AFL Annual Meeting Opens in Toronto with Gompers
The twenty ninth AFL convention opens in Toronto on November 8 with over 500 delegates. Fraternal delegates from Britain, J R Clynes and A H Gill, attend as observers. The agenda covers credentials, Gompers address, and officer reports while a split over Cleveland Labor Union charter forfeiture looms. Gompers seeks re election along with most officers, with likely continuity.
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Toronto
Ont
Samuel Gompers
America Federation of Labor
J. R. Clynes
A. H. Gill
Con Breas
Gompers
Federacion
Cleveland Central Labor Union
Electrical Workers’ Union
United States
Gompe
Boston Opera House Opens First Season With Star Cast
Boston Mass The new Boston Opera House begins its first season with La Gioconda as the opening program. The fifteen week run features standard works with Anton as a novelty and revivals of Serva Padrona and Maestro di Cappella. Interchange of artists with the Metropolitan company includes Lil Van Nordica Alice Nielsen Jane Yorla Antonia Pini Corsi Fernando Galletti Enzo Leliva.
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Boston
Mass
Boston Opera House
America
Anton
Galeotti
Pergolesi
Metropolitan
Lil van Nordica
Alice Nielson
Jane ‘Orla
Antonia Pini-Corsi
Fernando noll-Gallettle
Enzo Leliva
Conference of Appraisers Discuss New Tariff Law
Collectors and surveyors of customs from major ports in the United States gather in New York for their annual conference. The meeting will focus on classification and related questions, with emphasis on the new tariff law and its first three months of operation.
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New York
United States
Opening of Opera Season at Manhattan House
New York opens its annual opera season tonight at the Manhattan Opera House with Massenet Heroes de Heroide. The cast features Maurice Renaud Lina Cavalieri Chas Dalmores Armand Crabbe Mme Duchene M Nicolay M Leroux Mile Gerville Reache and marks Henriquez de la Fuente making his American debut as musical director.
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New York
Manhattan Opera House
Mr. Hammerstein
Manhattan
Massenet
Lina Cavalieri
Chas. Dalmores
Armand Crabbe
Mme. Duchene
M. Nicolay
M. Leroux
Mile
Gerville-Reache
Henriquez de la Fuente
Royal Opera
Antwerp
Florence Gear Leads Upcoming Revue in Fluffy Ruffles
Florence Gear tops the bill in the new musical comedy Fluffy Ruffles and returns after Marrying Mary. Audiences praise her charm as a comedian singer and her striking appearance as she headlines the show across venues.
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Florence Gear
Mary
Miss Gear
Houston Carnival Week Opens With Large Texas Attendance
Houston Texas Nov 8 The No Tsu Oh carnival week begins with many visitors from across Texas. Festivities will be more elaborate this year featuring parades athletic contests band concerts fireworks and numerous open air carnival attractions.
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Houston
Texas
Minor League Baseball Mag nates Convene in Memphis Session
In Memphis Tennessee the Southern league holds its annual fall meeting with minor league owners and patrons gathering for the week. Topics include finalizing the past season and addressing charges against former Atlanta manager William A Smith, whose dismissal was blamed on not boosting pennant receipts. The National Association of Minor League Clubs meets next, as the sport enjoys strong growth and plans for the future.
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Memphis
Tenn
Southern League
Horges
Aganst
William A. Smith
Atlanta
Buffalo
Smith
Cincinnati
Tomorow
National Association of Minor League
Trials of night riders in Obion county court
A special term of the Obion county court convened to try one hundred men under indictment for night riding. The group includes eight men whose death sentences for the alleged murder of Captain Quentin Ranken were recently reversed by the state supreme court.
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Union City
Tenn
Obion County
Quentin Ranken
Supreme Court
National Fox Hunters Work Begins in Kentucky
Sports men from across the United States gather in Lawrenceburg Kentucky for the National Fox Hunters association field trials to be held nearby through the week with the event promising the best sport in years.
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Lawrenceburg
United States
National
Fox Hunters’ Association
World Sun day edition available in town advance sale
The New York World announces arrangements to distribute part of its Sunday edition in advance through local newsdealers. Readers may order now to receive the advance reading matter before Sunday and an exchange check, with further details for obtaining the regular paper on presentation of the check.
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The
New York World
Thankful Athens Woman Credits Kidney Pills for Recovery
Mrs. Herman Smith of 951 Broad St Athens Ga describes months of kidney trouble with back pain swelling and fatigue. After using Doan's Kidney Pills her symptoms faded she regained weight and health praising the remedy top to bottom. The Rochester advertising note cites Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents and the Doan's name.
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Athens
Herman Smith
Broad St
Dean
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
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