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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
2
Henry Russell announced the Boston Opera House has signed Italian soprano Rosina Storchio for the 1914 15 season with an option for the American premiere of Messager Beatrice. Messager plans to attend the first Boston performance.
Mr Russell tells reporters at the Opera House he secured American premiere option for Messager's Beatrice to premiere in Paris this winter. He plans Boston debut in 1914 15 with Messager possibly attending. He also signs Rosina Storchio for next season and announces Felix Weingartner to lead the Boston Opera Company February through March. He forecasts revival of La Gioconda Manon and Manon Lescaut with Monna Vanna early December.
Sixty five Congressmen were named by the House to attend the dedication of the restored Congress Hall in Philadelphia. The Senate will designate 18 members to represent the original thirteen states. The list includes Champ Clark, Underwood, Hardwick, Oldfield, Baker, Keating, Reilly, Brockson, Hayden, Sparkman, Smith of Idaho, Buchanan, Mann, Gray, Kirkpatrick, Woods, Taggart, Ben Johnson, Aswell, Linthicum, Murray, Doremus, S W Smith, Hinds, Hammond, Lindberg, Steenerson, Chandler, Dyer, Stout, Lobeck, Roberts, Reed, Calder, Fitzgerald, Payne, Doughton, Helgesen, Foss, Brumbaugh, Hawley, Lafferty, Vare, Graham, Moore, Edmunds, Donohoe, Logue, O'Shaunessy, Aiken, Burke, Paull, Gregg, Howell, Green, Johnson, Brown, Cooper, Nelson.
Harvard Musical Club members will not tour major eastern cities this year as faculty deny travel during Christmas vacation. The group had planned a Princeton concert on Friday and a Yale concert in Jordan Hall on November 21, aligning with the Yale-Harvard game festivities.
John Hills business manager of the Japan Advertiser appeals from a Japanese prison asking not to be delivered to the United States and seeks Japanese citizenship. Eilis, wanted in Boston for abduction and contempt of court, says he is the victim of a conspiracy and denies perjury. The U S government opposes Bills bail admission.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled that a stepchild may share in workers compensation awarded to a stepparent for a deceased father. Marion Coakley of Worcester appealed after being denied a share in Nora Coakley’s award. The court noted absence of parental affection or legal duty for stepchildren.
The Supreme Court overrules the Industrial Accident Board and grants the girl equal share with the widow in weekly compensation of nine dollars for 300 weeks. The ruling emphasizes broad interpretation to support dependents of a deceased employee and to divide payments among those conclusively deemed wholly dependent.
Arthur S Black was sentenced to three months in the House of Correction by Judge Wentworth in Somerville Police Court for non-support of his wife. The sentence was suspended until November 17 with a $6 weekly payment to the probation officer for his wife.
Charles Sumner Bird the Progressive candidate for Governor was presented the party wallop stick at a large Everett rally in Whittier Hall. Leslie Smith of Everett received the carved cocoanut tree stick from a fruit steamer mate. Joseph Lt. Larson presented Bird with the party emblem.
Miss Jessie Woodrow Wilson arrives in the national capital with her fiancé Francis B. Sayre after visiting friends since leaving Cornish New Hampshire. She dismisses reports of serious injury from a horse accident saying only a slight arm injury and a bruise occurred. The couple’s wedding is set for November 25 and preparations are expected to accelerate.
Local paper previews next Sundays Post feature on a circus act titled The Mystery of the Hypnotic Bear. Promises curious acts, daring tricks, and a peek behind the scenes of circus life.
Washington reports a railroad system supplied drinking water to passengers that public health experts call diluted sewage after bacteriological tests found more than 60 000 bacteria per teaspoonful. Water was turbid with a pronounced taste and grossly polluted minutes. Officials withheld the railroad’s name while considering supply changes.
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