Auction Listing Briefly Notes Various Goods
A fragment lists numerous goods with prices, noting many other lots as examples. Items include rubberized silk, raincoats, and sample suits priced as shown.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1909
Page
4
Headless Lady Photo Taken in Shopping District
A photo shows a woman with the head removed from the cut taken yesterday at the corner of Eliot and Washington streets at 11 a.m. Police investigate the unusual scene in the shopping district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot and
Washington Streets
Brookline Swimming Club urged to cease tournaments
The Brookline Swimming Club may regain access to municipal baths only by consulting J Leonard Mason director of the Brookline municipal gymnasium and baths and agreeing to stop holding tournaments and issuing advance press notices about meets at Brookline baths where they have hosted major events for 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookline Swimming Club
J. Leonard Mason
Brookline
Brookline Baths
Songee
Headless Lady Miss Bessie Lurie Draws Public Attention
Miss Bessie Lurie of 607 Beach street Revere identified herself as yesterday's headless lady in The Post. She expressed surprise at the photo while noting she hoped to win and plans to spend the prize on a theatre party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Post
Bessie Lurie
Beach Street
Revere
Lurie
Miss Nielsen Scores Hit in La Bohème in Boston
The San Carlo Opera Company staged Puccini’s La Bohème at Park Theatre Boston in spring 1907. Miss Nielsen as Mimi and Constantino as Schaunard drew high praise for voice and acting while Boulogne and Lewicka impressed in supporting roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nielsen
LA Boheme
San Carlo Opera Company
Boston
Puccini
Park Theatre
Boston Opera House
Murger
Mimi
Miss Nielsen
Mr. Constantino
Mr. Menotti
Mimis
Fashionable Opera Gown Display Delights Critics
A refined crowd gathered at the opera with boxes and stalls full of stylish women in full dress. Notable attendees included Miss Mary Josephine Amory in rose pink chiffon and Mrs. Charles Gibson in black satin with silver brocade and diamonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miladi
Mary Josephine Amory
Charles T. Lovering, Jr
Alfred Codman
Charles Gibson
John C. Fairchild
Liberty
William Copley Winslow
C. H. Washburn
Minnie Decker
Gordon Prince
A. Forbes Conant
Helen McNichol
W. G. Cabot Salisbury
Eben D. Jordan
Arthur Foster
Charles Smith
Godfrey Morse
Nordica Awards 1500 Opera School Scholarship to Boston Girls
Lillian Nordica announced a 1500 scholarship for Boston Opera School girls. The donation reflects her long–held interest in New England music education. Nordica, who trained in Boston, will perform La Gioconda next Thursday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nordica
Opera
Hub
Lillian Nordica
Boston Opera School
Boston
Mme. Nordica
Bos
Mystery of Jamaica Stirs World as News Delays
Reporters note no Jamaica messages arriving at Western Union local office while New York handles Jamaica traffic. Hotel Titchfield at Port Antonio fears damage to owners Boston capitalists. Holland Bay operator may delay sending news. United Fruit steamer Vera overdue by two days. no word yet received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Union
Jamaica
New York
Hotel Titchfield Company
Hotel Titchfield
Port Antonio
Boston
Kingston
Holland Bay
United Fruit Company
Storm Wrecks Haiti Cape Haitien Hit by Caribbean Storm
Haiti endures heavy rains and high seas with 24 inches of rainfall, communication badly disrupted for 17 days, and widespread suffering from lack of provisions as officials await word from Jamaica and a arriving steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Haitien
Haiti
Caribbean
Jamaica
Storm Sweeps North St John’s Island
A hurricane strength storm from the West Indies rages over North St John’s Newfoundland. Telegraph lines are down and many fishing vessels are at sea to avoid rocks. Numerous small craft ashore. no deaths reported yet though feared possible in isolated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John's
N. F
West Indies
Wise Warns Against Scapegoatism in Civic Life
Rabbi Stephen Wise of New York urged Boston City Club to reject scapegoating as dangerous to citizenship. He warned New York has a scapegoat and cautioned against piling up too many burdens on others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen. Wise
New York
Boston City Club
Civic reform, partisanship, and patriotism in Boston politics
A speaker argues that Boston’s ills stem from broad civic reform failures not a single group. He condemns partisanship and self interest, calls for religious patriotism, and questions reformers who stay detached from city life before elections. He frames America as an ideal with shared responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Japan
Massachusetts
America
Theodore Roosevelt
John D. Rockefeller
Noted soprano Sembrich to sing at Symphony Hall
Mme. Sembrich, regarded among the world's great concert singers, will perform at Symphony Hall at 2 30 p m this Friday replacing the usual Friday afternoon rehearsal. The program includes Handel and Bach items, On Sleep Why Dost Thou Love Me Mein Glaubiges Herze songs by Schubert Schumann Brahms and works by modern composers. Mr Frank La Forge will accompany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symphony Hall
Mme. Sembrich
Handel
Bach
Schubert
Schumann
Brahms
Frank la Forge
Plan Sunday School Work Plan Sunday School Work
The Massachusetts Sunday School Association opened its 20th anniversary with denomination al conferences at People's Temple and First Presbyterian Church. Rev Cortland Myers urged focusing on saving communities over competing with other schools as hundreds of delegates gathered. The program included morning prayers, talks by Rev Edgar Blake and General Secretary Hamilton Conant, and multiple conferences for pastors and superintendents across Boston venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cortland Myers
D. D
Tremont Temple
Massachusetts Sunday School Association
People’s Temple
First Presbyterian Church
City Hall
Hibbard
Allan A. Stockdale
Edgar Blake
Chicago
Hamilton S. Conant
Boston
A. F. Schauffler
Trinity Episcopal Chapel
Franklin McElfresh
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