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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1908
Page
6
Mrs Isaac Weatherby of Trenton New Jersey visits sister Mrs James F Heady. John Starr returns from Richmond Indiana. Katie Granger of Wilmington North Carolina visits Miss Margaret Johnston. Thomas W Titus leaves for Petoskey Michigan. Norton of Springfield Ohio visits Glendale. Margaret Johnston hosts bridge for Granger and Fogg. Guests include Elizabeth Matthews Olivia Matthews Mary Matthews Margaret Burchenal Hester Fogg and many others.
Mrs Hess leaves for Jackson Michigan and Mrs Platt Kennedy heads to Springfield on Monday. Jeanette and Dora Deinlein return from the Northern lakes trip. Mrs Walter Dawson entertained Greensburg guests last week. Mr Glover Boake to spend weekend in Germantown. Christian Church women plan a September reception and postcard sale at Mrs Boake’s. Beal and Fowler return from New York and Virginia. Katie Riesenberg hosted a shower for Pattella Mappes. Georgietta Spangler, of Compton Road, Hartwell, was surprised by local children with guests Frances Hammel Irene Hammel Irene Palmer Florence Rech Margaret Cordes.
Local residents attend belated birthday celebrations and anniversaries in Ripley and nearby towns. Names include Cordes, Kennedy, Brockman, Rech, Hammel, Brucer, Bell, and Turner. Visitors travel to Cincinnati, Lexington, and Washington while clubs host picnics, talks, and sewing circles.
Mr and Mrs Albert B Gatch and children returned Saturday from a three weeks trip to Asbury Park Boston New York and other points of interest. Mrs John Collins hosted a party for daughter Margaret's second birthday. Miss Rae Ashart returned to Georgetown after weeks with her aunt Mrs L M Rogers. Ralph and Robert Roudebush of Memphis Tenn visit grandmother Mrs Sarah Roudebush. Miss Edith Ong of Madisonville attended at Mrs William Berkshire's Friday. Miss Genevieve Glascock hosted dinner with Imogene Scott Amy Scott Mildred Scott Laura Fern John Thulman Tom Scott Ben and Lewis Fern. Pauline Wallace held a watermelon party for guests W R Berkshire John W Lloyd L M Rogers John Collins Harry Hill Vernona Sanford Lloyd Stump Edgar Sanford. The Young Women's Foreign Missionary Society met at Mrs W H McGuffey's home. Ruth and Elizabeth Hill visit relatives in Cleveland. Mr and Mrs J K Buckingham and son and Mrs George Zacharias with Mrs A G Buckingham left for Les Cheneaux Islands Mich to spend the rest of summer at their cottage. The sixth annual Megrue family reunion was held at Mrs Maria Megrue Tudor's East Milford home. Charles Sederberg spent Sunday in Urbana visiting wife and children.
local column records numerous trips and visits by residents and relatives. Names include O F Shepard in Milwaukee visiting Bogen family. Albert Thomas and son in Loveland. Rosanna and Grace Stauffer in Buffalo and Toronto. E K Mooney and Kenneth Bain from Muncie. May Winifred Holbrook with Dunkle family in Boswell. Collie Aspinwall from Canton visiting A F Bean in Miami Avenue. Eugene Dennison in Cleveland. Elsie White returning from Chicago. Stanley Goff from Windsor Ontario. Le Nora and Elsie Flack at College Hill. Margaret Mann Plumley and children back in Chillicothe. Garnett Muchmore from Glendale visiting A Muchmore family. Burchill sisters returning from McCordsville. Charles Woseran visiting home in Norwood.
Miss Eliza Nelson visits nephew Charles Nelson and family at Terrace Park Ohio. Apgars from Camden visit aunt Mrs John Knopp. Myra McConnaughey spends a week with Hillsboro relatives. Ollie and Flo Bean return from Niagara Falls visiting Frank Aspinwall in Buffalo. Hall sisters of Tronton stay with Henry Hall Camargo road. Hal Fowler of Brighton Cincinnati takes vacation at homefolks. Miss Henshaw of College Hill visits cousin Elizabeth Knight Sunset View. Mrs J T DeMar Sr hosts the mothers meeting August 14. Catherine Bain visits Milford.
Howard Fulter of Indianapolis returns home after visiting aunt Mrs. W. S. Tredway on Main Avenue. Mrs. A. G. Swain visits relatives at Crystal Lake Kentucky. Miss Joe Adams hosts honors for cousin Miss Emma Langdon of Washington DC with a crowded guest list. G A Dawson visit Chicago. Grace White visits sister Mrs. A. G. Senour. W S Tredway and H B Haydon take an automobile tour of Indiana. Emma Mae Langdon leaves for Washington DC after visiting Miss Myra Langdon. J H Durrell spends a few days in town from the East.
Miss Nellie Halliday traveled Tuesday to Harbor Springs Michigan to visit Mrs Woodard. Lillian and Helen Wild hosted a watermelon party for friends including Alexander Thomson Walter Randall Rammelsberg Stella Ghoreyeb M G Ghoreyeb and Stanley Henshaw. Norman Chace returned from the North Carolina mountains. Edward Henshaw Lida Henshaw and Ethel Carter are at Carp Lake. Anna Bryant returned from Asheville after visiting her brother Charles Bryant. Stanley Henshaw plans a trip to England to see his sister Mrs Wagstaff. Ernest Chace family visiting in Liberty Indiana.
Arlington Heights lists guests and visitors from Missouri Kentucky Ohio and Canada. Names include Herbert Hill C O De Camp J A Rudel Lilly Payne and Mrs Nippert with activities in Evanston Morning View Mt Healthy Hamilton and Niagara Falls.
Miss Ethel Innes stays with Dr. and Mrs. Adna Innes in Cleveland and will spend the summer at Catawba Island. Various residents, including Mrs. Lutt, Mrs. Marion Deeley, Mrs. Gilpin, the Gilmore family, Henry Huber, N L Bartlett, Aida Bartlett, and others, journey or host gatherings from Michigan to Kentucky and the Hudson River voyage. Visitors and lunches are noted among the Winton Place community.
Lawrence C. Stier and wife visit his brother George F. Stier in Clifton Cincinnati. A. J. Gantvoort and wife return from Elmira New York to see son Carl. Grace Burgoyne Smith leaves Cincinnati to rejoin The Red Mill Company. Violinist Gisela L Weber of Cincinnati Trio heads to New York to join husband Joseph Weber. College of Music prepares to open its thirty first academic year as faculty and students return.
The proposed garage regulation stirs automobile and realty groups who call it class legislation. The Building Commission opposes the ordinance and will defend its stance. A 12 story light manufacturing building was proposed at Sixth and College for $80,000 by A L Andrews with Tietig and Lee as architects. George Gerke seeks a $70,000 nine story steel office building at 12d and 125 East Sixth. A Race Street garage plan was scaled to one story in buff red brick. A Cincinnati Automobile Company project was initially touted at $35,000. A local manufacturing firm has housing offers near City Hall. A L Pachoud sold a Herbert avenue residence to Carrie L Bauer for $4,500.
Multiple property conveyances and leases listed from Kinney Avenue to Elm Street. Transfers include parcels in Kremer’s and Sachs & James’ sub divisions, leases of premises on Main Street and 722 Main, and several lot descriptions with grantees such as Charles Blum, Louis Brunner, Christian Lang, Mary Meier, Bernard Kombrinck, Elizabeth Von Dohre, and Juliana Eckhardt. Also noted are section and township land parcels in Millcreek and Green Townships and upcoming street improvements with Lot 124 and 93 descriptions.
A fragmented notice lists numerous mortgage filings and transfers in Park Place and surrounding townships. Names include Aaron A Ferris assignee to John Der suth, Catherine Emmert to John B Chamberlin, and Henry Roeder Jr to Caroline. several properties are described by lot numbers within various sub divisions and townships.
A list of civil actions filed in Common Pleas Court includes No 140721 William McFarlin vs E F Kelch for 122.40 on a note and No 140722 H S Worthington vs The Cincinnati Brock Co for 5791.40 on a lease. Other cases cover divorces damages and a trust declaration along with liens and contracts across several parties.
Frederick Fay who came to Cincinnati to unionize street car workers has abandoned the effort. He departed for Detroit yesterday and will report to William D. Mahon, president of the International Street Car Men's Union.
The River section lists departures from Maysville and Louisville with times for daily and advertised sailings. It notes the Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 6 feet yesterday and falling. It names packets Kentucky Greenland Indi and Louisville departures, plus upcoming arrivals City of Cincinnati Lizzie Bay Tacoma from Charleston and Louisville-bound departures from Main Street.
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