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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1908
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune details its establishment year 1783 and publishing by The Commercial Tribune Company in Cincinnati with EB. O. Eshelby as president, dated Tuesday April 28, 1908.
Daily and Sunday one year or six months with various options. Foreign rates in Great Britain and continental countries via Universal Postal Union. Subscriptions payable in advance. Mail and branch offices listed including London Bureau for readers in Europe and a reading room for Americans.
Generally fair conditions expected across Ohio with warmer temperatures tomorrow and brisk west to northwest winds today. The report includes the April 27, 1908 weather record from the Weather Bureau ending 8 p.m. meridian time with hourly readings, highs and lows, precipitation, and temperature deficiencies for the day, listing multiple year comparisons and daily summaries.
Ohio sees cooler conditions in the east on Tuesday with a fair Wednesday and warmer trends in the west and south, along with brisk to high west to northwest winds on Tuesday. Kentucky expects fair weather on Tuesday in the extreme west, then warmer on Wednesday. West Virginia remains fair and cooler Tuesday, then fair and warmer Wednesday. Indiana forecasts fair Tuesday with brisk to high west to northwest winds, then warmer Wednesday.
Shipping news records multiple arrivals and sailings across European and North American ports. Vessels include Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse Kroonland Carpathia Freirederich der Grosse Kronprinz Wilhelm and others docking at Genoa Naples Liverpool and New York with coal cargoes and passenger movements.
List of hotel guests and arrivals across multiple cities including New York Chicago St Louis Lexington Detroit and Dayton with names such as Linton O Lichtman Louis Bruch and J B Hill among others. The item compiles guest names tied to the Cincinnati hotel scene.
In Kentucky Taft earns strong support across Jefferson Kenton Campbell Ashland Logan Shelby Scott Washington Madison Trimble and the Capitol with Fairbanks supporters outvoted. The outcome shows the party’s demand for Taft at Chicago and electors will back him in November.
A Idaho Supreme Court decision upholds graft as a legitimate English word linked to corruption. The case involved a libel suit over using the term, noting its widespread use in newspapers, magazines, Congress, and political discourse, and affirming damages against the plaintiff.
The Atlanta Journal uses a jug handle metaphor to describe the Georgia gubernatorial race, asking if the contest is empty or filled. The column frames politics with a folksy analogy to gauge voter interest and momentum.
The piece questions whether humor at George Ade’s jokes pleases British readers or masks absent novelty. It notes a trend of enthusiastic reception but casts doubt on lasting wit and originality beyond novelty.
A dissenting view argues Helie is not worth the trouble, suggesting reporters focus on a more newsworthy game rather than him.
Surface notes indicate a submarine issue with Congressman Lilley winded. A Guatemala figure named Cabrera is urged to recall the moral law of sowing and reaping.
The readable lines reference Fairbanks and Beckham, a man with a Lawn Mower abroad, and a Taft comparison, but no coherent event or outcome is present to anchor a full newspaper record.
In Linton and Havlin reports, citizens discuss the 162 million pension appropriation approved by the Senate for the current fiscal year. They note the rising cost from aging survivors and the 356,181 unadjusted claims pending at the Pension Bureau.
Madeline Zabriskie Doty profiles polygamy in Mormon families, recounting a plural wife and her sister wife sharing a home. The wives discuss jealousy, affection, and the husband’s balancing of attention while navigating daily life and finances.
A letter to the editor advances a calendar reform with 13 months of 28 days and a single New Year holiday. It proposes naming a midyear month and redesignating weekdays, arguing religious and labor implications, and noting the impact on workers and capitalists.
A Louisville Courier Journal piece notes science can do anything these days with humorous dialogue about filming life on a farm and catching the hired man in motion. The exchange highlights cinematic progress and everyday practicality.
A Chicago Tribune item notes a crowd reaction and a corrected name on a score card during a game, with a spectator pointing out Altrock as the intended player name amid a misprint and confusion.
The veteran Senator announced his plan to resign after protests from constituents. He refused reconsideration saying the place is filling with fresh young so ters not a day over sixty.
A Chicago Record-Herald note compares water’s wear to passive waiting, warning that slow, patient inaction yields little progress while steady effort achieves results. The piece emphasizes persistence over luck and advises proactive steps rather than reliance on fate.
The piece urges Mayor Markbreit to extend a week long clean city effort into a year, citing Helena Montana as a model where civic improvements transformed streets and yards. It praises communal action by the Civic Department of the Woman's Club and urges ongoing public cooperation for lasting urban beauty.
The Socialist party planned rallies at Elder Hall this evening with speakers Julius Zorn Lottie Burke and Nicholas Klein. Cincinnati Socialists announce May Day at Central Turner Hall with Louis Kemper and others addressing trade unionists as children sing. County and Congressional conventions will meet at Workman's Hall Thursday to nominate a complete ticket and elect a delegate to the National convention in Chicago May 10. Fleischmann Republican Club elected officers led by James E Mathews with a full board of directors including Richard Moore Campbell Clark A L Dalton James Young and others.
A playful verse laments a wildly oversized hat as a spectacle of fashion. The speaker marvels at its width from rim to clouds, praising the wearer as a “merry widow” and urging others to admire or imitate the daring lid.
Palo Robles Cal April 27 It is announced that if Rear Admiral Evans improves as rapidly as in the last two weeks he will join the fleet at Monterey and command when the big ships pass through the Golden Gate His dearest wish is to direct the fleet into San Francisco Bay and it is practically decided he will join the Connecticut at Monterey Another excellent night’s rest leaves the Admiral in a strong cheerful condition.
Miss Minnie Cox died from a spider bite received three days earlier in Martin's Ferry Ohio. Her body swelled rapidly and she suffered greatly before physicians could not save her. She had been in poor health prior to the bite.
Miss Lillian Stewart was accosted by two men who robbed her of $38 a gold watch and valuables as she neared her Second avenue home. She lies in a precarious condition but is expected to recover. The thieves escaped on a skiff stolen from the ferry boat. police say a clue exists.
Special Dispatch reports William S. Brewer, an alleged inventor, filed a typed summary of his divorce case against wife Edith Ainsley Noble Brewer. The trial before Judge Platzek and a jury in the New York Supreme Court unfolds amid Brewer’s claim that relatives of his wife drive the dispute. Mrs Brewer is daughter of the late Prof Noble, longtime head of the Cincinnati Art School.
Miss Sarah Carder drowned in Kalamazoo River after living with Miss Etta Dickinson in Dowagiac. The death follows Dickinson's self inflicted death two months earlier after a heated debate on whether death by own action can be justified.
The May issue highlights feminine apparel with Buzenet dinner gowns and Laferriere evening frocks. It forecasts summer styles, coats with lace, and social portraits, plus Paris fashion notes and practical boudoir ideas.
Norwegian rail regulation allows wives traveling with husbands to pay half price. To obtain a husband and wife ticket one must show a marriage certificate and swear an affidavit that the woman is the wife, to prevent ticket fraud at the booking office.
The May Festival single seat sale opened at John Church Company with huge crowds for six concerts. Lines formed overnight as 13 500 tickets remained unsold after the day’s rush, yet demand shows no single concert preference and officials expect a repeat of yesterday’s turnout.
Nine year old Nannie Fischer of Lakewood Ohio learns from New York police that a body found in the East River on November 30 matches the description of her father Fred C B Fischer, a lakewood steamfitter who vanished from home two years ago. A coroner letter confirms the finding and is mailed to the girl.
A New York Supreme Court jury awarded Miss Annie Mahoney $32,500 damages against the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad for injuries from the Brewster Express wreck last February. Mahoney, a schoolteacher and sole supporter of her mother, had sued for $100,000 after losing a leg in the crash. The railroad's counsel moved to set aside the verdict as against the weight of evidence. decision reserved.
In Pittsburg on April 27 the Americas Club marked Ulysses S Grant’s birthday with a high profile dinner attended by state and national figures. President Roosevelt sent his son in law Congressman Nicholas Longworth to respond to the toast Republican Achievements.
Police report a body recovered Saturday from Lake Michigan near Sixty-fourth street is W H Buchanan once a Plum Street saloon keeper. He vanished last August and had head wounds that may indicate assault, though a poison vial was found in his pocket. Efforts to locate relatives continue.
In Manila the Banco Espanol Filipino suffered fraud totaling 75 000 pesos or about 60 000 in gold. A trusted employee and outside accomplices forged checks against nonexisting accounts and altered books. One clerk has been arrested with more arrests expected. Property seizure may recover losses.
The Illustrated Magazine will feature pictures of confirmation classes from several Cincinnati area churches. Included are Martini Church led by Rev. Emil E. Baum, St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran in Pleasant Ridge with Rev. Frederick Hohmann, and Emanuel German Reformed in St. Bernard under Rev. Anton Seyring. The copy is free and rich in features for Sunday reading.
The Cincinnati Board of Education set June 18 as the final school day for 200th school year. A protest over the First District building prompts repairs and a contract rescind and reaward to Evans Almirall & Co. for $10,574. The board backs Memorial Day parade plans with G A R and school children, announces smokeless coal bids, and considers land purchases adjacent to Highland School.
The Rev. Harry G. Finney was installed as pastor of the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Hamilton Ohio in a ceremony attended by a notable gathering. Installation sermon by Rev. Dr. L. E. Holden of Wooster University. Charges to congregation by Rev. Selby M. Vance and to the pastor by Rev. Frederick McMillan.
Despondent Chinese immigrant Long Wundo, 40, prominent in New York’s Chinatown, leapt from a six story tenement on Eighth Avenue. Friends said the downturn in demand for Chinese curios during the financial crisis hurt his firm and pushed him toward suicide.
J Dalzell Brown former manager of the California Safe Deposit and Trust Company pleaded guilty to embezzling sixty five mortgage bonds of the Sacramento Gas and Electric Company and was sentenced to eighteen months at San Quentin He was arrested after a bank wreck and had pleaded not guilty before Judge Conn It is said he will turn State's evidence.
Assistant Attorney General Miller returned from Norfolk with a deed in fee simple to the Ohio Exposition Building site near Norfolk. The Federal Courts ordered delivery, the state pays nothing for the deed, and Ohio can now sell the building for not less than 26000 dollars.
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