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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1908
Page
5
Gene Conrad M. Godfrey, 39, of 1160 Sherman Avenue, was reported missing yesterday by his wife, prompting police to search for him.
J. T. Bruce aged 71, a porter at the Reliance Hotel, fell under the wheels of a wagon at Sixth and Sycamore streets last night and probably died from his injuries. Police and medical staff attended the scene.
W. P. Driscoll an employee of the Boledo Scales Company was arrested yesterday by detectives on the charge of embezzling $150 from the Anderson Hotel.
A woman sustained multiple injuries after falling from a car near Vine and Clifton. Police and emergency crews responded yesterday with the injured party transported to a local hospital for treatment.
The Church of Our Lady of Loretto will host a Klondike social in the church Assembly Room at Eastern and Heekin avenues on September 26 28 and 29. The event is organized by the congregation to raise funds and community fellowship.
Police Court issued a warrant for the arrest of J Neider residence unknown on grand larceny charges Lucy Montgomery of 317 West Court street says he stole $55 worth of jewelry.
Smoke Inspector Dan Everson obtained a warrant in Police Court yesterday to arrest the Obermayer Company at 641 Evans Street for violating the local smoke ordinance.
Louis Holtkamp a dairyman on Carthage pike was fined 50 dollars and costs after arraignment in Police Court before Judge Lueders for delivering slop fed milk. The case of Dairyman Frank Holtkamp was continued until today.
Miss Carrie Nation visited Police Court yesterday as an interested spectator. Crowds of men and boys followed as she walked the streets and she repeatedly snatched cigars and cigarettes from their mouths.
Police Court yesterday issued warrants for William Corcoran and Harry Calvert. The suspects are accused of stealing whisky from a wagon, with William J. Winterbottom, superintendent of the Cincinnati Transfer Company, named in the action.
Detectives Crim and McQuesten returned from Seattle Washington with Maurice Partymueller and his son who are sought on a kidnapping warrant. The Governor of Washington refused to honor the requisition.
Dr. David Philipson, chairman of the Avondale Improvement Association Literary Committee, and his group met yesterday to discuss a branch library. They sent a letter to the Board of Public Library Trustees requesting a branch library in Avondale.
The Cincinnati Presbytery in Loveland Ohio adopted a resolution ensuring all pastors called from elsewhere receive at least 1000 dollars annually plus a parsonage. Rev D I Lambert of Pleasant Ridge was elected Moderator and Rev A M Dawson of Williamsburg Ohio resigned.
The Day Camp Association led by President Mrs Leopold Markbreit and Treasurer Mrs Horace Schmidlapp has organized weekly country outings for consumptives this summer. Fundraising has relied on voluntary subscriptions, but current treasury is low. If not aided, work may be abandoned. Aiming to establish health camps on hill tops. Price Hill hosts one camp.
The Service Board appointed Wade L. Heiger as drug clerk and nurse at the City Infirmary at 50 dollars a month, replacing H. Stelhe who resigned. They approved Bathgate Park ground plan and tasked Architect Kessler to draft specs. Reservoir No. 2 water readiness expected in three weeks. Roadway oiling approved for 237 398 square feet in Clifton and Lafayette avenues plus McAlpin and Greendale Places. Budd Street improvement cost set at 6669 dollars for Carr to Harriet Street.
North German Lloyd advertises fast passenger services Plymouth Cherbourg Bremen with 10 A.M. departures and lists vessels such as Kaiser Wilhelm II Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Kronprinz Wilhelm Barbarossa and others for Mediterranean routes Gibraltar Naples Genoa. Travel checks and agency listings include Oelrichs & Co Bepler & Co Kuhn & Sons and national banks as agents.
Kent and Kaufhold to erect modern dwellings on Alaska avenue after buying 626 feet of ground for 15000 from North Cincinnati Loan and Building Association. A cottage settlement for West End workmen will be built west of Western avenue near Hopple street, with EB L Kennedy purchasing 550 feet on Western avenue. Scheiffele Shoe Company to expand plant with a 24 by 120 foot addition on Hoffner street designed by Martin Fisher.
The page lists real estate transfers from various parties including the Ohio Land and Improvement Company to Albert Sagel and others, detailing lots in different sub divisions and street borders. It also covers numerous mortgage filings and cancellations, noting lenders such as The Title Guarantee and various adjacent subdivisions, with amounts and parcel references across multiple townships.
Brief items report alleged undue influence in a will where John J. Doll left $5 to his son Charles and daughter Stella, $500 to sister-in-law Barbara Lienert with a contingent bequest to her son Robert, and the remainder to three children with Charles Diekhaus named executor. Other notes include various estate valuations and appointments for administration, plus a hospital admission for Arthur Brown.
William and John Beyer sue to cancel a deed to their brother Frank Beyer claiming their father John Beyer Sr was forced to transfer McMillan street property worth 5000 for 1 cash and lifelong care. The father died August 24 at age 65 after the May 27 transfer.
Sarah J. Berry seeks a divorce from William W. Berry after thirty eight years of separation. W H Cowquill files the suit. Florence Holmes sues Charles Holmes for persistent neglect failure to provide for two children and for past physical abuse including a six month City Workhouse sentence. C S Sparks represents Berry and Holmes suits. Bertha Gilmore files for absolute divorce from William Gilmore claiming four plus years of neglect and the need to work for support. Margaret Gaffin seeks divorce from John H Gaffin and custody of their five year old Charles, alleging four years of non support and that he is a fugitive from justice. A C Fricke represents the cases.
United States court reports Brighton German Bank prevailing in a dispute over bonds pledged as loan security by Ross Holzman, former treasurer of the Cincinnati Club. Holzman lacked title to the bonds, but possession negated fraud concerns. bank claims reduced to 2985 after applying proceeds from other Holzman assets. Creditors of Lyman Wolf receive court permission to sell Middletown store stock valued at 2591.
A compiled list shows numerous individuals with marriage licenses including Tom Draper Camp Dennison 65 Martha Evans 64 Herman B Rapien 2522 Western Ave 25 Rose Sauer 1774 Queen City Ave 22 and many others across Ohio towns and adjacent areas such as Reading Oxford Hotel Newport Ky Madisonville and Norwood. The note preserves full names and residential lines while omitting narrative detail.
Insolvency Judge Warner allowed the trustee to sell seventy five shares of Merchants National Bank stock pledged for a 12300 loan. The note now stands at 12610.34 and the stock will be sold at 185 per share, yielding about 300 more than the debt. Gussie Francis widow of locomotive engineer Joseph Co. Francis sues for 10000 against the Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis Railway. Sherman T. McPherson represents plaintiff Olive A. McLaughlin in the suit against the Cincinn…
Nati Traction Company for $20,000 damages alleged to have been sustained while alighting from a car. Fred W. Keam, attorney for plaintiff. Ed Co. Harding, charged with embezzlement before Justice Muller, yesterday obtained a postponement to September 29. He renewed his bond, with William Melish as surety. B. T. Archer was chosen trustee at the meeting of creditors of Harding. W. W. Murphy, Harry Freking and J. D. Wallace were appointed appraisers. The creditors meet again October 13.
John Robinson a 65 year old circus showman wed his nurse Miss Mary Maude Logan, 30, after securing a marriage license in Clarksville Tennessee. Hopkinsville Kentucky officials had refused the license citing his illness and relatives blocked the move. a minister married them in Robinson's private car with Edward Cullan and Lillian Robinson witnessing.
Patrolman Gerwe arrested Solomon Salm a 17 year old peddler at 507 Hickman Avenue for housebreaking. Salm fled to A P Herr linger s Clifton residence at 340 Howell Avenue pursued by a frightened young woman who heard him cutting a screen. Laborer W W Brocker detained Salm in a third floor closet until assistance arrived.
A bale of hay caught fire in the loft of Suburban Delivery at 122 East Court Street. Panicked Imperial Laundry workers crowded the elevator, which plunged to the cellar before firefighters from Company No. 45 pulled them free.
A long list of civil cases filed in the Superior Court includes divorces and alimony actions such as Margaret Gaffin versus John H. Gaffin and Florence Holmes versus Charles Holmes, plus damages, liens, and injunction petitions against entities like Cincinnati Traction Company and The Pittsburg Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Railway. The docket shows case numbers from 140,993 to 141,008 with multiple plaintiffs and defendants and various monetary claims.
A frame residence on Freeland Avenue near Grandin Road owned by W. Kussler is listed at 1000 dollars. A two and one half story brick flat on Madison Road between E Road and Willard Avenue owned by F H Cordes is priced at 7000 dollars.
Many pork packers from this city will attend the American Meat Packers Association meeting in Chicago October 12 to 14. A committee of five will organize a special train and band for delegates leaving Cincinnati October 11, with several engineers joining to study Chicago smoke-control methods.
Kilwinning Chapter No. R. A. M. schedules a special convocation on Wednesday September 23 at 7:30 p.m. to confer Work Past and Most Excellent Degrees. Visitors invited. John C. Roberts H P L L Latta, Secy.
Genevieve Olivia Hoadly dies at Saranac Lake with funeral at Grandin Road East Walnut Hills on Thursday. Mary Davidson Buchanan Pfister dies after illness. funeral at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Thursday. Ann Jane Burgoyne Prestley dies in Newton Illinois. Alexander Starbuck dies suddenly at age 83 with funeral at Cuvier Club and burial at Spring Grove.
A list of burial permits and death notices for numerous individuals with ages and locations. Names include Zimmerman Jacob 44 Deaconess Hospital 43881 Virginia Avenue gall stones and Clara Page Longview Hospital cancer. Other entries note illnesses such as bronchitis scarlet fever pneumonia Bright's disease and enteritis with varied addresses and institutions. Several inquests pending for Lenig ar Lavenia Knowles Frank and others.
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