Tech plans new school at Massachusetts Institute of Tech
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology will establish a graduate school of engineering research offering selected graduates an opportunity for original investigations in applied science. The program includes civil and mechanical engineering, naval architecture, mining, and metallurgy with six fellowships and research on Roentgen rays.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
United States
Henry S. Pritchett
Germany
Prince Henry
Boston
Lowell Electrical Engineering Laboratories
Edward Atkinson
Explosion Ends Life Of Germantown Crematory Superintendent
Horace E. Keilig aged 45, superintendent of the Germantown Crematory Company, was carrying 12 sticks of dynamite into a tool house when he stumbled and dropped the bundle. An explosion blew him to pieces in Philadelphia on December 4.
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Philadelphia
Horace E. Keilig
Germantown Crematory Company
Keilig
Uncle Sam Arrested on Capitol Grounds
A man dressed as a whiskey advertisement with striped trousers buff vest and blue coat was arrested on Capitol grounds yesterday. He was taken to Capitol police and released to answer to a charge of circulating advertisements within the Capitol reservation.
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Washington
Sam
Capitol Grounds
Tom Carter
Capitol
Capitol Reservation
Shoe sale from Janist offers all $5.00 styles at 3 1/2 dollars
Owing to a change in our business Janist, we are now offering all our $5.00 Shoes at $3.50, consisting of Horsehide, Horsehide Enamel, Calf, Box, Patent, Patent Colt, Vicis, etc. If you have "tender feet," Warner's Ventilating Cushion Shoe will cure them. We are Sole Agents for Boston. See our Special Toe in Lace and Button.
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Warner
Boston
Insurers of Babies Flee Philadelphia Firms Target Infants
State and county officials investigate mutual benefit associations insuring infants and children after deaths of Annie and Josephine Williams and arsenic findings. These chartered groups avoid state regulation, with few reserves or capital, often paying tiny weekly premiums for large death benefits. About 400,000 child policies exist, some newborns insured for up to 160 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Annie
Josephine Williams
State Insurance Department
Appeal for Tuskegee Institute Seeks Funds in Boston
Boston and New England back Tuskegee Institute praising its growth and reach. The appeal notes 1418 students from seven foreign countries and thousands helped yearly, with 2000 graduates now industrial workers and teachers. Urges $90,000 more for current expenses and endowment to reach a million dollars, cites endowment already at 355,000 and property valued at 450,000. Booker T. Washington to visit Boston’s Crawford House. funds directed to Henry L. Higginson or Washington. Signature list of prominent supporters including W. Murray Crane and Henry L. Higginson.
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Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Boston
New England
Tuskegee School
South
Hampton Institute
Tuskege School
Tuskegee
Tuskegee Negro Conference
Booker T. Washington
Crawford House
Henry L. Higginson
State Street
Washington
City built in a day
Eagle City grew from cornfields to a thriving town of about 2000 residents by nightfall with a bank in operation a daily newspaper a hotel several restaurants seven saloons many mercantile houses and numerous gambling dens all within the day, following daylight settlement.
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Eagle City
Examination for stenographer position at courthouse
A stenographer examination will be held at the courthouse on Saturday the 13th at 10 o clock to test applicants for the official stenographer of the Superior Court. Applications should be made to Charles F. Dolan messenger of the Supreme Court courthouse.
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Superior Court
Charles F. Dolan
Supreme Court
Tufts College prize winners include three young ladies
At Tufts College a public award honored three prominent young women. Edith L. Bush of Chelsea, daughter of Rev. E. Perry Bush, won for best entrance examination. Sarah L. Buxton, youngest winner, studied a broad and wisely chosen course. Seth A. Loring of Portland, Maine won for best mathematics examination. Chester B. Storey of Uxbridge, Massachusetts captured the Greenwood prize scholar.
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Tufts College
Edith L. Bush
Chelsea
E. Perry Bush
Sarah L. Baxton
Buxton
Seth A. Loring
Portland
Chester B. Storey
Uxbridge
Mass
Purdy
Sarah L. Buxton
Notable Scholarships Awarded to Local Students
The report names Miss Mary W. Kingsley daughter of Professor J Sterling Kingsley of Tufts College as a top winner. Miss Bush receives the class of 98 scholarship for faithful work in oratory. Mr Leon R Maxwell of Medford wins the Wendell Phillips memorial scholarship for high achievement across many areas.
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Highland Avenue
Somerville
Mary W. Kingsley
J. Sterling Kingsley
Tufts College
Bush
Leon R. Maxwell
Medford
Wendell Phillips
Italian Countess Reading Paper At Boston Society
Mrs Jack Gardner and many Boston society leaders welcomed Countess Annia Zampini Salazar of Italy to a meeting of the Societe Dante Angheri at Mrs Edward J Bowell's Commonwealth avenue home. The countess, on a second U.S. visit, was reported by an Italian government commission to discuss educational questions.
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Jack
Boston
Annia Zampini Salazar
Societe Dante Angheri
Edward J. Bowell
Commonwealth Avenue
Jack Gardner
Monte Carlo
United States
Molineaux
Marie Molineaux
Aberdeen Street
Count Campbello
Arthur Wellman Blake
Wagniere
T. Russell Sullivan
Nathan Haskell Dole
Nathan Matthews, Jr
Onorato di Castelmola
Signor Brindisi
Ashton R. Willard
George Lee
Louise Minot
E. R. Shippen
Charles G. Ames
Georgiana Cary
Emmons Bros. Expands Quarters for New Dance Night
Emmons Bros. & Co. adds a 10 000 foot floor at 157 Pearl street for offices and shipping ahead of a employees dance night. W R Emmons H T Emmons and George A Beal lead the firm backing the event with floor director J J Burke and department heads C E Whitcomb Margaret McCormack Myrtle Downs Walter Burke and H A Barker. The upper floor will be used for manufacture of ladies hats after repairs.
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Emmons Bros. & Co
Pearl Street
W. R
H. T. Emmons
George A. Beal
J. J. Burke
C. E. Whitcomb
Margaret McCormack
Myrtle Downs
Walter Burke
H. A. Barker
Common Council Delays Loan Bill as Quorum Fails
The council did not take up the loan bill, voting to postpone for a week after failed attempts to suspend rules. President Dolan and Curry sought procedural gaps while McGrady and others argued, then adjourned due to a lack of quorum as members remained away. Good proposed a one day off in six for firemen and Shiels pressed to remove railroad offices from the old State House.
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Common Council
Dolan
Curry
McGrady
Good
Ward 17
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Old State House
Shiels
Address on The Color Line by Mrs Kate Leyson Brown
Mrs Kate Leyson Brown spoke at Wesleyan Hall on The Color Line Question and Its Relation to Woman's Clubs. She argued colored women were excluded due to ignorance of and disregard to parliamentary law.
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Kate Leyson Brown
Wesleyan Hall
Cost Memorial Expected to Relief
A brief note suggests an anticipated relief in costs linked to a memorial event. The statement implies financial adjustments or aid related to remembrance activities.
Carriage Bill Firestorm Hits City Hall
Bills for Aldermen carriage expenses totaling 9181.50 over seven months stirred City Hall. Mayor Collins disclaims responsibility, saying funds are controlled by Aldermen. Aldermen Bowen Miller and Tinkham respond, defending or questioning their conduct and duties.
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Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Collins
Bowen
Miller
Tinkham
Senate confirms Holmes to Supreme Court
Washington December 4 The Senate has confirmed the nomination of the Hon Oliver Wendell Holmes to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Chief Justice Holmes received the news of the confirmation and will leave for Washington at once It is expected he will sit next week
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Washington
Senate
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Supreme Court of the United States
Holmes
Grape-Nuts Credit for Saving Two Children in Wisconsin
In Ulysses Wisconsin a mother credits Grape-Nuts with saving two of her children during a bout of whooping cough and pneumonia. She fed the product softened in cream then gradually to her infants, noting the elder child recovered after weeks of using the cereal. The testimony is attributed to the Postum Company of Battle Creek Michigan.
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Ulysses
Wis
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Peter Spies Trying to Win His Wife's Love
New York dispatch describes Peter Spies daily visits to his Mt Vernon home to win back his wife's heart after a 15 month absence. He earned $75,000 from arc lamp patent sale in London and returned to confront his wife who now resists reconciliation. Miller the boarder faced arrest after a confrontation but was freed in court.
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New York
Peter Spies
Mt. Vernon
Spies
London
Paul Miller
Miller
New Major in the Fifth Regiment Called for Officers Meeting
Colonel William H. Oakes of the Fifth Infantry issues a call for a meeting of company officers at headquarters on Thursday evening December 11 to elect a new major to replace the late Major Morrison.
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William H. Oakes
Morrison
Woman Burned While Cleaning Gloves in Roxbury Home
Mrs Annie Smith of 18 Eliot Square Roxbury was cleaning with gasoline when vapors ignited causing severe burns to her hands and wrists. She was rushed to City Hospital for treatment.
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Annie Smith
Eliot Square
Roxbury
City Hospital
Lottie Besseger Kills Self Over Sister's Marriage
In Parkersburg West Virginia on December 4 a mute witness to a doomed love tragedy, Lottie Besseger, shot herself after learning her sister Nancy would wed Jacob In gold. The fatal act underscores a desperate response to anticipated nuptials.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Lottie Besseger
Jacob Ingold
Nancy
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