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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1908
Page
8
Four year old Catherine Solger ran into a delivery auto believed to belong to Julius Baer. The chauffeur Harry Baer could not stop the vehicle before it ran over her. She died en route to City Hospital. Eyewitnesses cleared the driver. no arrest made.
Judges heard that a vault containing stock and bond certificates was not opened to receiver A L Kemper. Harms and allies argued over access while Kemper reported a brother of Harms gained entry with a separate key. The court ordered joint examination of vault papers by lawyers for stockholders and Harms.
Dr. W H Wiley chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture addressed the City Club on The Influence of the Pure Food Law on the Ethics of Business. He urged purity in food and honesty in commerce and praised the English act for clear labeling. He warned that deception pervades the U S food trade and urged stronger professional codes for chemists.
Commencement exercises for the Christ Hospital Training School for Nurses will be held in the Nurses Home Friday evening May 22 under the Elizabeth Gamble Deaconess Home Association. James N. Gamble will preside with Scripture reading, invocation, singing, and a diploma presentation to graduates Elizabeth Edna Marsh Edith Jennie Bhrat Mary Cunningham Bessie Ivah Basim Nellie Irene Young Delia Fisher Mattie Boyd Pangburn Florence Boddy Sophia Louise Schneider Winifred Jean McDaniels Essie Riner Gora Evans Keithly.
The 1908 edition of Dauchy & Co's well known catalogue is described as the eighteenth year of publication. It runs 784 pages, red cloth bound, and offers a unique memorandum space for advertisers. Price is $5.00 from Dauchy & Co., 9 Murray Street, New York, or booksellers.
Arthur Thiersch, 15, was injured when a painter's ladder on 105 West Fourth Street collapsed as he ran into it on Molitor and Elberon avenues in Price Hill. The ladder fell onto his back, knocking him unconscious. the painter was unharmed.
Internal Revenue officials traced a scheme where a butter substitute, sold as imitation lard under branded names, evaded taxes. Capers rules the substitute, made from animal fats and oils, is taxed like oleomargarine, ending the untaxed sales.
Relatives of Civil War veteran Robert Simpson, who died in City Hospital, request $100 of his $310 stash from police, saying the money is for funeral costs. Simpson, who came from the Soldiers' Home in Quincy Illinois, was robbed in Bucktown on April 17. Suspects Lillie Hamilton Minnie Cooper and George Davis were charged. Davis and Hamilton bound over to grand jury. Police hold $100 found on the couple. the rest is believed stolen by Cooper who fled. John Murphy, a son-in-law, collected the remains.
Streetcar service on Fourth street west of Walnut and Baymiller will be discontinued tomorrow. Buses and other cars will reroute via Fifth street while new tracks are laid between Walnut and John. Eastbound traffic on Fourth between Central and Walnut remains unchanged for now.
Mary Vaughn 50 of 527 West Court Street was arrested on assault and battery after neighbors alleged she beat 12 year old Rosa Washabaugh, adopted by the Vaughns. Police found welts on the girl at City Hospital and a heavy riding whip as evidence.
County examiners announced the Boxwell Patterson test winners from 188 entrants. Successful applicants gain admission to any state high school with tuition paid by their home district, aiding urban students in districts lacking high schools. Names listed include Jessie Cosbey Agnes Hollatz Ruth Hoffman and many others.
The Illustrated Magazine of The Commercial Tribune will feature a confirmation picture of all classes from the Philipug German Evangelical Church next Sunday. The free insert accompanies the Sunday paper and includes various articles, jokes, and anecdotes for reading enjoyment.
California without change in new Pullman ordinary sleeping cars leave Cincinnati Tuesdays at 6 p.m. via Louisville New Orleans Houston San Antonio El Paso and Los Angeles to San Francisco. Rates half the cost of regular sleepers. See agents B&O SW Tillam Central Railroad or Southern Pacific for details. Joseph or W Connor General Agent.
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