Moscow Coney's Great Feature Rehearsing Opera at Chester Park
Manager A E Gregory confirms 845 pm showtimes for the Moscow spectacle at Chester Park to suit Princess and Queen steamer passengers. Crowds grow with rising temperatures as boats bring visitors to the island for Smittie's Band, fireworks, and impressive performances. Violet Chapter Eastern Stars visit tomorrow. Western and Southern Life Insurance banquet to follow in the evening.
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Moscow
Chester Park
A. E. Gregory
Smittie
Coney
Gregory
Violet Chapter
Order of Eastern Stars
Western and Southern Life Insurance Company
Opening Summer Opera at Chester With The Fortune Teller
The Chester opera pavilion prepares for the season with mild evenings and a cool venue. The opening bill is The Fortune Teller a lively Victor Herbert comedy. ScenicArtist George Talbot crafts three sets from Vienna to Budapest to enhance the production.
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Chester
Victor Herbert
George Talbot
Vienna
Berezowski
Danube
Budapest
Talbot
Gillette to Write New Drama for Frohman
William Gillette, who arrived in London, has arranged with Charles Frohman to write a new drama for production in America and England before he resumes acting. Gillette will return to the United States soon and devote six months to writing the play.
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London
William Gillette
Charles Frohman
America
England
Gillette
United States
Picnic Season Draws Coney crowds on the lake
The article notes that the picnic season brings hundreds of thousands to boats at Coney. Today picnickers will gather in force, with the grove described as magnificent for outdoor observances. A morning event is hosted by the Women’s Aid of the First...
Alumnae Celebrate 55th Anniversary Luncheon at St Nicholas
The Alumnae Association of Cincinnati Wesleyan College marked its 55th anniversary with a luncheon at St Nicholas yesterday. About eighty five guests attended a program including a prayer by Mrs Louise Elstner Fisher and greetings from President Mrs Anna Wood Thompson.
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Cincinnati Wesleyan College
St. Nicholas
Louise Elstner Fisher
Anna Wood Thompson
Katherine Mullik
Henrietta Kitchell Blakeman
C. D. Clephane
Maud Miller
Kitchell
Matte’ Ludlow Bowman
Cora Bigney McLean
Mattie Colter Miles
Kate Robertson West
Clara Bishop
Ida Mecklefresh
Westanna Brown
May Shoemaker Howard
Anna Masson ™ Doering
Althea Spellman
Louise
Departing friend given a luncheon
Isthmian Canal Commissioner Jack son Smith, after ten days in Cincinnati, left for Knoxville New Orleans and San Antonio to spend a month before returning to Panama. At the Queen City Club luncheon hosted by visiting Commercial Club members, Smith read a Panama poem with unknown authorship.
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Isthmian Canal
Jackson Smith
Cincinnati
Knoxville
New Orleans
San Antonio
Panama
Mr. Smith
Queen City Club
Commercial Club
Canal
Harry L. Laws
William Worthington
D. B. Meacham
Edward Goepper
L. A. Ault
James A. Green
W. W. Taylor
Perii Langdon
John Omwake
N. H. Davis
Innes Band Draws Crowds at City Zoo Concerts
Yesterday's milder weather drew large afternoon and evening crowds for Innes' Band at the Zoo. Animal buildings are lighted at night and visitors view exhibits during intermission. A baby antelope, donated by Mr and Mrs Max Fleischmann, is on show in the Herbivora Building awaiting a special cage. Innes plans two more concerts today and tonight.
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Innes
Zoo
Max Fleischmann
Lillian Nordica sails to found American music institute near Ossining
Lillian Nordica departs New York by La Savoie to establish an American music institute on Hudson shores ten miles north of Ossining near the Croton reservoir. The 20 acre site costs 100 dollars with plans for a Wagner Theater replica modeled on Bayreuth and Munich structures. Walter Damrosch may direct, aiming for completion by summer 1909.
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New York
Lillian Nordica
Europe
la Savoie
Hudson
American Institute of Music
Institute of Opera
Ossining
Croton Reservoir
Hudson River
Singer
Bayreuth
Mme. Nordica
Munich
America
Mme
Nordica
Walter Damrosch
Lagoon Park Sets Attendance Records With Summer Promise
The sunshine and mild night boosted yesterday and last evening crowds at Lagoon Park. The famous venue shines in beauty as summer weather approaches, with a big vaudeville show promised for Sunday and Queen City Beach preparing for large crowds. Bathers anticipate full enjoyment of their sport if weather remains suitable.
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Lagoon
Old Kentucky Park
Queen City
Cincinnati College of Pharmacy Holds 35th Commencement
Four hundred attendees at the Grand Hotel for the thirty-fifth annual commencement of the Cincinnati College of Pharmacy. Rev R R Graham opened and closed with prayer. Alston Ellis of Ohio University spoke. Dr John C Otis conferred degrees. Prizes were awarded to several students. degrees conferred include Pharmaceutical Chemist and Bachelor of Pharmacy. a banquet and toasts followed.
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Cincinnati College of Pharmacy
Grand Hotel
R. R. Graham
Alston Ellis
Ohio University
College of Pharmacy
John C. Otis
Edgar L. Ewing
Guy Lautsbaugh
Winfred Mikesell
Harry Shellhaas
Robert J. Shea
James W. Snoddy
Roy Howard McClung
Nasif Ibrahim Ayrous
Basta Mansoor
Otto Bergmeyer
Charles H. Miller
Oscar A. Buckley
Geo
Roscoe Mote
Hubert Bradford
Thos
J. McRoberts
J. Harry Bruker
C. G.rauchfuss, Jr
Harry Cunningham
John Regus
Jos. Dillhoff
Harry Sanders
Louis Ewing
Frank J. Ketty
Rosina Schoenfeld
Anna Kiel
Clifford W. Krause
Harry H. Lahke
John P. Tarbeck
Alfred E. Tilly
Math. H. Mangold
George O. Widing
C. Matlock
F. A. Wittenberg
John Ari Lloyd
Flat Lotters Use Duplicate Keys
Two men used duplicate keys to rob three flats at 1024 John Street. They hit Pearl Riser’s flat for a child’s savings, $35, and a diamond ring. Jennie Manwood’s place for a diamond ring. and Ida Weimer’s home for a gold ring, pocketbook, and $21. Witnesses described the looters and police deem the thefts planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Street
Pearl Riser
Jennie Manwood
Ida Weimer
Man's Death Wins $5,000 Against Railroad
In Superior Court a verdict of 5,000 was awarded against the P., C., C. & St. L. Railroad Co for Henry Halker's death at Isabel Point on December 2, 1806. Halker, an engineer, was struck by a passing locomotive after leaving his cab to telephone for an engine. Deliberations lasted three hours with mixed juror views on contributory negligence.
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P., C., C. & St. L. Railroad Company
Henry Halker
Halker
Isabel Point
East End
Thomas Kennedy
Buckeye Wrecking Company
Alice Kennedy
Commodore
Vine Street
Eugene C. Pooley
Mother Sues Son For Money Advanced In Defense
In Common Pleas Court May Butler sues her son Edward Butler for $100 plus interest, claiming she advanced funds to defend him against a murder charge. Defense says life insurance policies funded the husband, not the boy, and no promise existed. Jury verdict awarded the plaintiff the claimed amount with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Shay, Cogan & Williams
H. P. Karsch
Woodmansee
Harry Cohen
Louisville
Hogan Shoe Company
Cohen
Willard B. Stier
R. P. Hargett
Frank N. LeVoy
C., H. & D. Railway Company
Harold
Section Avenue
Hartwell
Herrlinger & Southworth
Elizabeth Mueller
Joseph Prune
Agnes Meier
Maria Anna Prune
Heinrich Prune
Bernard H. Weber
Marie Weber
Elizabeth Berkemeier
Anna Weber
Harry W. Weber
Louisa Peters
Peter Reiter
Frank Hornberger
Frederick Kruse
Charles Meyer
Oscar Guth
Edward Fisher
Ernst Voss
St. John’s Church
Weber
Cohen & Mack
Pfleger
Lucreta Bolger
Replevin
Henry W. Kruse
May Street
Walnut Hills
Divorce Court Hears Seven Cases Including Desertion and Cruelty
Judge John A. Caldwell presided as seven divorce cases were heard. Ella Hoff man was granted a divorce from William Klein a saloon operator who deserted her in 1966 and fled to Chicago where he faced a charge of obtaining money by trick game. He returned but did not contest the divorce as requisition papers were blocked by Governor Harris. George Lloyd sought divorce from Lenora Lloyd amid accusations of cruelty and drunkenness with a second anniversary assault cited. Ipsa Lipp was granted divorce from Robert L. Lipp for failure to support. Rosa Dettmer’s case at 675 State Avenue continued.
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Pias
William Dettmer
Dettmer
Florence Stephens
Highth
Elm Streets
Sherman C. Stephens
California
Klondike
Clarence Dorst
Armory Avenue
Matilda Dorst
Ida Mohr
Wade Street
Ed Mohr
Ida Jackson
Henry Jackson
Emma Louise Richardson
D. D. Woodmansee
Callie B. Richardson
Lulu Rosalind McGill
George McGill
Lulu Rosalind White
Spangenberg & Spangenberg, Attorneys
Chicago
John A. Caldwell
Ella M. Hoffman
William Klein
Bank and Baymiller
Harris
Klein
George Lloyd
Saunders Street
Lenora Lloyd
Kirchner Construction Company
Caldwell
Ipsa Lipp
Reading Road
Covington
Robert L. Lipp
Rosa Dettmer
State Avenue
Probate Court Seeks Sale of Caspar Hopple Estate Realty
Petition filed in Probate Court seeks sale of real property belonging to the Caspar V. T. Hopple estate to pay debts estimated at 24 085 dollars with only 286 dollars in personal property available. The Spring Grove Avenue property is targeted for liquidation.
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Casper V. T. Hopple
Spring Grove Avenue
Julia Yost
Louisa C. Yost
Margaret Y. Schmidlapp
Mary Hutt
Mary Heimrod
Margaret
Pauline
Joseph Lewis
Louis Hutt
John Bohlander
Theodore Eichhorn
Jacobina
Jean Michel Brunk
Valentine
Michael
Frank
Joseph
Valentine Brunk
Pauline Busam
Lee Fitzsimmons
David Mergenthaler
Louis H. Cappelle
Henry Craig
James Banahan
Esther Banahan
Lilian
Mayor Johnson Appeals Coal Bill Judgment
The United States Court of Appeals heard Tom Johnson of Cleveland contesting a $22 538 72 coal bill judgment after a federal jury found him liable as guarantor for coal debts of the Philadelphia Lehigh Valley Traction Company. Norton Company had sued to recover 20 000 and later sought payment on notes, while Johnson argues limited recovery since the debtor’s receivership funds should satisfy claims.
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Tom Johnson
Tom. Johnson
Cleveland
United States Court of Appeals
United States Court At
Johnson
Charles D. Norton Company
Philadelphia
Philadelphia & Lehigh Valley Traction Company
Traction Company
Norton Company
Pennsylvania
Garfield, Howe & Wellenhaver
Pang Sho Yin
Detroit
Court of Appeals
Pang
China
Myron Herrick Wilson
Henry W. King
Edw. W. Moore
Henry A. Everett
Rudolph Kleybolte
M. & E. Transportation Company
Kleybolte
King
Messrs
Healy
Huron Iron Company
John Peters Iron Company
Baker
Huron Company
Peters
Yestern
White Oak Coal Company
C. G. Blake Company
New River
Merchants and Mechanics Trust v Boehms over replevin
Judge Squire Lamping heard Merchants and Mechanics Trust Company v Josephine Boehm and husband William Boehm seeking replevin of household goods to satisfy a $225 mortgage. Mrs Boehm contends she never signed the note or mortgage.
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Squire Lamping
Merchants and Mechanics’ Trust Company
Josephine Boehm
William Boehm
Newport Council Sustains Mayor Veto On Franchise Bid
Newport Aldermen sustain Mayor Helmbold’s veto of a ordinance for public bidding of a telephone system franchise. The matter is referred to a committee for correction. A funds balance of 51 534 74 is reported. Joseph Rehling’s reappointment to the Water Works Board is confirmed.
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Helmbold
Newport Board of Aldermen
Schleuter
Krebs
Public Works Department
Ways and Means Committee
Lang
Joseph Rehling
Board of Water Works Commissioners
Tragedy Rumor Tails From Twelfth Street Note
A note found by neighbors near Garrard and Prospect avenues suggests John Zimmerman, about 30 and recently married, may have taken his life. He lived on Twelfth Street and worked at Licking Rolling Mills. His wife found the farewell note and Mrs Zimmerman traveled to Dayton seeking information.
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John Zimmerman
Twelfth Street
Garrard
Prospect Avenues
Zimmerman
Licking
Bellevue Council Fixes Tax Rate and Awards Road Contract
With Mayor Patzold absent, Siebert chaired Bellevue Council. The Ways and Means Committee fixed the tax rate at 1.40 per 100, allocating 0.76 to general, 0.45 to School, 0.15 to new building, and 0.05 to deficiency funds. Suidam & Co. won the Bonnie Leslie avenue reconstruction bid at 1924, above the engineer’s 1563 estimate. The School Board cited a depleted treasury as the sidewalk condition cause. The City Attorney was urged to review High School contracts for sidewalk provisions. The council also voted to buy 50 feet of garden hose and to have city offices cleaned and repaired.
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Patzold
Siebert
Bellevue Council
Ways and Means Committee
General
Bonnie Leslie Avenue
Suidam & Co
Covington Board Sees Salary Increases and Finance Hurdles
At the Covington Board of Education meeting the Teach ers and Salaries committee proposed raising all teachers by $50 annually, lifting minimum pay to $75 per month, with assistant principals earning up to 800. The Ways and Means committee said state funds were late and borrowing $12 000 was necessary for expenses.
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Covington
K. J. Morris
Alpha Williamson
Gertrude Gaffney
Byrne
Suit Theft At Meis Bros Store In Madisonville
Meis Bros a clothing shop in Madisonville reported a suit stolen yesterday. Two men entered, looked at garments and left without buying. While a salesman faced away one man slipped a suit under his coat, seen by a outside clerk who hurried in as the culprits fled.
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Meis Bros
Madisavegne
Park Board Seeks Control of Park Place in Covington
At a Covington board meeting last night the Park Commissioners asked for an ordinance granting the Park Board control of Park Place. The matter, already before the Aldermen for months, was referred to the Committee on Parks. Claims totaling 24,476.70 were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Covington
Newport News in Brief: Local events and council actions
The Newport area hosts July convention planning in Seattle by Newport Christian Endeavor delegates and a Kentucky Special trip. Doctors and lawyers duel for Speers Memorial Hospital funds at Newport Ball Park with Coroner Digby and Sen. Brent Spence as umpires. City officials approve new street reconstruction estimates after rejecting prior bids. Detectives seize Robert Fisk from Norwood on horse theft charges and Newport Jail holds him. Peddlers license case set for Monday while farmers push to extend similar wagon taxes.
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Christian Endeavor Societies
Newport
Seattle
Wash
Kentucky
Campbell County
Speers Memorial Hospital
Greater Newport
Grand Jury
Corporation Line
General Council
Improvement Committee
Sheeran and
Morton
Robert Fisk
Norwood
Fisk
Reed & Bethel
Eleventh Street
Covington Notes Recap of Obits and Local Events
In Covington Mrs Reed Nichols learns of her husband Judge Reed S Nichols's death in Boyle County after his apoplexy. Funeral services for Councilman Edward Crohan were led by Father Smith at St Patricks Church with burial in St Marys Cemetery. Also noted are a permit for a six room dwelling on Wallace Place worth 1905 dollars and a petty larceny arrest of John Beasley with trousers and a borrowed dime involved in the complaint.
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Covington
Henry Hammel
Reed Nichols
Danville
Judge Reed S. Nichols
Boyle County
Judge Nichols
St. Patrick's Church
Edward Crohan
Father Smith
Beasley
Kenton Court Notes Highlight Civil Claims and Probate
Multiple court actions detailed in Kenton Circuit Court filings include James Steffen suing John and Joseph Carl for 1264.50 for services, W A Gaines and Annie Parker suing American Assurance Co for 150 on Elmore Parker life policy, and the will of Frederick Walte probated with specific bequests. Additional items mention Dominick Fugazzi fined 100, executor John Walje named, and Otto Moore sentence commutation request due to alleged mistrial.
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James Steffen
John
Joseph Carl
Kenton
W. A. Gaines
Annie Parker
American Assurance Company
Elmore Parker
Dominick Fugazzi
Stephens
Peter J. Fugazzi
Eighth Street
Madison Avenue
Pike Street
Frederick Walte
George Walie
J. W. Walie
Mary E. Walie
Herman Walie
Mary Mardis
Amelia Tripp
John Walje
Sarah J. Batex
Otto Moore
Read
Campbell County Courts Report Highlights and Rulings
Court notes in Campbell County include Judge Berry ruling stockholders cannot serve on juries in a damage suit against South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway. A nursing services case verdict favors the defendant. a dairyman fined for leaving refuse in the street. A petition seeks removal of Judge Berry in a poolroom indictment case. The jury in session nears 100 witnesses, Rose Wewer gains absolute divorce and child custody, and a bank credit ruling favors the plaintiff's debt.
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Frank Besse
South Covington & Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Berry
Perosn
John Teuschman
Martha Greek
George Young
Newport
Court of Appeals
Hays
A. 8. Berry
Campbell Circuit Court
Commonwealth
George Ebrlick
Fogs
Campbell Count
Rose Wewer
Henry C. Wewer
Central Savings Bank and Trust Company
Fire alarm triggered by rubbish fire at Spinks Ball Park
A rubbish fire at Spinks Ball Park yesterday prompted a resident to pull a fire alarm. The Twelfth District Convention of the Knights of Pythias is scheduled for this afternoon and evening at Dayton Lodge Mall.
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Spinks’ Ball Park
K. of P
Dayton Lodge Mall
Signature Forgery Case Behind Advised Ruling
A wife claimed noncooperation with her husband and disputed signature forgery. Squire Lamping took the case under advisement with Bates & Meyer representing the plaintiff. James Albert Green was reappointed to the Public Library Board for three years and a judges’ session approved a court closure for Nelson Sayler’s memory. State covered costs for Andrew Henderson’s juvenile court fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Lamping
Bates & Meyer
James Albert Green
Public Library
Common Pleas Court
Nelson Sayler
Andrew Henderson
New Richmond
Band concert and press parade announced in Fort Thomas
In Fort Thomas this afternoon a band concert is followed by a press parade from 3 to 4 o clock. Mrs. James W. Utter of Cincinnati hosted a luncheon and card party for friends at Altamont yesterday afternoon. Police hours in the district have been adjusted to provide continuous protection.
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James W. Utter
Cincinnati
Altamont
Mayor Addresses Graduating Glass Institute Class
Greenwood Hall hosts the Ohio Mechanics' Institute commencement with Mayor Edward J. Dempsey delivering the address. The program honors graduates from Departments of Mechanics Science Architecture Industrial Art Designing and Special Courses, with diplomas and certificates awarded by Dean George C. McDiarmid and Prof. John L. Shearer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Mechanics’ Institute
Sixth
Vine Streets
Greenwood Hall
Edward J. Dempsey
Dempsey
John F. Herget
Ninth Street
Hazel Hunt
John Hargrave
Henry Kelley Peebles
George C. McDiarmid
John L. Shearer
Department of Mechanics
Mail Clerk Arrested for Rifling Letters in Cincinnati Division
Herbert W. Estes a railway mail clerk of the Cincinnati Division was arrested on the Nashville and St. Louis line by Inspectors Hosford and Stein. He is charged with rifling registered and ordinary mail and is jailed awaiting a hearing before the United States Commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert W. Estes
Cincinnati
Hosford and Stein
Nashville & St. Louis
United States
Cure of Infant Skin Disease with Cuticura Remedies Claimed
A mother recounts severe skin disease in her infant, spreading across four areas despite doctors. After trying various cures, she read an article about Cuticura and reports her child, now four, cured after using Cuticura Soap, Ointment, and Resolvent.
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Eee Costes
Ties
Michael Stein- Bey
Cuticura Soap Ointment Pills Promise Relief
A promotional snippet extols Cuticura products for antiseptic cleansing and treating a range of ailments from itchings and pains to nervous debility. It claims benefits for anemia chlorosis hysteria and related sympathetic affections, noting a free mail offer from Boston.
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Boston
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