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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1913
Page
6
The charred wreckage of an airplane and the burned bodies of two aviators were found near Nonancourt on the Paris to Granville railway line. Identities could not be determined.
Manager Gorman presents Matthew Otts whimsical musical comedy The Happy Hunters at the Medford Boulevard Theatre with afternoon and evening showings this week. Large crowds yesterday and last night applauded the spoof full of song numbers and rapid-fire humor.
The marvellous photo drama entered its second month at Tremont Theatre with full houses for matinee and evening shows. Clergymen praised the performance, expressing unqualified approval and reverence for sacred scenes. Critics especially praised the cave preaching sequence as artistic and inspiring among many notable tableaux.
The present week’s bill at the Globe brings Finlay and the Chesleigh girls singing dancing and talking acts Cooper and Eschel a pleasing singing specialty Jimmie Green a lively character comedian Altus brothers juggling the Electros a top electric act a local reel shows President Wilson’s family arrival at the summer capital and Pathe Weekly news rounds out the program.
The Crescent Gardens venue at Revere Beach impresses with a grand ball room and theatre. The roof garden overlooks Nahant and the ocean, featuring lanterns and electric lights. Refreshments are served, and the theatre offers high quality vaudeville and first rate pictures.
Bowdoin Square Theatre hosts a lively weekly vaudeville program with Violet Munsceau and her Party Merry Maids, Dolly Clifford and a large lineup of performers. The T. F. Thomas company features witty musical comedy with Bob Thomas, Bert Morley, Vissochi brothers, Lansings gymnasts, Homer Barnette, Walter Reeves and Joe Manley in songs and lectures as act cycles continue.
The Palm Garden at Paragon Park hosts daily 3 to 5 pm tango turkey trot bunny hug and chicken flip led by Rosita Mantilla with Mr Lloyd. The Pendleton sisters and the free open air circus acts Lynn and Miller with Todesco and Todesco perform daily amid scheduled fireworks tomorrow and Saturday nights.
A covered open air theatre in Norumbeg hosted a vaudeville program that drew two large crowds. The bill featured LaRex and LaRex aerial gymnasts, Warren and Brockway as janitors in song, Bert and Effie Weston dancing, the three O’Neill as eccentric entertainers, and the Augoust family European pantomimists jugglers who elicited strong applause.
At Lexington Park rustic theatre this week a fine vaudeville bill played to large audiences yesterday and today. The Careno trio with their canine comedian headlined a clever juggling act while Ross and Shaw offered musical whimsy. Kammerer and Rowland, dancers and singers, contributed lively numbers.
The latest society dances featured May Greene a dainty singer and dancer who won immediate favor while Felix Martin entertained with dialect stories and recitations. A fine motion picture capped the attractive programme.
The Plymouth Theatre stage offered Sham by Geraldine Bonner and Elmer Harris featuring Henrietta Crosman as Katharine van Riper. The cast included Douglas J. Wood as Tom Jaffray and Kate Ryan as the scheming aunt, with a plot about a woman pressed by poverty and a social ascent via marriage. The production, praised for its staging, returns with matinees on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
A Cambridge delegation from the Woman's Homestead Association led by Mrs Charlotte Smith stormed City Hall to demand Mayor J Ed Barry wed. They accuse him of promising to obtain a wife before his third term ends and warn there are only months left to keep the pledge. Led by Mrs Smith, Mrs Christina Page Mrs Alice Bennett and Mrs Tennyson pressed the issue against the ex University City mayor.
Mayor Barry remains fatalistic about fate in Cambridge as Mrs. Smith drafts a list of three potential First Lady candidates. He seeks a life partner who tolerates late hours, insisting politics is his business and bachelorhood may end if needed. He jokes his supporters have steered bachelors toward Dave Walsh and the State House.
An auto owned and driven by Bar net Cohen of Chelsea collided with a second car driven by Roland JL. Smith of Everett at Webster avenue and the Revere Beach Park way Chelsea. Miss Elsie Strahan of 46 Tudor Street Chelsea and a young man were thrown several feet. Strahan sustained shock and a shaking up. Another accident followed soon after.
An auto owned by Weddell W. Weston of 120 Milk Street collided with two horse and wagon owned by Abraham Nussenbaum of 406 Cross Street Malden at the junction of Revere Beach Parkway and Vine Street in Everett. The horse was badly injured the wagon shafts were broken and the driver escaped with slight bruises.
Somerville fines Cambridge Ice Company driver William Duffy ten dollars after he delivered 296 pounds of ice to the City Home but listed it as 350 pounds. The case was pursued by John H. Dusseault, sealer of weights and measures, as part of the city crusade against false weight practices.
A promotional piece by Alex Stocks in Boston extols Colorado for children and outdoor life. It touts climate health benefits and affordable visits and offers a folder with hotel rates maps and excursion details from the B and Q Rail office at 694 Washington St Boston with contact by phone.
Beginning next Monday Tremont Temple hosts a 12 country travel exhibit by Niblo Talks of Travel in Distant Lands. Photos and moving pictures by Mr Niblo show Russia Spain Egypt Ireland Italy Africa France Scotland London Austria Dalmatia and Holland with daily depictions for two weeks. Seats go on sale next Thursday morning.
Hot and tired readers can enjoy a two hour round trip on the Machigonne and General Lincoln to Bass Point and Nahant with an optional full day. Dancing and roller skating draw crowds at Bass Point this summer and a round trip ticket includes Relay Theatre admission.
The Dorothy Bradford steamship carries up to 1900 passengers on 100 mile daily excursions to Provincetown. It offers 47 staterooms and on board refreshments. Departures are from Bay Tine wharf at 9:00 am on weekdays and 9:20 am on Sundays.
The Nantasket Line promotes a moonlit harbor trip titled Up the harbor by moonlight as this week's feature. The late eleven special and Sunday service with extra rush trips draw riders who praise the new management innovations this season.
Joseph Li Crowell, a Melrose letter carrier, pleaded not guilty at arraignment before Judge Morton on an indictment accusing him of embezzling a mailed letter containing money. He is married, released on $1000 bail, with trial scheduled for September. the stolen funds were linked to Girard Manufacturing of Melrose.
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