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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1912
Page
4
A shopper visits the Tunnel Bargain Basement from 9 AM to 5 PM seeking a suit. She finds none like the sold-out item after hours of browsing and returns to purchase another outfit, as the store notes thousands rely on savings in apparel today.
The Boston Opera House announces major personnel changes for next season with new and notable artists engaged. Only two conductors from the past two seasons will stay Andre Caplet and Robert Moranzoni. In the second half Felix Weingartner will return.
Arnoldo Conti will coach singers and aid the opera group. Wallace Goodrich leaves the Boston company to become dean at the New England Conservatory and a teacher at its opera school. Charles Urban will join as stage director with modern German staging and lighting. The season will feature Wolf-Ferrari operas, Chabrier Louise, Pelleas et Melisande, and Wagner and Nicolai works, with stars like Melba, McCormack, Hempel, Bori and Isolde casting.
Today marks the final opportunity to see the Italian garden at Horti cultural Hall hailed as Boston’s most beautiful floral display. The exhibit, initially set to close Sunday, was extended after strong public demand and high attendance by students and the general public.
Cambridge druggist William Reycroft of 1920 Massachusetts Avenue North Cambridge was found not guilty in a District Court trial. His clerk Joseph Hanon was convicted of illegal liquor sales, fined $100 based on testimony from Conrad Lovelace and John Kerr that he sold several half pints on March 17. Patrolman D F Leahy testified for the police.
Miss Billie Burke brings a dual talent to the Hollis Street Theatre next Monday night appearing in The Runaway as a little French country girl who paints. She recalls past art dreams and notes she once valued painting animals above all, likening her dogs and horses to landseers and Rosa Bonheur in spirit.
Harold Bauer, pianist, entertained a large Symphony Hall audience yesterday afternoon with Mendelssohn, Bach, Schumann, Franck, Ravel, Debussy, Chopin and others. He impressed in Schumann and Ravel pieces though Debussy and Franck saw mixed reception. the Barcarolle and Polonaise drew praise for drama and poetic moments, and the audience filled the hall.
Jacob Duff a builder at 8 A street Belmont filed a voluntary petition in the U S District Court listing liabilities of 80 982 10 and assets of 37 720 as of yesterday The case outlines his financial position and structure of his estate in the bankruptcy filing
Edward Mason and Henry Hall two convicted horse thieves aged 30 and 28 escaped from a Brooklyn Connecticut jail last night. They worked out of their cells cut a ceiling hole entered an attic and escaped through an unbarred window dropping to the ground. They claimed to belong in Attleboro Falls Massachusetts.
The Senate adopted a Lodge introduced resolution asking the President for information on reported Japanese activity at Magdalena Bay, Lower California. It cited reports of land purchase by the Japanese government for a Mexican based company, and there was no debate on the measure.
Senator Lodge urged the Senate during arbitration treaty debates that a great eastern power might seek a harbor on the west coast of Mexico to base a navy. He cited Magdalena Bay as a potential indirect move and warned that U S intervention would follow a Monroe Doctrine violation.
The article promotes a Shorty McCabe story titled Steering Wicky to a Slam to appear in next Sunday's Post Magazine. It hints at a humorous crime caper featuring McCabe as he navigates a witty plot and urban misadventure.
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