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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1908
Page
10
Inducements to merchants in the wholesale departments of Alms and Doepke feature large assortments of linens and white goods. Lace curtains upholstery dress goods silks wash fabrics dressing gowns calicoes laces ribbons embroideries hosiery underwear domestics prints carpets rugs and more all at uniform low prices.
The pupils of Sig Lino Mattioli assisted by Sig Romeo Gorno presented a song recital at the College of Music last night. A long program featured arias from operas by Mozart Donizetti Massenet Verdi and others with performers Miss Madeleine Hahn Miss Emma Freund Miss Ada Stone Miss Loretta Hene and many more.
Harry Hammond of Springfield Ohio says a long standing grudge sparked the assault on a party near Vine Street theater. Hammond, his wife, May Jordan, William Chamberlain of Norwood, and Joseph Joyce were arrested for disorderly conduct after a rain triggered a lobby brawl following a Cosmopolitan Hall ball. Patrolmen Deters and Berlekamp investigated. Cases continued by Judge Lueders.
Rist's millinery display in Main street attracts many shoppers. Both stores feature Copenhagen blue and brown as favored colors with champagne white headpieces also popular. Customers praise the hats and the eye catching window arrangements.
A morning performance titled In a Persian Garden featured Liza Lehman words from the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam and was held in the Linton Street Kindergarten Auditorium under Miss Dorothy Cohn. Soloists included Mrs. C. E. Bennett Miss Charlotte Callahan Mr. Leslie Chilton and Mr. Howard Barnett with Ada Zeller at the piano. A large audience attended the first of a series.
An entertainment will be given tomorrow evening March 20 for the German Deaconess Hospital. In Hughland Avenue and Oak Street the program features selections from The Messiah, a Travel Talk on Palestine by Miss Walter, and an address by Rev. L. Schueller born in Palestine and longtime worker with the Jeru salem Orphan Asylum.
Mrs Eva Berger reports her husband Anton 19 has vanished from their home on Elder and Elm streets. She says he left to return to Austria, driven by homesickness after three months of marriage. Anton had been in the country a year. his wife is a German immigrant.
Kirchner Construction Company told the Board of Public Service that streets Fourth between John and Pike Fifth between John and Vine and Seventh between Carr and Vine suffer damage while traction company rails remain loose. They urged repairs and proposed a meeting with Kirchner and traction company officials to remedy the fault.
The city plumbers union adopts resolutions mourning former leader Thomas Dooley and names a committee to arrange the funeral. The body arrives from Chicago with a twenty-member committee and National Executive Board, and services are set for Saturday with all plumbing work suspended. The Cincinnati union plans to attend.
Seymour Ellis a 48 year old colored man of 318 East Front Street was taken to City Hospital after a wooden splint used for a broken leg caused blood poisoning. The entire body is affected and death likely.
National lecturer Miss Laura A. Gregg visits Cincinnati in April by invitation of the Susan B. Anthony Club. She will address Suffrage Clubs April 7 at Gibson House, speak in Covington April 8, address the Economic Club April 9, and preach April 12 at Vine Street Congregational Church. Her record includes twelve years as lecturer and organizer, with support from Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt.
Dr Ravogli of the State Board of Medical Examiners vows a report against a local doctor linked to an anatomical museum shut down by Mayor Markbreit. The mayor, with Scott Small Jack McDermott and Chief Crawford, deemed the exhibits improper and ordered closure. Ravogli says the board will press to revoke the physician’s certificate.
The Advertisers' Club smoker at the Business Men's Club featured corncob pipes cigars vaudeville and talks by J M Gidding on advertising costs and value and W S Dodge on newspaper men and advertisers A seven year old artist Nellie Walsh performed vaudeville The next meeting is set for March 31 at the Grand Hotel with Arthur Sheldon to discuss Salesmanship and Advertising.
Detectives Sweeney and Houillion traced David H. Harris last seen Friday night at Tony Genle’s saloon in Ninth and Vine streets. Attorney Haworth advised him home after pension matters. Harris was placed on a car and disappeared. A witness, Charles Purificate, said he did not throw bricks at the body and saw a boy nearby. the object in the water remained unknown.
A Fairfax avenue dog wandered to Torrence road chicken yard killing poultry. Mrs. Cole kept the dog to settle damages, despite a writ of replevin issued by R. Williams. Constable Tebbe removed Towser with aid, and the case goes before Justice Muller tomorrow.
The city increases police by fifty and after April 1 patrols, turnkeys, station house keepers and wagon drivers will work eight hour shifts. New patrolmen appointed by Mayor Markbreit include Robert Gerhardt Lee Flaugher John F Bartley William C Saffin Charles A Miller Peter J Schroeder Joseph J Reising Anthony Tekulve John Hill Edward Finan Albert G Hoff Peter Schaller Frank Theders Clifford T Leukering John C Meehan and L E Aufderheide with addresses listed.
Constable Ben Tebbe gained experience in a Santa Claus role after removing a telephone from Mrs. Ormsby’s Ivy avenue residence. After failed door attempts, he climbed to the roof, found a loophole, and carried the instrument downtown under a writ of replevin filed by the Telephone Company in Justice Muller’s court.
Chief Archibald of the Fire Department accuses Lt John Mullen of Fire Company 34 of incompetence and seeks his removal. He argues Mullen charged Charles Hoffman of alleged drunkenness without solid grounds and cites a contemporaneous report. The Mayor scheduled a hearing for today.
Pupils from public schools display paper cuttings in the Public Library corridors. The original creations illustrate Cinderella Jack and the Bean Stalk Winter Sports The Carpenter The Blacksmith The Hoemaker and other daily life scenes. The exhibition continues until Friday.
Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway announces a $38 fare from Chicago to Pacific Coast points including Seattle, Tacoma, Spokane, Portland, Victoria, Vancouver, San Francisco and more. Travel daily through April 30 with berths in tourist sleep cars from Chicago and specially conducted tourist car parties on Wednesdays and Fridays. The offer targets merchants, workers, professionals, farmers, stockmen and fruit growers across the Dakotas, Montana, Iowa and Washington states.
Juvenile Court Judge Caldwell yesterday sent William Ganly, 16, to the Boys Industrial Home at Lancaster, on his confession that he set fire to excelsior in the Baltimore and Ohio Railway Company depot at Front and Stone streets last week to see a blaze. The damage was reported at about 000.
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