City of Cincinnati Sealed Bids for Runabout Automobile
The Board of Public Service seeks sealed bids by August 27 1908 for furnishing one runabout automobile with electrician work per specifications on file. Each bid must list all interested parties and include a ten percent bond or certified check. If bids are rejected the check is returned. if accepted the check is returned after contract execution. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. August 12 1908. John J. Wenner Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Service
Cincinnati
State of Ohio
John J. Wenner
Hamilton County Sealed Bids For Courtroom Furniture
Hamilton County Commissioners seek sealed bids by August 28 1908 for furniture for two Cincinnati courtrooms to be installed in the Courthouse. Bids on blank forms require a $3500 bond with two sureties and contracts awarded by the Board. The county may reject any or all bids. Stanley Struble presides, Fred Dreihs clerk.
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the Commissioners
Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Ohio
Board of County Commissioners
Board O County Commissioners
Board of Hamilton County Commissioners
Stanley Strublee
Fred Dreihs
Ohio proposed constitutional amendment on bill readings and veto path
Joint resolution proposes Ohio constitutional changes to require three readings for bills on three days except urgency. limits multiple subjects per bill. details governor veto procedures and repassage. sets effective date January 1, 1909. Signed by Speaker A Thompson and Senate President Andrew Harris. adopted March 2, 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
State of
Ohio
Secretary of State
Co. A. Thompson
House of Representatives
Andrew L. Harris
Senate
Ohio Secretary of State certifies 1906 Joint Resolution copy
I CARMI A THOMPSON Secretary of State certifies an exemplified copy of a Joint Resolution adopted by the Ohio General Assembly on March 2, 1906. The document is compared with the original roll shown on file and sealed in Columbus on April 23, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Ohio
I. Carmi A. Thompson
State of Ohio
State of
General Assembly
Columbus
A.D
Carmi A. Thompson
Ohio constitutional amendment on taxation and exemptions
General Assembly proposes an Ohio statewide vote on a tax reform measure. Section 2 allows classification of subjects for fair state and local revenue, limits on bonds, and exemptions for certain property up to 200 per person. Existing taxes and exemptions continue until changed by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Ohio
Ohio Joint Resolution Official Copy Certification 1908
The Secretary of State certifies an exemplified copy of a Joint Resolution adopted by the Ohio General Assembly on March 27, 1908. D Chamberlain serves Speaker Pro Tem, James M. Williams adopted March 27, 1903. Certified in Columbus April 23, 1908 with official seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Chamberlain
The
House of Representatives
James M. Williams
Senate
Ohio Amendment Sets Start Date for General Assembly Sessions
The 1906 amendment proposes to shift the start of each General Assembly’s regular session to the first Monday in January after its election. The measure, adopted March 20, 1906, requires voter approval at the next electio n for General Assembly members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Ohio
Co. A. Thompson
House of Representatives
Andrew L. Harris
Senate
Ohio Secretary of State Joint Resolution 1906 Copy
An official archival note copies a Joint Resolution adopted on March 20 1906, with testimony and seal dated April 23 in Columbus. The fragment records custody by the Secretary of State under Ohio law.
Proposals Sought for Coal at Toledo State Hospital
Toledo State Hospital seeks sealed bids by August 17 1908 for a one year supply of about fourteen thousand tons of coal. Bids must include mine name grade price and all freight and switching charges. Bid guarantee five hundred dollars and delivery to begin November 1 1908 with 200 tons kept in shed. Board may reject any bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Toledo State Hospital
State Hospital
Board of Trustees
Toledo State Hospital seeks bids for industrial building
The Board of Trustees of Toledo State Hospital invites bids by noon August 17 1908 for materials and labor to erect an industrial building from grade line up with occupancy planned by December 1. Plans are on file with the Superintendent in Toledo Ohio. Separate bid forms required with 10 percent certified check and bond up to 60 percent. Heating plumbing and electric work excluded from the general contract. Bids also invited for remodeling Cottage No 8 with deadline January 15 1909. The board may reject any bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Ohio
Toledo, State Hospital
Toledo State Hospital
Ane
Board of Trustees
Geo. R. Love
Dam Construction Sealed Proposals Sought at Brown's Island
United States Engineer Office Cincinnati announces sealed proposals for building a concrete dam at the head of Brown's Island Ohio River. Bids due 2 pm September 10 1908 with opening to follow. Information on application. William T Russell Col Engrs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Engineer Office
Cincinnati
Brown's Island
Ohio River
William T. Russell
Unique Funeral Feature Marks Kasper Silbersack Rites
The Cincinnati veteran musician Kasper Silbersack was honored at his funeral held yesterday with a self composed march for the occasion and a quartet performing his piece Sweetly Dreaming at the grave. Twin sisters Miss Emma Holtel and Miss Minetta Hotel of Oldenburg Indiana wed Lewson Hall and Joe Rite Jr respectively in the Church of the Holy Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasper Silbersack
Cincinnati
Emma Holtel
Minetta Hotel
Oldenburg
Ind
Church of the Holy Cross
Lewson Hall
Joe Rite, Jr
Councilman O'Brien Showing Recovery After Operation
A dispatch from Atlantic City reports Alderman Robert J. O'Brien of Cincinnati is improving at Dr Marvel's sanitarium after an appendectomy. Dr Marvel stated yesterday that all indications point to Mr O'Brien's recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’brien
Atlantic City
Robert J. O'Brien
Cincinnati
Dr. Marvel
Property Man Disappears From Heucks After Suitcase Left
B M Garfield manager of the Sure Shot Sam Company asked police to locate property man Marty Murray 30 who vanished after leaving a suitcase and belongings at the Stress Hotel where he was stopping Monday. No further word has been received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. M. Garfield
Sam Company
Heuck’'s
Marty Murray
Murray
Stress Hotel
Nervy thief robs police officer on Columbia Avenue
Patrolman Dieckmann of the Second District reports a bold daytime robbery. He chased the thief from 3909 Columbia Avenue after returning home to find a man leaving with a purse containing $25. The robber dropped the officer’s clothing in the getaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dieckmann
Columbia Avenue
Lawyer Warner Bonded Over Amid Embezzlement Case
F T Warner the solicitor tied to a controversy among Bagieniary John Marshall Smedes and Inspector Casey was re freed on bond yesterday. Settlement talks had Charles Pfeiffer and the Canfield Company. Pfeiffer posts another 50 dollars to cover the alleged shortfall and trial expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. T. Warner
Bagieniary
John Marshall Smedes
Casey
Bond
Charles Pfeiffer
Warner
Canfield Company
Oakley Village Seeks Sewer Bond Bids in 1908
Sealed proposals will be received at the Oakley Ohio Clerk’s office until noon on Tuesday September 8 1908 for bonds totaling 750 dollars dated August 1 1908 payable in 20 years at 4.5 percent interest to fund sewering Webster avenue Clark street and Madison pike. Bids must specify bond count and gross bid with accrued interest and include a 5 percent certified check. The village may reject any bid. OSCAR KOSCHE Clerk.
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Oakley
Ohio
Webster Avenue
Clark Street
Madison Pike
Oscar Kosche
Village of Peace
Tuay
Poe
IL Oscar Koschb
Notice to Contractors for Duck Creek Road Work 1908
Hamilton County commissioners invite bids for Duck Creek Road improvements from the Cincinnati corporation line to Deerfield Road in Columbia Township. Bids due August 28 1908 on blank forms with a $5000 bond. Board reserve right to reject any or all bids. Stanley Struble president.
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Hamilton County
Cincinnati
Ohio
Board of County Commissioner
Duck Creek Road
Cincinnati Corporation
Deerfield Road
Columbia Township
Board of County Commissioners
Board of Hamilton County Commissioners
Stanley Struble
Fred Dreihs
Village of Peace Ohio Seeks Street Bonds for Improvements
The Village of Peace Ohio plans to issue bonds totaling 3883.38 dated August 1 195 with 1 bond 488.34 and nine bonds 600 each for 2 to 10 year terms at 5 percent interest. Bids at par plus accrued interest will be considered with certified checks equal to 4 percent of bid. Bids sealed and labeled Bids for Street Bonds.
Oakley Village To Sell Sidewalk Bond Issues
The village of Oakley Ohio offers bonds totaling 1946 dollars dated August 1 1908 for sidewalk improvements. Bonds include amounts of 19461 and 20000 each payable in up to ten years. Bids at par with interest. 4 percent to village clerk Oscar Koschb. Sealed bids. village may reject any bid.
Cincinnatian Buried Beside Wife at Spring Grove
The late James Carlin who died recently at Grafton West Virginia was interred yesterday in Spring Grove Cemetery beside his wife. A delegation from Altoona Lodge BP OE accompanied the body. Mr Carlin represented a Cincinnati brewing concern at Altoona.
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James Carlin
Grafton
W. Va
Spring Grove
Altoona Lodge
Carlin
Cincinnati
Altoona
Former Editor of Cincinnati Dead in Worcester
Ainsworth Rand Spofford former associate editor of The Cincinnati Commercial and Librarian of Congress from 1864 to 1867 died suddenly yesterday in Worcester Massachusetts. Born September 12 1825 in Gilmantown New Hampshire he later received an honorary LL D from Amherst College in 1882. He began in Cincinnati in publishing and bookselling and served as First Assistant Librarian of Congress before becoming Librarian in Chief and later Chief Assistant. He authored and edited multiple Library series and catalogues.
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Ainsworth Rand Spofford
Cincinnati Commercial
Congress
Worcester
Mass
Spofford
L. A
Grata Rand Spofford
Gilmantown
N. H
Amhurst College
Cincinnati
Commercial
Library of Wit and Humor
River Departures and Water Levels Chronicle
The River reports departures from Cincinnati port and upcoming arrivals for Pomeroy Maysville Madison and Louisville. Ohio River at Cincinnati 8 feet 1 inch and rising with mixed freight and passenger movement and several boats scheduled to depart from Main Street and Sycamore Street today.
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Ohio
Cincinnati
Greenland
Pomeroy
Courter
Maysville
Lizzie Bay
Madison
Indiana
Louisville
Tacoma
Courier
Kentucky
City of Cincinnati
Ohio River
Greene Line
Sycamore Street
Charleston
Main Street
Way Ports
J. T. Hatfield
Catherine Davis
Pt. Pleasant
Greene Line Steamers Schedule for Charleston and Maysville
Greene Line steamer routes list departures from foot Sycamore Street toward Charleston W Va Maysville Louisville and intermediate points. Lines show passenger fares 8.00 round trip and daily freight service to the Kentucky River with contact telephone numbers for booking.
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Chicago
Denver
Greene Line
Tacoma
Charleston
W. Va
Sycamore St
Tel. M
Maysville
Ogg
Louisville
Ohio
Kentucky
Apartment House Planned on Race Street by Louis Werner
A four story apartment store will rise on Race Street east side between Ninth and Court streets by druggist Louis Werner after he purchased the property adjoining the Orr estate garage site. Project cost set at 10000 with plans in preparation.
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Race Street
Ninth
Court Streets
Louis Werner
Werner
Orr
Real Estate Transfers and Mortgages Active in Local Market
Real estate transfers list numerous parcels by owner and sub, including John Sauer to Wilhelm Benzinger, Mary Renneker to John Mueller, and Hermina Berger to Joseph Gunther. The section notes many lot names, sub divisions, and several mortgage filings and cancellations with amounts such as 1700, 1500, 1300, and 600 dollars, reflecting a busy property market.
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John Sauer
Wilhelm Benzinger
Warner Street
A. J
King’s
Powers Butcoe
Bethesda
Ccvsesamekese
Bofinger & Hopkins
Edwin E. Stevens
Adam
Magdalena Schwing
Hudson & Stevens
Romena
R. Doherty
Miles Greennoua
Gma
Cbva Ahodadadedidas
Enles
Hermina F
Alice R. Enghouser
Acme
Anna Hellmann
Frederick Meiners
St. Bernard
J. Kline
J. B. Schroder
Ney
Hill- Em Avenue
Beman's
Maude’ S
Longenecker Et al
Joseph W. Condo
Cale
William A. Whitehead
John Doherty
Sheriff
M. Fel
Robert J. Cresap
Frederick Lott
West End
ONO
Pano
Pano Oisssnevced
F. J. Mittohell
Lizzie Clark
Owensville B. & L. Co
J. C. Dennis
Henry Rabe
Ormonde S,.& L. Co
James H. Simpson
Hester Stagg
Robert A. Dillon
Newbold L. Pierson
William M. Berger
John H. Holiday
Hattie Hulsmire
Provident Savings Bank and Trust Company
Catherine Konermann
Lela Te - Ime
Reading Road Lings Bank and Trust Company
Ae Ee UR CO
Agua Abe
Claranek Et al
Hyde Park B. & L
Grelvenkamp
Champion
B. de
Alphonse “Schmidt
B. Eo
John Z. Mueller
Mary Renneker
Freda Schneider
Deaths and Funeral Notices from Local Chronicle
Notices list William T Bishop aged 72 in St Louis died August 11 with funeral at Spring Grove Chapel. Lee Brate 34 at Carthage residence with service August 13 and burial at Reading Cemetery. Nancy Ferguson 80, widow of John Ferguson, at Lebanon residence with funeral August 14 at Spring Grove Chapel. William Friedhoff 83 at Newport Kentucky with funeral August 13 and Vine Street Hill burial. Mrs Winifred Ryan 1908, Hyde Park, funeral August 14 with requiem mass at St Xavier’s. Wilhelmina Tischer nee Schock in Neville Ohio, funeral August 14.
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William T
St. Louis
Spring Grove
Brate—Lee
Lockland Avenue
Carthage
Inez Brate
Cramer
Presbyterian Church
Elmwood Place
Reading Cemetery
Ferguson
Nancy
John Ferguson
Theo
Williams
Lebanon
Spring Grove Chapel
Friedhoff
William
Tischer
Wilhelmina
Nee Schock
John F. Tischer
Nevilie
Burial Permits For Multiple Local Residents
Burial permits list several local residents by name age and address with causes of death. Entries include Emma Laurber 24 at 248 Renner and 530 East Pearl heart disease, Lillian Hendersonberger 1 month at 425 Bank street bronchitis, Joseph Kennett 54 at 304 East Fourth Street, Howard Friedman 23 days at 2644 Bellview Avenue colitis, Ferres Steiner 1 month at 1017 West Lib 7 Street gastro enteritis, Dora Amscott 24 at 820 Main Street, Willis Amson 25 at Branch Hospital 404 Butler Street tuberculosis.
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Thomas J
Laurber
Emma
Renner Street
East Pearl Street
Henderberger
Lillian
Bank Street
Kennett
J Joseph
East Fourth Street
Friedman
Howard
Bell View Avenue
Steiner
Ferres
West Lib
Amscott
Dora
Main Street
Penn Amson
Willis
Branch Hospital
Butler Street
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Fourth St
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Cincinnati IS Dead
Queen City
Charleston - Tacoma
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Pittsburg
Beaver Dam
Freeport
Wheeling
H. K. Bedford
City of
Tell City
Evansville
Cin- Sane
Cairo
He Peters Lee
William R. King
Liberty
Lower Mississippi
Parsley
Memphis
Louwis
Uagle
Alton
Belle
Calhoun
Hamburg
Fred Webster
Elliston Statton
Mary Wolfe Wen
Dennison
Sents
Grand St
Clarence J. Heister
Linn
Mildred A. Schlichte
Gustave Riess
Henry & Dunlap
Clara Thorwarth
Dillard
Anderson White's Station
Nancy Barnes
Unison House
Malta
Per
Gerdes
Bertha Mertens
Ween
Schimmélpfennig
Covington, Ky
Mary A
Nettie Williams
Buen Ava
Otte F
Joneg
Elizabeth Brenner
Mt. Mt. Healthy
Bessie M. Jackson
David Johns
Newport Ky
Margaret Coogan
John Teetz
Katherine Rusche
Albert H. Hoog
Cutter St
Sophia Strong
Elmore
Theodore Mayer & Bro
J. H. Hopf
Colerain Avenue
Elizabeth Nau
John Dacey
Norwood
C. M. Foster
Martin Fisher
Parker Street
J. Schlenker
Edward Slodemyer
Alexander Avenue
George Baker
T. S. Hamilton & Co
Covington
Lyman Walker
Ormonde
X Co
Cie Brio
Cascots
Ledek Bien
J. O. Woodward
F. Cook
Spring Garden
Cncdapeas
Magdalana Tenbusch
Schuetzen B. Me Es
LEY Isc
Elizabeth Sloane
Garfield le
Louis ‘Frohman
Pauline M. Earerneeeay
Supreme Bafmare
William M. Borger
Brighton German Bank Company
Shillito
Redfern
Lyra
Bon Ton
Binner
Lily of France
Nemo
Royal Worcester
American Lady
Kabo
C. B
P. D
J. B
John Shillits Company
Alleghanies
Washington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Norfolk, Va
Old Dominion Steamship
Hot Springs
Linton Hotel
A. L. Ellett
GW. P. A
Niagara Falls
Ch&d
Detroit
Buffalo
City
Traction
Fifth
Waliaut
Ocean Steamers
Plymouth-Cherrbourg
Bremen
Gibraltar
Naples
Genoa
A.M. K. Luise
P. Irene
K. Albert
K. Luise
North German Lloyd Travelers
Oplrichs & CO
Broadway
N. Y
Atlas National Bank
Brighto, German Bank Co
Bepler & Co
Race
First National Bank
German National Bank
Kuhn & Sons
Third
Western German Bank
E. Cor
Walrant
Thomas Cook & Son
American Line
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Plymouth
Cherbourg
Southampton
Queenstown
Live Atlantic Transport Line
London Direct
RED Star Line
Dover
White Star
Liverpool
Italy
Boston
London
Paris
Orient
Hamburg-American Line
Way
N.Y
Yegisel Ost
Ies
Dow’s 8 Drug Stores
Kock
Mildred
City Hospital
Overmann
Herman
Winslow Avenue
Sprague
Samuel
Longview Hospital
Mullen
Robert
East Front Street
Davis
Rey
Landis
Max
Fourteenth Street
Mi Ichie Bro . Jewelers
Langston Suit Pressing Club
W. J. Langston
Smith
Phone Canal
FB. Maertz Eirccron Automobile and Carriage Livery
Plum St
John ChurchrCord
Auburn Ave
Cape May
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Lehigh Valley Railway
Glen Summit
Chautauqua Leake
Cleveland
Pullman
W. G. Knittle
Gen’l Agt
Ingalls Building
Dayton
TRAI
Nelina
van Wert
Central Station
Frankfort
Queen & Crescent
Central Union Depot
Ludlow
Williamstown
Georgetown
Lexington
High Bridge Park
Springfield
Xenia
Pearl and
Butler Sts
Hotels and Resorts
HOTEL
Havlin
Cincinnati’s
Atlantic City, N. 1
Miller Cottage
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