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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1908
Page
3
In Mexico City Doctor Augustin Rivera testifies to magnificent results from Peruna in obstinate nasal catarrh. He endorses the remedy as the best medicine for such cases and invites its use to reach more sufferers, signing as a sincere friend.
The piece denounces the Burley Tobacco Society and the Board of Control for selling seven cents per pound and juried contracts, calling the effort a hollow victory. It blames a few leaders for misusing farmers, notes unsold 1906 and 1907 crops, and argues growers will later quit or sell to the highest bidder without interference.
A reader describes coffee caused nervous prostration and sleepless nights. After quitting coffee and adopting Postum, nerves calmed, cravings diminished, and sleep improved. The letter promotes Postum as a healthier beverage with a note directing readers to The Road to Wellville and the Battle Creek company.
In Tabriz on September 12 royalist forces under Izzatul Khan engaged insurgent garrison with six cannons. The insurgents attacked at dawn but Izzatul used artillery to push them back and seize fortifications. Re-enforcements led by Satar Khan arrived and royalists were driven from the town after a desperate close-quarters fight.
Attorney General Ellis filed a suit in Franklin County Circuit Court to oust the Cleveland Terminal and Valley Railroad Company from its tracks along the Ohio Canal in Cleveland. The property is valued at about $1,000,000. The line runs from Valley Junction in Tuscarawas County to Cleveland and dates to 1872. The state asserts the city lacks authority to grant franchises over the canal strip.
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune reports George M. Bierick of 439 North Eighth Street was jolted when the cab floor gave way. He landed upright and ran several blocks before collapsing from fatigue as a wheel rolled over a leg. He was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital for treatment.
Cincinnati social set returns from Europe to New York hotels and then heads west. Prominent families including Trevors Rawsons and William Henry Harrison are among those seen at the Walcott Knickerbocker and Savoy. Several Cincinnatians tour Europe and the East, with others assisting studios and business ventures in New York and London.
The piece recounts the 1876 election law dispute, the Electoral Commission decision in Hayes favor, and the ensuing shift to civil authority in the South. It notes Liberal Republicans rallying to Hayes, Blaine’s demagogic campaigning, and the controversial end of Reconstruction under Hayes.
Elsie Janis Company features Florentine Dietrich Lula Glaser and Arthur Fisher in the Merry Widow. Mrs Elizabeth Crane tours grand opera with Hammerstein’s company. Birdie A Goring joins Nixon Company in grand opera. Mary Magill and Frances Dietrich with The Three Twins. Mabel Masof plays Zama Zamagri in the same company. Lawrence Williamson takes a prominent revival role in My Sweetheart. Roland Smith earns promotion in His Honor the Mayor to a season in New York. Follies of 1908 boosts Lillian Britt to a good position.
The Krell Piano Co announces a Piano Club scheme in Cincinnati offering 100 pianos at 242 each with stool scarf a year of tuning and free lessons at the Cincinnati School of Expression. Members pay cash or six dollars monthly and delivery within 200 miles.
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