Western Governors Special Ready for East West Tour
An 111 car Western Governors Special train will depart St. Paul for a 20 day tour covering 4000 miles to 21 cities across the East and Midwest. Nine governors and eight other officials participate with ten state exhibits prepared to show western resources. Governors Hawley of Idaho Oswald West of Oregon Vessey of South Dakota Shuttroth of Colorado lead the party. additional governors Oddie Carey Norris and Burke are due to join.
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East
Middle West
West
Spe
Cial
James H. Hawley
Idaho
Oswald
Oregon
Robert S. Vessey
South Dakota
John F. Shuttroth
Colorado
Oddie
Nevada
Carey
Wyoming
Norris
Mortana
Burke
North Dakota
Surprise party honors United Booking agent Russell B Clark
Russell B. Clark Boston representative of United Booking Company returned from a Southern trip to a surprise gathering at his Dorchester home. C. Wesley Fraser and Robert G. Larsen led about 100 theatrical colleagues in presenting a smoking jacket and a meerschaum pipe.
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United Booking
Russell B. Clark
Boston
United Booking Company
Millett Street
Dorchester
Clark
C. Wesley Fraser
Robert G. Larsen
Keith Theatres
Mr. Clark
Samson and Delilah at Boston Opera House Opens Tonight
The Boston Grand Opera Season presents Samson and Delilah with Delilah wooing Samson and the priestess of Dagon urging his ruin. Act II moves to the Valley of Sorek with a dramatic storm as Samson and Delilah plot, leading to his capture. Act III shows Samson in prison, then the celebrated temple collapse after a sensational ballet and taunts from Delilah and the high priest.
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Dagon
Delilah
Samson
Hell
Valley of
Sorek
Philistine Solviers
Boston Opera House
America
Boston
Boston Company of
Hammerstein
New York
Philadelphia
Israel
Samso
Boston Opera House Opens Season With Grand Attire
The Boston grand opera season begins tonight at 8 with Camille Saint Saëns Samson and Delilah. Wealthy families showcase gowns and jewelry in a public display unseen in Boston, as debutantes and matrons attend in extravagant dress.
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Boston
Camille Saint- Saens
Opera House
Paris
Boston Grand Opera
Grand Opera Opens in Boston With Romeon Romeo and Delilah
Boston premieres grand opera at the Boston Opera House with Maria Gay and Giovanni Zenatello as co stars in Samson and Delilah. Andre Caplet conducts a promising dress rehearsal noted for elaborate temple destruction, thunder storms, and dramatic stage effects surpassing prior U S productions.
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Maria Gay
Giovanni Zenatello
Delilah
Samson
Man
Israel
Lenora Gay
Signor Zanetello
Sarek
Andre Caplet
Paris Conservatory
Lankow Heads Boston Opera Cast In Mystery Debut
Edward Lankow, American singer, makes his debut tonight as an old Hebrew in Boston. He is reportedly enigmatic about his true identity, cousin to a New York jeweller, and draws attention as the sole American in the cast. Otto Kahn and Henry Russell attend, with 275 ticket holders ready for the performance.
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Edward Lankow
Lankow
Europe
Opera Company
Vienna
New York
Lan‘kow
United States
St. Steven Street
Otto Kahn
Kuhn, Loeb & Co
Metropolitan Opera Company
Samson and Delilah at Boston Opera Tonight
The Samson and Delilah opera, a Wagnerian favorite with a checkered history, debuts tonight in Boston after prior stagings in Weimar 1877 and New York 1895. The libretto follows the biblical tale with scenes of Hebrew deliverance, Abimelech’s defeat, and Delilah leading Philistine women in a famous musical passage.
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Worcester
Samson
Abimelech
Gaza
Delilah
Thanksgiving Day Food and Drink Ad at Distillery Liquor Store
Describes Thanksgiving joy and traditional foods, then advertises Doane's XXXX Rye at seventy five cents a quart from Distillery Liquor Store at 149 Blackstone Street with mail orders and phone orders available.
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New England
Blackstone Street
Doane
Famous Old Minstrel Patton Dead in Killingly Conn
J Joseph Patton renowned old time end man and minstrel died at his Killingly home after several days of typhoid pneumonia. Aged 65 he was famed for buck and wing and clog dancing, facing rivals like Dick Sands and The Butcher Boy. Survived by a widow and four children including W Jennings Patron of Boston. Interment in Webster Massachusetts tomorrow afternoon.
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J. Joseph Patton
Killingly
Conn
Dick’’ Sands
Butcher Boy
Providence
R. I
Washburn
Minstrels
Benedict
Horses burned in farm fire at Stockwood near Versailles
In a fire at Stockwood the farm of Captain James Williams at Spring Station near Versailles Kentucky Governor Gray winner of the American derby and Latonia derby and County Tax geldings were burned to death. Governor Gray valued at 25 000 and County Tax at 20 000 with small insurance on both animals. County Tax eight years old was a sprinter with six furlong best work.
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Lexington
Stockwood
James Williams
Spring Station
Versailles
Governor Gray
Jacksonville
Counnty Tax
Ready to Eat for a Prize in Spencer Challenge
Lewis A. Walker of Pax ton road accepts James R. Kane West Warren as the challenger for a public eating contest to be held in Spencer. Walker lists three proposed meals including turkey, beans and steak and offers to back himself against Kane with the purse. Walker cites a lifetime appetite and claims he has eaten many meals daily since youth.
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Paxton Road
Walker
James R. Kane
Spencer
Kane
Woman dies after carriage fall in Hot Springs
Mrs K M Thayer of New York, sister of Henry and Charles Mallory of the Mallory steamship line, died today from concussion and internal hemorrhages after being thrown from a carriage in Hot Springs. Ms Florence F Flynn and Miss Katherine McGuire, who rode with her, were only slightly injured.
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Hot Springs
K. M. Thayer
New York
Henry
Charles Mallory
Mallory Steamship Line
Florence F. Flynn
Washington
Katherine McGuire
Thayer
Obituary Notices for Shea and Smith in Boston Area
In East Boston on November 26 John J. Shea beloved son of John and the late Ellen Shea aged 24 years. Funeral from Patrick Casey 180 Webster Street Wednesday at 8 15 A M Requiem at Church of the Assumption at 9 A M Relatives and friends invited. In Dorchester on November 25 Dr Asa D Smith aged 16 years Funeral services at Christ Church Dorchester Tuesday November 28 at 12 M Ashmont and Milton car. Na pepets please copy.
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Doherty
Roxbury
Elizabeth F. Doherty
Geary
Snowhill Street
Peter T. Doherty
Hampden Street
St. Patrick’s Church
Danvers
Watertown
Donovan
Dennis Donovan
Princeton Street
Boston
Sacred Heart Church
Ferry
Cambridge
Catherine
Patrick Ferry
James F. Ferry
Bridge Street
St. Mary’s of the Annunciation
Holy Cross Cemetery
Gallagher
East Boston
James V
William F
Mary J. Gallagher
Powers
Saratoga Street
Star of the Sea
Mulcahy
Arlington
Tone M. Mulcahy
St. Agnes R
Pederoy
O'Leary
Charlestown
Theresa Agnes
Daniel and
Hannah O’leary
West Green Dunmanway
County Cork
Ireland
Julia A. Barry
Walnut Street
St. Francis de Sales Church
Malden
Mahoney
Mary E
Johanna Mahoney
Duane
Lawrence Mahoney
Washington St
St. Mary’s Church
Old Calvary Cemetery
Pickering
Dorchester
Julia Ann
Rufus C. Pickering
Lynnville Terrace
Mt. Bowdoin Station
Woburn
Mass
Power
Robert Morton
Robert P
Mary A. Power
Parker
Patrick J. Scannell
St. John’s Church
Quincy
St. Joseph's Church
Pound Lane
St. Lawrence's Church
Holyhood
Dix Street
Ashmont
Milton Car
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Tonight
Samson and Delilah
Beauty
Serek
Story OF the Opera
Saint-Saens
ST. Alphonsus Association
Boston Park Commissioners
Ward 19
Halleck Street
Tremont Street
ST. Alphonsus Hall
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Joseph G. Woodh
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Hewson
Rhwhiteco
New Falls
Connor
Johnn T
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Greater Boston
Walter Baker
B. Brookside
Etin
Whitney S
Fort Hill
Rhode Island Coal Co
Southampton St
Congress St
Joseph Grady
N.Y. University Medical College
Fort Hamilton Hospital
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Mass. Medical Society
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Dudley St
Frank S. Waterman
Joseph S. Waterman
Frank S. Waterman, Jr
Marconi
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