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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
5
Firemen fought a blaze at West Hall on Tufts College grounds after a bonfire on Reservoir Hill sparked flames during a celebration of a baseball win over Brown. Students in elaborate costumes greeted the fire department with brass band ragtime serenades as the dormitory burned.
Drums and trumpets led a student celebration at West Hall after a 5 to 4 win over Brown in Providence. Over 400 students danced around engines, cheered, and some entered the burning building to remove mattresses and pillows. The fire damage from a lace curtain spark is listed at $400.
Sheriff John Quinn declined to discuss marriage in a Supreme Court hearing over custody of Augusta Greer’s children. He claimed his duty to his aging parents and his mother guides him, quipping about leap year and life plans while guardianship fights with the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children continued.
Clashes between lawyers led to contempt fines in the Clarence Darrow jury bribery trial in Los Angeles. Olaf A. Tveitmoe appeared as an indorser of a $10,000 AF of Labor check to Darrow, a key link in the prosecution’s case. District Attorney Fredericks and defense associate Horace H. Appell were fined for the dispute sparked by a judge’s remark.
New York June 5. Waiters began a strike by pulling electricians firemen and engineers from New York hotels. Ten engine room workers from the Hotel Netherlands walked to Carnegie Hall to join a mass meeting. Hotels replaced them with subs from the Waldorf Astoria and Hotel Plaza. A dog show at Mineola was left dinnerless due to eight waiters and two cooks at the Andrews Hotel striking.
Miss Eva Perlmutter of 197 Chelsea Street and Barnet Levin of East Boston were married last night at Armory Hall East Boston. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. David M Rabinowitz of Boston.
About 500 Boston women, from the 1700 graduates Miss Ellen C Sawtelle taught, will attend a Friday night reception at Hancock School in her honor marking 48 years as teacher and principal. Names from class 1871 onward will form Miss Sawtelle’s Girls association.
F M Bates the Attleboro jeweller and his newsgirl wife Nan Corrigan reached Boston and checked into the Hotel Essex. The couple said they wed yesterday in Connecticut and plan a brief honeymoon before settling in Attleboro. Bates has been married twice before. Corrigan previously ran a newsstand at New Yorks Hotel Vanderbilt.
Miss Susie B Hammond daughter of J W Hammond 58 Grace street Malden married Matthew A Mackie of Malden last night at St Luke's Episcopal Church Linden Rev Thomas J Crosby officiated the ceremony.
Mrs. Augustus Saint-Gaudens visited Boston and criticized the replica of Lincoln’s statue by George F. Ganiere of Chicago. She claimed the chair, head, base, and hand poses were exaggerated and noted the mis-spelling of Saint-Gaudens' name on the replica. She compared it with photographs of the original statue in Chicago’s Lincoln Park.
More than 3000 attendees witness Boston University exercises covering the College of Liberal Arts theology law medicine and the graduate school. Notable graduates include Robert W. Lyman former Northampton Police Court judge and Mabel Rebecca Sonnabend Dorchester magna cum laude. Afternoon ceremony features unveiling of Rev. William Fairfield Warren portrait. Evening marks first commencement for teachers training extension classes with 400 Sunday school teachers receiving diplomas.
Clad in caps and gowns 255 candidates march into the hall as each department is led by its marshal. Rev William T Perrin opens with invocation followed by ex Governor John S Bates who introduces President Lemuel H Marlin. Dr Alexander H Mann delivers principal address warning of a quiet revolution and erosion of old ideals.
Mayor Fitzgerald asks for a special council meeting to review a proposed ordinance drafted by Corporation Counsel Corbett. The plan requires Boston builders to be registered and certified by a three member Board of Examiners to receive construction permits, aiming to exclude unqualified builders and improve building safety.
An old time remedy touts sage tea as a hair color keeper and introduces Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy as a superior scalp tonic. The ad claims the product kills dandruff germs, cleans the scalp, strengthens hair, restores color and growth, offering a 50 cent bottle with a money back guarantee.
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