Benzenberg Honored as Cincinnati Waterworks Chief Engineer
The Cincinnati waterworks board praises George H. Benzenberg for guiding the project to completion. The board will surrender control to the board of public service on July 1 1909 and thanked Benzenberg for eleven years of service and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Public Service
August Herrmann
William B. Melish
R. Prp. Rifenberick
Mercantile Trust Company
Trust Company
Camden Iron Works
Board of Waterworks Commissioners
Cincinnati
George Henry Benzenberg
Milwaukee
Wis
Board of Trustees
Commissioners of Waterworks
George H. Benzenberg
Gustave Bouscaren
Bouscaren
Benzenberg
Weekly health board report tallies 121 deaths for week
The board of health says for the week ending June 25 there were 121 deaths, led by consumption with 16 and kidney disease with 14. Respiratory diseases and diarrhea affected mainly infants, while infectious cases reached 43 with 18 deaths. The notice warns about typhoid linked to vacation travel and polluted water and milk supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Bureau of Infectious and Contagious Diseases
Sermon for Dumb to be preached in Cincinnati chapel
The Rev. Austin Ward Mann dean of the deaf mute clergy will preach in sign language at St Pauls cathedral in Cincinnati on Friday at 7 30 pm. He invites students from deaf and dumb institutions in Ohio and Kentucky who are home for vacation to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's Cathedral
Austin Ward Mann
Protestant Episcopal Church
Mann
Kentucky
Nixies Bother Postoffice Men in Cincinnati
Cincinnati post office nixie room fights misaddressed mail as clerks fix about 2,500 items daily. Business houses and foreign spellings cause tangled addresses, with letter codes and backward scripts among the challenges. Five clerks handle growing workload in the nixie room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Cincinnati Post Office
Nixie Room
Legion
Jones
Sinter Anne
Cynthiana
Afila
Nord Amerik
Louisville
Cincinnati
State Secretary Wins Case in Squire's Court Over Incorporation Fee
Secretary of State Carmi A. Thompson prevailed in Squire Muller's court over the Southern Ohio Sanitarium incorporation fee. The case centered on a $50 payment made with the incorporation papers, later halted by among the incorporators Md Woodward Helen Ormsby W M Fridman and others. Thompson asserted liability among the incorporators and warned of a similar action against Foster & Co. He also commented on election board selection and party influence amid Toledo independents seeking reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squire Muller
Carterday
Carmi A. Thompson
Southern Ohio Sanitarium Company
Walnut Hills
MD Woodward
Helen Ormsby
W. M. Fridman
State Thompson
Linton
Columbus
Foster & Co
Thompson
Toledo
Federal Building Notes Highlights Quasi-Criminal and G A R Events
George D. Cline, rural carrier from Arcanum Ohio, arrested by deputy marshal E E McGuire and jailed in Dayton on alleged $7 embezzlement. Hearing set for July 2. Clark L Irwin of Wilmington Ohio pleads not guilty to embezzlement, jailed on $500 bond, preliminary hearing July 17. Stamped loot case tied to Sidney arrest and Lewisburg stamp robbery. W C Johnson to travel to Washington for Benjamin F Stephenson monument unveiling. Ohio G A R delegates in Zanesville finalize Salt Lake City encampment trip. Montfort unable to attend. Black Hand raid cases to be heard Friday. U S circuit court of appeals to convene July 7 briefly. Engineers discuss Ohio River locks and dams plans in Pittsburgh meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George D. Cline
Arcanum
E. E. McGuire
United States
Dayton
Cline
Clark L. Irwin
Wilmington
Adler
Postoffice
Holmes
Sidney, O
Lewisburg
Sidney
W. C. Johnson
Washington, D. C
Benjamin F. Stephenson
Grand Army of the Republic
Ohio
Salt Lake City
Zanesville
E. R. Montfort
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
United States Engineer's
Russell
Newcomer
Pittsburg
Aelstaetter
Wheeling
W. Va
Ohio River
Cincinnati Priests Take Holy Orders
Five Cincinnati men were ordained O S F priests by Bishop O Donohue in Oldenburg Indiana. They will live at Mount Airy monastery until appointment and four plan early masses this Sunday with Brockman to follow next week at St Francis church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Franciscan Order
O'Donohue
Indiana
Oldenburg
Cincinnati
Germany
Roman Kramer
Valentine Schaaf
Edmund Auweller
Fridolin d#chuster
O. S F
Kennedy Brockman
Father Kramer
St. Francis Church
Father Schaaf
St. Joseph's Church
Father Auweller
Father Schuster
St. John’s Church
Father Brockman
Elevator deemed unsafe after deadly fall at Murdock building
Building Inspector Kuhlman testified at the coroner's inquest that the Murdock building elevator on Longworth Street had no certificate because repairs were incomplete and not reported. The hearing, delayed, resumes with James Murdock Jr to testify about the certificate refusal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock
Longworth Street
George Detnein
Kuhlman
Theodore Stephens
Buiding
James Murdock, Jr
New Eastern Star Chapter Organized in Hyde Park
In Hyde Park Masonite hall on Monday night a new Eastern Star chapter was formed with thirty six charter members. Visitors from seven Cincinnati lodges assisted the ceremony and the chapter will meet on the first and third Sundays each month. Officers elected include Es A Zutterling the worthy matron Prof John Hart the worthy patron Miss Lettie Kinkead associate matron Frank Kinney tyler and Mrs Eugene Eber sole warden with several other officers named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hyde Park Masonite Hall
The
Eastern Star
Cincinnati Iodges
A. Zutterling
John Hart
Lettie Kinkead
Frank Kinney
Tyler
Eugene Ebersole
Byrd Woods
Robert Jones
Nan Jones
Pearl Woods
J. B Allen
R. Ruzica
Norwood Fourth of July Celebration at Carthage Country Club
The Norwood citizens plan a Saturday Fourth of July event at the Carthage Country Club with a half-non ascension boat races athletic sports dancing and a fireworks display. Festivities begin in the early afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwood
Carthage
Masonic Kil Winning Chapter 97 R A M Special Convocation
Special convocation at Kil Winning Chapter No 97 R A M on Wednesday June with Royal Arch Degree work Visitors invited. W traits and costary omitted due to illegible text.
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Atwz
Royal Arch
Wledla
Deaths and Obituaries Update with Family Notices
Maggie E Harding nee Colsher died at home June 29 in Elmwood Place aged 56. Frank Nordloh died June 28 at 7 45 pm aged 32. Eleanore Eisen Smith died June 29 at 3 45 am in Fairview Heights at 23. Lucy DeVore Snedeker died in Los Angeles June 28, daughter of the late David G DeVore. Burial and funeral details vary per family location and church.
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Fredonia Avenue
Church of the Assumption
Eleanore Eisen
Henry F. Smith
Southview
Fairview Heights
Spring Grove Chapel
Snedeker
Los Angeles
Lucy DeVore Snedeker
William A. Snedeker
David G. DeVore
Georgetown
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C. M. Holloway
Department
Fred Deerr
City Hall Notes
Yardmasters’ Association
Railroad Surgeons’ Convention
Grand Hotel
Sam W. Monfort
Mr. Montfort
Fourteenth District
Poplar Street
Freeman Avenue
Melcher & Morrison
Merton Street
Queen City Avenue
Montrose Avenue
Sutter Avenue
Western Avenue
Moosewood Avenue
Health Department
Joslin Schmidt Manufacturing Company
Spring Grove Avenue
Dennis J. Ryan
M. C. Dow
Refuge Home
Miss Dow
Gowganda Mattagami
Duncan’s Lake Flying Post
Okawakenda
Ontario
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bisco Station
Bisco-Gowanda Transport Company
L. O. Armstrong
Montreal
Quebec
the Hydro-Vacuum Machine CO
East Fourth Street
B. A. Pursell
Nixie
Czlag Czhenter
Ohijo
C. H
Dinah Thompson
Sailes, Ky
Versailles
Blue Grass
Solomon Woods
Cornersville
Seetita
Squire's Court
Federal Building Notes
Colorado
Chicago
North Western
Denver
Union Pacific
N. M. Breeze
Gen’l Ag’t, C
N. W. Ry
Walnut St
the Commercial Tribune Bureau of Resorts
Hotels and Resorts
Atlantic City, N. J
Atlantic City
Country Club of
New Jersey
Phinmite
Galen Hall
Lsince
Haddon Hall, Leens
Marlborough-Blenheim
Josiah White
Bonsomyany
Stes Pera
Hotel
St. Charles
Traymore
Atlantic Wity Country
Chalfonte
Hyde Park Hall
Darlborough-Illenheim
Atlantic City,n. J
Atlantic
Southamu
Josiah White & Sons Company
N. Ee. A
City Ticket
4Th and Vine
Ingalls Bldg
Indianapolis
Rushville
Connersville
Ch&d
Fifth and Baymiller
Brighton
Northside
Ichie Bros Jewelers
Rudolf
Reeelecr
Joel Hillman
A. S. Rukeyser
Mgr
N. J
Ocean Front
Walter J. Buzby
Miller Cot AG Ae Coabaste Pa
Hamilton Allen
Hamilton County
Eliza Allen
W. Court St
Fulton & Woost
Commercial Tribune
Hotels Ando Resorts
RE Hotel
Collingwood
Fifth Ave
York
New
A la Carte Sr
New Haven House
New Haven
S Martinique
Broadway
33Rd St
New York City
Anew Voras Ashionable Hotel
LE Marquis
East List Street
Fifth Avenue
Edmund H. Chatillon
Prop
Chautauqua
Miami Valley
Incinnat
Dayton Ohio
Ate Tractions
Gillum Cromer
Gen'l Mgr
Ohla
Pennsylvania Lines
London
Springfield
Xenia
Pearl and
Butler Streets
VIA
Ust City
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