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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1908
Page
8
Judge Woodmansee upholds a fine on George Schlichte for Sunday grocery sales. Grocers and Butchers League lawyers will be consulted and an appeal to a higher court is expected if permissible. Forty five warrants for Sunday opening in Addyston set for trial later this week.
Midge Simpson aged 22 of 309 Longworth Street drank carbolic acid after a quarrel with her sweetheart. She was removed to City Hospital where she died later.
Under the personal charge of Mr J M A Spence a special party departs Union Station Chicago on the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul line Saturday August 8 at 10 10 p m for an 18 day tour to Yellowstone Park and the Teton Mountains Descriptive folders and trip cost are mailed on request C C Mordough Traveling Passenger Agent 24 Carew Building Cincinnati
Our final clearance of men's and young men's clothing goes into effect this week. This broadest stock reduction ever targets men who dress well with notable bargains. The assortment features the season’s newest styles colors and materials with quick selling price concessions.
Our heavy reductions on new and fashionable outer garments mark odd lots and single pieces at prices for immediate selling. Inducements include smart washable suits in French linen and imported reps with 36 inch coats, embroidered in all colors, values $14.50 to $19.50, priced at $5.98 each.
The Ohio G A R outlines contests to boost post memberships with prize flags worth 25 to 100 dollars. Thirty eight posts under ten men compete for a silk flag. 169 posts with 10 to 19 members vie for 35 and 25 dollar flags. larger posts bid for 50 and 35 dollar flags. mid and high range posts can win 75 or 100 dollar flags. Boody House in Toledo becomes G A R headquarters, Forsythe Post 15 of Toledo to escort it.
The United States Civil Service Commission lists exams for August 26 and September 2 and 9. Positions include second class steam engineer in Salt Lake City with $900, translators $900, clinical director for Government Hospital for the Insane $2,000, male Philippine service assistants $1,000, teachers in the Philippines $1,000, male scientific assistants in the Philippines $1,000, inspector mechanical and electrical engineering $2,190, civil engineer and superintendent of construction $1,500.
An August 12 and 13 gathering at Bantam Fair Grounds invites all Civil War veterans in Clermont County to share campfires and stories. Notable Cincinnati figures including Captain W C Johnson, Rev Heber D Ketcham, Hon Charles Burdsall, and Rev J B Young will participate, with transport and railroad plans under way to accommodate hundreds of attendees.
The second annual mission feast organized by the Evangelical Ministers Conference is set for Aurora Indiana next Sunday. The boat departs at 9 AM from Main Street and returns from Aurora at 6 PM. Open air services start 2 30 PM at Aurora City Park with a chorus of 150 voices performing.
R H Kuss assistant smoke inspector of Chicago will spend a week in Cincinnati under the Smoke Abatement League. He will lecture to engineers and firemen and welcome manufacturers and merchants at meetings in the N A S E rooms Lincoln Inn Building Main Street. Subjects include Chemistry of Complete Combustion Ways of Attaining Smokelessness and Consideration of Specific Cases. He will be available for personal consultation at Smoke Abatement League headquarters.
Local health authorities note a notable increase in whooping cough this past week. Typhoid fever and scarlet fever also rose, though overall infectious disease counts remain lower than the same week last year per the table.
Advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as fast acting with no after effects and no stomach upset. It claims satisfaction guaranteed with a money back promise on first pack of 25 doses at 25 cents. Patients report three years of relief without side effects.
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