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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
10
The note proclaims telephone service is cheap with free installation and claims it benefits many people, stating not having it harms even those who matter. It emphasizes broad sympathy for those without service and suggests affordability improves everyone’s life.
The Union Board of High Schools appoints a general committee for the Hughes High School corner-stone dedication. Members include Charles H. Stephens R. D. Barney Dr. L. Schwab Dr. J. M. Withrow and A. D. Shockley. Alumni representatives Froome Morris Edward J. Dempsey Harry M. Levy Miss M Louise Armstrong and Miss Clara B Jordan also join the panel. The committee will meet this week to plan the event details.
At the monthly meeting President Nieman announced a Standing Committee on Education with members Gang Ritter Dahlmeier Fenner Wilson and Tuke to study school building costs. The group opposed free high school books except for night school students. The Municipal Affairs committee urged caution on widening Harrison avenue viaduct due to safety concerns and reported on Hunt Street Park land to improve Florence avenue traffic. The association backed constitutional amendments on taxation biennial sessions and governor veto power, aiming to broaden who pays taxes. Thirty-two new members were elected and Ohio Valley Improvement Association invited representation at Louisville convention.
The Albert I Straus Company at 411 413 Race Street opened its women's apparel store yesterday with a full line of millinery dress goods furs and costly raiment. The new showroom features mahogany fittings skylights pneumatic tubes and Tungsten lighting. The two story complex includes a manicure parlor stock floors and a top floor for employees with dining and restrooms. The opening drew crowds of Cincinnati women who praised the up to date metropolitan design and fashionable merchandise.
Board of Public Service considers canceling the Liberty Street Viaduct repair contract as critics call the old structure an scrap iron heap The discussion may hinge on the state track elevation statute and the C Co L Line project placing the matter under new rules
Robert Blackburn of Dayton pleaded guilty before Judge Thompson to selling castor oil pills with no castor oil. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs. It marks the first government prosecution under the new drug law against a druggist.
Friends of Bishop David H. Moore of the M. E. Church will meet him and his family after his return from the Orient. A reception is planned for October 1 in the Missionary Training School rooms on Wesley Avenue, honoring his East administration and the city of Cincinnati.
On Monday evening a banquet follows at the banquet hall. A visit to the city laundries on Wednesday will close the convention. D. I. Cooper of Rochester New York, president of the National Association of Laundry Men, will be the principal speaker. About 900 attendees expected.
James Dudley, brother of William C. Dudley, has filed for administration of the decedent’s estate in Probate Court. The estate totals 719.60 in personal property, a figure surprising given earlier reports of about 500000 when he left the firm O'Dell & Co. The disparity is explained by generous transfers to his sisters and brothers after retirement.
Alterations at 911 Chateau Avenue owned by Mrs L Pruden with cost not stated. A two-and-one-half story brick dwelling on Wells Street near Eighth Street owned by Mrs M Fey with cost not stated. A two-story frame residence on Grand Avenue near Bassett Road owned by Charles Busch with cost not stated. A two-and-one-half story frame residence on Han Avenue near Stratfer owned by R Lloyd with cost about 5800.
Forty two bankrupts had their cases summarily struck off the docket and relegated to ordinary debtors after failure to proceed. Names listed include William Oswald and James A. Egelston of Cincinnati, and groups from Portsmouth Dayton Springfield and beyond. Regular discharges were granted to several debtors including Cantor Cigar Manufacturing and Walter Lyon of Cincinnati. Creditors objected to Abram Bell of Cincinnati and William Mitchell of Delhi. both cases will be examined.
The Board of Public Service may set the bronze fountain and Washington McLean statue in Lytle Park before winter. Councilman Mullen of the Eighth Ward urged action to place the fountain. The gift from John R. McLean honors his father with the park memorial.
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