Professional soprano under the name of Marie Altona
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
January 8, 1921
Page 6, Column 1
Mrs. W.J. Smith and Mrs. Claudius Buster entertained with a tea Wednesday afternoon in honor of Miss Marie Altona of London, who has come to Dallas to make her home. During the afternoon a program was given. Miss Altona, who sang for several years at Convent Garden, London, gave a group of French, Norwegian, Italian and English songs.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
September 7, 1939
Page 2, Column 7
Woman Who Once Sang in Six Languages Now Rides Miles to Teach
Although her concert repertoire once included twenty-five songs in six languages, Miss Marie Altona, 80-year-old lyric soprano, lives today for the thrill of her weekly sixty-mile bus trips to teach pupils who cannot come to her.
Since 1920, Miss Altona has made her home in Dallas, but she was born in Alton, Ill., hence the name Altona. She sang for the coronation of King Edward in Convent Garden.
Her real name is Mary A. Fitch. According to Miss Altona, an ancestor, John Fitch, was the first to invent the steamboat. Her father was a journalist who served his apprenticeship on the New York Times.
She sings in Italian, French, German, Norwegian and Russian.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
January 8, 1921
Page 6, Column 1
Mrs. W.J. Smith and Mrs. Claudius Buster entertained with a tea Wednesday afternoon in honor of Miss Marie Altona of London, who has come to Dallas to make her home. During the afternoon a program was given. Miss Altona, who sang for several years at Convent Garden, London, gave a group of French, Norwegian, Italian and English songs.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
September 7, 1939
Page 2, Column 7
Woman Who Once Sang in Six Languages Now Rides Miles to Teach
Although her concert repertoire once included twenty-five songs in six languages, Miss Marie Altona, 80-year-old lyric soprano, lives today for the thrill of her weekly sixty-mile bus trips to teach pupils who cannot come to her.
Since 1920, Miss Altona has made her home in Dallas, but she was born in Alton, Ill., hence the name Altona. She sang for the coronation of King Edward in Convent Garden.
Her real name is Mary A. Fitch. According to Miss Altona, an ancestor, John Fitch, was the first to invent the steamboat. Her father was a journalist who served his apprenticeship on the New York Times.
She sings in Italian, French, German, Norwegian and Russian.
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Professional soprano under the name of Marie Altona
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
January 8, 1921
Page 6, Column 1
Mrs. W.J. Smith and Mrs. Claudius Buster entertained with a tea Wednesday afternoon in honor of Miss Marie Altona of London, who has come to Dallas to make her home. During the afternoon a program was given. Miss Altona, who sang for several years at Convent Garden, London, gave a group of French, Norwegian, Italian and English songs.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
September 7, 1939
Page 2, Column 7
Woman Who Once Sang in Six Languages Now Rides Miles to Teach
Although her concert repertoire once included twenty-five songs in six languages, Miss Marie Altona, 80-year-old lyric soprano, lives today for the thrill of her weekly sixty-mile bus trips to teach pupils who cannot come to her.
Since 1920, Miss Altona has made her home in Dallas, but she was born in Alton, Ill., hence the name Altona. She sang for the coronation of King Edward in Convent Garden.
Her real name is Mary A. Fitch. According to Miss Altona, an ancestor, John Fitch, was the first to invent the steamboat. Her father was a journalist who served his apprenticeship on the New York Times.
She sings in Italian, French, German, Norwegian and Russian.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
January 8, 1921
Page 6, Column 1
Mrs. W.J. Smith and Mrs. Claudius Buster entertained with a tea Wednesday afternoon in honor of Miss Marie Altona of London, who has come to Dallas to make her home. During the afternoon a program was given. Miss Altona, who sang for several years at Convent Garden, London, gave a group of French, Norwegian, Italian and English songs.
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DALLAS MORNING NEWS
September 7, 1939
Page 2, Column 7
Woman Who Once Sang in Six Languages Now Rides Miles to Teach
Although her concert repertoire once included twenty-five songs in six languages, Miss Marie Altona, 80-year-old lyric soprano, lives today for the thrill of her weekly sixty-mile bus trips to teach pupils who cannot come to her.
Since 1920, Miss Altona has made her home in Dallas, but she was born in Alton, Ill., hence the name Altona. She sang for the coronation of King Edward in Convent Garden.
Her real name is Mary A. Fitch. According to Miss Altona, an ancestor, John Fitch, was the first to invent the steamboat. Her father was a journalist who served his apprenticeship on the New York Times.
She sings in Italian, French, German, Norwegian and Russian.
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