Meistersingers of Nuremberg at Copley Society in 15th Century Style
A lavish Back Bay event by the Copley Society featured Wagner’s Meistersingers of Nuremberg performed in period costumes. Mrs. Munsterberg led the patronesses with Harvard links, as bells rang and the orchestra played, followed by a late night dance.
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Copley Society
Meistersingers of
Nuremberg
Back Bay
Mrs. Munsterberg
Professor Munsterberg
Harvard
Artists’ Festival
Copley Hall
Europe
Nuremberg Night Revives 15th Century Gala at Copley Hall
Boston society hosts a German themed revival led by Vincent Club figures and Harvard talents. A 1000 member subscription and tickets resold for five dollars despite twenty five dollar offers. Costumed 800 participants enact tableaux and dances with Wagner inspired opera and guild impersonations in a meticulously staged Copley Hall transformation.
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Boston
New York
Tl. W. Pierce
J. Mixter
Idelle Daines
Copley Hall
Wagner
Allston Hall
Grape-Nuts Claims Health Revival From Digestive Aid
A Michigan woman credits Grape-Nuts with restoring digestion and memory after years of weakness. She rose from 102 to 135 pounds, regained strength, and stopped fatigue with the product as her main food for a period, then improved overall health and sleep.
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Michigan
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Whites deem menace of the South in lecture
Harvard professor Albert Bushnell Hart and Howard University’s Kelly Miller argued last evening that whites, not blacks, menace the South. Miller labeled Senator Tillman a national menace for race prejudice, while Hart blamed poor whites for much of the violence, with church officers elected including Rev. William R. Campbell as president.
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South
Albert Bushnell Hart
Harvard University
Kelly Miller
Howard University
Washington, D. C
Congregational Club
Ford
Beacon Hill
Miller
Senator Tillman
South Carolina
Hart
Professor Miller
Mr. Miller
Tillman
Alaric
Attila
Fair
Europe
William R. Campbell
D. D
Highland Congregational Society of
Charles O. Day
Henry H. French
W.S. Slocum
Timothy Smith
Fire Roars Through Spring Hill Home Killing Two Children
In Charleston West Virginia on January 28 Mrs Knuckles was walking to a well near Spring Hill when her house caught fire and both of her small children were burned to death. A boy in the same family is also reported gravely ill with typhoid fever. Dean Rogers has suffered illness for months and remains in fragile health.
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Charleston
W. Va
Joseph Knuckles
Spring Hill
Dean Rogers
Banker Charles Scholte Dies by Self Inflicted Strangling
Charles W. Scholte 63, of Memphis Tennessee, a capitalist and banker, killed himself at the Battle Creek Sanitarium where he was under treatment for a nervous condition. His wife found his body with a shawl strap around his neck in a bathroom.
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Battle Creek
Mich
Charles W. Scholte
Memphis
Tenn
Battle Creek Sanitarium
Blizzard Rages Across North Dakota Disrupting Rails
Reports to Great Northern and Northern Pacific rail headquarters say a new blizzard sweeps North Dakota along main lines. Temperatures run about 30 degrees below zero, with an official reading of 14 below at the station.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railroad
North Dakota
French Canadian Tel esfore St Laurent Falls to Death
Somersworth New Hampshire one man Tel esfore St Laurent a well known French Canadian of the city died after slipping on an icy sidewalk tonight He leaves a widow and four sons one of whom is Representative Tel esfore St Laurent Jr.
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Somersworth
N. H
Telesfore St. Laurent
St. Laurent
Telesfore St. Laurent, Jr
Yale Law Dean Henry Wade Rogers Resigns
Yale University announces the resignation of Dean Henry Wade Rogers of its law school on January 28 in New Haven Connecticut. The outgoing dean has led the law faculty and prior to this post served in various academic and legal capacities.
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New Haven, Conn
Dean Henry Wade Rogers
Yale Law
Athlete Kennedy Weds Miss Ratchford in Maplewood
In Maplewood last evening, athlete John J. Kennedy of Roxbury wed Miss Alice M. Ratchford at her uncle Edward Mullaney's home. Rev. Timothy J. Holland officiated. The couple hosted a wedding supper then left for a tour of New York and Washington. Kennedy, noted in amateur athletics, has placed in BAA Marathon events and won the 1905 Chicago Marathon.
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Maplewood
John J. Kennedy
Roxbury
Alice M. Ratchford
Edward Mullaney
Ratchford
Timothy J. Holland
St. Joseph’s Church
Kennedy
Chicago
Maine Senate Seeks 15000 for Jamestown Exposition Building
A resolve to appropriate 15000 for Maine’s representation at the Jamestown exposition and for the Maine building was presented in the Senate and referred for future action.
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Augusta
Maine
Senate
Elmer Maxwell Released After Eight Years In Prison
Elmer Maxwell, just freed from an eight year sentence for killing Captain George Beasley of the schooner J. B. Van Duren, was handed to U S Deputy Marshals to be sent to the federal insane hospital in Washington. The crime occurred on American waters and Maxwell was first sent to Portland after the schooner returned to St John.
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Thomaston
Elmer Maxwell
George Beasley
J. B. van Duren
United States
Marshall Smith and
Haskell
Portland
Washington
Federal Insane Hospital
St. John
Maxwell
Bath Bank Takeover Sparks Local Speculation
Bath Missouri residents speculate on the banking outlook after Charles W. Morse of New York gains control of the First National Bank. His holdings extend to the Lincoln National and Bath Trust Company, leaving only two rivals in the county market.
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Bath
Charles W. Morse
New York
First National Bank
Lincoln National
Bath Trust Company
Gypsy moth hunter suffers convulsions atop ladder
Malden January 28 James H Campbell 25 of 385 Pearl Street a gypsy moth hunter in the Fells reservation was seized with convulsions while at the top of a ladder fell 15 feet to the ground taken to Malden Hospital no bones were broken two convulsions are blamed on indigestion the incident occurred this afternoon.
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Malden
James H. Campbell
Pearl Street
Fells Reservation
Malden Hospital
Campbell
Fire sale of fine furniture at Summer Street store
Eldridge & Peabody moved their extensive stock from Tremont Street to seven floors of 47 and 49 Summer Street after the Studio building fire. Despite minor damage, the shop offers a record sale with fire sale prices on high class furnishings and carpets.
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Eldridge & Peabody
Tremont Street
Summer Street
New England Mutual Life reports assets and gains at annual meeting
The 63rd annual report shows Jan 1 1907 gross assets of 42 million 826 thousand 918 dollars with net surplus 4 million 92 thousand 398 and total income 8 million 22 thousand 266. Directors Warren Sawyer Henry Parkman Wallace L. Pierce and Charles E. Cotting were re elected for three years.
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New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Milk Street
Warren Sawyer
Henry Parkman
Wallace L. Pierce
Charles E. Cotting
Raja Swami the Hindoo Seer At Dodge Spear Store
Raja Swami a Brahmin Hindoo mystic and occult science student known for astrology palmistry and philosophy is touring the United States. He recently appeared at the Temple of Hindoo Philosophy in New York and is now set for street floor consultations in Boston attracting local interest.
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Raja Swami
Hindoo
Dodge-Spear
Rudyard Kipling
India
Broadway
New York
Boston
Sheridan Guards 40th Annual Ball and Reunion
In Juyceum Hall East Boston the Sheridan Guards Company H Ninth Regiment M V M held their 40th annual military ball and reunion last night. The grand march was led by Lt F J Odermatt and Miss Katherine Grady followed by Major John J Hayes and Miss Elizabeth F Foley with 300 couples. The scene featured a soldiers camp motif with white tents and stacked rifles. The floor was guided by Captain P H Sullivan Sergeant Lawrence F Flaherty and Corporal John C Scribner aided by a corps of helpers.
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Juyceum Hall
Boston
Sheridan Guards
Ninth Regiment
F. J. Odermatt
Katherine Grady
John J. Hayes
Elizabeth F. Foley
P. H. Sullivan
Lawrence F. Flaherty
John C. Scribner
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Dolan
John Dolan
High Street
Charlestown
Arthur W. Dolan
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