Many Changes in the Schools in City Education Board
The City Board of Education met in the Police Court room due to repairs at City Hall. Superintendent Boone released a long list of transfers and promotions across all schools, naming numerous principals, assistants, and departments. M F Andrews was confirmed as First Assistant Superintendent. a reduced year plan and early September reopening with half-day sessions were approved. Kanawha Coal Co. won the coal contract for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone
Board of Education
Lueders
Committee On
M. F. Andrews
Teachers’ Institute
Kanawha Coal Company
Grape-Nuts as Brain Builder in Backwoods Vermont Note
A Vermont schoolteacher shares how Grape-Nuts improved her health and work. She describes poor digestion and fatigue from small wages, then notes mental clarity and memory improving after two weeks of the product. The ad promotes Grape-Nuts and Postum Company with a recipe booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
California
Postum Company
le Creek
Mich
Woman Bitten by Large Spider Seeks City Hospital Care
Mrs Lillian Hicks of Park presented at City Hospital with a severely swollen right foot after a spider bite. Doctors said the venom caused widespread inflammation and weakness, and she was transported by train from home, leaving an infant at her side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olt
Lillian Cs
Park
City Hospital
Mrs. Hicks
High Schools Display Art Exhibits With Noted Talent
Woodward and Hughes high schools showcased year end art exhibitions featuring still life, antique heads, watercolors, designs and mechanical drawings. Noted contributors include George Sage, S Rosenbaum, Carl Werner, Jean Heck, Pearl McCaffey, Alice Ray, Irene Tedesche, Grace Mittendorf, Florence Mortey, Herman Hoeffer, Howard Moore, Albert Hill, Grace Wagner, Fred Hyman, Chauncey Huff, Stewart Rose, and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hughes
Woodward
Woodward High
Hughes High School
Miss White
George Sage
S. Rosenbaum
Carl Werner
Miss Gainsburg
Jean Heck
Pearl McCaffey
Alice Ray
Irene Tedesche
Grace Mittendorf
Florence Mortey
Herman Hoeffer
Howard Moore
Alberta Hill
Grace Wagner
Fred Hyman
Charlie Hoffmeister
Chauncey Huff
Stewart Rose
Louis Levin
Joseph Huck
Edward Hittinger
Miss Kayser
Amy Sage
Mabel Ferringer
Alice Fanner
Laura Holliday
Virginia Davis
Louis Zunkelle
Bertha Boes
Consuella Schiff
Reda Oskamp
Beatrice Farnham
Viola Barnes
Theodore Zeh
Nathan Isaacs
Henry Kranz
Edward Palmer
John Koeni
Fortune Teller’s Prophecy Fails as Sauer’s Horse Drowns
Mrs. A Sauer reported a fortune teller warned of a bad accident to her husband John Sauer and the death of a horse. After midday while filling a hole near Parker and Sauer avenues, Sauer’s horse and cart slid into a seven foot water-filled ditch. The horse drowned after efforts to free it failed. The pair were valued at $45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Sauer
John Sauer
Parker and Sauer Avenues
Sauer
Brittings Heirs in Bitter Court Fight
A court battle opened before Judge Sam Smith over the estate of the late George Martin Britting. Pauline Britting accuses her brother and sister John and Margaret Britting of concealing about 80 900 in cash and bonds while Britting was ill. The estate showed only 7 000 in cash and bonds, and Pauline seeks about 40 000. The case, brought to exam before a jury, is handled by Keam and Keam for Pauline and Jerome D. Creed for John and Margaret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Smith
George Martin Britting
Pauline Britting
John
Margaret Britting
Margaret
Britting
Pauline
Keam & Keam
Jerome D. Creed
Independent Booking Agency Formed in New York Theater District
News notes a group led by Harrison Gray Fiske K Hackett and Maurice Campbell establishes the Independent Booking Agency in New York to help bookings for independent attractions without fees. Office opened at the Manhattan Theater Building with aims to aid theater managers and touring acts, denying plans for a formal agency club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Theatrical Booking Agency
Harrison Gray Fiske
James K. Hackett
Org. Inin Pendent Booking Agency
Minnie Maddern “Fiske
Manhattan Theater
K. Hackett
Isabel Irving
Maurice Campbell
Henrietta Crostian
New York
City
Independent Booking Agency
Aly
Messrs. Fiske
Hackett
Commercial Tribune
Chester Park Bathing Beach Open Daily 8 A.M. to 8 P.M.
Manager Martin announces Chester Park bathing beach will admit the public daily from eight in the morning to eight in the evening. Bathing beach tickets at the park gates grant access to both park and beach except Sundays. Men may bathe anytime without club membership. women may bathe only if they belong to an organized group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Martin
Chester Park
Opera
Park Gates
Unfortunate Negro Taken to Hospital After Ill Health
William Morton, a homeless Black man, with prior pesthouse exposure and eye disease, was admitted to City Hospital after a rusty nail pierced his left foot. He suffers near blindness from an eye disorder and had received no proper treatment before this admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Morton
Morton
Front Street
Orange Persian Cat faces replevin in local court
A valuable orange colored Persian cat with a white breast and paws is the subject of a replevin suit in Squire Winkler's court. F. C. Van Stone the lumber dealer claims the cat is at Mrs. H. H. Conley 1112 Myrtle Avenue who has a rest cure home. The case follows a dispute over the pet after Van Stone left the cats with his landlady during a trip to New York. He alleges the cat was entrusted to Mrs. Conley by the landlady and seeks its return. a writ was issued from a Magistrate's Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Winkler
F. C. van Stone
Walnut Hills
H. H. Conley
Myrtle Avenue
Williams
Mr. van Stone
van Stone
London
New York
Cincinnati
Omar Khayyam
Think It Over No More Subscribe to the Tribune
A concise reminder urges readers to subscribe to the Commercial Tribune to receive timely estimates and keep up with the latest news. The note emphasizes action and urges immediate subscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Commercial Tribune
Budding School Plans For The Coming Year
The plan to establish a commercial course in public schools next year is pushed by supporters as meeting times. The estimated cost is 25000 dollars. The fate will be decided during hot weather and expense is causing doubt among some board members. Board members Heintz Cormany Schwaab and Keller will join Superintendent Boone to Indianapolis to inspect its model manual training school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
New Square
Messrs
M. G. Heintz
Jacob Cormany
John Schwaab
Lewis Keller
Boone
Indianapolis
Julie Opp Granted Divorce Amid Desertion Charge
Julie Opp, American actress, was granted a decree of separation in London on grounds of desertion and misconduct by her husband actor Robert Lorraine. The couple wed in London on November 5, 1897. the case was not defended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Opp
London
Robert Lorraines
Robert Lorraine
Opera Singer Arthur Underwood Killed by Street Car
Arthur Underwood, a leading member of the Castle Square Opera Company from Boston, was struck and killed by a street car in Cleveland at Euclid and Willson avenues during a heavy rain. He had just alighted from one car and was hit by another as he paused in front of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Underwood
Clevelan Cleveland
Castle Square Opera Company
Boston
Euclid and
Willson Avenues
Underwood
Fenberg Stock Company Opens Red Cross Nurse at Springfield Casino
The Fenberg Stock Company opened the Red Cross Nurse at the new Casino in Spring Grove Park, Springfield. The venue, bought by the American Union Company which controls the street railway, is managed by Felix Blei. The company performs six weeks with weekly bill changes, this week featuring Halid's Roanoke and continuous specialties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Commercial Tribune
Fenberg Stock Company
Red Cross
Spring Grove Park
American 7S Company
Felix Blei
Fenberg St Company
Halid
Roanoke
Wife Sues Brockschmidt Over Cruelty and Splintered Finances
Mrs. Jessie L. Brockschmidt files for divorce from George W. Brockschmidt of 2915 Price avenue Price Hill alleging cruelty and extreme frugality. She cites chokes bed ousting and meager weekly sums as well as a loaned salary injunction and parental fund concealment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie L. Brockschmidt
George W. Brockschmidt
Moormann & Ottten
Price Avenue
Price Hill
Brockschmidt
Two heads are better than one contest invitation
A promotional appeal invites readers to gather nine friends to contribute their brains in five a person to boost chances of winning one of the 1 490 prizes in a $34 000 contest.
Local option battle heats Delhi as temperance push grows
Delhi voters face a June 25 election on saloons intensified by buttons reading Vote against saloons for me. Temperance women and Loyal Legion members campaign while Rev J F Colley preaches. The struggle, stirred by the George Gabelein case, promises a tight contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delhi
Loyal Legion
J. F. Colley
M. E. Church
George Gabelein
Charles Drury Seeks Missing Sweetheart Ida Miller
Ironton Q native Charles Drury reported to police that his sweetheart Ida Miller 20 left seven months ago and may be in the city between Vine street Central avenue and Fifth and Sixth streets. Several youths and adults went missing recently including William Fink 16 Eva Gessner 17 Lillie Gessner 16 and Gus Comberger 41 with various stated reasons for leaving home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Drury
Ironton, Q
Ida Miller
Ida
Vine Street
Central Avenue
Fifth
Sixth Streets
William Fink
Sycamore Street
Navy
Eva Gessner
Lillie Gessner
Winchell Avenue
Gus Comberger
West McMicken Avenue
Germany
Creditors Seek Indictment of Ernst and Steinberg
New York creditors urged a grand jury to indict Ernst and Steinberg for withholding money. Prosecuting Attorney Hoffheimer refused to act without a magistrate warrant. A local creditor pressed for indictment while the collecting agency owners made no settlement progress. Attorneys for Wolf Brothers Shoes obtained a judgment of 3170 in Kushrhan's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ernest & Steinberg
Grand Jury
Hoffheimer
Burch & Johnson
Wolf Brothers
Squire: Kushrhan’s
Obituary notices from Cincinnati and nearby areas
Obituaries report the deaths of Harriet M Butterfield in New York City at eighty four, Julia Regan at Price Hill aged sixty three, Walter Darby Louisville attorney at death after overwork, Ellen Crumppton widow of Samuel Crumpton aged 87, and Amelia Kennel wife of John Kennel Jr aged eightynine with surviving relatives and funeral arrangements noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Darby
Louisville
Thomas H.darby
Me. Darby
Newport
Maud Bardon
Ellen Crampton
Samuel EB. Crampton
C Street
Crumpton
Amelia Kennel
John Kennel, Jr
Hamilton
Man Believes He Possesses Millionaire Fortune
William E. Robinson a 410 Clark Street bartender was taken to City Hospital believing he has vast wealth. He had ordered hundred spotted ponies for his daughter at a livery stable and plotted to unite Cincinnati breweries to pipe beer through street fountains before police intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Robinson
Clark Street
Robinson
City Hospital
Belef
Silefke
Cincinnati
Pass signed by General W. H. Lytle sparks dispute among veterans
In Hamilton County Ohio a quarrel at the County Recorder's office over a document claimed as a pass from General W H Lytle arose among old soldiers. A deed dated 1851 to Beexiel Haines and wife was offered for record, and handwriting comparison suggested the pass and the notary public’s signature came from the same hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Recorder’s Office
Wee H. Lytle
Beexiel
Haines
George N. Robson
W. H. Lytle
Hamilton County
Ohio
Evidier
Traction Car Collision Near Symmes Corner Injures Passengers
A Southern Ohio Traction Company car struck a cow and calf one mile south of Symmes Corner late Sunday night. The cow and calf were thrown under the car tearing up rails and the car overturned. Thirty passengers escaped unharmed aside from a few bruises. Traffic was halted for hours while repairs were made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Ohio Traction Company
Symmes Corner
Carthage Public Schools
Woodsdale Island
Val Harting
Lockland
Fresh Air Society Fund Receives Public Gifts
Donations pour into the Fresh Air Farm at Terrace Park as the Board of Directors thanks contributors for numerous gifts including money from Mrs. Wm. P. Anderson and the Rosa Goss Society Avondale, clothing, dolls, a child's iron bed, and six new dresses for children from various donors and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrace Park
Wm. P. Anderson
Amelia Holden Davis
Daniel Segal
Ladies’ Sewing Society
Seventh Presbyterian Church
John Kilgour
State Auditor Withholds Deaf-Mute School Funds
State Auditor Guilbert informed Deaf-Mute School officials that the $43,000 appropriation for maintenance will not be paid. He says the law is unconstitutional and he will await Supreme Court ruling. He will seek a joint action with Cleveland on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilbert
Friends of the
Supreme Court
Cleveland
Hunt
Telephone Workers Elect Union Officers
The Telephone Employees Mutual Benefit Association elected Samuel Early president Charles Klensch recording secretary P F Frizzel financial secretary and Werter G Betty treasurer to open the new year The association reports its membership nearly doubling over the year and notes its active, dynamic affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telephone Employees” Mutual Benefit Association
Samuel Early
Chas. Klensch
P. F. Frizzel
Werter G. Betty
Also Mentioned on This Page
Prof. Andrews II
William Kaefer
Linwood
John A. Heizer
Guilford School
J. B. Schiedemantle
F. M. Youmans
E. M. Sawyer
J. J. Maas
D. L. Runyan
Chase School
Hoffmann School
Joh A. Heizér
O. M. Patton
J. O. Beck
Riverside School
Highlands School
J. H. Laycock
Maximilian Braam
McKinlay
Patton
Albert I. Mayer
McKinley School
Mr. Braam
G. C. Emig
Oyler School
Miss Cameron
Charles Otterman
Mr. Brooks
J. B. Johnston
Riverside
Oyler
Anna Strautmann
SB. Johnston
William Jaeger
Harrison
Mr. Mayer
Herman Schrader
Harrison School
Benno Damus
Avondale
F. J. Keller
Damus
Anna M. Brown
Highlands
Pension Board
Ernestine Emrich
Margaret Thilly
Clara M. Zumstein
Jénnie Arand
Ida Gobrecht
Mrs, Hicks
Big Spider
Woodward and Hughes
Fortune Teller
Cincinnati Typothetae
Boss Printers
Zoo
Cincinnati Orchestra
Mike Brand
Brand
Lorre
Eures
Gremo S
Sheisoy
Florodora
Cabanola
CREMO
Geo.w Childs
Jackson Square
STAR
Standard Navy
J.T
Carthage
Kentucky
Meigs V. Crouse
Children’s Home
Bogen
John A. Adams
Charles Miller
Greene County
Schwab
Miller
Crouse
Ernst & Steinberg
Harriet M. Butterfield
New York City
General Baldridge
Butterfield
A. W. Butterfield
Stuienen
Tor
Julia Regan
John Regan
Third
Vine
Millcreek Valley
A. M
P. O. Hox
OF Fresh Air Society
Claims Law
Adfield Regulator CO
Atlanta
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