Commercial Tribune International Subscriptions and Bureaus
The Commercial Tribune lists foreign postage rates for Britain and Europe and details subscription prices and payment methods. It notes offices in Cincinnati and branch newsrooms in Walnut Hills Covington Newport and bureaus in Washington London and Trafalgar Square with newsboy and reading-room services.
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Universal Postal Union
Daily
Sunda
the Commercial Tribune CO
Cincinnati
Walnut Hills
Gilbert Av
Covington
Scott St
Newport
York St. Washington
Munsey Building
London
Trafalgar Building
Trafalgar Square
Weather Summary for September 4 1908
Dry conditions prevail across the country with light showers in parts of Kansas and Arkansas. Central valleys warm with a slight rise in temperature while the West remains unsettled and may see rain. Cincinnati recorded 59 to 82 degrees.
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Kansas
Arkansas
Cincinnati
Lyra
Weather outlook for Ohio Kentucky West Virginia and Indiana
Regional forecast notes: Ohio partly cloudy with Sunday fair and light to fresh south and southwest winds. Kentucky shows local Saturday showers with eastern swarms, Sunday fair. West Virginia partly cloudy Saturday, Sunday fair. Indiana generally fair Saturday and Sunday with light to fresh south and southwest winds.
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Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Indiana
Ocean Steamship Movements Chronicle Atlantic Arrivals
Boston reports the Caledonian arrives from Manchester. Halifax records the Siberian from Glasgow and Liverpool via St Johns for Philadelphia. Queenstown notes the Celtic from New York for Liverpool. Naples lists Konig Albert from New York via Gibraltar for Genoa. Glasgow logs Mongolian sailing north. London notes Parisian sailing to Montreal. Moville and Hamburg arrivals and rocessions follow with multiple ships including the Deutschland and Ryndam.
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Boston
Manchester
Halifax
Glasgow
Liverpool
St. Johns
N. F
Philadelphia
Queenstown
New York
Naples
Gibraltar
Genoa
London
Montreal
Moville
Hamburg
Plymouth
Cherbourg
Graf Waldersee
Rotterdam
Ryndam
Boulogne
Cedric
la Provence
Havre
Southampton
Venice
Weer
Quebec
Ireland
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New Orleans
Palermo
Campania
Lucania
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Corinthian
Fragmented Name List of Allied Individuals and Locations
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with associated cities and states, including Gibson J M Stolzenbach Lima George Ostendorf Syracuse N Y F W Worck Boston Sam J Hartman Chicago Linton John Wind and wife Buffalo Joseph K Smith Pittsburg J N Holliman Lafayette Ga among others. The text appears to be a roster style notice or social directory entry with many pairs of names and places, interspersed with incomplete fragments and punctuation.
Taking His Measure in Witty Exchange at Dinner
A fragment from a Washington Evening Star column shows two men in a lively exchange. One complains that the other never says anything worthwhile while the other retorts with a sharp observation about wit and conversation.
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Ashington Evening Star
The Call That Will Not Come and Watterson's Duty
The piece argues Mr. Watterson would obey any future call to office if Bryan becomes president, recounting his past party work and denials of ambition. It notes Bryan seeks one term with no second, Johnson seeks nominals, and muses on future roles for Watterson whether as Secretary or Ambassador, while denying guaranteed offices.
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Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Bryan
Washington Star
Johnson
Ambassador Watterson
Minnesota
Palmer and Buckner
Mr. Bryan
McKinley
Secretary Watterson
White House
Ohio Remembrance Emphasizes Fort Meigs Era Unity
The narrative recalls veterans of the Grand Army and a journey from Toledo to Fort Meigs. It notes General Bennett H. Young’s remarks on Ohio pride, Morgan’s raid and confinement, and the enduring unity of North and South since the Civil War era.
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Grand Army
Toledo
Fort Meigs
William Henry Harrison
Proctor
England
Bennett H. Young
Louisville
General Young
Morgan
Ohio
United States
Young
Vermont Vote Pluralities Rise and Fall Through History
The piece examines Vermont election trends, noting a current drop in votes but a Republican governor winner by 29 544 plurality. It compares past plusses and mentions Roosevelt and Fairbanks margins in 1904 and earlier years, highlighting shifting Vermont political fortunes.
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Vermont
Roosevelt
Fairbanks
Vermont and Maine vote trends shape 1904 election outlook
The analysis notes historical Vermont figures from 1888 to 1904, contrasts Democratic and Republican shifts, and predicts a Republican Governor and electoral votes for Taft and Sherman. It cites Maine as similarly safe for Republicans, while observers discuss Bryan’s campaign presence and reactions to the two tickets.
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Vermont
Denver
Taft
Sherman
Parry’s allegiance in party switch questioned
The passage notes Mr. Parry, a Republican and ex-President of the National Manufacturers’ Association, and asks which side he joined. It cites the New York World’s odd Bryan support in a tale about a hotel waiter denying a five dollar tip. Lawyer Gleason sues Harry Thaw for eighty thousand dollars while Dr. Chadwick shows liabilities of six hundred seventy eight thousand eight hundred eighty nine against seventy five in assets.
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Parry
New York World
Mr. Bryan
Platt Opposes Hughes Nomination at Youngstown
The text notes Senator Platt's sharp opposition to Governor Hughes nomination and questions who claimed that the people should rule. It ends with the remark that the straw hat is on its last legs, at Youngstown today.
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Hughes
Platt
Street notes and human moments from a small town column
A reader reflects on the old boundary between Hunt street and Reading road and the street numbering. He recalls a hand crushing incident at a social function and comments on uniforms for children in institutions. The piece also notes shifts in political campaigning and a Weather Bureau forecast predicting warmer days, rain, then a cool frost risk in the Northwest and North Central states.
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Hunt Street
Reading Road
Liberty Street
North Corporation
Main
Broadway
East Liberty
Weather Bureau
Washington
Gentral
Peace movement tale centers on Bernard Noctor pact in Hamilton County
The long told peace story of Bernard and Noctor in Hamilton County politics is clarified. Danenhower urged harmony and met with Noctor to outline a plan to win by uniting factions. Preparations for Democratic primaries proceed as Republicans delay their convention, with a looming county campaign risk.
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Lewis G. Bernard
Thomas J. Noctor
Hamilton County
Judson Harmon
Mr. Bernard
Charles Danenhower
Congress
Danenhower
Bernard
Judge Harmon
Noctor
Democratic Party
Tom Noctor
Atlee
Dempsey
Commercial Tribune
Halvin Hotel
Ste Oe
Republican Committee
Fatal Accident Near Liberty Street Involving Milk Wagon
Coroner Cameron heard witnesses about the August 31 collision that killed child Irene Murphy near Liberty Street. Testimony conflicted between Jessie Bierlein who said the wagons traveled in the same direction with the milk wagon speeding, and William Henson who claimed the milk wagon came from the opposite direction at high speed.
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Cameron
Irene Murphy
Liberty Street
Jessie Bierlein
William Henson
Miss Bierlein
Mrs Ida Blackburn Dies After Stove Explosion Burns
Ida Blackburn aged 42 died in City Hospital after suffering burns when a Baseline stove exploded at her home at 217 Findlay Street on August 16.
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Findlay Street
Ida Blackburn
Murder Suspect in Boston Strangles Actress Irene Shannon
Lawyer for Chester B Jordan contends the accused killer is insane. Police study his confession about the mutilated torso found in a trunk at 7 Hancock Street. Jordan pleads not guilty as the case is set for Friday September 11 with remand to jail.
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Boston
Greater
Honorah Jordan
Irene Shannon
Chester
Jordan
Hancock Street
Williams. Scharton
Jesse L. Livermore
New York
Tolstoi Birthday Celebration Opposed by Holy Synod
The Holy Synod warns believers to abstain from celebrating Count Leo Tolstoi’s eightieth birthday next Wednesday. It calls Tolstoi an opponent of the church and a pagan since 1901 and says honoring him would harm youth and those of weak faith. The encyclical will be read from pulpits nationwide.
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ST. Petersburg
Holy Synod
Leo Tolstoi
National Association of Master Bakers Elects Officers
The eleventh annual convention in Indianapolis ends after five days with officers named President Simon Maubig Cincinnati Vice President Eugene A Dexter Springfield Mass Treasurer Charles E Abbott New York Secretary B F Whitecar Philadelphia Frank J Wolforth Saginaw Mich and George F Clarke Jamestown N Y chosen to three-year Executive Committee The next meeting will be in Minneapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
National Association of Master Bakers
Simon Maubig
Cincinnati
Eugene A. Dexter
Springfield
Mass
Charles E. Abbott
New York
B. F. Whitecar
Philadelphia
Frank J. Wolforth
Saginaw
Mich
George F. Clarke
Jamestown
N. Y
Duke Ferdinand de Montpensier Arrives in San Francisco
Duke Ferdinand de Montpensier son of Louis Philippe in exile arrives with Count H de Bernis and Countess de Brionde aboard the Mongolia. He stays at the St Francis Hotel as M F de Villiers to avoid publicity. He is 23, related to the Counts of Paris and the King of Spain.
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San Francisco
H. de Bernis
Countess de Brionde
Ferdinand de Montpensier
Louis Philippe D’orleans
Orient
Mongolia
St. Francis Hotel
M F. de Villiers
Ferdinand I
Paris
Spain
Portugal
Three Die From Gas Fumes At St Paul Home
Peter J. Schollert head of Schollert Company painters and decorators his wife Mrs P J Schollert and Lewis Christiansen a brother of Mrs Schollert are dead from asphyxiation by illuminating gas at 365 Fuller Avenue Hans Christiansen cousin of Mrs Schollert is hospitalized with gas poisoning and not expected to survive a detached gas tube from the bathroom water heater caused the leak.
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ST. Paul, Minn
Peter. J. Schollert
Magnate's car seized delaying Greene family trip
San Francisco authorities seized the private car of Colonel W C Greene, the Canadian copper magnate, on an attachment connected to a lawsuit by Dr. E P Perrin seeking 112000 owed for Arizona lands. The Greene family's Southern trip is postponed.
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W. C. Greene
Orient
Greene
South
Colonel Greene
E P. Perrin
Arizona
Connecticut Editor Alexander Troup Dies at Grand Central
Alexander Troup proprietor and editor of The New Haven Union and former Democratic National Committeeman for Connecticut died of heart failure at Grand Central Station New York in the waiting area. He collapsed about 9 pm and did not regain consciousness. The National Democratic Committee members John W. Tomlinson George W. Greene and John R. Burton took charge of the body.
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New York
Alexander Troup
The
New Haven
Church workers charged in Pineville murder case
Fayette Jones and Henry Davis, prominent church and Sunday school workers, were arrested in Parksville Boyd County on charges of assassinating Hugh Daugherty at Pineville on July 1 during a dance. A $400 reward was posted for the killers.
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Lexington
Fayette Jones
Henry Davis
Parksville
Boyld County
Hugh Daugherty
Pineville
Wrecked at Melbourne in harbor collision
The American collier Ajax, escorting the fleet, collided with the steamer Laura in Melbourne harbor today. Both ships were badly damaged but no lives were lost.
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Collier
Melbourne
Laura
Brother Aggusia Hill of Murder
In Batavia Ohio on September 4 the State in the trial of John Hill for the murder of George W. Good presented last witness Wilson Hill brother of the defendant who testified his brother and Charles Cushman killed Good. Wilson is in jail and Ed Willson of Seymour Indiana is jailed on the same indictment. a warrant was issued for Cushman.
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Batavia
John Hill
George W. Good
Wilson Hill
Rapp
Kearns
Wilson
Ed Willson
Seymour
Ind
Cushman
Loveland
Hill
Milford man Cushman Arrested After Bed Tracing in Ohio
Charles Cushman, the man implicated, was arrested last night at Miamiville by Constable Malsbury of Milford. Sheriff Rapp ordered the arrest, Cushman admitted identity, and Deputy Sheriff Frank Brown took him to Batavia. Earlier, Cushman had been traced to Cincinnati but no warrant was available.
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Commercial Tribune
Milford
Charles Dushman
Miamiville
Malsbury
Rapp
Dushman
Frank Brown
Batavia
Cushman
Cincinnati
Bryan Addresses Nebraska Farmers at State Fair Grounds
William J. Bryan Democratic candidate for the Presidency delivered two nonpolitical speeches in Nebraska. He spoke at the State fair grounds during the auditorium dedication and at the Tabatha home near Fairview for a hospital for the aged. He urged farmers to engage more actively in state and national government.
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Neb
William J. Bryan
State Fair Grounds
Tabatha Home
Fairview
Fair Ground
Bryan
Mack Discusses Campaign With Eastern Democrats
National Chairman Mack and Eastern Democratic Campaign Committee members met in New York for three hours to review state reports. They declared New York Connecticut Rhode Island New Jersey and Delaware as debatable and resolved to mount an active campaign to win these states.
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Mack
New York
Eastern Democratic Campaign Committee
Atlantic Seaboard
Connecticut
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Delaware
Nomination Blanks Sought for Independence League
Secretary of State Carmi A. Thompson received a request from A. F. Otte of Cincinnati for 1000 nomination blanks for presidential electors state and county officers for the Independence League. The request will be referred to the Hamilton County Board of Elections, as blanks are supplied by county election boards.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Carmi A. Thompson
A. F. Otte
Apollo
Cincinnati
Independence League
Secretary of State of
Ohio
Hamilton County Board of Elections
Aged Man Attempts Suicide Over Foreclosure Threat
John Beckemeier aged 78 near Hamilton Ohio tried to kill himself after fear a building association would foreclose his farm mortgage. He swallowed a drug believed to be arsenic. Dr. Marks revived him using a stomach pump.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton
John Beckemeier
Marks
Ohioan to be Army Officer
Eight 1908 honor graduates from distinguished institutions, where army officers teach military science, will be appointed Second Lieutenants. Among them is Earl F. Baldwin of Norwich University and East Liberty Ohio.
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Washington
Earl F. Baldwin
Norwich University
Northfield
East Liberty
Jealous Woman Shoots in Wichita Falls Hotel Drama
Early today Lillie Wheatley was shot and killed by Mrs. Walter Allen in Wichita Falls Texas. Wheatley rode in a carriage with Allen’s husband at the St Charles Hotel when the fatal shot rang out.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Lillie Wheatley
Walter Allen
St. Charles
Miss Wheatley
Allen
Indians of Salmon Arm settle trouble without force
Victoria B C Sept 4 The difficulty with the Indians of Salmon Arm has been settled by Superintendent Hussey without appeal to force and a dangerous situation averted Rescued by their fellows when sent to jail for an infraction of game laws the Indians assumed threatening attitudes.
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Victoria
B. C
Salmon Arm
Hussey
Death of Mrs. Martha De Billier in Uptown Apartment
Coroner Dooley announced in New York that Mrs. Martha De Billier died at her dining table from heart disease. A physician will investigate further as a precaution. She hailed from Lexington Kentucky and was found dead by her husband last night.
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New York
Martha de Billier
Dooley
O'Hanlon
Cat named Tommy Tucker sparks Evanston fire rescue
A livery stable and nearby structures in Evanston were destroyed by a fire started by hay. Six year old Louis Quinn was saved by Fireman Charles Beck sted after he reentered the home to find his cat Tommy Tucker. Fireman William Hauerstein was injured by falling glass. total loss about 3500.
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Tommy Tucker
Louis Quinn
Edward Meier
Montgomery Pike
Brewster Avenue
Evanston
Wathersa
B. M. Weakley
Louis
Michael Quinn
Quinn
Robert Gray
Quinns
Hauerstein
Williams
Charles Becksted
William Hauerstein
Weakley
Weds to Save Farmhand in Small Town Wedding
In Winsted Connecticut on September 4, Mrs. Charles Drake of West Hill, near Winsted, married Charley Drake the farm hand who refused to leave until harvest. He stayed through crops and resigned to wed, marrying a local clergyman named Parson French.
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Winsted
Conn
Charles Drake
West Hil
Charley
Drake
Adams
Parson French
Nations invited to international opium conference
Secretary Root asks Turkey Peru and Russia to join the opium conference in Shanghai starting the new year. France Germany the United States China Japan Portugal and Great Britain already named delegates.
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Washington
Turkey
Peru
Russia
Root
Shanghai
China
France
Germany
United States
Japan
Portugal
Great Britain
Tragedy in Hillsboro as man shoots two then self
Dock Watson killed Carl Horn and Ethel Edsal of the Southwestern Telephone Co in Hillsboro. He then shot himself twice in the breast. Both victims died quickly and Miss Edsal is believed fatally wounded.
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Waco
Tex
Dock Watson
Hillsboro
Carl Horn
Ethel Edsal
Southwestern Telephone Company
Hdsal
Child Returned to Father After Habeas Corpus Case
Judge Gard heard the habeas corpus suit by George W. Jones against Raymond and Stella Bowser over possession of Jones four year old daughter held as security for a board bill. He declined the claim and the settlement returned the child to the father.
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Commercial Tribone
Hamilton, O
Gard
George W. Jones
Raymond
Stella Bowser
Jones
Bowsers
Troops Bridge the Havel in Bold Bridge Move
The Fourth Regiment of Foot Guards on the march from Doberitz built a bridge over the Havel to secure Spandau on the east, while the Pioneer Battalion laid the bridging material and the Fifth Regiment of Grenadiers protected the western flank. The bridge was completed in three hours under clear weather.
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Fifth Regiment of Grenadiers
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