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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1908
Page
5
The semimonthly B n ai B r ith meeting is set for this evening at the Walnut Hills Business Club. Local members gather to discuss community affairs and organizational business.
Mayor Markbreit will address members of the Austrian-Hungarian Society this evening at the hall on David Street and Central Avenue. The event draws local residents and society members to hear the mayor outline city topics and future plans.
The Loe Rollers of Hamilton County through the Outing Committee met yesterday and set August 1 as the date for the annual August outing at Chester Park again this year.
Memorial Club of Kemper Lane Walnut Hills plans a minstrel style burlesque for May 1 in Walnut Hills Auditorium. The program features a burlesque play written by a club member and will entertain attendees.
One hundred fifty Elks of Cincinnati Lodge No 5 will ride the 5 o'clock train to Middletown Ohio Wednesday evening to attend the street fair. The First Regiment Band will accompany the delegation.
J A Blackburn of Covington addressed a men’s audience in the YMCA auditorium yesterday afternoon on “A Man's Opportunity.” He urged readiness to grasp opportunities when they arise.
Prof Howard Mack of Lane Seminary preached yesterday at Mt. Auburn Presbyterian Church in place of Rev H M Curtis who is on leave after the death of his wife.
Frank Jacobburn reports to police that after returning home from Saturday night with friends he found his dresser drawer opened and $6 missing from the drawer at 428 Lockstreet.
Mrs. Rose Brown of 1020 Linn Street left a purse with small change and two rings valued at 35 dollars on a department store counter on Saturday night. The theft was reported to police yesterday.
The Rev Hugo Eisenlohr will officiate the funeral service for Mrs Josephine Bandle this afternoon. Burial is set at Walnut Hills Protestant Cemetery. She was the widow of Jacob Bandle, once connected with the Bandle Arms Company of this city.
Chief of Detectives Crawford announced from Chicago that William Jones, colored, arrested Friday by Patrolmen Gibbons O Neil and Crowley at a restaurant at the foot of Sycamore street, is wanted in Chicago for murder and will be held as a fugitive until an officer arrives to take him back.
William Jones alias Tolliver alias Geetch is wanted by Chicago police for the February 4 1907 stabbing murder of Adolph Johnson a fish merchant of 486 Wells Street Johnson was attacked in his barn and stabbed twenty times prompting a $1500 reward fund from The Three Links Club Detectives Smith and Anderson traced him to Cincinnati and Anderson plans to secure the prisoner there
Herman Steinker a 24 year old teamster of 1040 Clark Street fell into a trench dug near Fourth and Main Streets and almost drowned in the mud before spectators rescued him. He was cut about the head and bruised, then taken to City Hospital by a patrol.
An advertisement extols Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as a sleep aid for exhaustion and nervousness. It asserts the product soothes tired nerves and revives the whole system, citing a testimonial of improved sleep after taking the Nervine and promising refunds if the first bottle fails to help. The copy lists Miles Medical Co. of Elkhart Indiana as the manufacturer and seller.
Ohio Democrats vote today to elect delegates to the State Convention. Judge Judson Harmon, returning from New York, denies authorizing any candidacy announcement and hints at a possible statement tomorrow. In Hamilton County a fierce fight over control of the delegation pits Kiefer Bigelow against Bernard Garber allies, with tactics including telephone exchanges and automotive transport to influence outcomes.
Loyal Legion of Ohio sets annual meeting and election for May 6 at Cincinnati Masonic Temple. Polls open 3 15 p m. Independent ticket led by Colonel James E Kilbourke of Columbus contests official board, with minutes showing the board's stance on counting independent ballots and names of appointed judges and clerks for the vote.
The Internal Revenue Service released rulings on rectifiers special tax thresholds travel reimbursements and limits on manufacturing low alcohol beverages. The notices clarify that taxpayers pay the full rate when exceeding 500 barrels and that travel to legal residences on weekends may be reimbursed if officially authorized.
George Baker, a Ft. Thomas car conductor on Pearl Street near Broadway, was robbed of seven dollars last night. While adjusting his trolleys, three men played the wedge game and took the money from his pocket.
Two men visited City Hospital in a buggy claiming a dying patient needed a physician. The man disappeared after a bloodstain was found and the attackers fled. Police investigate the mysterious visit and other patients reported minor cuts.
Yeatman Lodge No 162 F and A M will gather Tuesday April 28 at 7 30 p m to arrange the funeral of their late brother Co M Sparks M L Abraham W M J Ed rank Secy Willis Chapter No 131 R A M holds special meeting Monday at 7 30 with Work Past and Most Excellent Degrees Visitors invited C H Bateman H P
The Very Rev Dr John Schoenhoeft marked twenty five years as pastor of St Lawrence Church Price Hill with a solemn high mass celebrated by Archbishop Moeller. The ceremony included a rector appointment, speeches by Father Tieman and others, a $300 purse to the pastor and gifts to follow from parish groups.
Detectives Sweeney and Houillion arrest Robert A. Walter a 23 year old horseshoer at the Lexington Hotel and Paul Coppinger 19 at 129 East Ninth street on suspicion. Walter is alleged to have escaped from an Indianapolis penitentiary where he was convicted of highway robbery and will be sent back. Coppinger is also said to be wanted in Indianapolis. Both arrests occurred at Fifth and Elm streets.
Physicians at City Hospital report the entire body paralyzed by the fall at Herschede's jewelry store on Main Street, but say condition should improve once strength returns and movement resumes.
Several death notices from Cincinnati and nearby towns announce the passing of Josephine Bandle 76 long illness Sussanah M Brendamour 74 Edmund Frank Brendamour Long Beach Cal and others Lottie Durrell Brooks Addie Hill Clara Henry Bernard Meyer Margaret L Schmidter Jesse D Sheldon Ludwig Sunderlanduch with funeral details including dates times and burial arrangements. requests to omit flowers and notes private burials where stated.
Attendance last week assures continued success of the Pure Food Show at Music Hall under the Retail Grocers Association. It has been voted the greatest of its kind in Cincinnati. Mrs Nellie Opies Gans of Chicago will continue lecturing on cooking.
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