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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1908
Page
8
An assortment of stylish full length linen top coats offered at $10, marked down from $15 and $18. Also featured are lingerie dresses, waists, and silk petticoats with various sale prices. No approvals or exchanges. alterations charged at cost. West Fourth Street Vine and Race.
The first Hebrew Union College class jubilees celebrated yesterday at Plum Street Temple with graduates G George Fox Herman Rosenwasser and Joel Blau receiving degrees. Speakers included Bernard Bettman Kaufman Kohler and William Rosenau. A list of attendees and out of town guests followed as the day closed with an Avondale Temple conclusion program set for 2:30 pm today.
Miss Dorothy Baer told Coroner Cameron that attorney Harry L. Kronenberger drowned in the Little Miami River after a canoe ride near Spotless Town Camp. Baer, a stenographer in Squire Dumont's office, narrowly escaped after sinking four times while attempting to save Kronenberger, who disappeared during the third submersion. Baer had bathed there before and said Kronenberger died while trying to recover the drifting canoe. He was engaged to be married, not Baer’s fiancée.
The report compares weeks ending June 28 1907 and June 26 1908 and notes a decrease in contagious diseases from last year but an increase from the prior week. In the most recent week thirty five cases were registered.
The Cincinnati Furniture Exchange held its annual outing at Carthage Country Club with about two hundred attendees. Makers beat dealers 16 to 1 in the morning baseball game, followed by a 3 to 2 win by the supply men in the afternoon. Bowling prizes were awarded to numerous members, and a chicken dinner preceded the second game. A long guest list names participating dealers and friends from the local furniture trade.
The C. H. D. Railway Book of Tours has released its present season edition. It ranks among the handsomest and most useful of its kind offering seventy eight tours for lake region travelers. Each tour lists scenery facilities for rest fishing touring and sight seeing with costs indicated. The booklet aids vacation seekers and tourists planning summer trips to the ideal lake retreat.
Miss Elsie Mihalovitch of Avondale and Adolph Friedman of Grand Rapids faced a quiet wedding after Mrs. Herman Friedman of Cleveland died suddenly of heart failure at the Cincinnati Club dinner. Doctors arrived too late. the body was bound for Cleveland for funeral services. Relatives aboard a Europe trip will be notified by wireless if possible.
A large group of teachers from Ohio and Cincinnati travel to Cleveland for the National Educational Association meeting. Principal Voorhis of Oyler School leads the State delegation with a special excursion train arranged by the Big Four. Superintendent Dyer will speak as sessions begin Tuesday morning. Cincinnati abstains from sending contestants to the spelling bee.
S. M. Sedam, 61, was found dead in a chair in his room at the Princeton Hotel on Elm Street yesterday. Death is believed to be from natural causes. He was the son after whom Sedamsville was named.
Pages 6 and 7 of next Sunday's Illustrated Magazine will spotlight the Lima Choral Society in Lima Ohio with a group photo of bowlers and an outing club on Page 7. The issue, part of The Commercial Tribune, offers other features to enjoy in the sun.
George F. Dieterle led a convention of the National Association of Wholesale Liquor Dealers at Niagara Falls. Resolutions condemn improper advertising labels and threaten expulsion of members who use them. Dieterle urged that prohibition threatens liberty and outlined anti prohibition arguments. The platform called for licensed, properly regulated saloons and warned against political manipulation by anti saloon groups. Dieterle and other dealers returned Friday morning.
Mrs. Nellie Bonbright of 709 Richmond street reports her eight year old Persian Angora cat with blue white and orange spots is missing. The dainty feline was pampered, fed at a tiny table and tucked into a prepared bed each night, and is now feared lost or starving in the city.
Tomorrow afternoon the council faces a heavy agenda including year end appropriations prepared by the City Auditor and a new ordinance on opening streets. Councilman Rippey will push the street opening regulation, already approved by the Board of Public Service and Street Repair Department.
Observers from the Cincinnati Observatory led by Prof. J. G. Porter prepare for a morning partial eclipse between eight and nine. In Tampa and Mexico City the event will be annular, showing only the sun’s outer ring. Astronomers note key aims: refining lunar motion and aiding ship navigation for position fixes. A rare planetary grouping—Mercury to Jupiter—will appear after sunset, possibly not seen again for a century.
Councilman Eckert favors converting land at Baltimore Casper Stutter and Moosewood streets into a city park. Health officials push muzzling dogs to curb rabies risk while Mayor Markbreit backs action. Law Committee to rule on cat ordinance and sale of cat hides to cover costs. Old swimming hole at Crest Street to be filled and oiled by sanitary police Colonel Lorenz.
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