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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1898
Page
8
Mr Eshelby replies to an anonymous charge that he wrote a letter to a taxpayer. He denies the accusation and defends his conduct in the matter. The episode centers on a disputed claim against him and his response to the allegation.
City Auditor and officials face questions over long forgotten 1892 1894 1895 assessments on McMillan Street. Treasurer E O Eshelby denies owing city funds and cites prior injunctions and settlements involving W Rendigs and Theodore Horstman while urging suit for personal judgment on unresolved items.
Lieutenant Colonel Paul Millikin of the First Ohio Volunteers received a mounted honor from Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce members. Twenty six subscribers, each $1, funded a fine horse and full equipment shipped to Tampa. A letter dated June 4, 1898, praising Millikin's commission and urging his return in triumph accompanied the gift.
The Main street line south of the Zoo will cease Saturday June 4 at midnight. Work to rebuild and equip the line will be proceeded with rapidly as possible. Cincinnati Street Railway Co John Kilgour President and General Manager.
Mr. C. F. L. Huntington retires from business placing all china and glassware stock with the Ezékiel and Bernheim Company for public auction. Sale begins next Wednesday and continues daily until inventory is exhausted. The firm has operated since 1846.
The Ludlow Automatic Fire Alarm Company notes the recent warehouse fire at W. W. Thomas facilities and states the origin locality lacks any automatic fire alarm system. The reply, quoting the paper’s card, aims to inform the public and justify the company’s position.
The Big Four introduces a morning express between New York and Boston, hailed as a success. Officials and travelers anticipate faster service and smoother schedules on the new line.
Medicated inhaler from Klick Medical Co claims to cure catarrh hay fever and bronchial ailments. Sold for $1 at 218 & Ninth Street Cleveland.
Mutiny against Colonel Lake in his Colored Volunteers is quelled as officers lending support to Lake remain in place. Col Huggins of Louisville eyed to lead a regiment of immunes. Lake vows to stay until a suitable successor is found. Women workers at Tobias & Co hat factory delivered provisions to the regiment.
Miss Ruth Anna Gottlieb of Ludlow Kentucky has enlisted in the Red Cross and awaits assignment. She is a Hughes High School and Laura Memorial Medical College graduate.
Special dispatch from Toledo reports General John L. Kountz, commander in chief of the G A R 1884 85, endorsing the return of rebel flags. He says sectional lines are erased and North and South stand united beneath the Stars and Stripes in fraternal affection, honoring both blue and gray soldiers.
Columbus dispatch notes Captain Joseph Dowling of Dayton urges the Democratic State Convention be held in Dayton, with Negley Cochran backing Dayton over Toledo. After old party leaders surged in Columbus last spring, Toledo or Dayton emerged as preferred hosts, Dayton gaining momentum as the favored site.
Cincinnati based Square Deal Mutual Aid Association was incorporated today by R. P. Tutt George B Budd Nicholas Conway and Edward G Landierr in Columbus Ohio operating under the Commercial Tribune report.
The Board of City Affairs reviews staffing cuts and salary reductions, abolishing several positions including machinist laborers and valve men. Transfers occur to Hydrant Service and Water Works, while resignations and new bids are recorded. Dewey Day bills paid. $170 allocated to City Hall press. erroneous February date corrected to June 15.
A new society named the Infant of Prague Society plans to support St Joseph's Infant Asylum in Norwood Ohio. The group will urge public encouragement, offer five cent monthly dues, and organize activities including plans for the asylum’s September silver jubilee celebration.
The Pogland High Schools held its seventeenth annual commencement last night in Portland Indiana. Nineteen seniors graduated including Charles E. Bliss Dewie H. Jones Rhhie B Hall Orville C McLaughlin Pearl Baken Fred W Mellinger Desha Shephard Mary E Waggoner Nina M Brann Gertrude E Pelham Maggie L Kinsey Myrtle K Foltz John B Sebring Orda M Graves S Edith Holmes Cora Kiken dall J Edward Jellison Lavinia D Goetz Frank S Sanders.
Martin Stein of New Richmond fell from his cart in a drunken stupor near Batavia Ohio. His clothes snagged in the vehicle and he was dragged for a mile as the horse bolted, endangering nearby bystanders and prompting an investigation into the incident.
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