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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1908
Page
4
The Commercial Tribune issue from September 29, 1908, published in Cincinnati. Notices include standard masthead details with the paper’s establishment, publication frequency, office addresses, and corporate leadership.
Subscription rates by mail and postpaid include daily and Sunday options with varying durations and carrier delivery. Regional foreign rates cover Great Britain and Universal Postal Union countries with monthly yearly terms. The Commercial Tribune Co lists multiple branch offices in Cincinnati Covington Newport Washington London with reading rooms and address instructions.
Rains across the Ohio Valley ended drought as storms moved east and north. Northern Ohio West Virginia and Pittsburgh saw good rainfall while the West and South stayed fair. A sharp temperature drop followed a Northwest high pressure, with Cincinnati at 73 and 47 for the day and .26 inch of precipitation.
Ohio and West Virginia display fair weather on Tuesday with Wednesday warmer conditions. Indiana shares similar Tuesday and Wednesday trends with fresh west winds and slight variability.
Ship arrivals and sailings reported from New York to Bremen, Antwerp, Glasgow, Plymouth, Cherbourg, and other ports. Vessels include Prinze Friedrich Wilhelm, Minnetonka, Chicago, Furnessia, Statendam, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Caledonia, Corsican, and Lake Manitoba with destinations and docking times.
A long hotel arrivals list shows guests arriving in Cincinnati from Chicago Cleveland New York Detroit Baltimore Philadelphia Boston San Francisco Roanoke Atlanta and other locales. Names include Morrison Elliott Parsong Simonson Campbell Waters Peoples Sherman Butter Cleveland Rickson Berton Clark Beal Martin Sloan Foley Russell Respess Smedley Case Crawford Cronin Miller Boggs Criswell Thomas Munro Carpenter Guthrie Patterson and others.
The piece critiques Judge Harmon for backing a Johnson era platform while distance from Jeffersonian Democracy and Bryan attacks. It questions his stance on initiative and referendum and notes his past political alignments with Cleveland and McKinley, amid broader calls for democratic reforms.
The Appleton Post highlights the Peshtigo disaster of 1871 noting two thousand square miles burned and about fifteen hundred lives lost including half of Peshtigo. It argues California Minnesota Wisconsin and Pennsylvania fires rivaled Peshtigo in destruction of property while life loss differed. The piece praises public awakening driven by the National Conservation Commission and urges forestry legislation and enforcement.
The largest diamond ever found, the Cullinan, is the subject of a detailed communication from Consy Morgan in Amsterdam. The piece covers its discovery and the extraordinary process of cutting begun to reveal its facets.
The text praises Mr. Roosevelt as a skilled artist noting a remarkable Kell portrait. It mentions surprised reactions and asks what point is being made, with thanks to Mr. Bassler for his prior work and a remark about an umbrella resurfacing in the narrative.
A Urbana letter to Hughes notes recalls a Mary White Slater reference and asks if the writer shared Hughes High School class of 1886. It reflects on drought ending, warm spell, mosquito nuisance, and Governor Bradford’s colony quip, then shifts to baseball season and hat fashion lore.
East Walnut Hills hosts a buffet for Miss Virginia Iredell and guests for her upcoming marriage to Mr. John Tenney. Receptions, bridge parties, and dinners follow in Avondale, Reading, and other Cincinnati areas. Engagements include Miss Martha Calvin Taylor to Mr. Joseph Haddox. A quiet wedding unites Walter Sohn and Miss Matilda Bartles. Cincinnati Woman's Club appeals for funds for a new clubhouse on Oak Street.
Miss Fisher of Milwaukee visits Avondale. Miss Miller hosts then Miss Deming travels to Jackson Michigan before Iowa home. Mr Lee leaves for Harvard College from Walnut Hills. Families and friends journey to Cambridge Ithaca Cuba St Louis Dallas and New York as students resume studies and relatives tour Europe.
Sidney Joseph of Cincinnati registered at The Herald office in Paris on September 28, as reported by a special cable to the Commercial Tribune.
Editorial from the Boston Herald attacks William Jennings Bryan as misguided and ineffectual. It argues Bryan mimics President Roosevelt, assaulting his own party with weak judgment and calls for renewed scrutiny of his leadership while acknowledging future political battles and opposition’s push for renomination to defeat him.
The piece weighs how Taft or Bryan would affect business confidence. It argues Taft would sustain national dignity and prudent policy at home, while Bryan’s past votes and vague promises leave business leaders unsure if he can reassure markets in a crisis. It cites gold standard disputes and currency debates shaping trust in a Bryan presidency.
The New York Evening Mail notes divisions within the party over Mr Bryan’s future. One faction supports a third nomination to keep pressing him, while another hopes to block him to end his influence. The South favors defeating him with Republican help to unhorse him.
Baltimore American Star notes Roosevelt's letter as the finest campaign note, while the Providence Journal and Boston Herald discuss his strategy of avoiding public stump speeches. The Baltimore Sun and New London Day echo concerns about “deadhead” campaigning and Roosevelt’s distinctive energetic style.
In Columbus Ohio on September 28 Joe Knight aged 10 was killed instantly while his brothers Robert 7 Raymond Vermillion 6 and Henry Bowers 12 were shocked. The boys tried to jump a wet iron fence after a live wire was blown across it by the wind. Joe Knight died attempting to rescue his brother. the others were expected to recover.
Luther W. Knusely of DeKalb County signed an affidavit asserting Governor J Frank Hanly offered him a $2000 yearly post in exchange for voting for the county c eption bill. The affidavit names Senator Wickwire and details the alleged talk. Wickwire denies the accusation.
The Diamond Special on Illinois Central derailed at an open switch near Divernon, injuring engineer A J Shell and fireman Edward Taylor. Seven year old Elizabeth McGuire was killed by debris as Ethel Barrymore narrowly escaped injury inside a damaged car. The porter forced a window to free her.
telegram to Mr and Mrs T A Jones of Excello announces the engagement of Tad Jones Yale football coach and athlete to Miss Bettie Shearn of New York. Tad Jones heads Yale Y M C A work at New Haven and formerly led the Yale eleven. wedding planned for early spring.
The War Department announced ninety-one young men who passed competitive exams for commissions as Second Lieutenants. Isaac Edwin Titus of Batavia Ohio and Rufus Foote Maddux of Newport Kentucky were awarded commissions in the coast artillery corps.
Caleb Powers, the Kentuckian once imprisoned for eight years over the Goebel assassination, was baptized at Jellico Baptist Church in Knoxville area last night. About 500 people attended the service.
Emil F. Gran of West Wareham died today from a back injury suffered in the annual cane rush at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The accident occurred Tuesday during the sophomore freshman event.
London reports Captain Herbert Greenstreet of the New Zealand Shipping Company has completed his seventy-first circumnavigation aboard the Rimutaka and plans another voyage. The veteran navigator began as a Worcester boy in 1866 and built a career with safety and resilience, surviving a broken leg set by a shipboard craftsman, and witnessing the shift from single to twin screw steamers and the rise of frozen meat trading.
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