Naval Academy class of 1908 graduates at Annapolis
Thousands attend the graduation of 200 midshipmen at the U S Naval Academy Annapolis General Horace Porter presents diplomas and addresses the corps He notes the need for logical thinking accurate decisions and a modern sailor who is military not warlike New England graduates include Archer M Allen Frank R Berg Harold W Boynton and others with ties to Massachusetts Maine New Hampshire Rhode Island and Connecticut Francis Comerford and Nelson Pickering are highlighted among notable family and educational backgrounds
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Annapolis
United States Naval Academy
New England
Horace Porter
Board of Visitors
Archer M. R. Allen
New Bedford
Allen Bacon
Newton Highlands
Frank R. Berg
Bridgeport, Conn
Jabez S. Lowell
Bangor
John A. Nelson
Lancaster
N. H
Edmund R. Norton
Portland
Nelson W. Pickering
Boston
John W. Rankin
Hartford
Conn
Philip Seymour
Providence
Despondent Portland Man Tries Suicide in Boston Hotel
Despondent over job prospects in Boston, Harry S. Boom hour, 24, of 249 Cumberland Ave Portland Maine slashed his throat and both wrists with a razor in his third floor Revere House room about 4 45 pm yesterday was found unconscious in the hall and taken to Relief Hospital where he is expected to recover a bottle of carbolic acid laudanum broken glass a blood covered razor a small photograph and a $9 receipt dated May 25 1908 signed by a Portland Missouri firm were found in the room
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Boston
Harry S. Boomhour
Cumberland Avenue
Portland
Revere House
Relief Hospital
Portland, Mo
Favors Cooperation With Lodging House Keepers
The Lodging House Commission met at its headquarters with Miss Mary Boyle O'Reilly as the sole witness. She urged protection for landladies and lodgers focusing on health and fire risk, calling for improved fire escapes and clear staircases, and suggested the commission work with lodging house keepers to address the issue.
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Lodging House Commission
Children’s Trustees
Mary Boyle O'Reilly
Charlestown and West Roxbury High clash sparks controversy
At West Roxbury, a heated dispute during the Charlestown vs. West Roxbury game nearly sparked a free fight. Charlestown claims the uproar cost them a championship chance as West Roxbury players questioned umpire Harvey in the fourth inning.
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Charlestown
West Roxbury
Harvey
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Adams
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