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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1917
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune details subscription prices for Greater Cincinnati and distant regions, with daily and Sunday options, mail rates, and advance payment requirement. It notes liability limits for unsolicited submissions and directions for mailing.
List of branch news offices with street addresses for Walnut Hills Covington Newport London and Chicago plus telegraph postal contacts and reading room notice for Americans. Shipping and news service facilities referenced.
The Democratic Central Committee names Edward T. Dixon as City Solicitor signaling a purge of Hunt Bettman reformers. Judge Edward J. Dempsey flexes influence to elevate old guard allies, sidelining Alfred Settman and Stanley Bowdle while reshaping the party’s leadership in Cincinnati.
Hard rains in Cincinnati recorded at three inches per hour with a period totaling one and a half inches in thirty minutes. Reports mix billiards exhibitions, new billiard rooms, and weddings around June in Covington and Cincinnati. City actions include tearing up an unused Third Street streetcar track and various civic engagements by local figures and merchants.
James W Conahan aged seven forty years. He lived in Cincinnati all his life after being born in Covington Kentucky in 1839. Employed at Frederick Eckstein drug store then Ellis Sturges Bank before joining the C H D railroad in 1855 as fireman and later engineer in 1863. He had the engine Tom Thumb in Cincinnati yard and was son of Capt Charles Conahan barker and soap maker. His sisters married stewards on the Lower Ohio. Buried May 29 from 1216 West Eighth Street.
The article argues heat is rarely the cause of infant skin eruptions and eczema. Overfeeding and rich milk are common culprits, with poor nursing, dirt-laden milk, and wrong feeding hours. Advised remedies include limited feeding, cooling liquids, and medical guidance, plus calamine or mercury oxide ointment to ease itching.
Reader asks about glass distortion from panes of varying thickness and receives explanation about nonparallel surfaces acting like lenses. Another reader with asthma nerves and stomach pains gets advice to rest, avoid exertion, hydration, diet changes, and gentle therapies. A separate inquiry about cheese and eye health ends with skepticism and recommendation for nasal checkup.
A terse list shows proposed marriage licenses for George B. Procter of Elmwood Place aged 28 and Grace A. Smith of Elmwood Place aged 22, along with several other pairs from Addyston and nearby addresses. The entries include John W. Dinning 28 and Sarah L. Rainier, as well as Samuel A. Beeman, Margaret M. Galway, and Herman Grau with assorted street details and ages.
In the aftermath of an interview, Miss Graham secretly wakes Dicky’s guest Jim and begins preparing an early breakfast with Katie still asleep. Jim offers help and frets about waking Katie while the kitchen is readied and the log fire is built. The scene ends with an unspecified surprise as she returns toward the stairs.
The Fashion Department describes a Russian tunic dress with plain silk skirt and patterned trim. Variations include Georgette crepe blouse and bright waistcoat, and mixing gingham with crepe for summer frocks. Pattern No. 9426 fits sizes 16 and 18 years, mailed for fifteen cents.
The narrator meets Mr Drake at dawn and guards her actions after a sleepless night. Drake moves from cold suspicion to a brief, sympathetic moment before resuming intimidation, promising to ease pressure if she withholds Mr Gordon’s address. The scene ends with a pledge to continue the pursuit when needed.
William Krismer of 4566 Kirby Road was hurled from a wagon struck by a freight train at Colerain Avenue and the C. H. & D. Railway. Police say he did not hear the approaching train and drove onto the tracks. He suffered a probable skull fracture and chest injuries and was taken to General Hospital in serious condition.
French children made fatherless by the war in Europe are being adopted in Cincinnati at about two per day. Citizens subscribe 73 dollars for each orphan for two years, under the Cincinnati Committee of the Fatherless Children of France. Since May 1 contributions reached over 12 thousand dollars, with nearly 3 thousand added, supporting 200 or more orphans.
Charles C Harris president and general manager of the Cincinnati Milford and Loveland Traction Co. was appointed receiver by Judge Wade Cushing after a judgment creditor sought recovery. The firm, organized in 1905 with 1.65 million in capital and 500k in bonds, operates 32 miles from Cincinnati to Blanchester and faced cyclone damage and weather-driven revenue losses. The bond for the receiver was set at 25000.
The Cincinnati Union Stockyards Company protests to the Streets Committee against vacating a section of Hopple Street near the B and O S W R tracks. City Engineer Frank S Krug says abandonment is needed to develop transportation. The committee will inspect conditions next Monday morning.
Dr. J. H. Landis cautions parents in the Health Department weekly bulletin to protect infants and young children during June through September. Heat and rapid food decomposition risk depleting energy, so avoid overdressing and guard against overheating to keep tots healthy.
Park Commission decided to clothe all park foremen and department attaches in uniforms with color and design to be chosen later. Dr. W H Frost of the Treasury Department may use Taft Field for tannery waste lab work. Playground Mothers League can meet bi monthly in Deer Creek Commons field house. Scott King asks for a flagpole on Winton Common. proposal taken under advisement.
May brought 1 676 in bound cars of hay, the highest month in the history of the locally graded trade. George F. Munson, chief inspector of the Chamber of Commerce, notes the figures surpass April 1917 by 244 cars and exceed May 1915 totals.
Police report two motorists sacrificed their cars to prevent injury. Gustav Kennedy swerved onto a curb on Lincoln Avenue to avoid a bicyclist, causing minor damage. William Woods rammed a tree at Lincoln and Melrose to dodge a vehicle full of people.
Charles Williams, 34, of Pryor alley, was pronounced dead at the General Hospital early Thursday. The purported corpse revived in the morgue and was moved to the operating room where a tube was placed after a bullet severed the windpipe. Police say Edward Epps, 32, of Carlisle avenue, is in custody on the assault charge.
A meeting of the Citizens' League on Foreign Languages in the Elementary School will be held Friday at the Fourth National Bank Building to consider further steps in the drive against the teaching of German in the schools. It is planned to make the matter an issue in the School Board election in November. Superintendent Condon stated he had no knowledge of any petition for German teaching and said any such effort, if real, was without his permission.
Speeches were given at the Wise Center by ten Jewish candidates for the Congress in Washington opening in September. Four of ten will be chosen to attend. Thirteen voting booths will operate Sunday for all Jewish citizens including women to vote. Speakers Alfred Bettman Alfred Mock and Robert P. Goldman spoke on religious and political freedom history for Jews worldwide.
The Wilson Business Men's League plans to become an active factor in the upcoming city campaign led by President W A Julian and Secretary-Treasurer Frank L Pfaff. An executive meeting at the Duckworth Club Saturday will discuss ways and means and the Democratic Executive Committee will meet to map strategy. Louis A Wolff declined the City Auditor nomination citing business pressure after leading the ticket for County Recorder two years ago.
Counc ilman Edward Beigel of the Twenty second Ward said he would not seek another term in the Republican primaries. He cited impact on his business and two terms already served. Sheriff George F. Schott announced a successor would be chosen at the Precinct Executives meeting set for Friday or Saturday. Schott praised Beigel's council service and lamented the decision.
The Third Ward Democratic Club precinct executives will meet Friday night at Wirthlin's Hall to choose a nominee for the ward assessor position.
The German Pioneer Society held its annual election at Central Turner Hall last night naming Otto Anner as President and Andrew Riedel as Vice President. Conrad Krager was chosen Secretary Ferd Metzger as Treasurer with directors including John Krueck F M Weiland August Knapp Peter Kessler and Charles Metzger.
The Church of the Good Shepherd will stage an event at the Williams Avenue School on Saturday evening June 9. Proceeds go to the Belgian Relief Fund and the program includes a tableaux To the Rescue two comedies Spreading the News and The Romantics.
The Conference Committee for the rapid transit loop lease will study the Green Line Friday morning amid objections from Rapid Transit Commissioners who fear the grant to Walnut Street operations could hinder the loop tunnel. The Street Railways committee hearings and ground inspection support a plan allowing Newport cars to run Broadway to Pearl and Sycamore to Third, ending at the Dixie Terminal within about eighteen months if a depot contract is signed.
Max Schmidt of Schmidt Lithograph Company San Francisco and Charles Traung of Charles Traung Lithographing Company San Francisco were luncheon guests Thursday of the Cincinnati Lithographers at the Hotel Sinton.
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