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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1906
Page
7
Pain's Last Days of Pompeii shines as weather dampens crowds in Norwood yet draws remarkable turnout. The outdoor spectacle thrills with vivid pyrotechnics and a dramatic Vesuvius eruption, enhanced by new devices and fete-day features.
Chester Park opens its comic opera season this Sunday with The Rounders from Casino Theater New York. The park outfits feature full scenic dress and costumes from the New York production. Free vaudeville will entertain patrons with acts like Mile De Serema and her trained animals Sports From the East and a varied cast including Sa Van and McBrien Cook and Stevens Miss Jeanne Brooks and others. Attendance is strong as cool nights persist and beach activity continues by day.
Lagoon park reports surprising attendance despite frigid winds as vaudeville thrives. Prof Spink's Coontown Circus lauds as the feature with comic mule novelty, drawing enthusiastic audiences. A stronger bill is promised for the coming week.
One of the season's largest banquets was held at the up river park in Coney last night for area billposters with over 100 participants. Bryant's Minstrels performed in the theater as visitors enjoyed amusements and a lively night with plans announced for a new programme next week featuring plantation sketches.
Conway's Band leads a popular program at the Zoo logical Garden this evening. A new selection titled The Preacher and the Bear will be played for the first time, telling of a colored preacher who meets a bear in a lively musical tale.
A humorous health ad touts Cascarets as the safe daily bowel exercise. It claims a ten cent box strengthens bowel muscles, avoids purgatives, and prevents appendicitis by digesting food naturally. Beware of genuine Sterling Remedy Co. product marked CG 665.
London observers waited all night outside Drury Lane to see Ellen Terry in a jubilee matinee. The packed house featured Signora Duse Mme Rejane Caruso Melba and a 23 member Terry cast in Much Ado About Nothing. The event ended with a vellum autographs presentation and a national anthem as receipts neared $30 000.
Prominent violinist Victor Fletcher, once of Cincinnati fame, arrived in the city yesterday and is staying at the St. Nicholas hotel while in town for engagements.
The Bellevue shore is the same, with water frigid and people unlikely to swim. Yet the mammoth clubhouse remains open and ready for visitors as summer weather approaches and crowds are expected to return to the resort.
Judge Chas F Maisbury addressed Wyoming High School graduates at commencement. Dr B P Whalton presented diplomas to nine seniors. Readings included titles such as Titles and Titles Pages, Shelley's Adonis, The Violin, Woman in Literature, Polas Expeditions, Success In Life, Big Box Little Box and Bundle, The Myth of Demeter, Scientific Creation. Rev John Grant Newman gave invocation and benediction.
Miss Elsa Bienfang’s niece and Thomas Steadman Stephens wed at Grace Episcopal Church Avondale with elaborate lily and marguerite decor. Family members including Mrs Bienfang and the Bride's sister Miss Bienfang attended a reception at the parents’ Ridgeway Avenue home. After a honeymoon to the St Lawrence and North they will reside in New York.
The daughter of Mrs. M Brunner married Edward Goldberg of Reading C last night at 7 in Grandview avenue Walnut Hills with Rev Louis Grossman presiding. The bride wore white mousseline and a long tulle veil bearing lilies of the valley. maid of honor Pearl Goldberg in white mull with pink sweet peas. best man Charles Brunner. The couple left for a wedding trip to the East and will reside in Reading, Ohio.
The Rebecca Bryan Boone Chapter D A R hosts an afternoon program in Covington with music and readings on Flag Day. The Elizabeth Kenton Chapter D A R plans a Flag Day celebration in Newport. Local couples announce marriages and travel, with Quill and Whalen wed and planning a two week honeymoon before settling in Lawrenceburg Indiana. Covington, Newport, and Cincinnati area society updates include visits, entertaining cards, and travels to Chicago, Cynthiana, Anderson Indiana, and New York City.
Police in the Fifth District arrested John Schwergle of Queen City avenue on charges of assault to kill. Fred Art of 1640 Westwood avenue is reported in serious condition with a fractured skull and remained in critical status after hospitalization.
Dr. Samuel E. Allen health officer will lecture on Cincinnati's Milk Supply next Friday night at 8 o'clock. The free talk is hosted by the Roosevelt Republican Club at Greenwood Hall Mechanics Institute Sixth and Vine to inform the public on a vital local issue.
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