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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1903
Page
6
An old column blends a quotation about duty and ambition with a playful breakfast lunch and dinner menu. It describes a summer tea setup on a corner table with a Japanese umbrella, lanterns, and a fruit basket as a decorative focal point.
Wash the drip pan thoroughly and dry racks in the sun. Leave the refrigerator door open to dry and air inside. In vacation hours initiate young people into household knowledge with tasks like setting the table, keeping silver bright, and dressing salads. Praise helps make the work pleasant. Two new ways to cook beans Brittany style and Poulette method with lemon and parsley described.
The article advises enjoying tea on a sunny porch with awnings or screens. It suggests using salt cod in multiple ways: soak thick center pieces, steam or simmer with a tomato or cream sauce, then serve with toast or on shadowed heat. For a tea relish, broil freshen fish strips brushed with melted butter.
A Household Ledger writer recommends a scalp treatment using alcohol two ounces witch hazel two ounces resorcinol fifteen grains to cleanse the scalp and soften hair. Apply daily until improvement is seen and rub in with fingers several times a week after preparing a borax two ounces boiling water two quarts camphor one ounce mix and bottle when cool.
A home cook’s guide features a two cupfuls milk batter with eggs salt butter baking powder and flour to bake swiftly. It then pivots to five o clock tea trends and Dutch table decor with tulips Delft china and simple menus including bouillon grilled samti nes and Dutch cheese. Advice covers home Javelle water stain removal and a basic skin lotion, plus refrigerator maintenance for summer with cleaning and soda wash routines.
Rosamund Marriott Watson presents a poetic meditation on spring as a living force. The speaker hears a voice in rain and darkness, implying a timeless fragrance and memory that awaken the heart, suggesting spring’s magic surpasses distance and even death in its pull.
The markets showed Tennessee tomatoes at 30 cents a box of one dozen and Colorado Rocky Ford cantaloups at 15 cents each. Green corn is scarce and priced at 60 cents a dozen, dewberries sold for 10 to 12 1/2 cents a box, and watermelons and other vegetables were plentiful and cheap as season advances.
The article describes a blouse waist design in pongee with corticelli silk trim and narrow brown velvet ribbons. It explains variants using fitted foundation, gathered back, and centered tucked front, plus sleeve shaping and fabric yardages for medium sizes. Pattern 4461 covers busts 32 to 40 inches.
Schools closed invite 1903 graduates to craft a practical essay on applying knowledge to daily life for a chance to win a desk from the Commercial Tribune. Entries must be from a 1903 graduate, include school of diploma, and stay under 200 words. close July 2 with award July 5.
Mrs. Thornton Hinkle and Miss Helen Hinkle depart for New York for a summer abroad. Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Burkhardt and Miss Louise Corre return from the East. The marriage of Miss Martha Breneman and Mr. John Richardson is set for this evening at the Bond Hill country home. William Voight family plan a Lake George trip, then Miss Voight to Omena Michigan. Mrs. L. B. Forward joins her husband at Urbana, Ohio. Mrs. H. E. Hatton and daughter Clara travel to New York for the season.
On July 6 the Council Vacation School opens at 1513 Elms street. The program offers wood and cardboard work sewing cooking brushwork and a kindergarten department with four mornings weekly and Friday outings. The first trip is to Coney Island with the Woman's Club Vacation School. The school is led by the Council of Jewish Women with Mrs. Ben Loewenstein as president and teachers including Miss Stella Schortenfels and several Weihl and Loewenstein members.
A list of marriage licenses shows individuals such as Alonzo Smith and Mary Jane Collier of Barnesburg, Clyde Bernard and Grace Kirker of West Eighth Street, and many others with a variety of occupations and addresses. Clergy names like Rev. Mr. Fuller and Rev. Mr. Bossman appear alongside the couples.
Miss Ida Ulmer's class presented a manoforte recital in Conservatory Hall featuring Ferdinand Brown, Stein Rollman, Irene Bateman, Henrietta Rabe, Mike Gladys Liebenstein, Alma Rabe, Corinne Lowenstein, Edith Steinman, Bertha Krehbiel, Madeline Rollman, Misa Lucile Brown, Aline Foust, Zella Connor, Helen Nash, Olive Breed with violin accompaniment by Henrietta Wehl.
A fragmentary dialogue notes a man named Wagageby claiming experience and observation as sources of authority on difficulties. He jokes about marriage and a missing tooth and mentions a chew of plug fotateo in a garbled exchange.
In New York, detective Gryce assigns Sweetwater to locate a mysterious woman linked to a murder case. A spangled dress, a gray chiffon parasol, and a curbstone sighting on Hudson Street guide the hunt. Gryce suspects Evelyn as the woman's first name while watching for any new clues from press reports.
Mr Adams’s death reveals a mute tenant and a devoted deaf servant living in near complete seclusion. Investigators find hidden room features and a costly barrier but no will or clear identity. Tradesmen describe hermit-like living while the servant communicates through precise gestures and insists on quality.
Ministers at the Grand Hotel discussed stereopticon views in sermons with Rev F E Webb noting both potential for engagement and risk of turning into entertainment. The meeting ended with opposition to lantern slides and a September restart.
On the first and third Tuesdays of May through September 1903 the Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Mountain Route offered reduced one way and round trip tickets to the West and Southwest. Round trips had a final return limit of twenty one days from sale with liberal stop over privileges. A. A. Gallagher of Cincinnati invited inquiries for quotes and free printed matter and maps at 419 Walnut Street.
Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway will hold a large sale after condemnation proceedings end for the Front and Water streets terminal site. Buildings and materials range from new six story brick structures to dilapidated stables and sheds to be sold to the highest bidders.
A large crowd of ministers attended as Rev. H. Clay Robinson the alliance president called the meeting to order at the new Northern Baptist Church. Rev. J. De Vaugh spoke on Are Secret Orders Detrimental to the Church. The Interdenominational Ministerist Union will meet this afternoon at Allen Temple.
Miss Blanche Poeley daughter of Attorney Eugene Poeley the French Consul in this city distinguished herself at Gotts chalk Lyric School in Chicago by winning the gold medal. The pianist of rare talent expects to study with celebrated masters of Europe to perfect her musical education.
The Board of Public Service approved specs for a new springhouse in Eden Park to replace the old thatch-roof building. The octagonal design will measure about 27 feet on the road and 24 feet out, with bids to be advertised. Mr Weil voted no citing the Park Department’s finances.
Chief Engineer Stanley submitted to the Board of Public Service an estimate of 22500 dollars for macadam resurfacing of Clifton Avenue from McMillan to Ludlow. The board sent the estimate to Council.
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