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Newspaper

Cincinnati Commercial Tribune

Location

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1908

Page

7

Columbia's Programme Delights Vaudeville Audience

The Columbia's programme remains strong with Marcel's Art Studies and a slate of acts by Reiff Brothers, Violet Allen, Clarence Siegel, Wilbur Mack, and others. The Standard hosts Rice and Barton Big Gaiety Extravaganza, with Bert Baker, Mary Gilmore, and a broad cast delivering lively routines and burlesque. The season features aerial stunts, musical farces, and a brisk touring schedule, including Miss Crosman in a Grand Theatre engagement.

Columbia Marcel M. Jean Marcel Paris Wheatfield Sunteers Evangeéline Music Gelus Sicily Armes Washington Lafayette Robert Cohn Sampson Germany Reiff Brothers Mason Eee Junie McCrée I Logy Keno Walsh Melrose Clarence Siegel Wilbur Mack Nella Walker Mr. Mack Violet Allen Mr. Allen Sears Allen R. A., Wise Phoebe White Mr. Fred_ Jackson Jimmie Lane William Keller Mately Rice Barton Standard Charley Batton Benjamin Browser Bert Baker Baker Lared Gilmore Sdngs Wee Frank Pierce Alice Maizee É Singer Gibson Ross McKee Ernest van Miller Hunt Tsa Gens

Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Claim Nervous Pain Relief

An advertisement asserts pain is a nerve discord and that Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills calm nerves to relieve distress. It cites relief for various pains and promotes the product from Elkhart Indiana with endorsements.

Miles Eugpes Jeng Ical CO Elkhart, Iie

Chester Park Opens With Wide Crowds and New Attractions

Chester Park in Chester opened yesterday amid strong attendance as afternoon and evening crowds tested lasting features. Tickler ride and Cairo Skating Rink drew steady throngs, while human roulette, Fica Circus, Stanley submarine boat, and Choir Celestial drew praise. The park’s roof garden ballroom and overall advance were praised as Chester enters a very successful season.

Chester Park Chester Cairo Skating Rink Nut College Fica Sram

Woodward High Plans Minstrel Show May Ninth

For six months Woodward High seniors have rehearsed cakewalks and coon songs and rubbed burnt cork for a minstrel performance at the Auditorium on May ninth. The event draws wide interest across high schools and the curtain is eagerly anticipated for a lengthy varied programme.

Woodward

Henrietta Crosman to Open Engagement at Grand Tonight

May Festival visitors may also attend the dramatic program as Henrietta Crosman, a leading American actress, begins an engagement at the Grand this evening in The Country Girl. Crosman arrived yesterday at the theater.

Nhead Miss Crosman Peggy Thrift Peggy Holden London John Fiood Addison Pitt A. H. van Buren Percy Lyndall A. H. Symmons Helena Wintner Aé@s Gilman Grace Wilson Henrietta Crosman

Ringling Brothers Parade Route Set Next Wednesday

The Ringling Brothers Circus parade will march starting 8:30 AM next Wednesday along Spring Grove Avenue to Western Freeman Ninth Central Fourth Main Fifth Race Twelfth Central Colerain and back. No parade from Norwood Thursday with two performances at Cumminsville Wednesday and two at Norwood Thursday.

Chicago St. Louis Ringling Brothers Cumminsville Norwood la Belle Rothe Ringling Brothers’ Circus Spring Grove Avenue Western Freeman Central Avenue Main Colerain

Sunday at the Zoo Opens Summer Season with Concerts

Sunday saw good attendances at the Zoo despite gloomy skies. Next Sunday marks the formal clubhouse cafe opening and the start of the summer concert season with Enrico Gargiulo and forty musicians in Cincinnati.

the Zoo Zoo Chevalier Enrico Gargiulo Cincinnati Bis

Automobile Narrow Door Standoff Closes Columbia Stage

German strongman Robert Cohn faced a 65 inch door at the Columbia as a 66 inch wide auto weighing 1200 pounds failed to pass. After removing wheelcaps and door frame trim, the vehicle slid through by less than a sixteenth inch margin with three men aboard.

Ziegler Columbia Robert Dohn Germany Cohn Sycamore Street

Mere Men Try to Appraise Sewing

A New York Board of General Appraisers panel, lacking a woman member, could not classify a batch of women's gloves for tariff purposes. They debated whether the gloves were stitched or embroidered with more than three strands, consulted male experts, and ultimately admitted uncertainty. The importer avoids tariff charges pending clarified standards.

General Appraisers New York Board of Appraisers Supreme Court

City boy and girl welfare urged in Cincinnati sermon

Dr. Ketcham of Trinity Methodist preached on The City's Care for Its Boys and Girls condemning crowded tenements and lack of parks. He praised Union Bethel, Associated Charities, Juvenile Court, and House of Refuge, urged park expansion and new tenement laws, and commended J. W. Rodgers for park development efforts.

Dr. Ketcham Trinity M. &. Church Zechariah Hessaid Union Bethel Associated Charities House of Refuge Park Cincinnati J. W. Rodgers

Prayers for presidential guidance urged in Cincinnati churches

A Protestant alliance encouraged pastors to lead prayers for God’s guidance in the coming campaign. Some ministers resisted, urging individual prayer instead. Dr. Ketcham praised reverence toward God in national affairs and argued the President should embody Christian faith to influence youth and public life.

Evangelical Alliance Trinity M. E. Church Cincinnati America

Much Expected of New Airship

Paris reports a new airship under construction at Clement Bacard Automobile Works. Inventor Abpazza calls it an aerial aeroplane with a nine thousand cubic meter balloon, powered by three near four hundred horsepower motors. The craft uses gravity and a wide tentlike hull to propel forward without propellers. Trials planned at Vincennes with Goupyry design, aiming for a thirteen meter apparatus in a month.

New York Herald Co Commercial Tribune Paris Clement Bacard M. Goupyry Vincennes St. Catherine’s Hill Rouen M. Guilbaud M. Gujipaud M. Bleriot Albert Lambert St. Louis Aero Club St. Cloud Tucay Touten Court Somme Comte Henry de la Vaulx Price de Caraman Chimay Landrecy

Memorial Rites for Cincinnati Eagles Honor Departed Members

Members of Cincinnati Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles gathered at Aerie Hall on Walnut Street for annual memorial services. The program featured a Requiem bell, blue star symbolizing souls, prayers and music by the Eagle Quartet, and addresses by Thomas J. Cogan and H G Eisenlohr.

Cincinnati Aerie Order of Eagles Aérie Hall Walnut Street Louis Broermann Agthy Charles Schéuerle William Benning Bendett Charlotte Callahan Joseph Schenke Triyan Order Theéh Rabbi Phillips Mrs. Bennett Mias Callahan Mr. Schenke O Paradise Thomas J. Cogan William J. Guilfoyle

Catholic Fresh Air Home Society Seeks Donations Tomorrow

The Catholic Fresh Air Home Society announces a donation drive through The Commercial Tribune. Members thank contributors and invite those who aided in the past to participate on Tuesday, Bay 5.

Cath Fresh Air Society Catholic Fresh Commercia ‘Tribune

Plan to Abolish Louisiana Racing Sparks Legislature Debate

A wealthy-backed campaign to abolish all betting tied to race tracks in Louisiana will be pushed before the Legislature meeting in Baton Rouge. Opponents include major newspapers and several leading citizens. an alternative is a State Racing Commission. Governor-elect Sanders is set for a forthcoming message as political leaders from both parties oppose racing gambling. Outlook on New Orleans winter tourism and crime-linked betting is debated. potential economic impact includes hotel guest spillover and thefts linked to gambling activity.

Cincinnati New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston St. Louis Baltimore Cleveland San Francisco Pittsburg Buffalo Detroit New Orleans Minneapolis Indianapolis Toledo Eden Park Burnet, Woods Washington Park Lincoln Garfield Inwood Vine Hollister Broadway Third McKinley John and Wade Hunt Street Owl's Nest O’bryanville Mound Barr Louisiana Baton Rouge State Racing Commission Frank T. Howard John M. Parker Beverly Warner Trinity Episcopal Church James H. Blenk New Orléans J. ¥. Sanders Democratic State Central Committee

St Clement’s Triumphant Opens Catholic League Season

Mayor Henry Imwalle of St Bernard opened the league schedule with a speech as St Clement’s defeated St Charles Borromeo 11 to 8. Pitchers Shepmann and Goedke held lines until a six run burst by St Clement’s in the sixth. Broxtermann hit a ninth inning home run as St Clement’s clinched the pennant last year.

Henry Imwalle St. Bernard St. Clement’s St. Charles Borromeo S J.clement’s Shepmann St. Clement's

Eulogies Honor Late Senators Mallory and Bryan

Washington May 3 addresses praising the lives and public service of late United States Senators Stephen Mallory and William J. Bryan were delivered in the House of Representatives. Speaker Cannon presided, with numerous representatives from Florida Georgia New York Ohio Illinois and Virginia speaking in tribute.

Washington United States Stephen “R. Mallory William J. Bryan Florida House of Representatives Dalzéll Pennsylvania Cannon Mallory Sparkman John Sharp Williams Mississippi Payne New York Clark Brantley Georgia Burton Ohio Ahgberry Rainey Illinois

Truck Growers Anticipate Banner Season at Milan

Truck farmers in Milan expect a record year with over 500000 cabbage plants shipped from South Carolina already in the field. They forecast earlier market sales, transplanted tomato plants ready for the field, and a larger acreage than last year. growers petition railroads for extra platform space to handle fruits and vegetables.

Commercial Tribune Milan South Carolina

Ohio Letter Carriers Set May Convention in Cincinnati

The Ohio Letter Carriers Association plans its May 25 convention in Cincinnati with delegates from free delivery cities and officials including Goebel Longworth Meyer and Kelly. Local committee chairs lead preparations for banquets and business sessions as membership nears a thousand.

Ohio Letter Carriers’ Association Goebel Longworth Meyer Cincinnati Grand Hotel Henry Schiller John T. Magagin Louis Massey Jacob Schoepfel Frank J. Roth William Medaris Joseph Zugelder Lawrence Kelly Christian Lang William McMclellan Thomas Usher Kelly National Letter Carriers’ Association New York Cantwell Washington Ohio Association Charles C. Teno Dayton

Norwood Norkoogers League meets for library venue change

At a Saturday night gathering the Norkoogers League announced the Carnegie Library will host its meeting instead of the Town Hall as authorities plan to tender the latter to another organization. The group favored Montgomery Pike improvements and a Columbus mission reported on the Schmidlapp elevated railway bill.

Norkoogers League Carnegie Library Town Hall Montgomery Pike Columbus

River Departures Bulletin From Maysville Courier

Ohio River readings show rising levels as Cincinnati reports 5 feet 5 inches at 6 p.m. yesterday. Listings include departures for Louisville Pittsburg Pomeroy and Memphis with Triweekly and Daily schedules for nearby towns.

Pittsburg Pomeroy Maysville Louisville Memphis Georgia Ohio River Gigcinnati

River traffic and riverboat departures delayed by rain

River rise from recent rain and snow affects river traffic in this district. The Courier bound for Maysville Manchester and other ports departs tonight at 11 p m. The Kentucky for Madison and all way ports leaves at 5 p m. The Virginia for Pittsburgh and intermediate ports sails tomorrow at 6 p m. The Georgia Lee for Memphis and all way parts sails next Friday at 5 p m.

Courier Man City of Cincinnati Louisville Manchester Kentuc Son Steamer Courier Maysville Sycamore Kentucky Madison Mainst Pittsburg Virginia Pitter Broadway Memphis Georgia Lee All Way

River conditions and departures from Parkersburg and Cairo

The report notes river levels at Cincinnati and Cairo with readings around 2.3 and 35.2 feet respectively and forecasts cloudy cooler weather. It lists departures from Parkersburg and St. Louis with times near 8:15 a.m. and 3 p.m. for the river traffic.

Parkersburg Queen City Cincinnati Vansville Cairo Sie Park St. Louis

Steamboats Upper Ohio Pittsburg and Cincinnati Line

Pittsburg and Cincinnati Packet Line announces departures for Pomeroy Wheeling and Pittsburg. The city vessel leaves Penrnet Breeduer on Tuesday May 5 at 5 p.m. R Auk agent No 24 Public Kitchen Ken 1190 Virginia follows Saturday May 9.

Pittsburg Cincinnati Packet Line Pomeroy Wheeling Ihe City Renernet T * Breeduer R. Auck

Steamers Run Daily to Leavenville and Intermediate Loop Lines

Greene Line wharfboat advertises steamer service to Maysville and points today at 5 p.m. with a morning run to Leavenville and intermediary locations. Lower Ohio river freight accepted daily at foot M. contact telephones M 1457 and M 1897 for schedules.

Maysville Greene Line Leuinville Lower Ohio Keentucky Tel. M

Lee Line Steamers Freight and Passenger Service

Lee Line steamboats offer Memphis freight and passenger service to Lower Ohio Memphis Vicksburg Pine Bluff and points along the route. Leaves wharffoot of Broadway Friday May 38 at 5 pm with freight received daily Peters Lee follows May 13. Office 204 EB Front Phone Main 1180 Wharfboat 859 J FF Ellison Supt and General Agent.

LEE Line Memphis, Inc Georgia Lee Broadway Ohio Memphis Vicksburg Pine Bluff Peters Lee J. FF. Ellison

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