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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
5
Eighteen piano pupils of Misses Ella and Idumea Moreton will perform at Aeolian Hall this evening at 8 o clock. Justice Raus has placed neighbor Am Steinkoenig of 2248 Bogen Street under $109 bond to keep the peace, Steinkoenig acting as the complainant.
A lawn eté and band concert will be given by the Camp Washington M. E. Church on the grounds of the Eighteenth District School this evening.
Elmwood Place Marshal E J Waynes who was suspended for fifteen days will return to his trade as an innkeeper during the suspension period.
Coroner notified Mary Elizabeth Stagge a 75 year old widow was found dead in her bed yesterday at 1911 Elm Street Norwood. Death attributed to natural causes.
The Cincinnati Kindergarten Alumni plan a meeting to form a permanent organization at the Kindergarten Training School Lin ton street Avondale on Monday June 18 at 2 30 p m.
Henry A. Smith of Washington a Labor Commissioner for the Panama Canal Commission departs today to open a new office in St Louis to recruit men from the Mississippi Valley.
Frank Smith, already twice arrested and fined for loitering in the past two weeks, faces trial this morning on the loitering charge filed after his second arrest.
A Carnival of Nations will be given Saturday evening June 16 at Scottish Rite Hall by the pupils of Mrs William McAlpin. Each participant will be dressed in a costume representing a nation.
Elmer E Pittman appeared in Police Court yesterday morning on a loitering charge and brought witnesses to prove he was employed as a shirt cutter at a Cincinnati factory earning 1500 dollars a year.
The Ohio Newspaper Women's Association reports receipt of the book La Copa de Ora The Cup of Gold sent through Mrs. Charles F. McLean by the Pacific Coast Press Association as a courtesy to the society.
Joseph Seegar aged 49 of West Fork Creek was seriously injured yesterday at the Marmet incline near Central avenue when a moving car struck him in the back and threw him. several ribs were broken.
Sallie Stone of 1319 Bremen Street swore out a warrant in Police Court charging Mrs. Harry McClusky of 18 Garfield Place with assault and battery after she says she was struck and pushed from the house when demanding pay for washing.
Detectives Sweeney and Mouillion raided a rear saloon room on West Sixth near Walnut and arrested Michael O'Brien for allegedly running a policy game. The room's paraphernalia was confiscated.
The Foresters of the city hosted a bustling bazaar at St Michael's new school house drawing members from across the city and hilltops. Captain John Sheehan served as officer in charge.
The Junior Order of United American Mechanics of Hamilton County hosted its annual Chester Park outing yesterday. The event featured speeches athletic contests and a general good time with a vote of thanks given to park management.
Classes at Mt St Vincent Academy Cedar Grove held yesterday at the convent in Price Hill. The crowded hall saw a splendid programme and evidence of an unusually successful year’s work from the pupils.
In the company of Superintendent Neave and City Engineer Danenhower the Board of Public Service will visit Linwood Walnut Hills Avondale and Clifton this afternoon then Fairmount Price Hill and Westwood tomorrow afternoon and the central city Monday to determine which streets shall be improved first.
The annual outing of the Cincinnati Covington and Newport carpenters union is scheduled for Chester Park tomorrow. It was postponed last Saturday due to streetcar stoppages from a temporary water famine, with President Miller and other labor leaders expected to speak.
The Times Star news editor Joseph L. Garretson was treated to a complimentary outing and dinner by the staff to mark his five months of illness and return to work. A trip through the Highlands concluded with a Kentucky dinner at the Latonia clubhouse.
The Carpenters' District Council annual outing, postponed due to water shortages, will be held at Chester Park tomorrow afternoon and evening with large delegations expected from Hamilton and other Ohio towns across the river.
Governor Pattison may require a cane the rest of his life though doctors expect full recovery. On Flag Day Milford raised the first banner at Promont, the Pattison home, with the village quickly joining in the display.
The Shoshone Indian Reservation lands will be opened to settlement August 15. Excursion rail fare less than one dollar round trip daily July 12 to 2 via the Chicago and North Western Railway, the only all rail route to the reservation border. Registration dates July 16 to 31. Write for pamphlets on securing one of these attractive homesteads. All agents sell tickets via this route. W B Kniskern, Passenger Traffic Manager, Chicago.
The 32nd annual meeting of the National representatives of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine concluded at Medinah Temple Chicago with officers elected for key posts including Imperial Potentate Alvah P. Clayton and Imperial Deputy Potentate Frank C. Roundy. The list also names Edwin S. Alderman Fred A. Hines William S. Brown Benjamin W. Rowell J. Frank Creat William J. Cunningham William W. Irwin Jacob T. Barron Frederick R. Smith and J Putney Stevens.
The Elmwood Place village council enacted a wagon licensing rule amid bitter complaints. Merchants and out of town teamsters say the measure drives customers away, with drives to buy groceries elsewhere. Drivers must pay the license even if not selling goods inside the town.
Appraisers filed an inventory valuing Samuel Wills estate personal property at 31000 with 426.25 in stock dividends. Gabriel Wirsch and John McGhee estates totaled 1543.5 and 525 respectively. Eugenie Koch of 1363 Myrtle Ave leaves Gustav Koch 1000 in trust for each son Felix John and Herbert Frank, to mature at majority, remainder to husband executor.
Margaret Dunkel divides her estate among Louisa her daughter with 207 Franklin Street as executor, George son receives funds in the Germania No. 2 Loan and Building Company, Emma Freytag daughter gets 100 dollars, and seven grandchildren receive 2 dollars each, with Louisa named executrix.
Louise E. Breffner leaves ten dollars to the Spring Grove Cemetery Association for grave care, five hundred dollars and all household effects to her daughter Louise, and the residue of her two thousand dollar estate to seven children. Daughter Louise and E. T. Brown are named executors.
Application lists administrators for multiple estates with amounts in 16 000 3 000 150 and 125 dollars. Names include Albert D Voorhees William M Tugman Morris L Hopper and Mollie Stern with addresses Lockland Mt Washington Madisonville and 1008 Kossuth street. Estates are all intestate and names Sylvester R Voorhees Eliza Firth Phoebe A Hopper Annie Johnson.
Chief of Police Millikin filed charges of handbook gambling against Detective Calnan based on a statement by former Magistrate Muller who will not testify. A subpoena will issue and the hearing date is not set. The Mayor heard assault and persecution charges against Patrolman George Krueger and saloon keeper John Hartmann. hearing continued to Monday morning due to a missing witness.
An advertisement touts Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup as a universal remedy for teething pain and related symptoms. It claims to soothe, soften gums, ease wind colic, and cure diarrhoea, referencing a 2504 bottle.
Baron von Sternberg urged Cincinnati to harness science to industry by expanding the University of Cincinnati. Trustees argued for testing laboratories, labs for engineering, and a commerce college to train local workers, superintendents, and managers, reasoning German models boost wages and growth.
Bernard Kassanbrock a saloon keeper at 2751 West Sixth street faces a jury trial next Wednesday for violating the midnight closing law. Acting Judge Molloy set the case after Kassanbrock demanded a jury and Prosecutor Oppenheimer agreed. The Owen Sunday closing law suffered as juries rarely convicted, with summary $10 fines common in Police Court.
The Cincinnati Lumberman's Club holds its midsummer meeting at the Zoo on Saturday evening June 6. After dinner speeches will cover Organized Citizenship by Albert Bettlinger, Good Timber by Superintendent Allison, Good Fellowship by Chester F. Korn, Parks by George Puchta, and Making the Best of Things by Colonel A. D. McLeod.
At the June 26 commencement of the Night Law School Y M C A Judge James B. Swing will deliver the bachelor address and degrees will be conferred by President D B Meacham and Dean R M Ochiltree. LL B degrees will be awarded to Samuel Assur Frank E Burnett Howard D Burnett Bayard G Burris Gerald J Connolly Edward T Dixon Robert Franken Emil A Hauck Arthur F Ewis Edwin S Morrissey James B O'Donnell Robert Peale Wm J Schick Walter Schmitt Stephen L Blakely Harry Barnes J Edwin Boothe Frank M Conant John W Cowell Paul Dewald Montello Gray Arthur M Jack Stuart A McGill Elijah H Matthews Gustave A Orth Leander F Ratterman Herman Schrader Frederick W Schmitz Edward F White
The Law and Order League plans a local option election in Madisonville on July 2 and will hold a mass meeting tonight in a Central avenue tent. Speakers include M. Y. Cooper and the Rev. W M Mc Cauley. The group leads campus organization and temperance efforts.
Rose Oettinger stood trial in Judge Otto Pfleger's court on charges of stealing a purse with six diamond rings and $384 from Mrs. Etta Levitch. She repeatedly denied the diamonds and interrupted witnesses, while two physicians found her sane upon examination. The trial concluded the next day.
Judge James B. Swing released Jack Robinson from the County Jail on a writ of habeas corpus obtained by Attorney E E. Roney. Robinson had been committed by Justice Daniel M. Clark while witnesses were sought. the judge ruled the commitment illegal. Heines, agent for a credit clothing company, charged Robinson with obtaining property by false pretenses.
Assistant County Prosecutor Sawyer and Michael J. Keefe reviewed board books at City Hall in connection with a grand jury inquiry into city coal contracts and flower deals. Keefe testified previously. Rulison examined documents but did not issue subpoenas.
Judge William Littleford awards Dr. R. W. Muhleman 306.90 from F. C. Monfort and others for an automobile sale that allegedly would not run properly. Attorney Stanley Matthews led the plaintiffs with A. C. Shattuck for the defendants. Edward Henry, 14, 1314 Sycamore Street, is pledged to House of Refuge by Judge Caldwell to answer three minor charges. Cohen & Mack file Aikin law suit and present fifty more saloon keepers to County Auditor Richardson.
Two new suits for divorce were filed naming William E Corrington versus Laura C Corrington for cruelty and drunkenness with attorney Theodore C Jung and Bessie versus Sydney Ransom for willful absence with attorney C S Sparks.
Frank Hochstuhl of 1815 Bremen Street was hospitalized with a knee vein injury, leaving five children to be cared for by the family. His wife, exhausted from washing, is unable to care for them, and the children were sent to the Children's Home. The Humane Society plans to place Mrs. Hochstuhl with Fresh Air Farm for two weeks to help her recover.
A garbled roster lists multiple individuals with scattered residences across cities including Eugene Stabler Evanston Cincinnati Upland Newport and Covington. The text reads as fragmented entries with incomplete street addresses and occupations, reflecting an archival directory snippet.
Brooks Sophia H in her ninety first year funeral at 815 Lexington Ave Saturday at 2 pm burial private Davis Elmer Ellsworth Davis died in Kalispell Mont from heart failure due notice of funeral will be given Dickson Frances Mason daughter of Luella Faran and late Captain John Murray Dickson funeral from 502 Prospect Place Avon Dale Saturday June 16 burial private Ursula Grimm widow of Gebhard Grimm died June 12 at 11 pm funeral June 15 8 am Requiem at St George s Corryville Ferdinand Hoffmeister died in New York aged 80 funeral June 16 3 pm Katherine Sauer died June 12 aged 654 years 6 months 15 days funeral from 1856 Westwood Avenue June 15 8 am Requiem at St Bonaventura s 8 30 am Joseph Schumacher age 56 died June 14 funeral later Carrie Hayes See wife of George S See funeral June 16 2 pm from 32 Oak Avenue Hartwell Stanley Strudwick Wytheville Va husband of Lois Strudwick funeral June 15 1 30 pm Hyde Park Cincinnati and Epiphany Church 2 30 pm William Tunney age 78 funeral at 9 am at St Xavier s Church
Burial permits show multiple local deaths including Mary Pappe 76 of West Sixth with gastritis Ellenore Mueller 17 of Lang with phthisis May Davison 31 of East Fifth with cerebo meningitis Joseph Werries 40 of Pendleton nephritis Anna Forbush 64 West Seventh inquest pending Lena Glunz 53 Typhoid fever George Leubbering 16 months Typhoid fever Elizabeth Wanninger 39 Peete phthisis Mary Meier 1 West Bilder enteritis Ines Parsons % months meningitis Catherine Lauer 4 Westwood chronic diarrhoea.
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