Louise at the Opera Comique Boston Premiere
The Manhattan company brings Gustav Charpentier Louise to Boston for a first U.S. stage in the Opera in Comique tradition. The piece, a musical romance set on Montmartre, follows Louise’s love with Julien, parental tension, and Parisian street life across four acts.
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Manhattan
Boston
Gustav Charpentier
Louise
Miss Garden
Opera Comique
Paris
Mr. Dalmores
Julien
Mme. Doria
Mr. Gilibert
Charpentier
Zola
Dieuze
Alsace-Lorraine
Conservatory
Lille
Massenet
Rome
Italy
Germany
Doria’s Illness Delays Louise After Opera Feat
Mme. Doria of the Manhattan Opera Company remains at the Hotel Touraine recovering from a severe cold. Despite this she had recently sung in Philadelphia to save Oscar Hammerstein $15,000, fainting in the third act but finishing the performance. She rushed to Boston afterward but could not perform, saying she does not wish to disappoint her friends.
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Paris
Julien
Louise
Montmartre
City of Lights
Mme. Doria
Manhattan Opera Company
Hotel
Touraine
Charlestown
Oscar Hammerstein
Philadelphia
Mme, Doria
New York
The Operatic Concert in Boston曜
Two splendid concerts by the Manhattan Opera Company in Boston drew crowded houses at the Boston Theatre and Symphony Hall. Singers included Zeppilli Dufranne Sammarco Gerville Reache Labia Ponzano and De Gratzia with the full opera chorus.
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Boston
Boston Theatre
Symphony Hall
Manhattan Opera Company
Mlle. Zeppilli
Dufranne
Sammarco
Mile. Gerville Reache
Constantino
Rexall Mucu-Tone Fights Catarrh With Bloodborne Cure
An ad from the Riker Jaynes Drug Stores promotes Rexall Mucu-Tone as a blood carried remedy for catarrh claiming it cures all forms of the disease when used as prescribed. The ad emphasizes internal treatment, a money back guarantee, and two available sizes 50 cents and 1 dollar.
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Riker-Jaynes Drug Stores
Campanini Leads Boston in Debussy and Liszt Opus
The Boston Symphony concert featured Debussy’s impressionist selections and Liszt rhapsody with Maestro Campanini earning praise for his mastery. The program included Barcarolle from Offenbach and an Anitra’s Dance encore, delighting a receptive audience on a casual “popular” night.
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Anitra
Greig
Debussy
Boston
Dr. Muck
Washington Street
Campanini
Pew Opera
Deep Seated Cough Promises Five Hour Cure Claim
A medical claim touts a five hour cure for deep seated coughs and lung conditions using a home formula. The instructions prescribe wild cherry bark, cardiol essence, and white pine syrup with a precise dosing schedule for adults and children.
Quarantine Station Transfer Discussed for Boston Harbor
Secretary James C. White visited Washington at the request of Mayor Hibbard to discuss moving Boston Harbor quarantine duties from the Board of Health to federal service. The mayor supports the save of about $29 000 annually but will await the Boston Merchants Association committee findings. Elwyn G. Preston opposed the transfer and denied knowledge of any Washington talks.
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James C. White
Washington
Hibbard
Treasury
Boston Harbor
Board of Health
Federal Service
Boston
Boston Merchants’ Association
Elwyn G. Preston
Chamber of Commerce
Notable aria night features at the concert
Ill Mr Veiuille and haw haw Dufranne headline an astonishing show with Paladinle's Air du Sonneur. Sammar Co. shocks the audience with Largo al Factotum while Delilah, Giaconda, and Labia offer superb performances and lively finales delight the crowd.
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Veiuille
Dufranne
Paladinle
Pelleas
Sammarco
Mozart
Mme. Gerville-Reache
Delilah
Constantino
Mme. Labia
Giaconda
Sleep and appendicitis linked, doctor asserts
Dr. E. M. Banchert of Montreal told Newton's Calumet Club that excessive sleep or long reclining periods can press internal blood vessels and trigger appendicitis. He added that eating a heavy late meal may heighten the risk for sound sleepers.
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E. M. Banchert
Montreal
Calumet Club
Newton
Banchert
Campaign kickoff for Boston charter aims at doctors
The first major push for the new city charter will feature Nathan Matthews and John F. Moors of the Finance Commission and George R. Nutter addressing about 700 members of the Academy of Medicine of Boston. The event marks Matthews first public appearance since the commission’s work finished and will present charter views to physicians and Boston citizens at the Boston Medical Library.
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Nathan Matthews
John F. Moors
Finance Commission
George R. Nutter
Academy of Medicine of Boston
Boston
Boston Medical Library
Oath of Freedmen Ends New Voters Festival at Faneuil Hall
About 1500 gathered as Rev Charles G Ames administered the freed man oath. Bernard J Rothwell presided with Lincoln Steffens urging independence from ward leaders. T W Henderson and Charles Sprague Smith spoke on civic duty and youth opportunities. Typographical Union Glee Club provided music.
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Faneuil Hall
Charles G. Ames
Dr. Ames
Chamber of Commerce
Bernard J. Rothwell
Rothwell
Lincoln Steffens
Mr. Steffens
George
T. W. Henderson
Charles Street
African Methodist Church
Charles Sprague Smith
New York
Bay State
Massachusetts
Typographical Union Glee Club
The Man at the Window
L C Hunt recalls decades in railway life at Roxbury station. A clerical mixup over Hyde Park fares prompts a lesson in patience and attention as he narrates a Jamaica Plain passenger signaling a passing express.
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L. C. Hunt
Roxbury
Post
Hyde Park
Hazlewood
Jamaica Plain
New York Express
Taft Hosts John Hays Hammond at White House Dinner
President Taft welcomed John Hays Hammond of New York as a dinner guest at the White House after an extended visit to Washington.
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Washington
John Hays Hammond
New York
Taft
White House
Four Injured in Wellsville Pistol Duel Over River Liquor
Four men were injured in a pistol duel between Good Citizens' League members and drinkers on a houseboat in the Ohio River near Wellsville. Victims include William Zoellers shot in the thigh and Ben Davidson shot in the neck. William Reneff was beaten and Frank Geisse's ear was damaged. Jurisdiction over boat liquor sales was clarified recently by a Lisbon judge, affirming West Virginia rights 60 feet from the Ohio shore.
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Wellsville
Good Citizens’ League
Ohio River
West Virginia
William Zoellers
East Liverpool
Ben Davidson
Faust Liverpool
William Reneff
Frank Geisse
Ohio
W. W. Hole
Lisbon
New Haven Granted Authority to Purchase Two Railroads
Albany April 4 The public service committee authorizes the New York New Haven Hartford Railroad to buy all stock of the New York and Portchester Railroad and the New York Westchester and Boston Railway.
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Albany
N. Y
Public Service Committee
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New York & Portchester Railroad Company
New York, Westchester & Boston Railway Company
Tablet Food Trial for U S Army Troops
Washington April 4 The army will test tablet food on regulars during summer maneuvers. Fifteen hundred haversacks are issued with two boxes of hard bread bacon sugar coffee salt and pepper in tablet form. Each item is sealed in paraffined parchment to withstand weather.
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Washington, D. C
United States Army
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