20 Sep 1909
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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1909
Page
1
President Taft delivers a lengthy Minneapolis welcome praising national spirit and civic virtues. He notes staying power for tough travel, addresses plans for antitrust, interstate commerce, and resource conservation, while planning further speeches in Des Moines and Denver and meeting local leaders.
In Fort de France Martinique on Sept 18, Mayor Frederic Norbert of Le Marin was fatally shot on the street as factional tensions flare ahead of Sept 46 elections for grand councillors. Violence and revolver attacks spread to public spaces as authorities fear further bloodshed.
The notice promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming it builds up flesh and muscle. It warns against substitutes sold for higher profit and mentions sending stamps to receive The Common Sense Medical Adviser from the Dispensary Medical Association led by R V Pierce in Buffalo New York.
Special dispatch from New York reports the duke of Manchester may return to America with Eugene Zimmerman and his son in law for a visit to Cincinnati. The duchess reportedly farms and donates butter to London hospitals. A long list of Cincinnati visitors populates New York hotels as ties between Cincinnati financiers, theater interests, and European travel unfold.
The article shows a confrontation between the attorney general and the governor over board salaries. Treasurer Creamer resists a formal opinion and hints at mandamus to compel payment, while politics are blamed for the stalled salaries and the treasurer places responsibility on the governor.
Columbus Ohio September 18 The attorney general holds that newly formed mutual benefit companies paying benefits are insurance firms and must pay the insurance fee. The ruling also defines dominant party as the party with the highest governor vote in 1908, likely placing the Democratic party first on the ballot next year.
Federal Judge Sater holds wife of former Newark bank president entitled to dower after bank seized property. Lingafelter, once sentenced to the penitentiary, was released on alleged terminal illness and remains alive.
Judge Sater rules that since real estate was not transferred, the wife remains entitled to dower rights. Mrs Lingafelter stands to receive several thousand dollars under the decision.
Cigar manufacturers in Columbus allege the penitentiary board continues convict labor in cigar production in violation of the Wertz law. Gallagher Bros. urge Governor Harmon to intervene claiming convict cigars are sold as free-labor brands. Warden Jones says contractors are reducing labor but increasing efficiency, though output remains high.
Arthur Gano aged 12 and Claude Gano aged 10 were placed in a children's home by Miss Spaulding at 215 West Court Street after she withdrew support. Their father Walter Gano a pilot on the Monongahela River left town and has not been heard from since providing a small "hoard month" payment. efforts will be made to locate him and secure support.
Police faced a busy morning as two cutting affrays and several assaults unfolded. William Strawter, 22, was stabbed in the back near East Pearl Street and treated at a hospital after reporting the incident. James Harris, 34, was wounded on Broadway and New Streets, while Patrick Conroy and John Shannon reported attacks nearby and received hospital care.
The Roosevelt voyage under Commander Peary chose four Native men to join the front toward the pole. Ookevah, 24, earned the chance by proving endurance and loyalty though new to ice travel. The group would receive gifts upon return, including guns, tents, lumber, and a house furnishing. The expedition culminated with a marriage on shipboard and a shared honeymoon during port stay.
The St Johns Chronicle prints an interview claiming Cook told Whitney and Murphy he reached the pole on April 21 with Eskimos Etakishook and Ahwelch. It reports Etah natives later retracted, saying they had never left sight of Cape Columbia and had only gone two sleeps from land. The Eskimos drew a travel plan for Peary.
New Haven Sept 15. That Harry Whitney who carries Dr. Frederick Cook records of the dash to the North Pole has kept his word and said nothing about what Cook told him. Whitney’s mother says he wrote three weeks ago and did not inform her of any discoveries.
The Smith and Nixon Piano Co announces a capital reorganization and liquidates a large stock of instruments to finalize the deal. Grand pianos from 425 to 550, uprights 335 to 400, some as low as 265, with terms requiring satisfactory references and immediate movement of stock.
Multiple civil actions listed in the Common Pleas docket include Jacob Angne suing former partner William Pauly for 5000 damages over alleged slander during partnership talks in Northside. Others involve Sophia Schlelein vs Joseph Loratan for 3000, Alice Cutter vs Cincinnati Traction for 10100, and several divorce suits including Estella Munster vs Edwin Munster and Lenora Dolle vs Fred Dolle.
In Dallas Texas Senator Joseph W Bailey debated William J Bryan on tariff policy after Bryan urged free raw materials and lower rates on goods. Bailey defended the Texas and national 1896 platforms asserting modest duties on raw materials and manufactured items while opposing free raw materials.
The International Wood Wire and Metal Lathers union re elected International President William J. McSorley of Cleveland at its annual convention in Boston on September 18.
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