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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
17
Lt BE Shackleton of the Royal Navy and three Nimrod members are honored for reaching the furthest south. The Prince of Wales attends a Dover London reception with the ex explorer and wife. Crowds surge as the hero tours Albert Hall and Garage Club dinner honors earlier polar feats.
Campbell County Democrats push for a county and city primary on August 28 to nominate police judge six council seats and other officials. L J Diskin chairs the 84th committee, with Alexandria delegates set to supervise joint district primaries. Contested seats include circuit judge and county clerk with several aspirants switching from convention to primary. Bellevue party officials endorse the primary plan and outline primary fees and an open meeting to finalize details.
About 70 women identified as Dorothy Nestling and others faced a runaway carriage on Alexandria pike near Fort Bormas when its axle broke on Fort avenue. The horse bolted toward Millers lane, dragging a rider before being stopped by a motorman. several women suffered bruises and were taken to nearby homes for treatment.
A skiff overturned on the Ohio River near Dayton as launches drove downriver shortly before noon. Four people were rescued by Arthur Breitenstein and others. rescue names include Miss Mabel Banks, Carl Kuhf, and others on Second Avenue in Payton and Dayes Kentucky.
Tuesday morning services will be held at the Catholic church in Coldspring followed by interment in Coldspring cemetery. John McNamara, former Newport firefighter and brother of Michael McNamara, well known politer, was critically bit yesterday on Elm Street by a vicious dog, suffering a severe leg injury.
Fragmented list shows marriage licenses in Newport Kentucky with names including Gusan McCall, Walter Rowe, Milanbeth Burah, Warren B. Columbus, and Adeline Hayes. OCR reveals partial surnames and unclear spellings but indicates multiple couples from Newport and surrounding areas seeking licenses.
Fragmented OCR shows transfers or dedications in Buena Vista addition Newport and Jamegtown and Jagsegtonts addition Dayton. Names Martin Doyle Caroline Stan Ernest C. Stan Augusts Lott and Albert Sampbe appear as sellers or buyers in multiple lot transactions.
The Covington Curbstone club held its annual dinner with members and guests traveling by special cars from Booth Covington and Cincinnati Street Railway. Magistrate W. H. Wheeler arrived late after officiating a marriage of a colored couple, amid jokes about kissing the bride. Speakers included Sidney J. Collier and others as telegrams and congratulatory messages were read.
Campbell County bank sues Walter Forster and Frank Schmitt and wife in circuit court alleging a November 19 note for 400 dollars was paid only to Schmitt and that a deed to Dayton real estate was fraudulently transferred. In a separate action administrator George Bots earned a 5000 dollar judgment against Mutual Benefit Life Insurance, with an appeal likely.
The report describes Winston of 1721 being saved from drowning at Fred Wallace on Clair street. His companions cried for aid and Winston, aided by George Ros enbaum, brought the lad to shore.
About twenty Louisville and Nashville cars on the siding at Wilders station near Newport were stripped of brass air and break valve connections worth 800 dollars. Sheriff Nagel and deputies with Covington detectives are investigating the theft.
Notice from John J. Craig as chairman announces a Tuesday night meeting in the Boone block to fill vacancies and finalize plans for a county convention next Saturday at Turner hall Pike street. The committee may also act on calling a city convention to nominate candidates for city offices.
Newport commissioners last week requested the resignation of Fred Sauerbrey, chief engineer of the pumping station, but the move is held in abeyance as interceding friends push for reversal. Sauerbrey remains in charge while observers say resignation may not be forced and changes at the pump house are possible.
Eight modern brick houses with 7 to 9 rooms on Maple avenue between Sixth and Beverith streets ready Aug 15 ask 30 dollars net per month. Six rooms on Landen avenue at 425 dollars per month. Address Charles Megerle Sixth street and Maple Avenue Newport Ky. Ward death notice in Newport. Funeral details for Mrs hols pioneer resident.
B F Lancaster reports a wedge game on a Covington street car with a stolen pocketbook and $20. Detectives Det. Sandford arrested Claude Mitchell and Thomas Robinson in railroad yards. Will contest filed over John Taylor estate. hearing scheduled for May 38. Marriage license secured after cross city attempts. Nash renter Minter dies at Oak Ridge home on Taylor Mill Pike. lifelong Kenton County farmer.
Morrison Le Roy Plan 1 company sues Calmet Phoenix Germania for 1000 dollars each, seeking coverage after the Morrison Stath etters mill near Bearo River burned last January. Seven policies across firms split the lumber fire loss scattered among yard and shed locations north of the mill, with disputes over policy phrasing about yard placement.
Covington Vital Statistics lists seven deaths last week with causes including pneumonia pleurisy and senility. Notable names include Daniel Depres 71 paralysis Florence Col 60 apoplexy William Call 58 senility and Ries Bullock 88 typhoid fever.
Elizabeth geully Al Gray Mathing Schmidt and Nettie R Francis sued the city of nia in Kenton circuit court yesterday seeking reduction of assessments on their property. In a separate matter police judge Read fined Lang $1 for loitering after a disputed remark. Lang faced potential dismissal when a Tetpark remark angered the judge, with Clarence Hens promising further action.
Judge Read continued the case concerning the boarding housekeeper cited in earlier proceedings. Details remain unreported in the readable portion.
Fragmentary OCR text lists numerous personal names and scattered places across multiple locales. The readable items include Bertha LaMaster Harry W Tonk Cleah Dram Henry Mat Lida Prindiville and others with partial city references such as Clifton and New York. No coherent event or context is discernible.
The board of directors of the Union Light Heat and Power Co announces immediate natural gas rates. Consumers using up to 150000 cubic feet monthly pay 400 gross less 10 percent if billed within ten days. Next 100000 cubic feet pay 800 gross less 100 or 200 net if paid within ten days. Over 250000 cubic feet pay 250 gross less 100 or 150 net if paid within ten days. Albert Silva secretary.
Covington High School pupil Sandford won the inter city high school meet at Latonia. He is the son of Lieutenant Sandford of the Covington police force.
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports in Darby Pennsylvania that Harry Hainey’s eye was saved by a skin graft taken from his arm. Dr De Gwinets performed the procedure at University hospital and Hainey fully recovered. The eyelid had burned in an explosion at his work and failed to heal with initial treatment.
Special dispatch from Asheville reports that 20 percent of rural Southerners, about 2,000,000 people, suffer hookworm disease. Dr C W Stiles of the Marine Hospital Service states annual South labor losses reach 100 million dollars with 50 to 60 percent infected in some areas. The disease affects whites more in poverty, while the black population is largely immune yet acts as a spreader. Ground itch is blamed for most cases, not leather lung.
Edward Rogers of Watonga, a blacksmith, refuses any share of the late Henry H. Rogers’s Standard Oil fortune. A decade-old dispute escalated after Henry refused a loan to Rogers’s son, prompting Edward to ban his brother from his home and reject any post office notices about the estate.
California couple signs matrimonial contract in Fresno. Sylvester Breesee aged 77 obtains a license to wed Mrs. Melinda Goodsie of Santa Rosa. This is Breesee's seventh marriage and Goodsie's third. He had divorced his former wives for desertion except the first, who died in 1880.
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