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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1900
Page
10
A long running probe into the Springdale turnpike sale unfolds as Burns disputes payments and receipts. Officials consider legal actions to force disclosure, while stockholders demand pro rata distributions and accountability of funds.
Yias notes her children respond best to the pleasant Syrup of Figs for gentle laxative aid. The true remedy is manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Co.
The Commercial Tribune highlights a disclosure of entry and receipt books by the City Treasurer regarding payments by William C. Ziegler, secretary to the superintendent and acting clerk of the Board of Examiners. The piece calls for a thorough, impartial official inquiry to reveal the guilty party or parties and the amount of the deficiency faced by Cincinnati.
Richard Shorten, 60, a bookkeeper staying at 506 Broadway, locked himself in his room for a week. Police forced entry after alarms from the landlady, finding him in a near fatal condition. He was revived at City Hospital with no clear cause given and little money on him.
At a special Business Men's Club trustees meeting, the proposed Industrial Bureau received an additional 200 for its fund and free quarters at the club. The original 50 had already been set aside. Suydam reported renewed efforts and a near-sufficient fund to begin work, with subscriptions expected from city firms. The Chamber of Commerce and other bodies pledged support to advance the project as a practical city improvement.
Frank Elsinore Jones, a New York traveling man, arrives at the Hon ing Hotel with eight trunks five packed with clothes. He sports latest garments from American and English fashion plates and changes outfits five times daily. Jones will stay a week while selling goods.
Friction from a machine sparked a blaze yesterday afternoon at the Ben J. Help shoddy factory at 124 Broadway. The fire started on the second floor rear and grew before firefighters arrived. Loss estimated at $1,000 with several workers inside but no injuries reported.
The Circuit Court upheld the Board of City Affairs discretion in bidding decisions. Jeremiah Quill, the lowest bidder for granite work on East Pearl street, sued for an injunction claiming granite favoritism. The court reversed the trial ruling, allowing the board to rely on its standards without testing every material sample.
Trustees debated reducing book fines to two cents a day and removing guarantor requirements for library cards to boost usage. November circulation reported 16 819 volumes as branch libraries eyed expands to Montgomery Sycamore Township and California Anderson Township.
The B. M. Club President named a committee led by Thomas J. Moffett to represent the club at a joint conference on technical and commercial education next Monday at the Chamber of Commerce. Similar committees will be named from the Commercial Club University Board Technical School Chamber of Commerce and Board of Education.
The Board of Public Service settled objections by General Manager White and City Electrician Weisleder over insulation proposed for commercial lighting wires in Avondale. It ordered special care for wires through trees and required rubber hose or equivalent insulation.
Michael Carroll, intoxicated, fired on Charles Piersall as he hurried to tell his invalid mother the good news. Piersall was wounded in the yard of a tenement at 1032 Linn Street and died or likely died from the injury. Carroll was arrested at the scene.
Louis Twachtmann died at his home on 1547 Baymiller Street after a sudden illness while seated by the fire reading a paper. He was 77 and worked as a cabinet maker. Coroner Schwab was notified.
Mrs. Anna McDermott of 167 Walden Avenue Buffalo says her son W. J. McDermott died at City Hospital last week and the coroner Schwab ruled alcoholism as the cause. She asks the coroner to reconsider, claiming her son had good habits and suspects foul play.
Jell-O offers four flavors Lemon Orange Raspberry and Strawberry at grocers for 10 cents. A new dessert item marketed to families appears in stores and aims to please every palate.
Judge Spiegel upholds Judge Lieders sentence locating Mamie Williams a colored woman to the Workhouse. Williams was found with a thief and refused to explain herself, a ruling the court says protects the public.
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