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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1908
Page
9
Chicago October 24. Wet weather in the winter wheat belt subdued activity while shorts supported a steady close. Corn oats and provisions held firm with mixed intraday moves. Primary receipts rose as traders eyed rising flour demand and larger visible supplies.
Captain Berndt of the German ship Germanicus has gathered skulls, skins, and warlike implements from around the world over 28 years. The 6000 ton sugar freighter now docks in Boston with a $10,000 collection that includes a six fingered Sumatra monkey and other rare specimens. Officers hope to return to Germany. voyage marked by severe seas and gale force winds near Gibraltar to Delaware Breakwater.
Open letter from Candida lauds Lady Constance Stewart-Richard Pon of Pitfour Castle for a life spanning Texas cowboys to Mayfair society. It details her youth as a swimmer, hunts, riding, dancing, avant-garde dress, travel from Somaliland to New York, and recent focus on London society and dancing.
From the east last night trains reached Medicine Hat after a blizzard. William Mitchell traced the storm from a large ranch sixty miles south and reported the second fatality Donald Cameron and two others perished. Three thousand sheep driven toward Many Islands Lake left only 300 survivors.
Wallace H Hopking arrested by postoffice inspectors over a mail fraud scheme claiming merger of Wisconsin and Missouri zinc mines. Operating as the Hopkins Company at 181 LaSalle Chicago, he offered $20,000,000 capital stock and guaranteed 12 percent interest, selling two shares for one dollar.
Chicago authorities say Hopkins departed in May owing 200000. His divorce suit sparked an inquiry into his finances. He reportedly had 20000 on leaving, but is now penniless.
Charles Joseph Magness husband of the daughter of the late Senator Gorman was arrested in Louisville for desertion from the U S Navy. He has been placed in the brig of the Peter ship Lancaster at the Philadelphia navy yard and will await trial by court martial. his wife did not accompany him. He is the first to be jailed under the new law which does not require irons.
Ella Davidson aged 18 died after a suicide leap from a yacht into the Ohio River near East Liverpool Ohio. This was the third attempt to take her life following a failed love affair. Rescue efforts failed to recover the body as the river ran fourteen feet deep.
Major Edward Murphy Robinson a prominent Democratic figure and bar regular in Mobile Alabama died by suicide at his home. He was described as a leading local figure leaving a widow and one child.
New York October 23 penny postage has been established between the United States and Great Britain after decades of reform. The first letter crossed the Atlantic on September 30 under the new rate, with George von L Meyer and Sydney Buxton guiding the accord. The movement traces to John Hill in England and Elihu Burritt in America, with earlier efforts dating to 1659. The plan promises universal cheap postage worldwide, if extended beyond the two nations.
New York debate on grand jury efficiency highlights six minute averages per case and only about one in four indictments resulting in convictions. The piece notes widespread public concern and calls for reform while detailing related historic post office reforms and a curious mayoral lamp tradition.
London reports shrinking demand for residential flats as Central London converts many blocks into offices. Agents note vacancies rise in Po ta te Cross road Cambridge Circus and Malda Vale areas with rents falling accordingly.
General Depot Q M Dept Jeffersonville Ind invites sealed proposals in triplicate for paints and oils for Manila Philippines due by 10 am November 14 1908. Domestic production preferred. Information from Asst Qr Mr George Ruhlen depot Q M U S Army.
The article notes that within a mile of Bloomsbury there may be about two thousand flats available to rent now as former residents leave for newly built villas in Harrow Streatham and Merton. This hints at market saturation and shifting housing demand.
The river column lists departures from Louisville including Chilo Cricket Lizzie Bay Madison and Bessie Smith with ad times. The Ohio River at Cincinnati stood at 3 feet yesterday and is expected to rise 2 to 3 feet by week’s end as flotsam and jetsam drift downstream.
River readings across ports show Freeport at 1.8 feet above datum with no significant effect from GS night trains. Louisville reports the river stationary with falls at 5 feet and canal 2.7 feet. Evansville at 24 feet and rising. Cairo at 4.6 feet and falling. Arrivals include Ree Ahachyr Lee at 2 p.m. in Louis, Stacker Lee at 4:30 p.m. in Memphis, and other listed movements.
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