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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1911
Page
6
The Radcliffe Mandolin and Glee Clubs present a joint concert this evening at 8 in the Agassiz House theatre. The house is nearly sold out and expected to be a financial and artistic success. Violinist Miss Laura Kelsey and soprano Mrs. Ethel Walcott Ross will assist, with a full lineup of soloists, mandolins, strings, and pianists named in the program.
The passage lists pat ronesses: Miss Mary Coes dean of the college, Miss Le Baron Russell Briggs, Mrs. Walker Spaulding, and Mrs. Charles W. Eliot. Mandolin Club officers include Miss May Riley leader 1911, Miss Corinne Huling business manager 1911, Miss Gertrude Nichols secretary treasurer 1918, with Glee Club led by Miss Alice Hunnewell 1911. Glee Club officers: Cordelia Gould business manager 1911 and Mary Reed secretary treasurer 1911. first sopranos include Henriette Cadman May Riley Olive Lewis Esther Woodbury Irene Floyd Marguerite Turner Lucy Phinney. second sopranos listed next.
A large opening day crowd at the Somerset fair aided the Industrial School for Crippled Children, with about 600 people and brisk sales across all tables. Luncheon drew crowds, a bridge tournament filled side rooms, and organizers led by Mrs. F. S. Whitwell and others ran luncheon, prizes, and overall event. the fair continues today and closes this evening.
Acting Mayor Walter L. Collins authorized funding for a novel fire resistance test building. The three sided structure will compare terra cotta brick lining with non fireproof walls using oil soaked fuel and a large steel grate, with bids opened and the lowest bidder at $175 from L. Martin of 143 Harrison Avenue.
A large trainload of Hammar Brothers white lead, 2 cars, moves from East St. Louis to New England. Arrival expected about March 5, with distribution to hundreds of paint dealers across the region. Carpenter-Morton Company of Boston markets the lead, the sixth annual shipment.
Beverly March 2 Mayor Frederick A. Dodge the Board of Aldermen and Beverly business leaders will attend a hearing at the State House tomorrow to urge the railroad commissioners grant a certificate of exigency for the Boston and Eastern railway.
Bostonians returning from Bermuda recount strange antics of Robert Winthrop Chanler and his alias Robert E K Clark at the Bermuda Hotel. He shouted toast to brides, faced diners with plate on lap, and ignored captions from Lady Rhodes and others amid a clipping taunt about his supposed lunacy.
Governor Plaisted signed the resolve submitting the prohibitory amendment to the Maine constitution to the people. The amendment will be voted on the second Monday in September 1911.
Next week the Bowdoin Square Theatre will show moving pictures of a Buffalo in Africa. The footage features Buffalo Jones lassoing wild buffalo, and the subject is presented as clear and graphic for audiences.
Count Albert Apponyi, famed Hungarian diplomat, arrives in Boston for a peace tour under the American Peace Society. Governor Foss will officially receive him at the State House, with lectures at Ward and a Faneuil Hall meeting to press international arbitration and disarmament. A Boston Hungarian committee aids the program.
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