Double Bill at the Boston Theatre Delights Opera Fans
Scenes of operatic splendor filled the Boston Theatre last night with Massenet La Navarraise starring Jeanne Gerville-Reache and Donizetti The Daughter of the Regiment featuring Luisa Tetrazzini and John McCormack. Encores followed, the audience roaring as Gerville-Reache's power and Tetrazzini's playful stage presence drew waves of applause.
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Massenet
Mme. Gerville-Reache
Mme
Tetrazzini
McCormack
Donizetti
la Navarraise
Jeanne Gerville-Reache
Lucas
Dalmores
Araquil
Mascagni
Savage
Navarraise
Gerville-Reache
Pottom
Luisa
Jusia
France
Mr. Gilibert
Boy adrift on a plank found near Boston Light
Captain Freeman recalls spotting a boy on an eight by five foot plank off the harbor. The youth rode the drifting raft alone for hours, refusing fear and revealing his plan to return home to Hull despite running from Hull and his worried parents search in Shirley Gut. He finally agreed to be taken ashore at Hull.
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Shirley Gut
Captain Freeman
Wwe
Boston
Cap
Philadelphia
Hull
Rainsford
Skun
PremE artist and sergeant delight audience at event
Mme. Duichene and Mr. Nicolay were efficient. Mr. Anselmi was as successful with his score as Mr. de la Fuente had been with The Navarraise. The house was filled and the enthusiasm of the occasion described.
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Mme. Duichene
Nicolay
Anselmi
de la Fuente
Tales of Hoffmann staged by Manhattan Opera Company at Boston Theatre
Manhattan Opera Company presented Offenbachs Tales of Hoffmann to a small but appreciative audience at the Boston Theatre. Performances featured Renaud as Coppelius Danpertutto and Miracle Gilibert as Grespel and Spalanzani Devries as Hoffmann and Duchene as Giulietta Trentini as Olympia Antonia and the doll Additional cast members included Miss Gentle Dubois Leroux and Fossetta conducted by de la Fuente The barcarolle duet was sung by two contraltos and an intermezzo was repeated There was much enthusiasm throughout the afternoon.
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Offenbach
Tales of Hoffmann
Boston
Manhattan Opera Company
Mr. Renaud
Coppelius
Danpertutto
Miracle
Mr. Gilibert
Grespel
Spalanzani
Mr. Devries
Hoffmann
Mme. Trentini
Olympia
Antonia
Mme. Duchene
Giulietta
Alice Gentle
Nicklausse
Mme. Dubois
Lindorf
Schlemil
Woman Killed by Burglar Was a Guest of Miss Dow
A Springfield burglary case reports a masked young man about 21 or 22, tall and dark clothed, who shot Miss Martha Dow and Miss Mildred Blackstone as women sheltered during dinner. Police tie the attacker to earlier 1908 robberies and a masked spree that terrorized the city, with Miss Blackstone a teacher at the Jefferson Avenue School and Miss Dow a resident of the Dow home.
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Robert N. Dwight
Alfred Button
Miss Blackstone
Miss Dow
Lucy Dow
Lacey Dow
Martha
Springfield
Miss Swan
Michael Gilhooley
Gilhooley
Charles J. Blackstone
Elliott Street
Elks Welcome Guests to New Boston Lodge Home
The Boston Lodge of Elks on Somerset Street hosted a ladies dedication event with guests including Herbert Clarke Norman Ritchie Charlie Case Sam Cody and several sopranos contralto and baritone performers. James A Gallivan gave the welcome address.
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Boston Lodge of Elks
Somerset Street
Herbert Clarke
Norman Ritchie
the Post
Charlie Case
Sam Cody
Keith’s
Misery From a Bad Stomach Vanish With Diapepsin
An advertisement urges readers to ask a pharmacist for a 50 cent box of Pape's Diapepsin to treat indigestion and fermentation of undigested food. It lists symptoms such as heartburn belching and discomfort and promises relief within minutes after taking one Triangule tablet. It claims quick proof of stomach health and immediate relief.
Falcon Pens Featured at Bealey Co Store
At F. W. Barry Bealey Co 108 Washington the Best Make Falcon Pens are displayed with a gross price of five tenths of a dollar each.
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F. W. Barry, Bealey Co
Washington
Falcon
Tailoring Ad Chronicles Gale & Kent Expansion at 96 Court Street
The writer praises Gale & Kent of Boston for rapid March orders and hires a Chicago designer, Mr McLean, to boost fit and style. The firm emphasizes quality, paying high salaries to secure skilled workmen, and invites readers to visit 96 Court Street for suits priced 15 to 25 dollars.
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Mark Twain
Mark
Gale & Kent
96 Court Street
Gale & Kent’s
Chicago
Kent
Mr. Kent
McLean
Court Street
Atlanta
Georgia
Phenix
Arizona
London
England
Boston
President Taft Cancels Alaska Trip Plans
President Taft abandons his planned summer visit to Alaska. He will instead travel to Beverly for Congress adjournment and make brief trips until fall, with a possible San Antonio visit and a ride to the Taft ranch at Gregory. Health concerns and Congress adjournment timing influence the change.
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Taft
Alaska
Beverly
Congress
San Antonio
Tex
Charles P. Taft
Gregory
West
Fire and Losses Reported Across Boston Area As Fire Department Responds
From 2 am to 10:55 pm incidents listed include grass and box fires in Charlestown Roxbury Dorchester East Boston Brighton and Roxbury with several named residents and losses ranging from slight to 300 pounds. No loss reported for Co Brisco. Fire response and locations: Lawrence Street Charlestown Rose Street Roxbury Pelton Street West Roxbury Renard Norfolk Avenue Dorchester Chelsea Street East Boston Strathmore Road Brighton Seneca Street Blue Hill Avenue.
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Lawrence Street
Charlestown
F. Tracey
Rose Street
Max Linsgowsky
Robinson Place
Roxbury
John Nesbitt
Pelton
Strathmore Road
Charles
Pipkins
Upland Road
Brighton
Seneca Street
William Dawinsky
Blue Hill Avenue
Co. Brisco
Promises Bath for Hub Today
The piece reports a dated April 1 warning by S. V. Germain, a colored prophetess, predicting a giant tidal wave for Camden Street Baptist Church congregants. The tone mocks the hoax while noting the city’s potential stir if the event occurred, urging readers to remember the April 1 diary entry.
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S. V. Germain
Camden Street
Father Neptune
Nahant
Wind storms devastate Austrian south. four killed
A severe tornado accompanied by heavy snow struck southern Austria near Muggia causing extreme damage. A passenger train derailed from the rails and tumbled down an embankment, killing four people and wounding 138.
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Trieste
Austria
Muggia
Ex Councilman George H Cavanagh Dies of Heart Failure
Dorchester contractor George H Cavanagh died at his home 25 Medway Street after heart disease struck yesterday morning. A former Common Council member in 1879 for Ward 15, he married Eliza Phillips after the Civil War and had 13 children, 11 living.
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George H. Cavanagh
Dorchester
Medway Street
Cavanagh
Common Council
Mr. Cavanagh
Eliza Phillips
Three Roxbury youths confess to church box tampering
Three young men arrested after being detected tampering with collection boxes at St. Francis de Sales Church in Roxbury confess to a months long scheme targeting churches in Greater Boston. Police say the pattern of theft has troubled parishioners for three months.
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Greater Boston
Yesterda
St. Francis de Sales
Roxbury
Three Dorchester East Boston youths nabbed in church box thefts
Police questioned Harry Farmer 20 of 91 Buttonwood Street Dorchester George Hendrickson 22 of 36 Bellevue Street Dorchester and Charles Herman 20 of 127 Princeton Street East Boston after they confessed to robbing poor boxes in at least 30 churches around Boston. Herman, recently released from Concord Reformatory, was an experienced offender. They were traced after St Frances de Sales Church boxes were broken last Sunday and detected again at a church on Wednesday by Rev. Charles O'Brien.
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Harry Farmer
Buttonwood Street
Dorchester
George Hendrickson
Bellevue Street
Charles Herman
Princeton Street
Boston
Herman
Concord Reformatory
All Saints’ Church
Roxbury
St. Frances d: Sales Church
Charles O’brien
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