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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1908
Page
5
Vacation rates tickets on sale daily are good to return until October 31 1908 except to Yellowstone Park where the limit is September 30. Those sold on the first and third Tuesdays as Homeseekers rates return in 21 days. Second Class full information on application to the agent.
Homeless Thomas Gliesseweir was struck by a car a week ago. Surgeons at City Hospital report multiple broken ribs and a broken right leg after his most recent checkup. Clerk Cella Takes Vacation. Frank Cella and John Cotter depart for two weeks in Atlantic City and New York. Fire in Smokehouse. Sparks from a fire in a smokehouse at Businell and Assell's butcher shop caused a blaze in the main building. Loss estimated at $300.
The Mikado drew large enthusiastic audiences in Cincinnati at Chester, signaling a record week for the season. Froehlich's Band at the Zoo showcases top musicians, while Wormwood's trained monkeys and dogs entertain daily. Next week features Cavalleria Rusticana and Trial By Jury with more varied acts promising strong attendance.
Word reached Chief Millikin that Frank James of 331 East Third Street was injured in Anna Ohio and died in Lima Ohio where he was taken for treatment. His mother Mrs Frank Hayes of 331 East Third Street was notified.
Frank C. Graham a former steel and iron merchant was released in Police Court yesterday after failing to prosecute the case for beating a board bill at the Stag Hotel. The $8.70 debt was paid and Graham who owns substantial property in Gallipolis was involved.
Three men are being held by the police on suspicion of involvement in a series of hold ups. The suspects are William Spenbre of 625 East Sixth Street Clarence Rogers of 514 George Street and Charles Smith of 2 Smith Court all described as colored.
The twenty seventh annual reunion of the Society of the Army of West Virginia will be held in Huntington West Virginia from September 23 to 25. Local citizens and the Huntington Chamber of Commerce have contributed funds to ensure the event succeeds.
A colored girl named Baby Gray aged 19 was badly bruised after falling from a Seventh street car at Eighth street and Freeman avenue. Patrolman Knaul found her and she was taken to her home at 658 Freeman avenue.
The Union Gas and Electric Employees Mutual Benefit Association will hold its annual picnic next Saturday August 15 at Chester Park. Attactions promised include free dancing vaudeville Alpine slides bumps concerts and zigzag stairs.
Rev Dr Jesse Bowman Young will lecture Friday evening at Walnut Hills Methodist Church on the West’s scenery and resources. The talk titled Across the Continent will feature nearly a hundred lantern slides showing characteristic views.
The Fourteenth District Vacation School held a Tuesday exhibition of pupils handiwork. Exhibits include Venetian iron work frames arabesques baskets a miniature bed frocks and linen. Work is voluntary and items become pupils property at session end.
President Dabney announces a new electric engineering department with Dr. E. N. Taylor of the University of Pittsburg in charge. Taylor will report to Dean Schneider and oversee cooperative industrial courses at the University of Cincinnati.
The fourth annual camp ers naval parade along the Little Miami River from Milford to Shademore will be held next Saturday. Several hundred boats are expected and prizes will be awarded for the finest appearance in the event.
Jack Paso and Sebast Saracuse were arrested by Patrolmen Bryan and Hale for disorderly conduct after a street brawl at the Fifth and Walnut corner. A large crowd watched as the men fought, their faces struck and battered.
An arm reached through a window of the coach where Miss Hannah Loufler of 1613 Walnut street sat at the Central Union Depot before leaving for New York last night. Her pocketbook vanished with the intrusion, containing a gold watch and a necklace valued at about 75 dollars.
The annual reunion of Clermont County Grand Army of the Republic members occurs at the Bantam Fair Grounds today and tomorrow. Hundreds of veterans and their families attend and many Cincinnatians will speak, including Captain W. C. Johnson the Rev Herbert Ketcham and Charles Burdsall.
Telegrams announce the death of Mrs. Harris yesterday morning in Cheyenne Wyoming where Rev. Robert L. Harris serves as pastor. He previously led Grace Church Avondale before moving to Cheyenne due to her illness. Burial is set for tomorrow.
Mrs Louisa Chapin of 3736 Beechmont Avenue appeared in Police Court on a petit larceny charge after confessing to shoplifting. Judge Holmes postponed the case to Friday. Police say she stole several lockets from jeweler John Bertling of 1115 Vine Street and took a shirt and gloves from Mabley and Carew.
A four man delegation of brick manufacturers led by Will P. Blair from Indianapolis visits city leaders to lobby for changes in pavement restrictions and bid specifications that they say prevent Black firms from competing for public work. The group met Mayor Markbreit and was referred to the Service Board for action.
Miss Edith Crane of Cincinnati won first prize in yesterday’s ladies boat race at the Lagoon. Nine teen gentlemen arranged with the fishing privileges superintendent to be at the boathouse at 2 a.m. today to obtain permits for fishing before sunrise, arguing fish bite better in the wee small hours. Ed Sanford, the German comedian, is credited as author and originator of Should it Be, a successful vaudeville piece. The melodrama Would You continues to draw audiences at the vaudeville theater.
A dense list shows numerous transfers of parcels in multiple sub divisions such as John D. Moore’s Harrigan Arlington Elsmere Hyde Park and others. Names include Sarah V Herbert Sophie Hofachuke James E Mooney and Elizabeth Niehaus with various Lot numbers and street boundaries. Mortgage cancellations and extensive conveyances are noted alongside prices and terms in SpringfieldTownship area records.
A list of individuals receiving marriage licenses with their residences including Max Hyatt Bertha Sherman John G. Stuhlfath Idan C. Meyer Fred J. Buns Lucy Brunswickk Robert Geiger Jr Elanora Weisman George Ingelmann Payton Euphrasie lamendin Oscar Johnson Lizzie Haslinger Edward H. Schulte Edith Helwig Clifford Ehrmantraut Novella Ditchen Frank Schwarber Emma Ellis Arthur Neufarth Alma Be Mathys Catherine Zink Fletcher Griffin William Daley Jr Minnie Biehl Michael J Wlynn John R Rachford Lena Traver Edward Wisendorp Wilber Ellis Lavella Williams Robert D. Gallagher William B Cray Mary Archey Gertrude Wilson Elizabeth Eckstein Rose M severink Maude Goodman Richard C Schulz Louise Geller Joseph A Moormann Eleanora Becker Elva D Kellay Alice Gosnelly and others.
Chief Millikin’s annual report lists city expenditures for fire and police services. Cincinnati and Cleveland stand as the only U S cities with police spending under their fire budgets, with figures shown for each city’s departments.
Amateurs are invited to join the contest at Coney Island next Sunday marking the start of a series run with few intermissions until Labor Day. Thousands visit the river park to watch and listen as bands perform and fans applaud a blend of old-time tune and modern playing.
Dilger known as The Man of Mystery endured a tense escape in Chester last night from a burglar-proof safe. He was handcuffed and chained, trapped for thirteen minutes before reappearing before spectators. The neck chain lock proved defective and took an hour to open after he retired backstage, yet he completed the safe trick unharmed amid applause.
Reichrath's Park hosted the second concert of the Imperial Hungarian Military Band under conductor John Agronyi with 34 performers, drawing a bigger crowd than opening night. Sonnenleitner's Tyroleans and Warblers attract steady praise as a free extra act. Bargain day and Cincinnati Democratic Club outing planned for Coney Island, with Weber and Rush's Parisian Widows slated for Standard Theater.
A list of fresh docket entries for cases in Common Pleas Court No. 140,617 to No. 140,629 and related matters including injunctions, damages, divorce actions, notes and liens, with parties such as Fairmount German Presbyterian Church, James O Woodward, Charles Stone, William M Friedman, Adda Balser, Charles Balser, Nettie Doughmann, Noble Doughmann, Orlando Wilcox, Alfaretta Wightman, Ernestina Hargens, Louis Foster, Lawrence Motz, Fred C Busal d, Diedrich Eilers, Emma Scott, James A Scott, William Robinson, Joseph Wolf, George Kleiner, Cincinnati Traction Company, Gertrude Stricker, Dexter Lumber Company, and The Cincinnati Traction Company among others.
Block Leonard aged 77 funeral Wednesday August 12 at 3 p.m from 803 Richmond Street with services at United Jewish Cemetery chapel at 4 p.m. Courtney Harry Clifford aged 48 died August 10 at 7 p.m beloved husband of Ida Saffin Courtney funeral from Spring Grove Chapel August 12 1908 at 3 p.m. services by Hoffner Lodge F and A M friends invited.
A list of patients with ages and addresses including Margareth Schulz 4 months at 330 Mulberry street with enteritis, Bernard Herzog 46 at 2215 Guy street with phthisis, Samuel Smith 48 at 3717 Terrae Place with obstruction of bowels, Harry Courtney 47 at Bethesda Hospital with typhoid, Hilda Shinisch 7 months at 1217 Hopple street with manition, Frank Fordyce 39 at Baymiller and 129 Green streets with incuest, Anna Ries 4 months at Donnell street with marasmus, Theresa Merkel 70 at 1802 Race street with heart disease, Eva Paradzinsky 6 days at 806 Living ston street with prematurity, Samuel Friedman 63 at Longview Hospital with dementia, Augusta Schellenberger 57 at 7129 Colerain avenue with inquest, Katie Whalen 17 at 511 Elizabeth street with neurasthenia, Goldie Hartman 10 months at 1905 Frints street with Castro enteritis.
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