Stock's C minor symphony stirs Boston debut
Frederick Stock's Symphony in C minor op. 18 was heard in Boston with Chicago Symphony's conductor praised for mastery yet the work judged overly conventional by the reviewer. The performance featured notable drumming by Neumann and a sprawling final movement ending Bizet's L Arlesienne suite.
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Frederick Stock
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Carl Muck
Symphony Hall
Stock
Mr. Stock
Bizet
Early Downtown Mail Delivery Expands Citywide
The city adopts an earlier downtown mail delivery this morning and adds carriers to South Boston West Roxbury Medford and Arlington. Supervisory staff at the central post office are refreshed with Thomas D Fitzgerald William F Curley and Max F Macalouski promoted or reassigned to new roles.
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Murray
South Boston
West Roxbury
Medford
Arlington
Central Post Office
Thomas D. Fitzgerald
Frederick Coe
William F. Curley
Franklin P. Proctor
Max F. Macalouski
George A. Smith
Banker Jenkins Dies at Whitman Home
Whitman notices the death of George O. Jenkins age 69 a banker and leather goods manufacturer. He led Whitman Savings Bank and served as director of Puritan Trust Boston and was former president of Brockton Whitman Street Railway and Bingham Last Company of Bingham Maine. His wife Mrs Abbie Jenkins is state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
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Whitman
George O. Jenkins
Abbie 5. Jenkins
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Jenkins
Whitman Savings Bank
Puritan Trust Company
Boston
Brockton & Whitman Street Railway Company
Bingham Last Company
Bingham, Me
Printer who printed Mercier letter sentenced in Berne
Paris dispatch from March 31 reports the Cologne Gazette stating the printer who printed Cardinal Mercier’s Lenten pastoral letter faced one year in prison after German authorities in Belgium protested the document.
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Mercier
Paris
Havas
Berne
Cologne
Cardinal Mercier
Belgium
Women Fight Over Burial of Brockton Millionaire
Widow Mrs. Sarah Hayes and housekeeper Nellie McClusky dispute burial of James Hayes in Calvary or St. Patrick's Cemetery Brockton. Judge Fox heard final arguments and reserved decision after Hayes death March 19 1916. The case draws attention due to Hayes probate and $30 000 to $40 000 estate.
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Sarah Hayes
James Hayes
Brockton
Calvary Cemetery
Nellie McClusky
Mr. Hayes
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Fox
Suffolk County
Melrose
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John
St. Patrick's Cemetery
William Ff, Kane
Kane
Friel
Remembered Birds In Will
The will of Mrs. Mary K. Johnson of 225 Grove Street Auburndale filed in East Cambridge provides $1000 to the Animals' Refuge Portland Me and another $1000 to be paid later after minor conditions. It directs residents of her home to continue feeding birds and bluejays at her bay window each morning after snow or freezing until spring and to protect and feed the squirrels.
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Mary K. Johnson
Grove Street
Auburndale
East Cambridge
Smith Writes Legislature on Defeat of Tax Bill
Earnest E. Smith sends a letter to Massachusetts lawmakers defending Kidder Peabody on the defeat of the proportional tax amendment. He cites Robert Winsor’s opposition to removing the word propotional and urges informed debate on site value tax amid tax confusion. The dated note and advertisement text follow.
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Smith
Earnest E. Smith
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Senate
Robert Winsor
Massachusetts
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