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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1908
Page
5
Mrs J Darling of Carthage Ohio recounts using Cuticura Soap and Ointment to cure her daughter's severe dandruff milk crust on the scalp. After costly failed treatments, the remedies cleaned the scalp and restored hair, with lasting relief and high praise for the Cuticura line.
Historical ad style copy touts Outicura Ointment as highly effective for skin and scalp issues. A suggested regimen includes cleansing with a bath and a mild additional treatment to provide immediate relief.
W F Robertson cables friends that the Etruria is disabled. He will now sail today on the Umbria departing from Liverpool, altering his travel plans and notifying acquaintances in the city.
A mothers meeting was held yesterday afternoon in the Day Nursery at Liberty and Plum streets under the Hamilton County W C T U auspices.
Rudolph L. Heidel aged 40 a Colerain avenue slaughter house employee living at Spring Grove avenue and Straight street died at City Hospital from injuries after a fall through a hatchway August 24 Coroner Cameron was notified.
William Speer aged 18 of 332 Laurel Street married Marguerite Evans 21 of Chillicothe last night in the Gibson House. Magistrate Muller tied the knot and witnesses were Miss Hannah Pierce and Jesse McDonald of 1318 Apjones Street.
Harvey Alhoff Otto Kleinman Howard Beitman William Beatty and Robert Symmes were arrested by Detective Burkholz for stealing wine from a liquor store at Court and Vine streets. They were arraigned in Police Court and fined 50 dollars and costs each yesterday.
Mrs. Billa Schueneman had a warrant issued yesterday for the arrest of Mrs. Amelia Mueller on charges of assault with intent to kill. Constable Ben Tebbe made the arrest and the case is set for hearing before Squire Muller on September 9. Mrs. Mueller posted a $1,000 bond for her appearance.
A thief visited the Cincinnati Ice Delivery Company on Poplar Street yesterday during clerk absence, leaving a $2 theft and a $12 check. The office was unlocked. police suspect an insider watched for the moment to strike. Otto Germer of Erie, Pa., faced Police Court on a separate charge but the case was dismissed for lack of prosecution.
A thief entered the residence at 807 Dayton Street during the Martins absence last night and stole two diamond rings valued at $250 from a dresser drawer. Other jewelry was untouched and no one saw the thief before he escaped. Police were notified.
Following the disappearance of Thomas Tevennen of 1061 Wade street, the four children have been placed in the Children's Home. Two years ago their mother, temporarily insane, threw herself before a street car and died. Margaret and Katie will go to the Convent of the Good Shepherd, Thomas and Cecilia to the S Joseph Orphan Asylum.
Mayor Markbreit appointed Dr Carl Ziegler Physical Training Supervisor of the public schools as a delegate to the National Playground Association convention in New York City. Yesterday Charles Brendamour and Gus Stecher were delegates from the Ohio District.
The Forepaugh Stock Company Cohan and Harris Minstrels bring Playing the Ponies to Walnut with B. E. Forrester direct from New York, Yorke and Adams as leads, a 50 member company, musical comedy in two acts, new songs by Morse and Madden, and lavish scenery and electric effects.
Saturday night marks the final bow of the season at Colonel Martin's park with the Metropolitan Company led by Messrs Sheehan Richards and Metcalfe and Misses Hemmi Crawford and others performing Verdi's Rigoletto. The show is billed as a crowning performance drawing large crowds and boosting local pride and business.
Grand Opera House treasurer T Edward Aylward, at 9 o clock yesterday, swung open the box office for the Cohan and Harris Minstrels season premiere. P S Mattox, business manager, also appears in the lobby as plans are laid for a strong week of business and for next Monday’s ball game night featuring the Reds and their opponent.
The society praises Dr Ziegler for his efficient mapping of playgrounds and believes his assistance will greatly benefit Turners City.
Abraham Nadel a 1587 Central avenue tailor told police he was drugged in a rooming house at 524 Plum street run by Lillie Scott and robbed of 54 dollars. Scott and Henry Booth of 534 Plum street were arrested. Nadel was kept as a witness.
Harrison Greer who styled himself an actor and claimed to be the leading man in The Great Eastern World was arraigned in Police Court on loitering charges. He was arrested Wednesday night in a Vine street saloon and fined 50 dollars plus costs after pleading urgent business in New York.
United Jewish Charities plans to repatriate Rachel and Sam Garrowitz ages seven and six from the Children's Home in Cincinnati to Canada. A man who claimed to be their uncle brought them here and is now in the Workhouse. The case hinges on a law barring bringing helpless persons into the country.
In Police Court Judge Levy sharply criticized prosecuting witness F Kralich owner of a Vine Street store after Scroggins lineman was accused of assault. Kralich claimed Scroggins entered his shop and knocked him down. Two elderly witnesses supported Fricke, Kralich’s ally. Scroggins admitted guilt but presented his two young daughters who testified they had witnessed the incident.
The Odd Fellows Temple at Seventh and Elm will open September 6 as a high class moving picture house run by O. T. Crawford of St. Louis. H. L. Massie, ex-newspaper man and Crawford’s manager at Schubert Theater in New Orleans, will handle preliminaries and represent Crawford in temple management.
The Lagoon vaudeville closes the summer with Freeman's Goat Circus and new animal tricks. King Rollins and Mabell Klifton lead premier banjoists in a strong bill alongside Buckeye Trio, Mel don and Marvel aerialists, Marie Williams, Jennie Palmer, and illustrated songs. The Sunday finale presents The Human Globe of Death as a free attraction.
This evening features Holcombe's Band performing selections from Wagner and other composers. Miss Woodward sings Gounod Ave Maria with Felix Bour on oboe. Saturday repeats A Country Circus with Montray in the star role and includes The Kiss Song by Willis Irwin and Steacy Holmes.
Coney Island enjoys booming business as the season nears end. Labor Day will close gates until next season. A major local insurance company hosts its annual outing for policy holders at the river park with thousands of tickets issued. Next Friday offers bargain day with free school supplies and reduced rates, while Sunday September 6 features free burgoo.
The Barlow Minstrels begin a seven day engagement at Chester Park Sunday afternoon. Colonel Martin brings the well known troupe for a closing series of performances in burn cork entertainment, promising one of the season’s most enjoyable acts. The free pavilion remains open for nine more days.
The Lyman Howe moving pictures begin a two week engagement at the Lyric on Sunday afternoon. The program features the best of Howe films with scenes from India and life in Rome Naples Sicily and Southern France.
The Forepaugh Company announces Sunday September 6 as the opening date for the Olympic Theater season. Cast members returning include Ida Adair leading lady Jennie Ellison Maye Louise Aigen and others with Gilbert Ely as stage director. Frank Sylvester will be leading man.
Forrest Sea bury, with 163 consecutive weeks in Portland, joins as juvenile lead. John Ravold from St. Louis theaters joins as character man. Mary Lawton arrives as second lead, formerly leading lady at Castle Square Boston. Elsie Elsmore completes the regulars as a petite young actress. The company is stronger and better equipped for the coming months with expected excellent productions.
In San Rafael California Mrs. Douglas Saunders, widow of a former county superintendent, claims Marie Doro is her daughter who ran away fourteen years ago. She showed old photos and claimed remittances from the actress now in London, while Kansas City notes Marie Doro is Marie Stuart, daughter of Mr and Mrs R H Stuart now in New York, once a child actress in town.
Boston reports the death of Margaret Daly Vokes a noted comedienne and wife of Harry Vokes of the Ward and Vokes Company. She gained fame for tough girl and country girl roles and dancing with ties to Hoyt works and A Trip to Chinatown. Born in Revere thirty five years ago.
Jubilee Day on Sunday September 6 will close the Lagoon after a day of contests awarding 500 in prizes. Labor Day becomes German Day at the Lagoon with a Socialist outing planned for Saturday September 12 and Ludlow Eagles outing on Sunday. Chester Park beach remains popular with long, sunlit days of swimming from dawn to night. The Reilly and Woods Big Show with Greater New York Stars begin a week at the Standard Sunday afternoon. Miners Bohemian Burlesquers join next week's People’s, offering vaudeville after The Follies of the Day.
The Outlaw's Christmas a Theodore Kremer play will play at Heucks next week to applause from patrons. Lincoln J. Carter known for stage mechanism frames many popular plays for Lyceum audiences. The Indian's Secret comes Sunday at the Central avenue house and is touted as one of Carter's strongest works expected to draw large crowds.
At the Columbia this week audiences applaud a moving picture titled The Face on the Barroom Floor. It uses a double film showing the vagabond narrator reciting the famous poem alongside scenes from his past when an artist lost his wife to a handsome portrait subject. The presentation pairs poetry lines with graphic visuals.
Edna Aug, the Cincinnati comedienne, plans a successful week at the Columbia theater after recovering from illness last season. She returns from Paris via New York and begins rehearsals to premiere her act in Cincinnati with Angela Dolores in the cast and Robert Kelly starring in Cupid at Home.
Henry Swope of Hamilton reports two valises missing after visiting a saloon near Third street and Central avenue in Cincinnati. He identifies a former army tentmate, Thomas Ryan, as a suspect detained after pawnshop disposal. Ryan refuses to reveal the other valise’s fate.
Cincinnati Hotel Clerks' Association debated a Hamilton Circuit Court ruling upholding a hotel's claim to a guest's typewriter held as security for an unpaid bill. The case involved a man bringing a typewriter into his room under false pretenses and attempting to leave without paying. The owner won in court, and the discussion noted the security right for innkeepers.
The city will not contribute to maintaining the grave of Nancy Dunbar in Naples Til as records do not prove she was Cincinnati’s first white child. The mayor’s office checked histories and found William Moody born near Fourth and Main in 1790, a year earlier than Dunbar.
King Lewis, an 18 year old colored resident of 236 West Front Street, went into a violent frenzy yesterday smashing objects and breaking window glass. Police detained him and he was admitted to City Hospital after resisting attendants. He claimed he owed money to Dr Foertmeyer and feared meeting him. He was placed in a strong ward.
Excelsior Lodge No. 369 F and A M calls a stated meeting for the evening at 7 30 o clock with Severin Ebel serving as W M and presiding.
Mayor Markbreit cannot explain to the British Consulate why an advertisement in Cheshire papers claims Robert Fisher, an immigrant who settled in Cincinnati, was mayor of the city fifty years ago. Records do not support the claim, and he will call the ad a fake if no positive information is found.
U.S. Grant Camp No. 100 Sons of Veterans announce funeral services for late brother B. T. Bromwell. Obsequies will be held at Spring Grove Chapel on SS UERAT at 3 o'clock p.m. Secretary Earle Passel notes the arrangements.
Bromwell B T Bromwell died Wednesday August 26 1908 after a painful illness of months Funeral at Spring Grove Chapel Saturday August 29 at 3 p m Digman Mrs Eldora C aged 53 at daughter Mrs John Lehman 109 Elm Ludlow Ky Funeral Saturday August 29 at 130 p m Interment Highland Cemetery
About 100 tanners from several cities met at Chicago's Coliseum during the National Shoe and Leather Market Fair to form a National association of tanners. Officers elected include President August H. Vogel of Milwaukee Treasurer J D Neilson of Cincinnati and Secretary John E Wilder of Chicago.
The tenth annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology opened in Cleveland Ohio with 150 eye ear and throat specialists present. Dr Derrick T Vail of Cincinnati served as president and Dr Sam C Norris of Anderson Indiana addressed the gathering among others.
A historical burial notice provides names ages and addresses of individuals including Sarah Collier 87 Cyrus P Heibel 7 months John Jud 52 and others. The entries reference causes such as neurasthenia inanition cancer diphtheria typhoid fever brain softening and inquest related notes.
Two women, Mariah Smith and Frances Pope, residents of 424 East Sixth Street, fought in a hallway prompting police intervention. Both were injured and taken to City Hospital. Pope allegedly used a hat pin. Smith suffered neck and back stab wounds. Pope sustained a scalp wound blamed on a shoe. Both charged with disorderly conduct.
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