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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
7
Wilton Lackaye stars in The Battle at the Lyric as a millionaire trapped in a tenement. The play pits capital against labor with a romantic arc and a moral battle. The company arrives from Grand Rapids after Chicago success, with Henry H. Dixey headlining as the Devil.
Forepaugh Stock Company brings Brown of Harvard to the Olympic with the song When Love Is Young in Springtime written by Mellville Ellis for the second act. The show features authentic college life scenes and a boat race climax, with a special quartet performing college songs. Gil Robinson praises the Hippodrome spectacle as the grandest, and the Robinson Circus, led by John Robinson, reports strong Southern business and will winter at Terrace Park.
Miss Fanny Rice, lately ill at the Hotel Harlin with grippe, is reported recovered and expected to depart for New York today. She has been starring in At the French Ball and will reorganize her company and resume touring after the election.
Joe Weber and Charles Ross head the Lyric Theater show The Merry Widow and the Devil with Miss Blanche King and Walter Jones among a dozen other clever performers. Weber as the Janitor Jones as the Devil Ross as Danilo deliver amusing imitations including Harry Lauder.
A large visiting Masonic delegation attended Forepaugh Stock Company performances of Are You a Mason? at the Olympic. The farce comedy has become a top hit of the year and drew strong crowd enthusiasm.
Verona reports the American author Mrs Durant Rose presented her play Dante in Verona. Sig Erneto Novelli led the principal role with special music by Mascagni crafted for the production.
Panama October 22. The new National Theater opened with Italian opera performed by a specially brought company. President Ubaldia and his Cabinet attended along with the Isthmian Canal Commission members, and many foreign diplomats.
The Henry W. Savage production of Franz Molnar’s play The Devil drew a record box office at the Grand Opera House. Long lines formed from opening morning through the afternoon as Cincinnati rushed to secure tickets for a largely advertisement light, weeklong engagement.
Cablegram says Henry W. Savage, now in Vienna with Franz Molnar, will discuss passage of an international copyright treaty between Hungary and the United States to protect native playwrights works. Molnar, distressed by a production of The Devil by an unauthorised manager, intends to visit America in future.
George M. Cohan and Harris present Forty Five Minutes From Broadway at the Walnut Street Theater starting next Sunday matinee with Scott Welch as Kid Burns and Francis Gordon as Mary. Original cast and production reprise the show in Philadelphia.
A man recalls a September day when a long lost sovereign supposedly vanished from an old waistcoat. After frantic searching, suspicion falls on his servant, culminating in a tense moment with a blade and a revolver as the narrator admits nearly killing for a found coin.
At the matinee this afternoon the Walnut offers Buster Brown a musical comedy praised for its repeated national success. R F Outcault’s popular character returns in a third edition with new costumes scenery songs and music. Master Rice stars as Buster. reserved-seat patrons receive a tinted chrysanthemum souvenir.
Miss Emerin Campbell and her company prepare to perform at the Columbia next week in the one act play Two Hundred Miles From Broadway. Rehearsals this week suggest a top vaudeville sketch. Roberson's Travelogues comes to Lyric Theater Sunday with North Holland and foreign travel scenes. Chicago Detroit baseball game footage to be shown next Sunday afternoon at the Columbia.
Henry E Dixey, famed stage character actor, stars in Molnar's The Devil. He has drawn strong crowds in Chicago and moves to the Grand on Monday with Henry W Savage's top company.
An artist from Mr. Skinner’s station appears before patrons at the Grand with Mr. Skinner possibly extending his stay. Robert Goodman arrives to oversee the old fashioned show Way Down East, a lucrative election week attraction. Sam Scribner’s Big Show opens at the Standard Theater with a one act satire A Trip to Egypt and a starry olio. Heuck’s features The Opium Smugglers of Frisco with Harry Fields as Sally Solomon. Lincoln J. Carter’s In at the Finish opens at the Lyceum with a locomotive versus freight-train stunt. Miss New York Jr. leads a week at the People’s Theater with a musical travesty The Navigators and world tour scenes staged by Ned Weyburn.
A coal oil lamp exploded in the third floor of a three story brick building at 118 120 West Sixth street starting a fire. Firemen reached smoke visible to the roof. Mrs. Best was found later on the street. Damage to the building and furniture totals about $2000 with water damage to stock in the Anderson Fish and Poultry Company and the Bartlett Tour Company offices in the building.
At Grand Central Station a crowd witnessed grief as John Monino aged thirteen, an orphan living with a fellow countryman at 235 West Sixth Street, clung to his uncle at the train shed gate. He wept uncontrollably and had to be escorted by police to City Hospital after farewells.
Dr Louis Weiz Miller, head of the YMCA West Side, reports from five years of physical exams on 10 000 New York men that Americans are deteriorating due to abnormal lifestyles and a rising belief in drugs as substitutes for normal life. He warns of a trend toward neurasthenia paralleling a German rise in myopia.
Covington board again ignores a resolution to authorize purchase of a gas testing machine urged by Mayor Craig to verify company gas franchise compliance. The measure, referred to the Committee on Light, faced Democratic opposition in both the City Council and Aldermen, delaying action. Also reported: tax ordinances passed for street reconstructions, treasurer Percival's bond approved, and pending Republican district meetings in Covington with slated speakers Inglis Applegate Shaw and Craig.
The notice lists ladies in charge of a rummage sale at 728 Madison avenue on Friday and Saturday to aid the Old Women's Home. Donations of clothing and furniture are requested. The piece also notes indictments, a Tag Day drive for several charities, a local tetanus case, two ODs deaths, and a parents and teachers cooperative meeting at the Fourth District School.
The Southwest rainstorm ending Oct 22 brings record October totals. Lawrence reports 5.60 inches in 22 hours, Kansas City records 4.36 inches in 24 hours. Widespread flooding in Kansas and Oklahoma overflows streams, flooding bottoms, washing away bridges, and damaging corn and cotton crops.
The Dayton, Kentucky couple William C. Quinby Jr. and Miss Hattie Metzger wed yesterday after obtaining a Cincinnati license. The groom is son of W. C. Quinby, former Dayton Board of Education president and Kentucky Uniform Bank head, while the bride is daughter of Jacob Metzger, a noted Dayton cigar maker.
Bellevue officials received a welfare association request to compel sprinkling on Fairfield and Taylor avenues. George Keller sought a property assessment change for the John Trapp estate. A franchise for electricity may be awarded after a city attorney drafted ordinance. A new firehouse roof and sidewalk repairs were ordered. Claims totaling 68.35 approved.
Several civil actions were heard in Kenton Circuit Court and related courts. William T. Baker sued the Highland Nobles for 1000 on a life policy. Vieth and Zweigart sued Independent Coal for 225 on a note. Worrell Manufacturing sued Latonia Jockey Club for 137.50 for merchandise. Judge Stephens issued judgments in Kennedy v Britting for 89 and in Carpenter v Miller for 70.49. Thuman arraigned for petit larceny, bail set at 300. remanded. Caroline Hegener named executrix of John Hegener. Rev J B Clayton authorized to solemnize marriages. Jury found for defendant in Parks et al v Pruett will contest. Biniel’s administrator v Kersten County Insurance on trial. 35 extra jurors summoned.
The fifty seventh annual session of the German Conference of United Brethren in Christ opened in Cleveland today. Rev J C Bremer of Toledo was elected Assistant Chairman, Rev H J Fischer of Third Church Recording Secretary, and Eugene Schaefer of Cincinnati Statistical Secretary.
In Sandusky Ohio on October 22 Captain Join Robinson of the barge Cutter died after diving for a pet dog that fell overboard at Kelley Island. He was caught between the vessel and the dock and died en route to the hospital. Robinson was a veteran navigator well known on the lakes.
Thieves entered the home of Attorney Frank V. Benton at 826 Maple Avenue in Newport and stole about $10 in cash and several valuables. In a separate incident, the Sandow family at Eleventh and Brighton streets narrowly escaped suffocation when sparks from a defective fire caused a smoldering grate to start a blaze before neighbors rescued them.
The piece with a strong plot opened in Columbus Ohio then Chicago in early October and ran thirty weeks with record takings, moved to New York and Boston for further long runs, featuring stars Welch and Skinner with a large supporting cast and notable artistic merit.
Thirty tremors rattled the Zwickau region yesterday accompanied by thunderous reverberations. A severe aftershock struck again today causing widespread alarm among residents of Plaunen and surrounding towns in Saxony.
The afternoon debate at Dayton High School centers on the resolution That Immigration Should Be Restricted. Affirmative team members are Slack Barrett Ethel DeMoiss and Lawrence Bradford while the negative side features Ruth Law rence Rhoads Van Nostrand and Nina Glass.
Nebraska Supreme Court sustains legality of blue laws banning almost all Sunday business transactions. Lincoln dispatch notes ruling reinforces statewide prohibition on Sunday commerce.
Hamilton Ohio October 22 1908 County Auditor today released the completed tax duplicate for 1908 showing Butler County property valued at 37758180 an increase of 618012 over last year.
Fragmentary list includes Rolla Westmeyer Seymour Grace West and others with partial locations and ages. Names appear scattered with scattered city mentions possibly Cincinnati and Portsmouth. Details are unclear and many entries are incomplete.
Names and residences for marriage licenses in Covington include H E B Myers Jr Covington age 24 Pride B Lewis Covington Webcat Joseph Bukammer Camp Washington and Della Herring Cumminaville O.
D A and Lucy Green transfer real property to Theodore Brigger by 100 feet on Clay Street in Covington.
Campbell County Board of Health met in Newport to hear dairymen charged with failing to keep dairies clean and sanitary. They were given twenty days to comply and warned of prosecution if not. Action included stopping slop feed and removing spring water as a milk source after a typhoid finding. one dairy barred from supplying milk until sanitary conditions are met.
Water Works commissioners urged moving a hotel sewer below the Newport Water Works. A motion to enjoin the hotel from using the sewer was approved. Auditor Keslar protested Forbes alley sewer construction. Reusch moved to file. Telephone company contract renewal referred to Ways and Means. Streets accepted. $6,591 claims payment resolution adopted.
The First Presbyterian Church congregation in Newport will honor Rev. J. P. Whitehead with a union farewell service at Salem M E Church on Wednesday night. Former Mayor Paris C Brown will preside. Speakers include W W Anderson, Ellsworth Regenstein, W A Peterson, C L Garrison, and Rev F E Bigelow. Whitehead departs for Meadville Pa next month.
J Hamilton Lewis of Chicago will address the Democratic open air meeting at Fourth and Columbia streets. Otto Wolff candidate for Circuit Judge will discuss local conditions. Attorney Thomas P Carothers to serve as meeting chairman.
Edward J. Daehler as receiver sues Frank Impson to recover 1573 on six notes. Frank G. Ader Construction Co. sues Hezzie Laney and John Riedinger for cement curb and gutter work. Two wills probated: Helena Huck leaves all to husband with contingent share for children and church gift. Bernardina Stockmann leaves all to husband with executor powers. Bettie Sewell Hawkins granted divorce from James A. Hawkins in Circuit Court.
In FT Thomas the Taft and Sherman Club of the Highlands met at Central School last night. Judge Head from Cincinnati and Judge Yungblut of the Campbell Circuit Court delivered speeches to attendees.
United States Court in Covington acquitted W. M. Baucom on twelve counts of rifling the mails after a trial aided by thirty-two government witnesses. Indictments included Dave Hall for perjury and several for internal revenue violations. Bonds were forfeited in cases of impersonating a revenue officer. Mulvey v. railroad dismissed. Court adjourned until next Tuesday.
Trustees and individuals purchase and convey parcels in multiple subdivisions including Shaler's subdivision South MOR 6 and Cottage Hill addition New Samtel Hillis. Transfers involve Alvin A Teetor Charles Meyerle Respess Annie Clark Peter M DeMoss and others with Lot numbers 329 19 33 34 35 and a 1 100 transaction noted.
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