Chester's Big Vaudeville Programme At Other Parks
Chester Park hosts a packed vaudeville bill featuring Captain Webb's trained seals as headliners. The show also includes Francelli and Lewis, Ames and Corbett, Markley on banjo, and a clay cartoonist John Zouboulakis. Weather and crowds are strong. matinees draw families while evening performances attract adults.
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Captain Webb
Webb
Chester Park
Colonel Martin
Francelli
Lewis
Markley
Ames
Corbett
Chester
John Zouboulakis
John
Clay
Roosevelt
Madell
Corbley
Bowery
Mead
Mamie Werntz
Werntz
O’laughlin
Coney
Darktown
Lagoon’s Programme Draws Crowd Despite Cold Weather
A chilly day failed to keep visitors away at Lagoon yesterday with the Wild West and Indian Congress crowding the Indian Village free admission area. Edna’s mysterious act and Colonel Cody knife throwing drew applause alongside vaudeville, talking pictures, and a bustling Wild West museum and clubhouse. Cincinnati newsboys take over the park Wednesday night.
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Lagoon
Wild West and Indian Congress
Jennie Cody
Jules
Marton
Madeline Webb
Billee Molson
Pinafore
Oriental
Department of Amusement
Cincinnati Newsboys
Queen City Beach Weather Fails to Cheer Visitors
At Queen City Beach disappointed visitors blamed the Weather Bureau for Sunday rain and cold. Manager Kroger urged optimism, noting the river’s surge and the coming summer days as waves rolled in along the sandy shore.
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Queen City Beach
Kroger
Don Philippini’s Band Delights Zoo Audiences In Rain
Don Philippini leads a red coated band at the Zoo drawing two drenched crowds to a lively outdoor concert. Leoncatalla’s Pagliacci and a Bostonian Quartet featuring Gibson Geranni Durand Hoffman win applause. Miss Gibson encores after “All for Eternity” and solo numbers plus Teddy Bear Picnic are planned for the week.
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Don Philippini
Leoncatalla
Gibson
Geranni
Durand
Hoffman
Lucia
Miss Gibson
Crowds at Coney End Queen and Princess Enjoy Theatre Show
Large crowds visited Coney on Queen Street yesterday despite cool weather. At the Ou Theater the Miskel Hunt and Miller Company opened with a lively vaudeville musical turn featuring several musicians from the troupe.
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Coney On
Ee End
Queen and Princess
Miskel-Hunt and Miller Company
Stork Visitors Bring Record Week at the Zoo
The Zoo welcomed a remarkable flurry of newborns over the weekend including two small elk offspring in the elk ery a black fallo deer a white fallo deer and an axis deer. The tiniest arrival a shed and pony under twenty four pounds delighted hopeful keepers as hints of more arrivals followed.
Chester Opera Company Heads to Chester for Robin Hood
The Metropolitan English Opera Company arriving in Cincinnati plans ten weeks at the park for the Chester engagement of Robin Hood. Members visited the park and sought summer accommodations at Winton Place. Season tickets go on sale at 9:30 this morning at Smith & Nixon's with regular reserved seats to follow Thursday.
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Chester Opera Company
Metropolitan English Opera Company
Chester
Cincinnati
Winton Place
Smith & Nixon’s
Blind Tom the famed pianist dies in Hoboken
New York dispatch reports the death of Thomas Wiggins known as Blind Tom, the famous pianist who was born a slave near Columbus Georgia around 1850. He performed across the United States and Europe after showing extraordinary musical imitation from childhood and later lived in retirement in Hoboken New Jersey.
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New York
Tom
Hoboken
N. J
Thomas Wiggins
Columbus
United States
Europe
Mail pouch thief escapes with $50,000 in valuables
Kansas City police released a suspect in the Los Angeles to New York mail pouch theft after no charge could be filed. Government investigators broadcast descriptions nationwide as the pouch stolen June 6 from Union Depot was cut open and contents taken.
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Kansas City
Card game dispute ends in fatal saloon stabbing
Morris Eaglen 28, a railroad fireman, was stabbed in the abdomen with a bread knife during a card game argument at Jesse Robinsons saloon 415 Central avenue. John R Morgan 26, the bartender, was arrested after being identified by the victim. Pearl Thatcher 19 and other witnesses were detained. Morgan allegedly hurled a glass before fatally stabbing Eaglen. Eaglen died soon after at City Hospital.
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Morris Eaglen
Cutter Street
Jesse Robinson
Central Avenue
Eaglen
City Hospital
John R. Morgan
Central Station
Frank Hall
Fourth
John Streets
Eaglon
Pearl Thatcher
Eastern Avenue
Morgan
William McLaughlin
Lacy Lloyd
East Court Street
E. K. Wilson
Williamstown
Palace Hotel
Eaglion
Eaglan
Thatcher
Peacemaker stabbed during attempt to quell quarrel
John White, 40, a barber of 329 East Seventh Street, tried to calm a quarrel between a man and a woman in his yard. The man handed a knife to the woman who then stabbed White in the abdomen. He was rushed to City Hospital in serious condition.
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John White
East Seventh Street
White
City Hospital
Quarrel Over Cards Leads to Arrest in Saloon
Harry Miller age 25 of 1410 Central avenue was jailed at Fifth District Police Station on a concealed weapons charge after a midnight dispute over a card game at Polinsky's saloon at 1411 Central avenue. Miller allegedly returned with a revolver following a fight. Patrolmen Schindler and Beck took him into custody.
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Union
Charles Stewart
Harry Miller
Central Avenue
Fifth District
Polinsky
Miller
Schindler
Beck
Fatal Jump From Street Car Kills 16 Year Old in City
Katie Biedenbender, 16, a domestic from 379 Ehrman avenue, was fatally injured when she leaped from a Highland avenue street car after the conductor failed to hear her bell. She fell, suffered a skull fracture, and died after receiving care from Dr. Smith and at Christ's Hospital.
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America
Katie Biedenbender
Ehrman Avenue
Highland Avenue
Gompers Ill With Leg Infection in Chicago Hotel
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor is ill at the Kaiserhoff Hotel Chicago with a leg infection from an injury weeks ago. The physician says the ailment is not serious.
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Chicago
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Kaiserhoff
Colorado cruiser Colorado not aground off Dungeness Spit
In a message to The Post-Intelligencer Captain Underwood of the U S cruiser Colorado reports the vessel was delayed by fogs off Dungeness Spit and anchored in twenty two fathoms. He says the ship had an extremely hard trip north from California but is not aground.
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Port Townsend
Wash
Post-Intelligencer
Underwood
United States
Colorado
Dungeness Spit
California
Flour Mill Fire Destroys Debaun Plant at Cornishville
Special Dispatch reports a large flouring mill owned by O. H. Debaun at Cornishville Ky burned at daylight. Loss approximately 13000 dollars with insurance coverage noted. Fire struck at Harrodsburg on June 14.
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O. H. Debaun
Cornishville, Ky
Commercial Tribune
Harrodsburg
Cornishville
Week of political and religious events across the nation
The Republican National Convention opens in Chicago with Democratic subcommittee meetings in the same city to set up Denver events. States hold delegates’ conventions while London hosts Pan Anglican Congress and Lambeth, and American gatherings include Good Roads, temperance, Sunday School, and diocesan assemblies as Maine and Alabama head to Honolulu.
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Chicago
Denver
Illinois
Colorado
Tennessee
Mississippi
Glenwood Springs
Jackson
Nashville
London
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Louisville
Maine
Alabama
San Francisco
Hampton Roads
Honolulu
Caleb Powers Reaffirms Service in Address to Town
Former political prisoner Caleb Powers defends his course during incarceration and recounts his career from Union College to Secretary of State. He credits loyal supporters from Kentucky and across the nation for aid, thanking friends and Democrats who stood by him in a hostile period. The town welcomed him with cheers, a home visit, and an evening reception.
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Union College
Mr. Powers
Hays Green
Denial of Swedish Minister Le Lagercrantz Persona Non Grata
The White House denied reports that Swedish Minister to the U S Dr Herman Le Lagercrantz has become persona non grata. Officials said no administration offense occurred over his influence on Swedish emigration and he remains on leave with a expected return to Washington.
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Washington
White House
Herman le Lagercrartz
United States
American Ambassador Hill Receives German Emperor in Berlin
The Emperor cordial to David Jayne Hill, new American ambassador to Germany, in an audience at the old palace garden. Hill, not in uniform, was greeted with warm hospitality after formal greetings from President Roosevelt.
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Berlin
Germany
David Jayne Hill
Charlemagne Tower
Hill
Baron van Dem Kesenbeck
Dr. Hill
Potsdam
Roosevelt
Obituary notes two prominent noble figures in Europe and Canada
Frederick Arthur Stanley Earl of Derby dies in London aged 80. Born January 15 1841 he married Lady Constance Villiers in 1864 and held multiple offices including Lord of the Admiralty and Secretary of War. He also served as Governor General of Canada in 1888 89. Marquis Vega de Armijo former Spanish premier dies in Madrid. He led the Chamber of Deputies from October 1905 and formed a cabinet in 1906, which resigned in January 1907 amid religious law disputes.
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Frederick Arthur Stanley
Earl of Derby
London
Constance Villiers
Earl of Clarendon
the Admiralty
Board of Trade
Lord Stanley
Canada
Marquis Vega DE Armijo
Chamber of Deputies
Madrid
Moret Y. Prendergast
Not So Particular Leap Year Message
A fragment from a Chicago News page features a playful exchange about leap year romance. Two quoted lines show contrasting sentiments as a person muses on finding a partner and living without one.
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Chicago News
Revolution in Cuba Said To Be in Contemplation
Washington reports say a revolt in Cuba is being contemplated to force U.S. troop withdrawal and allow permanent U.S. influence. Gov Magoon doubts disruption, while business interests fear losses and foreign-backed insurrectionists push for a strong Cuban state post-withdrawal.
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Cuba
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
Goon
Jurisdic
Foster Mother Feeding a Greedy Interloper
On a Cincinnati University trip to Kenton County Kentucky the Blue Hydra Scientific Club observed a sparrow foster a cowbird chick. The cowbird bullied the sparrow mother as they collected plants birds and insects during a field study led by Professors Benedict Sauer and Chapersons.
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Blue Hydra Club
Little Sparrow
Cowbird
Blue Hydra Scientific Club
Biological Department
The
Cincinnati University
Kenton County
H. M. Benedict
Clifton
Benedict
Sauer
Kentucky
Saengerfest Opens in Indianapolis With 20000 Visitors
Cincinnatians travel to Indianapolis for the 32nd North American Saengerbund festival at the Indiana State Fair Coliseum. Mme Marie Rappold, Adolf Muehlmann, David Bispam, and Mme Schumann-Heinke headline with the New York Symphony Orchestra conducted by Walter Damrosch. A 2000 child choir and 2500 male choir join choirs from Cincinnati and other cities in a five concert program. Mayor Bookwalter gives the welcome as flags brighten the city for the event.
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Indianapolis
Mme
Marie Rappold
Adolf Muehlmann
David Bispam
Saengerbund
Indiana State Fairgrounds
Bookwalter
Schumann-Heinke
New York Symphony Orchestra
Walter Damrosch
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
Toledo
Flood draws sightseers to Kaw Missouri riverfront
Kansas City June 14 The Kaw Miss flood nears crest drawing thousands of sightseers to bluffs above the flooded bottoms. Rail yards are evacuated, packing houses and businesses have left lower floors, Armourdale with 12000 residents is abandoned, water runs twelve feet deep in streets. Evicted residents have shelter for property as they await the tide turning per the Weather Bureau.
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Kansas City
Armourdale
Weather Bureau
Tragic double shooting in Birmingham home ends in suicide
In Birmingham on June 14, T Luther Birchfield a young electrician shot Mrs. W A Vanhoover at 712 South Twentieth Street and then killed himself with a pistol shot to the breast. Both died later. Birchfield reportedly pursued Mrs Vanhoover after she declined him.
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Birmingham
Ala
T. Luther Birchfield
W. A. Vanhouser
Dr Miles Heart Cure Promises Relief For Weak Hearts
An advertisement argues weak heart action stems from poor circulation and stagnation. It claims Dr Miles Heart Cure strengthens heart nerves and muscles, citing a testimonial from CCA Bennet of Indianapolis who saw relief after multiple bottles and offers a money back guarantee from Miles Medical Co in Elkhart Indiana.
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Miles
CCA Bennet
Indianapolis
Ind
Miles Medical Coq
Elkhart
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