Grand Opera Expands Reach Across Cities
The article notes Oscar Hammerstein II expanding grand opera reach via the New York Met and Manhattan Opera House. It details openings in Manhattan and Brooklyn, with plans to tour Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore and Chicago. It highlights Herodiade at the Met, Salome concerns, and rising popularity of opera among 150,000 attendees and growing English productions.
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Ommod
Idiatt
Grmod Phera
America
York
Manhattan
Metropolitan
Will
Mr. d Hammerstein
Pill
Adelphia
Keeping Up & Chain
Baltimore
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
J. P. Morgan
Sanderbirts
Metropolitan Opera Company
Atart
Academy of Music -In-Brooklyn
Massemot
Massenet
Oscar Hide
Strauss
John “Baptist
Salome
Lton Cavain
Herodias
Gerville-Renche
Herod
Maueband
John the’ Baptist
Daimores
Peatly
Joca
Mary Gacden
Tetramini
Ming
d’Alvares
Wen
Abe
Promalee
Cathay Stho
Arag
A. Tewly
Rideo
Hammerstein
Beason
Oscar Bammerstein
Bammerstein
Popu
Swelkten
D.-Plau
Chillett
Maltin Opera
Philadel Phin
New Theater
Philadelphia
Chicago
Aod
Metro- Politan
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Washington
Europe
Opera's expanding map and rising stars at Metropolitan
The Metropolitans season features famous tenors and contraltos with new American talents like Jane Norla and John McCormick. Plans show grand opera houses spreading to major cities, with performances at the New Theatre and Porhipa, emphasizing German and Italian works and translations for English audiences.
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Metropolitan
Manhattan
Jane Norla
Alice Neilsen
Anya Case
Vera Courtennay
Fnme
Mme. Detna
Exlouard Clement
Opera Comique
Paria
Enrico Caruso
Alessandro Bonci
Tidnto Scott
Gersalding Farrar
Olive Fremstad
Johanna Gadekt
Mme
Noriea
John ‘McCormick
London
Italy
New York
Porhipa
Dei‘Topoltae
Ourmao
Red Cross Christmas Stamp Crusade Expands Reach
The Red Cross announces a broader Christmas stamp drive to fight tuberculosis. From under 20 million sold last year, sales are expected near 50 million this year. Three cent stamps issued by the American National Red Cross will fund tuberculosis work locally and nationwide, with an expected $400,000 raised for the campaign.
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Red Cross
American National Red Cross
United States
Glass Drikke In Germany Bricks For Night Walls
A fragment notes German defense efforts with bricks coming into focus for night walls. It hints at air raid precautions including windowless barriers and strengthened fortifications as part of civil defense measures in Germany.
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Germany
Wser
Coreless Apples Spark Spokane Apple Show Curiosity
A Spokane grown apple, described as a freak of nature, weighs up to three forks in diameter with yellow green streaks and pink cheeks. B. E. Blort owns the tree near Moran Prairie, thriving at 2.225 altitude. experts assess origin while guarding and planning grafts for spring.
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Spokane
Moran
Coreleddieedicen
Pps
Ben H. Rice
Augustinn Holderbette
Wtite
S Washington
W. S. Thornabor
State College’ of Washington
Bas
Browne
Short
Glass screen decks for White Star ships
A new device to ward off spray will be installed on two White Star steamers nearing completion. W. B. Laycock will install glass screens divided into small adjustable sections that can be raised or lowered to keep water out while preserving sightlines. The system has been tested and deemed satisfactory.
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White Star
Laycock
Mar
England
Drr
German Experiments With Kapok Tree Fiber Substitute
German textile researchers pursue kapok fiber as a cotton substitute due to high cotton prices. Chemnitz spinning firm reports a treatment to make kapok fibers workable into yarn with a soft silky feel. Kapok, used previously for padding and pillows, has been cultivated in German colonies in New Guinea and East Africa. Capital cost advantage noted, but wearing qualities of kapok fabrics remain unknown.
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Chemnitz
Germany
Hag
Tropics
Goldbens
New Guinea
East Africa
Pho Aber
Boston Club For Parents Only
Boston forms a Parents and Mothers club inviting only parents to join. The group aims to foster literacy through free books magazines and lectures for children, organize summer outings with instruction, and run guest projects to take delicate and convalescent children from tenements and hospitals to trained care in a country home.
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Boston
Fathers and Mothers
Roston
The Coming Crane and the new aeroplane craze
A Florida society woman, Mrs. H. A. Arnold, buys an aeroplane and warns of a fashionable aristocracy in the sky. The speaker muses on how the wealthy will ride in planes, while the common crowd watches, hoping to own one before the time comes. The poem contrasts social rank with technology as New York World contemplates the era.
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H. A. Arnold
Society
Florida
New York
Uncle Sam Leads In Dreadnought Race With New Ships
The article notes the United States building larger battleships than rivals, with Utah and Florida class vessels, and mentions planned ships like Wydming and Arkansas, each around 26,000 tons, aiming to outpace other nations in the naval arms race. It highlights cost and maintenance, and declares Uncle Sam at the head of the procession.
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Temporaily
United States
Utah
Wjorida
Samuel
Peta
Shice
Jancé
Germany
Indore
Italy
Japan
Russia
South Carolina
Amer Heniene
Cotta
Will Seairé
DeMware
North ‘Dakota
Amoricad
Florida
New York Shipbuilding Company
Delaware
North Dakota
Oye
Ireland
Aumor
Dakota
Thelorida
Nations race to build bigger dreadnoughts unseen before
A historical analysis details global naval expansion toward the dreadnought class. It notes the United States adding Delaware and North Dakota with high foredecks and skeleton masts, Florida and Utah under turbine power, and two colossal ships Arkdneas and Wyomira planned for 1912 13. It compares Britain’s lead and cites the mounting costs, including one broadside rivaling bread money and teachers’ salaries.
Dreadnoughts and the naval arms race examined
The article debates the Dreadnought boom, arguing it fuels paradoxes in naval design and diplomacy. It contrasts Britain’s first dreadnought with American ships, noting class distinctions, sizes, armaments, and the looming era of enhanced battleships shaping global power and peace efforts. It cites Michigan, South Carolina, Connecticut, and other vessels while describing the paradox of many ships built for war yet claimed to prevent it.
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Michigan
South Garoling
Arma- Prgent
South Carolina
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Kansas
Minnesota
Vermont
Delaware
North Dakota
Moving Pictures Light Patent Shines in Dark Rooms
An inventor of moving pictures and apparatus unveils a patent device. A large mirror with a frosted surface reflects light to illuminate the room, making pictures visible in darkness and eliminating the nuisance of dark Ranger of Pante in the dark.
Wanted: American diplomaed scientists for Philippine field
Notice seeks highly qualified scientists and bug malgutists with diplomas from American colleges to serve in a new government research field in the Philippines. It notes the dire need and directs applicants to respond through official channels for consideration.
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Philippines
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