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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1908
Page
3
Mrs. Clara O Connell of 9 East Fifth street faced Judge Read on a disorderly conduct charge. She described catching her husband at another woman's home, entering, and striking the girl with a sugar bowl before obtaining her husband’s ring. Judge Read set a $100 bond to keep the peace.
In Newport, two tax collection cases against Higgins Manufacturing Co and Harvard Piano Co were heard in County Judge Moore's court and dismissed after evidence. The Revenue Agent sought taxation on intangible property and cross-border business, while the defendants argued on existing state and Ohio-based assessments. An appeal to the Circuit Court followed, with thirty-nine similar suits still pending in Campbell County.
A. C. Ellis collapsed while joking with cashier 8. L. Webb at the Er langer Bank. A physician declared death from heart failure. Ellis, a lumber businessman, leaves a wife and several children.
The congregation of St Ann’s Church in West Covington will build a new parochial school at an estimated cost of 11000 dollars. Construction starts in the coming weeks pending plan approval. The building mirrors the present size and adds two large first floor classrooms with a third floor meeting room.
Raymond Schneider suing Ice Delivery Company in Kenton Circuit Court for 2000 damages claiming wagon crush at Second and Scott. Warner Yates vs City of Covington motion for new trial argued by Judge Harbeson. Judge Shaw back from West Baden to docket motions. Police Judge Read sentences John Hambrick to 30 days for disorderly conduct. Pauline Meyers case moved to Circuit Court for lunacy examination after disturbance at ex husband Berry Meyers home.
Detectives Booth and Steventon investigate the hold up of J Wesley Zurborg on Main street by three men. The marriage of E B Stewart and Minnie Hoffmeister is planned for tomorrow at Mother of God Church. City permit issued for a two story flat at 2026 Madison Avenue costing 5000 dollars.
The readable lines list persons with residences in Covington and Cincinnati, including Harry A. Crall Gail Waring E. B. Stewart Mrnie Hoffmeister Arthur B. Long and Sarah L. Shirley. Ages are not provided in the fragment.
The C and O Railroad will construct a station at the foot of Ft Hill and operate an accommodation train for soldiers and Highland residents. All trains will stop except the flier. Ives Gordon, five, of Rossmore avenue, was scalded when a bucket spilled water on him. An order named Captain Saffrans Post Adjutant and Captain Marquart Post Commissary. Colonel Mansfield takes command from Captain Bell.
Circuit Court ordered a retrial for Aaron Klein against Jud son Harmon, receiver of the Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton Railroad, after overturning a $4500 damages verdict. Klein sought $10000 for loss of a leg from a switch engine on Front street. prior trials varied from $0 to $10000.
The body of the Duke de Chaulnes arrived from Paris and was interred at the De Chaulnes chateau in Dampierre France. A private mass was held in the chapel with only immediate family in attendance. The duke had recently married Miss Theodora Shonts of New York and died suddenly in Paris last week.
The Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Cincinnati branch holds its annual meeting at Salem Church Newport with 10 oclock morning reports by Treasurer Mrs E H Eberle and Secretary Mrs Weckle. Afternoon talks by Mrs Townley and others from Portsmouth Cincinnati Pomeroy Mt Auburn and Nasse. A Junior League drill The Missionary Clock and song services are planned.
About 100 Cincinnati Police Department members were entertained in Newport at Wiedemann Brewery in German Village. They marched over the Central bridge escorted by Newport police Night Sergeant Flynn, received fireworks, and enjoyed a banquet with music and speeches in an annual affair.
A consent judgment settles the $10,000 damage suit of Harry Gunkel administrator of Charles Tysinger’s estate against Western Union Telegraph Co and Union Light Heat and Power Co for $2,850. A jury awarded Incandescent Light and Stove Co $457.40 against John Bartholomew. Circuit Judge Yungblut impaneled a jury to try Tony Bonero on an operating a poolroom indictment with witness examination starting today.
Newport News briefs report W. A. Lampe chosen as president of the Pioneer Building Association. The Tay lor Street M. E. Church Ladies Aid plans a basement supper Friday evening. Fireman James Prout of Company No. 2 is home recovering after facial burns from yesterday’s early morning blaze at Samuel Phillips residence. Mildred Snyder, nine, fractured her left leg after falling from a fence on German Street. Water Works Commissioners and Covington officials meet tonight in Covington to ratify the twenty inch emergency main contract linking the two cities.
A jumble of names with residences and ages appears, including George Schoemaker Springfield Ohio, Rose Maher Cincinnati, George Schweitzer Johns Hill Massachusetts, Rosa Wasser Newport, Varian Columbus Ohio, Pearl Mills Columbus Ohio 26, Timothy OConnor Washington DC, Cecilia Flahizan Dayton Kentucky, Henry R. Wiles Columbus Ohio 66 21, Ada Enochs Springfield Ohio, Gottlieb Dendler Covington 65, Angie Tattershall Rowport 50, Charles Lusher Dayton Ohio, Anna Schumacher Dayton Kentucky.
W C Bachmeyer and wife transfer Lot 41 in Harris heirs addition Bellevue to Joseph Schaefer and wife. Property details indicate framing of a deed and recording in local real estate records. Transfer involves a single parcel and indicates jurisdiction in Bellevue.
Bellevue City Council held a special meeting to authorize redemption of street bonds worth 900 dollars and to pay interest on other securities totaling 1 500 dollars with 75 dollars. Bids were received for repairing the fire alarm system.
Detroit hosts the first Congregational Brotherhood America convention at the First Congregational Church with about five hundred men expected and over two hundred present at opening. Governor Warner welcomes delegates as Chairman Main urges stronger layman participation and male involvement in church work. Worldly leaders like Washington Gladden call for more men in Christian service and a balanced gender role.
A Kentucky writer argues Republicans across Kentucky support Taft for the 1908 nomination and criticizes Senator-elect Bradley and Governor Willson. The piece urges selecting delegates-at-large who back Taft and the party line, praising Taft's national lead and Kentucky's electoral stance.
English basso Mr. Dalton Baker arrives this afternoon to rehearse for the May Festival. He is described as England’s leading singer and will debut in the first concert performing Simon in Hadyn's The Seasons. He travels from England for the festival and will return after its close. The second day of the single seal sale mirrors the first with steady attendance and many good seats remaining. A record audience is expected across all concerts starting with the opening.
Water Works Commissioners ordered sixteen inch mains on Queen City avenue Shadwell street Queen City avenue and Quebec road to Glenway avenue about 8800 feet of pipe costing 25000 dollars. Reuhl Molding Co asked for new mains on Ninth street and a fire plug at their factory. Norwood Engineering Co awarded 5000 dollars. Mayor appointed Williams as subpatrolman Bachs as fireman Westcott promoted to Captain in Company 23 to replace Meyer. Park avenue residents protest resurfacing citing traction company blame for street condition.
Mrs May McKinney Neal applied to Probate Court to be appointed administratrix of Col James E. Neal estate. She values personal estate at 18000 and real estate at 7500 and gave a bond of 6000.
Watertown New York police report Mrs James Farmer has confessed to striking Mrs Sarah Brennan with an ax as her husband Jim aided in concealing the body found packed in a trunk. In a second confession she said Jim did the killing.
The directors of United States Steel Corporation declare a quarterly dividend of 1% on preferred and 1% on common stock. Net earnings for the quarter ending March 31 total $18,229,005. Unfilled orders at March 31 total 8,765,343 tons, down from 1907 and 1907 year comparisons, with a quarterly earnings drop of $20,893,487 and a surplus of $7,865, down $3,676,711.
Leo Mielziner, Paris sculptor and art critic, told the Advertisers' Club that American ads deliver more news value than French front page articles. He noted fifty seven varieties of politics in France, each backed by a paper, while Paris ads pale beside a single American daily’s advertising volume. Thomas Palmer discussed street car advertising as the meeting featured musical and recitation interludes.
Patrolmen Ringhand and Dill arrested Charles Brown age 20 of 329 Crescent Ave Covington and Charles Sparks age 19 of Fifth and Park Sts after they were found in a junk shop at 1259 West Seventh St trying to dispose of a sack of copper. Suspected of stealing the metal from the Co O Railroad. Both held on suspicion at Fourth District Station.
The Carmen of America will hold its annual outing at Chester Park on June 6, inviting members and local officials to join for a day of leisure and community fellowship.
Purely personal notices list residents and relatives from Avondale embarking on or returning from trips to St. Louis New York Louisville Yale Asheville Birmingham Chicago and Piqua. The items name hosts and destinations including Hearny avenue Mt Auburn Reading road Glenwood avenue and the families of Wise Glover Ackerland Colston Ornstein Stephens Allen Brnbaum Prince Field Burton Meacham Waldman and others.
A New York beauty specialist, Madame Moneaux, claims a secret method to develop the bust arms and neck using a nervine stimulant applied to the skin. The recipe uses glycerine tincture cadomene rose water and borax mixed at home for regular morning and night use, allegedly yielding dramatic cosmetic improvements for undeveloped areas.
Kentucky Society reports Mrs Caldwell hosting the Music Lovers Club in the Highlands. Covington guests Richard Wayne and Helen Parker announce an engagement with a Trinity Church Hartford May 6 wedding. Families plan summer trips to Ft Mitchell and Villa Place while local youths attend dances and gatherings in Germantown and Fos ter.
Max Weingarter of McKeesport Pa failed to heed an oncoming passenger train while walking along tracks from the freight yards toward the Grand Central Depot. He was struck at Smith Street and died shortly after at City Hospital.
Cincinnati audiences saw writer George Randolph Chester play Mr Lepic in Carrots directed by Jennie Mannheimer at the Auditorium Seventh and Elm. Edna Mannheimer Carroll Elas Eberhardt Annette and Margaret Buck Mrs Lepic shared roles. Their Honeymoon one act pleased watchers before Shades of Night ended the program. The Wheestife girls from the sorority escorted Chester and Mannheimer to Havlin Hotel for a post show supper.
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