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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1908
Page
11
Mrs. James Arnold and daughter Miss Sophia plan a Paris Kentucky visit. Guests include D Blinn and Mrs. L B Davis from Lincoln Illinois. Various clubs host dances musicales and card parties with local and visiting hostesses and attendees from Cincinnati Germantown Parkersburg and Chicago.
Westwood residents attended a leap year dance in the Town Hall with numerous couples listed by name. Social events included hosting by Mrs. Clarence Heidrich and Mrs. S. T. Logan among others, with multiple guests visiting and attending luncheons and informal gatherings around town.
Social items in Tusculum honor Miss Mabelle Greenwald on her upcoming marriage to William Milligan. Linen shower and euchre prizes awarded to several guests. informal home gathering. bridesmaid Christine Rogers visiting from Aberdeen. local visits by Mr and Mrs John McReynolds formerly of Fort Smith Arkansas. Ladies Aid Society held an all day Tusculum Methodist Church meeting with Mrs Herbert Hunt.
A Friday cotillion at Elberon Country Club drew many youths of Price Hill. The first half featured a programme dance, followed by the cotillion with dainty favors. Attendees included Elizabeth Anderson, Mary Baldwin, Ruth Hargrave, Dorothy Seymour, Lillian Williams, Mary Miller, Helen Shine, Edith Hill, Margaret Murdock, Isabel Jones, Elsie Jones, Myra Hazleton, Margaret Shepherd, Alice Rose, Edith Kelsall, Eliza Babbitt, Herbert Well, Frank Baldwin, James Chapman, Steward Anderson, Charles Skinner, Stafford Kantz, Tom Foster, Alexander.
Dr Guy Clifford Powell announces a free program offering complete information on curing deafness and head noises. The advertised method promises quick, lasting results without cost and claims universal accessibility for long-standing cases. Email and mail requests are urged for details.
Henry E. Rosedear of the Y M C A. visited Prof. Edward S. Fogg of Covington Y M C A. Dinmore Park Euchtle Club was entertained by Miss Mary Taylor Owens. Park Social Club hosted by Mrs. George Cayce. Mrs. Edward S. Fogg hosted dinner with several guests. Miss Betty Wilson returned to Flemingsburg after a Park avenue visit. Mrs. Samuel Catterill and Glenn avenue resident visited Winchester. Miss Dee Scobee of Winchester visited Mrs. John R. Beets. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Treadway left for Spokane after their January 4 1908 wedding. Mrs. Treadway was Gertrude Guthrie of Beech avenue. Ruth Nippert of Arlington Heights visited Miss Mary Taylor Owens.
Mr and Mrs Charles Geilfus traveled to Belleair Florida for a five to six week stay. Miss Angie Geilfus visits Birmingham Alabama and remains about three weeks. Miss Riefer and Mrs McBride of Louisville are guests of Miss Blanche Hettebert. Five Hundred Club held meetings and prizes awarded. Immanuel Baptist Church hosts reception for new pastor Rev Dr Parker and Mrs Parker.
Hyde Park and Mt Lookout news recount a Saturday January 18 dance at Tower Hill with attendees including Ballantyne Harmon Settle Blair Marie Hazel Gomien Anna Wright Carrie Lyle Richards Blanche Larkin Helen Jones and others. Social guests Mrs Charles Studer of Chillicothe and Mrs John Walsh of Shaw avenue also appear.
Local groups and residents share social events and visits. Mrs. John A. Groom hosts Norwood Euchre. Mrs. Howard I. Justis entertains Penelope Club and hosts a tea with the Church of the Good Shepherd. Harold Ryland and family host a Five Hundred Club dinner. St Mary's Guild plans a social. Various residents travel, visit, or attend meetings in Covington, Cameron Avenue, Henderson Kentucky, and Jackson Michigan.
Mrs. F. G. Jones of Kansas City and Mrs. V. Jackson of Gage Oklahoma visited Mrs. H. V. Spielman. Mr. Charles Snyder returned from Chicago. Card party hosted by Mrs. Albert Schruffman included many neighbors and friends. The group attended Abby F. Adams fiftieth anniversary in Greensburg Indiana, while others hosted dinners in Idlewild Avenue and Brewster Avenue with a mix of local guests.
Special Correspondence notes Miami fishing remains strong with Spanish mackerel scarce but overall good. Cincinnati visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Kilgour and daughter Mrs. Miller are staying at the Royal Palm, with others like Mr. Bradford Shinkle and Mr. I F Gettrust also lodging nearby. Normа Glass Abe Bloom and Mr. and Mrs. William French are at the Biscayne Hotel for several days.
St Augustine reports a busy scene at the Gol f Club with an eighteen hole match underway since Saturday and many promising entries. The Alcazar foyer is crowded with visitors en route to Southern stops, while daily concerts accompany luncheon meetings. Ohio and Cincinnati visitors headline arrivals at St George and Hotel Magnolia, with Mrs Lauretta Gibson and Mrs Virginia Clarke among notable guests.
Jacksonville hosts the start of a pathfinding car race to map the endurance run with a Cleveland driver from Pittsburgh. The event runs February 18 to Miami before the Royal Palm, followed by a three-day regatta by the Jacksonville Power Boat Club. A long roster of Ohio and Cincinnati guests stay at local hotels through the winter season.
Palm Beach experiences enchantment from moonlit gardens and scenic walks as the jungle ride and tropical foliage attract visitors. Tennis and golf facilities are in fine form, with semiweekly social gatherings and open porch bridge games. The January surf bathing draws guests from homes icebound elsewhere, thanks to a mild gulf stream.
Neptune notes incoming Northern guests enjoying winter months in the South. Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Foster and maid Miss Foster and Miss Laura Foster, from Cincinnati, are registered at the Breakers. Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Fox, also of Cincinnati, stay at the Royal Poinciana.
Daytona welcomes visitors as spring vegetables arrive and the Automobile Club of America's sixth annual meet nears in March. Cincinnati guests, the Abbott family from Covington, and D A Fletcher led visitors seeking winter stays at Seabreeze and South Beach cottages. The Wilder family from Home City occupy a Beach Street cottage after losing their Cincinnati home to fire.
The Tampa Bay Hotel reports a busy winter season with guests enjoying Sunday relaxation. George W. Kember and wife from Dayton, Harvey Hunston and D. H. Oglesby with wives from Xenia, H. B. Blair and wife from Ashley, and D. J. Thomas with wife from Cincinnati are among arrivals staying at the hotel. Cincinnati visitors Gustave B. Funck and wife, Mrs. J. T. Blacker, W. M. Gerrard, and G. N. Jennings are also registered guests.
The Rev Heber D Ketcham of Trinity M E Church on Wesley Ave received an anonymous threatening letter on his return from Columbus where he urged passage of a county local option bill. Fellow anti saloon league figures Herron and Eldridge also reported mail threats. The letter, mailed from Cincinnati, warned of a “tickler” and mocked temperance work. Dr Ketcham serves on Sunday Observance and Law Enforcement committees and traveled to Columbus to press the local option bill.
Evelyn Evens a centenarian resident of Cincinnati died from influenza yesterday at age 100 years 2 months and 3 days. Born a slave in Virginia her mother Sallie and father Richard Chatman are named in the record. She later settled in Cincinnati and spent her final years recounting memories of the South.
A Columbia Gas and Electric Company president told reporters that his firm will not raise artificial gas prices, citing existing contracts and franchise obligations. He described plans for a major West Virginia gas field to fuel pipelines to Cincinnati and Cleveland, promising 100 million and 60 million cubic feet daily respectively, with a 30-year supply guarantee.
Eugéne Gauche died at his Kemper lane home at seventy two. An early Alsace Lorriane settler, he joined an 1846 expedition to America led by Jean Claude Gauche. Four families settled in New Orleans and the rest in Ohio. He moved his family to Cincinnati for schooling about twenty years ago and leaves a widow and five children. Interment was in Calvary Cemetery after services at the Church.
Senator John W Harper predicts the county local option bill will fail as it stagnates in the Committee on Temperance. He and P. W. Ward oppose it while Joseph S. Sites and W. L. Atwell support it. Drake remains neutral. Harper argues the bill harms employment and state finances and should be dropped or delayed until a party convention.
Organizer Frank L. Rist and labor leaders from Cincinnati return from Columbus where they helped oppose the county local option bill. The Central Labor Council warns prohibition would ruin business and jobs while predicting Hamilton County will stay united against it. William E. Flynn stays in Columbus to push a State Inspector of Steam Boilers and deputies. Hubert Marshall warns of possible hostile legislation against horseshoers.
Mayor Markbreit received a pledge from the Retail Liquor Dealers Association that members would purge objectionable features. A committee including John Grewe Theodore Foucar John Niemes L A Thilly and Phil Meidel endorsed closing all saloons at midnight and supported the mayor's action.
Bond Hill Town Hall Company refused the antisaloonists a meeting venue after a 7 to 1 vote. Trustee John Ahlers cited preventing personal confrontations and possible riots as the motive. Organizer W S Orvis said an indignation gathering is unlikely elsewhere due to lack of venues and cold weather.
W E Hutton & Co notes rumors of a strike to drive cotton buying. decline unsettles long interests. Manchester strike settled and cotton goods market improves, predicting higher prices with typical reaction cycles.
Spot cotton held steady in New Orleans with middling at 11 1/2 to 12 cents as buyers moved 1,625 bales on spot and 1,850 bales to arrive. Liverpool and New York sessions showed firmer futures amid favorable Liverpool news and Lancashire settlement developments.
London wool auction sales offered 12,985 bales with merino and cross breds in demand. Home consumption favored fine and coarse lots as Americans showed occasional advances. Next week 73,650 bales listed with regional breakdowns from New South Wales to Good Hope and Natal.
Boston price listing details a wide range of mining and metal stocks with bids and percentages for companies including Amalgamated, Calumet and Arizona, United Copper, Massachusetts Mining, Arizona Commercial, and various others led by notable bids and percentage changes. The report aggregates quotations and market activity from the day’s trading.
The Treasury general fund balances on Jan 25 exclude the $1.501 billion gold reserve and list available cash of $265,404,810, gold coin and bullion $30,209,536, and gold certificates $43,726,360.
The residence of J. D. McCracken general superintendent of the United States Playing Card Company at 3018 Woodburn avenue was burglarized early yesterday. Money jewelry and silverware valued at $1500 were stolen. Servant girl Catherine Lally saw a man flee from the rear door at 6 a.m. The thief entered through a window above the front porch.
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