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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
10
The notice outlines October charges shifted to November accounts with December billing. It highlights new arrivals from foreign representatives and East buyers, including tailored suits, demi-tailored street and dress outfits, gowns, dresses, wraps, waists, silk petticoats, luxurious furs, and other fashionable items for women.
Traffic will stop on the Eighth Street bridge over the C H D Railway as a heavy central arch is set. Bridge Engineer Morris says ten days work will restore the span. City urges rapid contractor progress to beat cold weather and finish before November 10.
The fourteenth annual Ohio Library Association meeting will convene in Cincinnati from Wednesday to Friday with the Linton Hotel as headquarters. Officials include President John W. Perrin and Charles G. Matthews among officers. local arrangements by John H. Miller and W. B. A. Taylor. activities cover sessions, branch library tours, and a Friday powwow for children's librarians.
Nearly $1,000,000 worth of coal sits idle between Cincinnati and Pittsburg as river depths fail to meet navigation needs. Operators in Pittsburgh expect 1,000,000 bushels to move to Cincinnati, but barge depths remain inadequate. Over 1,000 loaded barges await passage, with 22,000 more tied up. crews and steam power costs rise while no ships depart.
William H. Taft may address the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church next week after the election. Delegates arrive for the convention opening tomorrow at Trinity M E Church. A daily bulletin will be printed, edited by Frances Baker and Kate Blair.
Joseph O Meara elocutionist of the College of Music presented a varied program at the Odeon last night. He delivered Longfellow’s King Robert of Sicily with Rosseter G Cole music played by Louis Victor Saar. The program also included Tales of the Wayside Inn a humorous piece His Honeymoon by Leroy Scott and The Going of the White Swan by Gilbert Parker. The performance showed fine stage training and drew tumultuous applause after the enhanced musical setting.
A long standing feud between Delhi village and the Cincinnati Lawrenceburg & Aurora Electric Street Railroad escalated when Mayor Squibbs ordered tracks on Lincoln avenue torn up after the franchise was forfeited. The railroad won a temporary injunction, tracks were relaid, and cars resumed on schedule pending a full hearing before Judge Caldwell.
The city plans to use schools to train students in Post Office regulations and proper letter addressing. Superintendent Dyer and Postmaster Monfort discussed the program with teachers promising systematic attention and occasional talks by officials. Postmaster General Meyer urged student talks on mail delivery and rules.
The Hamilton County Board of Public Service heard Mt Healthy villagers appeal to extend Cincinnati water mains to the village. Village officials cited failed well supplies and a $30,000 bond already issued to pay for mains. The Service Board will decide after review.
A Cincinnati Bar Association meeting drew the largest attendance in months amid a rumor of planned judicial endorsements. President Charles H. Stephens denied knowledge of anonymous postal cards sent to Democratic members. Rufus B. Smith won the presidential ballot by customary single-name support, with Judge William Littleford receiving 71 additional votes. The banquet closed the event.
The Dental Manufacturers' Convention opened in Linton with the upper hotel floor filled by exhibitors. Stereopticon lectures daily cover The Twentieth Century Method of Selecting Teeth Crowns and Facings. Over 100 dentists have registered, including several from New York, and the event closes Friday evening.
A parade and mass meeting accompany the arrival of state officers of the Junior Order U A M tonight. Charles Reuter heads the parade as marshal with Charles E Jacobs as chief of staff and aides including Lyman Booth J Nider William Effinger Charles Lackman and John Lentz. The procession ends at Waele Arcade Hall where John J Weltzel will speak.
Chief Millikin to propose remodeling plans at the next Board of Public Safety meeting. The Eighth District station will gain a rear basement stable for mounted officers. Access to the stable will be from Van Street due to Vine Street lot alignment, revealing a five foot wide ground purchase from Ries estate in 1874.
Prof. Alice Fortier, chair of romance at Tulane, will lecture at the University of Cincinnati starting next Monday. He has chaired the history jury at the St Louis World’s Fair and led numerous learned societies. Fortier has written key works in French and English and serves as president of the Louisiana Historical Society.
Mrs. Anne Plumb former mayoral stenographer from Cleveland was robbed at Central Union Depot while traveling to Houston with two children. Her purse with railroad tickets and $5 was taken from a washstand as she and the children waited for an outgoing train. The report names Bigelow and Dan Kiefer in connection with the incident.
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