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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1908
Page
6
Amog Burns landlord of the tenement at 302 Sycamore Street viewed the morgue body yesterday and identified the jumper as Mrs Lizzie McCabe who rented from him. She worked at a tobacco factory and relied on meager earnings for sustenance and coal to heat her room.
Representatives from local theaters join James Fennessy in the Lyric theater fundraiser to aid Cincinnati children at Christmas. The Chamber of Commerce auction for boxes and prime seats starts tomorrow at 1 o clock, with strong support and heavy competition for the best locations as donations arrive.
Real estate men in Cincinnati are trying to acquire the entire block bounded by Main Jackson Twelfth and Canal to house a Seigel Cooper department store. Main Street owners resisting. Also noted is a dramatic drop in property values as 810 West Seventh Street, Peter Gibson’s former home, sold for 9 250, down from 30 000 six months earlier to Joseph Levinson via J Frank Bloomer.
Representatives Longworth and Goebel will seek Taft support as the Fort Thomas issue gathers steam. The Chamber of Commerce delegation returned from Washington optimistic about the waterways and fort defense funding. Officials noted the need for a nearby rifle range and urged citizens to push for a local range to support the post.
Real estate transfers list multiple owners with plots in Rensselaer park Mount Hope park Oakley park and Cheviot. names include Katherine C Peachey Jeannette C Peachey Walter Webb John Bokozke Nellie K Strack William Co Carter Eva Farning Otto Herrmann John Maegly Louis Kech Frank Umberg James F Bloomer Joseph Levinson Elizabeth Sutton Edward Raber and others. Mortgages filed include Benjamin F Fiacus Laura D Galloway and others. Several mortgages canceled include John H Diekmeter Clyde W Rose Peter Kraemer and others.
A Cincinnati delegation pressed Secretary of War Wright and General Bell against abandoning Fort Thomas Kentucky. They sought a nearby rifle range to keep the post open and won support from Representatives Goebel and Longworth. They pledged to appeal to President-elect Taft if needed.
Anna McNaughton Smith aged 83, longtime Mount Auburn resident and mother of former Judge Rufuy B. Smith, died at her home 2027 Auburn Avenue after a fall three weeks prior. She was the widow of the late Charles Smith, a Fourth Street jeweler and Southern Railway trustee. Survived by Judge Smith and others, funeral tomorrow at 10 with Rev. Dudley W. Rhodes. Spring Grove Cemetery burial to be private.
A fragmented description hints at a second reel showing awe and reverence. The brief notes mention a theatre or cinema setting, with emphasis on effect and atmosphere rather than plot specifics. Missing clearer context limits fuller details.
The Common Pleas court filed an inventory of the George H. Stapely Company assets showing a fair value of 179 979.64 but appraised at 20 020.68. Debates cover deposits, real estate in Grand Rapids, stock holdings, and other assets with several items appraised at zero. Other items include a $5 000 damages suit by Ida Morton against the C H D railroad and a wind-up petition for Buckeye Marble and Freestone Company. Trials and divorces advance in multiple courts with judgments and receivers appointed.
Gala event next Wednesday at Music Hall honors Director Otto Bachmid for artistic theater efforts. The German Theater Association unites city German groups with expected large audience capacity. Program includes Schiller one act dramas and ensemble productions with many supernumeraries.
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