THE CINCINNATI TIMES-STAR
December 6, 1904

TOLD ABOUT AND BY PEOPLE YOU KNOW
scans from newspaper collection of
Ruth Adams-Battle

transcribed by Dorothy Wiland

TOLD ABOUT AND BY PEOPLE YOU KNOW

M’GUIRE
“I do not believe in making parks anywhere below Fourth street,” said Member McGuire of the Board of Public Service.  “Who can doubt but that within 15 or 20 years the whole of this territory will be occupied with railroad tracks?  Then there will not be 1,000 people residing below Third street.  I would study the trend of population, and in its path condemn or purchase land for parks that will be the center of large residence districts, especially those where people of moderate means will live.”

ROBINSON
J. B. Robinson, member of the Board of Education from the Fifteenth ward, is noted for his quiet, dry humor.  Two days after the election the successful candidates of the board met at the city hall.  It was in the nature of a jollification and there was much handshaking.  John B. Peaslee, who was the only Democrat elected Tuesday disappeared after greeting his fellow-members.  “Where is Peaslee?” asked a member who came in late.  “You will find him in the committee room” replied Robinson, “the Democrats have gone into caucus.”

TAYLOR
During a recent argument before the Board of Public Service in favor of retaining the city hospital on the present site, Dr. William Taylor astonished the members by saying that he had known of patients brought to the hospital, suffering with one disease, from which they would have recovered, but caught another disease, from which they died.  He said he recalled one case where the patient had scarlet fever, but had contracted diphtheria, that resulted in death.  These possibilities Dr. Taylor used to enforce the necessity for a separate building for infectious diseases.

“CRETE”
Sheriff Jones’s campaign cards bore the inscription: “Salmon (Crete) Jones.”  “Why did I put it that way? Well, I’ll tell you a little story, and maybe you will be able to guess.  Some years ago I was running for director of the Blaine club.  The ticket among other names had the simple inscription Salmon P. Jones.  One of the best and most intimate friends I had in the world was Billy Fogarty.  I happened to be standing near Billy when he was fixing tickets for himself and friends.  I noticed that he was industriously engaged in scratching out my name and inserting that of someone else.  I never said a word, but a mutual friend coming along and seeing the same performance, exclaimed, ‘What the thunder are you scratching Jones for?’  ‘Why, I want to vote for somebody I know.’  ‘You don’t know Crete Jones?’  Billy turned and looked at me.  ‘Is that you?’ he asked.  I nodded.  ‘Why in thunder don’t you have your name put on your tickets if you want your friends to vote for you,’ was his indignant query as he disgustedly tore up the scratched tickets and went after another bunch.”

BALDWIN
Ward Baldwin, the constructing engineer, is numbered among the citizens who read with care the inaugural address of Dr. Dabney.  Dr. Dabney’s approval of the education of students as experts in particular lines round a response from Mr. Baldwin, who, while in favor of a strong and wide education in a general sense, is in sympathy with the policy of producing specialists. “It is a good sign of our progress in educational matters, “said Mr. Baldwin, “to see that our young folks are taking a deep interest in the sciences.  Look in the public library these days, and you will find that there is a larger demand for scientific works than ever before.  And the trustees have met the demand by providing the right sort of literature in abundance.  The study of electricity served to popularize the study of applied sciences.  The science of engineering is becoming one of the popular literary studies of hundreds of young folks.  And in that line I would be pleased to hear that our university will have a department of universal languages.  That is one of the needs of the day.  We are betting in touch with the world more every day.”