Gold Star Tributes Mark Schoepf Retirement in Cincinnati
W Kesley Schoepf retires as Cincinnati Traction Company president and hosts 406 loyal aides and employees for a banquet on his anniversary. He honors 406 Gold Star staff with engraved gold watches and names 49 Silver Star recipients from the company’s first year.
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W. Kesley Schoepf
Cincinnati Traction Company
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Traction Company
Schoepf
Cincinnati
Ohio Tax Amendment Promises Modernized State Revenue
Ohio voters face the McDonald resolution to amend the state constitution and reform taxation. The proposal would tax mortgages and intangible investments at a rate aligned with their value, freeing Ohio from the 1851 uniform tax and bringing dormant property into the public treasury to ease taxation on tangible property.
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Ohio
McDonald
General Assembly
Safety Director Issues Ten Commandments for Courteous Traffic Police
Cincinnati safety chief Tudor announces a formal code of conduct for traffic officers to curb rude handling of drivers and pedestrians. The policy seeks to educate rather than punish, addressing long standing complaints of aggressive enforcement and public disrespect, especially toward women.
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Tudor
Cincinnati
Director of Public Safety
Traffic Division
Safety Department
More Truth Than Poetry
James J. Montague presents a column titled More Truth Than Poetry dated 1925 from The Bell Syndicate. The piece bears the byline credit and frames reflections in prose rather than verse, reflecting era style and syndicated circulation.
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James J. Montague
the Bell Syndicate, Inc
Soothing the Savage Breast and Notes on Public Life
A humorous verse urges using music to deter crime by singing in public. It imagines burglars and arsonists soothed into virtuous conduct by harmonies and catchy tunes. The piece contrasts this with civic notes on bread trust, water supply, Volstead law and traffic enforcement.
Thoughts and scenes from New York life in 1825 lore
A collage of New York imagery and anecdotes sketches fashion theater speakeasies and bars with scenes of Fifth Avenue life. It notes the Amen Corner at the Fifth Avenue Hotel preserved by the New York Historical Society and portraits a city press corps living amid glamour and work.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Big Bill Edwards
Don Juan
Ed Wynne
Charlie Towne
Sixth Avenue
Forties
George Cohan
Astor
York Historical Society
Thomas Platt
Platt
the Historical Society
Plaza
Park Avenue
Brooklyn
Central Park South
Europe
McNaught Synd., Inc
Fifty Years Ago in Cincinnati Highlights
The Cincinnati Literary Society moved to 235 West Fifth Street with praising toast and wine. Julius Dexter read a commemorative paper as friends celebrated. Separately, Alex Smith and others returned after seizing Joseph Tighe in Memphis over alleged theft. The Mechanics' Institute School of Design opened with named instructors in mechanical, architectural, and artistic tracks. The Cincinnati Lancet expanded by absorbing the Indiana Journal of Medicine, editor Thad Stevens relocating to join Cincinnati staff. Chester Park Driving Park board saw E. W. Miller resign. C. B. Hunt appointed secretary. Weather noted clear to threatening, 51 to 72 degrees.
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Cincinnati Literary Society
Apollo
West Fifth Street
Julius Dexter
Cincinnati Lancet
Indiana Journal of Medicine
Thad Stevens
Cincinnati
T. C. Minor
H. Illoway
Chester Park Driving Park Association
Gibson House
E. W. Miller
C. B. Hunt
Twenty Years Ago in Cincinnati Highlights and Obits
The piece notes re election bids by John Carey and Frederick Bracker, charity entertainment by St. Vincent de Paul Society, Archbishop Elder memorial Mass, Mound Street Temple officers, a funeral with five generations, W W Blake buying Krippendorf-O'Neal Shoe Co holdings, and a cloudy 37 to 50 degree forecast.
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John Carey
Hartwell
Frederick Bracker
Wyoming
Madge G. Walsh
St. Vincent de Paul's Society of the
Church of the Assumption
Walnut Hills
Elder
Moeller
Walter W. Blake
W. J. O'Neal
Krippendorf- O'Neal Shoe Company
Paul Krippendorf
For Your Welfare And Your Success
Dr. Charles A L Reed former president of the American Medical Association speaks on welfare and personal achievement, outlining guidance for health, finances, and civic responsibility.
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Charles A. L. Reed
The
American Medical Association
Fatigue index guides athletic training and endurance
The article explains fatigue as a measurable energy expenditure for exercise and discusses the fatigue index as a guide to how hard one can push. It outlines three fatigue types, notes measurement limits, and suggests using a gym director to determine an individual's fatigue index for improved training and recovery.
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A. V. Hill
British Association For the Advancement of Science
Hill
King Feature Synd., Inc
Cathedral of Learning Looms Over Pittsburgh Skyline
From the Monongahela Bridge the city reveals itself as a furnace of wealth with a future landmark. John Gabbert Bowman leads a donor group to break ground this autumn for a fifty two story university building costing ten million dollars. Students will ride elevators to classes in steel and stone architecture.
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Monongahela
Pittsburgh
Danny
Wisdom Quotes About Courage and Moderation
A collage of classical maxims from Juvenal Horace Emerson Confucius and Cyrus. The lines reflect caution in private life, prudence in desire, courtesy in time, courage in action, and ambition through daring.
First Woman Police Judge in the West Georgia Bullock sits in Los Angeles court
Georgia Bullock, the first woman Police Judge in the West, presides over Los Angeles busiest court. She handles petty larceny, intoxication, vagrancy, prostitution and narcotics cases with a firm, feminine demeanor and a practical view of gender roles in law.
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New York Times
Georgia Phillips Bullock
West
Los Angeles
Judge Georgia
Judge Bullock
Georgia
Bullock
New York City
New Jersey
Connecticut
Edith Griswold
Women Lawyers’ Club
Women Lawyers’ Association
American Bar Association
Melaware
North Dakota
Louisiana
Alabama
Califoria
Illinois
New York
District of Columbia
Nerous
White
Georgia Bullock
Metropolitan
Wynne
Wynne Bullock
Young Bullock
Columbia
Chicago
von Ende
Lake View
Chicago Musical College
St. Mary’s Academy
Notre Dame
Ind
Archdeacon’s School For
Swansea
Wales
University of Southern California
Camera News Sparks Ethical Turmoil In African Shoot
In darkest Africa at a village named Kimabeal a cameraman films a tribe that had seen only one white man a French officer. He gains permission from the chief but avoids crossing cannibals while capturing footage the public wants. The tale recalls sensational stunts once offered to newsreels including fasting and a pyre burning.
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Pell Mitchell
Africa
Kima Beal
Mc Sweeny
Maryland
Everybody’s Magazine
Hard Luck from Farm Life Lantern Joke
A farmer scolds himself for needing a lantern while going to see his girl. The hired man dryly notes that he never carried a lantern when courting, and the farmer concedes with a rueful reply about the result.
New Yorks First Newspaper Began In 1725 With Tiny Gazette
The New York Gazette launched in 1725 as a small weekly sheet, printing few local items. Foreign affairs andads dominated. ship news scarce and a slave market presence appeared in many issues. By 1744 its circulation reached about 900 copies.
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New York
Times
Cotton Exchange
New York Gazette
Boston
Gazette
The
Germany
Spain
France
New Jersey
Long Island
Richard Nickel
From Bad To Worse In Lafayette Transit Woes
Fifty years ago Lafayette faced a mild epizootic and now the town deals with modern transit woes. The piece contrasts past public health fears with present traffic problems including payment plans, flat tires, speed issues, detours, and road hogs.
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Lafayette
Ind
Journal and Courier
Nature Poet's Plaint in Autumn Woodland Colors
A brief excerpt notes autumn woodland colors in the Boston Herald style, comparing them to closing day cloudland hues and the transience of the year.
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The
Boston Herald
Notable Birthdays Marked Across World Figures
The Rt. Rev. John A. Richardson born in England turns fifty seven today. Gertrude Atherton born in San Francisco is sixty eight today honored by France with the Legion of Honor. Lord Desborough who insured his life for 50000 for blinded soldiers of war turns seventy today. Atkins a younger novelist and playwright born in Humansville celebrates fifty today.
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John A. Richardson
Fredericton
N. B
England
Gertrude Atherton
France
San Francisco
Lord Desborough
Atkins
Humansville
Mississippi
Amite County
Miss
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the Commercial Tribune
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Bread Trust
O. O. McIntyre
Cincinnati Commercial
Alex. Smith
School of Design
Mechanics’ Institute
Ernst Lietze
George Wadman
Edwin R. Procter
George P. Humphreys
Arthur Forbinger
Anton Wahler
Commercial Tribune
Mound Street Temple Association
Lewis Seasongood
Samuel Greenbaum
Alfred M. Cohen
Abraham Freiberg
Jacob Schottenfels
Julius Freiberg
Paul Fox
Samuel West
Jacob Kronaker
Adolph Ullman
Sylvan Hirschberg
Elizabeth Hayes
Belleview Church
Harrison, O
Dr. Reed
A Skyscraper College For
Juvenal
Horace
Emerson
Confucius
Cyrus
Acatten
Kurice Ketten
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