Brickmaking Leads Industry Demand for Fireproof Construction
A detailed survey shows brick as the leading paving and building material with a booming trade and extensive exports. New York Illinois and Pennsylvania lead brick output while Nashville and Seattle illustrate regional variances. Advances include larger standardized sizes and a shift to vitrified, durable bricks using sand and lime where clay is scarce.
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Paris
Kingston
Jamaica
Cuyahoga County
Toronto
Canada
Massillon
Linzig
Germany
New York
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Nevada
South Dakota
Tobacco Growers Face Huge Fees Under Equity Trust
Tomorrow's edition will publish figures from the Society of Equity showing growers must pay large fees to sell their tobacco at lower prices, revealing a troubling financial burden on farmers.
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THE
Commercial “Tribune
Society OF Equity (Tobacco Growers’ Trust
Obituaries ofWilson Law Captain Owen Roseberry Marquis di Rudini
Obituary notes Wilson Law an oil operator from Cleveland Oklahoma who died of sunstroke in Muskogee after a brief illness. Captain Owen Roseberry aged 92 Mason County West Virginia died in Gallipolis Ohio. a Confederate veteran and West Virginia political figure. Marquis di Rudini former Italian ministerial figure died in Rome at age sixty eight or sixty nine from liver cancer. long serving member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies since 1869.
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Wilson Law
Cleveland
Okla
Muskogee
Law
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Owen Roseberry
Mason County
W. Va
Gallipolis
Roseberry
West Virginia
South
Marquis DI Rudini
Interior
Rome
Quis
Ital
Chamber of Deputies
Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Line Becomes Insolvent
Scranton Pa August 7 The Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Line one of the largest steamboat operators on the Ohio River has gone insolvent due to unprofitable service from low water. Judge Archbald in the US Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania appointed Captain James A Henderson receiver with a $50000 bond.
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Scranton
Ohio River
Pittsburg
Cincinnati Packet Line
Archbald
United States Court For
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Harry A. Jones
James A. Henderson
Three Boats to Cincinnati Sailers Tied Up By Low Water
The Pittsburg & Cincinnati Packet Company has run three boats the Queen City Keystone State and Virginia between Pittsburg and Cincinnati for years. Low Ohio River water has kept them tied up most of the summer. Receivership cases were filed before Judge Archbald at Scranton due to the absence in Europe of Judges Buffington and Young.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Democrats Debate Campaign Fund at Fairview
At Fairview the Democratic leaders consider the money needed to run the campaign. They expect most funds to come from the masses, with a minimum of $300,000 required. Bryan conferred with Pettigrew and Haskell and the Finance Committee plans a Chicago meeting to organize fundraising efforts.
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Fairview
Lincoln
Denver
Bryan
Pettigrew
South Dakota
Finance Committee
C. N. Haskell
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
Harmon Visits Ripley Fair in Ohio Governor Campaign
Democratic candidate Judson Harmon attended the Ripley Fair in Ripley Ohio riding from Cincinnati by committee aboard a fair company car. He addressed about 10000 attendees with remarks on agriculture and stock raising. He toured horse exhibits praised as the finest in years before leaving for Portsmouth to continue the campaign.
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Commercial Tribune
Ripley, O
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Ripley Fair
Cincinnati
Fair Company
Fair Grounds
Kentucky
Judge Harmon
L. H. Wiliams
Fair
Portsmouth
Jackson
Prize Awards At Knights Of Pythias Encampment
The Uniform Rank awards include 800 to Troop 43 St Joseph Mo for cavalry and 1200 to Company I Georgia for infantry. Indiana and Michigan centers win multiple prizes as Ohio and Maryland also place. The largest company prize goes to Smoky City Pittsburgh with 45 officers and men.
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Boston
Knights of Pythias
Franklin Field
Georgia
Indiana
Michigan
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Alabama
District of Columbia
Ohio
Maryland
Mobile
Smoky City
Pittsburg
Auburn
N. Y
Uncle Joe Walton Tobacco Purchase Notes Printed
A note on tobacco purchasing guidance from Uncle Joe Walton will be published in tomorrow's Commercial Tribune. The item appears in a photographic reproduction and is set to appear in the newspaper edition.
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Joe’ Walton
American Tobacco Company
Commercial Tribune
Russian Capture Japanese Sealers Near Copper Island
News from Victoria reports the June 27 seizure of the Japanese sealing schooner Miye Maru by the Russian cruiser Commander Bering during a raid on the Copper Island rookeries. Captain Nomura and 31 Japanese sealers are imprisoned at Petropavlosk, Kamchatka coast.
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Victoria
Copper Island
Bering
Nomura
Petropavlosk
Kamtchatka
Fire at Greenbaum distillery warehouses in Kentucky
Lexington Ky Aug 7 Chief Deputy H I McEldoony returned from midway after investigating a fire that destroyed the Greenbaum distillery warehouses and 2261840 gallons of whisky. He favors lightning as the cause and says a thorough probe will be conducted. total damage about 1 000 000 dollars.
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Lexington
H. I. McEldoony
Local Revenue Office
Midway
Greenbaum
Railroad Fined Seven Thousand for Rebating in Court
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company admitted guilt to rebating in U S District Court Chicago August 7. Judge Bethea imposed a $7000 fine on the railroad and ordered the penalty recorded by the court.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Chicago
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Bethea
United States District Court
Judge Refuses Receiver in Harms Mining Suit
Common Pleas Judge Woodmansee allows a master to hear claims against Harms Mining Co a $2 000 000 Arizona Oregon and California stock dispute Burkhardt investor seeks accounting and dissolution terms with stock cancelation and no receiver appointed alongside multiple personal injury actions and a pending requisition question in Indiana.
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Common Pleas
Woodmansee
Horatio H. Burkhardt
Lennox C. Goodman
Gus.r. Harms
Harms Mining Company
Territory
Arizona
Harrs
Oregon
Briggs Company
California
Treasury
Burkhardt
Harms
Goodman
Harry L. Gordon and
J. Co. Morris
L. J. Crawford
Albert Bettinger
Mother Stewart remembered as founder of temperance movement
Elizabeth M. Stewart known as Mother Stewart died at 92 in Hicksville. She founded the first WCTU in Ohio and organized the first WCTU in England after visiting the country in 1876. She lectured for veterans after the Civil War and influenced temperance crusades across the nation.
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Springfield
Elizabeth M. Stewart
Stewart
Hicksville
Ohio
Osborn
England
Alexander Dewrie
Zion City
America
Probate court appraises vast estate of late James Meehan
Appraisers value the late James Meehan's personal estate at 116 847.47 with stocks in Westinghouse Air Brake Co and Ross Meehan Foundry Co and substantial notes. Several other holdings are deemed worthless, while related bequests include Bernard Kohnen leaving 25 to St. Aloysius Orphan Asylum and a life trust for his wife with rest to children.
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James Meehan
Covington
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Smith Feed Water Purifier Company
Chicago
Plymouth Coal and Mining Company
West Virginia
American Brake Shoe and Foundry Company
New York
Welsh
Birmingham
Ala
Farmers and Traders’ National Bank
People’s Savings Bank and Trust Company
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Ross-Meehan Foundry Company
Meehan
Southern Ice Machine Company
Chattanooga Union Railway Company
Friction Car Brake Company
Consolidated Brake Shoe Company
Hudson Car Coupler and Manufacturing Company
Evaline H. Tudor
J. Frank Wilson
Bernard Kohnen
St. Aloysius Orphan Asylum
Bond Hill
Dina
Joseph Kohnen
Mary Kohnen
Emma Kohnen
Elizabeth Kohnen
Henry Kohnen
Bridget B. Higgins
Catherine Higgins
Susan R. Murphy
Dollie S. Murphy
Bernadina Kohnen
Harris Sought in Michigan for Failure to Support Family
Habeas corpus filed by Attorney A. Lee Beaty. Harris is wanted in Michigan on the charge of failure to support his family.
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A. Lee Beaty
Harris
Michigan
Injunction Dissolved Against Union Horseshoers
Superior Judge Shattuck dissolves the injunction sought by Louis Gschwind Sons & Co. against Journeymen Horseshoers Union No. 12 over alleged interference with an open shop. The court found no acts by the defendants at the lawsuit’s start or threats continuing then.
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Shattuck
Louis Gschwind Sons & Co
Horseshoers
Vine Street
Journeymen Horseshoers Union
No. 12
Peck, Shaffer & Peck
Divorce Actions Reported In Local Court
Fannie Engbersen sues Leo B. Engbersen for divorce and name restoration to Fannie Homan alleging neglect since last June 3. Katherine Feltes granted a divorce from John Feltes on gross neglect. Louisa Garringer seeks divorce from Philip Garringer alleging drunkenness, failure to provide, and past knife assaults. Marie Firestone seeks divorce from David Firestone claiming eighteen months of unemployment and lack of financial support.
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Fannie Engbersen
Leo B. Engbersen
Fannie Homan
P. Phillips
Katherine Feltes
John Feltes
Elmwood
M. C. Lykins
Louisa Garringer
Philip Garringer
Wade Street
Charles S. Sparks
Marie Firestone
David Firestone
Man Named Max Levy Accused of Assault
Reports allege Max Levy beat and abused a woman in a confrontation. Authorities have opened an investigation and filed preliminary charges, with details pending official statements.
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Max Levy
Lawsuits filed in federal courts over debts and damages
Southern Lumber Company seeks $678.58 as creditor against Wiborg & Hanna in a federal suit. Edward J. O'Toole sues the Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific Railroad for $10,000 claiming his son Elmer died from injuries crossing the Southern Railroad Bridge. Susan Ziler estate asks Kuhn to report funds and settle the Haley bankruptcy per law.
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Railroad Company
United States
Southern Lumber Company
Wiborg & Hanna
Edward J. O'Toole
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railroad Company
Elmer
Southern Railroad
Ludlow
Susan Ziler
Ney & Hauck
Oscar N. Kuhn
J. N
Several New Suits Filed in Common Pleas Court
Entries list numerous cases in No. 140,572 to 140,585 with actions including appeals from Squire Cordes, petitions in error, divorces, liens, and damages. Notable items: Menke & Thompson vs Mary A Wanker. Cincinnati, Milford & Love land Traction Co. vs Franziska Tillner. Hayhurst vs Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora Electric Street Railway Co. for 10000. Rostages vs Garringer for divorce. Firestone and Firestone divorce actions. habeas corpus for Henry Harris. Marshalltown State Bank vs Andris Furnace Co. for 1000. Streitmann vs Cincinnati Traction Co. for 5500. All noted under Superior Court heading with case numbers and attorney attributions.
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Menke & Thompson
Mary A. Wanker
Squire Cordes
the Cincinnati, Milford & Loveland Traction Company
Franziska Tillner
Sparks
Anna Southard
Addison Southard
Raymond Ratliff
James Iuen
Samuel Maxfield
Harry R. Bramkamp
Cincinnati Traction Company
Horstmann & Horstmann
Fannie Engberson
Leo Engberson
Phillips
Maria Firestone
David Firestone
Max Vy
Henry Harris
A. Lee Beatty
Belle Owens
Johns Owens
John HB. Bruce
Marshalltown State Bank
Co. J. Andris Furnace Company
John E. Bruce
Will leaves charity half a million in pet trust and gifts
Philadelphia August 7. The will of 85 year old Mrs Annie L Lowry probated today leaves $500000 to charity with $5000 invested for Violet Peark to care for Mrs Lowrys cats and parrots. The trust funds revert to heirs as pets die. Three servants receive 10000 5000 and 3000. Nearly fifty institutions are named in the will.
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Philadelphia
Annie L. Lowry
Violet Peark
Lowry
Gayman probe suit rushed toward Supreme Court
Papers in the Gayman probe case were prepared and submitted to opposing counsel in Cincinnati. The filing aims to accelerate the case in the Supreme Court after its September reconvening, with waivers sought for summons and other technicalities.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Gayman
Circuit Court
Cincinnati
Supreme Court
Chaan Gayman
Cincinnati Probe Committee
City of
County of
Hamilton
Creditors organize protective committee in Bultman case
Creditors in Cincinnati form a protective committee to audit Bultman & Co. books as assets are seen under five thousand dollars while liabilities exceed five hundred thousand dollars. Klausman Ritter Morehead missing. Wagner case sees no action in receiver filing.
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Morehead
Klausman
Ritter
Wagner
Cincinnati
Havling
Bultman & Co
O'Dell
Bultman
Agnes Klausman
Douglas Plumbing and Heating Company
Evang & Ndngs Co
Architectural Stone Company
Seattle
Charles W. Baker
Tobacco growers give up millions
Growers accept large losses as harvest harvests or prices fail to meet costs, prompting widespread strain in the tobacco sector.
Canadian Pacific Not Unprepared in Strike Tactics
Winnipeg reports the Canadian Pacific is ready for a strike struggle with locomotives and rolling stock in excellent condition. Three hundred Japanese mechanics trained on the Pacific Coast arrive to bolster shop labor as mass meetings proceed and pickets monitor shops and inbound trains.
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Winnipeg
Canadian Pacific
Pacific Coast States
Striking Canadian Pacific shop workers besiege gates
In Montreal a mob of workmen estimated at 2000 gathered at the Canadian Pacific Railroad shop gates seeking the striking mechanics. Company officials report 600 of 2000 positions left by strikers filled and many nonunion men returning to work. They claim the strike's backbone is broken while union officials stay hopeful.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Democrats call convention for Cincinnati Circuit Judge seat
Democrats of the First Ohio Judicial Circuit including Butler Hamilton Clermont Clinton and Warren counties named a convention for August 28 to nominate a candidate for Circuit Judge in Cincinnati. M O Burns of Hamilton will chair Frank Davis of Warren secretary and W L Sweeney of Cincinnati sergeant at arms. It is conceded a city Democratic lawyer will win the nomination.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
Ohio Judicial Circuit
Butler
Clermont
Clinton
Warren
Cincinnati
M. O. Burns
Frank Davis
W. L. Sweeney
Citi
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Mare Island
Hudson
Nashville
Carnegie Technical School
Middle West
New England
National Paving Brick Manufacturers’ Association
Oats Valley
Englands
St. Paul
Mississippi River
Norim Sin
Ishtar
Nebuchadnezzar
Babylon
Roman
Egypt
Frederic J. Haskin
International Typographical Union
Farman
Airship
Henri Farman
Brighton Beach
Mr. Farman
Ginginwati Line
Pittsburg-Queen City Packet Company
Harmon
OHI Pythians
Company 60
Kamtchatka Island
Kentucky Revenue Officer
Midway Distillery
Railroad
Chicago Man
Newport Man
Woodmapsee
Briggs
New
Harms Company
Benjamin Hayhurst
Lawrenceburg
Fifth and
Baymiller
Joseph T. Harrison
Harry R. Brankamp
James B. Swing
Scott Bonham
L. V. Craig
Bonham
Swing
Bank Sites Furnace Company
Marshalltown Safe Bank
Marshalltown
C. J. Andrus Furnace Co
Henry Har‘ris
Probate Court
Susan Wilmer
William
Twelfth Street
Superior Court
Union
Julius Owens
United States Courts
Common Pleas Court
Ella Streitmann
Wagner& Co
Herbert N. Izlar
Charleston
S. C
Tribune
Cincinnatian
First Judicial District
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