May Festival matinee at Music Hall draws large crowd
The eighteenth biennial May Festival held a Sunday matinee at Music Hall featuring the May Festival chorus and orchestra. Notable attendees included Mrs William Howard Taft as the audience turnout stayed strong, with praise for Bach's Passion and hints of Strauss influence amid the program.
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Music Hall
Alcibiades
William Howard Taft
John Sebastian Bach
Strauss
Historians of Music
Third May Music Festival Concert of Orchestral Works
The third May Music Festival concert featured Beethoven Leonore Overture Brahms Symphony No 3 Richard Strauss Don Juan and Salome Dance of the Seven Veils Wagner Prelude to Tristan and Isolde with Mme Gadski delivering Isolde's Love Dont debate. The Stock-led Thomas Orchestra received enthusiastic applause for a masterly program.
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Prominent Guests Fill Grand Festival Reception
A vast audience including Mrs. William H. Taft and Miss Botsford attended Mozart recitals and Pierne's The Children Crusade with 700 chorus kids. Attendees wore elaborate gowns. Schumann Heink drew praise as center of admiration. alumnae and faculty joined postconcert gatherings and dinners across Cincinnati venues.
Most Popular Concert of the Series Is Tonight
The first local production of Gabriel Pierne's le gend The Children's Crusade headlines an elaborate evening. Some twelve hundred people are involved, including seven hundred public school children, with Pierre Mrs. Rider-Kelsey Mrs. Chapman-Goold Mr. Daniel Beddoe and others leading a full festival chorus and orchestra.
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May Festival Matinee Draws Society in Colorful Hats
Society women fill Music Hall boxes and lounges at the May Festival matinee. Madame Schumann-Heink reappears in splendid health as Mrs Taft and other notables attend in vivid gowns, hats, and jewelry, enhancing the day’s social page.
Trustees Host Elegant College of Music Reception for Faculty
The Board of Trustees held a splendid reception for College of Music faculty in Cincinnati. Gray and pink colors, palms and ferns created a handsome backdrop for the receiving line featuring numerous attendees including Mr. Julius Fleischmann Mayor Markbreit Mr. and Mrs. I Burnet Resor Mr. and Mrs. William Resor Mr. Adolph Klein Albino Gorno Romeo Gorno Mattioli Floridia Stadermann Carr O'Meara Dr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald and several guests. The event was hailed as one of the finest social affairs of its kind.
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Cincinnati
Julius Fleischmann
Markbreit
Purely Personal Notices From Local Society
Mrs. Theodore Thomas travels from Chicago to attend May Festival concerts as guest of the Festival Board of Directors. East Walnut Hills residents head to New York then London for Miss Williamson’s marriage. Many others plan visits and travels to cities like Plainfield Boston Paris and Baltimore with family and social ties noted.
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Lawrence Maxwell, Jr
Homer A. Wessel
Salutaris Avenue
East Walnut Hills
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London
England
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St. Louis
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Avondale
Plainfield
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Howard Colby
John Tenney
Valerie Weil
Mt. Auburn
Henry Brummel
Alexina Ferguson
Europe
Paris
Mezerole
Brooklyn
N. Y
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Walnut Hills
Davis L. Liebman
Hutchins Avenue
D. C
Waldman
Edward B. Sargent
Madison Road
Washington, D. C
Stephen Chase
William Christie Herron
Redway Avenue
Baltimore
George W. Campbell
Rose Hill Avenue
Delaware
Casper
H. Burton
Reading Road
Boston
Mass
Elaine Carew
Walnut , Hills
Co. O. Jenkins
Cleveland
Claude Ashbrook
Rose Hill
Corinne Ashbrook
Lillie Frazier
Ashbrook
George B. Phemo
Villa Place
Ft. Thomas
Alice Herbert
Louisville
Minnie Guggenheimer
Democrats struggle to unite behind Harmon ticket in Ohio race
In Columbus on May 7 1920 Democrats debate Harmon vs Johnson factions with Finley seen as inside track for executive committee chairmanship. Ed Hanley and James Ross sway influence as Brand Whitlock enters as an independent threat amid party rifts.
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Cleveland
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Cincinnati
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Inley
Ed Hanley
Dayton
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Hanley
Central Committee
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Harris
Barber Shop Sale Leads to Fraud Charge
A warrant was issued in Police Court for John Daggon alias John Jones accused of obtaining 145 dollars from Edgar Wade, a barber, by false representations. Wade paid 145 for a shop at 334 Central Avenue but learned the owner was not Daggon who claimed to own the place and was only employed by Mrs Edward Coffée.
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John Jones
Edgar Wade
West Seventh Street
Wade
Daygou
Central Avenue
Edward Coffée
Lexing ton Gay Week Visit Details Reported
A condensed note from Lexington Kentucky covers a weeklong arrival event highlighting local venues and activities tied to LGBT community engagement. The brief lists organizers and participating groups without extraneous commentary.
Kentucky Society Highlights Newport Social Scene and Engagements
Mrs. Sam Ferris hosted a bridge whist in Newport to honor Mrs. Ellis and Miss Ida Crane with trophies awarded to Mrs. Edgar Evans and Mrs. Dr. Baird. Engagments announced include Miss Moreland McPhike to Dr. Robert H. Herndon. Wallace D. Wolfe to Miss Katherine Hall. Residents and visitors from Covington, Alton, Pittsburg, and San Francisco are noted alongside wedding plans and social visits.
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Newport
Ellis
Ida Crane
Harry Crane
Avondale
Edgar Evans
Covington
Dr.Baird
Stannage
Frank Perkins
James Campbell
Milwaukee
C. L. Baird
Imperial
H. G. McPhike
Alton
Moreland McPhike
Robert H. Herndon
Covington. Miss McPhike
Frederick A. McMillen
Lexington
Episcopal Church
G. M. Cree
Augusta
Howard Cree
Wallace D. Wolfe
Katherine Hall
Hustonville
Danville
Charles McLaughlin
Greenville
Miss
A. E. Stricklett
C. M. Bruce
Charles Sloan
Pittsburg
Andrew
Park Avenue
George Fleming
Florie de Wilcoxson
San Francisco
John W. Tibbatts
Richard Darling
Ee and
Jor Ramsey
McKee Divorce Case: Court Advised Neutral Split
Paris May 7 The court's legal expert urged granting a divorce to neither side in the McKee case, citing abuse and scandal but recommending separation to spare the families and children. He found no substantiation for theft or assault claims against Mrs. McKee and noted French experts may handle related defamation actions.
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McKee
Ol McKee
America
Colonel Baxter
Aaron Peters 80 Dies by Hanging in Baton Home
Special dispatch from Hamilton Ohio reports Aaron Peters 80 a retired farmer hanged himself at his Baton home during the night. His body was found today. His brother George previously died by hanging under similar circumstances. Age related infirmities cited as the only known reason.
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Commercial Tribune
Hamilton, O
Aaron Peters
Baton
George
British Commander Killed While Recovering Stolen Animals
A dispatch from Lands-Khotal reports Major Cope Smith, commanding the Fiftieth Camel Corps, mortally wounded by snipers while leading a mounted escort to recover stolen animals. He died before reaching camp.
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Smith
Eagleson presses for sine die adjournment in Ohio
Speaker Eagleson aims to adjourn the legislature on Saturday after urging Public Printer to finish printing and correcting 76 bills by then. Senate probe findings are under revision by Democrats to fit campaign aims, with officers to sign bills as session opens.
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Heer
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