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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1908
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune issue from September 18, 1908 lists subscription rates by mail with prepaid postage at ten dollars. Publication details show Walnut Street and Government Place offices and EB C Eshelby as president.
Advertisement lists international postal rates for the Universal Postal Union and urges prepaid subscriptions. It provides office addresses for Commercial Tribune bureaus in Walnut Hills Covington Newport Washington London with newsboys and reading rooms for Americans.
The forecast notes heavy rainfall in the Southwest mainly Texas with extension into Arkansas. Aside from minor exceptions, dry conditions persist with little temp change. Cincinnati reports high of 8 and low of 61 degrees for September 17, 1908, with a 7 p.m. end record.
Ohio shows partly cloudy skies with light to fresh variable winds Friday and Saturday. West Virginia remains fair and warmer with increasing cloudiness. Kentucky expect increasing clouds Friday with showers by night or Saturday. Indiana notes increasing clouds Friday with showers by night or Saturday and south winds toward fresh.
Ships arrive in Havre Southampton Liverpool and other ports as La Provence The Adriatic Noordland Nauplia Carpathia and Saxonia report arrivals. The Mauretania bound for New York is 460 miles east of Sandy Hook and due to dock about 7 30 a m Friday.
A long list names buyers and their cities and states arranged by auction or sale catalog entries. The scattered entries include Gibson Lima Haverly Roth Gordon Donesbach Philadelphia and many others across Ohio Kentucky Indiana Illinois New York and beyond.
The Municipal Journal table compares typhoid deaths in 1907 across 42 large U S cities. Cincinnati reports 157 deaths in a population of 347 123, with 45 228 percentage, attributed to the new water system and cleanliness as key factors. Pittsburg leads with 505 deaths. Boston shows the lowest at 3 939.
The itinerary covers Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa South Dakota Illinois Missouri with possible adjustments and major legs through Kentucky Tennessee Georgia Virginia and Maryland. The piece argues Taft must address the South directly to present Republican doctrines from leaders, asserting the party is national not sectional and that southern support strengthens his bid.
Department of Commerce and Labor Bulletin 3279 notes Cincinnati interest in a trade item No 2598 Shoes A representative outlines available opportunities and market context for the product.
A European shoe dealer informs American manufacturers that tourism and changing dress styles have created a good chance for prompt deliveries and careful order handling. Interested firms should contact the dealer in German or Italian. The full name and city are withheld, with a promise to supply details through the Bureau of Manufactures, though officials urge publishing complete bulletins.
A legal note states Mrs William Astor sues over societal expectations with the aim of defining proper conduct. The piece implies a broader movement of four hundred self governance and behavior standards.
The San Francisco Mint completed $43,000 in new $20 gold piece coining and moved into silver dollar production. The note adds that this sequence serves as vindication for Mr. Bryan.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer argues it is unfair to blame Mr Taft for poetry he wrote since none of it was published. It notes the unpublished verse never appeared in print and focuses on the absence of publication rather than literary merit.
A critique questions Mark Twain’s ties to an Italian villa in Connecticut and contrasts it with the region’s tobacco lore, invoking the idea of authenticity in local identity and literary ties.
Bourke Cochran calls Bryan a born orator while Watterson tags him a boy orator. The exchange highlights differing views on Bryan's speaking talent and stature.
An orator only needs a voice says Governor Cummins, casting doubt on supremacy between him and Bryan. The remark frames a contest of influence and rhetoric shaping political leadership questions.
The Milwaukee Sentinel laments drought and asks how a city can drift when springs wells and rivers run dry highlighting water shortages and concern for future supply.
Messrs. Bryan and Hearst continue to produce conclusive evidence that each is amply qualified for Ananias member ship.
Judge Parker appears to eye the 1912 nomination while William Jennings Bryan is positioned to act first. The exchange underscores the brewing contest within the party as the campaign unfolds.
The first umbrella was crafted in London in 1732 and by 1908 it had fallen out of fashion.
A Nashville household struggles with many timepieces all unreliable. The poem depicts clocks in the parlor kitchen hall attic and sundial failing to tell accurate time, until Ethel Miranda's new watch is still suspect. The family frets about meals and trains while they try to average the time from diverse sources.
Three sons of prominent Denver men Ottomar O Don nell Richard Jackson and Charles Kittredge convert a forty horsepower car into a prairie schooner style vehicle for a ten day mountain trip. They fit it with canvas housing a commissary and fuel for power needs carrying fifty gallons of gas. The voyage aims to follow the Platte River toward Shoshone with plans to fish along the way.
A Chicago News joke recalls an African explorer’s tale of facing a lion with no weapon. He sat on a tree limb fifty feet up, claiming the lion kept its distance, and a bystander questions how the plan worked.
Cincinnatians Dr. Charles Hahn and Mrs. Hahn with Mrs. M. Feran H Meis M M Halle and H Landon register at The Herald office in Paris on September 17 seeking news and city mentions their presence abroad.
Dr and Mrs Murphy of Cincinnati registered at The Herald office in London on September 17.
A column recalls Christ Hospital’s Mt. Auburn Young Ladies' Institute era with glass initials hinting at former school days. It notes severe local drought affecting water, laundry, and saloons, plus rising melon prices as Montreal cantaloupes command high demand and earned care.
The German Taft Club of Cincinnati with 800 members met Judge Taft at his home to pledge support for his campaign. Mayor Markbreit praised Taft as uniting German Americans, while Taft joked about learning German late in life. Mrs Nation visited Taft but his security kept the meeting brief and non confrontational.
In a bank, Second-story Bill the Pious Burglar confronts Jake as a bank hides. The bank president reveals himself as a fellow burglar, hoping to settle for the depositors while they approach the safe together.
The column satirizes social norms about digestion, dress, and romance. It humorously notes a man credits good digestion to business acumen and mocks women for comfort over fashion. It comments on supporting poets and a woman's influence on a courting strategy.
An opinion piece reflects on modern communication with sharp witticisms about honesty, flattery, and love. It contrasts assurances of agreement with hidden motives and notes the need for unlearning learned habits after college.
A hero saves the heroine in a melodramatic Chicago stage scene. The villain threatens and the hero destroys the danger with a clever device, ending with the heroine crying saved.
Special Dispatch to Commercial Tribune from Bloomington Illinois reports Stephen Young a Fairbury resident will celebrate his 108th birthday this month. Born July 10 1800 he was enslaved in Overton County Kentucky and freed by Lincoln in 1862. He later served in Wilder's Brigade before being captured by Confederates and escaping back to Union lines. He remains active in the A M E Church at Fairbury and draws a pension for his Civil War service.
Miss Nettle Williams of Pittsburgh faced a dozen blackbirds that swarmed her, pecking at a hat with wavy plumage on a Pittsburgh street in Altoona. The birds darted at her face and tore skin with their bills until her companion used a coat to drive them off.
James addresses the Twenty third Ward Democrats caucus at Seinert's Hall in Cleveland this evening at 8 o'clock to select candidates for Executive Committeemen and delegates and alternates to the county convention.
Frank H. Hitchcock telegraphed Sam J. Roberts that Judge Taft cannot address the Kentucky State Bankers' Association on September 23 due to another engagement. He would likely speak in Kentucky on his return from the Western trip in mid October.
New York Sept 17 Republican leaders Frank H Hitchcock and Richard V Quohan returned from Chicago to map the Western speaking trip for Taft. In New York they met Maryland leaders William P Jackson Thomas Parran and Irving Dickey. They expressed confidence Maryland will go for Taft.
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