Record crowds at Boston Opera House for Metropolitan Opera sales
More than 50 people lined Huntington Avenue outside the Boston Opera House as box office hours began for the Metropolitan Opera Company engagement in the week of March 28. Ticket agents reported high demand and officials aimed to curb resale while second balcony seating offered easier access with no long lines.
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Metropolitan Opera Company
Opera House
Huntington Avenue
Children’s Hospital
al Lothian
Mr. Lothian
Aida
Allstar
Eastern Talking Machine Company
Opera
Tribute to the late Rev. Lewis B. Bates of East Boston
John D. Long writes to Mrs. Emma Bates Harvey praising the late Rev. Lewis B. Bates. He recalls Bates as a powerful speaker with warm sympathies and a long East Boston ministry, a leader who embodied the Master’s spirit.
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John D. Long
Emma Bates Harvey
Lewis B. Bates
East Boston
Rockefeller foundation bill blocked by Senator Heyburn
Washington March 21 Senator Heyburn objected to the Rockefeller foundation bill on the Senate calendar and the measure was laid over to another day. He did not explain the reason for his objection.
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Washington
Rockefeller Foundation
Senate
Heyburn
Idaho
Beautiful Women Stars of the Grand Opera in Boston
Boston prepares for a two week opera season featuring Emmy Destinn as Aida at the Opera House and Madame Mazarin in Elektra at the Boston Theatre. Mary Garden will present Griselidis, Frances Alda may sing Mimi with Caruso in La Bohème, and Tulsa Tetrazzini with John McCormack headlines a double bill including Jeanne Gerville-Reache in La Na varra se. Rita Wornia will sing Suzuki opposite Geraldine Farrar's Butterfly on the 29th.
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Metropolitan
Manhattan
Emmy Destinn
Aida
Boston Opera House
Practi
Cally
Madame Mazarin
Richard Strauss
Elektra
Boston Theatre
Mary Garden
Massenet
Griselidis
Frances Alda
Mimi
Caruso
Tulsa Tetrazzini
John McCormack
Jeanne Gerville-Reache
Escapes Nurse Drowns in Boston Park Pond
Emma Hopkinson, 30, patient at Dr Mabel Ordway’s private Jamaica Plain hospital, escaped yesterday morning and drowned in Ledge pond Franklin Park. Park worker Michael Walsh saw her walking calm, without hat or coat, then she climbed the pond fence and leapt from a rock 15 feet above the water. The pond is about 30 feet deep and surrounded by a five foot iron fence.
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Emma Hopkinson
Mabel Ordway
Glen Road
Jamaica Plain
Old Ledge Pond
Franklin Park
Michael Walsh
Ledge Pond
Sealing Fleet Reaches Grounds Nine Days Out
The steamer Florizel flagship of the sealing fleet, with five other ships, reaches the sealing grounds and begins work. She carries 10 000 skins aboard and 20 000 other animals killed and ready for flaying. Eagle has 12 000 captures and Algerine 10 000. Additional vessel catches not listed.
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Florizel
Eagle
Algerine
Bonaventure
Bellaventure
Beothit
Dr Mitchell Becomes Danvers Insane Hospital Superintendent
Dr H W Mitchell resigns as superintendent of Eastern Maine Insane Hospital Bangor to take effect June 15. He accepts appointment as superintendent of the State Insane Hospital at Danvers Massachusetts, where he served as assistant superintendent for ten years before moving to Bangor three years ago.
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Bangor
H. W. Mitchell
Eastern Maine Insane Hospital
Board of Trustees
Penobscot River Opens to Navigation at Bangor
The Penobscot River from Bangor downstream has thawed enough to open the port to navigation. Ice lingered since December 23, but the current conditions allow vessels to move again.
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Bangor
Penobscot
Woman Awarded 15000 for Lost Hand in Laundry Accident
Isabel Atherton of 804 Washington street received 15000 from a Suffolk jury after a mangling machine at Western Steam Laundry in Roxbury crushed her left hand three years earlier. The injury left her crippled for life. The accident occurred on July 27, 1907 when the machine jumped and pulled her hand into the device.
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Isabel Atherton
Washington Street
Suffolk
Western Steam Laundry Company
Roxbury
No More PILES Pyramid Pile Cure Ad
A Pyramid Pile Cure advertisement claims immediate relief for piles and rectal disease. It offers a free trial by mail from Pyramid Drug Co at 138 Pyramid Bldg Marshall Michigan, then a 50 cent box at druggists. It promises reduced swelling, healing of sores, and avoidance of surgery.
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Pyramid Drug Co
Pyramid
The Modern Wise Old Age Uncle Walt Mason Passes
A brief verse by Walt Mason contrasts the sad old sage of yesteryear with today’s energetic elder. It celebrates a lively, hopeful aging man who faces death with courage and humor, ending with a note that his session concludes with skill.
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Earth
Walt Mason
George Matthew Adams
Curious relic found on Plum Island shore
Newburyport reported a life saver, Fred Lattim, found a pewter porringer dated 150 to 200 years old while patrolling Plum Island beach. The find spurs belief in a buried treasure or wrecked ship nearby, and Lattim reportedly received a large offer for the artifact.
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Newburyport
Plum Island
Fred Lattim
Lattime
Peru withdraws legation from Chile over priest expulsions
Santiago, Chile. The Peruvian government notified Chile of the withdrawal of its legation at Santiago in response to the expulsion of Peruvian priests from Tacna and Arica provinces.
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Santiago
Chili
Tacna
Arica
Improper Dancer Guilty in Superior Court
Jeanne Pelletreau, young woman on trial for giving dances before private gatherings in this city, was found guilty when the sealed verdict was opened by Judge Wait. She was sentenced to Sherborn prison for women for an indefinite period.
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Jeanne Pelletreauu
Superior Criminal Court
Wait
Sherborn
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