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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1912
Page
10
A coming week promises features including Max Gruber’s trained elephant Minnie noted as a top act this side of the Atlantic. Gruber and Minnie perform with a trained horse, pony, collie and a striking female assistant, all contributing to the show’s appeal and Gruber’s thriving act.
Major Burke touts a major exhibition starring Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill at Norwood. The act claims to feature a diverse array of primitive peoples and recalls Cody’s 1865–1869 campaigns, skirmishes, and feats across Kansas, Nebraska, and surrounding areas.
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Improvements at Chester Park opera house include new ventilating apparatus and fans making the venue cooler for patrons of the free vaudeville. Manager Martin touts excellent acoustics, a large seating capacity, and a sounding board to project voices. The season features top acts such as Les Paiges tomorrow as the leading act.
The item highlights Buffalo Bill as a named figure and frames his educational merit as an exhibition. It notes a dual presentation involving Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Pawnee Bill's Far East, suggesting a combined show or comparative display of two programs.
Tomorrow begins the second week of Mme Garcia’s sensational act at Coney Island. The Cuban performer will ride a fifty foot chute and perform aerial somersaults while strapped in an auto, twice daily in the race track arena with free grandstand seats. A vaudeville bill at the aerodome Sunday features Jack Richards upside down dancer King Cromer and Haynes gymnasts Sherer and Newkirk singers Musical Walker and the novelty act Sprague and Dixon.
Vincent H. Beckman attorney for the Victor Theater company filed articles of incorporation to build and operate a $35,000 theater on McMillan Street near Peebles corner Walnut Hills L. H. Muchmore former Santa Fe railroad agent is president of the new film and stage firm. The building will feature a portable roof to form an aerodome.
A new kind of theater debuts in this section of the country marking a distinctive cultural development. The facility aims to attract varied audiences with innovative staging and programming.
The Grand features scarce but strong vaudeville with acts like the Alpha hoop roofers and Beltrah and Beltral in The Musical Dairy. Others include Hughes and Prior in a medley, Eldrige and Barlowe in Law satire, Burt Gone Melburn in blackface humor, and the Lamar quartet From Grand Opera to Rag time plus long animated photoplays such as 101 Ranch Bison.
Crowds still fill the Lyric to see Nat Goodwin as Fagin in Oliver Twist. Goodwin leaves Cincinnati today for other cities, while Wilton Lackaye may play Bill Sykes here next season. Next week McMahan and Jackson present Saint George and the Dragon, a three reel romantic drama from G De Liguoro with Emmons Colvin and Otilla Weaver performing songs.
Big day at the Zoo features a dog show with ribbons and prizes for pet dogs. Cincinnati society entrants spark keen rivalry. public attendance and concerts share the summer spotlight with John Spargur and his Cincinnati Summer Orchestra set to a new program next week.
Joseph F. Ryan head of the city council committee said a railroad proposal was received for which freight handlers will vote tomorrow. He avoided details but hoped the proposal would be accepted and that all employees would soon return to work.
Special Dispatch from Hamilton Ohio reports Cyrene Pocock of Camden and Shirley Munns of Oxford announce their engagement after Pocock appeared as a leading soloist in the World in Cincinnati pageant. The county tax commission grants Hamilton 153000 dollars for next year, less than the amount requested. Lieutenant John F. Connor U S N returns home and departs Sunday for Buffalo to lead the naval recruiting station for three years. The Ohio state Odd Fellows convention names officers including Grand Marshal George M. Rewell Cleveland and Grand Conductor Lewis M. Vanden Cincinnati, with a long list of appointees and committees in Columbus, East Liverpool, Marysville, Piqua, Toledo, and Akron.
In Norwalk Ohio on June 21 Judge Garver granted James H Sharp a divorce from Ida L Dewalt of Clyde. The match began after Ida placed a matrimonial ad in a Western paper four years prior. Alimony of eighty five dollars was awarded to the defendant.
The Ohio health officers conference ended in Toledo with papers by Dr. A. C. Holland Columbus state registrar of vital statistics and Prof. William McK. Reed city chemist of Toledo. Reed stressed the need to guard against unclean milk.
Ford Motor Company informs dealers that orders through Sept 1, 1912, are closed for touring cars, torpedoes, and commercial roadsters due to unprecedented Model T demand and factory output limits. Delays may cause cancellations. some orders on file may not be filled until August. Buick victory notes follow with Brooklands speed records. Indian Motorcycle Club to run its annual tour from Government Square to Miamitown with about fifty riders.
Tentative plans form for a new country home for the Automobile club to be located on Colerain pike beyond Groesbeck, ten and a half miles from Cincinnati. The grounds are vast and the building will be remodeled into a modern bungalow with facilities for dining, entertainment and amusement. The Cincinnati Auto Country Club Company will own the enterprise, with Ham Davis named as manager.
The Automobile Blue Book offers five volumes covering different regions from New York and Canada to the Pacific coast. Volume four focuses on the Middle West with 839 routes. Purchases are available through the Automobile Club on the second floor of Gibson House.
The Cincinnati Automobile company will display the first Pope-Hartford motor truck in this territory early next week. The three ton vehicle represents the peak of modern commercial transport.
A Michelin instruction notes that a punctured inner tube should be checked to see if one wall or both are perforated. It advises a careful inspection to ensure no part of the article is damaged before repair.
The instruction outlines selecting a red para patch larger than the puncture, cleaning both surfaces with emery paper, coating with cement, and applying the patch on a flat surface. After ten minutes the patch is pressed firmly, excess air excluded, then weighted and left to cure fully.
A light newborn is described with one power cylinder and easy tires for now. The mother asks about hair color and weight, answering brunette and seven and a half pounds. A playful exchange ends with a guess about the gender. C I wears sun beams in happiness.
Frank Kulick drives the Ford Special to victory in both the free-for-all and under 60-inch class at Algonquin Illinois, breaking Phillips hill record from 2% to 27 1-5 seconds and earning the Algonquin cup with a total time of 42 3-5 seconds for two climbs. Duesenberg finishes second in both events.
Powell Stackhouse, former Cambria Iron head, testifies in government suit to dissolve U S Steel. He says independents could not raise steel rail prices above 28 since 1901. they'd have charged 35 if possible. Hearing adjourned until mid September.
In White Plains today Judge Keogh heard Thaw sanity inquiries. Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw testified about her life and childhood and refused to answer further questions, citing past testimony and Thaw hiding behind her skirts. Prosecution presented letters Thaw wrote to Governor Dix to support paranoia and delusions of persecution.
The seminary postponed a planned Scotland trip to testify in favor of Henry K. Thaw today. Mr. Chrystie, a long time friend of the Thaw family, swore he believed Thaw rational.
In a government case to dissolve the sugar trust a Utah-Idaho Sugar Co official testified that California manufacturers were paid to keep out Utah and nearby states to save freight costs. The plan allegedly covered Utah, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, eastern Washington and part of Arizona with Havemeyer and associates tied to about 4 million dollars.
Albany June 21 The New York Court of Appeals denied Foulkes Brandt former valet to Mortimer L Schiff a writ of habeas corpus Brandt cannot gain release by that route. Attorney General Carmody said Brandt may seek executive clemency or discharge from custody if Judge Rosalsky’s reversal of the conviction stands as valid.
Norwalk June 21 announcement reports William D. Johnston former state legislator and Hudson County Banking Co president married to Mrs. Ruth E. Reid of Norwalk. The ceremony took place Wednesday in Monroe Michigan.
Prince Joachim youngest son of the kaiser aboard the yacht Idux saw sailors clinging to an overturned boat. He ordered a boat launched and led a party to rescue the drowning men.
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