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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1908
Page
4
The notice outlines subscription prices for the Commercial Tribune with options for daily and Sunday delivery, monthly and yearly terms, and variations omitting Sunday editions. It lists rates for postpaid mail subscriptions and an edition variant, reflecting pricing structure of the Cincinnati publication.
Subscriptions and delivery terms for Great Britain and foreign countries. Includes price options and advance payment. Lists office addresses in Cincinnati, Covington, Newport, Washington, and London with newsroom and circulation details. Reading room access for Americans at Trafalgar Building in London.
Pleasant warm spell with scattered showers across the country. High pressure in the Northwest hints at cooler change. In Cincinnati yesterday the high was 80 and the low 64. The Weather Bureau report compares today with past years.
Ohio expects fair weather with showers along the lake and variable west winds. Indiana shows fair in the south and showers in the north with fresh variable winds from the southeast. Kentucky to be fair with occasional showers in the extreme west, while West Virginia remains fair.
Shipping notes show arrivals at New York Boston Naples Libau Liverpool Triest and Genoa with vessels from Bremen Genoa Glasgow New York Naples and more. The Kronprinz Wilhelm and Kronen Cecilie are active with outbound and inbound legs while wireless reports place Oceanic and Kronprinz Wilhelm near Plymouth and New York traffic updates at sea.
A long roster of hotel arrivals in Cincinnati featuring guests from many cities including Philadelphia New York Chicago Canton Massillon Huntington Hanover Alexandria New Haven and Boston. Names include Gibson George W Goudy Seligman Edwards Miller Dennison Tobias Schott Yule Dewey Lang Mitchell and several others with accompanying cities and states.
A fragment from a courtroom or public debate features a commentator criticizing a newcomer's charges and insulting a man with a lighted cigar in a tense streetcar scene. The dialogue hints at mockery of punishment and long prison terms.
The debate over the Twenty first Pennsylvania district delegate seat to Chicago centers on Emery after Taft alignment claims. Burke leads the contest while The Gazette Times argues the issue reflects popular will, not party regularity, and that Emery already represents his constituents.
At Pittsburg last Monday three distinguished travelers rode a sleeper to Washington. Vice President Fairbanks, William Jennings Bryan, and Minnesota’s John Johnson were in the same car. The two Democrats, Bryan and Johnson, spoke in private but the subject remains unknown. It was described as a passing interest rather than a decisive event.
The passage notes the University of Kansas School of Journalism surpasses all others in impact and rigor. It recalls the brief suspension of The College Journal, the class journal, after its strenuous lessons challenged the school’s course. The university faculty plan further work.
Bryanite disturbances still echo as Massachusetts keeps its traditions in schooling and governance. The piece notes ongoing friction over education policy while the state maintains its established routines.
The Richmond Times Dispatch extols the Arkansas senator saying he has never been defeated in Washington and stands unshaken in his capital duties. The remark frames the senator as resilient and influential amid national politics.
A Washington gubernatorial conference may discuss the best means of suppressing the spellbinder and the rootback, addressing strategies to curb their influence and effectiveness.
Mr Bernard guiding Messrs Kiefer Lawson and Bigelow through a side door at Denver would create an interesting Biograph snapshot.
Liverpool pottery makers report a surge in orders for ceramic jugs from Georgia companies. The rise prompts questions about how such vessels are intended for use in a state with prohibitions on alcohol, suggesting compliance and regulatory concerns may drive the demand.
Report notes Pennsylvania lawmakers from Knox split groups amid rising freight rates causing friction with The Washington Post as division widens and tensions surface in the delegation.
No one yet dares propose a Mother-in-law Day but the event is celebrated as Admiral Bob lowers his flag in a ceremonial departure honoring his family.
The town weighs a nesting project amid Audubon objections tied to nearby property gains. Proponents argue city park expansion boosts land values and ecology, while supporters tout playgrounds and open spaces as essential for future generations. The note also touches on alcohol laws, park activity, and regional brook trout season.
George Thorndyke of Mt. Vernon notes beech trees are not immune to lightning and that tall beech forests attract strikes, while a downtown hotel clerk laments few keys are returned by guests, citing high annual loss and souvenir theft.
President J M Dawson invites Democratic Club members and delegates to a Harmon reception at 8 PM in Suite 805 First National Bank Building. Frank Farley seeks County Surveyor on the Democratic ticket. Election irregularities are discussed as the Board of Elections considers precinct changes and boundary reviews.
On the way to Baltimore Bishop Harris meets two San Francisco detectives over threats tied to Mr. Stevens. The article profiles key candidates Dr. R. J. Cooke and Dr. William F. Anderson, plus peers like Dr. Dorchester and Dr. Buckley, and notes Cincinnati delegates and notable church figures including Dr. Bristol and Mrs. Nast.
Squire Maus dismissed Maria Holzwart of Ellis street Comminsville v Thomas Dyer with Holzwart paying about 50 dollars in costs after neighbors testified to a canine fight. Dyer denied responsibility claiming the dog fight was caused by local children and the dog’s injuries arose from a swallowed bone.
The Women Consumers League urged the Central Labor Council to back Saturday afternoon and evening store closings. Delegates opposed the move as outside the Council’s scope, adjourned without action, while endorsing a new sanitary barber shop ordinance.
The Western Society for the Suppression of Vice held its annual meeting in the Business Men's Club and elected officers W. J. Breed as President James N. Gamble as First Vice President Jesse A. Baldwin as Second Vice President C. M. Hubbard as Secretary N. H. Davis as Treasurer. Dr. Robert Watson W. S. Dickerson and D. B. Meacham join the Executive Committee. The society operates in Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago and reports arresting thirty seven violators last year with thirty three convictions in Federal Courts and burning millions of improper photographs and tons of bad literature.
The Power herd elephant swallowed Ike Martin s diamond ring worth 450 after a peanuts feeding at Chester Park. Lawyers and a doctor consider X ray options while Power and Martin dispute responsibility and seek the ring or its value.
About 250 people gathered in Avondale School Auditorium to form the Avondale Improvement Association. A. J. Conroy was elected president with Dr. J. M. Withrow as vice president and Walter Freiberg as second vice president. other officers include Morris B. Dean and H. M. Sammet as secretaries and W. H. Anderson as treasurer. Directors named were D. B. Meacham Sig Rheinstrom Alfred Cohen C. H. M. Atkins and W. H. Alms. Mentions plans for ball grounds a branch library playgrounds and bond votes along with upcoming meetings and dedication arrangements.
Losey & Co and Chuck & Warren in the Carew Building, brokers for Stapely & Co, discontinued all new business yesterday while old accounts were honored. Rumor of Stapely reorganizing with Eastern capital proved unfounded. Receiver Bodemer offered no statement, but rumors claim Stapely liabilities may reach 1,000,000 nationwide.
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