Chester's Bathing Beach Show Promises Strong Week
Chester's vaudeville bills attract crowds with free acts and bathing facilities. The lineup includes Herr Saona recreating famous figures, aerialist Mlle. Dair, the Bootblack Quartet, Hatch Brothers, and others. Mile. Luba De Serema will perform live animals in Sports of the East, with Miss Jeane Brooks and Cook and Stevens features. The Chester Opera Company bets on The Rounders opening June 17 at the island park.
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Chester
Herr Saona
McKinley
Mlle. Dair
Bootblack
Hatch Brothers
Mile
Luba de Serema
Conway Band Delights Zoo Crowd With Summer Concert
A large, well pleased audience gathered at the Zoo last evening to enjoy Conway's Band amid fine weather. Soloists Ross Millhouse and J E Boxheimer performed with selections from Il Trovatore and a varied program including Tannhauser and William Tell.
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Conway
Zoo
Ross Millhouse
J. E. Boxheimer
Tannhauser
Wagner
Narcissus
Nevin
Polka Caprice
Simons
Talent Club moonlight excursion to Aurora aboard Bonanza
The Talent Club charters the steamer Bonanza for a moonlight trip to Aurora and return on Tuesday night June 19. The boat departs foot of Main street at 7 30 sharp and York street landing Newport. The returning steamer reaches Cincinnati at 11 15. Dancing, refreshments, and attentive safety will be provided for excursionists.
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Talent Club
Aurora
Main Street
York Street
Newport
Cincinnati
Aeronaut Bumbaugh to test giant air machine at Coney
George L. Bumbaugh, the aeronaut at Coney for a week with his flying machine, plans a private test today at o oclock or thereabout. The enormous balloon craft, twice as large as any local design, awaits a successful launch as crowds expect entertainment at the annual Eagles picnic.
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Eagles
Cincinnati
Covington
Newport
Coney
George L. Bumbaugh
Bumbaugh
Last Days of Pompeii Opens With Grand Pyrotechnic Show
Hundreds of poles are ferried to Norwood circus grounds for Pain theater’s Last Days of Pompeii. Eight dazzling electric lights will illuminate Roman citizens matrons and soldiers as 11 500 feet of side walls and temple and Vesuvius props rise. Pyrotechnist Pain directs a majestic Italian city tableau for a two week run beginning Monday.
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Pompeii
Pain
Norwood Circus Grounds
Mimic
Mt. Vesuvius
Temple of Isis
Lagoon Sunday Vaudeville Barrage Pears Visit
Amusement notes report Lagoon has arranged an attractive program for Sunday with a fine vaudeville bill as a chief feature.
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Lagoon
Bathing Beach Draws Crowds at Queen City Resort
The Queen City bathing beach is a popular local resort with thousands expected Sunday as the river beach opens for the season and draws crowds to its well conducted facilities.
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Queen City
Will Build Fine Hotel at Manila
The plan to place a hotel on Government land in Manila collapsed as restrictions deterred bids. Horace O Dunbar of Cincinnati bought church property near Luneta for $500,000 to construct a private hotel, after government officials rejected public land options.
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Manila
Luneta
Horace O. Dunbar
Cincinnati
Dunbar
Well known Cincinnati hotel figure Dunbar dies or leaves city
Horace O. Dunbar, a familiar Cincinnati hotel figure, formerly managed the Gibson House and later moved to Seattle to continue in the hotel business after leaving the city seven years ago.
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Horace O. Dunbar
Cincinnati
Mr. Dunbar
Gibson House
Seattle
National Association of Newspaper Circulation Officers Elects Officers
The National Association of Managers of Newspaper Circulation closed its meeting in Louisville with W. J. Darby of Toronto as president D. G. B. Rose of Louisville as first vice president F M Dodd of Washington as second vice president J L Boeshans of Cincinnati was re elected secretary and treasurer The next convention will be in Milwaukee A committee was appointed to urge restoring rural mail carriers right to handle subscriptions and the group opposed premiums to gain subscribers Delegates toured Mammoth Cave via the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and leave for home tomorrow.
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Commercial Tribune
Louisville
National Association of Managers of
W. J. Darby
Toronto
Canada
D. G. B. Rose
F. M. Dodd
Washington, D C
J. L. Boeshans
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
Mammoth Cave
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Tornado devastates Goessel Kansas town
A tornado struck Goessel, a German Mennonite settlement near Hillsboro, injuring about eighty people. Among the injured are 12 year old Katie Hendrichs with a broken leg, Henry Ratzlaff with internal injuries, Dr. Peter Richert with a head injury, and Rev. John Toews with a broken leg. The 200 yard wide swath ruined stores, twelve homes, the Glassen mill, and the parochial school, while the Mennonite Hospital sustained only minor damage.
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Here
Katie Hendrichs
Henry Ratzlaff
May Gie
Peter Richert
John Toews
Former Politician and Louisiana Man Sentenced for Mail Fraud
John H. Dalton and Louis A. Gourdain were sentenced in Chicago to four and a half years in prison and a $1500 fine each for using the mails to defraud. They sold non existent oil options in Louisiana. Gourdain asked for the maximum sentence, and Judge Landis accommodated him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial Tribone
Chicago
John H. Dalton
Louis A. Gourdain
Louisiana
United States District Court
Gourdain
Fresh Air Fund Benefit With Inverness Events
The Inverness organization announces a summer season of dinners and garden parties to benefit the Fresh Air Fund. Stallo sisters host an estate garden reception with several organizers and a tea. The Inverness Country Club plans dinner dances on June 9 23 July 4 14 August 11 25 September 8 22 and October 6.
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Inverness
Laura
Helen Stallo
Dalway
Fresh Air Fund
McDonald Home
Clifton
Isabelle Pendleton
Mary Miller
Virginia Balch
Pauline Foster
Mary Kohisaat
Mary Rawson
Edith Eagan
Anne. Hamilton
Belle Kruze
Stallo
Inverness Country Club
Tucker Doomed to Die in June Electrocution
Charles Louis Tucker of Auburndale is scheduled for execution by electric chair at Charlestown State Prison in the week starting June 30 for the 1904 murder of Mabel Page at Weston. Governor Curtis Guild refused to commute the sentence to life imprisonment.
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Commercial Tribune
Boston
Charles Louis Tucker
Auburndale
Mabel Page
Weston
Charlestown
Curtis Guild
Proposals Sought for Filter Strainer System in Cincinnati Water Works
The Cincinnati Board of Water Works calls for sealed proposals by June 22 1906 for furnishing and delivering perforated brass plates bolts nuts washers brass wire cloth for the filter strainer system and for screens hoists and appurtenances for the intake pier near California Ohio Bidders must use printed forms provide a $1000 bond or equivalent cash etc and bids may cover one or more items The Board reserves right to reject all bids and bids are opened at noon on the due date.
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Board of Trustees
Commissioners of Water Works
Cincinnati
Ohio
California
Hamilton County
Herrmann
Elmer G. Prior
City of
Comteteston Leg of Water Works
Maurice J. Freiberg
Elmer G. Prior Ceki
Public Landing
J. H. Oliver
River Departures and Arrivals at Huntington and Louisville
Today's departures list Huntington and Madison with Levi J. Workum at 5 p.m. Arrivals show Greenwood Pergibor and Levi J. Workum in Louisville City of Louisville records.
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Huntington
Greenwood
Madison
Levi J. Workum
Greenwood Pergibor
Louisville
City OF
River stage report shows Ohio River at 13.1 feet
At 6 p m yesterday the Ohio River measured 13.1 feet and was falling. The crest or flood step is not provided, but the value indicates a receding river level. Local authorities monitor the water and issue updates as conditions change.
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Ohio
Miss Palmer Opens Chester Opera Season With Noted Reputation
Opera announces Miss Palmer will headline Chester performances this season. She previously sang with prominent organizations and arrives on the local stage with an established reputation and strong draw.
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Palmer
Chester
River traffic shifts as Pittsburg direct packets begin to run
Waterways report rising Ohio River levels after heavy Wednesday rains. Pittsburgh to Cincinnati packet line expects strong business for several days as coalboats head for the lower pool and river traffic increases. Government steamer Golden Rod laid up above Broadway wharf with inspectors to test crews after historic disasters.
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Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Cincinnati & Pittsbur Packet Line
Charleston
W. Va
Ohio
United States Government
Golden Rod
Broadway
United States
Port of Cincinnati Passenger Departures and Arrivals
The departures from the port of Cincinnati on Thursday included The Keystone State bound for Pittsburg, Henry M. Stanley for Pomeroy and Charleston, Courier for Maysville, Lizzie Bay, Joe Madison, and City of Cincinnati for Louisville. Thursday's arrivals of rackets at the port included The Greenwood from Ashland, Courier from Maysville, City of Louisville from Louisville, and Georgia Lee from Memphis.
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Cincinnati
Keystone State
Pittsburg
Henry M. Stanley
Pomeroy
Charleston
Courier
Maysville
Lizzie Bay
Joe Madison
City of
River conditions and arrivals across multiple ports
Special dispatch reports river levels and vessel movements for cities including Warren Morgantown Wheeling Parkersburg Gallipolis Evansville Louisville Cairo and Memphis. Notes rise or fall in feet, weather, arrivals like Peters Lee Stacker Lee City of Savannah and departures such as Lorena Greenland Mercury and J. T. Hatfield.
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Commercial Tribune
Warren
River
Oil City
Morgantown
Reensboro
Columbia
Pittsburg
Davis Island Dam
Steubenville
Lorena
J. B. Finley
Wheeling
Greenland
Bedford
Parkersburg
Bessie Smith
PT. Pleasant
Tacoma
J. T. Hatfield
Gallipolis
Evansville
Louisville
Cairo
Peters Lee
Memphis
Beaver
Lower
Mississippi
Cincinnati
Mercury
St. Louis
Louis
Stacker Lee
City of
Savannah
Tennessee
Steamer Greenwood Schedule for Ashland and Huntington
The steamer Greenwood leaves foot Main street every Monday and Wednesday for Ashland and continues to Huntington on Fridays at 5 p.m. For bookings or inquiries call M. 1457.
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Greenwood
Foot Main Street
Ashland
Huntington
Mayville and Way Points Courier Routing Notice
Daily courier schedule notes boat departures from Main Street foot at 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. Sundays. paper freight accepted daily. Contact M. 1467 and Louisville and Intermediate Points lines for service details.
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Maysville
Way Pionts Str
Main St
Louisvill
Ohio
Tel. M
LEE LINE STEAMERS Schedule and Fare Notice
Lee Line Steamers offers Memphis fare with meals and berth at 11 dollars and Louisville fare with meals and berth at 2 dollars. Peters Lee departs June 13 at 5 p.m. freight and passenger service runs to Lower Ohio via Memphis Vicksburg Pine Bluff. Georgia Lee sails June 20. Office and wharfboat contact details listed.
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LEE Line
Memphis, Inc
Louisville, Inc
Peters Lee
Broadway
Ohio
Memphis
Vicksburg
Pine Bluff
Georgia Lee
E. Front
J. F. Ellison
Igo Near Cincinnati Faces Divorce Case in Hamilton Court
Bertie Igo filed for divorce and child custody against Harry E Igo in the Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Cage No 134 319 on May 19 1906 alleging gross neglect of duty. Hearing set on or after July 7 1906. Attorneys Hoffman Bode Le Blond 1002 First National Bank Building.
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Harry E. Igo
Cincinnati
Ohio
Bertie Igo
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton County
Hoffman
Bode & LE
Coal supply contracts for Cincinnati pumping stations
City of Cincinnati issues contracts for furnishing and delivering coal to the Eastern River and Western Main pumping stations. Sealed bids specify delivery to multiple stations and compliance with municipal specifications.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
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Norw00o
Gardelle Simons
Gomez Cornet
John Dolan
Rossini
Tobani
Eagles’ Picnic
Mendel
Horace Dunbar
Kansas
Hillsboro
Kan
Goessel
Harold E. White
Paris
Mr. White
United States Express Company
Mrs. White
Charlies Patton
Anna Hall
Nathan R. Park
Anna Wright
Hutchins Avenue
Avondale
Misses Park
Alice Danks
Miss Hall
Benjamin Berman
Josie
Daniel K. Weiskopf
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
May Margaret Brockman
Alice Davenport
Langaon
Jean McCrosky
Florence Grace Graeter
Stelle Louise Dennerline
Adele Marie Parden
Jessie Getzendanner
Maude Sutherland
Nina Esther Block
Henry Spellmeyer
Clara Baur
Evelyn Windham
Mabel E. Beach
Elbridge Wilkes
Pierce J. Cadwalader
Philipson
Blanche Macbrain
New York
Harley Morrison
Kansas City
George Cornelius
Norma
Edward Steubing
William Dock
Europe
Margaret Bigane
Edward D. Whitehead
St. Xavier’s Church
Father van Kreval
Margaret Monahan
Charles McDevitt
Whitehead
Lakes
Theodore Cramp
Philadelphia
Morris White
George Hoadly
Miss Scarborough
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Country Club
Grandin Road
Kentucky Social News
Keturah Moss Taylor
Margaret Barbour
East Fourth Street
Harry Mackay
Shelbyville
George Coppin
Eutire
Lakeview Park
Harold Kapp
Florence Goebel
Mesdames Harold Kapp
Harry Pruden
Fred Bush
Julia Hickey
Stella Griffin
Lenore McCracken
Olive Glenn
Elizabeth Sullivan
Mattie Taylor
Elder
New Orleans
Elsie Burkheim
Jane Sandford
Zella Bryant
Hilda Goebel
Dorothy Davis
Beulah Bishop
Edith Voight
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Lucy Harding
A. E. Hughes
Highwood
Marshall Hill
Edna Horner
Bellingham
Wash
David Fee
Wallace Place
George Diehl
Owensboro
Malcolm Dulaney
Highlands
Florence
Louise Orr
Milford
Mary Muehlmatt
Edna Grey
Bessie Forbes
Paul Stewart
Card Club
Garrerd Street
M. B. Gibbons
Texas
William Gibbons
Cincinnati Wesleyan College
Grand Hotel
Bodman Widows’ Home
Highland Avenue
Mt. Auburn
Tucker
Hotels and Resorts
Hotel Belmont
Park Ave
HOTEL
York
Seventh Ave
Cor
36Th St
Norman Grill Room
H. G. Williams
Board of Trustees, “Commissioners of Waterworks
Clara Palmer
Hotel Belleclaire
Milton Poblee
Che Tun
Charlevoix
Lien
Michigan
Fred J. Bailey
Bailey
Charlevoix, Mich
Atlantic City, N. J
Atlantic City
N. J
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Walter J. Buzby
Islesworth
Virginia Rvd Beach
Nique Dutch Cafe
R’s Orchestra
Osborn & Painter
the Maryland Casualty Co
Commercial Tribune Building
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