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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1908
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune established 1793 publishes daily in Cincinnati. The January 23 1908 issue lists subscription rates for Bay and Sunday and various daily and weekly combinations and indicates postage prepaid terms for readers.
Daily and Sunday mail subscriptions to the Commercial Tribune Co in Cincinnati offered in Britain, the Continent, and all foreign countries via the Universal Postal Union. Rates include one month 1.50, three months 4.50, six months 9.00, one year 18.00 with advance payments and full post office address required. Also lists branch news offices in Walnut Hills Covington Newport and bureaus in Washington London with reading rooms for Americans.
Fair and colder weather is expected in this vicinity with a passing northern storm to the extreme northeast. Light rain accompanies its movement while British Provinces record a below zero reading for January 22, 1908. Cincinnati reports an excess in temperature and a small precipitation deficiency.
The forecast calls for fair and colder conditions across Indiana Thursday. Friday brings fair weather and colder air, with extreme south portions turning cold. Kentucky and West Virginia expect fair skies and cooler temperatures Thursday and Friday.
Listings show arrivals and sailings at New York Boston Sable Island London St Vincent Hong Kong Alexandria Liverpool Queenstown Glasgow Plymouth and other ports. Vessels include Moltke Majestic Ryndam Numidian Adriatic Laura Ku mer ic Anglian Marquette Siberia Cedric Fitzpatrick Lionia Tricolor Pomerania Sibrian Celtic Devonian and Oceanic with routes to Genoa Antwerp Rotterdam and New York among others.
One hundred thousand revelers in New York hotels and restaurants spent 1,750,000 dollars as New Year festivities broke records. The Cafe Martin alone took 20,000 dollars, 2,000 quarts of champagne were consumed by 3,000 attendees, and hotels reported large meat poultry egg cheese fish and ice cream quantities. The Herald notes this was the most popular celebration in the city’s history.
The city reexamines the Kellogg six million dollar plan to elevate tracks as part of annexing Section 21 and part of Section 15 of Columbia Township to Cincinnati. Critics call it a ghost of a long dead ordinance aimed at squareing ward lines, with Red Bank and the railroad crossings central to the dispute. Civic groups are urged to study the issue as council reviews the measure.
States push for river and harbor bills to fund inland waterway improvements. President Hill backs the move, arguing transportation is the key to cheaper, faster trade. A second focus covers remarks by Frank Dunking on electric signs cutting city lighting costs and public opinion on Banker Walsh’s trial.
The Walsh case sentences the ice kings under the Valentine law for price fixing with fines of 2500. The Supreme Court upholds the law and the jury verdict but reverses the Workhouse term, ordering county jail confinement instead.
The article argues future ice prices should follow supply and demand rather than dealer agreements. It lauds Ohio's enforcement against the Toledo ice trust and asserts the state now has meaningful law enforcement in such matters.
The text contrasts denials and counter-denials about Ank Gorway's forthcoming marriage with growing speculation on whether Mr Bryan will oppose a Denver union.
Mr Beveridge declines thanks for a statement branding him the handsomest Senator. The remark centers on his lingual abilities and is challenged by Senator Davis as a threat to his appeal.
Mr. Bryan demonstrates how ex-candidates influence Legislatures in other states about who to elect to the Senate. His actions show the potential reach of political pressure across state lines.
The visit of Mr. Bryan to Kentucky is unlikely to rally the supporters of Messrs. Blackburn and McCreary as the flag falls at Denver, given his past actions there.
A fragment suggests a scheme to blow up battle ships grew from a tale claiming Admiral Bob had been destroying walkers on the quarter deck. The terse line hints at military intrigue and leadership concerns within a naval setting.
Tokyo offers no details on the whereabouts of its fleet while a pursuit led by Admiral Bob is suggested but not pursued. The report emphasizes strategic ambiguity and possible search actions without confirming any concrete movements.
Commentary questions Hughes political calculations in New York and Kentucky. It asks whether Hughes has a trusted ally and whether Bryan can mobilize support for Beckie, implying uncertainty about key endorsements and regional influence.
The article notes that while not labeled unbalanced, Harry Thaw shows clear unease regarding what lies ahead, signaling a troubled outlook and questions about his path forward.
The remark suggests frustration with current conditions and hints at humor about Booth Tarkington and doubles implying ongoing trouble. The line frames weather as an outside factor impacting daily life and entertainment.
Two lawyers reported Super intendent Dyer gave an impressive talk before the Bar Association praising modern education methods. He urged public playgrounds in crowded areas, cited play as essential to learning, and connected kindergarten training with home support and disciplined morals in schools.
A special programme marks the dedication of the new Nurses' Home of Christ's Hospital on Mt. Auburn this afternoon at 2 30. Bishop J M Thoburn will give the dedicatory address and the public is invited. Miss ort Gamble funded the home in memory of her sister Mary. It will house 100 nurses and cost $70 000.
The World surveys leading prophecy figures Edmund Stevens Mme Thebes Spangler Meyer and others who forecast global upheavals eclipses and political turmoil for 1907 and 1908 with claims of dynastic falls financial crashes and vast calamities including earthquakes and railroad disasters.
The 1907 temperance year saw global progress from the opium edict in China to Prohibition advances in the US South and Kentucky. Oklahoma joined the Union with alcohol bans, several Delaware counties went dry, and Chicago expanded prohibition. European voices criticized alcohol while French writers warned of its harms.
Julius Chambers reports a Brooklyn Eagle account of two women at a charity bridge party accused of collusion using prearranged signals. A confrontation drew a crowd, led to the women leaving with winnings unreturned, and sparked scrutiny of players and recordings of signaling phrases.
A Nashville American verse sketches a red fast auto and a cutter ride through crisp air. The speaker longs for a snug seat and a gentle horse, hoping to share winter pleasures with the only girl on earth as bells jingle along the line.
A lengthy OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and spouses paired with cities and states, connected by dashes and punctuation. The sequence names Palace, Munro, Gibson, Dennison, St. Nicholas, Linton, Horing, and others with accompanying locales such as Springfield Ohio Cleveland Ohio New York Chicago Detroit and more. The excerpt resembles a social directory or ad listing of names with residence locations.
The Lincoln Colored Republican Club in Cincinnati endorsed William H. Taft for the presidency, shifting from Foraker. The gathering admitted over fifty members and featured remarks by W. H. Anderson, Rev. J. T. Dickerson, and W. M. Faust.
At the German Literary Club meeting last evening Mr. Guido Gores Vice President of the Stamina League presented a discussion on The New York Public Service Commission.
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