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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1919
Page
2
The Union outlines its mission to disseminate news and foster loyalty and pride among readers. It emphasizes unity and collaboration for spiritual, material, mental, moral, and political advancement, quoting a maxim about reciprocal treatment.
A brief ad urges readers to subscribe to THE UNION, urging them to purchase a subscription by sending name and address. The message highlights the low cost of ten cents per month.
Horace Sudduth sold a ten room modern brick at 3142 Gaff avenue Walnut Hills to Miss Sallie Williams a faculty member of Douglas school who plans to move in mid April. He also sold an eight room modern house at 3148 Gaff avenue to John Willis for Harry Kay with Samuel Davies. and a six room house at 252 St Peter street East End to Emma Woerter for Alfred and Betty Tolbert who will move in by May 1. Mrs Tolbert has served as gardener at City Water Works in California for ten years.
Dow Drug Co. president D. C. Keller told the Cincinnati Ad Club that advertising is an investment in goodwill and assets for mercantile establishments. He announced plans to raise ad spending by 62 percent in 1919 versus 1918, urging broader promotion and warning against cutting advertising. The piece ends with a controversial aside about racial groups and advertising.
In New York the 367th Infantry the Buffaloes returned to the Union League with battle flags, greeted by thousands of cheering spectators. The Hon Charles E. Hughes delivered a moving speech and near him stood Charles W. Anderson Esq praised as a prominent racial representative at major gatherings.
George Bell known as Laughing George, starred in Chu Chin Chow, was shot to death in a Milwaukee rooming house by his common law wife Mazie Easily. One bullet pierced his heart and another through his right eye, ending a violent domestic incident after the show opened last night.
Stage laughter and dancing at a dance hall ended in a violent rooming house incident. A woman was arrested and jailed after the slaying. Funeral details note Rev W E Watson officiating in Urbana and local residents’ updates include improving infant and social visits.
Cincinnati March 11 1919 editor Wade Monfort explains pictures of soldiers could not fit published limits and apologizes for colored heroes missing from the newspaper. Notices report people collecting portraits at Y M C A and local residents Mrs Trent Mrs Blackburn and Mrs Bell Dorsey recovering or returning from overseas service. A funeral at Zion Baptist Church and a mass meeting at Bethel Baptist Church are noted.
Two rooms for respectable tenants at 541 Oliver Street. Also furnished room for a man and wife at 2927 Montford Street listed by Mrs A Thrasher. Options suggest rental housing available in the area.
A plea to readers to weekly review the advertiser list in The Union and patronize those businesses. The note promises courteous treatment, urges reporting any that are not square, and claims long-time prosperity for advertisers across the paper.
Mrs E Culpher left Monday to visit her sister in Middletown Ohio. Mr Zion will hold a grand rally the Second Sunday in April. Mr Paxton's daughter was buried Friday. Mr Zion Juvenile Choir gave fine music Sunday morning. Mrs N Carter and Mr Oscar Dozier sister of Chicago attended his wife funeral. Mrs A Whittaker who died Friday was buried Monday evening. Mrs S Millner is seriously ill at her home in Hartwell.
Manchester New Hampshire reports Private Edward Lassonde of the United States heavy artillery credits a bird for saving his life on a battlefield in France. While riding a caisson loaded with ammunition a bird circled his head and came so close his cap was nearly brushed. He chased the bird and moments later a German shell hit the caisson causing a massive explosion, sparing Lassonde from injury or death.
Mrs L Fox of Urbana visits Obie to attend the funeral of her niece. The brief notice notes the family gathering and local attendance.
The North American Review publishes a facsimile memorandum said to be Roosevelt’s final penciled notes. The document framed as a call for unity within the Republican Party to push domestic policy and prevent factional splits. It highlights his belief in immediate action and a unified effort to resolve internal issues before broader national concerns.
Col Roosevelt died about 4 o'clock on the morning of January. The previous evening at a great patriotic rally in New York Hippodrome a message was read from him written for the occasion. It declared in part that we have room for only one flag, the American flag, and only one loyalty, to the American people.
In wartime Vienna the public remains chic and cheerful despite collapse. Cafes like Krantz and Pitcher’s attract well dressed patrons paying steep prices for chocolate and cakes. Officers and civilians mingle, while politicians will decide the future. The war’s end is welcomed by a populace focused on pleasure and daily life.
Amsterdam Count Pentinck hosts William Hohenzollern and a cook who closely resembles the ex-kaiser. Strangers are often shown the man who performs the role with notable dignity and majesty.
A cow owned by Albert Woot near Adele Georgia delivered four well-developed calves in a single birth. The unusual litter suggests the cattle may soon enter a high beef production phase within a year or so.
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