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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1908
Page
5
The ladies of the G. A. R. are called to meet next Wednesday afternoon at the G. A. R. Hall to coordinate participation in Memorial Day ceremonies.
Pearl Dupree a 25 year old colored woman of 323 George Street was taken to City Hospital yesterday with iodine poisoning. She reportedly took the iodine after a quarrel with her husband and is expected to recover.
Beginning tomorrow the police battalion’s companies will drill daily at the O N G Armory on Freeman Avenue. Two companies will assemble each morning under the guidance of Chief Millikin and Inspectors Casey and Carroll to run the training.
Professor J. P. Cummins of Cincinnati spoke at Norwood Presbyterian Church on Pilgrim's Progress last night. He argued that the Christian spirit drives the journey and shapes the traveler’s choices.
A fragment notes that the Pilgrim forefathers' influence endures into the present generation and appears in the destinies of the Republic, reflecting a period voice and thematic rootedness.
Detective James Allen brought Belford Miles back from Louisville last night. Miles, a colored man, is wanted here for the murder of Harvey Weathers who died Friday in Indianapolis from injuries from a city fight. He is also said to be wanted in Louisville for highway robbery but will be tried here first.
Miss Czarnomska of Cincinnati University spoke to the senior section of the Council of Jewish Women and Jewish Juniors in the Sabbath school building at Reading road and Whittier street. Her lecture titled The Literary Debt the Hebrews Owe to Older Nations argued the Hebrews owe much to Babylonian and Egyptian influences.
Elizabeth Ward widow of Patt Ward who died last Friday will be buried tomorrow in Calvary Cemetery. Funeral services will be at the Church of the Holy Family with Rev. Father Albert Drumer officiating. She was 81. Her husband served as County Auditor in the 1860s and as Inspector of Customs at this port under Cleveland.
Funeral services for Fannie Bloom, a teacher in the Eleventh District School, will be held tomorrow at 1 30 PM at her home 949 Clinton Street. Interment follows at Judah Torah Cemetery Lick Run. She was sister to Lafayette Bloom a district school principal and Esther Bloom a Twelfth District School teacher.
John Cornette Jr. of the Board of Public Service and E Shipley of the Street Repair Department returned after a week abroad assessing asphalt plants in Detroit Toronto Buffalo Cleveland and Pittsburg. They observed the conduct of city departments and were favorably impressed with municipal plants.
The Cincinnati Section American Chemical Society will hold its 143d regular meeting at the Ohio Mechanics' Institute on Wednesday April 15 1908 at 8 p m. The topic is A Joint Discussion on the Bacterial Aspect of Sanitary Milk with physicians and chemists including Dr Alfred Friedlander Dr S P Kramer Dr O P Geier Dr Samuel Allen Dr Alfred Springer Dr Lauder W Jones Dr H S Fry Mr Morth er Bye and Mr R Winthrop Pratt Chief Engineer of the State Board of Health and others.
Dr. Robert Watson preached on The Peerless Leader from Luke and John, claiming Jesus is the ultimate safe leader guiding followers away from moral compromise. He contrasted modern figures like Elbert Hubbard with the need for a true, trustworthy guide who never leads believers into danger and would oppose temperance excess.
Officials plan a conference with twenty to thirty heads of families and Superintendent James Allison to decide if about 109 children housed at the Refuge should be placed with country families. Parents will be asked to show cause why their children should not be adopted. Easter services were held at the Refuge chapel with local church leaders in attendance. next Sunday's ceremonies are expected to be highly impressive.
Palm Sunday services marked Holy Week with Catholic and Episcopal observances in Cincinnati. Palms blessed and distributed as sermons reflected on Lent’s end while Holy Thursday Good Friday and Holy Saturday rites were described, including the Mt Adams penance steps and special church services across multiple congregations.
Charles Gordon, a colored man of 624 East Sixth Street, was taken to the hospital by friends after being found bleeding at Sixth and Broadway. He says a policeman struck him with a club while shouting to move on.
Police rushed to 413 George Street yesterday to quell a small riot. A woman leapt through a window, smashing glass and landing on the sidewalk as two men fled out back. Officers detained Crockett Johnson’s associates for loitering after shots were fired.
Internal Revenue Collector Bettmann orders stoppage of renovated butter sold without required stamps and labels. Revenue officers will sample suspected products for analysis and any unmarked butter will be confiscated with dealers prosecuted by the District Attorney.
An April 21 moon light dance will be held in the Auditorium at Seventh and Elm streets. The hall will be lit only by a huge quarter moon with a little girl seated on stage while the hello girls and their colleagues perform to a ten piece orchestra. Committee members include Neal Lewis Stella Lynch Sallie Tindle May King Nell Connelly and Edna Plettner.
Internal Revenue Commissioner Capers notifies agents nationwide to avoid criminal cases over slight or unintentional offenses. He urges focusing on real offenses and maintaining vigorous enforcement while curbing overzealous prosecutions for minor revenue-law violations.
A string of death notices and funeral details for Fannie Bloom Thomas Bingham Katharina Crone Dr Otho Evans Walter Hin ky ONeil Mollie O Neil Overman John Schnell er Anna Knau Shott Elizabeth Ward listing residence locations times and churches for funerals and requiems with dates April 13 1908 and related scheduling information.
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