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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1908
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune published in Cincinnati announces its 1908 daily issue cadence. The notice lists offices on Walnut Street and Government Place with E. C. Es Shelby as president.
Rates for mail and carrier delivery listed with pricing for Sunday and non Sunday editions. Includes international options to Great Britain and Continental Europe, with payments in advance by various methods. Local and regional bureau addresses provided for news submission and pickup.
Rain dominates from the Rockies to the Alleghenies with a potential clearing later. Cincinnati records: high 58, low 46 degrees. May 6 1908 weather bureau data ends 8 p.m. Weather shows rain and cloudy conditions with a noted temperature deficiency and comparisons to prior years.
Ohio and Indiana expect rain Wednesday with possible southern activity Thursday. West Virginia and Kentucky report showers. northeast winds rise along the lakeshore in affected areas.
Shipping notes list arrivals and departures at New York Plymouth Glasgow Antwerp Cadiz Queenstown and Liverpool. Vessels include Finland Caronia President Lincoln California Mongibello Alice San Giorgio Calabria Venezia Kronprinzessin Zeeland Ker shon Romanic Sicilian Prince Ivernia Saxonia Canopic with routes to and from New York Boston Antwerp Naples and Bremen.
The hotel record shows arrivals from New York and many Midwestern cities. Notable guests include Gibson James G Albin, L Arms, W W Woodford, P Stratton, Dennison James Pittsburg, C W Turner, W B Richards, J B Hadley, B Sterling, J C Hodge, F G Sanborn, F F Spence, Linton H P Nelson, Joseph Levison, J B Palmer, Daniel Stern, Burnet George W Jenkins, G F Farmer, H Chapman, H M Myers, J Hogan, Jean, T K Alexander, C H Bell, Hull, Davis, Cobb, S H Moore, Charles E B Jones, James McClernan, H R Kinney, Bertram Richards, Emery P Hite, W R Beatt and family, A Grover, Edward Circleville, Nicholas H D Sherrill, F Batem, F M Harover, Kendall, F Kago, F W Gill.
In Covington last Monday the Sixth District convention backed Taft with 90.4 percent over Fairbanks at 8 percent. The vote, reflecting rural counties and urban areas alike, shows strong Taft sentiment statewide and weak allied prospects at Chicago. The analysis dispels claims of broad opposition outside cities and underscores Taft’s firm grip in Kentucky.
Committee on Banking and Currency tabled the Vreeland bill and directs Chairman Fowler to seek Speaker permission to report a resolution favoring a Currency Commission. The Speaker’s role now blocks House action, a shift from past practice. The text critiques Speaker Cannon’s control and notes broader public indifference to such authoritarian procedure.
Council acts to purchase Evans W011 for hosting and breeding plans. Lumbermen’s Club backs ground purchase. Flower Mission reports its thirteenth annual meeting with over fifteen thousand bouquets sent to hospitals and tenement houses. A correspondent laments late-night deliveries and urban fear, calling for prudence and civic conscience.
George H. Loughrey reports durum wheat production rising in Minnesota and North Dakota and in drier states. He notes its high yields, limited milling use, and potential benefits for farmers facing unreliable rainfall.
An excerpt contrasts two poems The Dream and The Awakening by Harry V. Martin. It uses romantic imagery to describe beauty and appeal then shifts to irony about engagement elsewhere. The pieces reflect lyrical reflection and contrasting tones within a single author’s work.
Anie Shipley of the Street Board reports loose traction rails on Madison Avenue from throughville to Hirle Avenue and notes improvements may be futile. J C Bauer requests action about rails in front of the Fairview incline. plaster in nearby houses is falling. Councilman Kellogg requests a public hearing on a proposed bridge over Eastern Avenue near Andrews Street set for tomorrow at 10 AM. The Board of Service adopts a resolution giving dairymen until June 1 to comply with the Espy milk law and secure adequate water for cattle.
Mayor Markreit accepted the invitation to attend the Wholesale Saddlers Association convention opening. Patrolman J F Maisch faces trial June 9 before Mayor Markkreit on a liquor reporting charge. Mercantile Trust seeks 21000 extra for earth removal at Reservoir No 2. Water Works Board hears contractor bankruptcies during reservoir construction and will meet at 11 AM with Mercantile Trust to adjust the extra work allowance.
The County Commissioners awarded three road contracts: J. R. Carboy for Cleves and Miamitown pike improvement at 1876 dollars, Reininger & Shurick for culvert work at 790.75 dollars, and A P Toph for a Big Thunder Creek culvert at 545 dollars. They rescinded the 150 dollar resolution to purchase the late President McKinley portrait for Memorial Hall, which had hung at the Buffalo Exposition when he was assassinated.
The famous 44% karat sapphire blue Hope diamond, recently owned by Joseph Franklin Sons Company of New York, reportedly sold in Paris for $400000. It is believed the Sultan of Turkey purchased it. The gem traces to the 11 karat rough sold by Tavernier to Louis XIV.
Mrs. Graham Crozier blasted New York officials at a Twentieth Century Club lecture. She accused Police Commissioner Bingham and the Tenement Inspector of incompetence, saying the city lacked protection while leaders vacationed.
Professor John Ari Lloyd of Cincinnati arrived in Lincoln to visit Mr and Mrs William J Bryan at Fairview for several days. He addressed a meeting of the Nebraska State Eclectic Society this afternoon. Lloyd was in quarantine with the Bryans at Suez when the vessel was detained for bubonic plague outbreak.
Germaro Aiello died last night at Good Samaritan Hospital after being shot Monday in California O. Alvin Cramer, an 18 year old youth alleged to have fired the shot, remains at large. Cincinnati police have been asked to arrest him.
Edward Cunningham of Cunningham & Megrue horse dealers, Oakley, narrowly avoids death on Fourth street when a pane from the Hotel Linton shatters at his feet. He leaped into a doorway as painters caused the plate glass to fall from the fourth floor.
Firefighters responded to a still alarm yesterday at 1054 Kossuth Street Tenement House where smoldering rags in a kitchen cupboard of John Desape’s apartments caused $100 in damages. Residents reported smoke and the blaze was extinguished quickly, with the cause still under investigation.
Members of the Civic Department of the Cincinnati Woman's Club push for enforcement of ordinances against spitting in streets and public places. They urge the Board of Health and Judge Leeders to act, noting two years of effort and ongoing distribution of educational charts to Cincinnati and state schools.
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