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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1908
Page
40
Laura Ger was today appointed postress of Palsey Whitl ey county in place of C G Petrie who resigned. Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune.
County treasurer records show a $94 102 73 decrease in Dow Alkin saloon tax receipts over six months from 1907 to 1909. June 1907 receipts were 984 753 77, while June 1909 totaled 840 650 04, with December figures also down, suggesting further annual losses.
Health officer Mark A Brown condemned the use of alum in foods after word from Washington that Dr Julius Eichberg of Cincinnati told an American Health league meeting that alum harms those with sensitive stomachs. He noted Cincinnati water department no longer uses alum for mud settling, preferring lime and iron.
Jesse Rieske and Frank C. Hoke were arrested on a charge of injuring the automobile of W. S. Mitchell after an April 17 incident at the Cincinnati Country club. The club’s board reported the arrests and intent to prosecute, with bonds set at 500 each. Dr. A B Heyl and C Gordon Neff will travel to Cleveland for a board meeting at the Hollenden hotel.
Madisonville Tennis Club postpones Independence Day celebration due to rain. The event moves to next Saturday with afternoon tennis tournament and evening music and fireworks. Chief Millikin issues order banning noisy explosives to protect public peace. quiet set pieces allowed.
Charles Foster Mathes auditor of the German National Bank will become secretary of the new Courthouse Savings Bank on July 19. At 32 he will oversee all inside work and bring years of banking experience across departments to Cincinnati's young bank clerks.
A Cincinnatian is honored at a meeting in Atlantic City where Rudolph Wurlitzer and several executives including Pery B. Whitsit from Cotanoh, J. F. Bowers from Chicago, and Louis Buehr of Philadelphia are listed among attendees and officers. The session features prominent figures from the talking machine industry.
Assistant Superintendent Poe of the railway mail service was laid up yesterday with an attack. Postmaster W C Johnson was reelected president of Branch 2 of the National Association of Supervising Postoffice Employees at its annual meeting Tuesday night. Officers include George Reiter vice president and W D Baker secretary with A A Tucker treasurer. Delegates to the national convention in Chicago are George Reiter and W D Baker with alternates Charles Hauch and Frank N Beatty. Postmaster Monfort sought relatives of Alexander C W Tanning who died in Cincinnati August 18 1846 and Alfred St A Crozet who died April 23 1855. L C Chandler of Scranton Pa has been appointed chemist in the government laboratory in Cincinnati.
Members of the Retail Grocers and Butchers league plan to lower milk to six cents a quart in Cincinnati. They meet tonight at Central Turner hall to finalize details before forming a new corporate milk company. The league aims to source from Ohio and Indiana and says grocers could buy at fourteen cents and sell at twenty four cents per gallon for profit.
Assistant Superintendent R M Moore of the city infirmary asked for about $2000 more for the outdoor poor relief for next year. He noted that last winter 2133 families 6019 individuals and 3020 dependent children were aided and with more funds could help about a thousand more or sustain current aid. He cited $3550 received in the first half and $2607 in the second half of this year as context for ongoing needs.
Health officer Mark A. Brown reports diarrheal diseases led last week with 21 deaths, surpassing consumption and heart disease. He condemns feeding bottle babies with overheated milk, notes 20 of 71 infant cases were in such infants, and cites milk bacteria as a major cause of summer infant mortality. Week total reached 117 deaths, down from prior weeks.
Superintendent Crouse of the Children's Home says Ohio must change the adoption law which now limits placements to the county of the foster parents. He argues the current interpretation reveals the county where the child resides, hindering institutions from safeguarding foster families from natural parent interference.
Assistant City Solicitor Albert Morrill suggested to Attorney Harry Probasco that Washington park is the best site for the Lincoln memorial shaft funded by Fred Alms widow. The park should extend to Fourteenth street and the memorial placed at the center, with an estimated extension cost of about $200000 per Park Superintendent Rodgers.
Inquiry at the board of education disclosed that the contract for the entire addition to the Twenty third District school has not been set. Kaps and Brehm claimed their bid was $150 lower than the others. The three parts were let but the full contract was not awarded due to law requirements and funds not being available until October.
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