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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1909
Page
2
A formal financial statement details assets totaling 539 416 952 13 and liabilities of 23 246 188 46 as of the prior year. It records income of 80 026 81 and expenditures of 64 756 270 97, signed by Charles C. Lemert as Superintendent of Insurance with official seal.
A Fort Thomas detachment will join the Wrights celebration parade in Dayton on Friday June 18 by order of the War Department. Cincinnatians will attend as part of the biggest local event yet with medals from national state and city leaders to be presented by Taft Harmon and Burkhardt. Bishop Wright will give the invocation as thousands join a multi-division parade and fireworks illuminated streets and a grand court of honor.
Henry Straus cigar dealer was severely hurt in a crash at Thirteenth and Race streets when his car collided with L. D. Drewry's auto. Straus sustained a head wound, body bruises, and a fractured arm. He was taken to the Jewish Hospital, resting well. Straus lives at 3556 Bogart street Avondale.
The 1909 school census shows about 19 000 fewer children of school age in Cincinnati than last year despite population growth. Investigators note same enumerators and suspect a false count. Dr S B Marvin promises a thorough inquiry and possible remedies. The discrepancy could affect school fund fees and enumerator pay.
Sparks from a passing locomotive set fire to a cattle car in the C H D railroad yards at Hopple Street yesterday morning. Firefighters extinguished it before damage. A blaze on the roof of a three story brick at 1432 John Street owned by J C Bross caused a small loss and was put out by Engine Company 8 due to a defective flue.
The Young Women's Christian Association at Epworth Heights is nearing completion of its summer cottage, replacing last year's burned facility. The opening is planned for July 1, marking a fresh start for the YWCA camp.
Two weeks from today the contest closes as forty homes are readied for forty lucky women to journey across the sea. Candidates, eager for the win, juggle fittings and trunks while busy with votes. Nominations and endorsements come from local business and civic figures across Latonia Greenville and Newport.
Ballots received up to 8 o'clock in the morning of Saturday June 5 1909 totaled the early count for the local election. Ballot figures indicate voter participation and preliminary results as tallied at the city precincts.
A listing of numerous residents with addresses across Cincinnati wards, naming Misses, Mrs., and Misses with street addresses in Wards 1 through 24, plus surrounding communities. The document records names, neighborhoods, and ward assignments, indicating a census-like roll of local residents and their respective wards.
Hamilton County Ohio township and village names appear with resident names and street addresses including Lockland Madisonville Cheviot Green Twp St Bernard Elmwood Place Colerain Reading and more. The list enumerates Miss Emma McKinney Miss Lena Neteler and Miss Olive Parrott among others with several street addresses and community areas.
Ohio counties Clermont Brown Adams Butler Warren Clinton Highland Meigs Gallia Lawrence Pike Scioto Ross Jackson Gallia Meigs Hocking Vinton Athens Meigs Hardin Marion Paulding Putnam. The document lists numerous individuals with names and street addresses across counties including Clermont, Brown, Adams and others, naming residents from Branch Hill New Richmond Hamilton Oxford Trenton and many towns. It appears to catalog residents and addresses with county associations and personal names such as Edna Spear C A Reed Nelle Brock Emma Ruhe Lillian Douglass Anna Todd Julia Siegrist Jennie Stibbs Mayme Guthrie Lydia Sewell Cashman Alice Bertsch Kathryn Williams Jennie Warker Charlotte McLean Lottie Taylor Mabel Hite Gertrude McCarty Louise Martin Ouie Alexander Eunice Probst Mary Wright May Shafer Mary Dreher Arnetta Lachner Ella Gebhart Nettle Ellis Margaret McGuire Cotta Weaver Ona Linn Mary Belle Sater Nellie White J Clare Redke Hallie Klinger Clara Beck Lena Buttermore Edith Kemper and Leona Young among others.
Building operations, reported from about forty leading centers, show a 93 percent gain over May 1908. Major increases include Greater New York and Chicago, with gains of 15 million and 6 million respectively, while most cities posted substantial growth. Notable gains: Birmingham 109 percent, Bridgeport 214, Chicago 108, Cleveland 173, Grand Rapids 202, Hartford 182, Indianapolis 177, Newark 497, Omaha 246, Scranton 148, South Bend 113, Syracuse 155, Toledo 274. The rise is strong despite tariff tensions.
Fragmentary OCR lists individuals and addresses in Marion Hardin and Bellefontaine areas with figures 9 570 6 000 17 145 and names Clara Hecker Nona Kennedy Florence Dodds. The text is garbled but reads like a local directory or notice with street addresses on South Main and West North streets and county mentions.
A list of residents across Indiana counties including Dearborn, Ripley, Jackson, Bartholomew, Madison, and Union. Names such as Minnie C. Waring of Lawrenceburg and Rosa Meyer of Batesville appear with street addresses and county affiliations, followed by several other entries and numeric codes. The fragmentary OCR shows multiple counties and individuals with partial addresses and tally-like figures.
A garbled list from Kentucky counties Trimble Carroll Gallatin Boone Grant Pendleton and city notes names and addresses for residents in Covington Latonia Newport and Dayton. The fragment mentions Miss Mealie Myrtle, Miss Bessie Simpson, Miss Rose Bokelohn, Miss Clara Rennebarth and others with street addresses in Covington Campbell and Kenton counties, plus totals like 31 209 and 13 323 are shown amid partial lines.
Patrolman Rieber halted a man on Vine street and Gano alley early yesterday with a large sack of peanuts and other items. He could not justify the haul and was jailed on suspicion. At Central Station the suspect gave the name Pat Woods.
Oxford Ohio June 6 the fifty fourth annual commencement began with the German play Dornroschen by the senior class and the baccalaureate sermon by President John Grant Newman. Tonight Rev Charles Frederic Goss of Cincinnati spoke before the YWCA as exercises continue through Monday and Tuesday with a proper conclusion on Wednesday.
Seattle reports welcome for Admiral Ijichi and the Japanese training squadron as Pacific Northwest optimism over competition. Northwestern chambers invite Japanese trade experts to visit U S manufacturing centers, with Taft backing and railways support. Delegates plan September arrival to Seattle for ninety days, touring mills and ports to broaden U S exports to Japan amid growing Pacific relations.
Power brokers seek to keep Governor Judsin Harmon as receiver of the C. H. D. railroad for several months longer after promises to relieve him in January and May were delayed. New York financiers have not finalized future plans and will resume testimony on the railroad claims before Special Master Frank O. Loveland at the federal building today at 8.30.
In Pekin on June 6 a German British French loan of 27.5 million dollars for the Canton Hankow and Chuen railway was signed. British and French financiers participate after initial award to German financiers. Loan to be issued at 95 with 5 percent interest, prepaid in 25 years, redeemable from year ten to seventeen at a 2.5 percent premium.
A young boy created a stir as onlookers escorted him to a local hospital. Doctors found a scalp wound but said he was expected to recover without complications.
Fire destroyed the Austin Methodist Episcopal church at thio street and North Central avenue in Chicago early today. The blaze is believed incendiary and the loss was about 75000 dollars, covered by insurance.
An ad notes free big vaudeville acts with new illustrated songs and moving pictures. Promoting Indian want, listed lines suggest a broad entertainment program and promotional gimmicks for 100 great shows and ri.
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