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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune announces subscription terms for Daily and Sunday editions and foreign post rates. It lists delivery offices in Cincinnati, Covington, Newport, and bureaus in Washington London with addresses and newsboys provisions.
A nationwide fair spell dominated with scattered coastal showers. Cincinnati saw 61 to 81 degrees with clear skies as the day ended at 7 pm. Records show maximum 81, minimum 61, average 71, and a 3 degree daily deficit with a 17 degree rise since August 1.
Ohio and West Virginia show fair and warmer conditions on Friday followed by a fair Saturday with light to fresh east to southeast winds. Indiana experiences fair weather Friday and Saturday with light winds from the east to south. Kentucky remains generally fair on Friday and Saturday.
Arrivals and departures include The Alice from Trieste into New York and ships entering Boston Liverpool Southampton Havre Liva Antwerp Queenstown Quebec Plymouth Rotterdam Bremen Baltimore with multiple eastbound and westbound calls and sailings including Bremen Main Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and Nieuw Amsterdam.
A long hotel arrivals column lists guests by last name and origin across multiple cities including Rochester Lansing Omaha Pittsburg New York Louisville Liberty Ind Indianapolis Cleveland Allentown Chicago Charleston Dayton and Atlanta with accompanying individuals and families. The compiled roster shows frequent travel and hospitality connections among business and social figures.
Special cable from Paris reports Charles Pfau of Cincinnati visiting The Herald office today. He is described as a local resident studying international affairs.
In an address to the American Bar Association in Seattle President Dickinson criticizes the multiplicity of state and federal legislation and lax enforcement. He warns that excessive laws breed contempt for law and urges reducing legislative volume and strengthening enforcement.
The Conservation League of America urges restraint in exploiting forests and water, citing the U S Geological Survey warnings of falling water tables and a five foot Savannah River flood in Augusta Georgia. It warns that careless logging and resource waste threaten livelihoods and trigger costly disasters.
Officers of the fleet faced a grave duty to keep silence and share a terrorized stance as the alliance between the United States England and colonies shaped their actions.
The American Bar Association debates the unwritten law and waits for leaders to refuse to plead it. Until distinguished members take a firm stand, denunciations will have limited impact on legal conduct.
A Georgia mule kicked a reporter from The Commoner after being sent to Mr. Bryan illustrating the mule’s recognition of where punishment should fall. This odd incident highlights the era’s colorful political theater and public personalities.
The Augusta Chronicle quotes that mob law knows no geography and warns that unless suppressed with a heavy hand at the outset mob rule will prevail, leading to anarchy.
The Washington Post notes growing farmer prosperity as a mirror of national economic gains, asserting that farm well being signals broader economic health for the country. The piece frames improved agriculture as a key indicator of overall prosperity.
A lighthearted note suggests President Taft should avoid fish stories on his stay at Middle Bass Island to escape an Ananias Club label. The remark blends humor with a cautionary jab at tall tales during the trip.
The New York World emphasizes it is only a strap hanger on the Bryan band wagon, distancing itself from any fringe leadership or decisive stance in the political surge.
In remarking that blood is thicker than water the speaker notes Prohibitionist Andrew Jackson Seltzer as a candidate for elector in New York. The text also mentions Georgia holding an extra legislative session and comments on Georgia’s situation.
Notes discuss alligator pears and a fashionable but mild flavored fruit salad made with orange sections and grape fruit. The piece recalls homemade pickles versus store bought, price differences between hilltop and downtown markets, and the rising use of alienist testimony in court cases.
In a voice filled with humor and frustration a speaker laments plans for a mountain or seaside getaway thwarted by lack of money. He recalls intentions to visit Narragansett Pier and Coney Island but admits finances always fall short forcing continued work for weekly pay.
Gossip notes a rift at Washington social circles centered on Count Fucash and his wife’s family. Report claims his behavior alienated relatives, including allegations he beat his father-in-law, not his wife, in a financial dispute.
Miss Katherine Lewis Trimble and Richard Gollins Lord wed quietly at the bride’s uncle’s home in Kinsey apartments Auburn with Rev. E C Trimble and Rev. Harry T Crane presiding. They plan a Colorado West coast trip then reside in Louisville where Lord works for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. The notice also lists a September 8 wedding in Dayton and a YWCA sunset outing on the Miami River with a 2 15 departure from East Eighth Street association building.
Mrs. Douglas Boxall and baby George Warwick Boxall sail for England with Annie Sykes to join in Vienna for piano study under Leschetizky. Several couples and individuals from Avondale and nearby areas embark on trips to Mackinac Island Atlantic City and other locales, while others plan visits to Newark Chicago and Milwaukee.
Covington and Newport residents are noted visiting relatives and taking leisure trips. Mr Verner Ewing travels to Manought Mass to join family returning September 15. Miss Julia Hamilton and Miss Maud Robinson tour lakes while several families host guests at homes, theaters, and resorts across the region.
In a Chicago Tribune vignette Mrs. Lapsling pleads with Johnny to remove a match from the baby's mouth. She warns that match heads are poisonous and contain dangerous Bosphorous.
Speculation on future contact with Martian beings contrasts with the present focus on campaign speeches. The piece muses on distant dialogue versus ongoing Earthly political discourse.
Elderly uncle asks if the last resource is exhausted as the scapegrace nephew confesses only the bankruptcy court remains to be explored. The dialogue hints at financial collapse and a strained family dynamic.
The First Circuit Judicial Convention at the Havlin Hotel will nominate a candidate with Robert Pugh likely to lead the slate if he lands the support. Edward C. Jones Prescott Smith Max B. May Otway J. Cosgrave are possible contenders while Cosgrave’s status remains unsettled. Delegates stand 93 Hamilton to 17 Butler and others. event slated for 2 PM with party clubs mobilizing for Taft and other races.
Flood waters in Augusta begin to recede after noon reaching forty feet and possibly the 1888 level. Losses around $1,000,000 include stock damage, street destruction, bridge wrecks, and canal-bank breaks. Mill power dependent on the canal may idle workers for months. a citizens meeting will plan relief for the northwest, where water remains for days.
President Roosevelt and his party reached Hoboken aboard a Lackawanna special train from South Columbia at 7:55 am. An Italian worker tried to reach the President as the group walked to the yacht Sylph but was blocked by a railroad policeman and disappeared into the crowd.
Tokyo reports the government plans to postpone the International Exposition from 1912 to 1917, keeping the decision confidential until all governments are informed. The delay marks the Meiji period fifty year anniversary and the Emperor’s accession, with about 15 million dollars allocated for expenses.
A Cincinnati licensed car driven by four men struck a buggy carrying Mrs. Louisa Scholl of Mintonville near Trenton. She was hurled over a fence and found unconscious. she suffered severe cuts and bruises. The motorists fled and police seek their identities.
At Hailey-Ola Coal Mine No 1 in Haileyville, Oklahoma, rescuers recovered twenty nine bodies after an explosion yesterday. The final body was removed early this morning, and officials believe all victims have been accounted for with no remaining casualties in the mine.
Colonel William F. Vilas died in Madison at 10:45 this morning after five weeks of illness. A former Postmaster General and Secretary of the Interior, Vilas helped shape North American mail policy including a Canada United States treaty. He long influenced Wisconsin politics and received full party backing in an 1889 Senate vote.
Hilda Birkley, 15, of Cincinnati, fell from a figure eight ride at Spring Grove Park, struck her head and suffered two skull fractures. She lies unconscious at City Hospital with life in danger as her mother and brother accompany her during an excursion of Pennsylvania Railroad employees to Springfield Ohio.
Kermit Roosevelt halted a wild horse chase in Oyster Bay saving Mrs. Frank Hilton of New York and her two young sons. He grabbed the reins as the horses thundered by and pulled them to a stop. Hilton was thrown but uninjured.
Mrs. J. Rosenbloom and her daughter Eva posted bail of 1000 dollars each in Somerset Pa for their appearance at the murder trial connected to S. J. Rosenbloom Windber Pa whose body was found in a trunk in Camden N J after their Baltimore arrest.
In a bloody brawl at Graveyard on Big White Oak Creek Greenup County Kentucky John Zornes died from multiple cuts and James Schaeffer was fatally stabbed along with several others injured in the melee.
In Harrodsburg Kentucky on August 27 W L Bethurum of Mt Vernon was named the Republican nominee for Congress at the Eighth District convention held in the city.
New York financier Russil Sage’s estate is valued at 64 153 800 dollars. The figure was disclosed today as the transfer tax order to the state was signed, revealing the estate’s value for the first time.
A free-for-all at Liberty and Elm streets left three men badly beaten and two with minor scalp wounds after an early morning argument over who owned a can of beer. Officers Miller and Ward arrested Jacob Ohlinger Nicholas Schulz Jacob Wa Brune and Michael Scheneider and charged them.
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