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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1911
Page
6
Enrico Caruso arrives for the Opera season aboard Kron Prinzessin Cecilie. He denies reports of engagement to Trentini, adding she is too little to wed. The tenor, famed for his voice, rebuffs questions with playful pride during interviews.
In a heated exchange with a reporter, the famed tenor Caruso rejects engagement rumors fueled by beer press agents. He emphasizes he has two sons Rudolfo and Enrico Jr and vows to love them, denying plans to marry Trentini while criticizing press manipulation.
George Horace Perkins of Boston firm Joseph W Woods & Sons marries Miss Helen Madeline O'Brien at Cliff House Winthrop in a ceremony for about 200 relatives and friends. Rev J J Goodacre officiates. Best man Frederick C Perkins, matron of honor Mrs F R Switzer, bridesmaids Miss Tennant O'Brien and Miss Marion Carleton O'Brien, flower girl Helen Switzer. Ushers include Delma Leiman Floyd Switzer William E Johnson Edgar Curtis Paul J Chute James L Carr.
Pinex Cough Syrup claims to rapidly relieve deep seated coughs including croup and whooping cough. It is a pine extract formula offered in bottles with directions, priced to save, and guaranteed for satisfaction or money refund.
Pekin braces as Liang Chi-Chiao and General Chang Shao-Tsen head toward the city amid fears of upheaval. Exile Liangs influence in letters and Chang Shao-Tsen's military power prompt anxious anticipation while foreign residents are protected and native fear rises as unrest looms.
Reg ent Prince Caun and ex Premier Ching lack broad support as officials flee and fortify the city. Manchu forces prepare for a siege while legations reinforce defenses and relocate treasures. General Chang is rumoured to clash at Pe kin, and trains shuttle people toward Tien-Tsin amid a massive capital exodus.
Miss Edna Hoff the American operatic singer and daughter of Mrs. Hoff of the Hotel Calvert New York lies in St Marys Hospital suffering a punctured lung several broken ribs and shock after being struck by an automobile in Bayswater road yesterday afternoon She was returning from Chappell s music publisher with Miss Marjorie Slaughter a songwriter and was about to enter a vehicle when the crash occurred Surgeons hope her voice remains unaffected but she cannot perform for months.
Bernard Peco Bennett known nationwide as Harvard's old clothes man saved a 75 year old woman and her granddaughter from flames on 51 Allen street West End. A gas explosion in a shed at 52 Allen street spread to the roof causing panic as residents fled. Police credit Bennett with guiding the elder woman to safety while neighbors aided the infant and mother. The blast occurred during gasoline cleaning actions by Albert Morton of Morton Bros on the first floor 52 Allen street.
The Boston Medical Examiner reported the death of Dr Brine a 50 year old singer from a self-inflicted poison while staying in a downtown hotel. A single letter to Dorchester undertaker Charles Colbert hinted at ending life with cheap undertakings and requests to settle affairs. Colbert noted the motive as financial concerns with no other clear reason.
Supervising Inspector Sloan of Steamboats Boston has charged Inspector William A. Carleton with incompetency. Secretary Nagel will hear the merits of the case in Washington this month.
Mary W. Martin Gates, formerly wife of Charles G. Gates and widow of banker John W. Gates' son, married J. Romeo Miglietta at the Church of the Ascension in New York. About a dozen friends attended. Gates remarried Florence Hopwood earlier, and Miglietta is linked to a Texas firm through his brother.
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