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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1908
Page
2
Hood's Sarsaparilla is advertised as beneficial for blood diseases stomach liver and appetite issues along with fatigue. The ad notes it comes in liquid or chocolate-coated Sarsatabs and is sold by druggists or via mail order from the Hood Co Lowell Massachusetts.
New York April 22 A meeting of the American Newspaper Publishers Association adopts a resolution thanking President Roosevelt for support of free pulp and print paper and protests against Speaker Cannon Payne and Dalzell for blocking the Stevens bill. The body accuses the trio of delaying tariff inquiry to help paper makers keep prices high.
Mrs Mayme Myers widow of William Myers mourns after he was killed by a jealous husband in a Chicago saloon on Tuesday. She is in mourning at 1426 John Street as details unfold of the deadly incident and prior family tensions. The body was brought home yesterday and funeral services will be held at 3088 West Fourth Street.
James A. Cummins a Cincinnati hotel keeper married Miss Louise Ragan of Cincinnati by Je Murphy in Hamilton last night according to a dispatch from that city.
Samuel R. Shipley former Provident Life and Trust Company Philadelphia president died age 80. Lawrence N. Duchesney past Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company commander and Civil War veteran died in East Boston aged 66. A L Withington Society for Savings Cleveland president died after stomach operation at 62. John Learmonth general freight agent Lake Erie Alliance & Wheeling Railroad died of heart disease in Alliance at 40. Edgar P. Rucker former West Virginia attorney general died in Washington at 47 after surgery to save sight. Burial planned in Louisburg West Virginia.
A Wisconsin woman reports long dyspepsia relief after using Grape-Nuts with milk and lime water. She describes weight gain from 90 to 145 pounds, restored speech, and regained strength, enabling eating a wider range of foods. The ad promotes Postum Co. and The Road to Wellville.
Harvard President Charles William Eliot spent a busy day in Cincinnati meeting Harvard alumni, giving three speeches and being interviewed. He argued a modern city needs small elected school boards and state supervision, praising Boston and St Louis examples, and urged universal suffrage with careful public inquiry to reform municipal government.
A sensational floor clash occurred in the Ohio House as Representatives Jesse Roberts and Carl Shuler exchanged insults and then fought after Shuler hurled an uncomplimentary epithet at Roberts. The melee ended with members separating before further harm, the first such fight since 1863.
The Ohio House approved Senate amendments to the Bronson primary bill by 88 to 9. The measure requires party primaries for county municipal and township nominations after January 1, 1909, with conventions for multi county districts. The Russell building association bill also dominated the afternoon, with a recess until morning for continued debate.
Harry K. Thaw obtained a writ of habeas corpus in White Plains on the application of James G. Graham. The writ returns to Poughkeepsie on May 9, with District Attorney Jerome of New York to oppose Thaws release.
The Emperor of Japan conferred on Colonel Charles A. Boynton the Fourth Class Imperial Order of The Rising Sun through Ambassador Takahira. Boynton, superintendent of the Associated Press Southern division, hails from a line of notable newspaper men including General Henry Van Ness Boynton and Charles Boynton editor of The Christian Nation of Cincinnati where he began his newspaper career.
Peter Kakdos aged 2 and Peter Manos aged 22, busboys at the Hotel Linton, were arrested by House Detective Wappenstein at Central Station after police found nearly $500 in their possession. They allegedly stole silverware from the hotel, much of it stamped Colonial and the Annex Hotels of Pittsburgh, where they had worked before.
The Building Code Commission will finish a new building ordinance without Cincinnati Chapter of Architects, which refused to name a Conference Committee. Commission members defend their independence while outlining letters of suggestion from various bodies and acknowledging misunderstandings. Separately, M J Cunning Company leased the fourth floor of the Boylan Building for three years at about $7,000, with brokers W P Poland & Co. involved. Other local building plans include Evanston houses for John C. De Roo, a lot sale in Evanston to J T O'Brien for $625, and several school and residence projects costing from $3,500 to $8,000 involving architects Ed H Cornette, F H Cordes, and Philip Pfeiffer.
A compilation of property deals in Plainfield, Mt. Washington, and Glendale shows multiple quit deeds and transfers including Margaret Rowe to Robert Cresap, and George Lehrer to Thomas Ryan. Mortgage filings list several pairs with Liberty, Madison, and Germania building associations plus numerous lot claims and lease notes.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. and the Rothschilds of London will take a new forty year four per cent bond issue of 40,000,000 for the Pennsylvania Railroad. The issue, under 1873 authorization, totals 100,000,000 with 12,500,000 outstanding. Bonds secured by a prior lien on main line and terminals, plus lease of the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company.
The PRR announces a bond issue to fund the New York Newark tunnel extension and its terminal in Manhattan, plus other ongoing construction to improve traffic handling and facilities. The statement was released late this afternoon.
Deed transfers list: H. B. Sandman to Samuel Huber, Ida B. Hunt to Sarah A. Kinneys, Henry 8:1 to Sharon 8, L. A. Co. Ida 8S. Patterson to Frank V. Benton, Richard Crane to Durrell Realty Co, Catherine Hamel to R. E. L. Meehan, F. Landwehr to Exposition B. & et Os with unclear details.
A historical notice lists numerous property improvements and costs across streets such as Fourth Street Evanswood Place Montgomery Road Gilbert Avenue Union Avenue and Hearne Avenue. Owners include F Burkhardt Weber Co T W Gosling J H Udry S D Cooper Adolph Crammer M Spergel Kent Kaufhold L Schilater and Fred A Lingoner with costs ranging from 1 250 to 6 000.
Court dockets list multiple civil actions including will and conveyance disputes involving David M. Grant and John W. Grant, partnership dissolution between Herman Dreher and George Hilker, several divorces, mortgage and note suits, and a bank collection case against the American National Bank of Cincinnati.
The New York Special runs daily to New York in 17 hours from Cincinnati via the Pennsylvania Short Line with a sleeping car to New York parlor car to Pittsburgh, dinner and breakfast served. Other through sleeping cars leave. Cincinnati schedules at 4:40 9:00 P.M. 4:46 A.M. Space at City Ticket Office or write GEO. W. WEEDON in Cincinnati.
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A Pontifical mass of thanksgiving marked the centennial of the Philadelphia diocese with Cardinal Gibbons and Archbishops Ryan Farley and O Connell among about twelve bishops in attendance. Archb ishop Ryan received hundreds of congratulatory telegrams from varied regions and creeds.
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