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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1908
Page
9
Markets show modest corn price declines with futures near steady, wheat and hogs mixed as traders cover shorts. Weather in Argentina stabilizes harvest while U S visible supply increases, receipts remain solid in Chicago and Duluth.
City officials authorize issue of bonds totaling $1,688.35 funded for Fairview Avenue and related sewer work, payable over five years at 4 percent interest. Parallel bonds of $12,089.23 cover additional streets including Borden and Edgewood with 2 percent reduction for cash payments, all toward cost and sewer improvements and sinking fund allocations.
Ordinance 920 repeals a 1908 park naming ordinance and declares Inwood Park the official name. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Cincinnati. Section 1 names the park Inwood Park. Section 2 repeals the November 23 1908 ordinance naming Taft Park numbered 897. Attest: Clerk Edwin Henderson.
Judges Lurton Severens and Knappen will decide whether a milk man qualifies as a farmer under the current bankrupt law, determining eligibility for privileges denied to others in the estate of bankrupt John Wilson.
The plan to expand home deliveries would reduce shop staff hours for saleswomen drivers and delivery boys as more orders move to direct home service. The policy shift aims to streamline operations and meet rising demand for home delivery.
A long real estate transfer list records multiple property deeds and mortgages between numerous individuals and firms in Cincinnati. The city council resolution authorizes sewer improvements in Ruth Avenue to Bloody Run, detailing pipe sizes, costs, bonds, and related municipal finances.
The note catalogs quiet hours from 9 to 12, describing a tranquil period in the day. It highlights calm pace and restful mood, suggesting a transition to afternoon activity and reflective time.
Cincinnati ordinance proposes a special real estate tax on front feet along McMillan Street between Ohio Avenue and West Clifton Avenue. It authorizes bonds of 13,481.41 dollars to fund 50 percent of paving costs with 4 percent interest, payable over ten years, plus annual installments and penalties for nonpayment.
Fragmentary OCR shows a Stevenson related note referencing famine, a date placeholder, a forty fee and a sum of 66.100 with unclear context. The readable items point to a legal or official record entry possibly about a petition or payment linked to a historical famine period.
City of Cincinnati seeks bonds of 5000 dollars to fund establishing a public bathhouse on Cutter Street between Betts and Laurel. Bonds bear 4 percent interest, payable semi annually, dated December 15, 188, for twenty years, with proceeds to the Cutter Street Bathhouse fund.
Classified notice states liberal prices paid for clothing shoes dry goods and furnishing goods. Business strictly confidential and a contact address A B C Box 428 Cincinnati is provided for particulars.
Sealed proposals will be received in triplicate by the Quartermaster U S Army Philadelphia until 6 p m January 7 1909 for furnishing Olive Drab Kersey 22 oz 56 000 yards and Olive Drab Serge 30 000 yards to Boston New York Philadelphia or Chicago depots. Domestic manufacture preferred.
City of Cincinnati seeks to appropriate a specific block of ground for street widening at the southeast corner of Hamilton avenue and Blue Rock street. The ordinance authorizes the City Solicitor to apply to court for compensation to landowners for the taking under eminent domain.
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