Benzenberg’s Century of Civil Engineering Feats Spotlight
The Cincinnati waterworks project, costing nearly 12 million dollars, marks a monumental achievement led by Chief Engineer George Henry Benzenberg. Born in New York City sixty years ago, he rose from Detroit public schools to the University of Michigan and a long career as city and consulting engineer across major midwest cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Cincinnati
George Henry Benzenberg
Benzenberg
New York City
Detroit
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Great Lakes
Lake Curvey
Iowa
Wisconsin
Jay Cook
Northwest
Milwaukee
Board of Public Works
Cleveland
Chicago
Toledo
Erie
Kansas City
Omaha
Bouscaren
Spirit
United States
American Society of Civil Engineers
American Waterworks’ Association
American Society of Municipal Improvement
New England Waterworks’ Association
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company
Engineer in Charge of New Waterworks
Photo credit to Young & Carl accompanies an item about the engineer who oversaw the new waterworks project. The piece highlights the role and project scope, noting the individual’s leadership and the achievement for the city’s infrastructure.
Jubilant Twenty-Fifth Reunion of Cincinnati Law Class of 1884
Seventy graduates gathered for the twenty-fifth anniversary from Cincinnati Law School. The event included visits to three common pleas judges, a tour of the courthouse and new college building, luncheon at the Linton hotel, and a Zoo club-house dinner with opera singers. Judges Bromwell Gorman OConnell Littleford and Governor Sloan attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Law School
Common Pleas
Blackstones
Zoo
Seo
William Littleford
Frank M. Gorman
John G. O’connell
Jacob Bramwell
College
Dean Rogers
George S. Baily
Jacob H. Bromwell
William E. Byers
Louis H. Chalmers
Joseph T. Dean
George Doniphan
Benjamin F. Graziani
Eugene Heim
ElYmery F. Lynn
John G. O'Connell
Joseph William O’hara
William W. Prather
Philip Renner
William McD. Shaw
Richard E. Sloan
C. H. D. Summers
J. ©. West
Joseph W. O’hara
W. W. Prather
George 8. Baily
Linton Hotel
Cincinnati
Masonic Celebration At John the Baptist Day
On the festival of John the Baptist a Masonic ceremony is planned at Rite et Broadway on Sunday June 27 1909 at 3 30 with music by the Broad Street Temple Band and mixed quartets. Reverends Voss Jones Peele will deliver scripture and sermon as lodges invite members and families of Harmony Miami Lafayette Cincinnati Kilwinning Walnut Hills and others to attend.
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Gt. John
Byrian Temple Band
W. M
N. C
Harmony
Tall
Miami
James N. Wey
Lafayette
Fred W. Schwenck
Cincinnati
John J. Consett
McMillan
Cynthia
de. D. M. Patton
Ww. M
Kilwinning
Ween H. Belderwelle
Excelsior Sone Boetie
Vattier
Oppenheimer
Walnut Hills
Aughinbaugh
Enoch T. Carson
Growth of the United States Postal Service Through Time
The article traces USPS expansion from 1790 to 1908, noting offices rising from 75 to 81,158 and postal routes expanding to 450000 miles. It cites gross receipts climbing to 191,478,663 dollars and expenses to 208,351,886 dollars, with 18,173,840,329 pieces of mail handled and 7,851,400,405 stamps issued. It mentions the first postage stamp sales in 1847 and related milestones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Postal Department
New York
Post Office Milestones and Cincinnati Revenue Report
The narrative traces key postal milestones from 1863 free city delivery to 1896 rural delivery and 1885 special delivery. It notes 1901 had 76,945 post offices, reduced by 15,000 with rural delivery. Cincinnati’s annual income nears 2.2 million with 36 percent expenditures, and total handling around 80 million including money orders and deposits.
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Cincinnati
Postal Card
Money Order
Despondent Woman Tries Suicide by Drowning in Ohio River
Mrs. Kate Hoffman, 34, of Cheviot, jumped into the Ohio River at Walnut Street yesterday. She was pulled from the water and treated at the city hospital, claiming her husband deserted her and the children three weeks ago. A note was found on the bank after she was rescued.
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Kate Hoffman
Cheviot
Ohio River
Walnut Street
City Hospital
Obituary Notices from Richmond area June 1909 deaths
Multiple passing notices list Henry Berens Christina Currus Joseph Carrus William Hasselbeck John Anthony Laft Blanch May Henry John Lyons Elizabeth Roehl Samuel Tomlinson John H Weaver with ages and funeral details June 28 services at St Francis de Sales St Michael s St Stephen s and McKendree churches in Richmond Indiana and surrounding areas.
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Fe Berens
Henry J. Berens
Jennie Berens
Malloy
Thurse- Gay
McMilLan Street
Bolemn
St Francis de Sales
Carrus—Joseph
Christina Currus
Storrs Street
St. Michael's Church
Hasselbeck
William
Minnie Hasselbeck
Miller
John Hasselbeck
John and Bauer Avenue
Richmond
Ind
John Anthony
Corner West
Beldare Avenues
Henry—Blanch May
Wiley
Tennyson Street
St. Stephen’s Church
Tusculum
Lyons—John
Baymiller Street
St. Edward's Church
Roehl
Elizabeth
Nee Sc
Chicago
Weaver
John H
Eastern Avenue
McKendree M. B
French Street
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Niagara
Contouriere
Henry
Henry Hutt
Che Alms & Doepke Co
Government Lake
Young & Carl
Kayser
Dresden
Manile
Madras
Zephyrs
The
Alms & Doephke Co
Legal Lights
Masonic
J. Bauer
H. P. L. Llatta
Trinity Soacert
Order of Red Cross Gress
Temple
T Kelley
Postal Service
Cincinnati Division
Ichie Bros Jewelers
Fourth St
Gilbert
F. B. Maertz Zuncrat Aviewobile and Carriage Livery
Alms & Doepke
Eclipse
Russia
Charlevoix
Petoskey
Bay View
Pere Marquette Railroad
Ch&d
Fifth and
Walnut
Ee ‘Mae CO
Wuerdeman's
Canal 2076
East Thorteeuth
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