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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1908
Page
3
At Lincoln Park church a Sunday service featured children unfurling a large flag while patriotic songs played. Rev Mobbins preached Are These That Fly Like Clouds focusing on Christ’s incarnate and risen example.
The speaker argues that courts should focus on encouragement and guidance for youth rather than punishment. He cites lingering delinquency forms since the court's founding and urges safeguards against improper homes and delinquent parents. He notes increased wholesome recreation and probation vigilance as keys to reducing juvenile crime in the future.
The Rev Louis A ek preached at the Church of the New Jerusalem on Thou Art the m of the Earth. He discussed salt’s use and its qualities, urging ascent from materialism to acknowledge the spiritual world acting within nature to grasp the Master’s words that are spirit and life.
Rev Edward Mack of the First Iterian church at Walnut Hills urged summer churchgoers to abandon laxity and strengthen their Christian work. He spoke on Paul the Apostle turning from wicked ways and the need for added devotion during the summer season. Prison evangelical services by nine congregations were commended.
Rev. Earle Lee spoke on the “greatest trust” from a New Testament verse at Northside Presbyterian yesterday morning. He argued the gospel is humanitys trust for four reasons linking God, creation, eternity, and lawful conduct.
The Rev William C Mitchell of Linwood Methodist Episcopal Church urged parents to send children to church after public schooling for proper Christian guidance. He cited a state university dance read in chapel and praised Wesleyan College at Delaware and Ada Normal School as Methodist institutions. He contrasted pessimism with faith and warned against envying distant golden ages.
About 1 000 people gathered on the lawn of Walnut Hills Christian church for union services. Rev Charles Sumner Brown presided, with Rev Dwight offering the sermon themed on Christ, and Rev Lester Reed reading the day’s script. Participating clergy included Bishop John M. Wallace and Thomas Knox among others.
Prominent Cincinnati figures including Fred A. Geler Hermen Schneider and John L. Shearer back the National Society for the Promotion of Industrial Education which seeks practical cooperative training between universities and industry. Dean Schneider details the six year co operative program with alternating shop and university work, pay starting at ten cents an hour, and total earnings about $2,000 covering tuition five times over. The society aims to establish trade schools in cities to create open doors to skilled occupations.
New York July 11 The Rockefeller Institute issued a health certificate for the tsetse fly noting it transmits sleeping sickness only from already infected hosts. Dr Meltzer said the insect itself is not venomous and that the disease spreads via the parasite trypanosome. The institute works on a serum for cure with high hopes, but details stay private until next winter. Since 1901 Uganda and Congo deaths run into hundreds of thousands in affected districts.
Passengers on the American liner New York report caterpillars at table, in bed, overhead, and on the floor three days from Southampton. Officials say a broken box at sea released parasites intended to combat the brown tailed moth and the insects are being studied by government experts.
Under the Antituberculosis League a Christie Church gathering heard Dr. Samuel E. Allen describe tuberculosis as a social issue tied to living conditions. Speakers urged better hygiene, fresh air, and social effort to prevent the disease, with city-wide education and church-led crusade highlighted.
Funeral arrangements for William Byrth general agent of the Great Northern Railway and Steamship company remain undecided with a funeral likely Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning. I O Stoat traveling agent will confer with Mrs Byrth in St Paul as she travels across the continent. Relatives from Buffalo Port Huron and Cincinnati are en route to assist.
Yesterday morning and afternoon saw five small fires and scares triggering still alarms. Fires occurred at 684 Webballey a vacant tenement room inflicting about 150 dollars in damage. 709 West Fifth street an Italian slept on a burning mattress causing about 10 dollars in damage. 24 East Fourth street a jewelry store cellar with electrical insulation wear prompting salvage response but no damage. a gasoline stove exploded at Cana and Findlay streets hindering escape. 3815 Clifton Mrs. Henry Probasco rug fire causing roughly 15 dollars in damage.
A bronze tablet presented by the Chicago Congregational club was unveiled at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam to commemorate the Pilgrim Fathers' 1609 arrival and Amsterdam’s hospitality. Rev. William Billott Griffis delivered the memorial sermon. Rutgers College presented a similar tablet to the University of Utrecht.
Unclear text references a Walnutville business group meeting and a new Ohio tax law. Mentions the Ohio state board of commerce. Details are fragmentary and unnamed participants or dates.
Frederic J. Haskin surveys three pivotal moments in British India from the Royal Charter to the 1857 mutiny, detailing the East India Company’s rise, Plassey, and the 1858 crown rule, the greased cartridge crisis, and the shift toward local self government. It notes the protections for native princes, the Pax Britannica, and ongoing calls for reforms amid unrest.
Taft plans a two month western journey with a large presidential entourage including stenographers clerks and telegraphers. Railroad officials favor special trains for comfort safety and to prevent public disruption though pilots sometimes ride the engine to oversee movements.
Father Ter ence J. Shealy at Fordham college conducts a non sectarian rest cure in a religious retreat program. The first class of twenty weary men including a municipal court justice a publisher a newspaper man five lawyers and two Wall Street brokers completed three days of retirement and will resume work tomorrow. The regimen features mass meals instruction conferences examinations and study followed by evening instruction and lights out.
A July 11 tornado in Ortonville Minnesota demolished two houses and struck the Milwaukee depot, destroying the roundhouse and coal sheds. Phillip DeGriff was reported killed. Local responders surveyed the wreckage and secured the area as reports of further structural damage followed.
Washington July 11. Part I of a report on water transportation argues inland waterways lack unity and standardization hindering through freight. It cites 6800 miles of deep rivers, 2000 miles of canals, many specialized vessels, and declining canal traffic. It calls for terminal improvements and a nationwide coordinated plan.
Howell Gano, retired businessman and longtime proprietor of Howell Gano & Co. hardware on Main Street, died yesterday afternoon at 5383 Ludlow Avenue at age 87. He was a member of a pioneer Cincinnati family and active in local business circles. he leaves a widow and four children.
Greenfield city council plans action on a wet petition requesting a referendum on saloon legality in a dry city. The petition carries 38 signatures, 28 above the required portion of votes from two years ago, signaling a possible county-wide dry to wet shift if Greenfield votes wet.
The Colonia of the Commercial Cable company will begin laying a new cable this week to connect New York directly with St Johns via a transatlantic line. The system will link with the Cape landfall cables and form the first direct Europe to New York route by way of Newfoundland.
Caracabo July 11 The time limit for settling various claims expires July 13 prompting the Venezuelan government to seek an extension from the American secretary of state to continue negotiations on the Corinoco Corporation and Critch fisheries project. The government is reported to have offered a cash indemnity.
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