Flying Dutchman at Cambridge Opera Cast Impresses
Boston Symphony Orchestra and Miss Hellen Hope Kirk join New York Symphony for Wagnerian program in Cambridge. Senta and The Flying Dutchman draw audience focus as Mme Tavary shines in Legend of the Flying Dutchman. Stormont praised for stage craft and vocal skill. Ricci’s Daland judged routine. Overall chorus tempo inconsistent, Intermissions tested patience. Mozart Don Giovanni to follow centennial tribute with special cast and 100-voice chorus. Carmen repetition tomorrow. La Traviata and Cavalleria Rusticana planned for Saturday.
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Sore
Mme
Basta-Tagary
M. Stormont
Tess M. Butat
Peecweess Biz
Minelle
Tavary
Mons
Stormont
Senta
Mme. Tavary
Daland
Signor Ricci
Cavalleria Rusticana
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Mme. Hank
Selma Kronold
Mons, Montariol
del Puente
Sig. Ricci
Boston Symphony Orchestra at Sander's Theatre Cambridge
The Boston Symphony Orchestra with Mme Helen Hopkirk as soloist presented a concert at Sander's Theatre Cambridge last evening. The program included McDowell suite in A minor op 42 Rubinstein piano concerto in G major and Beethoven seventh symphony. Audience enthusiastic and large. Hopkirk praised for technical mastery musical taste and a touch that blends strength and delicacy.
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Symphony Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Mme
Helen Hopekirk
Sander
Rubinstein
Change in New York Symphony concert programme
Paderewski shifts from four solo pieces to Liszt Hungarian fantasy with orchestra and Rubinstein D minor concerto. Updated list includes Tristan und Isolde Prelude and Finale, Wagner No 4 in D minor, Rubinstein ballet airs, Gluck, intermission, Schumann? No, Beethoven? Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Tschackowsky Hungarian fantasy. Fidelio Club marks Mozart death centennial with Idomeneo, The Magic Flute, and Ave Verum. Soloists Emma Howe soprano Heinrich tenor Fieldler violin Molo flute. Keiter born to direct.
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New York Symphony Orchestra
Paderewski
Liszt
Rubinstein
Reap Ween
Soso
Tschackowsky
Fidelio Club
Mozart
Iomenee
Magic Flute
Emma
S. Howe
Heinrich
Fieldler
Molé
Keiterborn
New Music Listings from Oliver Ditson Company
The Oliver Ditson Company announces new music including The Nightingale's Song with music by Zeller and words by L. K. Bachman, Bring Me No Cup from Lethe motif by F. Boott, The Better Part by Edward Belknap and Mason Carnes, Night Time by Beardsley Van de Water, Look Into Mine Eyes Again by Edward Sharp, Oh What a Difference in the Morning by Felix McGlen non, But Once the Hour Approaches by Carl Bohm, two sacred songs The Star of Bethlehem with words by F. E. Weatherly and music by Stephen Adams and His Salvation is Nigh Them that Fear Him by Kennett, instrumental Polish Dance by B. Hamma, Gigue Americaine by Ernest Redon, and the waltz from La Cigale arranged by Chester Hatton.
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Oliver Ditson Company
Zeller
L. K. Bachman
F. Boott
Edward ‘T. Belknap
Mason Carnes
Frank A. Howson
Beardsley van de Water
Edward Sharp
Felix McGlennon
Carl Bohm
F. E. Weatherly
Stephen Adams
Samaria
Kennett
All for Her shines in Kendal at Hollis Street Theatre
The Hollis Street Theatre hosted the English players last night with All for Her. Hugh Trevor, as portrayed by Mr. Kendal, emerges as a moving blend of cynicism and pathos, supported by a strong cast including Mrs. Kendal and Mr. Dodson.
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Hollis
Macbeth
Hugh Trevor
Sir Horace Welby
Herman Merivale
Mr. Kendal
Lester Wallack
Sir Philip Sidney
Johnstown
Harvard
Kendal
Dodson
Radford
Miss Campbell
Joseph Carne
Bucklaw
C.T. Coprlann
Canada not a crown colony says Nova Scotia official
Hon J W Longley Nova Scotia attorney general argues in Cambridgeport that Canada enjoys full independence and trades heavily with the United States. He predicts Canada will soon assume national responsibility and urges stronger US Canada commercial ties and a broader world role. Mayor Alger presided.
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Williams Hall
Cambridgeport
J. W. Longley
Nova Scotia
Canada
United States
Alger
Longley
London
England
Honor to Cromwell Portrait to grace Old South Church display
A Cromwell portrait will join Old South Church’s New England memorials. Dr Edward Everett Hale led the subscription drive and aims to also acquire a Charles I portrait. Rev George H Clarke delivered a lecture praising Cromwell’s role and criticizing royalist misrepresentation.
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Oliver Cromwell
Old South Church
New
Charles I
George H. Clarke
D.D
Hartford
Conn
Old South
Clarke
Cromwell
England
New England
Carlyle
Christmas art in periodicals grows brighter each year
The piece praises Christmas issues in Puck and Judge for vivid color art and humor while noting Frank Leslie's Illustrated also shines. It lauds Smith, Gray & Co. for a Christmas number with refined tones and first class literary matter, praising its 100,000 copies devoted to advertising as a bold, generous enterprise.
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Judge
Frank Leslie
Smith, Gray & Co
Three Railroad Men Killed In New Jersey Collision
A Reading line express from New York collided with a gravel construction train at Pennington New Jersey. Three crew members on the gravel train Frederick Mclaren Michael Maloney and Thomas Fitzpatrick were killed while seven others were injured. The engineer on the express Roderiques was severely hurt but the engineer on the passenger train acted to brake and avert a worse disaster. Passengers assisted the wounded and raised funds for the brave engineer.
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Trenton
N. J
New York
Reading
Pennington
Frederick Mclaren
Philadelphia
Michael Maloney
Thomas Fitzpatrick
Charles Wilson
Germantown
Frank Roderiques
Isaac Mariquis
A. H. Dey
Charles Druidine
John Ward
Roderiques
Tessner
State Engravings Coupon Plan For Regular Post Readers
The Post announces a plan to distribute a state engraving to regular readers. A coupon system on page two uses dated coupons, with thirty different dates needed for a copy. Subscriptions of three months or more, renewals or new subscriptions, waive coupons and grant engraving copies, with extra copies possible via dated coupons. Readers should send subscription money with engraving requests.
Grain blockade closes Chicago grain handling system
Eastern railroads report无法 receive Chicago grain due to freight congestion. Western lines refuse to lend cars for eastward transfers, causing a looming blockade from the Missouri River to the sea. Farmers in the wheat belt lack storage and cannot obtain cars for surplus grain. Harbor water is low and vessels are aground, raising alarm at Chicago Harbor Master over possible widespread locking of vessels and delays to elevators.
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Curiaco
Pennsylvania Lines
Chicago
Missouri River
Seaboard
Western Wheat Belt
New Books Feature Four Frenchwomen And Other Works
A discussion of new publications includes Austin Dobson on the Four Frenchwomen Charlotte Corday Mme Roland the Princess de Lamballe and Mme de Genlis plus James Schouler’s History of the United States volume five The Oz is on Land and Sea and One Summer in Hawaii with cultural notes from a society interview on dress and health featuring Annie Jenness Miller Warner’s Safe Care is promoted with an interview excerpt showing the era’s celebrity endorsements.
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Dobson
James Schouler
United States
Washington
Harriet E. Francis
Hawaii
Helen Mather
George Leonard Chaney
Eliza Chester
Portia
Mary Taylor Bissell
Taylor
Austin Dobson
New York
Dodd, Mead & Co
United States of America
Troy
N. Y
Nims & Knight
Cassell Publishings Co
Dodd, Mead & Company
Mary Taylor Russell
M. D
America
Annie Jenness Miller
Warner
Mayor Matthews urged second term for city schools record
The article lauds Mayor Matthews for expansive school spending, noting $614,500 in new or improved school buildings this year, including Roxbury High and Hart schoolhouse work, with further sites and repairs planned. It highlights support from the school board president and declares he deserves reelection based on the record.
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Matthews
Roxbury High School
Thomas N. Hart
Boston
Roxbury
Charles T. Gallagher
Sawtell Case Questioned in Prosecution Silence
A Suffolk county prosecutor figure discussed if Isaac Sawtell could face a new trial in Maine after a Maine murder conviction. He noted the double jeopardy clause would not bar a Maine trial unless New Hampshire authorities abandoned the case, and doubted a Maine trial would be granted.
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Suffolk County
Post
Sawtell
Isaac Sawtell
Maine
New Hampshire
The Logical Candidate for Speaker
The New England Democratic representatives are urged to back Mills as the logical Democratic candidate. Mills represents tariff reform, deemed essential to keep the issue at the forefront next year for the party’s national chances.
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People and
New Hampshire
New England
Mills
Boston Post Gains Pace in Circulation and Ads
The Gardner Journal notes the Boston Post, under new management, is growing quickly in circulation and influence. It describes the paper as public spirited and aggressive with advertising patronage rising alongside readership.
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Gardner Journal
The
Boston Post
Grant Monument Fizzle Reported by Papers
Chicago Inter Ocean notes the Grant monument committee in New York laid the foundation but failed and Boston Post says the effort will be renewed in Congress to move General Grant’s tomb to Washington. New York association leaders may bear responsibility if the plan succeeds.
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Chicago Inter-Ocean
Grant Monument Committee
New York
Boston Post
General Grant
Washington
New York Association
Ellen 1. Pool
Boston
Suffolk
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Elijah George
Frederick C. Libbey
Maiden
Middlesex
Joseph Domersberger
Chicago
Illinois
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah Glorge
Register
Jor Monwealthn
Massachussetts
Esauire
Elwah Ghorgh
Alarm Calls Reported Fire and False Alarm in City
An alarm from box 49 at 4 20 yesterday afternoon signaled a small fire in the rooms of A P Carriman a tailor at 424 Washington street caused by an employee dropping a lit lamp with no damage. An alarm from box 67 at 4 28 yesterday afternoon proved needless as a passer by rung in after a gas burner was lit in Q Osbornes furniture store.
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A. P. Carriman
Washington Street
Q Osborne
Electric Car Crash Injures Several on Boston Street Hill
Latem reports a collision on Boston Street Hill as two electric cars collided this evening. Several passengers were cut by flying glass and badly shaken. James Moriarty was thrown from a car, initially unconscious, but later partially recovered as the front of the down car was wrecked.
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Boston Street
James Moriarty
Fatal Collision Near Somerville on Jersey Central
Four people were killed and several injured when a 4 PM Jersey Central passenger train from New York crashed into a standing gravel train at Pennington. All cars of the passenger train were demolished except the Pullman car. The collision occurred on the main track, and the wreck was attributed to the fast train striking the gravel train.
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New Jersey Central
SomerviLue
N. J
New York
Jersey Central Road
Pennington
Opposition to Sunday light billboards alarms Boston bookseller
W B Clarke of W B Clarke and Carruth booksellers complains that Sunday light billboards litter Washington Street from Bromfield to Boylston, clutter shop windows and doorways, pose wind risk, and should be stopped. He cites past display near his doorway and ongoing nuisance across the city.
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W. B. Clarke
W. B. Clarke & Carruth
Post
Bromfield Street
Boylston
Washington
Washington Street
Weather Forecast for New England States
The Weather Indications forecast for New Hampshire Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut shows fair weather followed by rain in the evening with increasing south winds and slight temperature changes through 8 p.m. Friday.
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Washrneton
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Fair
Boston Shorthand Club Considers New Quarters at Tremont Temple
A meeting in Social Hall Tremont Temple discussed permanent quarters on Devonshire street ideal for stenographers. A committee to run a ball and an entertainment was appointed. Meetings set for Tuesdays and Thursdays with Social Hall as a target. Adjourned to next Tuesday. Secretary W J Haines will accept membership applications.
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Boston
Tremont Temple
Devonshire Street
W.J. Haines
Western Normal College Fire in Shenandoah Causes Big Loss
SHENANDOAH I A Dec 3 The Western Normal College in Shenandoah was burned today causing an estimated loss of 50000 with insurance covering about 28000. The blaze disrupted classes and prompted firefighting crews to battle the flames through the afternoon.
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Shenandoah
Western Normal College
Kris Kringle at Home New Home Sewing Machine Parlors
Kris Kringle visit centers at New Home Sewing Machine Parlors located at 160 Tremont Street bringing holiday cheer to shoppers and inviting customers to view gifts and fabric selections.
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Kris Kringle
Tremont Street
President of Italian Senate Cadorna dies in Rome
Romer Dec 3 report the death of Signor Cadorna President of the Senate in Rome He was a brother of General Cadorna confirming the loss of a senior Italian political figure and sibling of the renowned military leader.
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Senate
Romer
Signor Cadorna
General Cadorna
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