Commercial Tribune readers notice and rates Aug 1908
The Commercial Tribune announces subscription rates and delivery options for Daily and Sunday editions, including prices for mail and carrier service. It lists foreign rates, payment methods, and multiple branch offices in Cincinnati Covington Newport Washington London with reading rooms for Americans.
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Weather forecast and August 21 1908 climatology
The forecast calls for partly cloudy weather today and fair cooler conditions tomorrow as a cool wave passes. The August 21 1908 daily weather record at the ninetieth meridian shows max 86, min 60, avg 73 with no precipitation. A comparison with 1907 1906 1905 shows a temperature deficiency of 12 degrees for the day and a 6 degree excess since August 1.
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Weather Summary for Ohio West Virginia Kentucky and Indiana
Partly cloudy Saturday with cooler in extreme west areas. Sunday fair and cooler with light to fresh winds from southwest to northwest. In West Virginia the forecast is partly cloudy Saturday and Sunday fair and cooler. Kentucky sees partly cloudy Saturday and cooler in the north, Sunday fair and cooler. Indiana remains fair and cooler Saturday and Sunday with light to fresh west winds.
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Ocean Steamship Movements Report
New York arrivals include The Celtic from Liverpool and Queenstown and The Republic with Marconi contact east of Sable Island. Sailed from Queenstown The Baltic. arrivals at Liverpool include The Cedric. Montreal, London, and Boulogne departures and arrivals are listed with several transatlantic connections.
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Notable Hotel Arrivals Listed for Several U S Cities
Cincinnati Hotel arrivals include George J. Zimmerman L T Miller Mattoon Ill G C Tonken Nor folk Josiah Bartlett New Britain Conn Linton H C Boyd New York Carroll L DeWitt Chicago Oren Mccormick Boston W H Hough St Louis Burnet A H Hirsch New York George W Jackson Mrs Thomas Cobourg Canada D Freitag Lackman Henry Delzell Dayton c D Boyd Cleveland E N Butterworth Columbus Ed M Gillette Lancaster Ohio Honing E B Furry Birmingham WN Y G T Johnson Chicago Ly Elias Providence R J Charles Hardis Chattanooga Tenn Emery William F Tech North Vernon George A Torrey Chicago J J Parsons Kansas City Mo L De Vore Toledo Harlin C Roy Wilson Philadelphia Co W Van Pelt Leesburg C Sam Mayer New York Harry T Evans Otampa Fla Palace Mrs Virginia Heflin Turner Flemingsburg Ky Miss Nellie Connock Huntsville Ala Miss Mary Young Birmingham O W Gehl Elyria Munro John Daker Jr Detroit John Clark Clarksburg W Va D G Sutro Zanesville 8 McHenry Chicago St Nicholas J W Bradford Mrs J E Cremin New York Dr T C Walton Versailles Ind K G Thornton Richmond Va
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Co. W. van Pelt
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Sam Mayer
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Harry T. Evans
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Palacé
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Nellie Connock
Huntsville
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Mary Young
Birmingham
A Bad Lot Washington Evening Star Mosquito Sighting
A biting mosquito described as a fierce nuisance lurks in the night and sings for a drink while the day is spent sleeping. The verse playfully laments the insect’s behavior and appetite.
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Telepathy as legal defense in murder case debated
The piece surveys Counselor McIntyre’s telepathy defense for the Hains brothers in the Annis murder, arguing telepathetic influence could shape insanity, influence divorce cases, and prompt violent acts. It calls for legislative scrutiny and alienist consideration, proposing statutes and even electric current remedies.
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Earth's Water Supply Threatened by Waste and Deforestation
The Geological Survey warns that U S water levels have fallen seven to fourteen feet due to extraction of gas and oil and forest depletion. The piece questions if sinking levels will stop and whether deforestation accelerates the decline.
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Warnings on Resource Waste Call for Caution in the U S
The article argues Nature will replace minerals in kind as wasteful Americans neglect tomorrow. It cites the Geological Survey warning that water supply and natural resources are being squandered, unlike stricter European protections.
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United States
Pardon row over Willson mercy for Duncan kills judge says remedy drastic
The Kentucky State Journal editorializes that Governor Willson’s pardon of Walter Duncan who killed Newton Hazlett is a drastic remedy to restore law. It urges returning to law and order and urges Bracken County officials to support rather than obstruct the governor’s prerogative.
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Courts and juries and executives protest written law
A biting critique questions courts and executives enforcing their own rules and death sentences, proposing a heavy sit down to dramatize resistance to law created and applied by those in power. The passage emphasizes accountability and collective action against arbitrary justice.
Texas and Illinois debate paths to growth and civilization
Texas weighs its future alongside Illinois in a discussion about development and civic progress. The piece contrasts regional approaches to growth and the pace of modernization in 19th century America.
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Springfield
Illinois
Campaign Ethics Questioned As Kern Book Critique Emerges
The text hints at Mr. Kern possibly authoring a book and facing accusations from opponents. It calls for a campaign conducted on a higher plane, suggesting a focus on principled discourse over old scandals.
Johnson Eyes Minnesota Governor Run Amid Election Confusion
The discussion suggests Johnson could seek the Minnesota governorship but faces obstacles tagging the Elec- Me College with a Bryanesque label, complicating political branding and eligibility.
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Timpson Mayor Receives Nominal Pay Per Year
The Timpson Texas mayor is noted to receive one dollar annually. The text also mentions Mr Bryan and Mr Watterson as potential recipients or observers of the arrangement.
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Milwau kee Sentinel hints at 1900s political debates
Fragmentary notebook style text references President Van Cleave and Mr Bryan, mentions the Giants and Pirates and Chicago pennant talk, notes Harry Thaw backing Bryan as a tactic, and quips about oysters and Castro. The Turk is pictured as dreaming of the hour.
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Shanghaied Sailor Returns After Globe Spanning Nine Years
Charles Walker, once a Cheney painter, travels and adventures across the world before returning home. He details being shanghaied in Spokane and stranded in South Africa, England, India, Australia, and Europe, then resuming his trade and life in Cheney, Washington.
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Notable oddities and incidents from city life
A barber refuses to clip dogs while a poverty stricken woman and a flea ridden dog seek grooming. A near miss occurs as a fast streetcar and a rapid auto narrowly avoid collision. A man props a poodle in a wicker bag for lengthy rail car trips. Banks labeled ladies banks complain of tarnished silver due to mint delays, with a return to bright coin soon. A Newport slang term bubble is highlighted as fresh chatter.
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Sparrows Nest on Bronx Zoo Gargoyles Amid Construction
At the Bronx Park Zoo, sparrows have built nests on carved gargoyle heads of the elephant house. A pair nests atop a rhinoceros head. another on a carved elephant head. Workers and Director Hornaday will decide if nests stay after construction finishes.
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The Turkish Hatt: Satirical Hatt as Reform Promise
A Chicago Post verse mocks Sultan’s hatt decree announcing a new cabinet. It jokes the sultan speaks through his hat and chatt, pledging reforms while warning against graft and censorship, ending with a note that he will replace the hatt if promises fail.
Harvest Time on a French Farm in France
Vance Thompson describes a long hot harvest day in rural France. Pierre and his workers toil from morning till night with oxen, a reaper, and binders while meals bring brief relief. A dramatic thunderstorm tests the family and the village before the final threshing and celebration.
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Value of Money. A ponderous tale from Puck
A rich family explains to a listener how they give their young son Bobby weekly pocket money totaling about 1000 dollars in small bills. The boy, not yet ten, manages his funds with foresight and even pays fines personally when charged in a car accident.
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Pooled Tobacco Sales Stir Ohio Tobacco Society
Discontent within the Burley Branch of the Society of Equity surfaces as pools of tobacco sold under fictitious names. About 30 hogsheads of a 93-hogshead batch were pooled, with some consignments fetching prices higher than reported. Warehouse buyers and independents see strong prices and a looming break from the society.
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Filipino 15 Guests Highlight Cincinnati GOP Growth
Manuel L. Quezon and Brigadier General Bandholtz attended a luncheon with Attorney John E. Bruce in Cincinnati as the Queen City Republican League expands to 300 members. Committees formed for permanent quarters, finance, membership, and entertainment as Taft First Voters' Club grows. Judge Harmon touring fairs, heading to Cincinnati.
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Night rider turmoil looms as barn burns in county
Grand jury fails to indict in widespread Ku Klux cases as night riders strike again. John Dodd’s barn is burned, Moss Dodd a Krone ally, while Adjutant General Johnston and officers investigate the blaze just after arriving from Frankfort to inspect local troops.
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Night riders terrorize Trigg County in Aug 21 reports
Dispatch from Paducah Ky describes fear and coercion as night riders drive families from homes to force property sales. An elderly man lacking tobacco income receives an eviction notice while women say they cannot sleep amid threats. State troops are the only force cited restoring order.
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Two Alleged Riders Held in Kentucky Case
Bayless Wilson and Benjamin Cole, prosperous farmers, were bound over to Circuit Court by Magistrate John Bayer for night riding and whipping Samuel Rigdon four weeks earlier. Rigdon’s wife identified Cole by voice and height and Wilson by a deformed leg and missing fingers. A separate suit, filed by County Attorney Kinney and Judge Bradford, accuses Governor Willson of defamation for criticizing officials over the night rider case.
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Undaunted. A candidate vows to risks on March fourth
A Washington Star excerpt depicts a patriot urging risk for country and a candidate replying he is ready to take chances on pneumonia on March fourth reflecting political bravado and public health fears.
President Lebus Reply to Tobacco Pooling Statement
The Commercial Tribune to morrow will print the reply of President Lebus to a paper claim that he did not pool all tobacco when the Burley Branch of the American Society of Equity was formed.
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