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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
1
Frederic J. Haskin profiles the Niagara Falls plant of the Natural Food Company, known as the Home of Shredded Wheat. The article highlights its model ventilation, ample windows, cleanliness, welfare programs, and visitor appeal drawing about 100,000 yearly guests to tour and sample lunch.
City Auditor Von Bargen and staff plan weekly reports from every salary loan and chattel mortgage firm. Notices were issued after Jan 1 to compel compliance or face arrest, signaling a hard line against lenders and promising public accountability of rates and methods.
San Francisco chief of police William J. Biggey drowned tonight on a bay patrol trip after visiting Police Commissioner Keil at Belvidere. Engineer Murphy left the deck to tend the engine. Biggey disappeared and a search followed as crews scoured the bay. The incident comes amid strained relations and counter charges tied to the Haas pistol affair and prior graft prosecutions.
Hyde Park business group voters a $500 reward for arrest and conviction of anyone setting fires in Hyde Park. Fire Marshal Ambrose probes a spate of fires with his team, and John Kelly, 40, was arrested in Cincinnati in connection with an attempted arson at the Spencer house.
August Herrmann, chairman, says the waterworks commission will conclude its business by early next year after eight years of work. The system has cost over ten million dollars, and a Cincinnati hospital physician notes typhoid fever cases fell from about forty to four monthly since completion. Elmer Prior and Miss Callahan are eyed for city posts, with Paymaster King and Messenger Owens likely to receive appointments.
Hundreds of farmers in Christian County Kentucky gathered at the courthouse and passed resolutions to withdraw from the Planters Protective association unless sales methods change. They demand open ledgers and member audits, claiming distress from unpaid money and unmet tobacco sales promises. Similar actions spread to Lyon and Caldwell counties as 40 000 members face expirations.
A fragmentary notice reports that following a marriage, a change in guardianship or mental condition proceedings were instituted for an individual named Vand. The text mentions a person and a date tied to June of last year, but details are incomplete.
Nov 30 Port au Prince faces panic as General Antoine Simon's advance guard nears within 25 30 miles. Government losses at Anse-a-Veau shock officials while President Nord Alexis vows to fight. Foreign warships and evacuations heighten tension as extraordinary session convoked to preserve the government.
At 9 o clock a fire in the Electric Cent Theater at 1334 Linn Street sent patrons rushing for exits. A woman and child were trampled as others surged toward the door but a pile of overturned chairs shielded the infant, leaving the baby unharmed while actors and staff acted bravely amid smoke and flames.
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