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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
8
Prices listed for Irish and Princess Lace Coats and seen and ra coats range from 9.75 to 55.00 with discounts up to one half one third and one fourth off former prices Panamas and Sail sat popular prices to 10.00 and dresses up to 9.75 to 35.00 in the sale listing.
Filmy white gowns long gloves parasols and large white hats will lead a Cincinnati delegation to the BPOE event in Los Angeles. About a hundred ladies plan to travel by special train, hoping to win best dressed and to see judges’ decision. Three elaborate floats for Cincinnati touted as the finest in Los Angeles.
A northward shift of high pressure brings cooler weather to Cincinnati. Temperatures fell from 74 to 72 degrees within an hour, with a daytime high near 76. The cool conditions, aided by a north wind, promise to persist through the Independence Day celebrations and provide relief from prior heat.
Cincinnati tradesmen and railroad leaders press deepening the Mississippi River, opposing War Department engineers who say the cost is unjustified. They argue Panama Canal boosts need, linking Atlantic and Pacific trade and enhancing river ports to serve interior United States, Mexico, Central and South America. Harriman plans lines that may connect Gulf and Pacific routes, underscoring freight control and national commerce ambitions.
The text outlines Harriman's claimed ability to steer freight movement and challenge all water and rail routes through the Panama Canal. Yoakum and Stilwell plan similar strategies including a Gulf of California line to link U S west coast and Latin America. Hill expands California and Southern to connect gulf ports with Northern Pacific ports, noting benefits of the deep waterway to tributaries and future network growth.
The weekly bulletin from the Bureau of Infectious and Contagious Diseases lists cases and comparisons for the two weeks ending July 3, 1903 and July 2, 1909. It records totals, trends, and public health notes for these periods.
Demand for structural steel and building materials drives output in Cincinnati and other centers. Railroads, bar steel and agricultural implement needs rise with forthcoming fall activity, while hoop and band demand remains light but expected to grow.
California travel by new Pullman sleeping cars with wide vestibules and modern amenities. Excursion agents operate a weekly Cincinnati departure every Tuesday at 6 p.m. via Louisville New Orleans Houston San Antonio El Paso and Los Angeles to San Francisco. Rates for berths reduced in regular sleepers. Contact B&O, 8W, Tillots, Central Railroad or C H Bas J Sew oe Aas Se for details.
More than 200 workers and families from the Rudolph Wurlitzer company in Cincinnati attended a picnic at Gravel Beach. A Tiffany three handled loving cup was presented to Rudolph Wurlitzer by his employees. The day featured baseball games, races, boating, dancing and a boxed picnic meal. Balloons with prize tickets capped the event, and prizes were awarded for athletic contests in the evening.
Samuel W. Monfort heads the Newsboys Protective association and works to curb abuses by larger boys against street sellers. Newsboys receive safer quarters at Shillito Place with a gym, play room, and showers.
State Bank Superintendent B. B. Seymour will send a representative to Cincinnati early this week to inspect the new Courthouse bank and issue the standard state permit. Bank officials hope to announce soon the appointment of a secretary and treasurer selected from Cincinnati's upcoming bankers.
Diplomas for prizes won by the Cincinnati Turners were distributed at Central Turner hall on Walnut Street. John Mueller presided as warm weather moved exercises to the garden. The Cincinnati Turner Gemeinde earned a fourth group field stunt diploma, first since 1885 for a Queens city crowd. Diplomas went to ladies and active Turners, with John Ruchstuhl Jr. taking second in the high jump. Two shields and a wreath honored the society amid German addresses and Turners songs and speeches by State Senator Charles Kuhl Gustave Schmidt Tillie Schmidt F. K. Burghardt Charles Schmidt Dr Gustave Eckstein Emil Kramer.
The Berlitz School offers private and class language instruction at school or residence with day or evening schedules. Trial lessons are available and a Spanish course is highlighted at a popular monthly rate for four lessons.
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