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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1908
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune edition dated September 2 1908 from Cincinnati presents early 20th century news coverage including society notices and local updates. The issue highlights community events and regional affairs typical of a metropolitan daily newspaper.
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The Cincinnati area endures continuing heat with no relief anticipated. Texas has benefited from rain and remains fair. The local data for September 19, 1908 records 91 for max, 66 for min, 78 average, 2.00 inches precipitation, with excess heat since January 1 amounting to 294 degrees and a 5.07 inch deficit in precipitation for the year.
Ohio and Indiana expect fair skies Sunday and Monday with warmer air in the north and southerly to easterly winds. West Virginia and Kentucky show generally fair conditions over the same period with light to fresh winds.
International marine movements show arrivals and departures at Liverpool Southampton Cherbourg Genoa Plymouth Queenstown Patras Bremen Rotterdam Antwerp Antwerp and New York with vessels including Verona St Paul Amerika Bluecher Umbria Taormina St Louis Zeeland Caronia Minnehaha Victoria and Phila delphia among others proceeding to or from New York and European ports.
A catalog of arriving hotel guests includes Munro E M Shuster Cleveland J W Werson Beckley Ky C RE Pearce Dayton A W Crawford New York Palace John Rubel Lebanon Ky J G Sully Guelph Ontario J s Mussetter Burnside Ky R L Wible Winchester Ky Gibson Plummer Wiseman Canton A W Wagner New York S M Dell Baltimore C Phillips Philadelphia D W Smith Detroit Linton Edward P Watson New York G Minner Chicago A McSween Washington L C Turley Portsmouth Burnet L E Brooks Philadelphia W W Barnes New York C K Avery Minneapolis J R Russell Chicago St Nicholas H G Tarr Philadelphia H G Morris New York Alex Anderson Chicago A G Greene Providence Grand George Elison Baltimore W T Cummins E Ewing Miller New York G E Hepple Boston Senator Bradley Louisville Ky Lackman R E Hyman Chicago T J Horner Madison Ind Edward Iresith Mobile Ala Kushman Luther Norfolk Emery Fred J Kother Dayton E E Heither St Louis A A Aaronson New York Dennison G H Joberser Chicago Emil Luther New York Fred Sperb Lexington James H Mathers Louisville
In Newport News on September 19 a deaf oyster watchman credited with dreaming the capsizing of his boat saved five people including D G Smith Nelson Williams Irvin H Williams and two children. They clung to a overturned skiff for an hour before rescue. The watchman was asleep and woke to the imagined crisis.
The Kentucky State Journal notes The Cincinnati Commercial Tribune exposes the Equity Trust operations and its grip on Kentucky tobacco growers. It highlights alleged favoritism toward big growers, calls for legal proof, and cites multiple papers. warnings about market control and grower rights are stressed amid ongoing presses.
The trade volume remains strong with expansion across sectors. Iron and steel show higher activity than August while textile machinery orders rise for fall and winter demand, though inventories are lean and buying remains cautious.
A brief note says Taft and Bryan will dine together at a banquet on October 7 with friendly exchanges between sherry and champagne. The line ends with a humorous nod to Mr. Watterson.
A prize offer invites contestants to name the seven presidential nominees and their running mates without hesitation, rewarding quick recall with a spring poem.
The publisher and friend of the venerable Rockefeller asserts he never cheats at golf. Miss Tarbell, however, may dispute the claim and suggests a Missouri angle to the matter.
The New York World projects a New York population of 6 788 999 for 1925. The note warns Chicago may claim a higher figure, challenging New York’s estimate.
Special Cable to Commercial Tribune from Paris reports renewed uncertainty over the Venus de Milo. A terra cotta statuette from Nonemvasia claims arms exist but differs in pose and robes, suggesting it is not an exact copy and the arm position may still be unresolved.
In Paris on September 19 the bar ruled that women lawyers may not advertise with photographs. Only name and address may be listed in directories. The ban aims to prevent photos from influencing magistrates, claiming lookism could harm less favored colleagues.
Special Dispatch reports George Whitney once Pacific coast tennis champion who spent two years in Japan living in a true Japanese style. He describes sliding doors half paper rooms meals on mats and daily hot baths with high temperatures and the use of chopsticks and kimono life changes with health treatment and language challenges in Tokyo inns with limited English speakers.
Calcutta edition of The Yugantar urges Indian women to join in mutiny against England. It calls for looting treasuries and waging war, praising revolutionary heroes and promising terror to police, with phrases about women preparing hazardous devices in kitchens and bedrooms and a nation ready for wholesale revolution.
Messrs Chanler and Hughes exchange pleasant remarks about each other and agree that their courtesy will not hurt the New York campaign.
A heated dispute erupts over Taft’s asserted right as heir, amid allegations of blame aimed at the Milwaukee Sentinel. The text frames Taft as the rightful heir in a charged civic debate.
A town shows renewed interest in baseball while the Middle West trends toward prohibition, with Mr. Bassler identified as a likely influence on the dry movement.
In Rome on September 19 Sig. Santini and Sig. Zambelli staged a duel lasting 65 minutes. Santini, a deputy who recently attacked journalists in the Chamber, and Zambelli, chosen by press gallery colleagues, fought with resolve until medical doctors halted the bout to rest the exhausted combatants. Doctors then found Santini’s heart affected and the duel was postponed.
Frank Rush, keeper of the buffalo herd in the Wichita National Game Preserve and supervisor of the National Forest, visits Lawton to urge the Xiks Lodge to start a fund for purchasing a mate for a lone bull elk from Wichita, Kansas.
J M Gidding & Co urges patrons to buy now to avoid fabric shortages as imports shrink. The ad touts extensive, exclusive lines of high class apparel and furs from Europe and the U S, with competitive prices and ready for frost readiness. Located at West Fourth Street Vine and Race.
A special brigade of gamekeepers formed in Paris to combat poaching reports success this week. In snares near the Pre Catelan Tir A cons in the Bois de Boulogne and near Porte Juane at Vincennes agents recovered a half dozen quails seven hares one partridge four thrushes and fifteen blackbirds.
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