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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
9
Boston voters in Precincts 6 Ward 7 and 6 Ward 10 examined the Dean ballot machine. An exhibitor said the iron box on wheels impressed about 100 visitors, with a curtain shield and lever actions. Officials note capacity limits and high costs for citywide adoption.
Acting Mayor Reynolds prohibits children under 16 from appearing on local theatre stages including amateur productions. He cites protection of young minds from immoral influences as the rationale for the order issued in Providence on December 5.
Two Texas cowboys tried three times to hang John E. Lewis a Wichita man on a west bound Santa Fe train between Lawrence and Topeka today. Lewis escaped each time finally leaping from the train after the third attempt. He wore a Knights of Pythias pin. No arrests reported.
The article argues beer is an all year drink and a national beverage reducing intemperance. It promotes Pabst Blue Ribbon as a 4 percent alcohol, cleanly brewed beer with malt and imported hops. It claims it aids stomach comfort and offers nourishment to resist cold.
The Boston stage season barrels through December with Blanche Bates finishing The Girl From the Golden West at the Majestic while Lena Ashwell debuts The Shulamite. Maude Adams nears Peter Pan’s end at Hollis Street, and Clara Bloodgood ships in The Truth at Park Theatre next week. Theatergoers face seat sales, new acts, and a busy slate of vaudeville and concerts at Keith's, Grand Opera House, Palace, Orpheum, and Symphony Hall.
Theatre manager Edward Smith reports Shubert inquiry into staging Oscar Wilde’s unpublished A Florentine Tragedy with Lena Ashwell and Guy Standing. If produced, a Dec 22 matinee may be held with subscription seating. The drama’s noted disappearance and later reconstruction by Wilde’s literary executor add intrigue.
The Entre Nous Society of Boston University held an initiation last evening at Miss Harriet R. Evans's Boston home. A banquet at Hotel Nottingham followed with Miss Anna E. Mc Donough as toast mistress. The event honored alumnae Charlotte G. Mitchell, seniors Harriet R. Evans, juniors Marion Co. Hixon, Vera C. Smith, and freshmen Linda R. Hutchinson, plus initiates Minnie A. Allen, Vida E. Buchanan, and Linda R. Hutchinson.
Boston University Glee Club delivered a pleasing concert at the YMCA as part of the entertainment course. The program mirrored Tuesday night’s Jacob Sleeper Hall show with the popular parody "John B." on Waiting at the Church, written by Paul James, B A 07, drawing big laughs.
A Boston sports column surveys boxing prospects and retirements including Red Donohue and a joke on aging players. It notes McCormick, Conant, Keevin, and Walsh in boxing and football ties, mentions Rye and Clark in six day racing in New York, and discusses Boston Nationals ownership and manager Tenney. It closes with local high school officials and notes Bell of the Jordan Marsh team rolling over 100 in both strings.
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