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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1908
Page
5
Members of the Cincinnati Gun Club will meet this evening to choose a headquarters. A committee chaired by J. J. Farran handles the arrangements.
Passengers from Cincinnati listed for the Kronprinz Wilhelm sailing Tuesday include Mr and Mrs Adolph W Apfelbaum Mr and Mrs Louis Elias Mrs D Jacobs Miss Rose Jacobs Mr and Mrs Adolph Waldner and Miss Ella Waldner sailing for Europe on the Kronprinz Wilhelm.
J Alexander aged 46 colored of Chicago was found dead in his bed last night at the Douglas Hotel 410 West Fifth street by hotel employees. His body was removed to the Morgue. Alexander was well known around race tracks. Death attributed to natural causes.
Samuel Doherty aged 67 a grocer of 1142 East Front street died yesterday from a skull fracture sustained when he fell from an East End car near his home on June 6. Dr Frank King treated him and notified the Coroner.
Ten delegates led by Henry Doerger and Joseph Benning travel from Cincinnati to Wapakoneta Ohio for the annual Ohio State Central Verein gathering that began yesterday morning. The Cincinnati representatives left Saturday afternoon and expect to return about Thursday.
Police hunted for John Pare aged 10 and Noah Pare aged 8 after they disappeared Saturday morning while visiting friends in Avondale. Their parents on West Fifteenth Street reported them missing until relatives confirmed they had stayed overnight with kin and were located last night.
The School Board confirms additions to the traveler group to Europe. Professors King and Geismar depart in September, Supervisor Hall in October, and Miss Edith Hill travels with Miss Isabel Colby in October. A fourth or fifth teacher may join if the New York arrangements accept the overdue application.
Linwood Improvement Association asks subscribers to fund a village Fourth of July at the Point Richwood and Forest avenues. Activities include a basket picnic athletic events a flag raising a pig run brass band concert fireworks and balloon ascensions. Committee members and officers are listed for subscription collection and event coordination.
A closing out sale begins today on incomplete lines and incidental lots of high class offerings. Reductions are genuine and aim to appeal to alert buyers seeking the best for the least money. The sale emphasizes real economy during the annual summer wearables and household needs.
A newspaper advertisement announces deep discounts on Oriental Dantsu, Brussels, Pilgrim and Thread and Thrum rugs, plus Wilton and other brands. Sizes range from small hallway rugs to room sizes, with prices from 35 cents to $21.50, plus hammock specials and kids play tents highlighted among clearance items. The seller promotes one of a kind pieces and fast turnover on curtain fabrics and lace as part of a closing-out sale.
Wholesale clearance of women’s wear including suits skirts and dresses. Imported English mixtures and serges showcased with deep reductions from up to 50 dollars. Selected items include model suits in fancy coats and lingerie dresses with value highlights and half-price offers.
Handwritten sale notes advertise white semi-made robes and embroidered waist patterns. Robes come in four styles, skirts and waists incomplete, priced at 5.50 each from 12.00. Waist patterns include front collar and cuffs with India linen, five hundred on sale at 08c each. Sale located at Race Street entrance.
A classified notice lists remarkable wash goods deals: 12 1 2c yards of various battiste muslin and Swiss patterns. 15c yard side band batistes. 25c silk warp ginghams. 39c 48 inch bordered batistes. 46c 40 inch tan embroidered batistes. and 9sc (likely 95c) foreign novelty fabrics, all discounted from higher regular prices.
Women’s night gowns, white petticoats, corset covers and drawers advertised with substantial reductions. Silk petticoats, striped lateen skirts, and fine lace trims listed with prices slashed from four dollars to under two and other marked cuts.
Low neck, short sleeve dresses for 1 2 3 year olds priced down from 3.00 to 1.98 and 2.00 to 1.37 and 1.50 to 0.98. Finer dresses closed out at exactly half price. Oddments of misses’ underwear offered from cheapest to best at bargain prices.
The year ending June 6 marked notable expansion at the University of Cincinnati with new buildings, a fourth floor in McMicken Hall, a new engineering wing, and extensive lab and library improvements. Co operative engineering courses thrived, the Carnegie Foundation placed the university on its eligible list, external evening courses expanded, and a series of lectures and international exchanges enriched campus life. The law school celebrated 75 years with retirements and hires, while student enterprises and publications showed strong performance. alumni activity and a first general reunion highlighted growing university ties.
The Civil Service Commission announces June 24 examinations for land law clerks in Agriculture and for registers and receivers' clerks in local land offices, coal mining engineers in the Geological Survey, and a ceramic chemist in the Geological Survey. Coal engineers should have broad mining and preparation experience for market.
The Carthage High School fifth annual commencement is set for Friday evening June 19. Diplomas will be awarded by Samuel B. Hammel with Miss Edna Brockman valedictorian and Miss Edith Wiley salutatorian. Address by Prof Ellsworth Regenstein and baccalaureate sermon by Rev Jacob Hauck. New Elmwood Place teachers named Alice Kempton Clara Schrader Etta Agger reap pointed and Price retained.
Eighth grade graduates fill the Morgan and Mt Adams schools auditorium on Kilgour street with diplomas to be awarded by Prof. E. W. Lyon and the principal. The program includes songs, piano and mandolin solos, and the recitation of The Lord Is My Shepherd as well as a valedictory.
Sixteen young men graduated from the Technical School of the Cincinnati University Thursday evening in Mc Micken Hall. The class included Edwin John Ahrens John Andrew Allan Foster Callahan Adolph H Davis Emil Bernard Goldsmith John G Mollmeyer Walter Hunsche George Philipp Jung Gustav Koenig Max Osherowitz Stanley Perry Alvin E Schmidt Allan M Taylor Charles H Taylor Laurence Thompson Walter Able Todd. Starbuck Smith addressed the graduates. Prizes were awarded to Edwin John Ahrens Laurence Thompson and John Andrew Allan.
William Schuchardt Deputy Grand Chancellor of the First District of Ohio is nominated for Grand Outer Guard of the Knights of Pythias of Ohio. He receives unanimous endorsement from the Pythians and First District representatives and is reappointed by Grand Chancellor John A. Ringold as Deputy of the district for four more years.
Annual conclave of Masonic Trinney Commandery No 4 to be held Monday evening June 15 at 7 30 with election of officers and dues due Sir Knights from sister commanderies invited John T Bennington Eminent Commander Henry B Michie Recorder
Multiple death notices list spouses and ages from Bond Hill and Price Hill Ohio. Families include Brinker Bruns Ehrmann Fahrenbruck Gaul Henry Metz Youmans and others with funeral details, churches and cemeteries in Cincinnati area. Each item notes residence, date, time and burial or service locations.
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