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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1908
Page
8
The H. and S. Pogue Co. on Fourth and Race Streets advertises Oxford and pump styles including Rovert make in Russia calf and patent colt with double waterproof soles. Prices formerly $6.09 to $8.00 drop to $4.95. mens Oxfords $5.00 grades down to $3.95. a special selection of tans and blacks in $4.00 to $6.00 grades cleared at $1.95 a pair.
Delegates from major union No. 109 and No. 59 meet in Cincinnati for a national cooperage convention. Officials, receptions, photos, zoo visit, park outings, and discussions focus on trade issues and the impact of the temperance wave on barrel making.
Councilman Michael Mullen urges immediate establishment of an Advisory Committee to link wards and aid city work. The group, known as the Galveston plan, would handle canal, sewage, census, and annexation issues over the next two years as Cincinnati seeks coordinated growth. Council meets at 1 p.m. to tackle a heavy agenda including riverfront repaving and an overdue magistrate vacancy.
Judge Harmon came home from a week saturated by travel. He will visit Woodsville Monroe County Tuesday St Clairsville Belmont County Wednesday and Fairview Thursday for the Pennyroyal reunion. He returns to Cincinnati Friday with no fixed meeting yet with Cleveland Mayor Johnson but expects to confer soon.
Lée Coleman, a colored resident of 318 East Front Street, reports that several white men attacked him on the street and chased him into his room where they beat him. He suffered severe contusions but was not seriously hurt, and he did not recognize the assailants who fled. Police say racial tension has risen in parts of the city amid national race riots.
The Supreme Assembly Knights of Pythias announced William Schuchardt, District Deputy Grand Chancellor, was named aid-de-camp with the rank of Major on the staff of Brigadier General Thomas W. Minshull of the Grand Domain of Ohio. The Ohio Pythian leader seeks Grand Outer Guard with unanimous support in December election.
The United States and France parcels post agreement is now in full effect and expected to boost exchanges between New York City merchants and Paris Marseilles and Bordeaux. Postmaster Monfort and Customs Surveyor Amor Smith are notified to implement the accord in their departments.
Fire Chief B. Boyd of Knoxville Tennessee and his wife travel to Columbus to attend the National Convention of Fire Chiefs, staying as guests at the Havlin and leaving this morning.
Detectives across many cities pursue a red haired man nicknamed Harris or Richards who swindled Cincinnati households by posing as a piano sale offering to pay off a neighbor’s 100 dollar balance and haul the piano for a fee. He faked receipts on a local firm’s blanks and fled after collecting various sums. Pinkerton men are on his trail with Champaign Illinois and citywide reports noting the suspect is heavily built and known by several aliases.
The Health Department reports improved conditions for the city in the week ending August 21, 1908, compared with the prior year. Declines are noted in infectious and contagious diseases, indicating overall healthier living standards.
A new treaty with Holland lowers tariffs returning to the tariff rate of 1.75 dollars per gallon for brandies and other Dutch distilled liquors. It also reduces duties on mutton salt pork salted cod and canned meats, with pack weights noted for imports, reflecting broader concessions negotiated by Secretary of State Root.
Scores of Civil War veterans from Cincinnati and Hamilton County will travel to Toledo on August 30 and 31 for the National G A R encampment, held August 31 to September 5. Excursions will depart by rail, with special inducements from the Ohio Electric Railway, and notable Cincinnati G A R members will attend.
Members of the Catholic Knights of Ohio and families enjoyed their annual outing at Highland Grove yesterday. The event drew a large crowd with baseball, prize bowling contests, sack races, fat men’s races, and dancing amid fine weather. Committee: Charles Jaehnen, J Frank Willenberg, B H Nieporte, George Volz Jr, John T Kemper.
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