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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1915
Page
7
A cyclone and cloudburst swept Cincinnati and nearby areas leaving about 30 dead, over 200 injured, and more than 1 million dollars in property losses. Two steamboats sunk on the Ohio River and numerous homes, tenements, and camps were destroyed or damaged.
The text cites Henri Fabre's claim that bees lack common sense. Fabre, praised by Maeterlinck as the "Index's Homer," offers examples such as a bee continuing to build a honey cell even after the bottom is opened, displaying apparent unawareness of danger or consequence.
The storm struck July 7 at 9 29 p m lasting six minutes with 60 mph winds and torrential rain. In Cincinnati the cyclone caused 30 deaths, hundreds injured or missing, and over $1 000 in property losses. Wrecks included homes on Eighth and Mound and Sixth and Mound, a race horse train near Terrace Park with three dead and 14 injured, and coal ships Conroy and Dick Fulton. West End bore the worst damage while telegraph and phone service resumed and traction lines remained tied.
A hurricane felled massive stones from religious towers, causing thousands in damage. The Ninth Street Baptist auditorium and Trinity M E Church suffered roof and structural harm, with other sites including Plum Street Temple and St Peters Cathedral also damaged and parishioner injuries reported. Reverend Kniffer was in a basement meeting when the spire fell.
During a storm the Coney Island steamer Princess ran aground on the Dayton Sandbar on its down trip. Pilot Harry Doss and Captain Wm. Eakins steered her off the sandbar toward Cincinnati, narrowly escaping the Central Bridge twice. Island Queen was tied at Coney Island waiting for passengers on the home trip.
A major outage leaves 2,332 telephone lines down in Cincinnati and suburbs. The Cincinnati and Suburban Bell company reports 2,832 lines out overall with nearly all exchanges affected, most severely in Kentucky's South Exchange which loses about a thousand lines. The Valley Exchange is least affected.
James T. Allen of the Ohio Humane Society was injured at the Odd Fellows temple and died after arriving at Seton Hospital. Simultaneously the rear roof of the Humane Society offices on East Ninth street was struck by lightning, tearing away a mass of brick.
A fragment describes an organism forming an egg inside a cell, sealing the top and ignoring a hole at the bottom. The text focuses on the sequence of egg development and enclosure within the cell.
The Kansas City Star quotes B P Walker reflecting on brains or money and concludes he believes the question is unanswerable given how many people get by with little of either.
Seven state free employment offices hired 62 237 of 336 848 applicants in the year ending June 30 with Cleveland leading at 28 532 placements and men and women distributed across laborers clerks factory workers and service roles. Industrial plants reduced payrolls by 15 percent and hours by 9 percent, according to W F Hennessy.
Large delegations of Odd Fellows attended the 76th annual Grand Encampment of Ohio and 21st annual Patriarchs Militant session in Columbus. The event opened with public welcome exercises, a dedication of a Patriarchs Militant camp to General Jerry D. Knapp of Toledo, and remarks by John C. L. Pugh of Columbus who chaired arrangements.
In Lima Ohio more than 1 500 people welcomed the ancient Liberty Bell as it arrived on a special Pennsylvania train. Governor Willis rode in, helped touch by children, and addressed about 10 000 people in front of the Elks Home after a parade of youngsters a mile long preceded the car.
George Johnson, 35, described as insane, entered Judge Dell's office in Middletown Ohio and ransacked the desk drawers. When told to stop he drew a revolver and declared he would kill the judge with the remark After all you are to blame.
Cincinnati machine tool manufacturers busy filling war orders worth millions anticipate a general strike as Machinists Union officials admit plans to demand higher wages.
Youngstown and Warren stockholders were notified of the directors unanimous recommendation to raise capital from 2.5 million to 4 million to fund additional sheet and tin plate units. A meeting in Warren on August 6 will consider the proposal, with the increase to be split between common and preferred shares.
More than one million dollars in road contracts will be let on July 23 by the State Highway Department. Commissioner Clinton Cowen will open the bids. The event, under Ohio Good Roads Federation and Ohio Engineering Society, gathers county surveyors and highway superintendents. The meeting aims to standardize specifications across counties to address a defect in the Cass law that ties state funds to 40 percent road repair before funds are allocated.
The Ohio Bar Association gathering at Cedar Point features fights over constitutional protection for utilities commission members and a push to shorten jury terms. Cleveland lawyers back government supervision while Judge Dustin condemns rail ownership. Judge E B King is a leading presidential candidate.
Ohio fruit outlook predicts a strong season with peaches plums and cherries abundant. Apples expected to be about 75 percent of normal with twig blight in the south harming yields. Plums will be 20 percent below average but still promising, pears blighted and limited.
Grove City, a Franklin county village of 1,800, voted by five to reauthorize saloons after a dry period. Opponents claimed the majority was imported while saloonkeepers, operating in the wet township outside the village, benefited from the reversal.
Greenville reports Versailles has struck gas after a month of drilling. The initial flow hits rock and is not strong yet, but drillers expect the flow to increase as penetration continues. Local prospects hinge on the developing gas pocket and geological conditions.
In Hamilton Herschel Maddaford was struck by a car at South Fourth and Charles streets and injured. In Dayton Dr G C Meyers Major Edward Root and others from Antioch Temple left for Seattle for the Shriners meeting. In Springfield nine city jail prisoners on outside work struck over food, then were locked up.
Camp at Yellow Springs Green county hosted technical and practical field work for Ohio National Guard officers. Col Byron L. Bargar of Columbus led the camp, the first instruction camp for officers in Ohio. Adjutant General B W Hough praised the officers for their interest and valued instruction.
Comic dialogue notes a mosquito’s fate after humans pour kerosene on its habitat. The exchange mentions the insect gorging on kerosene and colliding with a firefly, joking about wisdom and stupidity.
The new arrival notes many are here for health while the hotel proprietor seems absent. The item ends with a market spiel for Red Cross Ball Blue and a note on Minnesota corn yields.
Harold Begbie notes daily 2000 tons of food and essentials flow from base depots to the firing line. Goods arrive almost entirely from England, not France, with vast stores loaded for rapid dispatch by motor, dory, and railway to supply frontline troops. Reserves near the front counter any railway disruption, ensuring continuity of food and ammunition even after a 36 hour delay.
The Westminster Gazette reports British soldiers in France consume prodigious quantities of sweets with a front line captain noting five times the demand for sweets versus beer. Australians in Egypt have eaten all Cairo’s chocolate. Scientists say sugar has food value and can substitute alcohol, easing fatigue and mental exhaustion.
A local figure Bixby spends the morning testing if 1915 is unlucky. He manipulates the digits 1 9 1 5 by addition subtraction multiplication division and the rule of three. He finds only that 1915 minus the sum 16 equals 1899 the year he married.
A crowded car bursts with tension as a man on the step warns the conductor to close the door. He admits carrying dynamite samples in his overcoat, saying he has few friends and that his early demise would not bother many. The conductor proceeds to shut the door.
A short dialogue features a buyer requesting a cow from Silas and insisting on a larger quantity as the cow is described as a hefty creature with only a pint of milk. The exchange emphasizes the need for more milk before a sale.
Rhodes From the men higher up.
A man flees from a crowded up country visit to his club and settles into a chair. A fellow member questions his view on foreign relations. He replies with a humorous, extreme stance proposing weekly internment in Schoharie county through 1963.
Local talk centers on Jack allegedly marrying a bride from New Orleans after a brief acquaintance. The chatter jokes that his match resembles a Louisiana lottery win, with neighbors noting the rapid union rumor.
A reflective column argues forgiveness requires action not sentiment. It cautions that clinging to hurt and adopting a martyr stance suggests incomplete reconciliation and undermines true pardon. The piece urges constructive responses over lingering resentment for healthier relations.
A terse exchange reflects male resolve and grit as Wilkins states the need to dig to live, and another character confirms the struggle every man faces, underscoring survival through labor and endurance.
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