missouri
Colorado
Nebraska
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas City
Louisville to Build One of Nation's Largest Hydroelectric Plants
A major hydroelectric plant will be constructed at Louisville to tap the Ohio River’s vast water flow for large scale electricity production. The project aims to create substantial power capacity and stimulate regional development through renewable energy.
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United States
Louisville
Ohio River
Great submarine cable links Canada to Australia and New Zealand
Telegraphed words numbering between nine and ten million are sent annually via the vast submarine cable linking Canada with Australia and New Zealand, a monumental engineering achievement recognized as the era’s greatest of its kind.
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Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Hexeton: A New German Synthetic Camphor Like Compound
Hexeton is described as a clear stable sterile liquid with a camphor like odor and bitter taste. It reportedly has two to three times the strength of camphor and can be produced at a fraction of the cost, promising medicinal value.
Nicaragua Peace Pact Signed by Rival Generals
In Managua on October 26 a peace accord was signed between President Solorzano and General Emiliano Chamorro. The pact ends the coalition with the Liberals, keeps the government Conservative, grants amnesty, pays Chamorro $10,000 for his expenses, disbands his troops, and appoints him General of the Army to guarantee peace.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Solorzano
Emiliano Chamorro
la Loma
Chamorro
Irene Castle’s Child Dies in Tragic Accident
Chicago October 26 report states the second child of Mrs. Frederick McLaughlin, formerly Irene Castle, died after three hours of life following a fall from a horse on Wednesday. The mother was hospitalized but improving, and her first child Irene was born last January.
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Chicago
Frederick McLaughlin
Irene Castle
McLaughlin
Irene
Taxi Cab Stolen From Alms Hotel Stand
Frank Robert, a Zumstein Taxicab Company chauffeur, left his cab at the Alms Hotel corner of McMillan street and Alms place to answer a call. He returned to find the cab missing and police search for the thief.
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Frank Robert
Zumstein Taxicab Company
Alms Hotel
McMillan Street
Alms Place
Palm reading today and its claims in mumford interview
New York novelist Mrs. Ethel Watts Mumford discusses her amateur hand reading theory in a long interview at her home. She argues hands reveal character, growth, and health, and skeptical palmists may not tell the truth.
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Marguerite M. Marshall
New York
Ethel Watts Mumford
American Telephone Company Valued At 1.6 Billion
New York October 26 The American Telephone and Telegraph Company with assets of 1.6 billion and common stock par value 944,904,155 testified at a FTC Radio Trust hearing. It owns majority of Empire City Subway and 491,466 shares of Western Electric prominent in the complaint. Hearing resumes tomorrow with ICC and United Fruit summoned.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Charles A. Heiss
William C. Reeves
Federal Trade Commission
Radio Trust
Heiss
Empire City Subway, Ltd
Commission
Empire Subway Company
Telephone
Western Electric Company
Western Electric
Telephone Company
International Western Electric Company
United Fruit Company
Ebbetts Estate In Court In Clearwater Florida
A friendly suit filed in Circuit Court seeks will construction to facilitate legalized disposition of Charles H. Ebbets estate property. Plaintiffs Grace Slade Ebbets Joseph A Gilleaudeau and Mechanics Bank of Brooklyn act as executors and trustees to streamline negotiations for sale of jointly owned portions.
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Clearwater
Fia
Charles H. Ebbets
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Baseball Club
Grace Slade Ebbets
Joseph A. Gilleaudeau
Mechanics Bank of Brooklyn
Bible Authority Is Dead
The Rev. Dr. M. Bross Thomas longtime Lake Forest University professor of Biblical Literature died in Northampton Massachusetts at a hospital. He authored the Bross Foundation lectures and The Biblical Idea of God. He retired in 1921 and spent summers in Ashfield. He leaves a widow.
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Northampton
Mass
M. Bross Thomas
Lake Forest University
Ilinois
Thomas
Bross Foundation
God
Ashfield
Prophets as Advertisers in Church Publicity Talk
At a Chicago conference Dr. Burris A. Jenkins of Kansas City argues Israelite prophets were adept advertisers, urging pastors to craft enticing sermon headlines and use newspapers and radio to spread messages. John T. Brabner Smith and Paul Hutchinson offer cautions on religious press and partisan bias.
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Chicago
P. T. Barnum
Burris A. Jenkins
Kansas City
Conference On Church
Barmum
Jezriel andLoammi
Israel
John T. Brabner Smith
Chicago Church Federation
Paul Hutchinson
Christian Century
Snow Buries Cities Across Two States
The North Rocky Mountain region faced a heavy snowstorm with Alberta Saskatchewan and Northern Montana experiencing near zero temperatures. Harlem and Chinook Montana closed schools to allow children to work in sugar beet fields as 15 to 20 days remain in harvest and risk of crop loss grows. Large Montana cities and parts of Wyoming reported deep snow while a cold front extended into Colorado and northern New Mexico.
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Denver
Rocky Mountain
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Montana
Blackfeet Indian Reservation
Harlem
Malls
Chinook
Mont
Sheridan
Casper
Wyo
Colorado
New Mexico
Award to Col Procter upheld by High Court
Chicago Oct 26 The $62,500 judgment for Colonel William C Procter of Cincinnati against Colonel A A Sprague of Chicago was affirmed by Federal Judge Slick and a motion for a new trial denied. Ten days were granted to perfect an appeal. The suit claimed Sprague jointly endorsed a $100,000 note for funds used in General Wood's pre convention campaign five years ago.
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Associated Press
Chicago
William C. Procter
Cincinnati
A. A. Sprague
Slick Today
Sprague
Procter
General Wood
Duquesne man marries woman he allegedly robbed for ring
Steve Porch 23 of Duquesne Pennsylvania wore handcuffs as he used a jailhouse marriage license to wed the woman he is accused of stealing an engagement ring from. The ceremony was performed by a Justice of the Peace inside the county jail in Toledo Ohio on October 26.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Steve Porch
Duquesne
Retired Louisville Bishop Dennis O'Donaghue Seriously Ill At Home
The Rt. Rev. Dennis O'Donaghue aged 78, former Catholic Bishop of Louisville, is seriously ill at his home in Louisville and not expected to survive, after retiring five years ago due to ill health.
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Louisville
Dennis O’donaghue
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