Syncopation Delights Her Russia's Best Dressed Woman
Alvira Amazar the youngest Boston Opera Company prima donna from Irkutsk says ragtime is the best thing in America. She plans to introduce Americans to syncopation for Russians. Her American debut as Musette in La Boheme will occur soon.
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America
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Musette
Prominent I O C F Member George Rand Dies at 65
George T. Rand born in Exeter New Hampshire died at 366 Highland Avenue Somerville age 65. He was an original member of Caleb Rand Lodge of Odd Fellows and a leading figure in Odd Fellowship in West Somerville for 30 years.
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Caleb Rand
British Steamer Rhineland Sunk in Sea Disaste r
The British steamship Rhineland of 1501 tons gross, built in 1908 and owned by the Liverpool and Hamburg Steamship Company, has been sunk. Only one survivor has been landed to date.
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Liverpool
Liverpool and Hamburg Steamship Company
Arab Music Played by Symphony
Owing to the indisposition of Mme Melba the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Dr Karl Muck played Mendelssohn overture Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage during a public rehearsal in Symphony Hall yesterday afternoon.
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Antar Symphony Impresses with Bold Oriental Color
Rimsky Korsakoff's Antar Symphony, though not his mature work, displays unmistakable genius and originality. Its exotic harmonic scheme and orchestral coloring draw on Oriental folk themes, creating a new musical world praised for its emotional sway and vivid pictorial quality.
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Auto Hits Wagon and Flees on Tremont Street
Police seek driver of a small runabout after it collided with a department store delivery wagon on Tremont street near Park street last night. The wagon was pushed into an auto truck owned by Joseph P. Manning and operated by Albert P. Confanti of Dorchester, injuring the horse.
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Harvard Lampoon Chooses Editors
Nine Harvard students from the junior and sophomore classes were elected to the Lampoon editorial board after a 15 week competition. Named editors include Jacob B. Abbott Dedham Richard van Wyck Buel Ridgefield Conn John Lavelle Jr of Boston and Robert R Rodgers Havre de Grace Md. The business department selected Ralph G. Brown New York Cyril M Hollander Boston John L Hubbard Providence Felix W. Knauth New York and Francis B. Todd Boston.
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St Marys Parish Holds 68th Reunion at Roughan Hall
A merry crowd attended St Marys Church of the North End 68th annual reunion at Roughan Hall Charlestown. Rev William J Conway rector chaired the reception committee joined by Rev Michael Byrne S J Rev J J OConnor S J Rev William Quigley S J and a long list of local organizers.
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Patrick F. Brogan
William Francis
Valentine Markey
Richards Wins 1915 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Despatch from Stockholm reports Theodore William Richards of Harvard’s Gibbs Memorial Laboratory awarded the 1915 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work determining atomic weights. Richards is credited with standards used worldwide and has long served on the International Commission on Atomic Weights and as Carnegie Commission advisor.
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Gibbs Memorial Laboratory
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International Commission On Atomic Weights
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Fire destroys Worcester paint shop. 20 families displaced
In Worcester on November 12 more than 100 residents from several families were forced from their homes when a tenement block at 172 Grafton Street burned after a painter’s candle toppled into a pail of paint. The one and a half story shop suffered about 1500 dollars in losses.
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Grafton Street
Three Juveniles Charged in Mattapan Apartment Theft
Three boys, ages 10 and 12, are charged after entering a Mattapan apartment at 558 River Street and ransacking it. They fled from two Milton police officers before being captured. Summonses place them in the Dorchester juvenile session on Tuesday. Items taken include a gold watch a three stone diamond ring and gold earrings.
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Mattapan
Milton
Dorchester Court
Serbs Occupy Defences South and East of Kraljevo
The Serbian legion in Paris released Nish’s Nov 10 dispatch stating troops have occupied defences in good order south and east of Kraljevo and Ivagnitza and east of the Morava River. Fighting persisted across the 10th near Glilan Leskovitza Binatchka and Katchanik.
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