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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1908
Page
4
The page lists subscription rates for Daily and Sunday editions, with annual, semiannual, and monthly options. It notes post office distribution in Cincinnati and identifies E. O. Eshelby as president.
Subscriptions offered for international mail through the Universal Postal Union with rates for one month to one year. Payment in advance required. Various offices listed in Cincinnati and branch bureaus including Covington Newport Washington London for reader services.
Forecaster Bassler predicts rain or snow with snow more likely in today’s section as a northwest cold wave arrives. Snow is falling in Illinois Missouri and Arkansas while a January 11 1908 local Weather Bureau record shows temperatures from 34 to 44 degrees and a 0.36 inch precipitation total.
Government forecast predicts rain or snow across Ohio and West Virginia on Sunday into Monday with colder conditions. Indiana also sees rain or snow Sunday with a likely Monday improvement. Kentucky expects rain or snow Sunday followed by clearing and colder Monday with fair conditions thereafter.
Various arrivals and sailings noted across transatlantic routes. Montezuma reached port from London and Antwerp while Freidrich Grosse sailed to New York. Ryndam and St Paul engaged in wireless contact with Marconi stations en route. Numerous liners inbound to or departed for New York, London, Cherbourg, Glasgow, and Naples with Harbor city calls including New York, Liverpool, Antwerp, Southampton, Havre, and Plymouth.
A long roster of guests arriving at Cincinnati hotels is detailed with names and their originating cities including Dover New Jersey, Louisville Kentucky, Huntington West Virginia, Albany New York, San Francisco California, Chicago Illinois, New York New York, Memphis Tennessee, Providence Rhode Island, Columbus Ohio, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Newark Ohio, and others. The list includes numerous individuals such as E J Surman H P Broughton and J Rifkin, with destinations spanning from North Attleboro Massachusetts to Chattanooga Tennessee and Nashville Tennessee.
Fragment from The St. Louis Post-Dispatch shows Mary on the phone as family banter and gossip unfold. Characters banter about romance, the dance, and a skating rink plan amid sighs and laughter.
In a Paulding column William H. Phipps argues the Bronson act governs the primary call. He maintains the State Central Committee followed the statute and honored Senator Foraker’s request to gauge statewide Republican preferences for United States Senator and President. The piece contends unity lies in adhering to legal authority and statewide unity, not sectional dissent.
As activity clears, labor usage is down from fall levels with about half of building trades and 75 percent in New England manufacturing. Wages largely hold, hours change. Rail earnings fall due to reduced production, while bank reserves improve and money costs ease. Stocks show limited activity. investors may favor long term holdings, awaiting a later expansion, with general merchandise trade lagging.
The passage observes that even well employed people tighten spending and feel the effect of changes. It suggests improvement may occur but warns that the timing or exact impact cannot be foretold.
Ohio lawmakers urged passage of a bill requiring that when an upper berth in a sleeping car is unoccupied the entire lower and upper berths be kept available and occupied by the traveler paying for a double berth. Proponents argue the measure favors comfort without increasing travel costs, citing rising passenger numbers and Pullman car values. They contend the General Assembly should compel the Pullman Company to adopt this standard.
An enthusiastic Henderson meeting of the Kentucky Society of Equity heard a member claim the Kentucky branch is larger than the governor, and the national association bigger than Theodore Roosevelt, ending with there is nothing more to be said.
The Washington Post comments that Democratic politics seem simple yet fragile. The piece questions whether outsiders, including Dr. Bryan, can properly diagnose or treat a political conflict from outside the party.
In a crowded field New York maintains advantage while Chicago presses hard but trails. The piece notes shifts in population estimates and historic ties to Dutch influence as New Jersey themes surface.
A New York inquiry asks if the thaw case will end in a divorce. The discussion hints no complaint about terminal facilities is expected, but clarity on outcomes remains uncertain.
Readers are enticed by a provocative line about Norwood and Cincinnati in a leap year context. The piece hints at annexation and potential gains or joys tied to a municipal extension, reflecting urban boundary tensions and political maneuvering.
Washington declares for Reform with a big R while Atlanta believes her example has not been in vain for dress parade purposes.
A dispute arises over Count Boni swearing in court and whether the loser should be allowed to mutter objurgations within the courtroom. The text questions if such oaths are a privilege of the winner or the loser.
The Commercial Tribune defends its Bronson act primary call, saying it conforms to law and treats all candidates equally. It labels Senator Foraker’s objections technical, unfounded, and aimed at defeating the primary, asserting Ohio voters deserve to express their preference for the presidency.
A reflective essay contrasts public bearing with private behavior, noting a meek husband at home and a domineering wife, then discusses how small sacrifices sustain happy marriages. It cites Chicago unemployment, warns against exaggeration, and ends with Dr South on ingratitude describing the insatiable appetite for gifts and the monster of the ungrateful.
In interviews at various hotels, several travelers and businessmen discuss the era’s mood. Henry Mosier of Albany argues Mr. Bryan could secure the Democratic nomination but should step aside for a conservative candidate. N O Markley of Boston criticizes local scrip complaints. Henry Fraser of Savannah credits Antisaloon League organization for dry towns and notes temperance rhetoric now targets business audiences. George F. Dunkin of New York observes traveling salesmen shifting from gloom to optimism about sales and prospects.
A reflective verse about a woman faced with two guiding sprites representing gloom and joy. She chooses the gray shadows, embracing worry as the path a woman may take, a quiet meditation on fate and resilience.
Senator Harper introduces a bill to permit high schools to teach Esperanto, adding the word including the Esperanto language to existing language options. The article notes Esperanto adoption by international societies, its wide use, and a Dresden World Congress set for August with plans for an Esperanto village and a large turnout.
A New York Times piece compares army officer riding tests to historical British figures. It notes the Great Duke of Wellington’s poor hunting seat and a fond episode with muddy courage, and mentions Lord Nelson’s seasickness after days at sea.
Dandy the prize monkey at New York Zoological Gardens near the Bronx tried to hang himself after a fight over peanuts. Keepers arrived in time to stop the self harming act as the exhausted animal dangled by a four foot cord from his cage.
The Cincinnati Art Club hosts F Hopkinson Smith for a lecture at the Hotel Linton, part of a series praised for showing his versatility as novelist, artist, lecturer, and engineer. Readers will hear anecdotes and a tour of his works as he speaks to Cincinnati artists and the public.
Mrs Charles Fleischmann will address the Fresh Air Home board Tuesday evening. Plans for the year's work will be discussed and efforts will be made to secure funds to maintain the farm during winter for convalescents.
Renowned French historian Louis Madelin arrives in Cincinnati under Alliance Francaise and University banners for three lectures. He serves as president of the Society of Historical Researchers and teaches at the Sorbonne and College of Social Sciences. Lectures cover Napoleon energy, revolutionary women, and Nancy Lorraine art and history with stereopticon views.
The Westwood Woman's Club met Monday afternoon January 6. Mrs B Ryan sang several solos and Miss Henrietta Wilson lectured on the Domestic Life of Holland with sketches. A stereopticon lecture by M M Kugler is planned for January 20 at Westwood M E Church with A D Shhockley contributing musical numbers. A committee led by Jennie Allgaier with Laws and Lionel Littell will prepare next year’s programmes.
The semi monthly YWCA entertainment features a song recital planned by Miss Cecelia Mullen. The program includes Saint-Saens My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice and pieces by Olney and others with piano solos and vocal numbers by Cecelia Mullen Agnes Morgan and selections from Mendelssohn Salter Lambert and an Irish piece.
The initial meeting of the Six and Twenty Club in Wilmington D elayed Friday afternoon January 3 at Miss Marshie Austins home. New officers were elected C C Nichols president and vice presidents Mrs L Weghney and Mrs Olive L Welch secretary M J Farquhar corresponding secretary R T Ballard treasurer Susie R Mary. The tenth year opens with high literary and social aims. Mrs R J Lacy spoke on Wagner and His Operas and readers heard a note from Basil Crumps of the Wagner Society in London on Lohengrin. The club presented its twenty six 1907 books to the Wilmington Library. Browning circle of the Women’s Club meets Tuesday. Mrs Wayland R Benedict to present a paper.
Stonewall Jackson Chapter Daughters of Confederacy holds an open meeting Monday January 18 at 2 p.m. in the Women's Club rooms Mercantile Library Building. Hostesses are Mrs.
Lectures on the History of Music will be given by Prof J S Van Cleve at the Ohio Conservatory of Music starting Thursday January 16 at 2 30 PM and continuing weekly Invitations are out for a complimentary course of Tuesday talks for mothers and daughters at 2 30 o'clock in Suite 708 710 Neave Building
The Woman's Fortnightly Reading Club met with Mrs. Percy Gibson on January 28. The program included responses on Progress of the Times and Moral Reforms in the United States, papers on New Religious Movements, The Negro Question to Date, and The American Girl and Her Foreign Sister, plus a song America. Mrs Walter Stone of Delhi to host January 28. Miss Ella Keen hosted the Bond Hill Shakespearean Circle, reading Henry IV Part II.
The Saturday Literary Club met on January 4 at Miss Helen Bryan's Eden Park home to read Acts 3 4 and 5 of The Tempest. The next meeting is set for January 18 at Miss Schulte's Fern Street Walnut Hill home.
A social and literary music day at the Tusculum Monday Club gathered January 6 at Mrs. Marshall Kellogg’s home. Members quoted musical writers, sang, and presented sketches on Jenny Lind Wagner and American Musicians. Refreshments followed the afternoon program prepared by Mrs. Waldvogle Mrs. Becker and Mrs. Tasker.
The fifty third annual meeting of the Home for the Friendless and Foundlings at 433 West Court street will be held next Tuesday evening at 8 o clock. Dr Mc Grath of St Pauls Cathedral will give an address with reports from Corresponding Secretary Miss Lucille E Hickok and Treasurer Mrs Biler, interspersed with music.
The Delhi Woman's Fortnightly Club met Wednesday afternoon at Mrs. Percy Gibson's home. The session featured a miscellany of topics including Our Own Country and Progress of the Times, papers on Moral Reforms in the United States and The Negro Question Up-to-Date, discussions on New Religious Movements, The American Girl and Her Foreign Sister, a club song America, and responses to calls for further ideas by Mrs. C. B. Hornaday Mrs. Heber Haynes and Miss Inez White.
Miss Geraldine Gordon, president of the Consumers' League, addressed the Missionary Society of Price Hill Methodist Church on Child Labor and the Consumers' League. The league's Executive Board will meet Monday afternoon in the Union Trust Building committee rooms.
In the Philadelphia Ledger fragment a rich man dismisses aid saying money is not for the poor while an applicant persists asking for help by suggesting the rich man pretend to hold a grudge, illustrating a wary exchange over charity.
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