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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1907
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune records its launch and publisher details with EB Eshelby as president. The notice confirms Cincinnati post office registration and daily publication in 1793 established lineage.
United States readers are offered daily and Sunday mail options to foreign countries within the Universal Postal Union. Subscriptions paid in advance include one month at $1.50, three months at .60, six months at $9.00, and one year at $18.00. Mail addressed in full with payment and state to The Commercial Tribune Co. city Cincinnati. Branch offices listed in Walnut Hills Covington Newport Columbus Washington London with newsrooms and reading rooms for Americans.
Central U S experiences warm conditions with scattered showers and thunderstorms. Cincinnati records a brief cool spell as a midafternoon storm drops temperatures rapidly by about 18 degrees. Southern and western regions remain fair and warm. Local Bureau notes June 21 1907 readings and compares with prior three years.
Government forecast notes occasional thunder showers for Ohio and Indiana with light to fresh south winds. West Virginia and Kentucky expected thunder showers Saturday and Sunday.
Ports report multiple arrivals and departures including The Baltic and Campania from New York to Queenstown, The Arabic sailing to Boston, and The Empress of Ireland arriving at Liverpool from Quebec. Wireless updates note Celtic 340 miles east of Sandy Hook and Sable Island reports.
Poetic verse about happiness and singing though tattered sentiments and seasonal imagery. The lines celebrate joy, gratitude, and resilience, urging to let joy ring despite gathering tares. The piece reads like a colonial era lyric encouraging communal song and hopeful harvest.
The article argues against smoke and billboard nuisances in American cities and praises civic effort for beauty and cleanliness. It cites The Philadelphia Ledger and praises Cincinnati suburbs as evidence that love of beauty persists despite materialism. It notes delays hinder progress and predicts billboard desecration will be curbed in time.
The Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce proposes vast reforestation across Allegheny Monongahela valleys and tributaries to curb recurring floods. It argues federal and state support will cost less than flood damages to the six state region, including Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Kentucky Indiana Illinois, where total property value runs high.
King Alfonso stays in Spain and declines an invitation from the South American Republics to visit during the summer, citing duties at home and the need to keep busy walking the floor at night with the baby.
The passage suggests recommending Mr. Croker for Parliament but notes that without Tammany he would be a vanished shadow of an iridescent dream.
The remark suggests Mr Hearst would forgive Leader Murphy only if the Mayoralty Derby is resolved through legal victory. It frames a conditional stance tied to court outcomes and leadership dispute.
A local official states there is no need for violence as the billboard will be dismantled. The decision cites safety concerns and regulatory requirements prompting removal of the structure.
A concise line notes the deadly risk of speeding and the resulting push for a formal agreement to curb fast driving. It frames death as the motive force behind seeking restraint and shared responsibility.
A light comment notes that pleasant weather in June softens the bride’s mood and appearance, suggesting she will feel more herself amid warm days and cheerful skies.
City struggle over a contested will and billboard placement sparks local debate. The dispute touches heirs of Silent Smith, landscape impact, and mayoral conduct amid noisy public response.
A reader correction notes a Flag Day account mis-stated the number of flags. the Ingalls Building flag appeared early and the Union Trust flag followed later. A correspondent muses on how clerks treat customers, especially women of means, and suggests better service practices.
Ohio political circles note Edward B. Hunt a lawyer and distant relative of Judge Samuel F. Hunt entering the race for the Democratic nomination for Police Court judge. Hunt, under 40, advocates reform minded sentencing and hopes to succeed Judge Lueders. Also mentioned are E. B. Hukill of Washington Court House and O. M. Evans of Columbus commenting on Taft and Foraker outlooks. Louis W. Foster’s Republican vice mayor bid gains talk though he stays noncommittal.
A humor vignette from Chicago features a young man with a bandage on his head recalling his romantic signal misadventure. He explains how nights on a balcony ended in misfortune when a match lighting revealed his ploy to kiss his beloved to an unsuspecting old boarder.
A Chicago salesman at the Gibson House laments friends' borrowing during a stay, mocking Lamb and discussing the two races of borrowers. J C Kline warns about undertakers causing illness with slow funerals in rural districts. John C Culver advocates civil service reform in Albany. R A Gunn, NY banker, promotes phosphate ventures and comments on Cincinnati and Cleveland bond markets.
The Herald reports growing momentum for a bill to regulate outdoor advertisements in the House of Commons. Introduced by Hart Davies and backed by artists and doctors, the measure would let local authorities enact by laws to control boards and posters harming parks and landscapes. Some MPs fear inoperability in rural areas.
A long list of names and associated cities and states appears, naming Gibson A and A Foster Toledo Ohio H N Hills Dayton Ohio J B Grant Memphis Tennessee A C Lewis New York M E Alderson Riverview Kentucky and many others then ends with uncertain fragments and stray initials. The passage reads like a directory or social roster rather than a narrative event.
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports Cincinnatians registered in New York hotels including W J Fink Mrs W Sant Hanna E W Horwitz M C Smith O A Strobel J G Hudson Michael O'Brien S M Peck and FE H Preston.
A nostalgic verse from the New York Sun about a child longing for grandpa and grandma's house over vacation. The speaker imagines freedom to be a boy again, free from scolding, stomping mud, climbing trees, riding bareback, and playing on the house and yard, until vacation ends.
Reports reveal varied topics from Leeds city planning to Viennese dental petitions and Madrid bullfighting. A banked burglary in Antwerp inspires caution, while Clemenceau keeps peacocks and a rare ka ka po bird arrives at London Zoo. An ancient oak in Frankfurt is relocated to the Palm Garden.
John Barrett, new Director of the Bureau of American Republics, once joked about his own title when he was mistaken for a minister. An illness kept the principal speaker away, so Barrett delivered the day’s address after being introduced as the Rev. John Barrett, ex missionary of Siam.
Sir Thomas Lipton told a Chicago audience that bachelors are villains while recounting a dining room tale. He recalled a bachelor friend tricked by a woman who challenged why he did not marry the woman herself. The husband added he owed him a grudge with a laugh.
A well known architect from Germantown recalled a lecture on Cologne Cathedral when a cultured woman asked about the origin of Colonial architecture. She told him she now sees it derives from Cologne, tying European design to American styles.
A Washington Herald passage questions a man's wealth and lawfulness. It probes the figure of a person, his potential evasion or defiance of the law, and what his exact attitude toward legal norms might be.
A Sixth Avenue dealer reports New York society women amassing historic garments once worn by royalty and celebrities. The collection includes corsets from Queen Alexandra, Empress Elisabeth, Marie Antoinette, Catherine de Medici, and shoes or stockings worn by Victoria, Mary Stuart, Eugenie, Rachel, Pompadour, and other famed figures. Garters and even stockings fetch high interest, with some items costing thousands and totaling hundreds of dollars spent across a growing market.
Julia Ward Howe recalls writing The Battle Hymn of the Republic after a Civil War parade. While returning with Rev Dr McClark, soldiers sang John Brown's Body and her pastor urged her to set the spirit to verse. She woke early with lines forming in her mind and the editor later named the hymn.
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