American composer’s opera wreck delays spark Paris setback
In Paris, Albert Mildenberg races to rebuild his opera Michael Angelo after the Slavonia wreck, seeking to fulfill his Ricordi contract while new American works by Hadley and Nevin gain attention in Europe. Puccini’s Girl of the Golden West premieres in America next winter.
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Europe
Ricordi
Henry
Hadley
Sophie
Mayence
Arthur Nevin
Pota
Berlin
Michel Angelo
Pucccini
America
Metropolitan
Mildenberg
MYSTERY IN BANK LARCENY SPURS INDICTMENTS
Donald I. Persch, arrested in New York, faces two counts for larceny of $110,000 in copper stocks held as loan collateral at Windsor Trust Company. A co-defendant is unnamed. Persch also faces a separate $15,000 collateral larceny tied to a Boston note. He risks bail reduction as the grand jury continues its inquiries.
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New York
Windsor Trust Company
Grand
New York County
Persch
J. M. Everett
Boston
Everett
Wall Street
State Street
Stock Exchange
Mulqueen
Court of General Sessions
Grand Jury
Boston Audiences Toast Cosmopolitan Opera Bosses
The piece praises Boston’s lavish stage craft and the American impresario's contemporaneity as London hosts 85 operas this season. It highlights Miss Edith de Lys’s Covent Garden runs and notes strong notices from London critics for her Aida role and Aby portrayal.
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Boston
Mr. Russell
London
Edith de Lys
Covent Garden
Aby
Bunker Hill
New England Conservatory
Europe
Mme
Cosima Wagner
Jean de Reszke
Rome
Elsa
Milan
Tess
Miss de Lys
Sarah Bernhardt
Mme. Bernhardt
Prague
Vienna
Budapest
Frankfort
Royal Opera
Marie de Rohan
Ernani
Aida
Zenatello
Rhadames
Mademoiselle de Lys
The Shams to Look Out For In Evaporated Milk
A persuasive critique of evaporated milk brands argues Van Camp's offers superior value. It claims 16 ounce cans cost 10 cents, provide full milk content, and deliver richer flavor for cooking compared with condensed milk or smaller cans.
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van Camp
van Camp’s
Curtiss Flies Three Times in One Day at Rheims Event
Glen H. Curtiss, American aviator, joined aviation week contests at Rheims. He completed two brief flights and a final four minute flight, but his third landing ended abruptly with a slightly damaged aeroplane.
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Rheims
Glen H. Curtiss
Curtiss
Girl Who Shot Man Is Dying at Lewiston
The mother of Nellie Miller says jealousy may have caused the shooting of Charles Baker. Nellie is dying while Baker likely survives. The mother claims Baker beat and abused Nellie, with frequent quarrels and the girl submitting to the abuse up to the incident.
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Lewiston
Nellie Miller
Charles Baker
Baker
Miss Miller
Woman Shot Man then Self After Baker's Advances
Mrs Miller warned her daughter against Baker but the cautions went unheeded. Police believe Baker's pursuit of Mrs Laura Deschene pushed Miss Miller to shoot him and then herself. Miss Miller admits the shooting.
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Mrs. Miller
Baker
Laura Deschene
Wealthy jeweler saved from drowning near Nahant
Nathan Mendlow of Lynn narrowly escaped death when a photo attempt on a tender tethered to a sloop went wrong. He fell into the water and was kept afloat for about ten minutes by friend Connolly until Captain Charles Groughan arrived with Connolly’s auxiliary yacht.
Lost Baby Found on Railroad Tracks Near Ipswich
Four year old Willie Carey who vanished from home last night was found sunning himself on railroad tracks between Ipswich and Newburyport. His parents Timothy and Mrs Carey rushed to him as a fast Boston limited express passed, then fire bells announced the recovery.
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Ipswich
Newburyport
Willie Carey
Timothy Carey
Agawam Heights
Boston
Little Willie
Not Guilty Says Gould In Attempted Burglary Case
Francis M. Gould of Boston and Swampscott known as a Society Raffles faced a continued case for breaking and entering the Albert F. Gordon residence in Brookline. bail was set at 1000 by a relative. Gould a Dartmouth graduate with social ties pleaded not guilty and the police link him to the night of the alleged entry. He has lived in Boston Roxbury Swampscott Newton and Brookline and was previously arrested in April 1907 for a Newton burglary.
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Francis M. Gould
Boston
Swampscott
Raffles
Albert F. Gordon
Brookline
Perkins
Gould
Dartmouth
Newton
Milton
Gordon House
Roxbury
John H. Leash
Boy Stands in Front of Train in Bradford Yard
In Haverhill on August 16 18 year old Richard J Jermyn blocked a Boston express by stepping between tracks after tampering with switch padlocks and pins. He stood fearless as alarms sounded and was taken into custody by railroad workers. officials say he is probably insane and has been ill for weeks.
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Haverhill
Richard J. Jermyn
Riverside District
Bradford
Jermyn
College visitors charged with vagrancy in North Dakota court
In St Paul on August 16 three of a group of more than 40 eastern college youths who came to North Dakota seeking harvest work faced a police court not guilty plea. They said they ran out of money after paying for transport and could not find employment.
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ST. Paul, Minn
North Dakota
Finehoul
Wedding in Pilot House Aboard Camden Steamer
Louis J. Goodwin aged 22 and Miss Irene Tuthill were married Sunday evening aboard the steamer Camden in Bangor Me. The wedding was performed by Rev David B Matthews. The couple, both employed by H A Robinson Co of Brockton, left for vacation joined by the bride’s sister Mrs W H Belcher.
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Brockton
Bangor
H. A. Robinson Company
Louis J. Goodwin
Irene Tuthill
Camden
Goodwin
Frank Fletcher
Byron Avenue
W. H. Belcher
West Elm Street
Post
David B. Matthews
That City
Seized American Cutter in West Africa
The State Department received word from American consul Handley that a small cutter flying the American flag seized at Quissanga Ar gola West Africa two weeks earlier carried American crew and was American owned. The master and one sailor were sent to Banda with charges of diamond robbery. the master's charges were not sustained and the affair was settled.
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Washington
State Department
Handley
Boma
Kongo
Quissanga Argola
West Africa
Banda
Firemen Stop Runaway Horse Near Crowds in Waltham
A frightened horse freed from a carriage after a trolley collision was halted by Driver C. Eb. Giddings of Hose 2 and E. F. Fisher of Ladder 1 of the Waltham fire department. The animal plummeted toward Lexington and Main streets but was stopped about 30 yards from the busy thoroughfare.
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Waltham
Lexington
Main Streets
C. EB. Giddings
Hose 2
E. F. Fisher
Ladder 1
Waltham Fire Department
Man Kills Self in Doctor's Office in Lewiston
Alvah Pettengill, 41, of College Street, shot himself in Dr. B W Russell's office while awaiting treatment. He had suffered ill health for four years and was despondent over his condition, unable to work at his trade.
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Lewiston
B. W. Russell
Alvah Pettengill
College Street
Penny pays phone calls in new Lincoln cent
Washington on August 16 reports that the Lincoln penny, larger and heavier than the Indian head cent, is found to be five times as valuable in one respect. The coin can serve as a five-cent piece for telephone calls, discomfiting telephone companies.
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Washington
Great Day for Bananas in Boston
Eighty six thousand banana bunches arrived in Boston from Jamaica Cuba and Costa Rica with most unloaded by yesterday. At 100 bananas per bunch about 8.6 million bananas fed the city daily, totaling 195 million bananas in May to date.
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Boston
Jamaica
Cuba
Costa Rica
Greater
Boy Cries for Father in Woburn Home
Littl Frank O'Brien, 56 years old, lies dying on Salem street while his mother hopes his father, last known in Boston, returns home for the boy’s sake. The child repeatedly asks when papa will come home, highlighting a family in distress.
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