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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1908
Page
10
All Shades and Black with Silk Ruffle priced at 5 dollars, down from 6.50 and 7.50. Special Lines in Tailored Suits offered at 25, 35, 39.50 and 45 dollars. Located on West Fourth Street at Race and Vine.
About half the workers at Lowman Sons shirt factory returned after a strike over thread charges. Leo J. Lowman said 76 walked out and many refused to return until the dispute over whether they must pay for thread was resolved. Officers claim the policy prevents waste and adds extra pay to offset costs.
A Louisville resident recalls using Cuticura to cure his grandson's eczema in 1884 and reports his own severe eczema lasting a winter with virulent sores. After trying many doctors, he used Cuticura again and claims immediate improvement and lasting cure. He cites local prominence and witnesses in Louisville and Cincinnati.
Advertises Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent as cures for eczema psoriasis scalp acne and facial disfigurement with testimonials. Promotes 25c soap 50c ointment 50c Resolvent or 2.60 chocolate per vial and offers free Cuticura Book via mail from Boldt Drug & Chem Co Boston MA.
A white automobile struck a hearse carrying Howard Alfried in McMillan street near Park avenue, injuring driver Roy Livingston and mourners Richard Denahy and causing the horses to fall. The procession to the Oakley burying ground was disrupted as repairs paused traffic on McMillan.
County Auditor Richardson announced a new law requiring the 1908 assessors to record every person who served in the U S Army Navy or Marine Corps in the Mexican War Civil War Spanish American War and Philippine Insurrection. The returns must be certified by September 1 1908 and 140 assessors must be retrained with 22 000 slips and 140 specially ruled books issued to complete the task.
An altar boy dropped a candle at Holy Trinity German Catholic Church while preparing for Easter. The candle toppled onto draperies, causing a small blaze that was extinguished by Pastor Rev. A. F. Runnebaum with a water bucket. Last summer lightning hit the steeple and fire occurred then.
A heavy four horse wagon collapsed a forty foot steel span at Third and Smith, sending the wagon and four horses into a ditch. Two horses died, two were injured. driver James Rice escaped with minor injuries. Police blocked the bridge and trains were delayed as crews cleared debris and planned repairs.
Fire Chief Archibald Building Inspector Kuhlman met with City Solicitor Ballard to set procedure to enforce a gasoline use ordinance on dry cleaners within city limits. Ballard said arrests could occur for violations and supported sending copies of the ordinance as a reminder. Arrests will follow noncompliance with the Building Inspector’s orders.
A visitor wearing tan shoes triggered ribbing at Engine Company 25. Fireman Bramlage, the aggressor in a later confrontation with Paul Boehme, was suspended ten days by the Mayor after the quarrel over the insult.
President Charles William Eliot of Harvard University will lecture on Municipal Government at the Scottish Rite Cathedral in Cincinnati on Wednesday evening April 22 at 8 oclock. The City Club hosts the free public event with no tickets and no reserved seats, inviting all citizens to attend.
Fred Rhode, who lived rent and board free in Cincinnati for thirty years, died at age 92 after a partial paralysis led to admission to the City Infirmary in 1878. A native of Germany, he was known for singing and enjoyed exercising his bass voice in the infirmary. Interment will be in the infirmary cemetery.
The Big Four Route announces new departure and arrival times effective Sunday April 19. Changes include The Twenty first Century Limited shifting to 2:00 am departure from Cincinnati and 9:30 am arrival in New York, plus multiple adjustments for Southwestern Limited No 20 No 44 and others with new through coaches and services. A new St Louis bound train departs Cincinnati at 8:45 am and arrives St Louis at 6:30 pm, while several Chicago Cleveland Indianapolis and Fort Wayne connections receive revised schedules and equipment details.
Good Friday observed with meditative services from 5 p.m. to 3 p.m. across Catholic and Episcopal churches. Hundreds of Catholics expected to climb steps to Holy Cross Monastery Mt Adams and recite a prayer on each step. Yesterday Archbishop Moeller officiated blessing of the holy oils at St Peter's Cathedral.
The Board of Public Service will have Kirch ner Construction Company's asphalt plant thoroughly inspected before a city purchase. President Laidlaw will announce the chosen mechanical engineer's name today. William Scully protests claiming ownership of the plant’s design, and a past sale. The board also considers buying rollers and testing appliances costing about $6,000 for street paving use.
Emma Green and her sister Mrs. Harry Ficher visited the Coroner and Morgue to identify a man killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Oakley. They could not confirm identity due to mutilation, and asked for two pocket photographs to be sent to a sister in Philadelphia for identification.
Police were notified yesterday that Wednesday night several boys smashed a window at A. E. Nicolay's store 2164 Central Avenue. They stole twenty dozen Easter eggs and many uncolored eggs.
Special train via Louisville and Nashville Railroad leaves Pearl and Butler Street and Fourth Street stations at 7 30 a m Sunday April 19. Tickets on sale at stations and City Ticket Office southeast corner Fourth and Vine streets Newport Covington Latonia. Returning train leaves Union Station at
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