Turandot at Met praised and panned by critics
New York critics hail Maria Jeritza as Turandot in Puccini posthumous opera while deeming the score less memorable. The Times notes stronger production than music. Herzt Attwood’s voice criticized for lacking sensuousness, though Jeritza’s title performance impresses. Audience stays attentive through final Alfano completion after Puccini's death.
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New York World
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Times
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Storekeeper slain when he protests
New York police report a Brooklyn dairy proprietor Frank Fruchtman was shot and killed during a late night robbery at his store. Two holdup men entered at 1 a.m. and demanded cash from the register. Fruchtman raised his hands in protest and was shot in the left breast before the robbers fled in a waiting sedan.
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Brooklyn
Frushi Iman
Fracatman
Coolidge's Turkey on Way to Capital
Jefferson reports President will receive a 25 pound Thanksgiving tom. The fowl was raised on the Missouri prison farm under Governor Sim Baker of Missouri. The turkey heads for Washington tomorrow, marking a ceremonial pre Thanksgiving gesture.
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City
Vouldres
Washington
Sim Baker
Missouri
Widow Is Executrix Of Publisher's Will
Lucy Cotton Thomas of Palm Beach Florida and Rufus J. Trimble were appointed executrix and ancillary executor of Edward TR Thomas's will. A $1,000,000 bond was required. Thomas, a New York Morning Telegraph owner and financier, died in Palm Beach. Estates exceed $2,000,000 with about $1.6 million in securities. Elizabeth R. Thomas, his second wife, claims $900,000, some from a 1924 separation agreement and another $200 weekly for 15 years for Morning Telegraph articles.
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Lucy Cotton Thomas
Palm Beach
Fla
Edward TR. Thomas
Sportsman
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Rufus J. Trimble
Thomas
Elizabeth R. Thomas
Morning Telegraph
Pleads Guilty in 10 Killing Associate Who Played Joke
New York report says Gerald Dwyer pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter after a practical joke intended to embarrass him led to fatal shooting of Joseph Ruffner. The pair once copy readers in Washington, D. C., later worked in New York. The district attorney recommended manslaughter, with a sentence to be decided later.
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Gerald Dwyer
Joseph Ruffner
Washington, D. C
Ruffner
Dwyer
Medical relay saves sailors at sea
On November 17 at Boston AP report details how two French naval doctors aboard the French cruiser Jeanne de Arc aided two ill crewmen on the American steamer Eastern Glade. The West Calumb relayed symptoms and French prescriptions between the vessels as they met near the Atlantic confluence. Both sailors recovered after treatment.
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South Africa
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A.l
Newgate Prison To Become Park In Hartford Area
Old Newgate prison sold at auction to settle an estate will be preserved as a landmark and Revolutionary relic. Clarence W. Seymour of Hartford plans a picnic park, repairing walls and sentry boxes, and reopening to sightseers. Fees will fund restoration to original lines. Built 1793 to 1827 as Connecticut’s first penal institution, prisoners labored above ground by day and descended into mines at night.
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New Haven Musicians to Compare Works in February Broadcasts
High school musicians statewide will compare with New Haven students from January 28 to February 5. Programs will air nightly, broadcast by local school musicians as part of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce progress exposition.
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New Haven
Stte
Shipping in New London area deemed safe by coast guard
New London November 17 AP coast guard officials completing a survey report that all shipping in the district from Montauk Point to Buzzards Bay including Long Island Sound and the open Atlantic is safe.
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New London
New Lemen
Long Island Sound
Atlantic
Montauk Point
Buzzard's Bay
Temperance Heads to Meet at Capital
Chicago dispatch reports the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union plans a three day demonstration in Washington in January to urge Congress to back the high quality strength and determination of the dry movement.
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Chicago
Congress
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Washington
W.C T. U. Now
Women Leaders Gather for Washington Meeting in 1928
In Evanston a group of about 600 women, leaders in the WCTC work across every state, plan to attend a Washington meeting to study election results and strategize for the 1928 city presidency contest.
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wW.c. T. C
Washington
Osteopath Board Tests Certificates In Hartford
The state osteopath commission held an examination for state certificates at the capital. Two applicants were examined.
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Hartford
State Osteopath Commission
New York Dogs to Be Vaccinated for Rabies
New York officials announce a citywide vaccination of dogs to counter rabies. Health Commissioner Harris says a conference of physicians and veterinarians will determine methods. He cites rising rabies prevalence and orders universal compliance for all dogs.
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New York
Harris
Dy Harris
Memorial address honors departed Hartford librarian
Caroline H. Hewins, Hartford Public Library's 50 year librarian, was saluted in a memorial address by Corinne Bacon at the Connecticut Library Association meeting in Putnam. Officers elected for the coming year include Charles Wooding president and K O Connor secretary. other posts filled by Bruce B McLean Miles Caroline Jones H Joh Putnam Susan D Barnes and L D Higgins.
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Caroline H. Hewins
Hartford Public Library
Corinne Bacon
Hartford
Brariana’ Association
Charles Wooding
Bristol
K. O'Connor
Farmington
Tary
Bruce B. McLean
Miles Caroline Jones
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H. Joh Putnam
Susan D. Barnes
C. H. Leeford
L. D. Higgins
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