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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1908
Page
8
The Rev. Louis G. Hoeck of the Church of the New Jerusalem Walnut Hills preached that Adam and Eve the Garden of Eden and the serpent never existed. He argued they are symbols representing types of people and cautioned that the serpent nature tempts men and women to follow appetites, but can be overcome.
Herbert S. Bigelow urged in Vine Street Congregational Church that Sunday baseball should be legalized and warned against using state power to enforce religiously based bans. He argued laws prohibiting Sunday amusements violate conscience and that communities, not officials, should decide. He questioned policing boys from Sunday play and urged public ballots on such laws.
The Rev Wentworth F Stewart leaves Walnut Hills for Kansas City to lead a revival. He preached farewell at Walnut Hills Methodist Church last night amid a schedule of nightly meetings this week with officiants R J Cooke H E Jameson and Dr Jesse Bowman Young guiding the services.
United States Army Depot Quartermaster seeks proposals for 5000 hatchets and 5 mattresses in triplicate. Bids due by noon January 20 1908, with delivery to New York Philadelphia or Saint Louis depots. Domestic manufacture preferred. right to accept or reject bids reserved. Envelopes marked Proposals for Clothing and Equipage.
Cleveland will host the 46th annual National Education Association convention from June 29 to July 3 1908 marking the 50th anniversary of the first regular convention in Cincinnati 1858. The program includes sessions in Washington February 25 27 and a rural and agricultural education department later established.
The Finance Committee warns bond issuing powers are exhausted under the Longworth act. Only about 13,743 remain for new issues after authorizations and planned projects, forcing elimination of items like the Eighth street viaduct and Gilbert avenue viaduct projects.
A Tennessee bellhop nicknamed Dick is fired from the Grand Hotel after hosting a comebacks feast in the ladies cafe for friends, provoking a harsh response from a house detective. Roy Neville, fond of Dick, recites farewell verses lamenting the loss and recalls the whistle and old days.
The Cincinnati Typographical Union endorses Thomas F. Crowley, a Cincinnati printer, for Secretary-Treasurer of the International Typographical Union. Crowley serves on the Union Printers Home board in Colorado Springs. Formal nominations occur at the February meeting.
The United States Investor outlines earnings of national banks in reserve cities from November 12, 1906, to December 3, 1907. It explains adjustments for decreases drawn from surplus and undivided profits and notes data collection methods, with Cincinnati, Ohio as a initial example.
About 500 gather at Workman's Hall with a pro German American alliance stance to defeat reform efforts in Ohio. Resolutions urge levies against Brewery Workers and allied unions, while a National Executive Committee plans anti reform strategy. New officers are elected for Beer Drivers and Stable Men Union Local 175 and Central Labor Council delegates.
Otto Samms a blacksmith from Reading road was arrested in Cincinnati by Constable O P Naylor on a failure to provide charge. Edith Samms, 12, was found preparing to travel after receiving a letter from her father. Samms, to meet Edith in Cincinnati, was jailed in Wyoming awaiting trial by Judge Woodruff in Hartwell.
Police believe a fire alarm fiend triggers several recent false alerts. Box 546 at Gest and Baymiller was broken open to sound an alarm yesterday, with additional false alarms at Clark and John streets Saturday and Linn and Clark streets Friday. An investigation is planned.
High activity marks the opening of the tobacco season as growers, independent dealers, and the Society of Equity report strong movement. In Hopkinsville the association prizing houses hold over 1.34 million pounds delivered with 509,655 prized. insurance covers $71,000 on storage birds. Local salesmen report growing receipts and imminent grading for buyers, with Grayson County tobacco already sold at leaf 9-10 dollars and logs 7-8. The Breckenridge branch will send all county tobacco to Hopkinsville for sale, while pledges by independent dealers aim to curb unlawful trading and curb acreage limits of 7½ acres initial and 2% extra per 50 acres thereafter.
The Cincinnati Traction Company will replace the old transfer form with a new design using in and out instead of the cardinal directions once existing stock is used. Visitors at the Business Men's Club included T R Jones Columbus Fritz Kreisler Berlin L W Statler Piqua Fred Shattuck Columbus E H Harris Philadelphia G W Webb Dayton Samuel Wolfstein Philadelphia Charles M Hill St Louis and Thomas K Kend son New York.
Queen City Lodge No. 3 of the Birds of Freedom was instituted last Wednesday night in K of P Hall at Fifteenth and Elm streets with 100 charter members. Officers installed include Dr. J. F. Galley as Past President and Dr. M. L. Bates as President with Ethél Smith as Vice President and Mrs. Elanore Gleeson as Chaplain.
Services in the Home Chapel of the House of Refuge were held yesterday afternoon led by Rev. Charles J. Sebastian of Camp Washington Christian Church. The sermon titled Jesus the Christ the Son of God featured vocal solos by Mrs. Walter Lawdon and Thomas Morgan, a recitation by Nelda Stuerick, and cornet solo by Albers J. Hauser, with the children's choir singing.
A major clipping volume by Albert Prank & Co aggregates Cunard Lusitania publicity notices. The 16 by 18% inch, 5% inch thick book contains about 10 000 clippings on 70 pages. Bound in crushed red Morocco with gold nautical tooling.
Rye and corn pricing with No 1 and No 2 grades listed, along with mixed and yellow varieties. Hay prices for No 1 and No 2 timothy and clover are shown, plus whisky barrels, grain inspections by grade, and stock receipts and shipments including apples hogs bananas and other commodities.
Apples per barrel 3.25 to 4. Bananas Chalice to fancy 1.25 to 2 per bunch seconds 0.75 to 1. Cabbage 1.25 per barrel. Lemons Messina 3 to 3.50 per box Palermo 3 to 3.50. Oranges Florida 2.50 to 3 per box. Onions home grown 0.60 to 0.65 a bush. Potatoes 2.40 to 2.50 per barrel. Pumpkins 1 per barrel. Rutabagas 1.25 per barrel. Squash Red 1.50 per barrel. Sweet potatoes Jersey 4.50 to 5.
Saturday sales detail old and new seed and Spanish cigar leaf in stock. Spanish consignments include 25 cases priced between $390 and $8.50 with varying lots. New seed shows 3 cases at $3.15 to $6. Old seed lists 12 cases with values from $3 to $6.60.
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