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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1907
Page
3
Opera at Chester scored a success with smooth performance and lively encores. Miss Mabel Gage impressed in a singing turn alongside a remarkable boy performer. Rehearsals begin for Dolly Varden as Chester Company readies next week.
Oil painting of Mr. E. H. Sothern as Hamlet in the Lyric Theater lobby had its head cut off between Saturday night and Monday morning. The piece is one of five Shakespeare portraits by Orlando Rowland, paid $1,000 each, with a $500 reward offered for the Hamlet head.
The Elks will hold their annual zoo outing Thursday with Bandmaster Weil directing afternoon and evening concerts. The Zoo’s attractions include the tour of the world car hall of hilarity and a clubhouse cafe while the ragtime and musical comedies night returns Wednesday.
Tomorrow marks the annual Eigard picnic at Coney Island under Michael Mullen. The Island Queen will depart Broadway’s foot at 8 o clock for the river park to carry the expected huge crowds on Mullen day after repairs left the Island Queen and Princess laid up separately.
Frank Daniels will return to New York after his season in The Tattooed Man at Grand Opera House Chicago. Mrs Daniels travels by family car to Chicago to escort him home. Manager Harry Askin, an auto tour expert, maps the route via South Bend Toledo Cleveland Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Utica Albany and Poughkeepsie.
Luna shaded Lagoon with bright moonlight drawing large crowds to the lake. Boats filled every trip as visitors sought romance on the water. In other park departments, a lively evening followed an urgent telegram summoning a team member east and west.
A Wisconsin reader recalls a 20 year stomach illness eased by stopping coffee and drinking Postum instead. A local physician advised that coffee irritates the stomach and recommended Postum with cream, claiming it tastes good and has no coffee drawbacks. The patient credits the diet shift and Postum, noting health improvement over two years.
The Kennedy show at Coney Island draws crowds for three weeks with Indians and cowboys in a drama of life on the far Western plains. Special matinees at 430 PM accommodate ladies and children. Also notes a Masonic reunion dance at Lagoon and an Advertisers’ Club banquet tomorrow with speakers.
The Will J Block Amusement Company once ran Coming Thro the Rye and The Land of Nod with Morris Largey funding and Block operating. A dispute led Largey to seek a receiver, sell at auction, and form the Rork Company with Samuel E Rork to continue the shows.
Edward Hamilton of 667 East Sixth Street was arrested for cutting Eugene Krent during a craps game under an electric light. Krent was wounded in the neck and taken to City Hospital. Hamilton and Krent, both described as colored, were involved in the quarrel over money. Officers Kergan and Dowd detained Hamilton at the Second District Police Station.
J Wiltmer of Chicago Albert Kraksner of 909 York street and Claud Racey of Orwood were arrested on complaint of the Ohio Rubber Company. Cravenettes vanished from the salesroom. Kraksner employee accused of taking garments while the other two allegedly sold them and split the proceeds.
Special dispatch from Bedford Indiana reports Claude Davis age eight and William Jesse age eleven were found dead today in the Torphy Quarry after going missing last night while swimming.
San Francisco June 24 The District Court of Appeals dismissed Mayor Schmitz petition for bail via habeas corpus on motion of his counsel.
Gaston H. Philip a Washington and New York society figure was indicted today by the grand jury for the murder of Frank MacAboy a hackman at the Arlington Hotel on May 18 last.
Frank A. Day secretary to Governor Johnson denied reports that he was authorized to announce Johnson's candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination in Omaha. The denial was issued in St Paul Minnesota on June 2.
Covington Council weighs naming a Covington Day for Jamestown Exposition after receiving a Board of Governors request. Mayor Beach and officials will meet the State Board of Valuation as a ruling on franchise assessments by Thompson remains upheld. The session also covers street repairs, lighting contracts, pool table license repeal, and pay for city staff.
James Mulvey fifty five, a Newport contractor, was killed after stepping from a street crossing to allow a train to pass and walking into a switch engine. Coroner Digby ordered the body to Betz Morgue. he leaves behind several grown children and a brother recently released from jail for chicken theft who received a pardon from Mayor Helmbold.
Abbie Wright of 386 Baum Street says the note and handwriting match her husband George Wright. She believes the letter is genuine and that George Wright may have jumped into the river after several years of institutional confinement and prior suicide attempts.
Deputy County Clerk Raymond Yates refused Everett Barcalow 20 of German Town and Hazel Fitzgerald 18 of Franklin Ohio a license. A marriage tourman was spotted directing them toward Newport where County Clerk Betz refused the license as well.
City Auditor Gould issued building permits to H Altenheimer for a 300 remodeled frame building at 733 Dalton street and to Emma Deiss for a 1500 five room frame on Fifteenth street. The Illustrated Magazine will publish a full size photo of Right Rev Camillus Paul Maes, D.D., Third Bishop of the Covington Diocese.
In Circuit Court yesterday Caro line Larker filed for an injunction to stop Thomas Ross from blocking a private roadway. A jury awarded Joseph Colloyayain $50 in a $5,000 assault case against Harry Spinks in Judge Berry's court.
Hamilton Ohio June 24 The summer normal school of Miami University opened today with an attendance of 700, the largest session in the school’s history. Almost all the students are Ohio teachers.
Services were conducted for the late Mrs L Kueven in St Marys Cathedral. She died of blood poisoning from a minor finger scratch. Her daughter Louise is to wed Frank Cannon tomorrow as Mrs Kueven wished. Pallbearers were W A Byrne W S Nock John Cooper and Emmett Orr.
Edward Biery a Louis Marx and Co driver Newport was doused with carbolic acid when a horse kicked a bottle burning his face and left eye. The accident left his cheek and eye severely burned.
Elsie Wedde aged 13 of 342 Foote Avenue was injured when struck on the arm by a street baseball hit by a boy. The body of Gregory Sieter is due in Bellevue today for interment at Evergreen Cemetery.
Sergeant Humphreys of Company K and Corporal Branegan of Company L departed yesterday to train the militia in Cynthiana Whitesburg Frankfort and Lexington.
Catherine Borest seeks to overturn a decree of adoption of Frances Clayton claiming the child is hers. The docket also lists suits including street improvement claim of 97.24 against Peter Bittlinger and the City of Covington, and estate actions involving the Bakers and Dixons. Probate details note Mary Reisenbeck’s will and bequests. Special policeman F A Cunningham sworn on the C O Railway.
Ten prominent Colorado citizens were arrested on June 24 on charges of conspiring to defraud the U S Government under coal and timber laws. Indicted individuals include John B McMillan and Robert Forrester with ties to the Wisconsin Coal Company and Denver Rio Grande Railroad interests. Bonds ranged from 2 500 to 5 000 dollars, with authorities noting 55 of 73 total indictments allege coal and timber land fraud across six states.
A citizen on Mars replies that the plan has not yet struck, but fourteen stars and two comets have been bumped this week, indicating progress and high activity in space exploration.
Walter Forster received a building permit yesterday to erect six cottages valued at 1500 dollars each on Sixth Avenue between Benham and Clark streets. The Baptist Missionary Society will be entertained tomorrow night at Mrs C H Struble's Sixth Avenue home. Ed Ross cruelty to animals case dismissed by Judge Mader yesterday. Robert B E Cox, 47, of 702 Terrace Avenue, died yesterday. survived by widow, two sons and a daughter. Body to be shipped to Carleton Kentucky for interment.
Susan Peach, 40, of 311 Lafayette Ave Bellevue Ky died after collapsing at Fechheimer Bros sewing department 217 to 221 East Court St. Co workers moved her to a toilet room revived briefly then she died later at the morgue autopsy by Coroner Cameron found death due to natural causes.
Vienna June 24 Dr Kuhn of this city has invented a compact motor kitchen car to be adopted by the Austrian army. It can feed 850 soldiers and follow marching troops with food and hot water always ready.
A patient with three years of severe eczema through hands and eyes found no help from doctors but has now made a full recovery. The case is reported as entirely cured and the individual plans to recommend the treatment used.
A Southern man recounts severe eczema lasting years and says after using Cuticura Remedies his skin cleared in six weeks. He notes initial improvement after the first use and credits the products with restoring smooth skin.
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