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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1919
Page
2
The Union reports community events and notices from Cincinnati and surrounding areas. Local lectures, club meetings, and church activities are described, including a soloist marriage, hospital updates, and a choral recital fundraiser. Calls for independent advertising ethics and newspaper use are discussed.
Rev Frederick L Kagley executive secretary of the Federation of Churches told the Cincinnati Art Club that newspapers of broad circulation are valuable allies for church ads. He urged churches to focus on messages that enlarge life and build character.
Floyd Cahill of Milton Street was committed to the workhouse for six months by Municipal Judge Ander after police chased him into the Ohio River. He faced a $200 fine and costs as shots were fired during the pursuit. Cahill surrendered following the stand-off with Miss Muriel Kilgour of Columbia Avenue as the girl repelled the attempted assault.
Druggists in Columbus report testimony from Professor Edward Spearz of the Ohio Pharmaceutical Association before temperance committees. He notes Cleveland blocks with 15 saloons ready to convert to drug stores once prohibition starts and calls for bond changes for medicinal sale of liquor. The piece also mentions memorial services and events by the Ladies Union Club and Fathers and Sons Banquet at local churches on February dates.
War of words on race and justice amid 1918 lynching stats from Tuskegee Institute cited Georgia leading with eighteen cases. Local notes report illnesses, funerals, revivals, and church happenings including Valley Forge Club, Esther Mission Band, and Home Department efforts.
A 1918 lynching tally from Tuskegee Institute counts 62 fatal incidents in the United States, including 58 Black victims and 4 whites, with 5 women, and 16 cases charged as assault. Georgia leads with 18, Texas and Louisiana 9 each, Mississippi 6. The author critiques the Democratic Party and laments Bolshevik and Socialist threats.
In New York on January 11 Australians urged international control of the Caroline and Marshall Islands rather than Japanese domination. Premier Thomas Joseph Ryan, en route to London, said the rumored Britain Japan treaty was news to Australia and that immigration should remain restricted to whites, upholding a white Australia policy.
WANTED FARMER middle aged man and wife who love the country understand farming and are industrious honest and careful with stock address W P Dabney 420 McAllister Street Cincinnati WANTED Colored woman or girl living on Walnut Hills to work in afternoons and Saturday mornings Call at 1235 Lincoln Ave Furnished rooms One or two Furnished rooms modern conveniences and light housekeeping 1218 Lincoln Ave Walnut Hills Tel Woodburn 1794
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