Commercial Tribune announces 1908 publication details
The notice lists pricing for daily and Sunday subscriptions in Cincinnati and nationwide, plus foreign mail rates. It provides delivery options, payment methods, and addresses for the Commercial Tribune offices and news bureaus in Walnut Hills Covington Newport Washington London, with guidance on sending full post office addresses and remittance methods.
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Weather Summary For August Sixth 1908
Yesterday's temperature peaked at 87 degrees with a rapidly dropping evening. Forecasts indicate continued clear to cloudy conditions and typical late summer patterns across the region.
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Midwest to Ohio Weather With Showers and Winds
The weather forecast notes Friday showers for Ohio with warmer readings in the west portion. Saturday brings more showers and light to fresh northwest to north winds. Kentucky and West Virginia showery chances on Friday and likely Saturday. Indiana expects unsettled conditions Friday and Saturday with occasional showers and light to fresh northerly winds.
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Ohio
West Portion
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Ocean Steamship Movements Show Global Arrivals and Departures
Shipping news lists ships sailing to and from major ports. Amerika and Barbarossa depart for Europe while Pretoria and Merion arrive from Hamburg and Philadelphia respectively. Other arrivals include Sannio in Genoa and Empress of India in Hong Kong. Queenstown and Liverpool show multiple departures and arrivals.
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New York
Amerika
Hamburg
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Baltic
Liverpool
Queenstown
Barbarossa
Bremen
Hellig Olav
Copenhagen
Slavonia
Triest
Fiume
Europia
Havre
la Savoile
Pretoria
Boston
Bostonian
Manchester
Naples
Halifax
Glasgow
St. Johns
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Philadelphia
Majestic
Southampton
Punta Arenas
Alexandria
Tacoma
Valparaiso
Genoa
Havrer
Montevideo
Hongkong
Vancouver
Yokohama
Names of Society Figures Spotted in Philadelphia Ad Snippet
A fragmented OCR listing names and places from multiple social entries appears to catalog individuals tied to various cities and partners. The shard mentions St Nicholas George S Melville Providence George Fletcher New York and many others across Bradford Savannah Richmond Indianapolis Detroit Cleveland and more.
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Corpus Christi
Philadelphia
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Kansas City
Washington Fear
St. Nicholas
George S. Melville
Providence
George M. Fletcher
Charles E. Lowden
Bradford
England
Palace
Cincinnatians in Paris register at Herald office
Harry F. and Mrs. Viétor of Cincinnati registered at The Herald office in Paris as of today August 6.
Delivering Votes and the Individual Voter’s Right
The piece rebuts claims that labor leaders should deliver the vote to Bryan. It defends personal political independence, arguing that Americans vote by their own judgment, not under leader or organization control, and warns against surrendering voting rights to any one man.
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Hearst
Federation of Labor
Bryan
Denver
Fairview
Chicago plan of smoke inspection inspires Cincinnati
Smoke Superintendent Kuss of Chicago outlines a joint effort between the Building and Smoke Inspection departments. Plans must pass both building approval and smoke prevention standards before permits are issued. The cordial relationship improves appliances for smoke abatement, a model Cincinnati might adopt.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Department of Building
Department of Smoke Inspection
Can Mr Bryan Help The Democratic Party Any Good
The Charleston News and Courier questions if Mr Bryan can aid the Democratic party now that it is described as nonexistent. It contrasts Bryan’s influence with Mr Watterson who quips of Bryan as the Bay Orator and Demagogue from 1896.
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Mr. Bryan
Charleston News and Courier
Bryan
Charleston
Watterson
Bay Orator
Eleven Real Jokes Cited by Agnes Repplier
The quotation lists eleven figures and groups as holders of "real jokes" including Bryan Hearst Hisgen Chafin Watson Johnson Tom Wins Unk Adlai and the Democratic Independ ence and Populist parties. It presents a satirical view on political and public figures across parties.
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Agnes Repplier
Mr. Bryan
Hearst
Mr. Hisgen
Chafin
Mr. Watson
Mr. Johnson
Tom
G. Fred Wins
Unk
Adlai
Democratic
Independence
Figuring Back into Congress Echoes From General Grosvenor
The remark ponders a figure aiming to reenter Congress by asserting what many already knew, a notion highlighted after General Grosvenor's disclosure.
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Congress
First Atlantic Cable Failure Sparks Global Re‑Tethering
The article notes the first Atlantic cable was a flat failure yet states the world now relies on many such cables. It implies lessons learned spurred subsequent success in transatlantic communications and industry advances.
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Zeppelin
David Bennett Hill Goes to Germany for Restful Waters
Former national figure David Bennett Hill travels to Germany to take the waters after his political trials at home. Local reports note his departure follows a bitter period in the country’s political life and signals a retreat for health and contemplation.
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David Bennett Hill
Germany
Kansas Crops Shown By Absence of Populist Ticket
The lack of a Populist ticket in Kansas this year signals the state’s agricultural breadth and bumper crops, underscoring its vast prosperity and productive capacity.
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Kansas
Secretary Wright Faces Early Explanation Stakes at Washington
Secretary Wright has become embroiled in early explanation stakes at Washington, signaling a persuasion-driven trajectory as he explains policy choices and positions to observers and aides.
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Wright
Washington
Bryan Seeks 1912 Nomination Amid Campaign Plan Push
Mr. Bryan concentrates on alfalfa gathering and planting plans as part of his 1912 nomination bid, signaling campaign groundwork and agricultural support in the run up to the nomination.
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Bryan
A Penny Pinch Dinner and Charity Tag Day Tales
In a city restaurant a thrifty young man squeezes ten cents from a bowl of soup by adding five rolls and cornmeal gems with a pickle jar of mashed potatoes. The note then shifts to Tag Day fundraisers used in other cities and a cashier’s paid-on-time practice in a large firm. The piece darts to reflections on longevity and a 110 year old claimed centenarian, then recounts a mailbox moment where pennies placed with letters are trusted to be collected by carriers.
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Panama Canal worker praises graft-free progress abroad
F W Rodgers of Panama, staying at the Grand Hotel, says the canal is being built as fast as possible with no graft. He notes comfortable, healthy conditions for workers, high wages, and savings with investment in South and Central America. He cites Taft guiding wages and incentives to attract labor.
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Panama
Grand Hotel
Panama Canal
Mr. Rodgers
Mr. Taft
States
Congress
Distillery Fire Devastates Midway Warehouses and Whisky
A large blaze at the Greenbaum Distillery in Midway destroyed six bonded warehouses and 47 500 barrels of whisky. The fire, suspected incendiary, also damaged the Southern Railroad trestle and two county bridges. Losses: $500 000 to the distillery and $2 500 000 in whisky revenue taxes.
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Lexington
Southern
Greenbaum
Midway
Independent candidacy of J R B Harding in Ohio Third District
Petition circulation in Dayton Eaton and Hamilton makes 1 percent of voters enough to qualify Harding for the ballot. Backed by Dayton officials and expected to be completed by tomorrow, his nomination follows the Bieser Republican Committee's move to nominate W G Frizell of Dayton.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
J. RB. Harding
Third
Dayton
Eaton
Harding
Bieser Republican Congressional Committee
Lybarger declines Congress nomination in Ohio district
Capt BE L Lybarger a former State Board of Public Works member says he will not accept the Republican nomination for Congress offered yesterday in New Philadelphia by the Seventh District convention. He also notes he would have declined a renomination for the Legislature at last Saturday’s county convention.
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BE. L. Lybarger
State Board of Public Works
Congress
Seventeenth
New Philadelphia
Lybarged
Hamilton County
Atlee Pomerene
Dynamite Accident Injures Ohio Boy
Herbert Steele a nine year old of 130 Mt Pleasant pike found a dynamite cartridge near Lindenwald brickyards and brought it home. He struck it with a hammer causing a violent explosion burning his face hands and legs with cartridge fragments. Doctors fear the injuries may prove fatal.
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Hamilton
Commercial Tribune
Herbert Steele
Mt. Pleasant Pike
Lindenwald
Democrats Meet and Talk Harmony in Cincinnati Club
Several hundred Cincinnati Democrats gathered for an evening meeting at the Democratic Club to boost an August 15 Coney Island outing and to rally support for Harmon and the Democratic ticket. speakers urged unity, faith treatment, and vigorous campaign planning with notes on local clubs and national organizers.
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Democratic Club
Coney Island
Dawson
Tom Noctor
Noctor
Harmon
J. O. Tomlinson
Democratic National Committee
Alabama
Bryan
Tomlinson
John Shuff
Harmon Club
West End
Warrant arrests issued in Hamilton for seining
Game Warden C. C. Ackton representing the State secured warrants for the arrest of six Butler County men on the charge of seining. Names withheld pending arrest. Further arrests expected as investigations continue in Hamilton.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
C. C. Ackton
Cincinnati
Butler County
Prominent Savannah Leader G D Purse Dies by Own Action
Captain G D Purse a noted Georgiana developer and industrial promoter in Savannah died by his own hand today. He had connections in New York and Pittsburgh and his death is reported with no cause given.
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G. D. Purse
New York
Pittsburg
Officers Elected by the Knights of Pythias in Boston
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias closes its twenty-fifth convention in Boston with elected officers for both Knights and Sisters. Henry F. Brown is chosen Supreme Chancellor, George W. Hanson wins Vice Chancellor after five ballots, and retrenchment supporters take the Board of Insurance Control after four ballots. The Pythian Sisters elect Supreme Chief Mrs. Nellie S. Merriam and other officers. Major General Arthur E. Strotbart is reappointed head of the Uniform Rank.
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Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Uniform Bank
Franklin Field
Henry FP. Brown
Clebourn
Tex
Board of Insurance Control
Lewitt C. Cobb
Salem
N. J
R. L. C. White
Nashville
Supreme Lodge of Pythian Sisters
Nellie
Merriam
Muskogee
I. T
Sarah I. Cotton
Weatherford
Ida M. Johnson
Central City
Cora M. Davis
Union
Oregon
Uniform Bank Assembly
Arthur E. Strotbart
St. Paul
National Democratic Club planned with Bryan's backing
In Fairview Nebraska Senator Taylor meets William J Bryan who backs a national Democratic Club to survey national sentiment and direct literature and speakers to regions opposing the Democratic ticket. Bryan will push the plan immediately and speak on tariffs in Des Moines August 21 before consulting Chicago leaders.
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Lincoln
Neb
William J.bryan
Bob” Taylor
Tennessee
National Committee
Democratic Party
Bryan
National Democratic Club
United States
National Club
Chicago
Des Moines
Mack
Murdered Boy Identified in Mud Lake Case
Chicago August 6 identification of Tuffa Shishein a Syrian as the Mud Lake murder victim prompts new theory of death by a degenerates hand. Police arrest Joseph Hasson at 102 Nather Street after blood stained tools and garments are found. body had been dismembered with saws and an ax.
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Chicago
Mud Lake
Tuffa Shishein
Dorman
Samuel Shishein
Joseph Hasson
Hasson
No. 102
Nather Street
Boys Injured by Wagons Near Homes
Two young boys were injured while playing near their homes. Charles Hyman, 3, of 1415 Central Avenue, had his left leg crushed when a wagon passed over him. James Bundy, 4, of 412 Oliver Street, rolled to safety but his hand was caught and may require amputation.
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Charles Hyman
Central Avenue
James Bundy
Oliver Street
Idaho Democratic split in twain at state convention
In Wallace Idaho the Democratic State Convention divided with anti-Dubois and Dubois factions each forming separate conventions. The anti-Dubois group adjourned to the Masonic Ball with Judge Stockslager presiding while the Dubois faction elected A. L. Freehafer as permanent chairman. Delegates claim 188 anti-Dubois votes and 115 for Dubois as many left with proxies.
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Wallace
Idaho
Twain
Bear Lake
Oneida
Fremont
Dubois
A. L. Freehafer
Washington County
Freehafer
Calloway
Stockslager
Cabinet Named by Young Turks in Constantinople
The Young Turks form a new cabinet on a constitutional basis as the sultan yields the right to appoint War and Marine ministers. Kamial Pasha becomes Grand Vizier for the third time with a largely liberal lineup including Gabriel Effendi Armenian as Minister of Works and Prince Mavrogordato Greek as Minister of Agriculture.
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Constantinople
Kamial Pasha
Gabriel Effendi
Prince Mavrogordato
Sultan’s envoy coerced to swear loyalty amid regime shift
A correspondent from Sofia reports a Young Turk capture at Adrianople led to an envoy being forced to pledge fidelity to the new regime. He carried a letter to the Sultan warning he remains under suspicion and must reform or face harsh consequences. The missive demanded the Sultan dismiss his harem and adopt European manners with a single wife.
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Spondent
Sofia
Adrianople
Eastman Bitterly Bemoans Failure in Chicago Arraignment
Robert E. Eastman a New York broker was arrested on a fugitive warrant for leaving with firm funds. He was arraigned in Chicago with the hearing postponed to August 10 and bail set at $40,000. Eastman condemned himself saying Wall Street never witnessed a greater ruin.
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Robert E. Eastman
New York
Eastman
Harrison Street
Wall Street
Flames destroy Burley Hall mansion in England
Fire at Burley Hall near Oakham gutted the historic residence of the Hon. Frederick Guest. Damage estimated at 250000 dollars. Guests including Winston Churchill and women helped save pictures and tapestries, but letters of Oliver Cromwell and other items were lost.
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Burley Hall
Oakham
Frederick Guest
Henry Phipps
New York
Guest
Winston Spencer Churchill
Oliver Cromwell
Parachute Rope Snaps Woman Survives 900-Foot Fall
Eva Jones a woman balloonist with a carnival company fell about 900 feet at a street fair in Abbotsford Wisconsin when her parachute rope snapped. She became lodged in tree branches thirty feet above ground and was pulled free unconscious with several broken ribs and internal injuries. Doctors say she will recover.
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Eva Jones
Americans Dodge Shells as Tab ris Battles Continue
In Tab riz on Aug 6, thirty five days of street fighting have left about 800 dead or wounded from mortars and shrapnel. Looting in the bazars tops $1 million while American missionaries face stray bullets but suffer no injuries. The city divides between Constitutional Progressives and reactionaries with the Shah’s authority affirmed by the Anjuman.
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Tabriz
Military buildup in Teheran as warfront strengthens
A battery of quick firing guns has been sent from Teheran to Tabriz. The Shah enlarges Tehran forces by forming new troop units and increasing military strength.
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Teheran
Tabriz
Telegraph Lines Cut by Revolutionists at Tabriz
Dispatches from Tabriz report that revolutionists severed telegraph lines from Tabriz to Teheran and Russia to cut royal communications with the Shah and Rachin Khan. The British Consul protested to Satar Khan, who agreed to restore lines after censorship of all dispatches. Young Turk agitators arrived at Lata Khan’s camp urging Muslim unity under the Ottoman constitution. The Shah’s advancing force halted forty miles from Tabriz amid antiroyalist hesitation.
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Teheran
Russia
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Rachin Kahn
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Novoe Vremya
Japanese Replacing Canadian Strikers In Western Shops
Canadian Pacific Railway begins using Japanese workers to replace strikers in Western shops. Coaches were brought from the mountains to Swift Current and Medicine Hat while Galicians work at Moosejaw and Japanese are assembled on the Pacific Coast. They will serve as wipers and perform minor repairs under instruction. The strike central issue remains the stance of engineers firemen and conductors with inter union tensions waning. The network may halt operations in four days if trains are not properly inspected.
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Canadian Pacific Railroad
Swift Current
Medicine Hat
Moosejaw
Pacific Coast
Canadian Pacific Railway
Zeppelin Fund Reaches 076000 for Count Zeppelin
A Stuttgart based national commission under Prince Von Hohenlohe-Lengenbourg forms to raise a public subscription for Count Zeppelin. Over 375000 has been raised with promises doubling that sum. Berlin Bourse list tops 25000, with gifts from Senator Poosel and Hussien Mine Co. and a 5000 anonymous donor. Cologne circulation shows 8500 total, city council contributing 2500. Imperial cities open subscription lists empire wide.
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Berlin
Stuttgart
Prince von Hohenlee-Lengenbourg
Count Zeppelin
Poosehl
Lubeck
Hssen
Cologne
Empire
Bank Closed Three Days After President Lund’s Death
State Bank Examiner Schaeffer ordered a three day closure of the Robbinsdale State Bank of Minneapolis after a stockholders meeting. The notice said the bank would reopen next Monday. John G. Lund, the bank’s president, committed suicide in his Minneapolis office yesterday.
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State Bank
Schaeffer
Robbinsdale State Bank
Minneapolis
John G. Lund
Tobin Elected President of International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Daniel J. Tobin of Cambridge Mass was elected President at the convention in Detroit. James Welch of New Orleans was named Board of Trustees member, John E. Longstreet was chosen delegate to the AFL, and Peoria was selected to host the 1910 convention.
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Mich
Daniel J. Tobin
Cambridge
Mass
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
James Welch
New Orleans
John E. Longstreet
American Federation of Labor
Peoria
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