Mayor and President Duel Over New Haven Boston & Maine Merger
Boston and New Haven collision over railroad merger dominates talks as Mayor Fitzgerald demands a substantial traffic arrangement across New England lines while President Mellen denies statements about a Boston & Maine relationship. Industry figures hint at a skyline reshaped by new tracks and potential leadership changes as plans press onward.
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New Haven
Boston & Maine
Mellen
Fitzgerald
Boston
Massachusetts
Cupid Busy in Factory as Eight Holtzer-Cabot Women to Wed
Eight young women at Holtzer-Cabot Electric Co in Brookline plan June weddings. Names include Mary Gleason Roxbury head bookkeeper and Mary Ryan Roxbury forelady, marrying a purser on a fruit steamer and John E Fay Brookline post office clerk respectively. Others listed are Margaret Fay Joseph Dooley Anna Healey Rolland Perley Jennie Conroy Mary Walsh Mary Mosher Rose Roth with more brides-to-be rumored among the workers.
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Holtzer-Cabot Electric Company
Brookline
Mary Gleason
Hillside Street
Roxbury
Holtzer-Cabot Company
Boston
Costa Rica
Mary Ryan
Worthington Street
Armature
John E. Fay
Margaret Fay
Joseph Dooley
Anna Healey
Chestnut Street
Rolland Perley
Dartmouth
Jennie Conroy
Parker Hill Avenue
Mary Walsh
Mary Mosher
Homer Street
Rose Roth
Olga Nethersole Delivers Adrienne Lecouvreur In Boston
Miss Olga Nethersole appears at Hollis Street Theatre in Adrienne Lecouvreur drawing strong praise for her vivid conveying of passion. The performance elicits a highly favorable reception with skillful supporting cast led by Frank Mills and William Clarke. The Hollis run is brief as Pino’s The Second Mrs Tanqueray and Sapho follow. The Plant Line resumes Prince Edward Island service with the Halifax to Charlottetown trip beginning tomorrow from Boston.
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Olga Nethersole
Boston
Hollis Street Theatre
Miss Nethersole
Scribe
Legouve
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Paris
Rachel
Comedie Francaise
Sarah Bernhardt
Frank Mills
Maurice de Saxe
William Clarke
Charles A. Stevenson
Prince de Bouillon
Ivan, Pearson, Goldsmith
Ralph
Abbe
de Chazeai
Movement Toward Permanent Grand Opera in Boston
Movement to establish a permanent grand opera company in Boston gains backing from prominent locals including Mrs. Jack Gardner. Henry Russell of the San Carlo Opera Company discusses plans for a seven to eight week season with tours to major cities, potential stars like Mme Nordica and Luisa Ardizzoni, and a possible Boston Theatre venue. The goal is an enduring Boston opera presence with long seasons and subsequent tours.
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Boston
Boston Society
Jack Gardner
Henry Russell
San Carlo Opera Company
New York
Russell
Italy
Signor Constantino
Mme. Nordica
San Carlo
Hammerstein
Luisa Ardizzoni
Plymouth
Milan
Mr. Russell
Ice Goes Out On Mooselookmegantic Lake Tomorrow
Portland Maine May 16 The ice will be out of Mooselookmegantic Lake of the Rangeley Chain tomorrow and steamers will make regular trips
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Portland
Mooselookmegantic Lake
Rangeley Chain
Conference of 100 Churches Holds Bible Class Meeting
C D Pugsley of Harvard University founder of Sabbath College and Rev Crane Arbuckle Pledger and Andrews spoke at the adult bible class conference at Eggleston Square Methodist Church. More than 100 churches from Greater Boston were represented. The Harvard Banjo and Musical Club performed several selections.
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C. D. Pugsley
Harvard University
Sabbath College
Charles A. Crane
A. Arbuckle
C. P. Pledger
W. K. Andrews
Ruggles Street
Eggleston Square Methodist Church
Boston
Harvard Banjo and Musical Club
Hold New York Boy for Theft
Samuel Siegal a 17 year old from New York City was arrested by Patrolman Maguire in the West End on a charge of stealing jewelry valued at 250 dollars from his employer Isadore Fichman. He fled to Boston and attempted to pawn a ring at 64 Leverett Street. he confessed after police questioned him. New York officers have been notified.
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Samuel Siegal
New York City
Maguire
West End
Isadore Fichman
New Yorker
Leverett Street
New York
Boston
Beekeeper Beek Beleaguered by Bees on Express Run
Frank McNally a Long Island Express driver failed to deliver two packages marked broken in transit. The contents were two nests of bees. Bees swarmed him and his horse as he tried to recover the load, leaving him and the horse stung and exhausted. He then let the bees take care of the load while he moved on.
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New York
Frank McNally
Long Island Express Company
McNally
Mayor Fitzgerald Declines Action on West End Elevated Track Petition
Boston Mayor refuses to act on a petition and order seeking a Supreme Judicial Court review of the railroad commissioners grant for Boston Elevated Railway tracks in the West End from the Charles River dam to Causeway Street. Lomasney and Ward 8 leaders renew fight as Corporation Counsel Babson contemplates possible legal responses.
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Lomasney
Ward 8
Fitzgerald
Board of Aldermen
Supreme Judicial Court
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Charles River
Causeway Street
Dannel J. Kiley
Whelton
Committee On Public Improvements
Martin Lomasney
Kiley
Babson
Corporation Counsel
City of
Boston
Block Island honors Larchmont rescue crew and Elsie sailors
Medals and certificates of honor were presented in Block Island Rhode Island on May 16 for bravery in rescuing passengers from the Larchmont after a February collision. The Elsie schooner crew and several Block Island fishing schooners were recognized alongside federal and state officials led by Governor James H. Higgins. The ceremony at the church drew a crowded audience as news of Carnegie hero fund prizes for the Elsie crew was announced.
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Block Island, R. I
Joy Line
Larchmont
Block Island Sound
Rhode Island
United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps
Elsie
Island
Carnegie Hero Fund
Whale Collision Endangers Sloop Sea Party
In Atlantic City a 100 foot whale struck Captain William E. Somers sloop as 25 pleasure seekers watch from the boat. The impact damaged the vessel and forced a difficult shoreward return. Women aboard feared jumping overboard before being restrained.
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Atlantic City
N. Ji
William E. Somers
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