Hempel in Songs of Two Nations Opens Boston Visit
Frieda Hempel of the Metropolitan Opera and Berlin Royal Opera appeared in Boston with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under Otto Urack in Symphony Hall. The program mixed arias and German lieder, highlighting her technical skill, interpretive warmth, and command of florid music, though upper tones showed less brilliance.
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Frieda Hempel
Metropolitan Opera House
Berlin Royal Opera
Boston
Symphony Hall
Boston Symphony Players
Otto Urack
Mozart
Diary Evidence of Abuse in Worcester Hospital Ward
A nurse’s diary from 1913 details brutal treatment, overcrowded wards, forced packs, and lacking staff at Worcester State Hospital. The pages describe patients beaten, restrained, and starved, with testimony of staff failing to intervene and a call for reform and eight hour shifts. A mass meeting at Faneuil Hall urged inspections, better food, more physicians, and independent reviews, sending resolutions to Governor Foss.
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Minnie Fairbanks
Phillips
Washburn
Miss Pearl Milligan
Miss Kin
Abbie Worthley
Abbie
Ida Milligan
Worcester State Insane Hospital
Faneuil Hall
Foss
George W. Galvin
State Board of Insanity
Worcester State Hospital
Worcester
L. Vernon Briggs
H. J. McLean
Bridgewater
W. E. English
Westboro State Hospital
Westboro
Graft Stoppled at Faneuil Hall Meeting Report
Indignation rises as nurses and patients recount abuses in state insane asylums. Resolutions adopted at Faneuil Hall condemn cruelties and demand reforms in the state hospitals.
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Faneuil Hall
Snow and Cold Forecast for Boston and East
Weather reports indicate a cold wave approaching from the west with a drop from 60 degrees to below freezing within 12 hours. Snow flurries and continued cold are expected in Boston, with lingering rain and increasing clouds overnight into today.
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Boston
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Michigan
Cascarets Adverts Relief for Stomach Upset
An old advertisement describes upset stomach and bilious symptoms linked to sour stomach and constipation. It promotes Cascarets as a remedy to sweeten the stomach, remove fermenting food and foul gases, relieve liver bile buildup, and cleanse bowels by morning.
Varied recital by Mme. Hempel delights audience
Mme Hempel's programme offered short length and diverse items. She opened with Mozart aria from the Magic Flute not the second act as listed, then performed Lucia di Lammermoor Mad Scene with notable cadenzas, plus four songs with piano including Schubert Die Ruh and Hark the Lark, Wolf Elfenlied, and Strauss Standcken, concluding with a final number.
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Mmne. Hempel
Mozart
Schubert
du Bist Die
Wolf
Elfinlied
Strauss
Standcken
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