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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
14
The Commercial Tribune from July 6 1908 outlines its pre paid and delivered subscription options for daily and Sunday editions with rates for various terms. It lists service addresses including Cincinnati offices and multiple bureau locations with reading rooms for Americans.
The United States has a birthday worthy of notice beyond mere history. The flag’s message of equality inspires a holiday that embodies freedom, opportunity, and shared destiny. In time, the world may recognize July fourth as a universal day affirming happiness and rights.
An experienced Marietta Ohio teacher advocates dividing days into work play and sleep to value playground time. He cites a national charity conference and warns against overregulation, urging grownups to let children manage play while guiding them to fairness and self reliance.
The scrambled text references the president, Congress, and media coverage from Los Angeles. It mentions editing, money, and effort for glory, with vague notes about preparations and public perception.
A garbled passage hints at upcoming legal intermission or holiday period. It mentions youngsters and morning events with uncertain details, suggesting a休 infrequent pause or relief. The fragment references beginnings and signs of transition.
A city infirmary report from 1908 shows plentiful food and varied fare at Thanksgiving and Christmas with hominy meat and fruit. A letter writer reflects on food quality while noting public sentiment about the poorhouse and hints at hospital and hotel regulation under a strict state health official.
A letter from Sarah M. Sievers urges Cincinnati mothers to register and vote in primaries and November to place women on the school board. She argues that mothers bring a proper perspective on children and that capable women should be nominated and elected. The note also calls for parlor meetings and coordinated action to improve school governance.
A tongue in cheek poem from the St Paul Dispatch depicts a male speaker claiming to teach a girl to swim then undermines instruction by inviting her to hire a paid instructor. The verse shifts to dark humor as the speaker jokes about drowning or swimming.
The clipping compares reactions to extreme heat from several papers. Newark News notes Colonel Rickey’s efforts. Memphis Commercial Appeal notes political heat. Augusta Chronicle quips on discussing weather. Providence Journal cites animal metaphor. Wheeling Intelligencer jokes about heated arguments. Rochester Democrat links heat to crime stories. The tone is collective, lightly satirical, and era-specific.
A public drive against the house fly is praised for transparency despite potential harm to the pest. The piece cites satirical remarks from Chicago Tribune Atlanta Journal and Milwaukee Sentinel on public health, fashion hats, tariffs and lemonade sellers reacting to weather conditions.
The Weather section notes showers across the country with temperatures from 61 to 78 degrees. Government forecast predicts showers in Ohio and West Virginia Tuesday and Wednesday with warmer conditions midweek, plus moderate east winds. Indiana and Kentucky showers, with western Kentucky fair and eastern showers, and warmer Wednesday.
Shipping news reports arrivals and departures across Atlantic ports. Vessels include the Kroonland arriving Antwerp from New York and the Kaiser Wilhelm II arriving Bremen from New York with further service updates and Marconi communications near Sandy Hook.
The notice lists Charles Shakleford a retired lawyer and magazine writer who died in Chicago from gangrene after a toe bruise. It also reports the death of Prof John M Ordway a Tulane metallurgy professor emeritus at 86 in Saugus Massachusetts. Father Boniface Krug, once arch abbot of Monte Cassino, died at Beatty Pennsylvania.
The new Evanston bank will formally open today at 3614 Montgomery road with officers and directors serving as the reception committee. Frederick W. Keam’s funeral will be held this afternoon at the Belmont avenue family residence. Nellie Rice, who confessed to shooting her husband, was arraigned on a murder charge and case continued to July 10. Adolph Bysewosky, a 14 year old Richmond street newsboy, reported $60 saved and hidden in a cupboard was stolen yesterday.
Marie Buschmiller aged 5 months died at 1518 Linn Street. Burial permits issued. cause listed cholera infantum.
Indiana exchanges note wives and daughters in fields while Kentucky farmers face illiteracy accusations in Evansville. The region debates campaigns and policies with references to schooling, pooling contracts, and public works. Fifteen new schoolhouses slated for Henderson county as part of progressive expansion.
Morning to afternoon gatherings along the Licking river feature dancing clogs and brid ge games indoors during rain, with hosts Mr. and Mrs. Ernst and guests including Judge and Mrs. Rufus B. Smith. A long list of attendees spans Misses Smith Eaton Shipley Graydon and Irwin and Messrs Grant Minor and Doyle, plus Mrs. Harriss in London and others headed to Sagaponack and Adirondacks for summer. The Country Club hosts a festive table d hote dinner and a rain-disrupted tennis final postponed to later.
Ralph Berger of Toledo is hosted by Mrs. Albert Root and family in Newport and plans a month long trip to New York Boston Maine and the lakes. Mrs. Charlton Thompson hosts Miss Aline Brown over the Fourth. Carl White and his bride arrive at Fort Thomas to visit the groom’s mother. Mrs. A berating of Covington and daughters to Niagara Falls for three weeks. Miss Josephine Dickerson entertains the Klug Klux club with guests Mildred Gray Sybille and Myrtle Sauerston. Miss Hat tie Purser Miss Alma Bets Miss Elisa also mentioned.
George W. Durham of the Isle of Pines details life in the Cuban territory to a Cincinnati hotel crowd. He notes land control by Americans, two weekly papers, Nueva as capital, local school by his company, and crops including tobacco and vegetables, with year round 55 to 90 degree temps.
Glenn H. Curtiss of Hammondsport N Y won the first of four prizes at Morris Park race track north of New York City by flying a mile and three‑quarters. The Aero Club of America offered 250 to the first four aviators completing five eighths of a mile. Several minor contests followed with George Thompson and Dr. Julian P. Thomas also displaying flights in other exhibitions.
Granny Ray of Garnett Kansas born June 21 1797 remains sharp at 106 John Black of Muskogee Oklahoma jailed at 106 for beating his wife a year after thrashing a judge Captain William B and Captain Edward Maron of Kennebunk Maine claimed as oldest living twins born May 24 1823 both active in local politics
Mrs. Katherine Hughes a 55 year old resident of 412 Warwood Avenue East End was struck by an eastbound Pennsylvania passenger train at Eastern Avenue and Strader Street while crossing. She was taken to the city hospital by Petrol 6 but died before arrival, the body later at the county morgue.
National Capitol news notes proposed bills to restore full train crews on freight and passenger trains. The measure, backed by railroad interests, sets crew minimums amid Roosevelts rail policies. It would empower the Interstate Commerce Commission to enforce penalties and target safety in locomotive operation.
In San Francisco on July 5 a blaze gutted the War ren Improvement company stables. About 150 horses perished, each valued at 150 dollars, with total losses around 175000 dollars. Charles Howard, seen near the stables, is missing and feared dead.
A blaze consumed the Peerless hotel and sanitarium in Fox Lake Wisconsin early today causing an estimated loss of $50,000 to $75,000 with little insurance coverage. Fire crews battled the flames but the building could not be saved.
A cottage on Central avenue Manchester was totally destroyed by fire at 9 o'clock this morning. Mrs James Pangburn of Cincinnati owned the home which was occupied by George Guthrie formerly of Cincinnati. The origin of the blaze is unknown.
A Hamilton city committee met in Cincinnati with J Kesley Schoepf and Ohio Electric and Cincinnati Northern Traction officials. The company asks dismissal of city court proceedings in exchange for a 25 year hold on certain streets and elevated wires, plus extensions. A vote on an ordinance may follow a clash with the firm at tomorrow night's meeting.
Fireman Joseph Gear, 48, of 1031 West Ninth Street, driver of Engine No. 2, fell while escaping from the engine house after a tox 4% alarm. He slid to the bottom of the pole and fractured his left leg above the ankle. He was rushed to City Hospital for treatment.
Berlin reports the trial of Privy Councillor D. Hammann on perjury charges opened today. Hammann, director of the foreign office press bureau, is linked to Chancellor Von Buelow and implicated in the divorce case involving his now wife.
At the National Education association in Denver on July 5 John MacDonald of Topeka urged women’s voting rights while noting Kansas county superintendent appointments. Nathan C. Schaeffer of Pennsylvania argued for appointed superintendents over elected ones due to political influence. Edwin G. Cooley of Boston and others spoke on leadership in schools.
A verdict of willful murder was returned against Mundarial, an Indian student, for shooting Lieut. Colonel Sir William Hutt Curgon Wyllie, political aide to Lord Morley, after a public gathering on July 1. Notebooks found in his room showed months of pistol practice since January.
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