Fitzgerald Seeks Bold Boston Reforms in Acceptance Letter
Ex mayor John F Fitzgerald pledges to advance Plan 2 reform agenda, expand public health, transit and education, curb campaign excesses, and modernize city government. He names key initiatives from a free port idea to subways, pensions, playgrounds, and a metropolitan council while urging voter support for a metropolitan, liberal Boston.
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Metropolitan Improvement Commission
Parkman
Charles River
Boston
Back Bay
John F. Fitzgerald
High School of Commerce
Fitzgerald
High School of Mechanic Arts
Storrow Replies to Fitzgerald Letter on Boston Power Struggle
James J. Storrow responds to ex-Mayor Fitzgeralds acceptance letter. He accuses Fitzgerald of flip flopping on Plan 2, questions motives behind finance reforms, cites attempts to block legislative authority, and challenges claims of progress in Boston from development to education and public works. He doubts Fitzgeralds push for a free port and new industries.
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Fitzgerald
Finance Commission
Boston
Fittzgerald
Congress
Judge Daly Receives Gift of Coat of Arms
Judge Augustine J. Daly, presiding at the Central Council of the United Irish League meeting at the American House, was presented with an illuminated Daly coat of arms by Dr. P. J. Timmins. The shield, by Daniel J. Dwyer, followed talks on budget, Lords rejection, and home rule.
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Augustine J. Daly
Central Council of the
United Irish League
P. J. Timmins
Daly
Dennis O’reilly
Michael Morrison
C. J. Fitzgerald
Daniel P. Sullivan
Cambridge
Central Council
Nielsen Unable to Appear in Traviata at Boston Opera House
Miss Nielsen withdrew from La Traviata due to vocal strain after singing Faust the previous night. Mme Bronskaja stepped in as Violetta and received an enthusiastic, sympathetic reception from a large benefit crowd for the Boston section of the Council of Jewish Women.
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Alice Nielsen
Marguerite
Violetta
Boston Opera House
Boston
Council of Jewish Women
Opera
Miss Nielsen
Mme. Bronskaja
Constantino
Alfredo
Fonari
Germont
Annina
Miss Rourke
Marquis
Vanni
Arriola Child Prodigy Concert Impresses Critics At Jordan Hall
The concert featured mezzo Lilla Ormond and pianist Arriola with a varied program including Bach Liszt arias Debussy Faure and Chopin. Critics praised Arriola’s precocious talent while condemning the pressure of performing as a child prodigy. Ormond's singing received high praise for its growing richness and power.
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Lilla Ormond
Penito
Arriola
Jordan Hall
Azael
Debussy
Faure
Huey
Hahn
Tile calendar line broadens 1910 offerings by Jones McDuffee
Jones McDuffee Stratton announces 1910 Tile calendars from Wedgwood pottery Staffordshire featuring historical subjects. 1909 showcased the Art Museum and 1910 highlights the Mayflower approaching land off Provincetown from a Marshall Johnson painting engraved by John A Lowell Co. at Franklin street showroom.
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Jones, McDuffee & Stratton’s
Wedgwood Pottery
Staffordshire
Faneuil Hall
Old State House
Old North Church
Old Elm
Harvard
New Art Museum
Provincetown
Marshall Johnson
John A. Lowell
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New York
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Europe
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Germany
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New England
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Public Utilities Commission
Hughes
Hamburg
Canada
James J. Storrow
Judge Daly
Miss Nielsen Ili
Mme. Bronskajja Pleasing
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