Abolish Tolls in East Boston Tunnel Proposed
A Boston legislative committee heard strong support for eliminating East Boston tunnel tolls and funding a new teaming tunnel. Mayors and reps from East Boston Chelsea and Revere urged abolition as a remedy for ongoing inequities. Officials argued $170000 annual ferry losses justify a $4 million tunnel project.
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East Boston
Legislative Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Yeserday
Curley
Giblin and Sullivan
Green
Tharlestown
Giblin
Jed
Chelsea
Revere
Boston
Sullivan
Representaive
John J. Kearney
Dorchester Tunnel Petition Debate Amid West Route Disagreement
Met affairs committee heard many Dorchester leaders and businessmen advocate the proposed tunnel. They united on connecting the new tube with the ongoing tunnel to Andrew Square but differed on the west route.
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Dorchester
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Andrew Square
Sewing Circle Letters Share Domestic Life Advice
Readers of the Boston Post Sewing Circle discuss home management marriage finances and social norms. The exchange covers budgeting for a one-family home with $400 start up funds, jealousy in engagements, uniforms for women and workplace respect, with multiple contributors offering guidance and opinions.
Toiler in Harness Crushed by Heavy Load
A poem-style fragment portrays a crowd in a street where the toiler labors to earn a prize but is crushed by the burden. The speaker questions signs and parables, likening heedless hearts to seed on rock and noting the harnessed worker’s death amid perpetual tread.
Pretty Miss Fix It and the Uniforms for Women
A letter from SARAH ANN signed as a despondent bride urges women to charm and support their husbands at home. She argues wives should spend wisely, avoid nagging, and treat their husbands well to keep or attract a good marriage. The note is part of the Sewing Circle letters printed in the Sunday Post.
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Cosey
Sewing Circle
Back Bay
Sarah Ann
Germany
Bach
Wagner
Mil dred Champagne on Love and Sentiment
A reader writes about a 16 year old girl pressured by older men and rumors. Mildred Champagne warns the girl against a risky lifestyle and urges self respect, caution, and a return to moral conduct for her future happiness.
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Mildred Champagne
Concord Grape Pie and Other Home Dessert Recipes
Tart Concord grape pie with two crusts by Mrs. Ella Bartlett of Concord New Hampshire includes egg vanilla sugar and salt. Sweet Cream Pie uses whites eggs milk cream vanilla flour and salt baked in open crust. Sour Cream Pie blends egg sour cream cinnamon allspice maple sugar baked open crust. Tomato Rice combines rice onions tomatoes and cheese seasoned with butter salt and pepper from Miss Edna E Smith of Providence.
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Ella T. Bartlett
Morton Street
Concord
N. H
Edna E. Smith
Indiana Avenue
Providence
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentztown Bard
A 1915 poem in exalted verse on the sudden, transformative moment of inner grace. It speaks of a fleeting utopian light that elevates the spirit, contrasts with power and vanity, and notes beauty and truth in transient experiences symbolized by dawn, meadow, birds, and memories. Copyright 1915 Southern Press Syndicate.
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Southern Press Syndicate
New Songs Heard With Symphony by Olin Downes
Boston Symphony Orchestra under Carl Muck performed four Mahler songs for tenor with orchestra in Symphony Hall. The program also included Beethoven's Fourth, Bach's D minor double concerto, and Dvorak's Carnival overture. The reviewer lauds Bach's vitality, notes Witek Noack and Draper as strong soloists, and praises the orchestral ensemble.
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Gustav Mahler
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Carl Muck
Symphony Hall
Beethoven
Bach
Witek
Noack
Dvorak
Messrs. Witek
Mr. Draper
Dr. Mack
Mr. Witel
Mr. Noack
Dr. Muck
Mahler
Draper Mahler Songs Shine With Mack Accompaniment
Paul Draper interprets Mahler songs with superb orchestral backing from Dr Mack, delivering eloquent, faithful text meaning and expressive phrasing. The performance contrasts with Beethoven under Dr Muck, whose measured reading reveals inner conviction and the work’s stirring slow movement.
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Paul Draper
Mahler
Dr. Mack
Draper
Wis
Wallner
Beethover
Bach
Spohr
Aggies Alumni Club Meets at American House
About 200 alumni attended a Massachusetts Agricultural College Alumni Club gathering at the American House. Commissioner Davin Snedden doubted liberal arts aims, urging practical work alongside four years of study. Officers were elected: President Herbert C. Bliss, secretary P. W. Pickard, treasurer Franklin W. Davis, with directors R. B. Mackintosh, Herbert W. Dana, and G. B. Willard.
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Davin Snedden
Massachusetts Agricultural College
W. H. Bowker
Kenyon
Butterfield
Herbert C. Bliss
Attleboro
P. W. Pickard
Boston
Franklin W. Davis
R. B. Mackintosh
Peabody
Herbert W. Dana
G. B. Willard
Holmes Lecture on Germany and Austria Draws Interest
Burton Holmes spoke at Symphony Hall on Germany and Austria using color views and motion pictures to illustrate the first-hand tour. The season's lectures have been timely and unusually engaging for local audiences.
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Burton Holmes
Symphony Hall
Germany
Austria
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Songs of
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BY Olin Downes
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Holmes
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Hydrox Chemical Coistributors
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