Dedication Week At Georgia Opens With Alumni Reunions
Athens June 7 The University of Georgia hosts commencement events closing its 128th year with Pan-Hellenic dances and class reunions 93 88 08 and 03. Peabody Hall dedication occurs June 12 with Dr Horne speaking. Senator J Hamilton Lewis of Illinois delivers commencement address June 18.
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Athens
South
University of Georgia
Merry College
Georgia
State University
George Foster Peabody
Lewis
W. N. Ainsworth
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
Macon
J. Hamilton Lewis
Illinois
Board of Visitors
Professor VanHoose
Rome
Board of Trustees
Peabody Hall
H. H. Horne
New York University
James M. Lynch
Mary Lyndon
May
Elizabeth Smith
Moss Auditorium
Charles Jacobson
Tennille
Walter Jenkins
Valdosta
George Donaldson
Statesboro
Clark Howell
Atlanta
Stephen Mitchell
J. E. Wood
Savannah
Julian Walker
Screven
J T. N. Hendricks
Nashville
Alban Reed
James Ray
Dr. Ainsworth
Tech
Dahlonega
Normal School
Augusta
Philippines
Demosthenian
C. C. Davis
Covington
Virgil Adams
Marietta
Phi Kappa
Charles McDaniel
Russell Pat
One Legged Beggar Riches After Trade on Boardwalk
Atlantic City June 7 E L Jones Yankton S D was found on the Boardwalk and led to Atlantic Avenue by Detective Charles Apple. The one legged man claimed to have earned over a hundred dollars that day and produced a canceled mortgage for 10000 dated 1906. He was fined 20 dollars in court and offered cigars and a roll of bills to the officers.
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Atlantic City
E. L Jones
Yankton, S. Dak
Atlantic Avenue
Charles Apple
Jones
Singer Who Jilted Spreckels Ends Marriage in Divorce
In Santa Ana California last Friday, Mary Adele Case Beam a renowned singer of this century was divorced ending her marriage to Willard Beam. The report recalls her earlier engagement to Claus Spreckels in Paris fame and her subsequent marriage to Willard Beam, nephew of Victor Metcalf, former Secretary of the Navy.
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San Francisco
Mary Adele Case Beam
Santa Ana
Cal
Paris
Mary Adele Case
Claus Spreckels
Willard Beam
Victor Metcalf
Navy
Graduates and Dignitaries Mark University Exercises
Athens students receive diplomas as nearly a hundred grads prepare for commencement with valedictorian Ernest L. Jackson and speakers from Atlanta and Athens. Alumni events, the Sphinx banquet at the Georgian Hotel, and many social functions follow through a week of ceremonies and dances at Moss Auditorium.
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Victor Victor
Atlanta
Ira Funkenstein
Athens
Leroy Michael
Ting Fang Lew
Wenchow
China
George Harrison
D. K. McKamy
Dalton
James Hamilton Lewis
Ernest L. Jackson
George L. Williams
Lawrenceville
Hill Freeman
Newnan
Moss Auditorium
Georgian Hotel
Mary D. Lyndon
J. L. Newborn
Braxton
C. H. Newsome
Eatonton
London Welcomes Ambassador Page With Noted Humor
Special Cable to The American reports Ambassador Walter H. Page has won favorable impressions in London since arrival, with observers praising his humor. The Nation suggests England should imitate the US in selecting Washington representatives, comparing Bryce and the Page pairing with Lowell, Hay, and Choate, and noting Mrs Page’s potential as a scholarly diplomat.
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London
Walter H. Page
England
America
Washington
Bryce
United States
Whitehall
West End
Lowell
Hay
Choate
Page
Civic Body to Fight Tariffs For Insurance
Savannah authorities plan a first meeting of the chamber of commerce insurance committee to probe Savannah fire insurance rates. The panel may hire an expert to study rates in the Southeastern Tariff Association region and pursue relief before the Interstate Commerce Commission or the U S Supreme Court if tariffs are deemed unreasonably high.
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Savannah
Joseph F. Gray
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Southeastern Tariff Association
Tariff Association
Interstate Commerce Commission
Supreme’ Court of the United States
Monument Erected On Eloper's Grave In Mountain Home
A monument is planned for Albert Gilbert who died of pneumonia after an elopement with Miss Peri Lowrey of Mountain Home Arkansas. The couple faced a wide manhunt across Northwest Arkansas for three days and nights as authorities pursued their attempt to marry. The narrative recounts river crossings by boat and cave sleeping, culminating in Gilbert's death from illness.
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Mountain
Ark
Albert Gilbert
Mountain Home
Peri Lowre
Arkansas
Yellville
Harrison
Cotter
White River
Gilbert
Lowrey
Log Book of Polly Found Sparks Naval History Clarity
Boston reports the 198 year old private schooner Polly sold to Alfred Johnson. The log book of the vessel, kept by the War of 1812 commander Jeduthusa Upton, was found with the captain's granddaughter, potentially clarifying early U S Navy history. Polly, a sloop during the war, captured British merchantmen and was captured by the British frigate Phoebe off Maine.
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Boston
Polly
Alfred Johnson
Arlington Street
United States Navy
Jedthusa Upton
Salem
New England
Maine
Phoebe
Noted Paator Delivers Tech Class Sermon at Georgia Tech
The baccalaureate sermon for the Georgia School of Technology graduating class will be held this morning at St. Luke's Episcopal Church on Peachtree Street. Dr. Thomas E. Green of Chicago will deliver the sermon as part of commencement week activities.
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Georgia School of Technology
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church
Peachtree Street
Thomas E. Green
Chicago
America
North Avenue Church House
North Avenue
St. Luke's Church
Board of Trustees
United States Commissioner of Education
P. P. Claxton
Tech Y. M. C. A
K. G. Matheson
Crystal Palace
Grand Opera House
C. Alphonse Smith
Edgar Allan Poe
University of Virginia
Joseph M. Brown
Herbert
Bigelow
Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce
Tech
Girls Quit School To Buy Pianos Not to Work
Washington report outlines a Bureau of Education bulletin on Worcester Massachusetts girls leaving school for work. The survey notes 14 to 15 year olds join factories while only about 17 percent finish grammar school, many leaving in grades six and seven. Some girls left due to dislike of school or teacher conflicts. two worked to help buy a piano.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Education
Worcester
Mass
Long lost brothers reunite after 14 years in hotel room
In Craig Colorado the Kansas City man Joseph Foster arrived in Steamboat Springs and shared a hotel room with a stranger. When Foster turned on the light he found his long lost brother sleeping in the same room after 14 years apart. They talked through the night and renewed their acquaintance.
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Craig
Joseph Foster
Kansas City
Foster
Steamboat Springs
Dr Stocks Returns to Practice, Announces June 9 Reopening
Dr Stocks proclaims resumption of medical practice on June 9. He notes an office on the seventh floor of Atlanta Ballygene Way. The message greets former friends and patrons with a brief, personal notice.
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Atlanta Ballygene Way
Denver Bride Ransom Plot Over Pocketbook Loss
A Cheyenne man marries in Denver then leaves his pocketbook in a telephone booth. He returns to fetch it, leaving his wife as hostage with a restaurant proprietor. He recovers the money and explains neglect of his wife carrying the pocketbook for future calls.
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Denver
Brice
Henry A. Powson
Cheyenne
Powson
Christine Anna Anderson
G. A. Brandell
City Hall
Ater
Manhattan
Otto Thum
U S Boy Refuses to Sing God Save the King in Canada
Niagara Falls Ontario June 7 A public school teacher Miss Lillian Jackson strapped Hugh Wilson eleven son of H H Wilson Superintendent Ontario Power Company after the boy refused to sing the British hymn with classmates It was his first Canadian school day under a policy allowing teachers to chastise children similar to parental discipline He will be sent to school on the American side and an investigation is demanded Targeting Ontario minister of education will hear the complaint from his parents.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Ontario
Lillian Jackson
Hugh
H. H. Wilson
Ontario Power Company
United States
Roosevelt dubbed bad shot after Uganda safari remarks
Chicago June 7 Mrs Ralph M Shaw of 1365 Astor Street says Colonel Roosevelt is a poor shot and a humbug as a hunter after Roosevelt won a libel suit. Shaw describes Uganda travel dangers, praises Africa but criticizes Roosevelts hunting skills and marks. She notes limited transport, few whites and hotels, and risks like blackwater fever for tourists.
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Chicago
Ralph M. Shaw
Astor Street
Newett
Africa
Mrs. Shaw
United States
Mississippi
Roosevelt
Cunningham and
Tarton
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