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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1908
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune issue dated Tuesday April 14 1908 features the Cincinnati post office classification notice and notes the paper’s establishment details and leadership. It presents an early 20th century urban newspaper snapshot with standard masthead information.
Rates listed for mail and Sunday subscriptions by year, six months, and monthly options. Includes daily and Sunday, daily omitting Sunday, weekly edition, and special one year figures. Offers postage prepaid and regional pricing details.
In Great Britain, the Continent and all Foreign Countries embraced in the Universal Postal Union, daily and Sunday service, with rates for one month to one year. Subscriptions payable in advance. Provide full post office address with county and state. Remit by express, postal money order, bank draft or registered letter. News offices listed in Cincinnati, Walnut Hills, Covington, Newport, Washington, London with newsboy service and reading rooms.
Increasing cloudiness sweeps the Southwest Northwest and interior regions bringing showers in the Ohio Valley. Warm springlike conditions prevail across the country with highs near 90 in North Dakota and well into the 70s in many areas. Cincinnati reports a 58 degree average with a 43 to 74 degree range as the Weather Bureau notes April 13 1908 compared with prior years.
Ohio and Indiana show partly cloudy conditions on Tuesday with showers at night or Wednesday, and warmer weather in northern areas. Kentucky and West Virginia anticipate showers with similar timing, while northern Indiana remains fair in the north portion.
New York arrivals include Ida from Trieste and Roma from New York. Several liners sail or arrive at Liverpool Glasgow Cherbourg Naples Genoa and Gibraltar with ships such as Chemnitz Corsican Sardinian and Pannonia.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with varied surnames and locations from Chicago New York London Philadelphia Buffalo and other places. The text reads like a roster of names paired with home or business ties and occasional initials.
The piece argues the Aldrich bill is a temporary fix tied to a past financial crisis and should be rejected by the House. It contends the bill would postpone action for a Currency Commission to study bond security requirements and criticizes Aldrich as overbearing compared with wider financial opinion.
The piece contrasts Boston and Cincinnati on sewage handling. It champions keeping streets clean to prevent waste entry, praising Cincinnati Superintendent Fred Maag for his practical policies. It argues against building chemical laboratories in sewers and favors prevention over costly treatment.
The World presses Mr. Bryan to name states he can carry in 1908 beyond 1900. Bryan replies with a courteous retort about transparency on bonds and securities tied to Joseph Pulitzer. The exchange centers on nominations, advertising gains, and public curiosity about wealth and influence.
The World asks which states Bryan will carry in 1908, but Bryan treats the matter as irrelevant. He seeks national selection and advertising from a Denver convention, not a specific electoral tally, rendering the question moot in his view. States may change, but he presses on regardless.
The paper questions how to back a Democratic President while noting Bryan's view of a nomination as key advertising and the Denver convention's influence. The piece implies strategic considerations for supporting a candidate despite potential obstacles.
The Atlanta Journal notes that the saying all the world loves a lover does not apply to Prince Helle de Sagan who pursues only the main chance and is unmoved by romance.
Sunday and Monday were delightful as Cincinnati fans saw what Mr. Bassler can do when he wants to. The public expects him to continue his strong play while games proceed.
Milwaukee Mayor Becker plans a buoyant gubernatorial campaign ride in a balloon aiming to reach Wisconsin voters. The unusual travel method signals a publicity move in a crowded field as he seeks to connect with constituents beyond traditional stops.
A quip notes Fra Elbertus sighing that humans are merely part of the divine nebulae. The line adds a playful, cloudier mood to his usual contemplative tone.
The Wall Street Journal notes that international marriages have financial consequences. The piece also laments a perceived lack of humor in London and references Booth Tarkington with a serious tone.
Evelyn Thaw and Count Boni are mentioned in the playful sports tone. Mr. Watterson praises his dark horse as the crowd readies for the Umpire. The piece frames a Cincinnati gala day with emphasis on baseball and the Ball Park atmosphere.
Prof C A L Totten dies lingering over scriptural chronology and planetary cycles. He argued the Bible predicts events and a coming Millennial age within the present era, a view supported by Dr Arthur T Pierson. Totten’s work kept alive belief in the Second Coming amid modern criticism.
George C. James of Cincinnati replies to a Memorial Committee report denying he was invited to or aware of the meeting. He clarifies his role with the Monument to the Unknown Dead and separates his committee from the G. A. R. posts in Hamilton County. He notes he would have attended as courtesy if asked and questions Matt J. Day’s secretary motion.
A column reflects on personal laziness amid a spring mood, notes in a saloon about sole eggs, and dismisses taking sides in temperance debates. It praises coach Hugh Jennings and Arlie Latham, and ends with hopeful thoughts on the Reds baseball season and team unity.
In Linton Cincinnati crowds discuss bank supervision and state control as essential for business. Idaho women back Taft per leaders of women’s groups while Ohio and Mississippi valley hickory handle makers convene in the Linton Hotel to plan supply and industry talks with Forestry officials.
Marion County Grand Jury indicted Thomas R. Kackley and James M. Broucher of Atlas Engine Works for conspiring to bribe county commissioners to vote $21,351 contract for a new county power plant in April 1907. Commissioners McGregor and McGaughey along with city salesman Willeats named in the indictment. Both defendants are abroad.
Democrats of the Twenty third Ward held an open caucus at Sei wert's Hall selecting delegates to the State convention in Columbus: William Marshhauser P J Conner Dr William Schreiner and Peter Heister. Alternates named were F W Schmerr Dr J M Good W Janz and Charles Nichols. A resolution supported the nominee as nominated and none other and another endorsed William Jennings Bryan for President. Fleischmann Republican Club to elect officers April 29 with three candidates for President James E Mathews A L Dalton and Richard Moore.
The Boston Transcript reports that Taft enemies in Massachusetts prepare for a recount in Worcester and a broader fight among unpledged delegates. In Worcester 2,649 Republicans backed the unpledged ticket and 2,555 supported Taft, signaling district currents toward a Taft on first ballot but unresolved convention dynamics.
A young man plans to return West saying New York favors the wealthy. He explains ten thousand dollars a year is too much to spend for a single man and that he must return home to live simply. He praises the governor but rejects city life for him.
Lexington reports Mrs. Mary Willoughby eight years old died after her clothing caught fire from a spark from a pipe she was smoking in her Scott County home.
The Senate Judiciary Committee reported a bill to regulate federal injunctions against state officials enforcing state laws. It requires three federal judges, five days notice to state officials, and allows direct appeal to the Supreme Court. The plan aims to reduce injunction use and soften procedures in such cases.
Mrs I Liberman wife of a Bronx shirtwaist manufacturer was found murdered in Courtlandt avenue apartments. Her husband Liberman was taken into custody as police and the Coroner investigate. She was stabbed with a blood stained knife and the husband had earlier sought a summons for infidelity but was refused due to his condition.
A poem recounts how women of any age status or mood scrutinize their appearance in the mirror. It wryly notes mismatched hats wrinkled collars and crimson cheeks as endearing flaws. A preacher twice admonishes sisters to look in the glass for self scrutiny.
The Atlantic fleet arrives in San Diego tomorrow for a grand welcome parade led by Governor Gillette and Mayor Forward. Five thousand sailors and over two hundred officers will participate in a two o'clock Wednesday event, with a five-division fleet naval brigade and marching drill across the bay.
A wireless message from the battleship Georgia reports the fleet about 300 miles south of San Diego at nine knots in line of squadron. Rear Admiral Sperry commands the second squadron with Captain Harber of the Maine as acting head of the fourth squadron. Pay day approaches as paymasters prepare gold wages. Ajax and destroyers remain at Ma Bay while auxiliaries follow to San Diego.
Rear Admiral Evans shows improvement in Paso Robles California after a night of rest. Surgeon McDonnald reports he is stronger and fully recovered from last Friday's knee pain recurrence.
The severed head washed ashore in Cleveland linked to Michael Soboda of Bedford. He vanished with $900 five weeks ago after planning to board a ship to the old country, with police suspecting murder and robbery and his body cast into the river.
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