Fifth Avenue Home Gift to Vera Siegrist Hopkins
New York report notes Mrs. Vera Siegrist Hopkins, once married to a yacht companion, will move into 1045 Fifth Avenue. The mansion, remodeled as a town house by her grandmother, J. J. Lawrence’s widow, includes a $1,000,000 inheritance to her eldest grandchild from Dr. Lawrence. Hopkins, adviser for the Republic of Panama, is described as wealthy.
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Russell F. Hopkins
Peekskill
John G. Oakley
First Methodist Church
Fifth Avenue
Hopkins
Vera Siegrist
J. J. Lawrence
Mr. Hopkins
Republic of Panama
Private Exhibition by the Boston Art Club
The Boston Art Club held a private member show on Newbury Street featuring sixty three paintings. Notable works include Charles A. Aiken The Potter's Wheel and Louis Kronberg portraits A Dancer of the Orient Fairy Stories. Charles I. Pierce's A Young Bull stands out among landscapes and previously praised at the Boston Museum. The public gallery opens Saturday and runs until December 30.
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Bostons Art Club
Newbury Street
Charles A. Aiken
Louis Kronberg
Charles I. Pierce
Plan new home for opera in New York
The Metropolitan Opera plans abandon the current house at Broadway and Seventh Avenue between 39th and 40th streets and will build a new modern auditorium. The proposed building would be north of Grand Central Station, facing two side streets and likely Lexington and Park Avenues extensions, and would be the finest of its kind.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera House
Broadway
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-ninth
Fortieth Streets
The
Metropolitan
Grand Central Station
Lexington
Park Avenues
Kingman Re-elected President of Boston Musicians Union
Frederick C. Kingman wins a fifth term as president of the Boston Musicians Protective Union. New officers include John Leavitt as vice president E J Spring as secretary and Robert Butler as trustee for three years. Board members are George Behr William G Dodge George Lee John H Campbell and William Harrington with over 800 ballots cast.
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Frederick C. Kingman
Boston Musicians’ Protective Union
John Leavitt
E. J. Spring
Robert Butler
George Behr
William G. Dodge
George Lee
John H. Campbell
William Harrington
Three Men Arrested in New England Counterfeiting Ring
Three men, suspected of belonging to a counterfeit gang that swindled storekeepers and small dealers across New England, were arrested by Boston police inspectors last night as they got off a Fitchburg train at North Station.
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New England
Boston
Fitchburg
North Station
Dutch Architect Berlage Lectures at MIT Tonight
Professor H. P. Berlage of Amsterdam will lecture at Huntington Hall MIT. Invited by Tech and Harvard architecture schools to explain his original Dutch style. An exhibition at Rogers Hall MIT features models of European public buildings he designed.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Huntington Hall
Tech
Harvard
Rogers Hall
Europe
Mrs Willis the Medium Dies in Cambridge
Mrs Sarah F Willis a famed spiritualist and longtime lecturing medium at the First Spiritual Temple Newbury street Cambridge died at 122 Western avenue aged 86 Born in Concord New Hampshire she married Newell J Willis in 1850 She rose to prominence over 50 years of mediumship and lecturing Memorial services will be held Sunday at 2 30 PM at the First Spiritual Temple.
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Saraha F. Willis
Newbury Street
Western Avenue
Cambridge
Concord
N. H
Newell J. Willis
Tremont Temple
Nehemiah W. Rice
Commonwealth Avenue
Mr. Rice
Brownfield
Glass elevated sidewalks proposed for Boston shopping district
A Newtonville inventor, Carl M. Wheaton, urges translucent glass elevated sidewalks along Washington Street. The plan features a steel framework, glass shields over pillars, wind and rain protection, rooftop galleries, and glass lighting prisms to brighten stores and widen crossings.
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Paris
Carl M. Wheaton
Newtonville
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Loosens Tight Coughs With Home Made Syrup
Promotes a cheap home made cough syrup using essence mentho laxene and granulated sugar syrup. Directions claim rapid relief for coughs and colds, with laxative action said to prevent pneumonia and complications.
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