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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1911
Page
5
Governor Foss promises to devote all his time to state business. He admits limited legislative experience and says he has never visited the capitol before his inauguration, but will learn quickly and keep an open door to improve governance.
The speaker pledges an administration responsive to the people including public meetings on major legislation. Congressman Ames faces questions about influence and payments to lawmakers while debate over Boston city charter reforms continues. The last filing day for bills is Saturday January 14 and charter hearings draw Charter Guards opposition unless changes prove necessary. Representative Martin Lomasney leads reform efforts in the metropolitan committee with proposals to strip mayoral appointment confirmations from the Civil Service Commission and to reorganize the City Council to 26 ward representatives.
Advert shows Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as non medicine digestive aid. It claims tablets contain pepsin and diastase to digest foods and reduce 3000 grains of ordinary food. It offers a free trial package and lists 50 cent packages at druggists.
Madame Bernhardt shows a tiny gold and pearl revolver, recalls Mobile 20 years ago, and praises American tours and the Greek Theatre at Berkeley Cal. She says work and enthusiasm keep a woman young, and names Phaedre and Hamlet as exhausting roles.
The famed actress Sarah Bernhardt arrived in Boston for a two week engagement in classic plays. At sixty seven she appeared youthful and energetic in her Hotel Somerset suite, greeting reporters with exuberant laughter and animated display.
The famed actress Sarah Bernhardt tours Boston with admirers gifting flowers as reporters witness her playful dog Pitou and her vivid remarks on American life. She lauds U.S. railroads and cities, notes stage progress and audience changes, and contrasts American and French theatre trends.
Annie Bly reports from the New York Graphic that English women attribute glossy hair to dry shampooing two or three times weekly. A mixture of four ounces of box powder with four ounces ormis root is sprinkled on the scalp and brushed through, avoiding washing and cold discomfort.
Frank Perry, 26, a crew member of the fishing schooner Buema, was lost last Thursday while at the Jeffreys grounds as heavy seas and rising winds followed a late return from trawling. The crew, except Perry, returned to the schooner before darkness with the dorys still out. Perry was a native of Digby Nova Scotia and unmarried.
Arthur Hammerstein presents The Maestro's Masterpiece at the Boston Theatre on January 23. The production blends dramatic scenes with famous operatic arias and includes seven selections from grand operas plus eight original numbers by Merola, woven into a new play by Edward Locke. The cast features ten performers, mostly nationally renowned singers, with one cellist and Samuel S. Schneier among the non-singers.
The North Atlantic fleet of 16 battleships is believed to have sailed from England December 30 and aimed to reach Guantanamo, Cuba, by January 16. It allegedly engaged the defending line of 11 vessels en route in maneuvers. wireless was avoided during the game. Ships named include Tennessee, Montana, North Carolina, Washington, Salem, Birmingham, Smith, Flusser, Reid, Lamson and Preston.
The promoter claims the company will rival the Metropolitan Opera with stars like Mme Maria Pampari, Ethel de Kre Houston, Edith Somes, Andrea Sarto, Count Emman Bozzano, Leonid Samoloff, Angelo Soracco, Frederick W. Peters, Helen Scholder, and Samuel Schneier. He outlines Gaetano Merola as conductor and says tickets will not exceed two dollars to fill houses for The Maestro's Masterpiece.
In Omaha on January 8 Fred C. Throop, held on an insanity charge, swallowed a $100 bill after police found $65 on him. He allegedly retrieved the note from his shoe in his cell and consumed it, part of a bizarre episode in Douglas County jail.
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