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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1908
Page
5
Mary Campbell a colored woman died at her home 1511 Providence street from burns suffered when a cook stove exploded with Lasoline December 21.
A sneaky intruder robbed Dr. O. A. Price at 131 West Ninth Street last night shortly after 7. The mantel clock, valued at five dollars, was taken.
The young ladies of the Church of the Assumption Walnut Hills will host a Euchre game and entertainment Tuesday evening to raise funds for the church treasury.
Isadore Stebler aged 10 and Walter McCoy 15 disappeared from their homes days ago and were brought back to the city yesterday from Hamilton Ohio.
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine their ladies and friends were entertained last night in the Scottish Rite by Lyman Stewe and his moving pictures. The large auditorium was filled to capacity with many compelled to stand.
Walter Matthews of Hazlewood, U S A, lost his right foot when he slipped while boarding a Rapid Transit car at Sherman and Main avenues in Norwood. He was taken to Christ Hospital for treatment.
Dr. Clarence J. Broeman aged 26 of Cincinnati is named house surgeon at the Skin and Cancer Hospital in New York. He is the son of Frank Broeman of Walnut Hills and graduated from Hughes High School in 1902.
Bernarr Macfadden of New York will deliver a lecture on Prudery and Degeneracy tonight in the auditorium. Following the address he will present a physical culture entertainment.
Dr. C R Helmes spoke at the Teachers' Club in St Pauls Cathedral on Life in the Polar Regions. He is a brother in law of Max Fleischmann and joined him on the Aretie expedition.
Mr. Harry J Brown of Glendale spoke on the economic value of birds yesterday before the Audubon Society. Miss Ratterman reported on branch societies formed by public school pupils and noted 250 buttons were given to pupils as badges.
Sister Ursula of the Good Samaritan Hospital Annex seeks urgent aid from Pueblo, Colorado. A telegram reports her sister Mother Sebastian, former head of the Good Samaritan Hospital in this city, may need an operation that could prove fatal.
Young men and women who expected acting careers under trainer James T. Shaver appeared in Police Court yesterday to prosecute him after each paid him fifty cents. Judge Lueders ordered Shaver to return the money and pay court costs.
Rabbi David Phillipson traced the growth of the Messianic idea among Jews in his address at Avondale Temple last evening. The talk examined historical roots and evolving expectations shaping Jewish messianic thought.
The speaker touched on present conditions and stated that the coming of the golden age, the embodiment of the Messianic idea, remains a cherished hope.
Art lovers may view original etchings by masters at the Jewish Settlement, 415 Clinton Street, today and tomorrow. Admission is free.
John Dunn aged 24 a stationary engineer from Mt. Washington and Miss Bogart aged 17 of Cluff were married in the Wesley Chapel parsonage yesterday afternoon by Reverend Gervaise Roughton.
County Commissioners awarded contracts yesterday for Folk Run bridge abutment repair near Symmes Station to William Harrell for 680 dollars. Cooper avenue culvert at Roegge farm went to John Ryan for 2032 dollars with seven bidders and an estimated 3690 dollars. Wyscarver road culvert at Wyscarvers also to John Ryan for 2184.20 dollars with seven bidders and an estimated 2490 dollars.
The following officers of U. S. Grant Post G A R were installed at the post hall corner of Ninth and Plum streets by Post Department Commander Elias R. Monfort: Commander John Kissane Senior Vice Commander George R. Rudd Junior Vice Commander Erastus Winters Chaplain James Maddocks Surgeon Walter R. Davis Adjutant Andrew J. Miller Quartermaster William H. Beall Officer Day John H. Neabrey Officer Guard W. H. Berne Sergeant Major George A. Loyd Quartermaster Sergeant Highland Graves.
Directors of the Business Men's Club of Cincinnati adopt a resolution urging General Assembly action to relieve Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas docket congestion by adding two judges and abolishing the Superior Court term. They renew memberships with several groups and appoint delegates to industry meetings.
Laura E. Lindeman 26 of 1281 Ida street and Thomas F. Fitzgerald 28, soap manufacturer of Chicago, marry at St Peter's Cathedral by Rev Father Mulvihill. The Lindeman sisters are Rookwood Pottery artists. Honeymoon to New Orleans and Gulf coast.
Dr. William C. Herman found a wind blown certified check on Third Street. The check for 2700 dollars was drawn by W. E. Hutton & Co. to W. L. Kayser. He picked it up and returned it to the maker, Mr. Hutton.
The Journal announces tomorrow's issue of The Illustrated Magazine with many articles for women and a Cincinnati woman featured in the Beauty Contest. Copies come free with The Commercial Tribune.
Readable entries show names such as Thomas Firepatrick, Laura Lindeman, Huston Turner, Lillie Carroll, John Dunn, and Lillie Bogar. Addresses include 927 Cutter St and 409 Smith St with ages ranging in the 20s to 60s. A garbled list appears to capture multiple licenses with inconsistent residence details and fragmented street names.
Kentucky creditors filed in U S Court to declare Mihalovitch-Fletcher Company bankrupt alleging insolvency. They claim transfers of warehouse receipts to Victor Fletcher and payments to creditors while insolvent, with receivership sought next. Local and New York creditors also petitioned to bankrupt Alex Caspary. others faced various suits and trusteeship actions.
In Norwood court yesterday a teamster, Edward Armstrong, sought 5000 damages for a broken nose and internal injuries after the Millcreek bridge on Drennan avenue collapsed with a four horse load of gravel last September. One horse died. Also Livingston Drake estate won 526 damages against the city for surface and sewer water draining onto Carter street property. Amelia Adams sought injunction and 1000 damages over continued drainage on her land. Other docket items include an estate account and a rail line collision verdict.
The circuit court affirmed the judgment of former Mayor Dempsey upholding electors petition under the Jones law to make part of Ward 23 Ward 23 Precinct M a dry district. The decree prohibits the sale of liquors thirty days after entry of the decree following opposing claims.
Alonzo G. Burdge sues Arabella Burdge for divorce alleging willful absence and asks dower rights be barred in Colerain Township property. Maria Gehring sues Michael Gehring for divorce claiming failure to provide and repeated drunkenness. Benjamin Jump sues for divorce from Stele Jump for willful abandonment. Annie O'Donnell sues John J. O'Donnell for divorce claiming willful abuse and seeks restoration of her maiden name and custody of Lulu O'Donnell. Ella Hilgeman seeks divorce from George Hilgeman alleging failure to provide and affair. Casandra Wing and Susie Brown divorces noted on pleas of willful absence. Attorneys listed for each case.
Harry E. Norton and four accomplices were rounded up after the Budd Street saloon raid during Christmas week. Norton was found guilty while Ed Martin Carroll and Dudley received fifteen year terms, Ed E. Thayer pleaded guilty and was sent to the State Reformatory. Two more defendants later arrested as counts rise. The grand jury meets Monday to hear the first cases from Prosecutor Rulison.
The personal estate of Addison Bette valued at 869 dollars. Applications to administer estates include Annie Aylward for 4000 dollars of Nicholas K. Aylward, Lena Ochs for 240 dollars of Conrad Ochs, and Florence P. Trader for 250 dollars of Mary Freednour.
William List the trustee of the late Archbishop John B Purcell reported to Judge Warner that Edward Purcell held sixteen shares in the Rapid Run Turnpike which has sold leaving 320 for distribution to Edward Purcell estate The court granted authority to receive the fund The missing papers in the Purcell case are still untraced with Columbus presumed as a location but unverified.
William Waits, colored, was fined 200 dollars and sentenced to four months in jail by Judge Caldwell. The Superior Court yesterday dismissed Alyse S. Murry v Bankers Reserve Fund over 1000 dollars on her husband Harrison L. Murry life policy. Magistrate Harry D. Armstrong fined Harry Appel zero dollars and costs for selling wild bird plumage and Appel plans to appeal to County Courts.
The Abraham Lincoln Camp No. 53 Sons of Veterans held installation at G A R Hall with several hundred attendees. Officers include Commander Charles Waterman and Senior Vice Commander F M Hoover. Auxiliary No. 88 officers feature President Anna Kuhn and Treasurer Della Stebbins. Lincoln Tent Daughters of Veterans names Cora Studt as president and E Grassle as chaplain among others.
Thomas Mahoney a 46 year old blacksmith of 1002 Linn Street was ejected from the Reliance Hotel at 27 Opera Place and moved to City Hospital after disturbance. Police visited the hotel as rumors of a murder circulated. Mahoney admitted to insulting bystanders and was later detained at the First District Station with only scalp wounds and bruises reported.
Mystery surrounds a man's death at Jewish Hospital after being found unconscious on Reading road near Five Mile. He could not speak and had facial cuts from a fall from a horse. a card in his pocket named Michael Dugan 25, a farm hand.
Frank Shaffer's canal bill, prepared for the Subcommittee on Canal Affairs, proposes transferring canal property from Plum Street east to Broadway to the city. The city would pay per three appraisers chosen by the Governor and Mayor, with a third selected jointly. Water rights stay, no railroads on the property, and a three engineer commission, including a U S Army member, will study three proposed lake to Ohio canal routes.
Scottish Rite RITD members are requested to attend the funeral of our late Brother Charles Gucken er, 32, in the Cathedral of the Rite on Saturday at 1 30 p.m. By order of the T P Master James A Collins, 33, Secretary.
Death notices list Bloom Matilda Schottmiller Bloom aged 53 at 2325 Ohio Ave with funeral at Clifton Cemetery. Charles Guckenberger died Jan 8 1908 age 76 with burial at Spring Grove Cemetery. J James Gill and William Gildehaus Jr also noted with funeral plans. Joanne Howard aged 80 to be buried after funeral from College Hill Ohio. Martha Nancy Hubbell and Adolf Jelenko funeral details. Thomas McCune aged 48 funeral in Ludlow Kentucky. Charles Rentz Sr aged 78 funeral services in Newport Kentucky Immaculate Conception church.
A partial OCR readout shows numerous residents and patients linked to City Hospital and other local facilities. Names include West eick Catharina age 81 at Highland Place senility and Ernst Gerth age 77 at Vine Street cancer, with various ages and illnesses such as consumption, pneumonia, meningitis, laryngitis, bronchitis, and uraemia. Several entries reference no home addresses and hospital affiliations like City Hospital and Deaconess Hospital, alongside conditions ranging from sepsis to septic cellulitis and senility.
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