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Newspaper

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 13, 1908

Page

5

City Engineer Proposes Sewer Overhaul and Street Upgrades

City Engineer Landmaker told the board that street improvements per the April 20 1908 plan would cost about 39912510. A double system sewer for storm and sewage totals 48861730 with no filtration plant cost. He urges construction per the April 2 council plan terminating at Glenmore and Muddy Creek road, with nine foot outlet diameter and overflow near Glenmore. The board approved and sent the matter to council to proceed with trunk sewer at 216227.

Landmaker Board of Public Service Westwood Council Glenmore Avenue Muddy Creek Road

Barfield Studies Workmen Woes in Ohio Plan

Magistrate J Marshall Smedes announced former Secretary of the Interior James Garfield will visit Cincinnati to meet with labor leaders and employers about Ohio's new employers liability commission. Judge George Martin of Lancaster joins the committee to gauge support for a potential law to care for workers injured on the job.

J. Marshall Smedes Secretary of the Interior James Garfield Cincinnati Employers’ Liability Commission Ohio Bar Association Put-in-Bay Garfield Smedes George Martin Lancaster Ohio Squire Smedes Cencere

Eighteen More Fleischmann Fund Concerts Announced

Music at Lytle Park tomorrow night features a program of classic composers under Julius Fleischmann and his mother. The fund plans eighteen more concerts at Washington Park July 16 Lincoln Park July 2 McKinley Park July 21 Inwood Park July 28 with other dates to follow.

Lytle Park Julius Fleischmann Lytle Greys Kia Straus Hoschna Remick Washington Park Lincoln Park McKinley Park Inwood Park

Young pedestrian on coast-to-coast hike to win $500

Carl Jansen, 20, of Brooklyn, walking from New York toward San Francisco since March 7, has logged about 1 200 miles and hopes to reach the West by October 7. He travels on country roads, avoids officials, and funds meals by work. He plans to move from Cincinnati to Indianapolis tomorrow.

Carl Jansen Third Avenue Brooklyn Cincinnati New York San Francisco Carl Weston Jansen Philadelphia Newport News Ben Indianapolis

Inspector Confronts Imminent Dismissal at City Hall

Baker shop inspector William Woehrlin warns at city hall that he feels the political blow, saying the flag remains but his job hangs by a thread. He predicts removal within days as disagreements among officials intensify.

William Woehrlin

Hard Times Over Says Gollettor

Collector Amor Smith reports rising Cincinnati customs receipts over the last ten days surpassing last year by nearly five thousand dollars. Senator Theodore Burton invites Chamber of Commerce members and others to share preferences between house and senate tariff terms as the conference committee works on the bill.

Amor Smith Cincinnati Custom House Theodore E. Burton Charles B. Murray Chamber of Commerce Burton House Senate Conference Committee

Funeral services for Annie E. Collins noted by relatives

At the death of celebrated china painter Annie E. Collins on Saturday, funeral services are held this morning in Spring Grove chapel with pallbearers Alfred George Clifford Wood and Howard Collins, conducted by Rev. Frank H. Nelson. Interment follows at Spring Grove cemetery.

Annie E. Collins Alfred George Clifford Wood Howard Collins Spring Grove Frank H. Nelson Spring Grove Cemetery

Children to Go Farming for Week

The Jewish Charities association announces a summer program giving 600 city children a week in the country. Superintendent Boris Bogen says 500 places are secured with more hoped for this month. Other groups will supply additional names for the summer program continuing through July August and September.

Jewish Charities Association Boris Bogen

Petroleum butter hoax from Standard Oil questioned by chemists

Cincinnati chemists dismiss reports that Standard Oil has found a way to make oleomargarine from petroleum. They say petroleum is a mineral oil unsaponifiable and cannot be combined to produce edible butter. cotten seed oil remains a vegetable source with different uses.

Standard Oil Company Cincinnati Standard Alton Ill Joseph W. Ellins Cincinnati Waterworks

Funeral of Stricken Railroad Man Thursday

The funeral for William J. Byrth general agent of the Great Northern Railroad and Steamship Company will be held at 629 Rockdale avenue Avondale Thursday afternoon. The Masons and the Hills will handle arrangements and interment is planned for Spring Grove cemetery. Mrs Byrth will arrive from St Paul today to assist with pallbearers. The Transportation Club has formed a committee to draft resolutions and many railroad offices will send representatives. Coroner Coe's inquest attributed Byrth death to heart paralysis after he was stricken on a traction car en route to Milford.

William J. Byrth Great Northern Railroad and Steamship Company W. J. Fye Rockdale Avenue Avondale Masons and the Hills Byrth Spring Grove Cemetery St. Paul Transportation Club Mr. Byrth George W. Weedon O. G. Fetter H. C. Thatcher C. C. Spalding A. L. Ellett Coe Milford W. B. Carpenter

Young Prisoner Frank Doll Fails To Shorten Four Year Term

Frank Doll alias Thomas, 22, now in the workhouse serving four years, suffered a hand injury at a machine shop on May 25 and lockjaw on June 20. After serum treatment he recovered and will return to work, completing his term. His prison history includes a jail delivery escape and another escape attempt two months ago.

Frank Doll Thomas Doll DeCoursey

Poor children and mothers go to Salvation Army camp

Thirty children and five mothers from the tenement district form the first party taken this summer to the Salvation Army Vacation Camp at Clermontville near the Ohio river. Captain Thomas Peart leads the weeklong outing from East Third Street day nursery. More applicants await similar country trips as tents rise on the farm to house visitors.

Galvation Army Clermontville Ohio River Thomas Peart Salvation Army East Third Street

Hotel Clerk Solves Stolen Dog Mystery at Palace

Palace Hotel clerk Burt Smith uncovered how a couple from West Virginia locked a small black dog in a sixth floor room and it vanished. A strong odor and a bloodhound led to the skylight, where investigators found the dog had jumped six stories to its death.

Burt Smith Palace West Virginia

Magistrate rules in numerous civil suits at forenoon session

Magistrate Smedes handled twenty seven civil cases such as Jake Pittner v Gus Breitenbacher with Pittner awarded 175 dollars on two promissory notes. Ben Woeste received 75 dollars for cigar sales commissions from J Adam Schmidt. General Music Supply Co won 222.40 against Smith and Nixon Piano. Attorneys J M Dawson and Arthur G Hall won 200.36 in attorney fees for Lillian and Carl Axtmann. Dr James M Galley won 21 dollars for professional services from Alvin G Harden.

Smedes Jake Pittner Gus Breitenbacher Pittner Ben Woeste J. Adam Schmidt Schmidt General Music Supply Company Smith & Nixon Piano Company

Cincinnati Druggists Plan to Attend State Meeting

The Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association will hold its seventh annual reunion and convention at Cedar Point Ohio from July 13 to 17. Delegates from across the state will discuss new legislation the drug market fire insurance and the decennial convention in Washington DC in May 1910. Cincinnati attendees include Julius Grever Robert Groenland Milton Franken and many others with families accompanying.

Ohio State Pharmaceutical Association Cedar Point Washington D. C Julius Grever Robert Groenland Milton Franken George Stier Grover Hoffman van Dorf Robert Schults Charles Diehl George Diehl J. O. Arnold William Mank Harry Hellker Nicholas Blank B. Perin Walter Wetterstroem Edward Voss B. H. Overbeck W. H. Ganz Theodore D. Wetterstroem Cincinnati Association

Street Car Men Win Reward Trip for Ticket Sales

Twenty six traction company employees, led by Street Car Men's association president Tom Sullivan, earned a two week plus trip to eastern cities for selling the most tickets. The itinerary runs from Cincinnati to Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls Lewiston Toronto Prescott and Montreal then Boston New York Atlantic City Philadelphia and back to Cincinnati by August 3.

Traction Company Tom” Sullivan Street Car Men's Association Montreal Boston Philadelphia Cleveland Buffalo Niagara Falls Lewiston Toronto Prescott New York Atlantic City Cincinnati A. Michael B. Beierlein C. Hess M. B. Davis Charles Schnitger H. Baker M. Summers H. Keiser Thomas Malloy H. Stille C. Saunders A. E. Mathews John Gault H. Miller H. Harrison Dan Murnahan H. Steltel C. Hauck H. Robinson B. Cone B. Wilson J. Ulrich Ww. Brofe C. Carey T. Downing Tomulliven

Fishermen Entertain at Peerless Fishing Club Camp

The Peerless Fishing club plans a midweek family gathering with an entertainment committee led by Eugene Rempfler Jacob Grimm Jacob Baschang P Kindel berger John Naegel Abe May E Frederick and W Schrenker. A ball game between married and single members, vaudeville, and dancing are on the program at the Ohio river camp Stop 87 on the traction road.

Peerless Fishing Club Eugene Rempfler Jacob Grimm Jacob Baschang P. Kindelberger John Naegel Abe May E. Frederick W. Schrenker Ohio River Traction Road

North Hyde Park Club Plans Rapid Transit Talk

The North Hyde Park club meets at Oakley avenue and Madison road at 8 pm with traction expert John E. Bleekman addressing rapid transit. The program also features several musical selections by the Glee club.

North Hyde Park Oakley Avenue Madison Road John E. Bleekman Glee Club

Funeral services for Brother Frank Wilson set for Thursday

Lodge 10 Gh W and A Mic calls members to assemble at the lodge room on Thursday July 15 at 1 30 p m to take part in the funeral services of Brother Frank Wilson B H Kinney W M

Gh W A. Mic Frank Wilson B. H. Kinney W. M

Obituary notices list multiple funerals this week

Brookfield Benjamin born April 16 1866 funeral July 14 10 am at 1331 Broadway burial private. BYRTH William J. funeral July 9 sudden. COLLINS Annie B funeral July 13 Spring Grove chapel 10 am. EVANS Eunice L. Horton funeral July 13 2:30 pm Wyoming. GANO Howell funeral July 18 3 pm. HARMON Emma Kiefer private cremation July 10 10 am. JONES Mary B age 9 funeral July 18 Madisonville 3:30 pm. MORAN Hannah widow funeral July 13 7:30 am mortuary chapel State Ave. requiem mass 8 am at Blessed Sacrament church.

Brookfield Benjamin Broadway Byrth William J Collins Annie B Seton Hospital Spring Grove Evans Wyoming Eunice L. Horton Caleb B.evans H. R. Stearns Gano—Howell Harmon Emma Kiefer Lewis P. Harmon Jones Mary B Charles W. Bulkhead Madisonville Springfield Moran Hannah Moran William Moran State and Lehman Avenues Rachel’s Mortuary State Avenue Church of the Blessed Sacrament Glenway and Wilder Avenues

Klein seeks ward playground at city hall

Councilman William J. Klein of the Fourteenth ward says he will ask the council at the next meeting to provide public playgrounds for his ward. He notes a location between Freeman avenue and Baymiller streets and York and Dayton streets is favored, though no site is fixed.

Council William J. Klein Fourteenth Ward City Hall Freeman Avenue Baymiller Streets York and Dayton Streets

Be Kind to Us Campaign Reaches Cincinnati Horses

Ohio Humane Society mails thousands of pamphlets to departments and drug stores in Cincinnati urging proper care for horses in summer. The flyers feature four horses and the line Be kind to us We work hard for you.

Ohio Humane Society Cincinnati

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