Winning Ticket County Ballot 1918 List of Officials
The document lists elected officials for Franklin County 1918 including Governor Frank B Willis United States Representatives Nicholas Longworth second district A E B Stephens Common Pleas Judges Hoffman Caldwell Struble Locke Darby Insolvency Judge Gerritt J Frederik Jr Court of Appeals Wade Cushing Shohl Sheriff Fred Bauer Auditor Re S Berman Caspar Haekill Clerk Fred Wesselmann Surveyor E A Gast Prosecuting Attorney Louis H Cappelle Coroner Arthur C Bauer Treasurer Louis J Howe Commissioners Mittendorf Daly Bauer Senators Fred L Emmert Robert J O'Brien Walter W Bellew Representatives Scott Morris Gardner Beatty Bons er Lucksinger Edward A Winter Harry L Federman Arthur E Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David H. Scott
John B. Morris
Joseph R. Gardner
A. Lee Beatty
Horace Bonser
Julius Lucksinger
Edward A. Winter
Harry L. Federman
Arthur E. Jones
The Negro In The Woodpile Controversy at The Union
The Union welcomed The Cincinnati Journal and its editor to its office with courtesies and refreshments. Tension rose as the journal began attacking The Union, securing an ad from Michelson of Palace Cabaret after Tolbert the Kentucky Democrat balked at an earlier ad. Within two weeks Michelson faced a large display ad worth 122.50, triggering a storm of controversy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Cincinnati Journal
Michelson
Palace Cabaret
Gaither
Lyceum Theater
Tolbert
Colored Democrat
Kentucky
Cincinnati
Colored Generals and Colonels Petition for Wartime Roles
Washington DC October 1. Resolutions at a Cosmopolitan Baptist Church emancipation celebration urge President Wilson to appoint colored generals and colonels to lead troops in France. The author argues voting rights and ending Jim Crow at home take priority, warning of postwar ingratitude if Negro heroism abroad goes unremembered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
France
Cosmopolitan Baptist Church
Colored
South
Post Office Nose Blow Errand Ends With Fine
A man walked past the post office and blew his nose on the sidewalk claiming ignorance of the law. He unaware that gentlemen use pocket handkerchiefs, faced a fine of one dollar for the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Om Bill Anderson
Cox Opposes Film Over Reconstruction Racial Tensions
Columbus Ohio October 14. Governor James M Cox at the request of John R Shilliday head of the Association for the Advancement of Colored People asked film producers depicting the reconstruction period to withdraw the picture from Ohio for the duration of the war. The reason cited is that it tends to stir up racial antagonism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
John R. Shilliday
Association For the Advancement of Colored People
James M. Cox
Ohio
Fragmented Local Battle Over Cabarets and Political Alignments
A garbled local column accuses a newspaper of anti cabaret sentiment and alleges backing by colored ministers. It names Bill Anderson the printer and Joe Jones with ties to the paper, and cites Rev. Franklin J. Walker as a big advertiser. The piece accuses campaigns, Republican funds, and manipulation of clergy to boost Anderson or Jones in future elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Bill Anderson
Joe Jones
Tts
Jennie Porter
Jennie
Franklin J. Walker
Tolbert
Kentucky
Willis
Negro Democrat Arrested at Newspaper Office Scene
A Tuesday disturbance at a newspaper office drew attention as Tolbert, a colored Democrat from Kentucky, moved about while others cleaned windows and Miss Helen Jones, daughter of General Joseph L. Jones, stirred dust. Citizens had been arrested for spitting on the sidewalk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Jones
Joseph L. Jones
Tolbert
Kentucky
Bill Anderson
Republican Campaign Opens With Notable Nominees
A booster message proclaims a strong Republican slate led by Representative Nicholas Longworth and Chairman Horn Berger. National committeeman Hynicka reports rising Republican enthusiasm across the country while Democrats are described as deficient and the party praised for aiding the president in a liberty drive.
Negro Democrat runs a Republican paper in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Journal owner, a Negro Democrat from Kentucky, extolled Mayor Hunt at Ninth Street Baptist Church with the claim Hunt was the best Cincinnati mayor. The same Hunt allegedly targeted the 18th Ward’s Colored Voters, sabotaged their businesses, closed Aither's Theatre, and used detectives against well-dressed Black men.
Brave Soldier Fred White Commissioned Sergeant in France
Word reached Mrs. Fanny Drake of North Fairmount that her son Fred White was recently commissioned Sergeant in Company C 317 Engineers. He serves bravely in France and his mother is very proud of his gallant soldier boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. C. 317 Engineers
Fanny Drake
North Fairmount
France
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank B. Willis
Congress
Nicholas Longworth
Congress Second Dist
A. E. B. Stephens
Common Pleas
Frederick L. Hoffman
John H. Caldwell
Stanley Struble
Walter M. Locke Thomas H. Darby
Gerritt J. Fredriks, Jr
Court of Appeals
Wade Cushing
Walter M. Shohl
Fred Bauer
RE. S. Berman
Casper H. Haeckil
Fred E. Wesselmann
E. A. Gast
Louis H. Cappelle
Arthur C. Bauer
Louis J. Howe
A. E. Mittendorf
Martin Daly
Chas F. Bauer
Fred L. Emmert
Robert J. O’brien
Walter W. Bellew
Our Churches and Organizations of
Dabney
Cox
WEEX
Chairman Horn
Berger
Hynicka
Republi
Berlin
Uderty
Cat Cermany
Darrey
Taree
of the
And
Bill Ander
Son
Ninth Street Baptist
Hunt
Fred White
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