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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1908
Page
5
Advertises clearance on women’s suits and dresses with deep cuts. Highlights Rajah Tussah Pongee suits reduced from 48 to 60 dollars down to 35. White hairline suits cut to 25, wash goods like jumpers to 5.98 8.50 11.50 12.50, coats in Irish linen to 9.98, lawn dresses 9.98, wash skirts 1.98 to 6.00, white linen skirts 4.98, chiffon Panama skirts 7.98 from former 15.00.
Cincinnati Turners schedule a big outing at the Zoological Garden on June 21 with Henry Hoefle Al Darker Nicholas Seuss and A Brendamour preparing the programme.
Dr. C G Smith said Edward M Ballard, the City Solicitor, is much better and not many days remain before he is able to be out.
Willie Locke aged 12 fled City Hospital yesterday just as doctors prepared to treat a broken finger from a ball game. He left without hat or coat, fear of being hurt driving the escape from 1107 Broadway.
According to Dr Forchheimer Mrs Charley William Dabney wife of the University of Cincinnati president was much improved yesterday though still in a serious condition.
Senator and Mrs Foraker and Congressman and Mrs Longworth are elected to return to Cincinnati in the late week. Mrs Longworth, mother of the Congressman, sailed for Paris Thursday to visit her daughter, the Countess de Chambrun.
Members of the Robert F. Doyle Institute formerly a YMCA branch spent a country day at Lake Allyn. The program featured baseball games and athletic contests in the afternoon and a dance last night.
Elmer Blackstone aged 18, colored, of 1515 Providence Street, was found wandering in Cumminsville with a head wound and taken to City Hospital by police. He told doctors he had fallen from a garbage wagon and was nearly exhausted.
Cincinnati delegates travel to Toledo for the Ohio State Sunday School Association annual meeting from June 9 to 11. Names include A. M. Harvuot H. Bigelow H. H. Monninger W. H. Isher S. M. Cooper Dr. J. R. Spencer J. M. Smedes L. H. Blakemore W. A. Budaly H. W. Sage J. R. Clark H. C. Drake and T. G. Peale.
The Monday Evening Club will hold its annual picnic Wednesday on the steamer Charter No. 2 departing from the foot of Broadway at 5 p.m. Dinner will be served aboard. Mrs. James O. White chairs the Arrangements Committee.
Stewart Rose of Cincinnati wed Margaret White youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs William Harvey White of South Sixth Street Terre Haute Ind The ceremony took place in Terre Haute Thursday evening June 4 with Rev Bancroft Whipple officiating in the absence of Rev John E Sulzer rector of St Stephen's Episcopal Church.
North German Lloyd agents report Cincinnati passengers booked for European passage. Names include Jacob Block Elsa Gumbel Moses and I C Hirsch Eli and Joseph families Alma Joseph Friena Metzke Davia May Joseph Rollman Charles Straus George Slimer Dan Segal and Master Segal.
The women of the Church of the Assumption will hold a fete in the Gilbert Avenue Auditorium tonight with festivities continuing into tomorrow evening.
About thirty five members of the Blue Hydra Scientific Club of the biology department will on June 10 journey to Kenton Kentucky. They will study plant and animal life with Prof H M Benedict leading bird trips, Cora M Box zoological tours, and Louis W Sauer botanical expeditions. Specimens will be returned to the University.
Dr. John M. Withrow president of the Cincinnati Board of Education will deliver the principal address at the Wyoming High School commencement in the Wyoming Presbyterian Church Thursday evening. Rev W L Y Davis will give the invocation. Medals and diplomas will be presented by Rev E P Whallon Mrs Rose Fisher Smith Marcus B Kellerman and Miss Oriia Elizabeth Brenner will sing. Graduates include Phila Robinson Isabella Ackerman Ethel Duhme Margaret Taylor Luella Smith Jessie Waldo Emily Knight Elizabeth Hyndman Ralph Felix Arthur Biddle Arthur Schramm and Hamilton Wilson.
Cincinnati stamp collectors form a local chapter with an executive trustee for a three month term. Attorney F D Goodhue drafts the charter and a meeting will be held soon. About ten or twelve locals expect to attend the National Philatelic Convention in Columbus next month. charter members include Ashbrooke Gaither Sparrow Davis Lange Miller Hussey McCullough Burkhardt and Goodhue.
The Ohio River has fallen to allow resumed work in the Cincinnati district. Colonel Rousell orders the dredgeboat to operate near Lawrenceburg and full-force efforts begin on the Fernbank Dam. The contractor aims to complete the dam within the year.
Governor Harris approves forming a Cincinnati colored military company. One hundred ten young men have applied, exceeding the sixty five needed to organize. Major Fulton will inspect the proposed unit next Saturday as part of readiness for inclusion in the state forces.
Article reports on antimerger actions amid the proposed merger of First Second and Central Presbyterian Churches. It cites secret canvassing for proxy votes and affidavits about voting history, including opposition and attempts to certify minutes to boards. Affidavit and commission findings are discussed as contested.
W. S. Robinson former General Baggage Agent of the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway dies at his Delhi home aged 58. He suffered injuries from a Delhi rail crash 23 years ago and never fully recovered. He served as Delhi mayor for four years and held other public posts. Survived by widow and son Harry, a Cincinnati civil engineering graduate. Funeral at Delhi residence then Madison, Indiana.
A report of donations to the Fresh Air Society covers April 19 to May 29. Contributions include large gifts from Julius Fleischmann, Alfred Hickenlooper, and Thomas J. Emery, along with many individuals and organizations such as Calvary Church Clifton, Marcus Building Company, Tri Kappa Sorority, and Klein Brothers. The balance prior was 675.22 dollars.
Forty-one graduates from the Miami and Ohio Medical Colleges left Cincinnati by a Big Four train for Columbus where state medical examinations will be held Monday to Wednesday. Names include doctors and graduates from both institutions with a mix of male and female students listed.
Governor Harris will attend as principal speaker at the dedication ceremony for the new Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall. G A R posts assemble at 2 30 in Washington Park and march to the hall for a program including music and speeches by Captain E R Morfott and General W S Rogers.
Willis Chapter No 131 R A M states a meeting Monday at 7 30 with work and visitors invited. Cincinnati Commandery No 3 Knights Templars holds its annual conclave Monday June 8 at 7 30 for officer elections and dues payment. Sir Knights from other commanderies invited.
At the Public Service Board meeting on Saturday the bitulithic paving completed in December 1905 was accepted and $13 517.36 paid to contractors. About $20 000 remains, to be assessed against street frontage at roughly $3 per foot. A $10 000 bond indemnifies the city if final court proof shows noncompliance with specifications.
Frank Stricker a 45 year old brakeman fell between two freight cars in the B and O yards near the Stockyards. The wheels passed over his legs severing them above the knees. He was taken to Seton Hospital where he died shortly after admission. The coroner was notified. His wife is gravely ill and unaware of the death.
Obituaries list multiple local wish funeral notices for Clawson Brickley Foltz Harmeyer Kunwener Herman Krome Robinson Stoever Wall with dates and addresses for services and burial, inviting friends to attend or await further notice.
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