Boston Opera and Metropolitan join in Pittsburg war
The Boston Opera Company teams with the Metropolitan Opera Company to stage an eight performance season at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburg starting Jan 3 1910. The joint forces boast over 500 members including 100 star singers arriving Jan 2 on three special trains.
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Boston Opera Company
Metropolitan Opera Company
Oscar Hammerstein
Pittsburg
Boston
Henry Russell
Eben D. Jordan
Mr. Dippel
Metropolitan
Boston Opera
Nixon Theatre
Boston Opera House
Metropolitan Opera
Judge stern on fast auto drivers after 44 cases
Judge Murray warned fast auto drivers in a criminal session after disposing of 44 cases. He condemned leniency and urged compliance with the law. More than $500 in fines was paid.
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Murray
Flower festival and sale at Frances Willard Settlement
Frances Willard Settlement on Chambers Street hosts a flower festival and sale to benefit the settlement. The 20 room club building blooms with cherry blossoms and decorations as college and church women volunteers oversee attractions. Miss Caroline Caswell chairs the central committee with participation from Mrs Draper Mrs Frothingham and other church reps.
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Frances E. Willard
Ethelyn Freeman
Brookline
Ida Marley
Annie Bustin
Watertown
Elizabeth Smith
Sadie Berry
Myrtice Benson
Alice Thompson
Eleanor Frost
Radcliffe
Helen Dill
Wellesley
W. R. Dyer
Holyoke
Helen J. Sanborn
Luke Y. Ring
Chambers Street
Caroline M. Caswell
Eben 8. Draper
King’s Chapel
Paul Revere Frothingham
Arlington Street Church
Trinity
Reuben Kidner
Old South
H. H. Proctor
Central
Babson S. Ladd
First Baptist
M. T. Rowe
Park Street
A. Z. Conrad
Taft Honors Sailor King at White House Medal Ceremony
President Taft pinned a second Medal of Honor on Water Tender John King of the Navy at the White House. King earned the award for extraordinary heroism during the Salem boiler incident on September 13, 1909, entering a fire filled fireroom to release water and then rescuing a sailor before sustaining burns. The ceremony followed his prior Medal of Honor for heroism on the Vicksburg.
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Washington
Taft
John King
Navy
King
White House
Salem
Vicksburg
Marines Move Toward Nicaragua In Key Navy Maneuvers
The Isthmus of Panama is cited as a possible route for Marines and ships to Nicaragua. The protected cruiser Albany and the gunboat Yorktown were to sail from Magdalena Bay toward Corinto on the Pacific coast as the Navy Department intensifies its operations on both oceans.
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Panama
Nicaragua
Magdalena Bay
Albany
Yorktown
Corinto
Pacific
Navy Department
Navy to Send Flag Officer to Nicaragua amid Delicate Questions
The cruisers Des Moines Tacoma and the gunboat Marietta lie off Port Simon Costa Rica with Vicksburg aimed at Corinto. Princeton seeks to reach Corinto from Bremerton as tensions rise in Nicaragua. Rear Admiral William W Kimball is chosen to command American naval forces and sails to Colon Panama aboard the Prairie. He has served on naval boards for examinations retirements and construction.
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Des Moines
Tacoma
Marietta
Port Simon
Costa Rica
Vicksburg
Custom House
Corinto
Princeton
Bremerton Navy Yard
Washington
Nicaragua
Navy Department
William W. Kimball
Colon
Panama
Kimball
Naval Boards of
Prairie Runs Aground Near Philadelphia Bound for Caribbean
The auxiliary cruiser Prairie carrying a rear admiral and two battalions of marines ran aground in the Delaware River shortly after leaving the Philadelphia navy yard. The ship was en route to the Caribbean with war implements for a potential campaign against Nicaragua if needed.
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Philadelphia
Penn
United States Navy
Republic
Nicaragua
Prairie
Delaware River
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Caribbean
Railway Exposition Proposes Boston Home Improvements
The 1915 Exposition outlines practical steps to raise living standards for Boston families. It urges housing reform, sanitary upgrades, educational access, and municipal services, and invites visitors to explore demonstrations and proposals before the fair closes December 12.
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Boston
New Trolley Lines Ready Across Middlesex Fells
Announcements by the Boston & Northern Street Railway and the Boston Elevated describe a 30 minute service from Stoneham to Boston via the Middlesex Fells with faster transit for Wakefield Reading and Stoneham. The Wakefield Stoneham line will extend to Arlington and the Reading Arlington line will close with through cars.
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New Street
Middlesex Fells
Stoneham
Boston
Wakefield
Reading
Boston & Northern Street Railway
Boston Elevated
Arlington
Fells
Street Railway
Malden
Glennan
Maplewood
Malden Centre
West Everett
Broadway
East Cambridge
Washington Street
Sullivan Square
Atlantic Avenue
Causeway Street
Boston & Maine
Friend
Portland
Last Argument In Steel Cases Nears End
The trial of the steel cases near completion as Henry F. Hurlburt and A. S. Miller Jr. had nearly finished the final argument for the Eastern Bridge Company of Worcester and other indicted individuals and corporations when the court adjourned.
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Henry F. Hurlburt
Eastern Bridge Company
Worcester
A. S. Miller, Jr
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Promote Digestive Health
An old advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for wind on the stomach and indigestion. It claims the tablets attack gas forming foods, improve nutrition, and benefit both sick and well people. A free trial package is offered from F. A. Stuart Co. Marshall Michigan.
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Stuart
F. A. Stuart Co
Stuart Building
Marshall
Michigan
Sleepwalking boy linked to shooting at Knowlton home
Patrolman Hickey reports that John Knowlton allegedly fired shots which his father calls a deliberate act. The youth claims possible sleep involvement and says the revolver was his but he slept through the events. Bail of 500 posted for his release as investigation continues.
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Sullivan
John B. Hickey
Knowlton
Mr. Whittier
Hickey
Post
Mr. Knowlton
Lombard
Henry E. Bishop Dies After Fall in Roxbury
Henry E. Bishop of 325 Longwood Avenue Roxbury died at City Hospital after a fall that broke his leg near Harvard Medical School on November 6. He was 52, a former Boston police officer, and will be cremated Saturday at Forest Hills with funeral services at Waterman’s chapel at 1 PM.
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Henry E. Bishop
Longwood Avenue
Roxbury
Jans Bishop
Susan Geary
City Hospital
Forest Hills
Bishop
Harvard Medical School
Boston Police Department
Waterman’s Undertaking Establishment
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Normal College Coats
Messalines
Petts-Vocel Company
Waterman
Ward
Merriam
Hjgimane Society
Leonard’s Pond
Blackington Mills
North Adams
Mass
Blackington
Newark
The
Hilton Co
N. B
Broad and
Market Sts
Chestnut St
New York
Uptown
37Th St
Temple Place
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