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Eighty-five Years in Business in CINCINNATI CONEY ISLAND—On Ohio River, 10 miles above city. Boats leave from foot of Broadway. De­ lightful river ride. LATONIA RACE COURSE—Located in a suburb of Covington, across the Ohio River on the Ken­ tucky side. Latonia or Rosedale (green) cars on Fourth, between Walnut and Vine. (Time about 40 minutes.) AUTOMOBILE TRIPS. One of the best ways to see the beauties of the Queen City is to take an automobile ride. Visitors may take a sight-seeing auto or individual cars. If visitors who engage autos for sight-seeing trips will instruct drivers to follow following route, they will be assured of a good general idea of Cincinnati, including visits to Eden Park, Burnet Woods and Mt. Storm Park, Walnut Hills, Hyde Park, glimpse of Norwood industrial district, Evan- ston, Avondale, Clifton, and a view of the Western Hills and Millcreek factory district. Time, two hours. Starting from Government Square, opposite Post Office; North on Main to Eighth. East on Eighth to Viaduct. Over Viaduct to Gilbert Avenue. Up Gilbert Avenue to Eden Park. Leave Eden Park via Park Avenue. North on Park Avenue to McMillan Street. East on McMillan to Woodburn Avenue. North on Woodburn Avenue to Madison Road. Follow Madison Road to Observatory. East on Observatory to Delta Avenue. South on Delta to Hardisty. East on Hardisty to Herschel. North on Herschel to Principio. East on Principio into Ault Park. Retrace route to Delta. North on Delta to Erie. Go west on Erie to Edwards Road. Then south on Edwards Road to Grandin Road. Follow Grandin Road to Madison Road. South on Madison Road to Vista Place. North on Vista Place to Duck Creek Road. Duck Creek Road to Dana Avenue. Dana Avenue through Winding Way to Read­ ing Road. Visit The Union Central Building The Union Central Building, is the show point of Cincinnati, Beautiful as is its exterior it is just as beautiful and interesting in its interior. Visitors are personally conducted through the building without charge at 10:30 A. M., 1:15 P. M. and 3:00 P. M. Admission to the observation balcony, 440 feet above the street, is 25c. The Union Central Life In­ surance Company, was established in Cincinnati in 1867 and now has insurance in force of over four hundred million dollars and assets of over one hundred and four million dollars. Because of its low death rate, low expenses of manage* ment and high rate of interest jinS- » « » • * .^ earned on gilt-edge investments, ^5 "'. it is the Low Cost Company. Agents JESSE R. CLARK, Everywhere President

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Art Museum and Art Academy. SUGGESTED CAR RIDES. Car Ride No, 1.—20 Minutes Round Trip. Zoo-Eden Park car, at Fourth and Walnut, east on Fifth Street to Mount Adams Incline, where car is lifted bodily 300 feet in a horizontal distance of 1,000. By standing on the platform at the rear of the car one can get a splendid view of downtown Cincinnati, and the trip is one always to be remem­ bered. Arriving at the summit, do not re-enter the car, but walk into the shed and turn to the left and visit the famous Rookwood Potteries, of world-wide fame, the products of which may be seen in any museum of note. From the pottery a splendid view of downtown Cincinnati and Kentucky Hills. From the pottery cross the car tracks to the Sterling Glass Company, where the making of cut glass may be seen. \ From here ten minutes' walk takes one to Eden Park and the Art Museum. The building on the hill at the right is the Monastery of the Holy Cross, beyond which (right summit, small hill) note cannon captured at Santiago in Span­ ish-American War. On the left, down the hill, is the Elsinore Gate, modeled after the gate in Elsinore Castle, Denmark (See "Hamlet"), and on the right down the hill, is a subsidiary water-works reservoir. The Art Museum is in a beautiful stone build­ ing in a commanding position, Schmidlapp Memorial 7" d 3 > rt •o k. CD (D a C o 0

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B Building at rear, and Art Academy in another Build­ ing. The Museum contains permanent collections of paintings, sculpture, metal work, ceramics, tex­ tiles, and other objects, including history of art in all its phases. Note painting by Titian, purchased by Mrs. Mary Emery, of Cincinnati, for $250,000. Leaving the Museum enjoy a walk around beautiful Eden Park, 400 acres in extent. Return by the same car line to the city, or continue through the residence section to the Zoological Garden on Gar Ride No. 2.—Hour and Quarter Round Trip. An extension of No. 1. Zoo-Eden Park car at Fourth and Walnut; up Mt. Adams Incline, tnrough Eden Park, Walnut Hills, to Zoo-Garden. After passing the Art Museum note the Eden Park Water- tower, the residence section, also Cincinnati Wom­ en's Club, German Protestant Orphan Asylumn Jewish Home for Aged and Infirm, Jewish Hospital, Cincinnati General Hospital, German Home for Aged Men. (See Page 25 for description of Zoolog­ ical Garden). Gar Ride No. 3.—Hour and a Half Round Trip. Fort Thomas, an infantry post, lies five miles across the river in Kentucky. Fort Thomas car, in front of Traction Building, fare five cents, time 45 minutes each way. The ride is a most pleasant one, the line winding about through Kentucky hills of much beauty. The Ohio River is crossed on the L. & N. Bridge, with central bridge (right) below, the Suspension Bridge further on below. We leaye the bridge in Newport, Ky., Covington lying about one mile farther down the river. Farther on we obtain (left) a fine view of opposite shore in vicinity of Eden Park; note Art Museum, City Reservoir Dam, and Water-tower. Fort Thomas is one of the important military posts of the country. Leaving the car at the square stone water-tower, note on its side bronze tablet commemorating men of the Sixth Regiment who fell in the war with Spain. Tablet erected by citizens of Cincinnati, Covington and Newport. From here walk down through beautiful grounds to point where magnificent view of river and opposite shore is had. This view is said to be one of the most beautiful to be found anywhere. Grounds at fort are nicely laid out and visitors may wander at will. 9 Furnish Your Home with STEINKAMP'S QUALITY FURNITURE AND RUGS It will Stand the test of ser­ vice and last you a lifetime.

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16 10 Gar Ride No. 4.—One^Hour Round Trip. Burnet Woods is a large parlc in natural forest, and may be reached by either Vine-Clifton or Clif­ ton-Elm car, from Fountain Square, or Clifton-Lud- low car from Sixth and Walnut, the two latter taking us direct to the University, and the former requiring a walk through the park to reach it. The University was founded from the estate of Charles McMicken, who endowed it with $850,000. The present buildings and grounds represent about $2,500,000. The University was founded in 1870, but the law and medical departments date back to 1819, being relics of older institutions merged with the University in 1897. ' The courses are mainly academic and engineering, the latter being remark­ ably complete, combining study with actual practical work. There is (building left) a Teachers' College, which is essentially a Teachers' Training School. The University is the only one in America supported by municipal tax, and in this respect is unique, more than half its revenue being thus derived. Adjoin­ ing (right) is the Van Wormer Library Building in Indiana sandstone, modified classic style, housing general college library, 60,000 volumes, and Library of the Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, very rich in Ohio Valley history. Across the street to the left is the magnificent new Hughes High School, also the Gerinaii Deaconess Hospital, He­ brew Union College and Good Samaritan Hospital. Gar Ride No. 5.—One Hour Round Trip. _A very pleasant car ride through Walnut Hills, via Gilbert Avenue line from Government Square, fare five cents.(^ Elsinore Gate, one of the entrances to Eden Park, will be seen (right) as we pass up Gilbert Avenue. On McMillan Street see (left) the Old Peoples' Home. Corner Woodburn and Madi­ son Road is the St. Francis de Sales Church, one of the finest specimens of Gothic Architecture in the West. Its bell is the second largest swinging bell in the United States. At the loop, we change to Vine-Norwood car foi: return to city, passing (cor­ ner Gilbert left) the Lane Theological Seminary, presided over for twenty years by Dr. Lyman Beecher, father of Henry Ward Beecher, and Har­ riet Beecher Stowe, who here wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which immortalized her name and had much to do with bringing on the Civil War. 11 When you cannot secure your wants in your home town, come to Cincinnati and Shop at HANKE'S AND SAVE MONEY Millinery — Ladies' Suits

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12 Car Ride No. 6.—Hour and a Half Round Trip. Spring Grove Cemetery may be reached by Clark Street car or Winton Place car; fare, five cents. One may go via one way and return by another. Spring Grove Cemetery is very beautiful. The grounds are 600 acres in extent. Carriage at gates will convey passengers about the grounds; fare, 15 cents. There are many beautiful and costly monu­ ments, the Fleischmann Mausoleum costing $60,000. The entrance and chapel is in Norman style.

STREET GAR LINES (Start From) Auburn Avenue Fifth and Walnut Sts. Avondale Fifth and Walnut Sts. Chapel street Sixth and Walnut Sts. Clark Street Fountain Square and Walnut St. Clifton-Elm Fifth and Vine Sts. Clifton-Ludlow Sixth and Walnut Sts. Colerain Avenue Fifth and Vine Sts. College Hill Sixth and Vine Sts. Cross-Town Eighth and State Ave. Delta Avenue Runs on Fourth St. East End Runs on Fourth St. Elberon Avenue Fourth and Vine Sts. Evanston Fifth and Main Sts. Fountian Square Fifth and Walnut Sts. Gilbert Avenue Fifth and Main Sts. Glendale Sixth and Walnut Sts. Highland Avenue Sixth and Walnut StS. John Street Fourth and Vine Sts. Lockland Sixth and Walnut Sts. McMicken-Elm Fourth and Vine Sts. McMicken-Main Sixth and Walnut Sts. Madison Road Fifth and Main Sts. Madisonville Fifth and Main Sts. North Fairmount Seventh and Vine Sts. North Norwood Fountain Square and Walnut St. Norwood Fourth and Walnut Sts. Oakley Fifth and Main Sts. Sedamsville Fifth and Vine Sts. Seventh Street Seventh and Vine Sts. Sixth Street Fifth and Vine Sts. South Norwood Sixth and Walnut Sts. Third and Fifth Streets.. . Pass Fourth and Vine Sts. Vine-Clifton Fountain Square and Walnut St. Vine-Bumet Sixth and Walnut Sts. Vine-Norwood Fourth and Vine Sts. Warsaw Avenue Fourth and Vine Sts. Westwood Sixth and Vine Sts. Winton Place Sbcth and Walnut Sts. Winton Road Spring Grove Ave. and Winton Rd. Zoo-Eden Park Fourth and Walnut Sts.

PLAGES AND THINGS OF INTEREST. ART MUSEUM AND ACADEMY—Eden Park. Cost $330,000. Art Academy in separate build­ ing. ^Academy has 400 students in drawing, 13 painting, and decorative art. Some famous paintings and art treasures are housed there. Zoo-Eden car, BEECHER, HOME OF LYMAN—N. E. corner of Gilbert and Foraker Avenues, Walnut Hills. Here Harriet Beecher Stowe lived while she was gathering material for "Uncle Tom's Cabin," and meeting the originals of the persons that figure in this story. Norwood, Vine-Norwood, or North Norwood cars. BURNET WOODS—Adjoining grounds of Cincin­ nati University, directly north of and two miles from Fountain Square. Contains over 163 acres, and is covered with grand old forest trees. Lake of about three acres. In the summer, every Satur­ day band concerts are given. (Cincinnati Uni­ versity may be seen on the trip.) Vine-Clifton, Clifton-Elm, Clifton-Ludlow cars. CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MUSIC—Adjoining Music Hall. Elm, north of twelfth. Clifton- Elm, Colerain Avenue, McMicken-Elm cars. William Traxel Art Store 206 W. 4th St. CINCINNATI, O,

Let us frame your Pic­ tures. Our Stock of Carved Wood Photo Frames in Antique and Roman Golds and Picture Mouldings of every description is complete. Some Choice Art Novel­ ties; Artists' Material; China to Decorate. Paintings by Cincinnati Artists a specialty. Give us a trial. You will not consider (our Prices unreasonable. 14 CINCINNATI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC— Highland, Burnet and Oak. Highland Avenue and Vine-Burnet cars. CINCINNATI UNIVERSITY—In Burnet Woods. Comprises McMicken, Cunningham and Hanna Halls, providing quarters for Graduate School, Colleges of Liberal Arts, Engineering, and Col­ lege for Teachers. Only University in the West­ ern Hemisphere which is part of a public school system. Clifton-Elm car at Fifth and Vine or Clifton-Ludlow car. CITY HALL—Constructed of granite and Amherst stone; cost over $2,000,000. The tower is 32 feet square and 250 feet high. Situated at Eighth, Ninth, Plum and Central Avenue. College Hill, Elberon Avenue, Sedamsville, Warsaw, Westwood cars. NOTE.—(Special attention is called to the various styles of architecture to be seen at the corner of Eighth and Plum Streets. The City Hall is a good example of modern archi­ tecture, while in St. Peter's Cathedral, on the southwest comer, is to be found a fine example of pure Grecian style. The old Unitarian Church, on the northeast comer, follows the Arabian style, and a Jewish Temple, on aq? south­ east comer, is built after the old Gothic style.) CITY HOSPITAL, NEW—Magnificent group of buildings on Burnet Avenue, within sight of the Zoological Garden. Cost $4,000,000 and is finest municipal hospital in the world, well worth a visit. Vine-Burnet, Highland Avenue, or Glendale cars. CLOVERNOOK—On the Hamilton Pike, near College Hill. This was the home of Alice and Phoebe Cary. The Gary property was purchased by William A. Procter and presented to the Trader Sisters to be used as an institution for the blind. The historic homestead is now known as The Clovernook Home for the Blind. College Hill car. COLLEGE HILL—One of Cincinnati's most pic­ turesque suburbs. Contains one of the finest private residences in the country, the Thompson home, an exact reproduction of the French Palace, The Trianon. Also the Ohio Military Institute, the homestead of Phoebe and Alice Cary. (See Clovernook.) College Hill car, Ohio Electric. COURTHOUSE—Old building at Court and Main, being torn down for magnificent new building. Temporary courthouse at Sixth and Broad- 52 15 SAVE TIME AND MONEY BY WAITING ON YOURSELF AT CINCINNATI'S ONLY r^'^f -I* StLF-SERYING! CLOTHES SHOP Specializing on Clothes for young men at two prices only Quality Clothes $9.99 Gold Bond Clothes $15. 00

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16 way. Auburn Avenue, Clifton-Ludlow, Lock- land, McMicken-Main, Third and Fifth Street cars. EDEN PARK—One of the city's largest and most beautiful parks. Located in Walnut Hills on the crest of Mt. Adams. Commands fine views of the city and several of its suburbs, and the Ohio River for several miles. Contains lakes, reservoirs, greenhouses, a water-tower, beautiful driveways and stone-arched bridges, and an abundance of trees and grass, with rest and shelter houses. Area, 400 acres. Zoo-Eden car line passes through the park. The Gilbert Avenue, Evanston, Madi­ son Road, Madisonville, and Oakley cars pass the Gilbert Avenue entrance. The Zoo-Eden cars also pass the Art Museum and Art Academy. Band concerts Sunday afternoons during the summer season. FERNBANK DAM—Largest movable river dam in world. In the Ohio River below Cincinnati. Cost $1,300,000. Sedamsville car to Anderson's Ferry and Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg and Aurora Traction from Anderson's Ferry, Traction cars leave on the even hour; fare each way, 15 cents; FORT THOMAS—A reservation of the United States, in the Highlands of Kentucky. Used as an infantry army post. Area 111 acres, 59 build­ ings. Water-tower, a beautiful stone structure at entrance, is 102 feet high. Magnificent view of Ohio River and Little Miami River valley. Fort Thomas (green) cars at Fifth and Walnut. FORT WASHINGTON—On Third Street, between Broadway and Ludlow. Its site is marked by a monument standing at Third and Ludlow Streets. The fort was built by the National Government in 1789, and covered fifteen acres. It was the sta­ tion from which all expeditions against the hos­ tile Indians started during the years 1789-1794. It was the eastern boundary of Cincinnati as originally laid out. Walking distance. FRANKLIN AND LA FAYETTE BANKS, OLD— On Third Street, west of Main. This building is now occupied by a Creek church. It has a portico of Doric columns, and was built after the model of the Parthenon. Walking distance. 17 ATTRACTIVE FURNISHINGS,

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18 Elsinore Gate, Eden Park. GARRETT HOUSE, OLD—23 East Eighth Street. Here Thomas Buchanan Read wrote "Sheridan's Ride." Walking distance, or North Norwood, Clark, or Vine-Clifton cars. GLENDALE FARM FOR DELINQUENT BOYS —Springfield Pike. The most modern methods for reclaiming delinquent boys. Glendale car. GOVERNMENT BUILDING AND CUSTOM HOUSE—A magnificent granite structure which cost over $6,000,000. It is located on the north side of Fifth, between Main and Walnut. KEMPER HOMESTEAD—The original block house was built by the Rev. James Kemper, the first settler of Walnut Hills, which stood on Kem­ per Lane, and is now preserved in the Zoological Garden. LANE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY—Gilbert Avenue and Locust Street, Walnut Hills. It was founded in 1829. Dr. Lyman Beecher was ap­ pointed its president in 1830, and took charge in 1832. Among its students was his son, Henry Ward Beecher, who, in 1836, conducted for a year the Cincinnati Journal. Norwood, Vine-Nor­ wood, or North Norwood cars. LINCOLN PARK—Freeman _ Avenue, Hopkins and Kenner Streets. Contains several acres of land, well shaded and equipped. Clark Street, Seventh Street or Fairmount cart. (Lincoln Park may be visited en-route to the ball park.) 19 LITERARY CLUB OF CINCINNATI—25 East Eighth Street. This was organized in 1849, and has been continuously identified with every literary activity of Cincinnati. It is probably the oldest club of its kind in the United States. Walking distance, or North Norwood, Clark Street, or Vine-Clifton cars. LLOYD MUSEUM—224 Court Street, near Elm; free admission. Collection of dried fungi larger than in all other museums in the world com­ bined. One-half block west of No. 303 W. Court Street, is the Lloyd Library with 20,000 volumes, LYTLE PARK—On the square between Lawrence and Pike and Fourth and Third Streets. Here is the site of the old Lytle homestead, built in 1810, by the grandfather of the poet and soldier. General William H. Lytle,'author of the famous lyric "Antony and Cleopatra." The old building was torn down in 1898 and the property converted into a public park. Walking distance.

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22 STERLING GLASS WORKS—Just across the street car tracks from Rookwood Pottery. Manu­ facturing fine line of cut glass ware. Very inter­ esting to visit. Zoo-Eden car, SUSPENSION BRIDGE—Oldest bridge of its kind in the United States. Second Street, between Walnut and Vine. STOCK YARDS—Although the great development of cattle growing in the.Western States has moved the packing center westward, slaughtering and meat packing is one of Cincinnati's principal in­ dustries; there being sixty-one establishments, with an annual output of $20,000,000 per year. The Cincinnati Stock Yards were famous before Chicago was known as a packing town. TAFT HOME—On Pike Street, between Third and Fourth. It is one of the few old homes still standing. It was built in 1825 by Martin Baum, &.nd is now the residence of Charles P Taft, brother of Ex-President William H. Taft, Walk­ ing distance. TROLLOPE'S BAZAAR—Near the site of the southwest blockhouse of Fort Washington, on Third Street, east of Broadway, and replaced by the present Lorraine Building. The Bazaar was founded by Mrs. TroUope, mother of Anthony TroUope, the great English novelist. Mrs. Trol- lope lived with her four children in Cincinnati from 1828 to .1830. Walking distance. TYLER-DAVIDSON FOUNTAIN—Fifth, between Vine and Walnut Streets. Presented to the city by Henry Probasco. Designed by August Von Krehling, and cast by Ferdinand Von Muller, Trustee of the Royal Bronze Foundry of Bavaria. Cost over $200,000. THE UNION CENTRAL LIFE BUILDING— Fourth and Vine Streets, 34 stories, 495 feet above, and 4 stories, 40 feet below the street level. The tallest building of any inland city in the world. The cost of the building and lot, $3,584,000. The home office of the Union' Central Life Insur­ ance Company, a Cincinnati institution. Guides furnished. Visitors welcome. It is also the home of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. WASHINGTON PARK—Opposite Music Hall, bounded by Race, Twelfth and Elm. One of Cin- 23 THE SUPERIORITY OF wr 09 Garm ents For Women

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Race Street, Near Fifth CINCINNATI, O. 24 cinnati's most beautifail downtown parks. Once a cemetery. During the summer months free concerts are given here. WATER WORKS—Cincinnati now has one of the finest pumping and filtering plants in existence. Great engineers from all parts of the world have visited the plant at California, a Cincinnati suburb. Extreme eastern end of city, at a point considered one of the most picturesque on the Ohio River. East End car, C. G. & P., I. R. T. traction car from Fourth and Sycamore. ZOOLOGICAL GARDEN—North-central part of the city and directly at the head of Vine Street. Area over 63 acres. Has among largest animal collections in the United States, and its reputation extends around the world, not only on this account, but also for its scenic beauty; fine club­ house on the grounds; concerts twice daily throughout the summer season. Has 2,000 birds, beasts, and reptiles, finest giraffe in the world, biggest hippopotamus in the United States, largest buffalo. Grounds and animal houses open every day in the year. Zoo-Eden, Auburn Avenue, Lockland or Glendale cars. Rookwood Pottery, the Art Museum, and the Zoological Garden may all be reached by the same car line, so the visitors may see these in succession, passing through beautiful Eden Park, and getting a glimpse of Walnut Hills, one of the city's nu­ merous hill-top suburbs. This is sufficient to give the visitor an afternoon crowded with interest.

PLACES OF INTEREST NEAR CINCINNATI. (Prehistoric in Ohio.) FORT ANCIENT—Six miles east of Lebanon (the home of Thomas Corwin), on the banks of the Little Miami River, is located Fort Ancient, a most interesting monument of the pre-historic period. It seems to have been a fortification in­ tended to guard the passage up and down the Little Miami River. See directions for reaching Lebanon. SERPENT MOUND—This ancient earthwork is located six miles north of Peebles Station, Adams county, on the N. & W. Railroad. It was pur- 25 -oi) 0 •P4 CO ^ pa 43 rs . ishing s n Hote l en' s Fur n nt o

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26 chased by Harvard University in the year 1887, and is at present a park open to the public. Its importance as an object of archeological interest is well known. Norfolk and Western train at 6:40 a. m. from Court Street station. Returning leaves Peebles at 3:28, arriving at 5:57 p. m. Fare, $1.45 each way.

(Historic in Ohio.) GREENVILLE—^This village was the scene of a number of important events in the history of the Northwest Territory. Near here, in November, 1791, Governor St. Clair met with the defeat by the Indians, which set back the settlement of this district for a number of years. It was also at this point that the Indians later acknowledged their defeat by Gen. Anthony Wayne, through the signing of the treaty of Greenville, in 1793. Greenville lies eighty-five miles north of Cincin­ nati on the Big Four Railway. The fare is $1.75. Train leaves Central Union Station at 6:55 a. m. Returning, leaves Greenville at 3:55, arriving in Cincinnati at 7:15 p. m. HAMILTON, OHIO—Hamilton, Ohio, is the site of the ancient Fort Hamilton, built on the banks of the Big Miami River, in the year 1791, as a depot for supplies, in the campaijpjn which General St. Clair proposed to wage against the Indians. The site of the Fort is marked by an appropriate tablet, and there stands near at hand a museum which contains many objects of considerable his­ torical value, Hamilton is on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railroad, twenty miles distant from Cincinnati. The fare is less than 50 cents. An hour's ride. LEBANON, OHIO, The Home of Thomas Cor­ win—The home of Thos, Corwin, Ohio's greatest orator in the period which preceded the Civil War, is located at Lebanon, Ohio, twenty-nine miles from Cincinnati. The mansion which he occupied can readily be visited, as it still stands, and is at present in the hands of his descendants. Lebanon is located on the Cincinnati, Lebanon and Northern Railroad. The fare is a little over 50 cents. An hour's ride. 27 STEINWAY

fm f' HBHLBV^^MB^^^ Other Steinway Makes ^3^^^^m^ 3^J Pianos Pianos and $500.00 Piano and up. Players $250.00 and up. EASY TERMS While in Cincinnati make your head­ quarters at our store. We take great pleasure in being of service to out of town friends and patrons. STEINWAY & SONS 118 W, Fourth St. Cincinnati, O.

MARIETTA, OHIO—Marietta bears the distinc­ tion of being the first settlement to be made in Ohio by the emigrants from New England. Un­ der the leadership of General Rufus Putnam, one of those who formed the Ohio Company, they ar­ rived in April, 1788, and founded this settlement, first known as Campus Martius, later as Marietta. Although also on the Ohio River, Marietta is 206 miles' distant from Cincinnati on the B. & 0. Railway. Train leaves Central Union Station at 8:00 a. m., arriving at Marietta via Belpre, 3:34 p. m. Leave Marietta 10:20 a. m. next day, arriving in Cincinnati, 5:25 p. m. Or, returning by night, leave Marietta at 7 p. m., arriving in Cincinnati 1:40 a. m.

NORTH BEND, OHIO—15 miles down the river. Here are located three points of interest: l._ The tomb of William Henry Harrison, first president elected from. Ohio. Nearby was situ­ ated the famous Old Log Cabin, sung^about in the campaign of 1840. 28 2. The grave of John Cleves Symmes, to whom Congress in 1792 granted the whole Ohio River front lying between the North Bend, was intended to be the chief settlement in the grant, but it did not flourish as did its rival settlements farther up the river, 3, The home of John J. Piatt and his wife, Sarah Piatt, the "Browning ot the West.' Sedamsville car connects at Anderson's Ferry with the traction line Which runs directly to North Bend. (10c fare.) POINT PLEASANT, OHIO, Birthplace and Home of Grant—Ulysses S. Grant was born at Point Pleasant, Clermont county, Ohio, about five miles above New Richmond, but before he was a year old, his parents removed to Georgetown, and it was at this point that Grant spent his boyhood. Grant's home, the tannery of his father, and the schoolhouse which he attended, are to be seen there, Georgetown, the county-seat of Brown county, is located forty-two miles southeast of Cincinnati on the C. G, & P. Railway (Electric), Car leaves Sycamore Street station at 8:35 a. m. Fare, $1.30 round trip, (Historic in Kentucky.) BOONESBOROUGH, KY.—This is the oldest set­ tlement established by English-speaking people, to be discovered anywhere in the Mississippi Valley, since it was founded April 1, 1775, by Daniel Boone, It lies on the west bank of the Kentucky River, about 150 miles from Cincinnati, by way of L. & N, Railway. The fare is $3.00. LEXINGTON, KY.—Lexington is the center of the Blue Grass Region, the most fertile district of Kentucky. It was established in 1779, by Colonel Robert Patterson, who afterwards led the survey­ ing party to the site of Cincinnati. Lexington is 83 miles distant from Cincinnati on the Q. & C. Railway; 99 miles via L. & N. Railway. LINCOLN'S BIRTHPLACE (near Hodgenville, Ky.)—^Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin, three miles distant from Hodgenville, and four­ teen from Elizabethtown, La Rue county, Ken­ tucky, and here his birthplace still stands, a monu- 29 Ladies' Stylish Apparel Very Moderately Priced SUITS COATS DRESSES WAISTS SKIRTS MILLINERY CHILDREN'S COATS, DRESSES It will please us much to have you visit our Store—Come, if only to look and compare.

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30 Music Hall ment to his memory. Elizabethtown is about fifty miles south of Louisville on the L. & N. Railroad, From Elizabethtown, a branch line of the railway runs to Hodgenville. Train leaves Cin­ cinnati at 11:15 a. m,, reaching Elizabethtown at 4:10 p, m. Returning, leaves Elizabethtown at 11:48 a, m,, arriving in Cincinnati at 4:30 p. m. MAMMOTH CAVE, KY.—Mammoth Cave and Colossal Cavern are 200 miles distant from_ Cin­ cinnati on the L. & N. Railroad. The trains of this railroad leave the Pennsylvania station in Cincinnati and stop at Glasgow Junction, where a branch road, 8H miles in length, leads to the cave. A most excellent hotel. The Mammoth Cave Hotel, is located near the mouth of the Cave. Rates are $2.50 and $3.00 per day American plan. There are four routes through Mammoth Cave, and the charge is $2.00 for the first trip, and $1,00 for each succeeding trip. The regular round trip fare from Cincinnati to Mammoth Cave is $10, but if a party of twenty-five or more desire to go the rates will be $6.25. Special rates are also quoted for smaller parties. Leaving Cincinnati at 11:15 a. m., arrive Mammoth Cave, 6:10 p. m.; leave Mammoth Cave at 8:00 p. m., next day, ar­ rive in Cincinnati at 7:20 a. m. of third day. MAYSVILLE, KY.—M a y s v i 11 e was formerly known as Limestone, from its location on the river 31 TO OUR VISITORS

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Conveniently located on Fourth Street, just east of Vine, opposite the Sinton Hotel. CINCINNATI 32 of that name. It was established as early as 1784, and because of the Fort found there, was one of the principal stopping points for the emigrants who came down the Ohio River. Maysville is on the C. & O. Railway, 100 miles east of Cincinnati. Fare $2.00. (Historic in Indiana.) VINCENNES, IND.—No settlement of the West was more identified with its earlier history than Vincennes, Ind. This, one of the original posts established by the French to insure their claim to the Valley, of the Mississippi, later came into the hands of the English by the treaty of 1763. From them it was taken by George Rogers Clark, and helped establish the western boundary of the United _ States at the Mississippi River. Vin­ cennes is 200_ miles distant from Cincinnati on the B. & O. Railway. Train leaves Central Union station at 9:00 a. m., arriving at Vincennes at 1:58 p. m. Leaves Vincennes, 5:29 a. m., arriving in Cincinnati at 10:40 a. m., or, leaving Vincennes at 3:30 p. m., arriving in Cincinnati at 8:15 p. m.

INDUSTRIAL CINCINNATI. It is at the center of 75 per cent of the popula­ tion of the country; has 2,827 manufacturing estab­ lishments, with no one industry predominating, principal products being machine tools, soap, cloth­ ing, boots and shoes, printing and publishing, liquors, slaughtering and packing, furniture, leather, sheet metal, special machinery, printing inks, wood-work­ ing machinery, lumber and timber products; good supply of American labor, skilled and intelligent, is available; low rates on gas and electric power, and is close^ to the highest grade coal fields; is in close proximity to sources of iron and wood, the essen­ tials in manufacturing; has excellent transportation facilities to and from all parts of the country; tele­ phone service equal to any in the country; taxation is low; temperature is comparatively mild in winter and summer, with few extremes of heat or cold; the cost of food here is low; we have a splendid health department safe-guarding the health of the community; in educational facilities we are excelled by none, the public school system ranges from kindergartens to a university, and has day and night, and academic, industrial, and other courses, 33 Cincinnati's Newest Feminine Shop

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34 the schools are housed in new or completely re­ constructed buildings; and the means of recreation include public parks, amusment parks, private out­ door and indoor clubs, museums, libraries, theatres, etc.

INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. Industries within city limits, 2,184. Industries in metropolitan district (10 miles), 2,827 (1909 census). Years Increase Capital invested in industries. $212,554,469 10 74.2% Wage earners 80,332 10 24.7% Salaried officials, clerks, etc... 12,646 10 85.5% Total factory employees 92,978 10 30. % Factory payrolls 57,337,552 10 67.6% Materials used 139,107,661 10 69.1% Factory output 260,339,619 10 68.6% Bank clearings, 1913 $1,317,212,300 Bank Clearings, 1914 1,293,367,050 Banking capital, 1913 19,347,300 Deposits, 1913 127,407,089 Total banking assets, 1913 182,480,478 Building construction, Cincinnati proper (not including suburbs outside city limits on Kentucky side). 1910 $ 8,052,915 1912 $9,398,202 1911 13.383,600 1913 8,348,432 Post Office receipts (12 months) $2,873,074.65 Postal Savings Banks receipts 645,465.18 FACTORY DISTRICTS—Cincinnati has many interesting manufacturing districts and industrial suburbs. The Norwood district contains fifty- three manufacturing plants, some of them the largest of their kind in the world. Norwood, North Norwood, Vine-Norwood, or South Nor­ wood cars. In Oakley, there is a group of large machine tool, electrical, and other industries, having a co-operative plan for procuring water, heat, foundry castings, and other facilities. At least one factory the largest of its kind in the United States. Oakley car. In St. Bernard are located great factories making soap, candles, chemicals, and other products. Lockland or Glendale cars. In the Wes't End are located the carriage making plants, and many other indus- 35 J. m. amm ^ co.

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Stifled and Conceived CO meet the exacting requirements o. Women of Fashion fourth St., mileet^lDine anb 1Race 36 tries. Along Spring Grove Avenue and Colerain Avenue there are many machine tool and other industries of great variety. Colerain, Clark Street, and other car lines. The East End cars reach another industrial district, while the bot­ toms district, in walking distance, has many industries. FUEL AND POWER—Remarkably low cost of fuel and power. Coal by rail and river (no short­ age) from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and East­ ern Kentucky fields—^the best in the country as proved by government tests. Practically unlim­ ited supply, great variety. Steam coal delivered for $1.60 per ton; average 14,000 B. T. U. Natural gas, 1,100 B. T. U., 12 cents to 30 cents per 1,000 cubic feet. Electric current at low rates, depending upon installation and consumption. Soft water, from municipal plant, rated capa­ city, 128,000,000 gallons per day; 8 cents per 100 cubic feet. RAW MATERIALS—On account of central loca­ tion Cincinnati has at its door the three essential things to most lines of manufacture; fuel—highest quality, low in price, ample supply at all seasons of the year; lumber—hard and soft wood, the largest hardwood market in the United States; iron—Northern and Southern with low transpor­ tation rates. Clay, lime, cotton, and certain min­ eral deposits are easy of access. Cincinnati does not depend upon any single material for its indus­ trial success. MARKETS—75 per cent of the population of the United States live within 600 miles. In this dis­ trict is a great agricultural, mining, and manu­ facturing population. 13.1 per cent of the manu­ facturing of the United States is done in the five States, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennes­ see, and Indiana—Cincinnati's nearest market territory. TRANSPORTATION—Cincinnati is a rate break­ ing point; a decided advantage in freight rates over cities located either north or south of the Ohio River. 37 Visit the BIG STORE when you come to Cincinnati. Enjoy the wonderful money-Savings this famous store offers in Every­ thing to Wear for Men and Boys -

Sattsfactcon guAranteeJ or your money rzfunded IZZl Everybody goes to t0 I WEST FIFTH ST. Bet. Centnil Ave, and John St | CINCINNATI Terminal of 13 railroads. Cincinnati Southern, 335 miles long, owned by the city. 600 package cars daily; trap car service by all roads. Switching limits 25 miles east and west, 20 miles north and south. Switching charges gen­ erally absorbed. Eighty-five freight stations and team tracks within switching limits. Nine interurban lines; total length, 342.85 miles, besides system to Kentucky cities. Plans about completed for $15,000,000 subway interurban entrance and rapid transit system. Street railway, one system witn transfers, 5-cent fare. Ohio River now being brought to nine-foot stage by government dams; in a few years all the year round river traffic to the Gulf.

FORCEFUL FACTS ABOUT CINCINNATI.

Cincinnati covers an area of 72 square miles,_as compared to 37 square miles in 1902. Cincinnati is larger in area than St. Louis, Boston, Cleveland, Baltimore, Pittsburg, Detroit, Buffalo, and San Francisco. Population, metropolitan district (1914 estimate), 600,000. City proper (1914 estimate), 420,000. Cincinnati has 960 miles of streets and alleys (608 miles improved), 463.6 miles of sewers, 2,500 acres of public parks, 24 municipal playgrounds, 700 men on its police force, 615 in its fire department, owns property worth $145,000,000, and has an as­ sessed propertv valuation of $706,613,000. Center of market, being within 24 hours of 76,000,000 people. The largest center of hardwood lumber in the world. 39 Map of Downtown District

Embraces 8.5 square miles, about 12 per cen 40 DEPOTS. No. Central Union Depot 1 C.H.&D. Depot.. 2 Court Street Depot 4 Fourth Street Depot 22 Pennsylvania Depot 3 HOTELS Alms Hotel , 17 Dennison Hotel.., 16 Grand Hotel , 13 Havlin Hotel 9 Honing Hotel 41 Hotel Emery 8 Hotel Gibson 6 Hotel Sinton 5 Lackman Hotel... 7 Metropole Hotel.. 12 Oxford Hotel 39 Palace Hotel 10 Princeton Hotel... 38 Rand Hotel 37 Savoy Hotel 11 Stag Hotel 14 SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, ETC. Art Museum and Art School 35 College of Music 46 Conservatory of Music 47 Guilford School 36 Hebrew Union College 33 Hughes High School...... 31 Lane Seminary 45 Ohio Mechanics Institute (Emery Auditorium) 29 St. Xavier's College 48 University of Cincinnati... 32 Woodward High School.... 30 OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST. Business Men's Club 49 Cincinnati Baseball Park (Redlahd Field) 51 City Hall. 23 Court House 24 .Coney Island Landing 44 Hamilton County Memorial mPORTANT BUILDimS Hall 28 MUSIC HALL. 27 STEAM RAlLtiOADS NewY.M. C. A 25 roUNTAIN SQUARE Old Hospital 26 CmnBCR OF COtlMEKL Post Office 20 UNION CmTRAL Lire Public Library 19 PREPfiifco BY ^^^ Rookwood Pottery 34 CINCINNATI CHAMBEH OFCOMMeHU Sterling Glass Works 50 t. of Total Area 41 Shoes, Hosiery, Quality Waists, Merchandise. Kimonos, Underwear Lingerie, Styles Neckwear, Up to the Handkerchiefs, Minute. Leather Goods

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42 Cincinnati has the largest factory in the United States manufacturing non-wabbling brass beds, which have found their way into thousands of homes all over the United States. Only city in the United States owning a steam railroad (Cincinnati Southern—335 miles long). Only city in the United States conducting a Uni­ versity as a part of the public school system. Leads the world in the manufacture and quality of machine tools. Leads the world in the manufacture of wood­ working machinery. Produces more soap than any other city in the United States.

Leads the world in the manufacture of prison and ornamental iron. Has the largest office-furniture factory in the world. In close proximity to center of the largest soft- coal producing fields in the world. Has the largest and most complete liquor bottle factory in the world. Greatest theatrical poster printing center in the United States. First compressed yeast factory in the United States was established in Cincinnati. Only spool cotton thread factory west of New England. Largest factory in the United States for making concrete block machinery. Ranks third in the manufacture of jewelry. Leads in the export',;of special pianos built in special designs for tropical and other countries. 43 Suits Coats Dresses Furs Skirts Waists MilUnerv, and Children's Wear

You're wel­ come whether you come to buy or merely to look. SHOP AT KLINE'S Browning, King k Co. Fifth and Race Streets, CINCINNATI Visit This Store i Men ^"^ Boys WE ENJOY A NATIONAL REPUTATION

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EVERY WEDNESDAY WE OFFER SOME ARTICLE AT A SPECIAL PRICE MEN'S AND BOYS' Furnishings, Hats and Clothing EXCLUSIVE —STYLES— Browning, King k Co.

45 Leads in the production of cigar boxes. Is a leading shoe-manufacturing center. Ranks third in the manufacture of electrical machinery. Makes more playing cards than any other city in the world. Has the second largest leather supply house. Has the second largest factory in the world for the manufacture of baseballs and baseball supplies. Headquarters of the largest printing-ink indus­ try in the United States. Largest factory in the world devoted exclusively to the manufacture of washing machines. Has one of the largest tanneries and one of the largest trunk factories in the world.

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17EASTFIFTH AVE,''426VINEST. 46 Over 7,000 pupils in night elementary and high schools. First Industrial Exposition was held in Cincin­ nati. U. S. Weather Bureau was started through Cin­ cinnati Chamber of Commerce's effort.

Cincinnati .had first paid baseball club in the world. Likewise the first paid fire department in A.merica. First American champagne was made in Cin cinnati.

First steam fire engine was made in Cincinnati. First suspension bridge in the United States was built in Cincinnati. First American Saengerfest was held in Cin­ cinnati.

First American I'urnverein was organized in Cincinnati. Largest center for manufacture of copper stills and appliances. Ranks third in the manufacture of street cars. Population, city proper, 420,000. Tax rate, per $1,000, $15.46. Gross debt, $64,775,250. Net debt, $25,519,518. Municipal revenues, $15,000,000 annually. Internal revenue collections, $16,722,888.61. Water pumped, 1914, 18,561,145,474 gallons. Annual attendance playgrounds, 1,003,000. 47 Are You as Well Dressed as You Would Like to Be?

Do your girls look as smart as any in your town

Does your boy's clothing fit and wear as well as it ought to 9 Are your surroundings as at­ tractive as your neighbors'

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The H. & S. POGUE CO. Fourth and Race Streets CINCINNATI 48 CINCINNATI'S GREATEST STORE

TRIP to Cincinnati would not A be complete without visiting our store. Come direct from the Railroad or Interurban Station. Anyone can direct you. We are oppo­ site Cincinnati's famous fountain.

Rest and writing Rooms for your convenience. Hand baggage or par­ cels may be checked without charge.

The Mabley & Garew Go. FIFTH & VINE STS. Opposite -Fountain CINCINNATI, OHIO

49 "CHEER UP" We have established a special department to handle PARCEL POST ORDERS Send us your DRY CLEANING AND DYEING Get the benefit of CINCINNATI PRICES

We are the largest DRY CLEANERS and DYERS in the middle ^west and employ 175 skilled and experienced workmen. We have 35 "CHEER UP" service offices in CINCINNATI

Our Department for handling Women's Fine Wearing Apparel can not be sur­ passed anywhere, and our charges are Extremely Reasonable. DRY CLEANING AND PRESSING PRICE LIST Men's Suits, $1.00 Men's Overcoats, 1.00 Ladies Suits, 1.00 up (According to style) Send for special Parcel Post Price List and Booklet of General Dry Cleaning Information. TheFENTON DRY CLEANING and DYEING CO., Inc. 3201 Reading Road Cincinnati, o- 50 THE NEW CINCINNATI—EVIDENCE. Working out plans for bringing into the heart of the city ail interurban roads over a belt-line loop and subway entrance to be built at a cost of $10,000,000, involving the abandonment within the city limits of the old Miami and Erie Canal and the construction in its place of a subway, and over that a boulevard to cost $2,000,000.

New Hamilton County Court House, to cost two and a half million dollars. Erected by The Union Central Life Insurance Company (its home office)—^the largest office build­ ing in any inland city in the world; also new home of the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce. Opening of the new Hotel Gibson, a modern hotel of 500 rooms. Opening of the new Hotel Metropole, 178 rooms.

Completion of finest municipal hospital in the world at a cost of $4,000,000. New $350,000 tuberculosis hospital. Cincinnati, with its new $20,000,000 water­ works, has the lowest typhoid-fever death rate of any large American city. Increasing in one year the park acreage of the city 159 per cent, fifteen hundred acres in two years.

Building of three magnificent new high schools and opening of new playgrounds and athletic fields. Voting of bonds for new Convention Hall. Annexation to Cincinnati of eleven suburbs with a population of over 20,000. Completion of the largest movable dam in the world in the Ohio River below Cincinnati. Building of new skyscraper, home of the Cin­ cinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone Co. 51 CINCINNATI'S

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-^S GINCINNATI'S LARGEST '^^ Distributors of Men's Furnish­ ings, anyone of our very conveniently located stores is ttie proper place to buy Men's Furnishings.

V^OU SELECT jFROM the largest and \r most complete stocks—for every "Golde" Store carries an extensive assortment of everything in Men's Furnishings. And, every article—no matter what it is—is guaranteed to be exactly as represented—while the prices asked are, indeed, moderate for the qualities offered

ND, WHEN YOU come to Cincinnati, you and your friends have a right, in fact—we urge you—to make any "' Golde" Store your home.

&Co. 537 Vine St. 3 East Fifth St. 413 Walnut St. 5 West Sixth St. 436 Vine St. S.W. Cor. 12th and Main S. E. Cor. Fifth and Race Sts.

53 Opening of new Cincinnati ball park, costing $400,000, and ranking among the best in the United States. Financing of new Permanent Manufacturers' Exhibit Building. Completion of new Gilbert Avenue, Ludlow Avenue, Eastern Avenue, and Hopple Street Viaducts.

Erection of new skyscraper at Sixth and Main by the Vanderbilts of New York. Voting of bonds for $3,000,000 for new sewer system.

Increase of membership of the Cincinnati Cham­ ber of Commerce from 800 to 2,000 in one year.

TRUTH reiterated from day to day, forms the strong­ est link in the advertising of any business. If you appreciate the Value of advertising that rings true, you will be interested in the Nation wide efforts of the Associated Adver­ tising Clubs of the World to stamp out un­ truthful advertising. Where Truth PREVAILS confidence in you, and your goods prevail. Many of the Retail Merchants of Cincinnati are members of this organization, and helped to place the Fraudulent Advertising Law on the Statute Books of Ohio. If you are in­ terested in this great movement, or desire speakers, address ADVERTISERS CLUB of Cincinnati 64 Ground purchased and money raised for $500,000 Y. M. C. A. Building at Elm and Canal Streets. More conventions are being entertained in Cin­ cinnati in 1915 than ever before.

CHARITIES AND SOCIAL AGENCIES. (For full details upon all lines embraced above call Council of Social Agencies, 807 Neave Bldg., Fourth and Race Streeta, Main 840.

CHURCHES—REPRESENTATIVE. Avondale M. E Forest, between Washington and Burnet Avondale Presbyterian Reading Road and Lee Place Central Christiem Church Ninth, opposite City Hall Christ Church and Parish House (Episcopal),.. 318 E. Fourth Church of the Advent (Episcopal), Kemper Lane, south of McMillan, Walnut Hills Church of the Covenant Eighth and Eimi Church of the New Jerusalem Oak and Winslow Sts, First Church of Christ, Scientist 2315 Park Reading Room, 16th floor First National Bank Bldg. First German Reformed Church, Southwest comer Freeman and Hulbert First Holland Christian Reformed, Mulberry, between Frintz and Vine First English Evangelical Lutheran.'. 1210 Race St. First Italian Presbyterian Church Barr and Mound First Reformed Presbyterian Church, Plum, between Eighth and Ninth First United Presbyterian Church Sinton and Nassau First German Reformed Freeman and Hulbert First German M. E.. Race, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth First German United Brethren Clinton and Baymiller First Universalist Essex Place, opposite Crown First Congregational Unitarian.... ReadingJRoad and Sinton Friends Meeting House (Orthodox), Northwest comer Eighth and Mound German Evangelical Protestant Church, St. Paul, Southwest comer Fifteenth and Race Hyde Park M. E Madison Road and Oakley Holy Congregation, Children of Jeshurum, Southeast comer Plum and Eighth K. K. Bene Israel Rockdale and Harvey Lincoln Park Institutional Baptist Betts and Freeman New Thought Temple 2625 Gilbert Ave. Ninth Street Baptist...... Ninth, between Vine and Race Roumanian Baptist Church Dayton, opposite Whiteman Salvation A.rmy. : 114-116 E. Eighth St. 65 St. Francis de Sales (Catholic). .Madison Road and Woodburtl St. Peter's Cathedral (Catholic) Eighth and Plum Sts. St. John's Protestant Church (German Evangelical), Northwest comer Twelfth and Elm St. Trias (Greek Orthodox) 124 E. Third St. Paul's M. E Seventh and Smith St. Paul's Cathedral (Episcop^) Seventh and Plum St. Xavier (Catholic). .Sycamore, between Sixth and Seventh Seventh Day Adventist, 6th floor Odd Fellows' Temple, Seventh and Elm United Spiritual Society. Douglas Academy, Court and Central "Walnut Hills Congregational Church, Northeast cor. Locust and Kemper Lane Walnut Hills M. E. Church, Locust, between Kemper Lane and Park Ave. Walnut Hills M. E. Churdh (German), Fairfax Ave. and Hackberry Welsh Congregational Church, Lawrence, between Third and Fourth Welsh CM Crown and May

You are most Cordially Invited to inspect our New Race St Home When in the City R?lil3Mf^«n ^^ FURNITURE STORE ^^ • ilaa3a3j»> CORNER RACE & SHILLITO ;•

56 SSb^^nofU npHE fact cannot be too strongly J- impressed upon you that RoUman's, which is in the heart of Cincinnati's retail district, is the logical store to make your shopping headquarters.

A single visit to this remarkable establishment will convince you of the high quality of our merchandise and the moderation of our prices.

Women's and Children's Apparel, Millinery, Corsets, Shoes, Boy's Clothing, Infant's Wear, Silks and Dress Goods, Novelties, Gloves, Yard Goods of all kinds, Hosiery, Rugs, Draperies, Upholsteries, Men's Furnishings, Etc., Etc.

CINCINNATTS CENTER OF TRADE Fifth and Vine Streets

67 Exhibits are interesting because they alvs^ays show you the very nev\^est weaves and colorings in silks and velvets. These exhibits are really style shows of silk fabrics. By all means visit the Silk Room. Vonap

(Fourth) Race (Fifth)

58 STYLE QUALITY WORKMANSHIP You will find in our well known brand of L SYSTEM CLOTHES $17.00 to $40.00 HATS CROFUT& KNAPP AND 'BORSALINO i>0.\)\) tO J^O.VD Known as the best <5TTn?TS MANHATTAN, EARL & ^^ _„ ^^^^ ^ ^ WILSON and KINGLY $1-50 Up NECKWEAR, HOSIERY, VASSAR UNDERWEAR Verif careful attention to mail orders Ralph Green Co I eXNTCXNKATI JNO,C. FISCHER -•SEC. 406-408 WAiNUT STREET

CLUBS. Automobile Club Hotel Gibson Ben Franklin Eighth and Race Business Men's Club Ninth and Race Cincinnati Advertisers' Club 1132 Union Trust Bldg. Cincinnati Art Club Eighth and Race Cincinnati Country Club.. Grandin Road, East Walnut Hills Cincinnati Gym and Athletic Club. .Shillito Place, near Race Cincinnati Golf Club Grandin Rd., East Walnut Hills Cincinnati Rotary Club 205 Neave Bldg. Cincinnati Woman's Club Oak, near May, Walnut Hills Cuvier Press Club 34 Opera Place Eagles 1117-19 Walnut Elberon Country Club Rapid Run and Elder, Price Hill Elks' Club .908 Elm Fort Mitchell Country Club Lexington Pike, Covington Hamilton County Country Club,, ;- J Reading Road, near California, Bond Hill Latonia Jockey Cliibi Latonia Race Track Laughery Club 25 Wiggins Block Losantiville Country Club Carthage Road, Pleasant Ridge Moose 126 Garfield Place 59 If you have never experienced the delight of shopping at The Sale Store, the opportunity now awaits you. q^HOUSANDS of -* satisfied custom­ ers can tell you that you can always do best at the Sale Store. No matter what you pay or where you make comparisons— you will find that the bargains we offer in Coats, Suits, Dresses, Skirts and Furs cannot be matched.

Suits—$7.50, $9.98, $12.98 up to $25.00. Fur iTrimmed or Tailored. Coats, $2.98, $4.98, $9.98upto$25.00. Dresses, 3.75, 4.98, 7.98 up to 25.00. Skirts,! 1.98, 2.98, 4.98. Fur Muffs and Sets, 98c to $25.00. Because we buy for less—we can sen ror less THE SALE STORE 134 and 136 West Fifth Street Between Race and Elm THIS IS THE '^ONLY ONE SALE STORE. NO BRANCH STORES ANYWHERE.

60 HEADQUARTERS for the greatest valUes in Coats, Suits, Skirts, Waists, Dresses, Cliildren's Wear, etc. New styles received every day. One of the largest assortments in the city. FOGEL'S Cor. Seventh and Central Avenue

Ohio River Launch Club Boat House Phoenix Club Havlin Hotel Queen City Club .Seventh and Elm Riding Club Burnet and Helen, Mt. Auburn Shoe and Leather Club 520 Main University Cliib Fourth and Broadway Western Hills Country Club.. Cleves, Warsaw and Neeb Road Women's City Club .805 Neave Bldg. COLLEGES, ETC. Cincinnati Art Academy Eden Park Cindnnati College Of Dental Surgery 231 W. Court Cincinnati College of Pharmacy 618 W. Court Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. .Highland, Burnet and Oak Cincinnati Law School Ninth, between Vine and Race Cincinnati Polyclinic and Post Graduate School 920 Race Cincinnati Veterinary College 3116 Spring Grove College of Music of Cincinnati, Elm, between Twelfth and Fourteenth, south of Music Hall Eclectic Medical CoUege 630 W. Sixth Hebrew Union College Clifton, south of Dixmyth Lane's Theological Seminary. Gilbert, between Yale and Chapel Ohio-Miami Medical College McMicken, north of Elm Ohio College of Dental Surgery Seventh and Mound St. Joseph's College, 423-431 W. Eighth St. St. Xavier's College Seventh and Sycamore University of Cincinnati Clifton, north of Calhoun, B. W. CONSULS, FOREIGN. British Vice-Consulate 411 Fourth National Bank Bldg Cuba 50 Glenn Bldg. French Vice-Consulate...: Room 63, 7 East Fifth German Consulate 1107 Second National Honduras Vice-Consulate 703 First National Italy 1127 Vine Mexico 2110 St. James Ave. Mexican Vice-Consulate. 11 W. Twelfth Swiss Consulate 1204 Vine 61 l-H a\ x\ l-H O c« : .22 ^oo : ^ ca. "5 C3 i^eo SEC3 62 EXPRESS OFFICES. Adams Front and Butler American Fourth and Race Southern 416 Main Wells, Fargo (also U. S.) 30 West Seventh HOSPITALS. Bethesda Hospital Oak and Reading Road Christ's Hospital Auburn Ave., Mt. Auburn Cincinnati General Hospital (New Building), Burnet, opposite Ridgeway Cincinnati Tuberculosis Hospital, West side Guerley Road, north old corp. line Covington General Hospital 1901 Madison Ave., Covington Covington Branch Hospital Lexington Pike, Covington Episcopal Hospital for Children N. Main, near Mason German Deaconess Home and Hospital. .Clifton and Straight Good Samaritan Hospital Sixth and Lock Good Samaritan Hospital, The, (Clifton and Dixmyth Avea., Clifton Jewish Hospital. Burnet Ave., Avondale Ohio Hospital for Women and Children. .549 W. Seventh St. Opthalmic Hospital. .210 W. Twelfth St. St. Mary's Hospital. Betts and Linn Seton Hospital '. 618 W. Sixth St. Francis Hospital Queen City and Weptwood Aves.

MULLANE'S I CANDIES : -ARE •.MADE WITH .• ' ••, LOVING,. •CARE -

4 WEST FOURTH ST., CINCINNATI, O. The Mullane Candles are conceded to be America's best. Booklet C is free. It describes our taffies, bonbons, reception candies and floral wafers. When shopping make your headquarters at Mullane's—your friends will all be there. 63 Buy 'Sa-w test" Furniture for Christmas Gifts

We Invite Out of Town Visitors To Come Here and See tlie Largest Display of Furniture in tlie State of Oliio We can save you enough on a Home Outfit to furnish an extra Room

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Your Shopping Headquarters when in Cincinnati. 1st.—Centrally located; being situated on the most popular shopping tho­ roughfare. Race Street at corner of Sixth. 2nd.—Complete Department Store Stocks; everything dependable from notions to furniture. 3rd.—Personal conveniences; we place at your disposal our Rest room, nurse, public telephone, Informa­ tion Bureau and Dining Room. 4th.—Economy; our prices are always low as the lowest on new up-to-date merchandise, and we give and re­ deem valuable Surety Stamps. Wednesday— Out-of-Town Shoppers' Day, set apart as a special day for big bargains in every department of this great store. mKmm^^MS Cincinnati's Progressive Department Store

65 POTTER'S SHOES

FIFTH NEAR VINE

GINCINNATI'S LEADING SHOE STORE SINGE

You'll find here everything that is new and de­ pendable in foot­ wear for— MEN, WOMEN and CHILDREN.

Our entire second floor devoted to Children's and Growing Girls' Shoes

POSTAGE PREPAID ON MAIL ORDERS

(( com.'1*.^!e from^ POTTER'S :^r;- 66 HOTELS. RATES. One person One person With Without Name. Location. Bath. Bath. Alms McMillan and Alms Place$4.00 Up. $3.00 Up. Dennison.. .Fifth and Main 1,60 Up. .76 Up. Eimer Sixth and Walnut 2.00 Up. .75 Up. Emery 421 Vine Street 2.00 Up. 1.00 Up. Gibson 413 Walnut Street 2.00 Up. Grand Fourth and Central Ave;;. 2.00 Up, 1.00 Up. Havlin Vine and Ooera Place 2.00 Up. 1.60 Up. Honing 416 Vine Street 2.00 Up. 1.50 Up. Lackman. ..413 Vine Street 1.50 Up, 1.00 Up. Metropole..609 Walnut street 1.50 1.00 Up. Palace Sixth and Vine 2,00 Up.'.' 1.00 Up. Savoy 15 East Sixth 2.00 Up. 1.00 Up. Sinton Fourth and Vine 2.50 Up. 2.00 Up. L. B. Harrison Hotel for young men, 540 W. Seventh St., Rates—$4.50 to $7.00 weelcly. Oxford Sixth and Race $ .50 to $1.25. Princeton.. .431 Elm Street 75 to 1.50. Rand 29 West Fifth 1.00 to 2. .50 to $1 stag 420 Vine Street 50 to 1.25. LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS. Art Museum Eden Park Cincinnati Law Library Court House Cincinnati Law School Library.Ninth, between Race and Vine Cincinnati Society of Natural History 312 Broadway Hisitorical and Philosophical Society of Ohio, Van Wormer Library Bldg., University of Cincinnati Lloyd Library and Museum 319 W. Court Ohio Mechanics Institute Library Canal and Walnut Public Library Vine, between Sixth and Seventh (Has 466,328 volumes; 126,902 pictures, pamphlets and maps. Twenty-two branches in suburbs.) Y. M. C. A. Library Seventh and Walnut Young Men's Mercantile Library, Mercantile Library Bldg., Walnut and Fourth MARKETS, MUNICIPAL. Market Master Sixth and Plum Sts. Sixth Street Market, Mon., Wed. and Fri. a. m.. Sat. afternoon and evening Sixth, Elm to Mound Court Street Market, Tues., Thurs, and Sat. a. m., Court, Main to Linn Findlay Market, Mon., Wed. and Fri. a. m.. Sat. afternoon and evening .• Elder, Vine to Elm Pearl Street Market, Tues., Thurs. and Sat., a. m.. Pearl, Main to Broadway 67 FURNITURE OF STYLE AND QUALITY At Popular Prices

We Bt up the Home complete, includ­ ing FLOOR COVBRINGS AND DRAPERIES. All goods delivered "FREE" at your Home, by our superior Auto Truck Service. Courteous Treatment and Liberal Credit assured and extended to ''Out of Town Patrons".

125 W. SIXTH STREET Between Race and Elm Sts. CINCINNATI, O. 68 MISCELLANEOUS. Hamilton County Morgue 312 E. Eighth St. Municipal Lodging House 323 Hammond City Workhouse Colerain Ave., north of Bates O. N. G. Armory Freeman, bet. Renner and Flint NEWSPAPER OFFICES, DAILY. Abend Presse and Freie Presse (German Morning and Evening) 905 Vine St. Cincinnati Commercial Tribune (Morning), Walnut, bet. Fifth and Sixth Sts, Cincinnati Enquirer (Morning) 617-621 Vine St. Cincinnati Post (Afternoon) Post Square, Longworth St. Cincinnati Times-Star (Afternoon) Sixth and Walnut Cincinnati Volksblatt (German Morning)... 127 E. Seventh St. RAILWAY PASSENGER DEPOTS. Central Union Depot Third and Central Ave. Used by—. B. & O. S. W. for all trains. C. C. C. & St. L. Ry. (Big Four Route) for all trains. C. N. O. & T. P. Ry. (Queen & Crescent Route) for all trains. C. & O. Ry. for all through trains. C. & O. Ry. of Ind. for all through trains.

Save Money on Brass Beds by buying di­ rect from the makers. Nunner and Ashton Brass Beds are guar­ anteed not to wabble or tar­ nish. We positively save you 20% on Furniture. FACTORY: 417-23 E. Pearl St. ER&AS "BETTER AUD£- 1314-16 Vine St. BKASSBIDS 64IAAINST. 69 Cincinnati Northern Ry. for all trains. Illinois Central R. R. for all trains. L. E. & W. R. R. for all trains. L. & N. R. R. for Atlanta Division trains. Transfer coach operates from this depot to connect with L. & N. trains for Louisville, Nashville, and New Orleans Di­ visions, which leave Pearl and Butler Sts. Depot. Fifth and Baymiller Sts. Depot. Used by— C. H. & D. Ry. for all trains. C. I. & L. (Monon Route) for all trains. Erie R. R. for all trains. Court and Broadway Depot. Used by— C. L. & N. Ry. for all trains. N. & W. Ry. for local accommodation trains. Pearl and Butler Sts. Depot. Used by— L. & N. R. R. for Louisville, Nashville and New Orleans Division trains. N. & W. Ry. for all through trains. G. R. & I. Ry. for all trains. Pennsylvania Lines for all trains. Fourth St. Depot (between Central Ave. and John St.). Used by— C. & O. Ry. and C. & O. of Ind. Ry. for local accommo­ dation trains. L. & N. R. R. Kentucky Central Division local accommo­ dation trains.

Christmas Cards, Stationery and Gift Novelties -Ss'tW'

THE GIBSON & PERIN CO. —STATIONERS— ; 121-123 W. Fourth St. Just West of Racej Has now on sale a most complete stock of popular priced Christmas Cards and Gift Novelties. You can order your personal greeting cards now and have them delivered when wanted. A visit to this store is a pleasure awaiting you.

70 READ THE "Store News" EACH DAY IN The Cincinnati Post

Cincinnati stores are known the world over for the variety, modernness and completeness of their stocks. "Lowest consistent prices" is their slogan. You will profit by shopping in Cincinnati. As a guide to best values, always have with you a current issue of The Cincin­ nati Post when planning your Cincin­ nati shopping. Merchants have found it profitable to place their latest and best items of "store news" in The Post. Almost every Cincinnati store ad­ vertises in The Cincinnati Post.

Save money by shopping in Cincinnati. Save money by shopping from The POST'S Advertisements.

THE CINCINNATI POST 202,338 PAID DAILY SUBSCRIBERS. Largest Paid Circulation Between Philadelphia and Chicago.

71 INTERURBANS. Cincinnati & Columbus (to Hillsboro). Take Norwood car to Harris Ave., Norwood. Cincinnati, Georgetown & Portsmouth (to Georgetown), 405 Sycamore St. Cincinnati, Lawrenceburg & Aurora, take Sedamsville car to end of line near'Andeison Ferry. Cincinnati, Milford & Loveland (to Blanchester). Take Madi­ sonville car. Interurban Railway & Terminal (to New Richmond, Bethel, Lebanon and S. Lebanon), 415 Sycamore. Ohio Electric (to Dayton), take Clark Street car to station at Spring Grove Avenue, opp. Crawford. Ohio Traction (to Loveland, Hartwell, Wyoming, Glendale and Hamilton), cars leave Sixth and W^nut.

RAILWAY TICKET OFFICES. Baltimore & Ohio Fifth and Walnut Big Four (N. Y. Central Lines) Fourth and Vine Chespeake & Ohio Sinton Hotel Bldg. Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern Court and Broadway

Genuine Weekly Specials

of FURNITURE CARPETS STOVES BEDDING, Etc.

Something Different Every Week. You will profit by watching for our ad. in the Post and Commercial. BELLONBY 611 Main St. Cincinnati. 72 Use the Best

SPOOI^ SIL.K

FOR SALE BY ALL MERCHANTS e

We specialize on Children's Natural shape shoes.

74 CINCINNATI TIMES-STAR

''Read by everybody worth while yf

Undoubtedly recognized as the strongest and most influential newspaper published in South­ western Ohio. In the advertising field it is supreme, publishing annually many thousands of inches more than any other Cincinnati Daily. It has been tested and tried by local and national advertisers and proven conclusively to be the best medium, reaching the great­ est number of homes of those who have money to spend.

The only afternoon daily receiving Associated Press Dispatches. Rates on appUcation. 75 store Open Saturday Nights until 10 O'clock THE MAMMOTH Cincinnati's Greatest Shoe Store N. W. Cor. Fifth Street and Central Ave.

This Handsome Fall Boot "pEET*! Special for Out of ^ / Town Shoppers* Day $1.99 Elsewhere always $3.00 Finest Patent Colt, Dull Kid and Gun- metal, Calf Cloth Top—Plain Toe But­ ton Style. 146 Words nor pic­ OTHER ture can not do jus­ STYLES tice to this charm­ ing boot. This handsome boot is a distinctly original design and adds a special degree of beauty to one of the leading shoe styles of the season. The short stage last, graceful curved heel and high arch are features that every well dressed woman appreciates so much. At the stores with the big expense always $3.00. Save the difference.

Mail Orders Filled. Postage Prepaud.

76 Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Fifth and Walnut Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific (Q. & C). Fourth and Vine Sts. Erie 416 Walnut Illinois Central 418 Walnut Louisville & Nashville Fourth and Vine Monon Route Fifth and Walnut Norfolk & Western 45 East Fourth Pennsylvania Lines Fourth and Walnut Southern Railway Fourth and Vine TELEGRAPH OFFICES. Postal 23 Fountain Square Western Union Fourth and" Vine THEATRES. Grand Opera House Vine, bet. Fifth and Sixth Lyric Vine, bet. Fifth and Sixth Keith's Walnut, bet. Fifth and Sixth Empress Vine, bet. Eighth and Ninth Walnut Street Theatre Walnut, bet. Sixth and Seventh Olympic. Seventh, bet. Main and Walnut Standard Canal and Vine

When You are in Cincinnati, visit the inost| Sanitary and Up-to-date Hair and Beauty Parlors WEST OF NEW YORK

Everything in Hair Goods You may desire. Most up-to-date methods used in Sham­ pooing, Manicuring, Hair iDressing, Etc. -PRICES MODERATE— Important! ^"^^ ^rr'7^: ?^" •^ or send for Vitek's Lightning Curling Fluid. 25 Cents. Will keep your "Wir* j -g hair in curl twice 1/ 'ta O V as long. Guaran- r »• f' C^ #V ^ Importer teed harmless. Beneficial to your »^ „. ^ . ^ hair. 21 West Seventh Street

77 AMONG DOWNTOWN MOTION PICTURE THEATRES ARE THE FOLLOWING: Alhambra 146 W. Fifth St. Avenue 122 W. Fifth St. Bijou 30 E. Fifth St. Colonial 126 W. Fifth St. Heuck's 1213 Vine St. Lubin 140 W. Fifth St. Family 624 Vine St. Royal 709 Vine St. Star 38 E. Fifth St. Strand Walnut, bet. Fifth and Sixth Sts.

TAXICABS, CARRIAGES, ETC. Visitors are cautioned to place themselves in the hands of only regular railway transfer, taxicab, or carriage companies, such as the Zumstein Taxicab Company, 12 East Sixth Street. Cincinnati Railway Omnibus Co., 119 Opera Place whose representatives are at all stations. One or Two Passengers:

Taxicab Rates: For the first one-half mile or fraction thereof .50c For each one-quarter mile thereafter.. .10c For each succeeding three minutes waiting time .... 10c Three or Four Passengers: For the first two-fifths of a mile or fraction thereof. 50c For each one-fifth mile thereafter 10c For each succeeding three minutes waiting time .. .10c

Carriage Fare Rates: In downtown district, south of Liberty, per passenger . 50c

Omnibus Fare Rates: Hotels and Depots, per passenger. .25c 78 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS.

Page Advertisers' Club of.Cmcmnati 64 Bellonby .72 Big Store, The 38 Brendamour 46 Browning, King & Company 45 Bumiller, The Herman Co 62 Burkhardt Bros. Co 32 Cindnnati Times-Star, The 75 Conroy, The A. J. Co 68 Corticelli Silk. 73 Denton Co., The 34 Eckert's New Store 20 Fair Company, The 65 Fenton Dry Cleaning & Dyeing Co.,'The 60 , Fogd's 61 Forestner Bros 62 Gidding, J. M. & Co 36 Gibson & Perin Co., The 70 Golde, George & Co 53 Green, Ralph Co 69 Hanke's 12 Hotel Emery 62 Hotel Gibson 8 Hotel Sinton 3rd Cover Page Irwin's 22 Jonap's 58 Kline's 44 Koop's 30 Kreimer & Bro 64 IA Mode 6 Mabley & Carew Co., The 49 Mammoth Shoe Store 76 May, Stem & Co 2nd Cover Page McAlpin Co., The 74 Mitchell Furniture Co.. The Robt 18 Mullane's Candies 63 Nunner & Ashton Co., The 69 Palace Hotel 52 Paris Shop for Women, The 24 Pogue, The H. & S. Co 48 Post, The Cincinnati 71 Potter's Shoes 66 Quality Clothes Co 16 Rollman & Sons Co., The 57 Sale Store, The ; 60 Shillito, The John Company 2 Smith-Kasson Co., The 42 Smith, Luke W 26 Spear's Furniture Store . ...66 Steinkamp, A. & Co 10 Steinway & Sons .28 Traxel, Wm 14 Union Central Life Ins. Co " 4 Vitek.. 77 Wagner Co., The Ferd. 62 Walk-Over Shoes .'.'.'.".'.".".'.'.'.'.•.'.'.'.'.' .4 79 INDEX. Amusements 1 Automobile Trips 3 Car Lines 13 Car Rides, Suggested ' Charities and Social Agencies 55 Churches, Representative 55 Cincinnati— Evidence of New Cincinnati 61 Forceful Facts About Cincinnati 39 Industrial Cincinnati 35 Clubs 59 Colleges, Etc 61 Consuls, Foreign 61 Express Offices 63 Hospitals 63 Hotels 67 Libraries and Museums 67 Map of Downtown District. . 40, 41 Markets. 67 Miscellaneous 69 Newspaper Offices, Daily 69 Places and Things of Interest in Cincinnati 13 Places of Interest near Cincinnati 25 Railway Depots 69 Railways, Interurban 72 Railway Ticket Offices 72 Taxicabs, Carriages, Etc 79 Telegraph Offices 78 Theatres 78

80 HOTBIv SINTON

CINCINNATI

Fourth and Vine Streets

500 Rooms, $1.50 to $5.00

Hotel Sinton is in the center of the business, financial, theatre and shopping dis­ tricts, and there is no Hotel in Cincinnati which is more quickly or easily reached from all Railway Terminals.