Otello dazzles Boston Opera House in season opener
Verdi’s Otello opened the Boston Opera Company season at the Boston Opera House with Leo Slezak and Pasquale Amato delivering acclaimed performances. Frances Alda appeared as Desdemona while Leo Devaux debuted as Cassio. Conti conducted the fiery score amid strong audience cheers lasting ten minutes.
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Boston Opera Company
Boston Opera House
Otello
Leo Slezak
Pasquale Amato
Mr. Slezak
Mr. Amato
Frances Alda
Desdemona
Leo Devaux
Mr. Conti
Veteran Civil War Soldier Credits Peruna for Recovery
Mr. Lewis Jenkins of Missouri, a Civil War veteran and Merrill’s Cavalry member, touts Peruna for curing head catarrh and kidney issues. He says it cleared his chronic diarrhea from army camp life, boosted his strength, and helped his cold improve, recommending the remedy despite initial doubt from a druggist.
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Lewis Jenkins
Chillicothe
Livingston Co
Missouri
Merrill’s Cavalry
Peruna
Peruna Company
Peruna touted by Corning man and son in letters
Mr. S. A. Doolittle of 253 Fast St Corning N Y praises Peruna as a tonic and catarrh cure saying it cured bowels and helped his son after seven weeks of doctoring his stomach catarrh. He notes the son recovered and returned to work.
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S. A. Doolittle
Fast St
Corning
N. Y
Mineral City man cites Pe ru na cure for catarrh
George McDougall of Mineral City Ohio reports six bottles of Pe ru na cured his catarrh. He says prior to use he suffered sleepless nights and back pain and could hardly breathe, but now he feels like a new person with improved health.
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George McDougall
R. F
Mineral City
Ohio
Rae
Lynn Bandits Identified Across Crimes in Lynn and McKees Rocks
Lynn reports two more murders blamed on the same trio of yeggs who killed Thomas A Landregan and Patrolman James H Carroll last June and fled through crowds. Pittsburg police connect the men to a April McKees Rocks shooting that netted $5000. The gang’s leader is tied to the Pressed Steel Car strike riot at McKees Rocks a year ago, one of the bloodiest labor clashes in recent memory.
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Lynn
Yegg
Thomas A. Landregan
James H. Carroll
Pittsburg
McKees Rocks
Jamaica Plain
Pressed Steel Car Company
Brown University Dedicates John Hay Memorial Library
Providence delegates and Brown alumni attended the dedication of a John Hay Memorial Library at Brown University. Notable speakers included Elihu Root and James B. Angell. The ceremony featured a procession to Sayles Hall, presentation of library keys, and a university dinner with officials.
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Providence
R. I
John Hay
Brown University
United States
Elihu Root
New York
Hay
McKinley
James B. Angell
University of Michigan
Brown
Sayles Hall
Charles A. Coolidge
Boston
Faunce
H. I. Koopman
Hope and University Clubs
University
Luxurious sleeping cars with brass beds debut Boston to New York
New Haven railroad unveils deluxe sleeping cars between Boston and New York featuring brass beds two chairs per apartment and private dressing rooms. Vermillion English oak and Cuban mahogany interiors. seven apartments per car with suites possible. electric lighting gas heat and fresh air via new ventilating device. Service begins Sunday night at 1:00 AM arriving in New York at 7:05 AM.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Boston
New York
Crimson and Green Win dows at Shuman Corner
Crowds gather on Washington street to view A. Shuman & Co's Harvard and Dartmouth window displays. Crimson and Green colors color sweaters gloves caps pennants and neckwear with electric lights enhancing each side. Inside the shop Crimson and Green streamers drape the neckwear department.
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A. Shuman & Co
Harvard
Boston of the Future in the Civic Pageant
The Boston-1915 civic pageant at the Boston Arena showcased a Governor Wentworth reception scene faithful to history. An actress steps on the governor’s goufy foot, provoking a staged moment. The scene recounts gossip in the Massachusetts Bay colony about a proposed marriage for Governor Wentworth after his first wife’s death.
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Boston
Boston Arena
Governor Wentworth
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Wentworth
America
Boston Pageant Celebrates Gov. Choice and 100 Newsboys
A colonial pageant centers on the governor spurning Lady Parottee in favor of Martha, his plain-spun bride. Lady Parottee’s Paris gowns clash with the governor’s simple choice. A future Boston scene features 100 Newsboys in a striking entrance signaling a utopian city free from peril.
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Lady Parottee
Jemma P. Hadley
Paris
Martha
Florence Preble
Charlestown
Boston
Boston Newsboys’ Club
Boston Future Pageant Showcases Global Dances
A 400 strong audience watched a vast pageant in Boston portraying nations through folk dances. Dancers from Boston settlement houses represented many nationalities while Miss Lotta A. Clark led the 1200 cast with James Gilbert assisting. Plans were disrupted by a strike delaying musician David Bispham who could not perform.
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Boston
Association of
Working Women's Clubs
Lincoln House
South End
North Bennet Street
Denison House
Elizabeth Peabody House
Braintree
Dedham
Hull Street House
Girls’ Latin School
Europe
Girls’ High School
James Gilbert
Vincent
Cluny
Hasty Pudding Club
Harvard
Oil Explosion Claims Life of Agnes Butler
Mrs. Agnes Butler, 48, of 36 Warren ton street, died at City Hospital after an oil heater exploded in her lodging house yesterday afternoon. A kerosene can near the stove ignited, engulfing the parlor in flames as she read on a couch, refuting help until arrival. Ernest G. Maybury, a lodger, dragged her into the hallway and beat out the flames. Her husband Frank Butler returned from work to find his wife un responsive.
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Agnes Butler
Warrenton Street
City Hospital
Mrs. Butler
Frank Butler
Frank Ferdinand
Roxbury
Ernest G. Maybury
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Quick Grippe Cure
A newspaper advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as the fastest remedy for colds and grippe. It claims relief after the first dose and advocates dosing every two hours, asserting quinine is ineffective for colds after three years of research.
Proposal for Export Tax to Ease Market Scarcity
A reader argues in favor of an export tax to address shortages in essential goods despite a strong domestic production base. The letter critiques tariffs as a steel wall with a gold lining, urging government revenue needs align with public welfare and national defense.
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United States
Tariff Sparks Debate Over Import Taxes and Domestic Prices
A reader urges equality under law while criticizing high duties on imports. Special industries prosper with protective tariffs but face limited foreign markets. The writer calls for an export tax to balance burdens on the common taxpayer and importer. Thought.
Hair tonie misbranding costs Mrs Graham
Mrs Gervaise Graham was fined fifty dollars and costs by Judge Landis for mis branding hair tonic. The label claimed guaranteed hair growth and directed rub in the roots of the hair, a phrase the judge questioned without receiving an explanation.
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Chicago
Gervaise Graham
Landis
Murphy Leaves Tammany Leader for Rest in Hot Springs
Charles F. Murphy, longtime Tammany Hall leader, departs for Hot Springs Virginia to rest after the election campaign. He travels with planned return in coming days.
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New York
Charles F. Murphy
Tammany Hall
Hot Springs
One Day Cold Cure Ad Claims Grove Signature
An old advertisement promotes Bromo Quinine as a universal cold cure. It emphasizes a signature by E. W. Grove and markets the product as used worldwide. The price is listed at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Girl Asks $5000 in Heart Suit
Miss Carrie Birnbaum of Dorchester sues William Mason of Malden for breach of promise seeking $5000. Birnbaum states they formed a mutual agreement to marry with Mason promising to wed when he was able.
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Carrie Birnbaum
Dorchester
William Mason
Malden
Miss Birnbaum
Mr. Mason
Hanover Street
Litigation Over Engagement Break Fails to Marry
Miss Birnbaum sues for breach alleging Mason refused to perform and caused mental distress after claiming an engagement oath existed. Mason admits an engagement but says it was dissolved by mutual consent and that quarrels and incompatibility ended the plans. He reports he refused to fulfill the agreement on the appointed date.
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Wiile
Miss Birnbaum
Mr. Mason
Mason
Excavating Depletes Squirrels Stores
Visitors in the Public Garden warn that ground disturbance near the Common endangers the squirrels winter stores. They urge daily food for the animals and ask park officials and the public to address the issue promptly.
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the Peat
Saat Aks
Bank executive D F M Schas commits suicide in Memphis
D F M Schas, president of the Continental Savings Bank and noted financier, killed himself in Memphis today by shooting himself in the head. news confirms the self inflicted death as the cause.
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Memphis
Tenn
Continental Savings Bank
The California Fig Syrup Co. Laxative Claim Ad
An old advertisement promotes health through right living and ease of digestion. It touts Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as the one perfect laxative and urges buyers to obtain the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Co. via leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Are Company
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Merrill
MR. Lewis Jenkins
McKees Rocks Bank
Shuman Corner
Boston of the Future
Lotta Clark
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Miss Tanner
Virginia Tanner
Radcliffe College
Vinland
Old Dame School
Roxbury High School
David Bispham
Express
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the Post
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