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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1908
Page
10
I HM Gidding Co presents tailored suits long and short coats driving wraps velvet coats fur trims waists skirts petticoats and furs at reductions from former prices. Location Ten and Twelve West Fourth Street.
Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway weigh a proposed bill to reform the board and shift funds to the sinking fund. Attorneys explain constitutional limits, contract rights, and the need for interstate consent for any change in control.
A vintage advertisement extols Grape-Nuts for strong digestion and mental sharpness, claiming the cereal is pre-digested and rich in vital phosphates to support brain and nerve function. It invites readers to read The Road to Wellville in the package.
In Glendale, Peter Christy age 20 and Clifford McGrail age 18 nearly drowned after breaking ice on Congress avenue lake. McGrail and Christy were pulled from the water by Gus Vanwooley with a long wire. Both were revived at McGrail's home but remain in serious condition. The lake is about twenty feet deep.
The City Hospital incubator list grew with twins Michael and Mary Manley sent from the Home for the Friendless. Their mother's name was not disclosed. A second child from the Manleys’ family, born to Mrs. Emma Fredericks at Helping Hand Mission, died yesterday at City Hospital, with the first twin dying in an ambulance.
A mule owned by Carthage dairyman Frank Seilkop ran across tracks to challenge the New York Express southbound of the Big Four Railroad. The locomotive struck the mule near the Union Distilling Company and Carthage Water Works, killing it after a fast five-block chase witnessed by residents.
Coroner Cameron heard testimony in the King case. Rob ert E King was shot and killed by Thornton Edwards on New Year’s morning at 624 East Highth Street. A sister testified Edwards asked for a cigarette and warned, You ll be sorry. The Edwards mother said he asked for money to take King to the theater and helped sweep a room with a loaded shotgun, triggering the fatal blast.
The University Fund Endowment Association met at Union Trust Company with Judge Rufus B. Smith and officers present. Reports showed 100 members and a $17 000 balance, with interest paid into the University. Prof Dabney and Superintendent Dyer urged expansion as high schools grow, predicting many Cincinnati graduates will seek admission in five years. A dinner to discuss needs was planned for spring, with Prof Dabney, Superintendent Dyer and Major Jones organizing.
J Mosser a wealthy Boston hide broker with offices in Boston and Chicago suffered a head injury on a Chesapeake and Ohio train near Portsmouth. He fell asleep in a hot car woke sick and fell striking a steel coupling piece. He remains in a serious condition at the Grand Hotel with Dr Meade attending.
A letter to Superintendent Crouse at the Children’s Home from Mrs Mary Stacy of St Louis says she is dying with grief to see her foster son Johnny Davidson eight year old and asks help to locate him. Judge Caldwell awarded the boy to Mrs Richards who took him to St Louis. Mrs Stacy says the boy was given to her by the mother and longs to be united with him so she may recover.
Miss Rose Jacobs of Avondale has organized a vaudeville benefit this evening in the Auditorium. The Queen City Dramatic Club pupils will perform monologues sketches and playlets to support the Fresh Air Fund.
Trustees convene to decide on the Schmidlapp fund distribution amid a surge of applications and odd requests. Prof. Charles W. Dabney presented applications, with debate on whether to award to one or a few recipients given about 3500 dollars available this year.
Miss Ada Bellew eighteen of Springfield pike Hartwell was followed from Mil Creek Valley car onto her route home. She fled to a barn area near Palmer's grocery and Hartwell station where a crowd chased the man toward Cincinnati. Marshal John Carey began a search.
In December last, 17 143 530 letters postal cards papers and circulars left the city via the Cincinnati Postoffice. Over 10 million pieces were distributed inside the city. Misdirected letters totaled 103 566 and 15 174 letters had special delivery postage paid. Registry Griden B processed 238 533 pieces of registered mail.
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