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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1908
Page
5
The Windsor School will install a kindergarten class around November 1 under Superintendent Dyer. The plan involves adding a new grade to the Windsor campus to accommodate growing enrollment.
Frank Newell and Russell P. Allen of the Third Assistant Postmaster General's office tour the Registry Division of the Postoffice in the city to oversee operations.
Harry Heman a 17 year old cigar maker of 55 West St. Clair street was struck yesterday by a College Hill Main car at McMicken Avenue and Vine Street. The fender pushed him clear of the wheels and he escaped serious harm.
The Water Works Commissioners awarded the lime for the filter plant to Moore-Coney Co at 7260 dollars and the supply of sulphate of iron to American Steel and Wire Co at 21600 dollars.
East and West high schools in this city reported a record night with fifty additional pupils enrolled after extensive registration efforts. Officials emphasized capacity and future scheduling to accommodate the influx.
The east and west schools registered 677 and 675 pupils respectively, with Superintendent Dyer predicting around 350 attendees. He added six extra teachers yesterday. Delegates for the Woman's Home Missionary Society conference in Greenville Ohio departed yesterday, including Mrs I D Jones and others.
Representatives from the North Fairmount Improvement Association and several business and taxpayer groups with a council appointed committee will confer today with the Board of Public Service to learn citizen sentiment on repairing the Liberty Street viaduct.
The Board of Public Service will clean at least half of the larger downtown water mains this fall after rejection of bids. Over $25,000 was appropriated, with pressure increases in the system about 200 percent improving fire protection per Superintendent Hiller.
John Schwaab of Cincinnati will represent the Ohio German American Alliance at the Philadelphia celebration noting the 225th anniversary of German immigration to America. He will be joined by Robert L. Spergel of Columbus, head of the alliance branch. Franz Daniel Pastorius founded Germantown, Pa., after arriving in 1683.
Twenty seven applicants were sworn as citizens in the United States Court while twenty others were denied for reasons including ignorance of laws. One man claimed King Roosevelt rules here and another misstated the constitution as the reason saloons close Sundays. Judge Thompson delayed ruling on Filipino Raymundo Diano as to citizenship due to uncertainty in immigration law. Citizens sworn include Frank Mathes and others from Germany Austria-Hungary Switzerland Russia England and Norway.
The Store Beautiful on Fourth Street west of Vine held a grand opening by J. M. Gidding & Co showing fine gowns suits silk petticoats waists furs and wraps. Exquisite handwork fabrics and new lingerie gowns were featured with haute classifications and non shrinkable wool taffeta waists among pastel shades and rich lining details.
A lioness named Julia at the Zoological Garden died yesterday morning after a surgical removal of a large tumor. The operation, performed by Dr. Norton Dock with Dr. J Plant and Dr. Theodore Range present, lasted about twenty minutes. Ether was used after securing the animal, and the zoo said the procedure offered a last hope to save her life. Julia had been at the zoo for about twelve years and was a prolific mother to her cubs.
Frank Morris, 42, of 317 East Twelfth Street, was arrested last night by Detectives Gramann and Foerster as he left a car en route to the city from the Democratic convention where he served as a delegate. He faces a charge of obtaining money by false pretenses based on a warrant issued in Police Court charging Mrs Florence Salterback, who claimed Morris and a woman named Bessie Fuller, 26, of 5 East Ninth Street, extorted $10 by promising to influence her son William Beatty’s release from the Workhouse where he is serving a petit larceny sentence. Fuller, arrested earlier today by Detectives Callan and Hill, is involved. Beatty remains in the Workhouse.
State Inspector of Factories and Workshops Morgan visited the Fosdick Building office of assistants Spaeth and Darnell yesterday to review fire protection upgrades in parochial schools and churches. He noted most recommended changes have been completed, but did not inspect any sites that day.
Beginning October 1, a letter to London Dublin or Glasgow costs the same as to Covington. The rate to any place in Great Britain and Ireland drops to two cents, down from five. Postmaster Monfort received official notice of the change yesterday. If postage is omitted or short, double the amount will be charged to the recipients.
Browning, King & Company release a new catalogue showing sixty years of tailoring progress. It highlights youth and business dress styles for fall and winter, plus hats and haberdashery. The firm claims it is their best issue and offers copies on request.
The Cincinnati Law School on West Ninth Street opened for the new year with attendees including prospective students alumni and friends. Frank O Loveland Clerk of the United Circuit Court of Appeals spoke on Federal Court Practice and Prof Robert C Brooks outlined upcoming Political Science work. Dean Rogers noted class sizes unchanged and Judge Harmon will lecture on Constitutional Law.
Kilwinning Chapter No 97 holds a special convocation on Wednesday September 30 at 4 p.m. for Royal Arch Degree work. Masonry events invite visitors. Delta Chapter No 179 R A announces Past and Most Excellent Degree session at 7 30 with Ranke Schilling and Edward Rune as officers.
A sequence of death notices and funeral arrangements from Covington and nearby areas lists Louisa G. Eifert, Harry G. Glazier, Louise P. Rees, and Mary A Sellew with funeral times and residence details. Burial permits record multiple decedents including Allen Haysbert, Billy Denham, William Baehr, Anna Ault, Alice Pickley, Anna Campbell, Pasa Ch tman, Fred Ringgold, Ed, and Joseph Stroemer with ages and hospital or residence locations.
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