Novelties in Musical line... coronet solo from a gondola in lagoon. He starts just west of the bridge and is slowly pulled toward the audience.
Sunday afternoon religious services at the Auditorium will be a permanent feature.
In view of the fact that the working classes are expected to constitute a
considerable portion of the Sunday Audience, due to reduced admission,
the bulk of program will be selections not above the musical
understandings of the ordinary individual.
Dr. Tamaiousian, a converted Turk, will give services in his native language at the Streets of All nations, for people of his language.
W.F. Edwards of Dawson City, Klondike are, says people along the North
Pacific Coast know of the Expo and it is well advertised, but Railroad
and business people inclined to induce people not to come, saying it is
not worth the price. He had been told he could stop in Omaha for ten
days and then resume his trip to Chicago, but was informed upon arrival
here that a stopover of 12 hours would void his Chicago.
The World-Herald is investigating RR rates and has found some conventions
have secured lower rates than our Transportation Dept. did for the T/M.
A whale, 15 feet in length, is the latest feature of the Midway. It
arrived yesterday and will be shown as soon as the enclosure can be
constructed. It is not alive but embalmed.
Catherine Brown, employed in the Agriculture Building, indulged in a
flirtation with an electric fan, to see how fast it was moving... she
inserted her finger. Hospital attendants applied a bandage to the place
where her fingernail ought to be.
The phonographic reproduction of the squeals in the hog killing establishment at South Omaha is one of the exhibits in the Manufacturers Building. A lady visitor from out of town asked where it was from... So. Omaha she was told. She looked at him before remarking, "It sounds very much like the way they squeal at the packing house in Kansas City. Are you sure there isn't some mistake?" She was assured that... hogs squealed at South Omaha in the same language as that employed at the mouth of the Kaw.
