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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
5
Veterans of Company D Forty Seventh Regiment O V I will hold their annual reunion at the home of Cooper Wright on August 31.
W E Kennedy chief examiner of stationary engineers revoked the license of Frank Sweitzer of Cincinnati who was on duty at Perin Bros flour mill plant. The action follows an inspection and adjudication of violations noted at the facility.
The combined Irish societies of three cities plan a goose race at their annual outing next Sunday at Chester Park. This marks Cincinnati’s first goose race in fifty years.
Dennis Kane, 93, from Chicago, walking to the Confederate Veterans home in Beauvoir Mississippi, was struck by a Big Four train near Batesville Indiana early yesterday. He is in City Hospital in serious condition.
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Otterbein Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Quillan Mr. and Mrs. Marshall and Mr. and Mrs. George Newstedt depart at 6 this morning for an auto trip through the East stopping at Poland Springs Maine. Two cars will be used.
Five shots were fired at Robert Schaefer aged 25 before he was arrested by Lieutenant Scahill Corporal Beiser and Patrolman Heidenreich on Freeman Avenue and Wade Street last night. Schaefer was unhurt and is charged with striking his sister Mary in the eye at the home of his stepfather.
Joseph Burnham age 21 of Bedford Indiana drowned after rescuing his cousin Miss Hanna Moore at a deep hole in the White River near Kelly Castle Indiana. Twenty comrades attempted to save him but were unsuccessful before his body was recovered.
The Clermont County G A R encampment at Bantam Fair Grounds featured Rev. Herbert Ketcham of Cincinnati who argued the negro gained suffrage too soon after the war and that unrestricted immigration harms the country.
Trade unionists in Cincinnati prepare for a Music Hall gathering tomorrow night to protest police and the traction company over the recent traction strike fiasco. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, will be the principal speaker.
Dense smoke pouring from Kroger Grocery and Baking Company stacks prompted a complaint by C. W. Hunsche, secretary of the Ninth Ward Improvement Association. He said black soot settled in homes about six blocks away, and the board referred the letter to the City Smoke Inspector.
Mrs. Mary A. White of 408 East Liberty street filed damages of $00 with the Board of Public Service through Attorney Louis Dolle. She says three water main breaks in front of her home between July 2 and August 2 flooded her cellar three feet deep. The board sent the claim to Water Works Superintendent Hiller for action.
Gene Lutz promoter of boxing was stepping from a Madison avenue street car on Vine street near the Arcade when struck by a Warsaw avenue car. He suffered a broken rib and was taken to an unspecified medical facility.
An advertisement explains pain as nerve disturbance and claims Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills relieve irritation to stop pain. It asserts women find relief from periodic suffering using the pills and quotes a testimonial about seven years of use. The pitch emphasizes the product as the best headache remedy and cites Miles Medical Co of Elkhart Indiana.
The Metropolitan Company presents Cavalleria Rusticana and Trial by Jury as a Sunday double bill at Chester Opera House with The Mikado withdrawing after Saturday. Cast members include Sheehan Hemmi Meyers Richards Crawford Jamieson Metcalfe Caldwell Jorgensen. Santuzza hailed as best in America. Ko Ko and witty Gilbert Sullivan numbers praised. Expected strong seat sales and large crowds.
Avoca Park offers a riverside country retreat on the Little Miami near Redbank in Hamilton County. The site features boating and water sports with a clubhouse and restaurant while allowing visitors to picnic freely on the greensward under shade trees.
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports the National Vaudeville Managers Association will convene in Columbus next Tuesday to discuss the coming theatrical season and the merger of vaudeville interests into one controlling body. The group includes managers from Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Indiana Illinois Maryland and Kentucky. They will also consider the role of moving pictures in a likely season.
Colonel Martin brings Arnaldo and his trained leopards and dilger with handcuff escapes to Chester for the coming week. Clayton Jenkins and Jasper the mule headline a "Darktown Circus" act, plus Nelli Martini and Stafford and Stone. Tickets expected to sell quickly as crowds pack the spa cious vaudeville venue.
In a heavy rain storm, Lutz attempted to cross Warsaw avenue and stepped in front of a streetcar as Dr Winton attended him.
Cincinnati Police Department scouts a nine to travel to St Louis for a September field day supporting the St Louis Police Athletic Association. The Board of Public Safety will consider the challenge Monday. Lieutenant Renkert, team manager, plans to attend along with several former pros. Colonel Millikin approves the trip.
The Cincinnati Society of the Alumni of the University of Pennsylvania plans a midsummer reunion today and tomorrow. Guest of honor is Prof Edgar Smith Vice Provost of the university and noted chemist. He will attend an informal luncheon at the University Club today with Mayor Markbreit and several professors and doctors among the invited guests.
In Columbus on August 13 Elsie Janis the noted actress announced plans to ride as a passenger in the international balloon contest to be held late this month. Manager Charles B. Dillingham has forbidden the trip, stating it violates her contract. Janis intends to proceed claiming no contract clause bans balloons. The vessel is named Elsie Janis City of Columbus.
The Zoo hosts Froehlich's Band in a Wagner night concert featuring pieces from Tannhauser Rienzi The Flying Dutchman and Isolde plus the Queen of Sheba aria by contralto Miss Eleanor Bain. This final show closes the group's Cincinnati engagement with high praise for the musicians.
Lawrenceburge and Aurora brass bands compete as first class nonprofessionals with large turnout expected from both cities. A new rival, Richmond Bethel Bang from the town up the gully, is seen as a strong contender likely to win prizes due to its versatile playing style.
The Norrises staged fresh situations in their musical comedy at Lagoon yesterday. Bicycle Bill and the band eased tensions and performed with a friendly spirit while the Sandfords’ Indian drama continues to delight audiences. The little play mirrors real life with vivid human emotion.
A production grips viewers with strong emotional pull from opening act to closing scene. Performances captivate through timing and mise en scene, sustaining suspense and audience engagement until the last moment.
The Chester vaudeville bills Dilger the Man of Mystery performing handcuffed tied in a sack and locked inside a weighted barrel thrown into the lake. Dr Lowry and Colonel Martin will oversee safety as spectators watch the escape over the coming week.
Prof Wormwood’s bicycle riding monkey Frank entertained yesterday on the Zoo path while Wormwood considers a pantomime play to showcase the animal's intelligence. Mr. Ford Weiss, cornet soloist with Froehlich's Band, has played seven weeks at the Zoo resort and joined several visiting bands signed for the periods there.
The People's Theater will open Sunday afternoon with Weber and Rush's The Parisian Widows from the company Ducklings a newly organized burlesque and vaudeville group The Standard Theater has been redecorated and cooled for comfort Bunco in Arizona a Lillian Morton melodrama comes to Heucks with bronco busting and Captain Osler's devil fish feature Arnaldo headlines Chester free vaudeville feeding leopards and jaguars this week
The Service Board engaged Landscape Architect Kessler to design Bathgate Park and playgrounds. Preliminary sketches were accepted. Only one property remains to be torn down, held in Federal Court for condemnation, delaying full city ownership for months.
In Hartwell two workers Joseph Stempel and Joseph Kissel were digging a gas pipe trench on Lawn Avenue when eight feet deep walls caved in burying them under three feet of earth. Foreman Dave Reusing and coworkers freed them from the trench where they had been trapped.
Mrs. Kate Land, 40, mother of six, drank carbolic acid at her home 818 Lock Street last night. She is critically ill at Good Samaritan Hospital after being carried there by her son Ed Land and Frank Conroy. family troubles are blamed for the act.
George Davis, 43, wanted in Santa Anna California for goods worth 8000 obtained under false pretenses, was captured by Cincinnati detectives W B Laughlin Sweeney and Houillion. He carried 3230 dollars when arrested at the Central Station and begged to see his wife before being detained. An extradition request to Los Angeles is underway with a 250 dollar reward.
Mrs Mary Ann Butler age 60 died suddenly after breakfast yesterday morning. Doctors were summoned but she passed away before aid could arrive. Stomach trouble is cited as the likely cause. Coroner Cameron will conduct an inquest.
Deaths listed with dates and funeral plans including Bishop William T. and Emma Ballmer. Other obituaries include Nancy Ferguson and Wilhelmina Fischer with services at Spring Grove Chapel, Vine Street Hill, and St. Xavier's. Burial permits indicate multiple causes such as nephritis heart disease and tuberculosis.
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