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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1908
Page
28
A reporter visits Medicine Hat to observe the weather station and town life. He describes the weather beacon on the river, the aging customs, city hall, park, and a growing western town near the Canadian border while noting cold snaps and local gas chatter.
A wandering piece from Medicine Hat paints winter blizzards as a local motif. It notes ranching decline due to irrigation, gas use costs, a Dominion Exhibition presence, and a visit by a newspaper man. The author describes roads, shops, and town life with affectionate sarcasm and local color.
A survey of recent books and authors featured in New York and other cities with multiple publishers. Highlights include works by Hope, Pay son, McNeil, Hubbard, and Palmer, plus commentary on biographies, poetry, and travel guides.
The Old South Work prints Milton's Treatise on Education as Leaflet No 186 to honor the tercentennial. The Boston program offers annual historical essay topics with prizes for city high school graduates and free leaflets mailed nationwide on request.
The Shadow World by Hamlin Garland, based on sixteen years of European spiritist research, will be published by Harper & Bros. The work reportedly offers a new hypothesis about spirit forces, not aimed at proving communications with the dead, after serialization in Everybody's Magazine.
Laird and Lee publish The Little Masqueraders a patriotic illustrated booklet for children written by Martha Spangler. It presents American historical events in colorful pictures and catchy verses to engage youngsters and embed memorable moments of history.
Meredith Nicholson’s farce The Little Brown Jug of Kildare features a jug as comic prop in a comedy of errors involving Thomas Ardmore and two governors’ children with a festive ending. Cupid’s Almanac to Hearticulture by Cupid praises the compilers Herford and Clay and offers monthly guidance, colored plates, and handsomely illustrated pages for lovers and learners.
A new National directory titled The Campaign Against Tuberculosis in the United States highlights tuberculosis as a leading U.S. killer with 100 000 deaths yearly. It lists 200 plus organizations, summarizes related legislation, and helps locate local sanatoria and entry requirements for treatment.
Lowell Otis Reese reviews a sensational Best Seller tracing a couple from Chapter One through their wedding to the altar. The tale ends with a future specter of alimony and a cynical reminder that imagination extends beyond the written finale.
A short children poem asks which path leads to fun as a boy is urged to follow a little lad. It contrasts meadow berries by a millstream and a red barn with fragrant hay, urging pursuit of the true road to enjoyment.
Cincinnati women prepare for the Ohio State Federation of Women's Clubs gathering October 13 to 15 with delegates from the Cincinnati Woman's Club and allied groups. Reports cover club activities, lectures on Japan Germany and Spain, and plans for a new clubhouse design by Mizner and Anderson.
The Executive Committee of the Consumers League will convene tomorrow at 2 o'clock in the committee rooms of Union Trust Building. Officers for the year include President Mrs Arthur T Cobb First Vice President Miss Mina Colburn and others with Miss M Louise Armstrong as Recording Secretary and Miss M Louise Sprigg as Corresponding Secretary.
The Woman's Fortnightly Reading Club met at Miss Marguerite Curry's home in Home City on October 7 with a Kentucky day program centered on James Lane Allen. Other clubs and W C A classes were announced including cooking and gymnastics courses and a social study program led by Miss Edith Campbell.
The Advance Club held its first meeting of the year at Mrs. W F Layporte’s home with Mrs. A F Burk assisting. President Mrs T P Pierce welcomed all and noted a reception honoring Miss Anna Laws by the Current Events Club of Hamilton. Miss Laws agreed to speak to the Advance Club later. Bernice Ruggles played piano, and Mrs. Martha Burk spoke on the summer sewing school. Pupils’ work was shown. Mrs. D W Gray will represent the club at the Ohio Federation annual meeting in Tiffin. Refreshments and a social followed. Guests included Miss Lizzie Bowles, Miss Bernice Ruggles, and Mrs. Ada Draper. The Persephone Club held a successful art exhibit to benefit school pictures, displaying two hundred Turner prints in City Hall, with music and refreshments. Organizers included Misses Mary Curran, Nellie Curran, Edith Arnold, Maud Marvin, Sallie Wescott, Louie Trebbs, Zetta Huber, Mary Dobell, Bertha and Edith Converse, Lizzie Bowles, and Mesdames Marvin, Longman, and Davison. The Round Table met with Rev. and Mrs. Layport. Topics covered included Attack on Speaker Cannon, British Patent Restrictions, Earthquakes and Mountain Uplifts, Japan as a Traitor to the East. Next meeting will be with Dr. and Mrs. W S Axby and led by Miss Edith Converse.
The Westwood Woman's Club started the new year with a meeting on Monday. Mlle Morhard spoke on The Chateaux of France. Miss Hilda Kaufman was named delegate to the State Federation meeting in Tiffin Ohio this week. Officers for 1908 09 were Mrs Samuel Logan president Mrs Harry Steinman vice president Mrs Jesse Dunn secretary and Mrs Milton Brown treasurer.
The Bond Hill Shakespearean Circle opened its season at the Covington residence of the Misses McKean. Officers named for the year include President Mrs. C. E. Pummill and Vice President Mrs. J. Hart. A Winter's Tale was read.
Hive No. 287 I O F M O T W hosts a coffee sale to aid the I O F M hospital and home fund. The event occurs Tuesday October 13 from 2 to 10 p.m. at Beeh Hill 2190 Central Avenue.
The Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph Infant Asylum with Infant Aid Society lay out a five day dinner and luncheon at 128 130 East Fourth Street from October 19 to 24 to aid the asylum’s children. Patronage of friends is requested.
The Advance Club held its first meeting of the season at Mrs. John A Caldwell's home with many members in attendance. The club will be represented at the O. F. Weather event in Tiffin by President Mrs. Florence D Henry and Mrs. Alexander L Parker.
The Progress Club of College Hill will hold its first meeting of the 1998 99 year tomorrow afternoon at Mrs. Thornton's residence. The programme includes current events presented by Mrs. Simpson and a reading of "Florence" by Mrs. Whitfield.
The Query Club of Linwood hosts an October 12 open meeting at Greystone with Mrs. W O White speaking on her work. The Prix Hill History Club resumes France studies with papers on Richelieu and Mazarin. future talk by Dr Henrietta Buchanan is planned. Riverside Culture Club meets September 28 to discuss Browning and In a Balcony with readings.
The Council of Jewish Women will hold a meeting on Thursday afternoon October 15 in the Sabbath school rooms of the temple at Rockdale and Harvey avenues. Miss Fairweather will address the topic Leonardo the Universal Genius.
The Twentieth Century Club W 8 A will meet Tuesday October 13 at 2 p.m. in the Palace Hotel to discuss the proceedings of the State convention.
A strange fact notes that within a wolf litter one hound is killed by the mother at six weeks to prevent future predation on sister wolves. The Russian wolf hound is praised for grace and hunting value, while the wolf dog, once common in Norway and Sweden, is now mainly found in Spain with a long silky coat and curled tail.
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