Frank Israel Cohen, 1914

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January 17 1914

The Morning Herald, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Saturday, January 17, 1914

ROMANCE VIA TOOTHACHE
Mayor of Glasgow First Met Bride on Boardwalk.
ATLANTIC CITY, Jan. 16.—Accompanied by his bride of a week, whom he met here under peculiar circumstances last summer, Mayor Frank J. Cohen, of Glasgow, Scotland, was a visitor at City Hall yesterday. To Mayor Riddle he confided that his first meeting, with Mrs. Frances A. Harris, now the bride, occurred on the Boardwalk and that the young woman was at that time suffering from a toothache.
Mrs. Harris requested Mayor Cohen to direct her to a dentist, and then and there began the romance that led to their wedding a week ago. They are enjoying their honeymoon at a beach front hotel.

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Frank Israel Cohen, 1915

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April 11 1915

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, New York, Sunday, April 11, 1915

TO OPEN CHESS TOURNEY
Frank I. Cohen Chosen Master of Ceremonies.
Arrangements for the forthcoming chess masters tournament, beginning on April 19, are so far complete that the management has secured the speaker who will officiate prior to the opening round to be played at the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club.
This will be Frank I. Cohen, R.B.S., ex-Mayor of Glasgow, who came to this city nearly two years ago, met, and married an American “lassie,” forthwith interrupted his world's tour, sent his resignation to Scotland and settled down here.
Ex-Mayor Cohen is an accomplished and witty afternoon speaker and is already quite a familiar figure at New York social functions. He attended the recent annual dinner of the Manhattan Chess Club and was on the list of speakers. For fourteen years Mr. Cohen served the City of Glasgow in the capacity of Councilor, Convener, Magistrate and, finally, “master of all works,” which in Scotland is the equivalent of Mayor. During his term of office the City of Glasgow encouraged tournaments at chess as well as checkers.
Mr. Cohen beamed when The Eagle reporter mentioned to him the subject of association football. This of all games was the closest to his heart. He himself, in fact, has played as center forward for prominent teams in his younger days. His great delight even now is to watch a game between first-class elevens. It is his intention to attend the cup tie final of the United States Football Association. As an expert in municipal affairs, Mr. Cohen finds plenty to occupy him here, and his services are much in demand.

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April 22 1915

Chess Masters Off On Three Weeks' Grind 22 Apr 1915, Thu The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, New York) Newspapers.com

CHESS MASTERS OFF ON THREE WEEKS' GRIND
With Capablanca and Marshall showing the way, the eight experts in the chess masters tournament are playing their third round at the Hotel Grenoble, in Manhattan, today. In the photograph herewith, showing the opening of the congress, the following well known players and enthusiasts appear: Seated in front (left to right) J. R. Capablanca, Eduard Lasker, J. Bernstein, F. J. Marshall. Seated in rear (left to right) A. Kupchik, O. Chajes, A. B. Hodges, E. Michelsen. Standing (left to right) G. Koehler, R. J. Brown, L. Rosen, F. P. Beynon, John L. Clark, Hermann Helms, Frank I. Cohen, Julius Finn, Hartwig Cassel, W. M. de Visser, A. Martinez, Frank Rice Marshall, Mrs. F. J. Marshall. (Courtesy of Pathe News.)

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Frank Israel Cohen, 1918

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April 02 1918

New York Herald, New York, New York, Tuesday, April 02, 1918

Frank Israel Cohen
Frank Israel Cohen, who was for nine years a member of the Town Council of Glasgow, Scotland, and for nine months held the honorary office of Master of Works, died yesterday at the Parkside Hotel, 31 West Seventy-first street. He came to New York in 1912, was entertained by Mayor Gaynor and others of prominence and subsequently lectured. In January, 1914, he married Mrs. Frances A. Harris, head of a millinery establishment. He said he was a nephew of Lord Reading, the British Ambassador to America.

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Norwich Bulletin, Norwich, Connecticut, Tuesday, April 02, 1918

OBITUARY.
Frank Israel Cohen.
New York, April 1.—Frank I. Cohen, nephew of Lord Reading, British ambassador to this country, and who was formerly master of works of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, died today at his hotel here. Mr. Cohen had been lecturing in this country and was associated in food control work with the food administration. In a letter to him recently, Herbert Hoover wrote:
“The president has told me of the good and efficient work you had accomplished for your city, Glasgow, Scotland, when you held the position as master of works and as an expert in food control. I am sure your services will be of great value to the government and to the country.”

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April 03 1918

Reading Times, Reading, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, April 03, 1918

Reading's Nephew Dies
New York, April 2.—Frank I. Cohen, nephew of Lord Reading, British Ambassador to this country, who was formerly master of works of the city of Glasgow, Scotland, died yesterday at his hotel here.
Mr. Cohen had been lecturing in this country and was associated in food control work with the food administration.

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April 05 1918

Daily Record, Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, Friday, April 05, 1918

Mr. Frank Cohen Dead.
Intimation is made that Mr. Frank Israel Cohen, once a well-known Town Councillor of Glasgow, has died in New York.
He represented the Springburn Ward from 1902 until 1912, was 42 years of age, and a son of the late Mr. Morris T. Cohen, of Messrs. Joseph Cohen & Son, cigar importers and tobacconists' furnishers.

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April 11 1918

The American Israelite, Cincinnati, Ohio, Thursday, April 11, 1918

Frank I. Cohen, for fourteen years a member of the Glasgow (Scotland) Council and for two years Master of Works of that city, died here of pneumonia April 1. He came to this country six years ago and delivered lectures on municipal ownership and contributed to many newspapers. He was recently associated with Food Commissioner Hoover. He married Mrs. Frances A. Harris of this city. He was forty-two years of age and is survived by three brothers who are fighting in the British Army.

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