Perpetrator of Explosion Still at Large
Police continue to hunt a bomber after a Thursday night explosion near the Harrison Avenue Viaduct. Two men were arrested and released. one admitted sleeping nearby. Witnesses described a tall man in a dark suit and slouch hat. Experts cited nitroglycerin as the likely explosive. Repairs and house inspections underway.
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Harrison Avenue
Albert Rey
Conyers
Corbin
Charles Detert
Sasgarras Street
Yeager
Alsthough
Poppe
Board of Public Service
Sundmaker
Harrison Avenue Viaduct
Retail Butchers Vote to Keep Shops Open Sundays
A unanimous vote by about 150 members of the Retail Butchers and Grocers League decides to keep businesses open on Sundays. President Schlichte urged defiance of any court arrest attempt, with Albert Morrell and Amos Foster speaking for the league. Every member promises Sunday hours and to resist interference through the courts.
Equity Society Series Exposes Tobacco Trade By County Boards
A second series of AR articles to be printed by the Commercial Tribune tomorrow reveals how county boards and allied organizations buy and sell tobacco amid farmer restrictions. The feature highlights the network surrounding the sale process and its implications for local farmers and markets.
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Equity Society
Commercial Tribune
White Route Book No 7 Offered for Tourists
The White Company announces White Route Book No 7 not yet issued as a valuable addition to its tourist series. It provides detailed road directions between Chicago and Buffalo and between Buffalo and Chicago, plus Harrisburg to Cleveland via Pittsburgh. The book includes a 22 mile Buffalo to Niagara Falls route, a Pittsburgh to Washington Pa path, a double page map, and numerous illustrations. Free copies available at branches or the Touring Bureau at 1402 Broadway New York.
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White Company
Chicago
Buffalo
Conld
New York
Harrisburg
Cleveland
Pittsburg
Niagara Falls
Washington
Broadway
Witness Pearl Shaffer Vail at Withamsville hearing
Mrs. Pearl Shaffer Vail, fourth wife of missing farmer George Vail, Sr., attended the preliminary hearing for Vail Jr. in Withamsville. She testified but could not clarify his disappearance, though she believes his father was murdered and would have contacted her if alive. George Vail Jr. remains jailed in Batavia on the murder charge.
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Pearl Shaffer Vail
George Vail
Withamsville
Clermont County
Vail
George Vail, Jr
Batavia
Tobacco crop fees reach over two million dollars
Referenced in tomorrow's Commercial Tribune, the item notes more than $2,000,000 in fees tied to handling a tobacco crop.
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Commercial Tribune
Hungarian girl Maria Lena Stern held in police action
Lena Stern a seventeen year old Hungarian girl living with her parents at 1320 Central avenue became violent yesterday. She ran from her brother at City Hospital and was found after two hours at 547 Clark street fighting officers and had to be shackled before placement in the strong ward. She speaks no English.
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Lena Stern
Central Avenue
City Hospital
Clark Street
Jewelers Oppose State Inspectors at National Meeting
The American National Association of Retail Jewelers in Cincinnati rejected state level watch inspections. They argued railroads already use strong in-house tests and warned state inspectors could lower standards. Oklahoma exhibitors praised growth and capstoned by a dinner and opera ending the convention.
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American National Association of Retail Jewelers
Linton Hotel
Chicago
Illinois
Bureau of Assays
Oklahoma Retail Jewelers’ Association
The
American Nations Retail Jeweler
C. H. Riedemann
Vinita
Joseph Mazer
McAlester
W. C. Pfaeffle
Enid
M. Miesch
Muskogee
Uncle Sam
Oklahoma
Cincinnati
Chester Park
City Hall Notes Highlight Local Work Plans And Meetings
The Service Board ordered contractor William Fogarty to begin Sycamore avenue improvements from Liberty to Auburn on August 10. Water Works Commissioners opened bids for a Kentucky river intake pier storage house, referred to Engineer Benzenberg for report. Ex Prisoners of War group schedules a Memorial Hall meeting next Sunday with members from across the state.
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William Fogarty
Service Board
Sycamore Avenue
Liberty Street
Auburn Avenue
Water Works Commissioners
Kentucky
Benzenberg
Memorial Hall
Elm and
Grant Streets
Park Superintendent Named Representative of Playground Association
Park Superintendent Rodgers was appointed yesterday by Mayor Markbreit as the representative of the Playground Association of America. President Roosevelt serves as the head of the organization.
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J. P. Archibald
Blairsville
America
Markbreit
Rodgers
Playground Association of America
Roosevelt
New Ruling Labels Branded Spirits as Alcohol
Washington notified Internal Revenue officials that all branded spirits under a local injunction must be treated as alcohol by gaugers in rectifying houses. The ruling shocks whisky interests who hoped for delayed action until injunction hearings. Rectifiers expect potential court challenges to seek temporary injunctions against the government.
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Internal Revenue Office
Washington
Internal Revenue Department
United States Circuit
Thompson
Tobacco Growers Wait on Money Tied Up
The Commercial Tribune previews why tobacco growers' funds remain blocked, outlining the political and economic factors delaying payments and the impact on farms and markets. The article flags ongoing negotiations and expected developments in the coming days.
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Commercial Tribune
Smoke Abatement Versus Harsh Fines Urged by Kuss
R H Kuss assistant smoke inspector of Chicago spoke to the business Men's Club on smoke abatement blending with common sense. He urged warning before fines and warned that some plants are near-impossible to correct. He described Chicago plans to create smokeless plants and cited a Chicago commission of prominent men aiding the bureau including John G Shedd, T E Donnelly, Bryan Lathrop, J V Farwell Jr and Donald B Butler.
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R. H. Kuss
Business Men’s Club
Kuss
Chicago
Cincinnati
Smoke Inspection Bureau of
Bureau
John G. Shedd
Marshall Field & Co
T. E. Donnelly
Bryan Lathrop
J. V. Farwell, Jr
Donald B. Butler
Butler Ros
Prosperous in Mexico Mary Bennett’s fruit venture in Mexico
Mary Bennett of Mexico writes from July 28 to a Cincinnati friend about thriving fruit farming. She explains that a five acre tropical fruit claim yields annual crops with the Department of Improvement handling planting, care, and marketing for one third of the crop. She notes gold payments totaling $1,281.30 in 1907 and $708.76 in the first half of 1908, plus regular quarterly returns, while maintaining work as a stenographer.
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Mary Bennett
Mexico
Cincinnati
the Commercial Tribune
Department of Improvement
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California
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Omaha
Major Jennings
St. Clair
Mich
Mack Hurlbut
Ft. Dodge
I. M. Radabaugh
Bureau of Assay
City Hall Notes
Ilustrated Sunday Magazine
Edwyn Chambers
Chambers
Greensburg
Ind
Doles
Robbins
Bloomington
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Connersville, Ind
Wednesday Literary Club
Calanthy Society of R. of Plodge
Hugh C. Weir
Edwin L. Sabin
Littell McClung
Jack Frost
Jean Wilde Clark
George Allen England
the Sunday Commercial Tribune
Veneer
Bell Telephone CO
Vine ST
Cindy Tobacco
N. W. Cor
4Th and
Walnut
Fountain Square
Aix
Roeder
Henry Roeder, Jr
Squire Muller
Maryland
Skiff & CO
Commercial Tribune Building
Young’ Men’s Mutual Life Association
FIRST
NK Home Office
National
Nant nurLpine
Lesan-Gould Building
St. Louis
Fifth Avenue
Hiawatha
Froehlich
Avoca Park
C., M. & L. Tracttamore
Beautiful
Reighrath’s Park
Clark St
Colerain Ave
Sonnenleitner’s
Coney Steameggs
Chester
OPERA
Madame Ma
Carman
Sears Smith & Park Gate
Res Axtel & Heinie
Jack Howard
Ellis & Ryan
Lockhart Erers
Olivers
Bower
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