Opera Season Ends Saturday in Boston
The Boston Opera Company concludes its second season next Saturday with a 18 week third season beginning November 27, 1911, and ending March 30, 1912. The season boasts eight new operas including four novelties and acclaimed performances by Zenatello Melis Destinn Garden and McCormack with strong audiences, seating upgrades, and social prestige boosting Boston's artistic standing.
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Boston Opera Company
Boston
Metropolitan
Manhattan
Frederick
Converse
Puccini
United States
Lst
Amadeo Bassi
Hdlmond Clement
Charles Dalmores
Hermann Jachowicer
Leo Slezak
John McCormack
Pasquale Amato
Otello
Antonio Scotti
Mario Sammarco
Maurice Renaud
Giovanni Polese
Mme. Melis
Leon Sibiriakoff
Russia
Nellie Melba
Mimi
Emmy Destini
Giovanni Zenatello
Mr. Capiet
Laparra
Opera
Boston Opera
Boston teachers press for equal rights in schools
A group of Boston women teachers will ask the School Board to name them sub masters and masters in public schools serving both boys and girls. They demand equal compensation and rank with men for administrative duties, citing women already acting as masters assistants without equal pay. Speakers include Miss O'Neil Miss Gulliver Miss Bease Miss Haton Miss Atherton and Miss Thomas.
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Boston
Boston School Board
O'Neil
Gulliver
Bease
Haton
Atherton
Thomas
Liebler & Company Leases New Theatre in New York
The New Theatre building, once a favorite for the esthetic project of 1909 patrons, has been leased to George C. Tyler of Liebler & Company. The theatre will be renamed, with Tyler planning productions suited to the grand stage. The first season opener will be The Garden of Allah, using full stage spectacle.
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New York
George C. Tyler
Liebler & Company
Tyler
42D Street
Broadway
Garden of Allah
Secret Naval Attack Test Off Tangier Sound
Secretary Meyer leads a small delegation from Washington to Tangier Sound in Chesapeake Bay to observe a three day test firing on the battleship San Marcos by New Hampshire’s 12 inch guns. The mission aims to yield valuable naval data with observers including Senator Clapp and Representatives Roberts and Gregg plus Admiral Wainwright and Commander Andrews.
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Washington
Meyer
Tangier Sound
Chesapeake Bay
Texas
New Hampshire
Senator Clapp
Minnesota
Representatives Roberts
Massachusetts
Michigan
Gregg
Wainwright
Andrews
Frances Starr’s Early Rise At Castle Square In Boston
Frances Starr earns early career esteem in Boston as a Castle Square stock company member. Her work attracts David Belasco’s attention who trains and promotes her. She then leads in Music Master with David Warfield and becomes leading woman in Rose of the Rancho.
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Frances Starr
Hollis
Castle Square Stock Company
Boston
Castle Square
David Belasco
Miss Starr
David Warfield
Rancho
Armored Shells With Delayed Action Fuses Tested
The experiment features frequent firing intervals and precise effects to be determined. Armor-piercing shells with delayed action fuses are to be timed to explode after penetrating armor, inside the hull or turret.
Officer Nabs Man in Home Burglary Incident
Brockton March 19 Reserve Officer Patrick McConnell awoke to an intruder and grappled with Cressy E Crosby who was jailed on burglary charges. Crosby later identified as Cregby Warren, noted for a lengthy police record in the city. McConnell’s apartment was wrecked before Crosby was overpowered with a club.
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Brockton
Patrick McConnell
Cressy E. Crosby
Crosby
Cregby Warren
McConnell
Boston Sunday School Meet Sets Two Sessions in Roxbury
The annual meeting of the Boston district Massachusetts Sunday School Association will be held at Immanuel Walnut Avenue Congregational Church Roxbury on Wednesday March 29. Two sessions will be held during which hymns and Bible readings are scheduled.
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Boston District
Massachusetts Sunday School Association
Immanual Walnut Avenue Congregational Church
Roxbury
Hye
Notable Clerical Speakers at Gathering on Church Service Study
The event will feature prominent clergy and lay speakers including Rev Cortland Myers D D and Rev Charles A Fulton D D among others. Attendees listed include Miss Laura BH Cragin Mrs Florence BE Ware and several named gentlemen.
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Cortland Myers
D. D
Charles A. Fulton
George L. Cady
B. S. Manchester
William M. Tufts
L. A. Nies
Clarence A. Vincent
A. M. Gardner
Bark Hatholmen Arrives Boston After 69-Day Passage
The bark Hatholmen reached Boston yesterday after a 69 day voyage from Montevideo and entered under full sail the first square rigged vessel to do so in generations. Boatswain Unus Sons broke his arm in two places when swept from the fore yard during a 70 mph gale last Thursday. The vessel will likely lay up at Mystic wharf for cleaning before cargo work.
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Hatholmen
Boston
Montevideo
Unus Sons
Mystic Wharf
Ball Room as Danger Spot
Rev Charles R Brown of California at a Boston Y M C A meeting urges men to risk on the football field like a resolute team. He says risk takers create history and timid souls never achieve worthwhile ends, praising courage over prudent hesitation.
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Charles R. Brown
California
Boston Y. M. C
Tremonto Temple
Mr. Brown
Rome
Horse causes injury in Dedham carriage incident
William Delano of North Abington was pulled from his seat by a carriage horse on Green Lodge street. The horse jerked back when frightened by a passing auto, fracturing Delano's skull as he fell onto the road. He was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital and not expected to survive.
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William Delano
North Abington
Green Lodge
Dedham
Delano
Massachusetts General Hospital
Papes Diapepsin Claims Quick Indigestion Relief
An ad claims Pape's Diapepsin cures fermentation and sour stomach in five minutes. It describes dyspepsia symptoms including gas, indigestion, heartburn, and sour belches and asserts relief within minutes after a single dose for any stomach upset.
Two Die In Crossing Collision In Buffalo
A Lackawanna passenger train struck a trolley at a Clinton Street grade crossing in Buffalo. Mrs. John McCormack and Robert W. Hoehn were killed. four others injured, including vaudeville actor John Fay and motorman Frederick Gottman. An unknown man fled the scene.
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Buffalo
Lackawanna
Clinton Street
John McCormack
Robert W. Hoehn
John Fay
Frederick Gottman
Thomas Uhl
Gottman
Hoehn
Uhl
DOG KIDNAPS KITTEN AFTER PUPPY LOSS AT PIER
In New York on Savannah line pier 35 a dog and cat lived with longshoremen. After a litter of puppies, one pup was killed by the mother dog and she took a kitten in her teeth. She then guarded the kitten at the pier quarters.
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New York
Savannah Line
North River
Crown corks transform P B Ale after 30k boost
The article tracks cork history from sixteenth century stoppers to crown corks around 1900 and notes Bunker Hill Breweries’ $30,000 bottling upgrades. On March 1 P B Ale adopted crown corks, claiming superior quality and urging readers to learn the facts about its pre eminence.
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England
Crown Cork
Bunker Hill
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