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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1925
Page
2
Banker B H Kroger condemned street and viaduct conditions as misgovernment and urged votes for the City Charter Committee slate. He cited Upson report critiques of bids and cited faults in the City Engineering Department and aging infrastructure.
The Board of Elections asked Police Chief Copeland to watch polling places for unlawful political advertising and to remove posters found there. Those violating the law will be prosecuted.
The Washington Molloy Club forms to back John J. Molloy for Municipal Judge. About 200 women enroll and elect officers Teresa Muckerheid President Elizabeth Thill Vice President Helen Nau Secretary and Ella Wagner Treasurer. Meetings set at headquarters on Straight Street and McMicken Avenue until election day.
The Winton Place Welfare Association invites women and nonmembers to its 8 o clock meeting in the Winton Place Town Hall. After the business session four speakers will address the assembly. Samuel Bell and Joseph B. Derby are Municipal Judgeship candidates while Judge Edward T. Dixon and Jesse McDonald seek City Council seats.
Edwin E. Kellogg, a present Council member and Republican endorsed candidate, spoke at Hyde Park Masonic Temple rally defending higher gas rates citing an expert report and noting his bill would drop from 58 to 50 dollars under the new rates. He also said the new electric rates are lower and recalled the 1919 bond vote for Kellogg Avenue improvements tied to Coney Island development.
Rain and snow changing through Wednesday with colder air. Snow flurries along Lake Erie. West west to east portions see cold waves and fair conditions by Thursday. Table lists temperatures and precipitation across cities including Chicago Boston Kansas City New Orleans Denver Phoenix San Francisco Louisville Nashville and others for Oct 27 1925.
James W. Pence, 19, of one mile north of Westville, was killed instantly at Urbana when his car struck by a Big Four train engine at 8 20 tonight. He was alone in the vehicle.
Postmaster Arthur Béhymer said a Washington bulletin warns money order thieves are active. He urged bankers and merchants to identify strangers presenting orders before payment.
The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 14.5 feet last night. The John W. Hubbard arrived from Louisville at 10 AM and Betsy Ann from Pittsburgh at midnight, the latter seven hours late due to upper river low water. Departures included John W. Hubbard to Louisville and Tom Greene to Pompey at 5 PM.
The French cabinet resigned not over Caillaux himself but due to parliamentary lack of backing. Premier Painleve plans a reformation without Caillaux and may seek Radicals from Herriot's faction. possible clashes over a 10 percent capital levy loom as the Senate opposes it and dissolution of Parliament is discussed.
The report states women and children will depart Damascus as Armenians of the Medan quarter are accused of joining the French army, a claim described as alleged and under inquiry.
London reacts with concern over the Damascus bombardment as British authorities seek reparations for property damage and assurances of safe escape for Britons. Foreign officials weigh inquiries by the League of Nations while diplomats hope for a restoration of order in Syria amid Franco Arab tensions.
William Montgomery Brown, former Protestant Episcopal bishop, tells the American Negro Labor Congress crowd that long live communism and equality for the Negro should be on par with whites. He recounts his House of Bishops controversy and claims he was railroaded out for his views.
Death notices dated October 1925 announce services for Paul Biele William Henry Dunham Margaret Hankey Minnie Hill Fannie Marks Anne Sinclair Palmer Le J power Bolman Emilie Rosenberg Rev Flavian Larbes William Witte Mary Weber and others with funeral arrangements at J J Sullivan & Co Broadway St Ward's St Anthony's St Francis Marys Cemetery Highland Cemetery Price Hill and local churches noted.
Fragmentary text indicates a cremation service at Central Chapel. Missing details limit clarity on the deceased, dates, or funeral arrangements.
The Busse and Borgmann Co Funeral Directors operate at 1517 Freeman Avenue offering non sectarian funeral services across three chapels. The notice highlights their address and inclusive approach.
Work on a less costly Home for the Friendless in Glendale will start soon. James W. Bullock, newly elected Building Committee Chairman, told trustees at the annual meeting. Previous attempts cost the society time and money after land was bought and later sold for profit. Canon Reade urged dedicating a worship room in the new home after baptizing 225 infants in ten years.
John Philip Sousa and his 100 piece band arrive in Cincinnati on Saturday for two Music Hall performances. This likely will be Sousa’s final city appearance before a four year world tour. He marks his 71st birthday with a dinner at the Linton hosted by the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce.
E C Rogers of Putnam Connecticut secured the season’s record moose head in Fredericton New Brunswick. The antlers span sixty four inches. Mr Thompson followed with a fine bull moose and a bear.
Names and addresses of individuals obtaining marriage licenses appear, including James R. Coyle 1635 Vine Street Sara Brnnegan 1635 Vine Street Dixie Carroll 211 Odeon Street Shirley Frank 987 Paradrome Street Frank H. Nieman Jr 1073 W Liberty Street Henrietta Klusman Cheviot Ohio William C Pebworth 827 W Ninth Street Mildred Weassling 8 Farrel Court Oscar Fisher 1424 Knowlton Street Edna Kluener 2121 St Michael Street Ralph Toennis Marie ehmeyer Walter Steidle Jennie Gerwe 2603 Beekman Street 1440 Harrison Avenue Alex Germet 906 Richmond Street Goldie Solotopeky 543 Betts Street Joseph E 5618 Ridge Avenue Hilda Sieber 2940 Golden Avenue Adolph W Lewin 709 S Crescent Avenue Emily J Guiterman 3 Sommerfield Apartments Robert W Redmond Chevoit Ohio Estelle A Rutz Peach Grove.
In Bow Street Court the prosecution read papers from 250000 seized documents to prove British Communists received money from Russia and discuss police service. Letters to Moscow and Berlin referenced debt and funding, with payments shown to MP Shapurji Saklatvala. Hearing slated to resume tomorrow.
Navy Day celebration at the Chamber of Commerce featured Brigadier General Dion Williams as principal speaker. Notables from army and navy attended, including Col Dana T. Merrell, Brigadier General S. B. Stanbery, Lt Col L. B. Gasser, Congressman Stephens, and Colonel John T. Geary. Williams recalled naval history and quotes from Washington through Coolidge on naval defense.
A clipped birth notice page lists dozens of newborns with parents names and street addresses. Entries include allenders, boyers, brokaw, crockett, diandrea, faulkenberg, fleischer, gallagher, goldfare, grosse, halfhill, hemingway, horstman, ingle, kountz, kirkorian, kyle, lehman, mattei, mogre, myers, miller, poindexter, pironi, russell, seing, schimmel, seyfried, walcheff, warner, winters, wengensiefen, Wiley, and others with their genders and home streets.
Joe Harriman, 64, attorney and 1900 Socialist vice presidential candidate, died of tuberculosis in Sierra Madre. A native of Indiana, he moved to California in 1900, defended the McNamara brothers in the Times case, and later ran for Los Angeles mayor without success. He had long suffered illness.
Word of Henry J Power 51 of Dixmont Apartments Walnut Hills San Diego Cal reached here. Heart disease caused his death Monday. Born in Cincinnati he attended Woodward High School and Cincinnati Law School. He leaves a widow mother and sister. Body to be brought to Cincinnati for burial.
Southern Railway officials report the John Sevier Freight Terminal six miles east of Knoxville Tennessee and the four mile double track linking Beverly to the Middleboro line are in service. The new belt line will divert heavy tonnage and speed package freight through the Knoxville gateway, easing movements from the Industrial district.
Mrs Catherine Riese marked her eighty eighth birthday at 2122 Vine Street with a daytime gathering attended by relatives and friends. A longtime fixture of Cincinnati markets she ran stands at Findlay and Court Street for fifty years and remains active in daily household duties after sixty years at her Vine Street home.
Norwood and Cincinnati police were asked to help locate Raymond Cook age 15 of 5503 Carthane Avenue. He has been missing since Saturday afternoon. His father Albert Cook said he left with another boy named Hooker.
Catholics of Hyde Park donate to the Hyde Park Community Methodist Church campaign, pledging support for a seven days a week community house serving all creeds. The drive, led by Myers Y. Cooper, aims to raise $690,000 as Boy Scouts and other groups await a new meeting place. Local leaders praise cross creed unity and plan events in Cincinnati’s business district with Behymer and Wilson presiding at upcoming meetings.
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