Incendiary Foreman thrills crowds at the Columbia
The Columbia screens The Incendiary Foreman praised as the week’s top moving picture in Cincinnati. The French factory foreman plots revenge, robs a safe, starts a fire scene shot from an actual conflagration, and is revealed as the thief amid thunderous applause. The Grand adds a new vaudeville billed with Kendall and the Auto Girl, Swan's alligators, and a travesty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Cincinnati
France
Fire Department
Proposals for Clothing and Equipment Supplies
Federal build Chicago May 11 1908 seeks sealed proposals until June 10 for furnishing and delivering at depots in Boston New York Chicago or St Louis a vast range of military cloths clothing gear and hardware including khaki uniforms, serges, blankets, bedsteades, hats, gloves, tent gear, stock and button sets. Proposals subject to usual conditions. Right to reject any or all proposals reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chief Quartermaster’s Office
Federal Building
Chicago
Lit
Boston
New York
St. Louis
Quatermaster’s Department
Philadelphia
Bilver Lake
O. D
Manila
Flower of the Ranch company to visit Chester Park
The entire company cast and chorus of The Flower of the Ranch will visit Chester Park this afternoon in a body. Manager Martin extended the invitation Tuesday and it was accepted. They perform from the merry go round to the tickler and finish the day at the free vaudeville pavilion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester Park
Martin
Island Queen Sets Sail for Louisville Run
The Island Queen departs for Louisville at 7 30 this morning and returns tomorrow. The Princess sails from the foot of Broadway at 11 30 2 4 30 and 7 30 with returns at 1 45 4 15 7 15 and 10. The Queen also makes trips to Lawrenceburg and Aurora from the same wharf at 10 am and 4 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Broadway
Lawrenceburg
Aurora
Actors' Fund Holds Annual Meeting Amid Deficit Concerns
The twenty seventh annual Actors' Fund of America meeting in New York drew fewer than 50 of 1,800 members. President Daniel Frohman noted over 1,000,000 donated in 27 years, but last year ran a 27,000 deficit. A resolution to deduct 2 from annual dues in contracts was carried. Officers elected included Frohman as President and J R Grismer as Vice President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Actors’ Fund of America
Daniel Frohman
William H. Crane
America
J. R. Grismer
Tony Pastor
Henry B. Harris
Frank McKee
al Hayman
First annual Friars festival to be held tomorrow
The Friars, theatrical press agents organization, present their first annual festival at the New York Theater tomorrow afternoon. The program features a host of well known dramatic and vaudeville figures. Friars recently unveiled elaborately furnished clubrooms on Forty fifth street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Friars
New York Theater
Forty-fifth Street
Orchestra Band Delights Cincinnati Audience at Zoo
Enrico Gargiulo and his group make a favorable impression in Cincinnati while Signorita Morini misses her soprano solo due to a late trunk. Sig Arioto fills in and the band gains steady popularity. The program continues next week with new special events to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoo
Cincinnati
Enrico Gargiulo
Signorita Morini
New York
Sig. Arioto
Lou the elephant still missing from Chester Park act
The elephant Lou has not returned to Manager Martin at Chester Park after allegedly swiping a diamond ring on Tuesday. She will remain in Cincinnati for another week starting Sunday, with tension mounting between Mr. Martin and trainer Power owner of Miss Lou. Lou continues daily performances and appears to enjoy the notoriety and attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lou
Martin
Chester Park
Cincinnati
Power
Miss Lou
Cincinnati Carriage Makers Banquet at Chester Park Tonight
The Cincinnati Carriage Makers Club holds its regular quarterly banquet at the Chester Park clubhouse this evening with a Tetrang Quartet music program and short club speeches. After dinner the group visits a free vaudeville show and views a hypnotizer that swallowed Colonel Martin's diamond ring before ending the night with a ride on the tickler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Carriage Makers’ Club
Chester Park
Tetrang Quartet
Colonel Martin
Excursion trips for Cincinnatians at Boston convention
A Commercial Tribune special dispatch reports Cincinnati delegates at the Retail Grocers Association convention in Boston enjoying a day of sightseeing aboard the Governor Flower. Managers complain of too much fun as all 110 delegates mingle, wander, and attend vaudeville after a strenuous day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Triune
Boston
Mass
Cincinnati
Retail Grocers’ Association
Governor Flower
Senate sets December 16 for Brownsville bill vote
In Washington the Senate rejected Senator Culberson’s bid to vote May 16 on Foraker’s Brownsville troop reinstatement bill. The body then tabled Culberson’s motion 42 to 27 and adopted Foraker’s to set December 16 as the voting date for the measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foraker
Washington
Senate
Brownsville
Culberson
eBy
Railway agents gather for second day talks in Lexington
May 13 in Lexington the Railway Association of special agents and police of the United States and Canada held the second day of speeches. General Manager Baker of Queen & Crescent opened, followed by H H German and others from Chicago Savannah Topeka Van Wert Bluefields Huntington and more. The Elks hosted a banquet for delegates that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Railway Association of Special Agents and Police
United States
Canada
Baker
The
Queen & Crescent
H. H. Germain
Topeka
Kan
G. S. Godbold
Savannah
J. F. Ryan
Chicago
W. J. Stuart
H. B. Wilson
van Wert, O
W. F. Riley
T. L. Felts
Bluefields
W. Va
R. J. Edgeworth
S.C. Rank
J. M. Bingham
Huntington
the Elks
Hocking Valley Appraised at Various Per Mile Values
Special Dispatch reports Columbus May 13 that the Auditors of Athens Delaware Fairfield Gallia Hocking Lucas Marion Meigs Perry Seneca Vinton Woods and Wyandot counties met in Franklin County to appraise Hocking Valley Railway properties. Stocking value set at 8 100 per mile up 1 000 from last year tools 800 per mile main track T and H Division 12 000 River Division 6 000 branches 3 300 second track 4 000 siding T and H Division 3 000 River Division 1 500 per mile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribune
Columbus, CO
Athens
Delaware
Fairfield
Gallia
Hocking
Lucas
Marion
Meigs
Perry
Seneca
Vinton
Woods
Wyandot
F. M. Sayre
Franklin County
Hocking Valley Railway Company
River Division
H. Division
Dependents and Corrections Discussed at Conference
Final sessions of three sections of the National Conference of Charities and Corrections were held in Richmond. A paper by Miss Sarah Montgomery of the Indiana Girls' School was read to criminals with discussion on discipline and training in women's prisons and industrial schools. An extended discussion on migration of dependents and defectives followed in state supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
National Conference of Charities and Corrections
Sarah Montgomery
Indiana Girls’ School
H. H. Shirer
Ohio State Board of Charities
George §. Wilson
Board of Charities of
District of Columbia
Army Officer Missing and Governor Allen Gard Dead
Second Lieutenant Arthur R. Ehrnbeck of the Corps of Engineers is missing from Mindanao after leaving Pintar alone a month ago. It is feared he is dead. Allen Gard, Governor of Lanao, died from wounds inflicted by Moros after a series of operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Arthur R. Ehrnbeck
Corps of Engineers
United States Army
Mindanao
Pintar
Allen Gard
Lanao
Police discredit Gunness missing persons theory
Cincinnati police say rumors linking Belle Gunness to victims near La Porte are unfounded. They cite Ernest Schwindler’s cleared case after a Portland check and note Samuel Hopping’s location in Lockland as not connected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati Police Department
Rte
Ind
Belle Gunness
Agere
Spring Grove
Deco ration Day Parade Plans By J O U A M and D A Members
Representatives of sixty councils of the J O U A M and Daughters of America met at the Grand Hotel to set the Deco ration Day events. D H J Cook chosen Grand Marshal with aides including John J Weitzel Reinhard Schwald Charles Lachmann John Vogt J A Lentz Dr A C Bauer Robert Sschneider Charles Jacobs William Stinger and D of A assistant marshal A B Bossong. Grand Marshal Miller of the G A R received a request to appoint an assistant marshal and William H Adams was chosen. The groups meet May 21 to finalize the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of America
Grand Hotel
D. H. J. Cook
John J. Weitzel
Reinhard Schwald
Charles Lachmann
John Vogt
J. A. Lentz
A. C. Bauer
Wiley Chemist to speak on pure food laws in Cincinnati
Dr. Wiley chief chemist of the Agricultural Department Washington will address the City Club Saturday on pure food laws and enforcement. Over two hundred invitations are sent by City Club committees before his talks. He will then join Cincinnati Chemical Society members at the Lloyd Library in West Court street and address their gathering at 8 o clock. He may spend part of Sunday in Cincinnati before continuing to Kansas City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley
Agricultural Department
Washington
City
City Club
Cincinnati
American Chemical Levy
Lloyd Library
West Court Street
Central Avenue
Kansas City
Arrest of Andrew De Long on drunkenness charge
Andrew De Long of 2344 Florence Avenue was arraigned in Police Court after Patrolman Helwig testified he found him on the street and took him home. His wife refused to take him in and sent him away, and De Long bled from a head wound. Judge Lueders continued the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew de Long
Florence Avenue
Helwig
Lueders
Covington and Newport Grant Tavern License at Latonia
County Judge H P Stephens granted a tavern license to Thomas Cody despite Latonia residents protest. The opposing affidavit claimed licenses go to nonmunicipal applicants with lodging for man and beast and an oath of good faith. Attorneys for objectors requested appeal to the Circuit Court after the ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latonia
H. P. Stephens
Thomas Cody
Covington
Clarence, Ervin
James Parsons
A. H. Irwin
W. S. Williams
A. E. Pittsenberger
J. L. Elliston
Circuit Court
Waiter Disrupts Covington Church Service
Carl Eckstein a 30 year old waiter from the Sinton Hotel Cincinnati created a disturbance at Mother of God Church Covington interrupting Rev Father Tappert and declaring statements about religion. Sexton Henry Sellmeier restrained him and summoned Jesse Sheets who took Eckstein to the police headquar ters for search. Nothing but a few cartridges found Eckstein jailed on disorderly conduct charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Eckstein
Sinton
Cincinnati
Mother of God Church
Covington
Father Tappert
Sexton
Henry Sellmeier
Jesse Sheets
Sheets
Covington Briefs Show Local Notices and Incidents
Police seek a Covington son per a letter from Mrs. Meyton of 3004 Wallace. The Darouque Club to stage The Red Rosette at Covington Library Auditorium for Memorial Hospital funds. A May lawn fete funds Parish House. Incorporation papers filed for National Grand Lodge of United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters. Lucas embezzlement case continued. St Augustine’s Benevolent Society to celebrate anniversary with mass and vespers. Bert Brennan recovering after train injury. Hose theft reported on Byrd and Greenup. Elmore O Toole funeral services set after fatal fall from railroad bridge. South End loan association organized. officers elected. South End Republican Club to meet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schuler
Covington
Meyton
Wallace Street
Darouque Club
Covington’ Library
Memorial Hospital
Order of United American Mechanics
Father Leising
Bert Brennen
Maysville
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Frank McDonald
Byrd and
Greenup Streets
Knights of St. George and St. Bernard
Mother of God Church
Elmore O'Toole
Elm Street
St. Patrick's Church
Cincinnati
Chesapeake & Ohio
City Hospital
South End Perpetual Loan and Building Association
George Balme
Madison Avenue
Ellsworth Woods
Harry Percival
John Beitzer
Oscar Roetken
South End
Republican Club
Newport Marriage Licenses Record
Names and residences listed for marriage licenses in Newport Kentucky include Fred J Knapp and Lenora W with a shared residence and ages not fully shown in the fragment. The brief item records filings in the Newport area with partial details of parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Knapp
Newport
Lenora
Fred Sidney, O
Men’s League at Walnut Hills Baptist Church Meeting Tonight
Members of the Men’s League of Walnut Hills Baptist Church meet tonight at 8 in Kemper lane rooms. Musical numbers by Katherine Brockman Helen Cionde Betty Gurney and Mrs W J Williams. Addresses by John W Kline and Rev Charles S Brown. Arrangements by Noah Morgan C F Waltz and W D Jacocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men’s League
Walnut Hills Baptist Church
Kemper Lane
Katherine Brockman
Helen Cionde
W. J. Williams
Betty Gurney
League
John W. Kline
Charles S. Brown
Noah Morgan
C. F Waltz
W. D. Jacocks
Woodenware dealer Lodwick dies in Cincinnati home
Anthony Lodwick, a Holland immigrant and owner of a Pearl Street woodenware firm with his sons Michael Edward and Peter, died at his family residence 1861 Walker Street after a short illness. He was seventy eight. He leaves a widow three sons and a daughter married to Rev F L Webb of Flagpond Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holland
Anthony Lodwick
Cincinnati
Walker Street
Lodwick
Pearl Street
Michael
Edward
Peter
F. L. Webb
Flagpond, Tenn
Wire tapping thwarted near Covington offices
An unknown Black man reported two men climbing a fence to the back of the Western Commission Company on Court avenue opposite the City Building. Patrolmen searched the area but found nothing. Investigation shows an attempted wire tapping was stopped by the report. Authorities will seek the two alleged intruders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Covington
Beach
Hendricks
Western Commission Company
Court Avenue
Boy Drifts Down Ohio River In Unattended Boat
Elijah Callahan, 11, of Covington, was found drifting two miles below Anderson's Ferry in a loose moored boat. A Cincinnati man heard cries, alerted Covington police, and the boy was returned to his parents after the craft broke from its moorings at Greenup Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elijah Callahan
West Fifth Street
Ohio River
Anderson’s Ferry
Albert Barnett
Cincinnati
Covington
Greenup Street
Newport and Covington Bridge Board Directors Elected
At a special meeting called by Mayor Krieger the Newport General Council elected Harry Owens and John Roth to the Newport and Covington Bridge Board for one year starting June 1. A janitor for the City Building was also chosen with Henry Sachs re elected 12 to 2 after nominations by Councilman Dietz and Councilman Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Krieger
Newport General Council
Newport and Covington Bridge
Board of Aldermen
Moeschell and
Reusch
Harry Owens
John Roth
Newport and Coyington Bridge
Dietz
Henry Sachs
Martin
Henry Keller
Sachs
Campbell County Courts Fight Over Board Pay
Judge Otto Wolff filed suit in the County Court to resolve which board of equalization member should be paid forty five dollars. City Attorney Weber who filed a suit for the new board should have made separate suits for each man. A. W. Lett sued M. R. Moran in Circuit Court for a thousand dollars on a note dated April 1989 with six months to run, no payment. Expressman Henry Schrader explained that his wagon killed five year old Max Tosman and was exonerated. Judge Hawkins dismissed the case. Harry Harris jailed ten days for drunkenness after claiming to be a pugilist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otto Wolff
City Boards of Equalization
Wolff
Weber
Circuit
A. W. Lett
M. R. Moran
Henry Schroder
Expressman
Max Tosman
Hawkins
Digby
Schrader
Harry Harris
Sheeran and
Morton
Covington Wins Tax Case On Water Works Plant
The Kentucky Court of Appeals reversed the Campbell Circuit Court ruling and held Covington need not pay taxes on its water works plant, as the facility is used for public purposes. The case involved Covington and the Highlands district with a $2337 tax judgment at issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Covington
District of the Highlands
Campbell Circuit
Court of Appeals
Campbell Court
Man Injured After Fall From Bakery Wagon
Ralph Schneider of 2116 Eastern Avenue Cincinnati fell from a bakery wagon on Sixth Street near Benham Avenue early yesterday and sustained a fractured arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Schneider
Eastern Avenue
Cincinnati
Sixth Street
Benham Avenue
Private James Morgan Escapes From Fort Thomas
James Morgan of the Sixteenth United States Infantry escaped yesterday afternoon while serving an eighteen months' sentence for desertion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Morgan
Sixteenth
United States Infantry
Motto on coins restored by Senate passage
Washington May 13 The Senate today passed without amendment a bill restoring the motto In God We Trust on coins. The measure seeks to place the phrase on all circulating currency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Washington
Conductor Van der Stucken Leaves for Europe After May Festival
Director Frank Van der Stucken, fresh from May Festival success, travels to the East to visit his daughter in Boston and friends in New York City before departing for Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank van der Stucken
East
Boston
New York City
Europe
Fitzsimmons telephone ordinance reads third time in St Bernard
The Fitzsimmons telephone ordinance received its third and final reading before the St Bernard Council. Chairman Kuntzler announced the committee of the whole would report in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzsimmons Telephone
Kuntzler
Property transfers scattered in Covington and Denver streets
Fragmentary record lists multiple property deeds and transfers in Covington and Denver streets. Names include Walker, Minnie Hall, Ida Schoep, George, Touise Kerper, J W Waide, William Fedders, John Lockhorn, Letta Ahlers Jr, Richard Harrison, Elisabeth Harrison, T J, and Letta Ahlers. Lot sizes vary, with figures such as 60 by 125 feet and 25 by 125 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walker
Minnie Hall
Ida M. Schoep
Gada Ieee
George
lTouise Kerper
J. Ww
Nanny Waide
Main
John Lockhorn
William and
Mary Fed‘ders
Hawthorne Street
Covington
Avenue
Letta Ahlers
Decoration Day Parade and Exercises Planned in Newport
Regular soldiers join a Newport Decoration Day procession May 31. The route goes Fifth and York to Monmouth and Evergreen Cemetery where graves are decorated. Participants include Junior Order United American Mechanics Spanish American Camp Sons of Veterans and Women’s Relief Corps with Ft Thomas troops meeting at the cemetery entrance. Post Commander Rickel delivers the opening address followed by music prayers ritual Lincoln Gettysburg Address and oration. Decoration duties overseen by WRC Campbell County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson Post
Newport
Fifth
York Streets
Sons of Veterans
Women’s Relief Corps
Board of Education
Rickel
Kentucky Academy of Music
Rock of Ages
H. W. Hanshue
Lula Sarer
R. B. Hewettson
Mr. Hanshue
America
Trial in Newport Circuit Court Delves Into Will Dispute
Attorneys clash over guardian ad litem James C Wright in the Remelin will challenge. Witnesses include Dr W C Kendig a longview asylum specialist and former Judge Ferris Cincinnati as the lengthy trial nears its expected continuation today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Charles E. Remelin
James C. Wright
Wright
Eleanor Remelin
Yungblu
Kenton Court Notes
Florence Raywood sued William R. Raywood in Kenton Circuit Court for divorce alleging abandonment. Judge Shaw granted peremptory instructions for the defendant in H. N. Ryan versus Independent Coal Company for $10,000 in damages. Mrs. Anna Childress’s suit against Covington for damages claimed from her husband’s death went to trial before Judge Harbeson. Judge Shaw ordered sales in Zach Hedger versus Elizabeth Ware and William Pulsfert suits for money due for improvements. James Terry of Sabina Ohio was fined $1 for drunkenness by Mayor Craig. He thanked Patrolman Grierson as he left the courtroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Raywood
William R. Raywood
Kenton
Shaw
H. N. Ryan
Independent Coal Company
Anna Childress
Covington
Harbeson
Zach Hedger
Elizabeth Ware
William Pulsfert
James Terry
Sabina, O
Craig
Grierson
Newport News in Brief
Miss Katherine Kearney 33 Newport died at home 632 Maple Ave. She is survived by sister Julia Kearney. J Y Conn Newport Coal Co GM left for Louisville for his mother's critical illness. Daughters of the Confederacy plan June 3 meeting at Mrs J M Arnold Hast Third St to confer the Southern Cross on Confederate veterans. William Kessler grocer 121 East Second St bitten by a dog in his store. Dr Wamsley dressed the wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Kearney
Newport
Maple Avenue
Julia Kearney
J. Y. Conn
Newport Coal Company
Louisville
Henrietta Hunt Morgan
United Daughters of the Confederacy
J. M. Arnold
Hast Third Street
William Kessler
East Second Street
Dr. Wamsley
Welfare Association Meets at Balke Opera House
Bellevue report notes a Welfare Association meeting held last night in the Balke Opera House with President T. F. Beyland presiding. About fifty new members were admitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welfare Association
Balke Opera House
T. F. Beyland
Real Estate Transfers in Newport and Dayton
Eugenio O Neal and spouse transfer Lot 41 in Dayton Home Company subdivision Dayton to Osia Wood ward end wife. Jacob Rouda and wife transfer Lot 69 in Annes subdivision in Towne done to Fred E Lillick and wife. Lot 7 in Curries addition in Dayton transfers for 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugenio O'Neal
Osia Woodward
Dayton Home Company
Dayton
Jacob Rouda
Harry ‘Zappin
Pes Day
Fred E. Lillick
Annes
Currie
Women’s Health Through Digestive Balance
Health guidance emphasizes protecting and improving women’s well being by maintaining good blood quality, stomach comfort, active liver function, and regular bowels through timely care and routine habits.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lyric Company
Miss Barrison
MR. Hume
the Grand
Charles Kendall
Swan
Barry
Johnson
Btar
Queen
Actors’ Fund Meeting
Queen City
Grocers
Grimm
Cincinnati Bunch
Brandewle
Hocking Valley
Ohio Board of Charities
Gard
Philippines
Gunness Farm
Ralph Crawford
Ernest Schwindler
Laporte
Schwindler
Karp Brothers
Bremen Street
Karp
Major Crawford
Crawford
Vine Street
Portland
Ore
Samuel Hopping
Harrison, O
Lockland
Alou
Pure Food
Covington and Newport
Police
Covington Briefs
Negro
Ohio
Campbell County Courts
Kentucky
FT. Thomas
Wileer B. Scot Weet
Cleveland, O
Amoretta Runette
Cleveland
Edward Steffen
Covington Nee Eneee
Anna Delaney
W. Austin Phelps
Glenna C. Maloney
Dayton, Samuel Jacobs
Louise K. Heidel
Covington Ociealitad
Wigitady
ST. Bernard
Covington Real Estate
Grand Army
Enliven
Kenton Court Notes
Newport News
Bellevue
Newport Real Estate
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