Mexican soprano Calderon debut in New York recital
Amira Calderon, a Mexican soprano protegee, made her New York recital debut at the Hotel McAlpin after years of toiling in the National Cloak & Suit Co. She rose from a packing and adjusting role to perform an aria on Broadway Night, inspired by Enrico Caruso’s memory, and faces a choice between further study or returning to her job while continuing to practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Amira Calderon
National Clowk & Suit Cs
Amira
McAlpin
New York World
Mexico City
Mae
V Varlca Caruso
National Cloak& Suit Co
Iba
Hutsie
Enrico Caruso
Valeuc
Woman dies in car from gas fumes in park scene
Oskaloosa reports that Mrs. Eife Steadman died and John Veenstra was overcome as exhaust fumes from a running car heated the vehicle. The pair were found early today in the car parked by the roadside. The incident is treated as an accidental death by carbon monoxide exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Eife Steadman
John Veenstra
Toduy
Thieves Victimize American Tourists in Germany
Berlin reports a ring targeting Americans abroad on ships and German railways. A ringleader, Max Broglner, a Berlin native, posed as a Mayflower American and coordinated thefts of packet books and travelers checks, with fake interpreters cashing higher denomination checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Germany
Reich
Architects oppose plans to tear down Waterloo Bridge
Lendon, Nov 4. Condemnation of tearing down Waterloo Bridge, famed as one of world’s great monuments, is urged by several branches of the American Institute of Architects. Local London council controls the bridge and faces strong appeals from the institute’s London and other chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lendon
Wloo Bridge
Than
American Institute of Architects
Lendon County Tourcil
Bridges of
London
Cn oFe
The
Institute
Diiness
Waterloo Urings
Rare Gutenberg Bible purchase thrills historic book world
Boson Mass man Midward Goldston buys a Gutenberg Bible, the famed movable type first printed book. He describes a years long quest from London to Vienna and Cologne to secure the 1452 Mazarin edition, paying an estimated 56000 dollars as experts note 13 copies exist with varying pages and two main versions the 42 line Mazarin and the 36 line Pfister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boson
Mass
Boston Globe
Goldston
Hs Search
Clique
London
Cologne
Viena
Vienna
Inc
New York
Johann Gutenberg
Maing
Germany
Flar Gutenberg
Mbrary
Cardinal Mazarin
Galdiston
Gutenberg Bible: early printing milestone and uncertain dates
The article discusses the Gutenberg Bible as a landmark of printing history. It notes lines per page variations, colophons by Heinrich Cremer dating rubrication and binding to August 24, 1468, and that movable type printing began around 1452 shortly after Gutenberg’s invention, with one copy dated 1453 whose authenticity is disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heinrich Cremer
Gutenberg
Britain to launch new super warship Rodney at Messrs Camell Dairds
Nov. 3 report states Britain's last of the Washington treaty capital ships, the HMS Rodney, will be launched December 17 by Princess Mary at Cammell Laird works. Rodney mirrors HMS Nelson in design but differs in armament and displacement. it will be about 35,000 tons with nine 16 inch guns in three forward turrets and several 6 inch guns. Rodney and Nelson mark Britain’s first ships mounting an 11 inch gun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Messrs. Cammiel
Dairds
Rodney
Nelson
Il. Ki
Champion Strong Man Conquered by Cupid
Paris reports the strongman Charles Rigoulot, famed as The Strongest Man in the World and Olympic weight lifter, has fallen to romance with Mlle. Collin. After posing for movie stills, the pair wed, ending Rigoulot’s single life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strong Man
Cupid
Paris
Charles Rigoulot
Mlle
Collin
Rigoulot
Cadine
Rigoulet
Louisa Colin
Louise
Ivan
From laundry wagon to high court role for Brig. Gen. Booth
Nov 9 in Pueblo reports Brig. Gen. Ewing E. Booth rose from a laundry wagon driver to a member of the U S military court. C B Carlile, cashier at the First National Bank, identified Booth in a photo of court martial officers and recalled his early days in Pueblo as a boomer brakeman who later drove a laundry wagon locally before joining Colorado national service. Col. William Mitchell faces charges of conduct prejudicial to army discipline in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puewto Coulp
JINS
United States
Ewing E. Booth
William
Mitchell
Washington
C. B.carlile
First National Bank
Carlile
Booth
Soldier Booth advances from lieutenant to captain in cavalry
W guard Booth served in the Spanish American War as a lieutenant and returned a captain in the cavalry. He remained in the army and became an instructor of cadets at West Point Fort Leavenworth, rising to his current rank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Cavalry
West Point
Fort Leavenworth
Dog Walks Home To Charles City From St Louis
Charles City, Ia., Nov 9 special Oakey a small black dog left with friends when owners Mr and Mrs Wickman moved to California returned Sunday morning to the Wilke residence from St Louis Mo where his new masters shipped him by express over a month ago He apparently walked the entire distance and showed no effects of the trip beyond the feel of travel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles City
Oakey
End of Randfontein Gold Reefs Reported Found
News from London dated November 9 states the long lost Randfontein reefs in South Africa have been located again. After years of unsuccessful bore holes and vast spending, an English mining company used horizontal diamond drilling to reveal new gold clusters, signaling the reefs may extend beyond the Witpoortjie fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Iite
Randfontein
South Africa
Witpoordji
Canary saves life by warning of gas in Newark home
Mrs Mary Coburn's pet canary Jackie alerted by its silence as she returned to 76 Cort Street Newark. The canary's behavior led Mrs Coburn to check the house where she found her 60-year-old father-in-law overcome by escaping gas. He was rushed to hospital and revived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alan
Newark
N. J
Jackie
Mary Coburn
Sweden tests night air transport of North Sea fish
In a bold new venture, fish caught in the North Sea at night will be flown to Gothenburg, loaded onto an aeroplane, and arrive in Stockholm by 9 o'clock the next morning. Two aircraft will be used, each carrying half a top, to bring fresh seafood quickly to the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vresh Pish Burakpasp
Stockholm
North Sea
Gothenburg
Sweden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Recital Inn
Suit Company
Victiatzr
Iutenberg
Wrigley
Wrigley’s
Boomey
Charles
ST. Louis
Davenpork
Ala
Coxwell
AM Prime
A. Leath & Company
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!