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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1908
Page
7
Chicago traders saw wheat extend gains amid heavy Northwest receipts with December futures up from Saturday. Corn remained weak on a dry spell as oats and provisions followed, while government forecasts of rain and export demand supported the market.
New York reports wheat cash and futures firm with high receipts and light offerings. No 2 red futures hover around $1.06 to $1.08. Corn and oats show steady to easy tones with mixed demand. rye and barley hold steady in steady trade. Regional dispatches from Toledo Baltimore Milwaukee and Kansas City note varied cash and futures levels and ongoing wheat strength amid favorable weather.
Market reports from Oil City Toledo Charleston Savannah and Wilmington detail pricing for oil Lima products turpentine and rosin. North Lima oil at 1.04 dollars to 1. and rosin and turpentine price levels quoted with varying grades and recent activity including receipts, shipments, stocks, and crude petroleum firm prices.
Special dispatch lists articles of association filed with the Ohio Secretary of State on Sept 14. Names include American Adjustment Company Cleveland $1,000 Walter Bergholz Peter Moell Joseph B. Stanton Florence M. Hall and W C Harrington. Hook-Tomashek Company Cleveland $10,000 Fred Des Berg E P Strong Florence Altschul Ben Haber S H Kleinman. Associate Advertising Company Cleveland $10,000 W H B Cromwell D D Gregor F J Zurlinder C F Krauss M L Lewis. Royal Specialty Company Cleveland $10,000 to purchase the Geier Gottron electric vibrator with Frank J. Gottron P A Geier Hugh J. McGivern Ernest F. Petzold and W G Batchelder. Magyar Athletic Club Cleveland Joseph Kemeny Louis M. Toth Joe J. Toth Steven Karda et al. The Glenville Indoor Athletic Association Cleveland D C Pinney s C Fellows O C Steel Stephen N. Herrick et al. The United Irish Societies of Cuyahoga County Cleveland Thomas Ik Croke John B. O’Hara James F. Ryan John Box Paul F. Cusick William Kelly. The Active Secret Service Company Cincinnati without profit Paul v Ryan Charles I Ryan E K Pennebaker Jr Horace G. Newman John Simpkinson B L Liger T J Ryan O D Hughes John Roesch H J Freeman Charles Stockmeyer Willey Rack Charles J. Riddell W J McDonald W H Harmon. Blue Rock Oil and Gas Company Newark $20,000. 7 Scott Building Company Youngstown $75,000. Milford Home Telephone Company Milford operate in Clermont and Hamilton Counties $10,000.
The River column notes departures from Portsmouth and Louisville with times 5 p.m. and 9 a.m. The Ohio River level at Cincinnati was 4 feet 6 inches and rising as of yesterday at 6 p.m. Bessie Smith is listed among departures.
The Cricket sailed to Portsmouth and Greenwood to Louisville from the port yesterday. Today The Bessie Smith from Portsmouth and Kentucky from Louisville depart at 5 p.m. The Ohio River forecast shows a slow fall with Cincinnati expectinga continued decline. river level rose slightly to 4.6 feet last night.
The log lists water levels and changes at Pittsburg Wheeling Madison Louisville Evansville Cairo and St Louis with notes on arrivals and departures including The Kentucky Herman Paepcke J N Macomb Cape Girardeau Spread Eagle Beaver Georgia Lee David Tipton and others. conditions are mostly clear and warm with falling or stationary rivers.
Chicago Sept 14 William J Chalmers receiver for A Booth Co was approved by Judge Kohlsaat to hire an experienced manager to run the business He may also pay all employees and redeem uncollected checks under 100 dollars advanced before the receivership.
City Engineer Landmaker urged the Board of Public Services to enclose the Harrison avenue viaduct truss to stop falling cinders ashes and waste from C C L trains. The board empowered action. A fireman Henry Dickhaus and patrolman Lawrence Aufderheide face mayoral trial for intoxication with prior conviction and pledge requirement.
The Board of Public Service yesterday granted the petition of residents and property owners to oil Erie Avenue between Madison and Edwards road.
Eugene Walter's drama Paid in Full features Joe Brooks a selfish thief who settles his wife’s future by exploiting her. George Backus as Jimsey and a strong supporting cast navigate his moral collapse, defalcation, and a dramatic Captain Williams confrontation with brisk, vivid staging.
The piece is commended as equal to the best local stage shows of recent seasons. Scott Cooper shines as the old Captain while Clara Blandick charms as Emma Brooks. Also praised are Guy Bates Post Joseph Brooks George Backus Jimsey, George Belden the servant, Florence Robinson Mrs Harris and Marion Berg as Beth Harris for their strong performances.
Augustus Thomas’s The Witching Hour at the Lyric in Cincinnati last night drew strong praise for its telepathy plot and thought driven themes. The play, framed as a moral drama, hinges on dynamic thought and a juried mind transfer, offering intellectual entertainment and convincing dramatic force.
The Forepaugh Stock Company receives universal praise for His House in Order noted for strength beauty humanity and sympathy. Next week they present Zira an original modern emotional drama by Marret Anglin under Henry Miller with a tale of regeneration and purposeful themes.
The work follows a girl striving to escape a troubled past and prove her worth through true goodness. It opens in South Africa amid the Boer War and shifts to England where the story resolves convincingly. Forepaugh plans a strong run with full setting at the Olympic.
The musical comedy Honeymoon Trail arrives at the Grand on Monday September 21 under Princess Amusement Company. Authors of The Time the Place and the Girl present a lively mix of song dance and plot with a 40 member chorus led by Ned Weyburn promising popular entertainment and high spirited humor.
The Irish comedy King Casey by Aaron Hoffman will open at Walnut Street Theater Sunday afternoon with Johnny and Emma Rays in leading roles. The Rays, known for vaudeville, portray Casey the fireman who becomes King of the Island of Lalla Pazaza, with Mrs. Ray offering elegant gowns and a strong voice.
The Wolf a romantic three act drama by Eugene Walter opens at the Lyric with an all star Shubert cast. Based on Hudson Bay fur country life the play excites strong praise from Chicago critics and features Courtenay Findlay Hale Ring Black Rosell in key roles.
Hugh Coyle aged 65, credited as the original press agent, died in Chicago on Saturday after a cancer battle. A Civil War telegraph operator and drummer boy, he helped create the modern publicity role and long served on P. T. Barnum's publicity staff, making him a renowned figure in theatrical circles.
The Metropolitan Opera Company announces a season opening Monday evening November 16 with new singers and features. It aims to present grand opera in English and has secured exclusive rights to The Pipe of Desire by Frederick Converse Children of the King by Humperdinck and The Cricket on the Hearth by Goldmark. Converse will supply the first American composed work heard at the Met Opera House.
Secretary Harry Mumford of the White Rats Political League told members that united actors could influence a Presidential campaign with their gags. He urged ridicule of candidates as a faster way to sway votes than speeches and resolutions were adopted to mobilize actors nationwide.
About eight hundred actors and actresses attended a meeting where Wilton Lackaye denounced the booking system and supported White Rats efforts for a new copyright law. Denis O'Brien, William Mailley, and Fred Niblo urged political activism and voting, with the International Artists Association sending greetings from London.
The feature week includes Olive Vail singing Whose Little Girlie Are You and Dorothy Brenner performing When I Feel Like Loving while Alma Youlin touts The Golden West. Bert Baker, famed stage Irishman, reveals American birth amid Eagles and fans. Chesterfield the snow white horse and Miss Rose Royal perform marble-like poses with elaborate sets and battlefield tableaux The Wounded Charger and The Dying Soldier receive highlight treatment.
Corryville residents complain children must travel a mile home for lunch and have only one hour twenty minutes. The North Cincinnati Business Men's Club discussed the issue and a conference with the School Board will be arranged. Officials also referred Carthage Pike and sidewalk improvements to the Federated Improvement Association.
The Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club held its fall and winter meeting at the Business Men's Club last night. The group dissented from Milwaukee convention inspection rules and named a committee to attend Philadelphia on September 24 to advocate 1905 rules. R McCracken, George Morgan and L W Radina were appointed to organize a ball team to face the Furniture Manufacturers at League Park on September 23. Resolutions on M B Farrin's death were read and adopted.
A parade of cases filed in Common Pleas Court includes writs of habeas corpus for Frank Baker, foreclosures of tax liens against Haight and Stewart, divorce actions between Addison and Addison and Gipner, a receiver petition for Denham & Munro, damages suit by The John Chapman Company against Cincinnati, and an injunction action involving William N Fleetwood Jr. against Albert Harrison. Several firms such as Ireton Collins Schoenle Poor and Bentier Streibig & Co appear as counsel.
Steamer Bessie Smith departs from foot of Sycamore street in Portsmouth at 5 p.m. today. For Louisville and intermediate points boats leave the foot of Main Street daily at 5 p.m., with Sunday service at 9 a.m. Kentucky River freight accepted daily. Telephone numbers M 1457 and M 1997 listed.
On August 19, 1908, Edward Schumann and others filed in Hamilton County Ohio Probate Court a petition to create the South Bend Special School District No 4 Delhi Township. A hearing is set for October 1 at 9:30 a.m. in Hamilton County Probate Court. Legal counsel for the county is Ireton Collins Schoenle & Poor.
Proposals for 100 bicycles with options for 200 and 200 more may be received until October 9 1908 at 11 am Central Time. Deliveries to the Chicago Depot U S Army Quartermaster. Sealed bids due October 9 1908. Envelopes must be marked Proposals for Bicycles. LT. Col. W. W. Robinson Jr. Chief Quartermaster.
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