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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1908
Page
5
During a swim at the foot of Bay Miller Street yesterday, 15 year old Robert DeRose of 847 Carlisle Avenue drowned in the Ohio River.
Albert Williams a Morning Glory Kentucky farmer fell from a John street car at Fifth and Plum streets. A patron carried him to City Hospital where he was treated for slight bruises.
The Rev. Gervaise Roughton pastor of Wesley Chapel M. E. Church will marry Miss Anna Ramsey, a member of his congregation, on June 23. They will sail from New York June 26 for a European honeymoon.
The Oral School will hold its closing exercises Thursday evening June 11 in the auditorium of the Tenth District School Elm and Canal. Prof J W Jones of Columbus will deliver the annual address.
Bertram Perry a boiler maker of 329 Oregon Street walked in his sleep early yesterday, climbed a porch roof lost balance and fell breaking a leg.
In Police Court yesterday a warrant was issued for the arrest of John Mc Carthy. F Perone, a commission merchant, accuses him of petit larceny of several crates of pineapples valued at 3 50 dollars.
Detective James Dwyer arrested yesterday George Wilson alias Phillips at 214 Longworth Street. He is alleged to have stolen from chauffeurs and coachmen serving Hilltop families.
Funeral services for William H. Blair will be held today at the Methodist Church in Madisonville. Blair ended his life Friday near Longview Asylum where he had been confined as a patient for several months.
John Grimsley of Anderson Ferry was arraigned in Police Court on assault and battery filed by Ben Whitemore of Riverside. Grimsley said he struck Whitemore after Whitemore persisted in blowing cigar smoke toward him.
At 5 am two men entered the John Mehan grocery on East Front street. The proprietor, fearing a robbery, shot Alexander McGuire in the left arm. McGuire and John Jones were arrested on suspicion. the injured man was sent to City Hospital.
Dr Kent Oscanyan Foltz aged 51 former president of the Ohio State Medical Association and a leading eclectic eye nose and throat specialist died at Seton Hospital. Direct cause acute nephritis with nasal affliction noted as contributing. Born Lafayette Ohio February 15 1857 he practiced in New York Chicago Akron and other cities and authored texts on eye and ENT diseases. He headed the Ohio State Medical Association in 1891 1892 and served on Eclectic Medical Journal staff and at Eclectic College. He lived at 1916 Delaware Avenue Norwood and belonged to the Business Men's Club.
Anderson Township public school pupils and teachers held an outing at Coney Island with teams from California Three Mile Mt. Summit Fruit Hill Sweet Wine Eight Mile Salem Cherry Grove Astoria Mt. Washington Clough Five Mile Newtown Union Pleasant View and Asbury. Track event winners include R Aichholy Donald McComas Richard Young Harry Jinbus and Harry Jinkus. Girls and baseball results show Mt Washington and Newtown triumphs over Fruit Hill California.
Death notices list many Cincinnati and nearby area residents with dates of passing June 5 to June 9 1908. Entries include Rev Edmund A Beaman Mary E Clawson Kent Co M D Karl Gorbach Elizabeth Harmeyer Frank J Roth Martha Stoever Clara B Taylor Christopher Wall and John Wood with service details and burial locations in Cincinnati Norwood Covington and Georgetown.
The snippet lists Charles Curtis aged 58 of 52 West McMicken Avenue with heart disease Christopher Wall at 222 Seton Street noted as senility William Blair aged 53 at Longview Hospital with inquest pending David Benne aged 44 of 1516 Barton Street Harry Heizman aged 34 and Caspar Hebestreit aged 42 with sclerosis of liver at 3108 Vine Street The items show illness and pending inquiries among several residents.
Readable listings showcase carpets and rugs with new stock. 19x12 Axminster Rugs priced at $20. 8-3x10-6 Axminster Rugs listed at $16.50 to $10.00.
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