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Vienna Opera and Theater Enchanted Cedar Rapids Jailer
Frank J. Chramosta, Cedar Rapids day jailer, recalls nine years in Vienna 1902 1910 as a tannery apprentice and student of English French and multiple languages. He frequented the emperor's opera house hearing Wagner Brahms Schubert and Lehar. saw Enrico Caruso and the Merry Widow evolve, and noted Vienna's public access tours and grand scenes including the Blue Danube among a city of armed guards and daily military bands.
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