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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1913
Page
3
In Police Court Judge Fricke accepts Lillie Lang’s plea for treatment rather than Workhouse care. The once beautiful woman pleads for operation and avoidance of the Workhouse hospital, tearful and sincere. The judge writes a note to arrange transfer to Betts Street Hospital for needed surgery.
The state and court reject the rival’s spiteful charge accusing Henry Schewetz of operating a second hand store without a license. The complainant boasts of nocturnal visits and bundles of clothes, but the court notes guessing cannot convict. The defense calls it mere vendetta and the case is dismissed.
The court heard Frank Bayne defend against stealing and hiding five gross of safety matches. Evidence showed the items found in his room and an attempt to pawn them for small sums at a saloon. The saloon keeper testified he refused to buy the matches. Bayne was ordered to pay $2 and costs.
William Powell faced the bar on a concealed weapons count after being found with a basket of six chickens. He claimed the birds were a gift from his aunt Sallie Cole of Covington to newlyweds on College Hill. Bailiff Reeve sought confirmation from Sallie Cole as to the gift. The court session was to continue this morning.
Sophia Black and her husband faced a disorderly conduct charge after a mistaken opened letter triggered a confrontation. A volatile scene erupted with threats to harm, witnesses described her as a bellicose figure while noting her drinking and provocative actions.
A court records a case where a wife is fined but then ordered to serve one day in the workhouse while her husband, who had faced similar trouble, is spared payment for her offenses. The judge insists the husband should not bear the costs.
A visibly calm youth Moses Warren, described with dark complexion and striking eyes, became uncontrollable after detention. Officers report he acted wildly on the patrol, leading to a $25 fine plus costs after admitting prior arrests.
Walter Wilson from Paris Kentucky was found between unattached wheels of a freight car. He told officers he could not move and asked for hospital care claiming illness. The hospital doctors deemed him shamming and ordered him to leave with a suspended sentence.
George Gosekamp faces family turmoil after his father in law George Jetter allegedly bought a gun months earlier for use on him. After a tense visit, a gunshot ends a confrontation and the wife contemplates alimony while the court orders a 30 day separation and a June 26 return to settle differences.
The Walnut Hills Business Men's Club asks members to list all holes breaks and street defects plus defective sidewalks in their neighborhood. The compiled list will be delivered to Service Director Price once finished.
A four day convention exhibit of office fixtures and building supplies will open at Music Hall in Cincinnati. Frederick A Schmidt & Son expands with two new lawyer members while plans foretell major Garfield place improvements and lease moves on Vine street and nearby blocks.
A scanned ledger lists numerous mortgage transfers between individuals and companies, including Herbert Greensmith to West Price Hill, Daisy O Moore to Woodburn Avenue, Samuel K. Cruce to William J. Stenger, and many others. It also notes several mortgage cancellations and assignments to entities such as Globe R. & S. Co and Western and Southern Life Insurance Company, with amounts ranging from 70 to 6,000 dollars.
A series of property transfers, deeds, and leases are recorded, detailing sales and assignments among individuals and firms such as John J. Geiger, Nicholas and John, John Sharman, Ethel M. Schneider, John E. Runck, Herbert Greensmith, Anna M. Bradley, F. L. Miller, the Luckey heirs, John Heck, James Colbert, Hiram C. Bolsinger, Frank C. Ayett, Ida H. Upson, Anthony Warburg, C. R. Haas, Century Manufacturing, Louis Schafer, George B. Watkins, Mary Doll, Elmer T. Patterson, Caroline Buns, Louise Wulfekamp, and others, including numerous lot descriptions and lease terms observed in Norwood, Waverly, Cheviot, and surrounding tracts. The list reflects 2 year to 8 year leases, several lot subdivisions, and parcels described by block and street references.
Healthy Officed Landis and Chief Food Inspector Blume propose a plan to reduce meat prices by shipping diseased cattle back to senders. They will petition the Government Bureau of Animal Industry for aid. The plan aims to avoid losses from tubercular cattle condemned upon arrival.
English Whitbread Ale and Whitbread Stout, bottled in England and shipped to America, are touted by doctors and clergymen as aids for mothers invalids and those in run down condition. The brand claims superior digestion and restful sleep, with forty European factories bottling the beverages for the growing demand.
The Citizens' National Bank of Milford merges into Milford National Bank. Stockholders approved the terms, increasing the board to nine and retaining Milford National name. New capital set at 60,000 with 60,000 surplus and about 325,000 in deposits.
A telegram to Chief Copelaw from Andrienne Arthur requests locating H E Ellis in this city. Arthur, ill at St Luke's Hospital in Jacksonville Florida, asks Ellis to contact him.
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