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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1908
Page
7
The article explains how mutuels operate at the Milldale track. Two men run a small booth per machine with tickets and live odds. After the race, accountants compute the pool by a five dollar base, minus 5 percent, then pay out to winning ticket holders with quotes like 2 to 1.
In Detroit Packard celebrates finishing 1908 tests as output tops 300 more cars than last year. Peerless reports strong demand for 1909 models with orders pouring in for closed car styles and delivery by August. J M Murdock, first private owner to cross the continent by auto, reaches New York in 32 days 3 hours from Los Angeles, driving a Packard with a seven‑person team, after a route via Cleveland and Philadelphia.
Mr Murdock and family completed a coast to coast run in a Packard Thirty despite blizzards and heavy mud. Starting in Wyoming and crossing Nebraska Iowa and Illinois they faced snow storms and deep mud yet reached Philadelphia and finally New York by May 26. The party endured long days with 250 mile legs and heavy rainfall across Indiana Ohio and Illinois.
Terre Haute won 7 to 6 at Evansville in ten innings. Wild plays fueled the contest as Jaeger Pearson Wacker Kana Grefe Schreiber Drill and Wil handled pitching and defense for the locals.
Wheeling defeats Zanesville 4 to 2 as Spangler hits a two-base hit with the bases loaded in the first inning to drive in three runs. Final line shows Wheeling 4 runs on 6 hits and 2 errors, Zanesville 2 runs on 8 hits with 0 errors. Huston Kenworthy Schriver Fisher featured in the batting lineup.
In Dayton on May 81 Ft Wayne lost 18 to 1 due to weak team defense and miscues. Batteries Johns Richardson Durham Muldowney and South Bend provided support as Dayton surged ahead with early runs.
New York May 31 The Brooklyn Handicap with a $25 000 purse and a 1 1/4 mile distance tops the week's sports in the United States. Ten horses were named to start including Montgomery Lh C McCarter Rifleman Celt Old Honesty Fair Play King James Don Creole Master Robert and Berkley Celt McCarter Fair Play Don Creole Montgomery are among the favorites in tomorrow's Gravesend race.
W K Vanderbilt's Seasick III with Henry up and M E Dechamp's Vinettell finished in a dead heat for the French Derby worth 20000 francs at Chantilly this afternoon. Both horses were favorites and the finish was gruelling. Vanderbilt's Maintenon won this stake in 1906.
Dr William H Taylor of this city marks fifty years as obstetrics professor at Miami Medical College Former dean of the college the Cincinnati Chapter Alumni Association plans a Zoological Gardens celebration Today 300 to 500 alumni from many states expected A noon business meeting followed by officer elections A 1 pm banquet and address by Dr Taylor The Miami Medical College commencement closes the day at the Scottish Rite Cathedral
Hartwell High School will hold commencement at the Presbyterian Church on June 5 with only one male graduate, John Quine, as the rest of the class are girls. Quine had been expelled twice for smoking a pipe but was reinstated after pleas from the girls. The bac calaureate sermon will be preached by the Rev. Mr. Macper of the Hartwell Methodist Church.
Crowds flocked to Chester at the big park for a sunlit day of coastal beach and clubhouse meals. The free vaudeville program drew packed crowds with acts like the Francelias and the Four Dancing Harrises. The Wild West show and rides entertained thousands as manager Kemp showcased Red Eagle in a dramatic historic segment.
The Lyman Howe engagement opens this afternoon at the Lyric Theater with moving pictures of a serious nature and a lively sing ing and talking accompaniment. The opener features scenes in Palestine and other world locations plus the wreck of a battleship as a special feature.
John Weber's band delivered two strong programs at the Zoological Garden Ley. The afternoon featured Pilgrim's Chorus from Tannhauser and Evening Star with Miss Blanche Mahaffey singing Alice. An exquisite effect came from a distant trumpeter in Hermann's A Musician Astray in the Woods. Emile Cheyre offered piccolo solos and Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 impressed. Mahaffey sang The Nightingale's Refrain. Tuesday will close with Chopin funeral march in memory of Louis Ballenberg.
Crowd attendance at Lagoon yesterday topped expectations with large numbers at the park. All attractions drew steady lines and the Indian Village offered a popular display, though a notation on the exhibit quoted outdated language.
The Columbia shows attract audiences with talking pictures and illustrated songs. The highlight is the moving picture of the American battleship fleet arriving at San Francisco, a twenty minute display including sea monsters and sailors parading in the city. The battle of the flowers ends the program on a beautiful note.
The Grand offered a packed bill despite cold weather driving patrons indoors. Woods and Ralton Evans and Evans joined a strong lineup with the Gaffneys Le Vine and Turno the juggler. Pictorials feature dance singing and talkies with a Cohan inspired imitation drawing delight.
Crowds enjoyed a sunny Sunday at Coney Island with picnics along Broadway and river trips aboard the steamers. A free vaudeville bill drew audiences, and preparations for open air spectacles on the race track continued as Lake Como boats filled, Japanese Tea Garden thrived, and children’s playgrounds neared completion.
Brooklyn gains a new fire proof theater by the Empire Circuit Company at Flatbush avenue and State street. Cramp & Co. of Philadelphia won the contract for a 225000 dollar 2000 seat house to open early next year. The Empire Company also is building the Empire at Ralph avenue and Quincy street. The Montauk Theater at Flatbush and Fulton street will reopen in the fall under Percy G. Williams.
Avondale Improvement Association nears completion of a $1000 fund to buy pictures statues and ornaments for the new Avondale school at Rockdale Avenue and Reading Road. The institution is described as a $1,000,000 facility and will be dedicated Thursday with afternoon exercises led by students and an evening program featuring Superintendent Frank B. Dyer Dr J M Withrow and other educators.
Herbert Bigelow, at Vine Street Congregational Church, argued the church should act politically in the highest sense, shaping society toward rational and just order. He criticized the church for neglecting sublime teachings and notes some singers still seek individual salvation rather than communal reform.
The Seventh Ward Mutual Aid Society hosted a basket picnic in Lohman Grove Oakley yesterday drawing about 500 visitors who reported an enjoyable time and friendly social atmosphere.
The Arion Maennerchor of Newport celebrated its 25th anniversary in Arion Park Newport with about 10,000 visitors and participation by twenty German singing societies from Indiana Kentucky and Ohio. A parade downtown and speeches by Henry Schleuter Charles Friedemann Mayor Krieger and others preceded a day of festivities led by Prof. Albert Geyer with choirs from Cincinnati Hamilton Dayton and Covington among others.
Leslie Scherrer 28 left a doorstep note for his wife at 631 Saratoga Street before dying from carbolic acid. Neighbors and Dr Wadsworth tried to aid him after he drank at a hydrant. coroner cites domestic troubles as motive. He had previously survived a self-inflicted razor wound.
Dr George W Brown lists deaths in Newport last week including Thomas Whitehead 56 pneumonia Dominick Ferrara 6 months pneumonia Rowena Porter 26 consumption William Blazing 3 heart disease Philip Dehuart 60 heart disease Melvin Brown 7 cardo enteritis Robert Donnelly 46 mastoditis Emma Johnson 16 drowning Lawrence Williamson 56 epithalitis Louise Weiver 80 consumption Lester Young 39 pistol wound Martin Blackwell 72 old age Bernard Nattinheimer 11 days inanition James Wentworth 15 days inanition Mary Barrington 86 old age Karl Kock 70 apoplexy.
Mrs Dora Ampler died yesterday at her home 1089 Saratoga Street after paralysis. She was 61 and survived by four sons and a daughter. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at St Stephen's Church at 10 o'clock, burial in Evergreen Cemetery. A separate item notes John Lally of 335 East Third Street was struck on the right hand while playing ball yesterday.
In Dixon Kentucky Jake McDowell a black man confessed to taking part in the March 14 Providence riot. A ten man masked mob overpowered the jailer, shot and hanged him then killed him with stabbing and shooting. Earlier the Providence clash began with Marshal Smith Childers being shot by a black suspect as whites and blacks clashed.
Edward Goeble of 221 East Front Newport was shot in the hand while trying to disentangle tangled trotlines from rival fishing camps along the Ohio River below Ft. Thomas. The dispute arose over line ownership. Goeble was treated by Dr. Locke after being brought to Newport. No arrest was reported.
Godfrey Gerber of 3312 Moontieth Avenue Hydé Park fell from a second story window while putting on screens. He landed inside the home and suffered a broken right arm as his cries were heard by a nearby family.
The Democratic factions in Kentucky s Sixth District prepare for a power struggle as W M Hudson and former chairman John Hall clash over leadership in Latonia. Mass conventions will select delegates to the State convention in Lexington with a hot contest for the State Central Committeeman post held by Joseph Pugh. Hind is rumored as Pugh s rival, with expectations of differing regional support as cities favor Pugh and rural areas back Hind.
Covington council committees report an ordinance to hire five more firemen as the new Central Covington fire house nears completion. The measure faces opposition over salaries and fire fund strain. An additional ordinance to raise the Health Officer salary to 1800 per year and require hospital attendance is also to be passed tonight.
Peter Linneman of Watkins Street narrowly escaped drowning when a skiff with friends capsized at Silver Lake near Erlanger Kentucky. Linneman could not swim while others could. after he sank twice the group rescued him and revived him on shore.
Pandy Pryor Camp of United Confederate Veterans with Aston Madeira and E M Bruce Chapters of the United Daughters of the Confederacy plan Southern Decoration Day observances. Memorial services occur at the Masonic Temple at 2 30 PM with grave decorations at Linden Grove Cemetery and the Southern Cross of Honor conferred in the evening service to mark Jefferson Davis birthday centennial.
William Chadderton of 65 John Street West Covington found a man floating in the Ohio River near Ludlow. Coroner Tarvin ordered the body sent to Donnelly Bros morgue in Covington. Papers identify the deceased as Louis G Eiseman of Marietta Ohio a carpenter on the steamboat Samuel Clark. Marietta authorities arranged return shipping to Marietta.
W 8 Berger reported the theft of a bay mare from his pasture in Covington. William Lemmon was jailed on drunkenness charges after his arrest by Patrolman Brady. Eliza Stork, recently ordered to Lakeland Asylum, had 178.50 found sewn in her dress. Probation Officer Salters reported no property found at her home. George Hoffman, 48, died at his home on Decoursey Pike.
Guy H. Kennedy, newly named member of Ohio Public Accounts Board, travels to Columbus for board organization. Joining him are J. H. Kauffman of Canton and J. M. Goodloe of Columbus. The board plans the examinations public accountants must pass, with the first test set for fall. The Ohio State Society of Public Accountants will meet in Columbus midmonth.
Frank Schwartz a 42 year old farmer from New Lyons reported to police that a stockily built white man attacked him on Third Street near Park, knocked him down, beat him, and robbed him of his beytebefore being taken to City Hospital.
The Quarterly Conference of Missionary Societies of the Christian Church for the Tenth District of Ohio meets at Carthage Christian Church today. Morning includes preachers from various churches, and this afternoon features a literary and musical program by the missionaries.
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