MIT Graduates Urged to Use Knowledge for Humankind
At Trinity Church the MIT senior class heard Rev. Leighton Parks urge applying study to humanity. He warned against narrow utility and warned that culture without usefulness can narrow life’s meaning. He praised education that blends culture with practical service and warned against the dangers of excessive self interest.
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Trinity Church
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ser
Leighton Parks
Hemmanuel Church
Parks
Emerson
E. Winchester Donald
Women’s opportunities are now unlimited says Lasell sermon
Auburndale June 7. Lasell Seminary baccalaureate sermon by Professor L. T. Townsend D D. He cites Proverbs 31 30 21 and argues never before have women had such opportunities for usefulness and influence. He urges that ethical purpose to do good remain supreme as women’s accomplishments unfold.
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Auburndale
Lasell Seminary
L. T. Townsend
Dr. Townsend
Plea for Individualism at Newton Centre Sermon
The First Baptist Church Newton Centre heard Rev. Nathan E. Wood deliver the baccalaureate sermon to the Newton Theological Institution graduates. He warned that modern business trends suppress individuality and urged graduates to retain their individuality as part of humanity and the church.
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Newton
First Baptist Church
Newton Centre
Nathan E. Wood
Newton Theological Institution
Baccalaureate Sermon Urges High Life Ideals At Vasser
President James M. Taylor of Vasser College delivered the baccalaureate sermon urging a steadfast life ideal amid commercial urges. He warned that education risks valuing material wealth over moral growth and urged emphasis on the gospel of work to build character.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
James M.taylor
Vasser College
Lfe
Flight of Pigeons Delivers Fast 200 Mile Race
Malden Homing Club held its second National Association race with pigeons released from Lyons New York covering about 200 miles to Malden in 5 hours 30 minutes. A second group left Lyons for a 300 mile trek. owners include R H Laycock William Hems H H Westerfield and George Horman.
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Malden
National Association of Homing Pigeons
Wittle
Lyons
N. Y
R. H. Laycock
William Hems
H. H. Westerfield
George Horman
Pickpocket Report From Tremont Street Car
Catherine Leary of 25 Rutland Street South End reported to Lieutenant Garland Division 5 that a young man sitting beside her on a Tremont streetcar outward bound lost her pocket containing six dollars. The suspect, about 21, wore dark clothing and a straw hat.
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Catherine Leary
Rutland Street
South End
Garland
Division 5
Brookline Street
Tremont
Seven Tramps Detained by Cambridge Firemen
Officers Campbell and Deihl of Station 3 rounded up seven weary Willies yesterday all sleeping in box cars of the Boston & Albany railroad. They were charged with track walking.
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Campbell
Deihl
Cambridge
Boston & Albany Railroad
Aunt Athlete Rescues Boy From City Manhole
Milton West six years old of 23 Main Street East Boston fell into a mud filled manhole on Columbus Street Cambridge yesterday. His aunt, described as athletic, used a gymnastic dip to reach him and lift him to safety. She refused to give her name.
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Milton
West
Little Milton
Main Street
East
Boston
Jie
Cambridge
Columbus Street
Washington Street
Henry H Prentice 89 Civil War veteran dies in Cambridge
Henry H Prentice died at his daughter’s home 16 Church Street Cambridge aged 89. Born Goshen Connecticut August 29 1819 he moved to Cambridge in 1849 worked at Riverside Press then University Press before Civil War enlistment in the Forty first Massachusetts Infantry. He was captured at Cedar Creek and imprisoned nine months at Salisbury. He leaves six children including Billy the Harvard postman and Theodore P Prentice who shares his father’s post 56 affiliation.
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Tlenry H. Prentice
Church Street
Cambridge
Prentice
Goshen
Conn
Riverside Press
Forty-first Massachusetts Infantry
Cedar Creek
Salisbury
University Press
Prentica
Billy
Harvard
Theodore P. Prentice
Brookline Baptist Church Celebrates 75th Anniversary
The Brookline Baptist Church marked its 75th anniversary with a Friday banquet at Town Hall and a full day of services. Pastor Rev Avery A Shaw delivered the morning sermon on Our Heritage and Our Responsibility, outlining growth and future goals, followed by evening Bible class exercises and talks by Rev P A Nordell and Rev Woodman Bradbury.
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Brookline Baptist Church
Chadwick
Dundee
Joshua
Avery A. Shaw
Shie
P. A. Nordell
D. D
Bible School
Woodman Bradbury
Old Cambridge Baptist Church
Dedication of St Hugh's Church on Blue Hill Avenue
St Hugh's Roman Catholic Church on Blue Hill Avenue was dedicated yesterday morning with a solemn high mass. Rev Father Hugh Smyth supervised the new edifice as officiant, with a large list of assisting clergy from nearby parishes. The services will be held in the church basement each Sunday and the St John's children's choir provided music.
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St. Hugh's
Blue Hill Avenue
Hugh Smyth
Arthur T. Connolly
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
James B. Troy
Norwood
D. F. Whalen
St. John's Church
Father, O'Donnell
St. Philip's Church
South End
Father Daley
St. Francis de Sales
Roxbury
Thomas McGoldrick
St. Leo's Church
Dorchester
Garrett Barry
St. John’s Church
M. E
Malden Man Tries Suicide in Hotel Room
Rufus W. Johnson, 85, a meat cutter and Malden Hotel boarder at 848 Main, attempted to kill himself in his room around 8 pm. He was found with a throat wound and a bleeding arm. the jugular vein remained intact and his condition is not considered dangerous.
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Malden
Rufus W. Johnson
Malden Hotel
Main Street
Cuttir
Johnson
Tie
Chelsea Police Raid Cribbage and Card Games on Lord's Day
Chelsea officers raided a ropewalk where 14 to 20 year old boys played craps on the Lord's day. five were arrested for unlawful game. Simultaneously police at 14 Medford Street arrested four men, Antonio Vigensky Alexander Vronsky A Culsky and Bartonio Papilinsky for cards on the Lord's day.
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Chelsea
John Dailey
William Morse
James White
William Collins
William Connors
Medford Street
Antonio Vigensky
Alexander Vronsky
A. Culsky
Bartonio Papilinsky
Grant Named Candidate for U S Senate from California
Ulysses S. Grant son of the late General Grant and longtime San Diego resident announces his candidacy for the United States Senate to succeed Senator Thomas R. Bard. Born in Bethel Ohio in 1852 he is a Harvard graduate and a law graduate who has never practiced. His wife is a daughter of former Colorado Senator Chaffee.
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Ulysses S. Grant
United States Senate
Thomas R. Bard
California
General Grant
San Diego
Cal
Jfe
Bethel
Grant
Harvard
Chaffee
Colorado
Admiral Schley Makes Record Passage From Jamaica to Boston
The steamer Admiral Schley arrived at Boston Light at 2 10 P M after a 4 day 17 hour voyage from Port Morant Jamaica bound to Long Wharf carrying 382 998 bunches of bananas and a large passenger list including Hon Sydney Oliver and other dignitaries. Other vessels noted include the Michigan from Liverpool and the Boston from Yarmouth while cargoes of cod haddock and lobsters arrived at T Wharf and a new 38 foot gasoline launch named Tethys was christened at East Boston shipyard.
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Admiral Schley
Jansen
Port Morant
Jam
Long Wharf
Jamaica
South Shoal
Boston Light
Sydney Oliver
Ontario
Dominion
St. John
N. B
Schley
Charles Arnold Malarbe
Kingston
Theophile Duperley
Granville Lyons
Agnes Fingleton
Mary Agunnas
William Arrowsmith
Krynavich
Marian Marginet
Elisha Baker Hopkins
Rose
United States
New York City
Boston
Stanwood
Yarmouth
N. S
Thomas W. Seawson
Norfolk
Newport News
Pallas
Ariel
T Wharf
George H. Lubee
Juniata
Evelyn J. Smith
Turbin
Lewis Wharf
Sama
Cuba
R. Noyes
Brookline
Ethelwold
Port Antonio
Foxhant
Porto Plata
William McKie
Border Street
Thomas Eddy
Tethys
Commercial Pier
Crislie A. Cox
Laury
Port Moulton
J. G. Cox
Electric Flash
Murphy
Shelburne
Isaak Walton
Philadelphia
King Philip
Ivernia
Cunard Lines
Liverpool
Queenstown
Shipping News Miniature Almanac Me and Sun-Rises
Almanac notes daylight and maritime arrivals listing steamers and brigs sailing to and from multiple ports. Vessels include Michigan Eynon State of Maine and City of Rockland with merchandise passengers cargo to various companies and towns, plus several schooners and tugs detailed.
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Miniature Almanac
Yale Oarsmen Enjoy Quiet Day at Gales Ferry
The Yale crew spent a calm day at Gales Ferry Conn with a morning walk and rest in quarters. Chairman Julian Curtiss planned to fog the course for the regatta but thick fog over the river prevented this. he will return from New York Thursday to try again.
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Gales Ferry
Conn
Yale
Julian Curtiss
New York
Aged Inventor dies in Milford founder of Union League Club
Henry Graham Thompson aged 85, a founder of the Union League Club of New York, died at his Milford home after a long illness. He invented a wire stitching machine and a shoe lasting device.
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Milford, Conn
Henry Graham Thompson
Union League Club of New York
Barnum & Bailey Circus Quietly Rises On Huntington Avenue
Early morning activity along Huntington avenue builds a full scale Barnum and Bailey circus. A 1190 worker team unloads 91 train cars delivering 600 horses and a 14800 seat main tent for a week long engagement with lavish floats and a vast meal and stable area.
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Boston
Huntington Avenue
Paris
Stantington Avenue
Mr. Bailey
Zip
United States
Massachusetts Avenue
Tremont
Eliot
Kneeland
Lincoln
High
Federal
Milk
Postoffice Square
Congress
State
Devonshire
Washington
Elm
Hanover
Scollay Square
Boylston
Show Grounds
East Boy Players Add Talent to Carson Nine
Edward Smith captain of the Carsons of Charlestown headlines a Boston circle of fast boy players. With an average age around 14 the Carson squad seeks strong competition and lists Corcoran Richards Burns Dan Wehan Joe Lehan George Hassett Ahearn Kelley Brennan and Smith as the lineup.
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Edward Smith
Carsons
Charlestown
Boston
Corcoran
Richards
Burns
Dan Wehan
Joe Lehan
George Hassett
Ahearn
Kelley
Brennan
Smith
Somerville’s Champions Headline Hodder A C Team
George A. Hall of the Hodder A. C. team claims the 14 year old Somerville championship. Hall serves as hustling manager of the uniformed squad with consistent performance. His address is 83 Cross Street, Somerville.
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Pearl Street Studio
Somerville
George A. Hall of
the Hodder A. Q
Hodder A. C
George A. Hall
Hall
Cross Street
Roxbury's Smart Youngsters Rally in City Match
Charley Bender and Charles Bendier star for Roxbury A C catcher of the Hustler team as they beat the Meadowsides of Everett 14 to 10. The Roxbury squad is hailed as one of the city’s best youth teams with players tipped as future Lajoies Collinses and Cy Youngs.
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Hustler A. C
Roxbury
Lajoies
Collinses
Cy Youngs
Meadowsides
Everett
Cornell Varsity Crew Announces Poughkeepsie Regatta Lineup
Ithaca June 7 Coach Courtney names the Cornell varsity eight lineup for the Poughkeepsie regatta. Captain Frenzel loses his seat in the senior eight and will not race for the four. Crew includes Lueder Kow Wadsworth Brandon Van Alstyne Foote Nutting Coffin Buchanac, averaging about 175 pounds.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Courtney
Frenzel
CC. A. Lueder
Wilkesbarre
Penn
Kow
E. A. Wadsworth
Newark
N. J
E. E. Brandon
Catskill
T. J. van Alstyne
Whittier
Cal
G. E. Foote
R. W. Nutting
Brooklyn
A. R. Coffin
Indianapolis
Ind
I. V. Buchanac
Pittsburg
Lynn Laborers Stand Fast in Wage Dispute
The Build ing Laborers Union in Lynn rejected the arbitration terms with a clause limiting discrimination against union members and endorsed broader action. A joint meeting of all city building trades unions authorized the executive committee to call out workers if non union tenders proceed and to condemn the Board of Trade arbitration panel. The dispute began April 1 over a 25 cent daily wage increase and remains unresolved as only limited work continues in Lynn. Edward D. Dearborn’s hospital addition work prompted plans to parade union labor, with potential invitations to the Governor and Mayor to review. The Central Labor Union also settled differences with the William Miller Company and urged Governor Bates to appoint a trades unionist to a labor issues commission.
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Building Laborers’ Union
Lynn Board of Trade
Lynn Master Builders’ Association
Building Trades Council
Board of Trade Arbitration Committee
Master Builders’ Association
Lynn Woard of Trade Arbitration Committee
Lynn Hospital
Mason
Edward D. Dearborn
Union
Special Commission
Union Labelled Whiskey Debate at Boston Bartenders Union
Milton A Sternfels spoke at the Boston Bartenders Union meeting endorsing union labelled whiskey as the only sale for bartenders. He noted most whiskeys lack union sanction and praised the sole brand approved by the American Federation of Labor. Edward T Duff supported universal use of union labelled whiskey by Boston bartenders. A musical and literary program followed featuring John J O'Brien Sam Cohen and Thomas Mooney.
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Milton A. Sternfels
International Bartenders
Philadelphia
Boston
American Federation of Labor
Eadward T. Duff
Sternfels
Mr. Duff
John J. O'Brien
Sam Cohen
Thomas Mooney
Labor Day Parade Plans In Boston Under Union Committee
The Central Labor Union formed a 25 member committee to arrange Boston Labor Day celebrations. It will survey 300 local unions to gauge sentiment on the parade and proceed if the majority approves.
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Central Labor Union
Boston
Aid for Lowell Strikers Receives Union Backing
Bowery Workers Union 14 gave 115 dollars to the Lowell strikers and pledged ongoing support. Cambridge City Employees Union contributed 72 dollars. Boston Central Labor Union boosted its funding effort by adding 10 leaders to assist a 25 member committee to gather wider union support for the Lowell strike.
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Bowery Workers’ Union
Lowell
Cambridge City
Boston Central Labor Union
Trades Unions
Boston
Philadelphia Textile Strike Urges Public Support For Sanitary Action
The Central Textile Union work ing committee and the Textile Workers executive board released a long statement on the strike of more than 75 000 workers. They cite sanitary reasons including long hours for children and risk of pulmonary disease while urging public support and a meeting with employers.
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Philadelphia
Central Textile Union
Boston unions elect new Park Department president
The Park Department of Boston Union 7576 met yesterday and unanimously re elected Patrick McKingle president. The old officers were re elected and a vote of commendation passed for their faithful discharge of duties during the past year. An invitation was sent for leaders of the trades union movement in Boston to attend the Electrical Workers' Union 104 annual ball at Paine Memorial Hall tomorrow night. The Central Labor Union executive committee will meet Thursday night to discuss trades movement questions in Moston. A mass meeting of team drivers is planned for Emery Hall Roxbury Thursday night with speakers Cornelius P Shea T J Minihan Denis D Driscoll and James Crozier.
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Park Department of
Boston Union
Patrick McKingle
Electrical Workers’ Union 104
Trades Unionist Movement
Boston
Paine Memorial Hall
Central Labor Union
Don't Marry the First Thing That Comes Along in Trousers
Rev. W. W. Bustard urged Dudley Street Baptist Church attendees to choose husbands with clean habits and Christian practices. He warned young girls against marrying hastily for a quick prospect, stressing deliberation and ideals in marriage.
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Rev. Mr. Bustard
W. W. Bustard
Dudley Street
Austrian Miners Leave Austria in Mass Emigration
Vienna reports a wholesale emigration of miners and iron workers to the United States due to unprecedented stagnation in the iron industry. Hundreds have been discharged, operations run on short time, wages cut by half, and many workers earn under 50 cents daily with severe family hardship. Whole colonies are departing.
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Vienna
Austria
United States
Gomez Defeats Rebels Near Pedregal in Venezuela
Government troops led by General Gomez attacked the rebel camp near Pedregal, about 20 miles from Coro. After two days of fighting the government forces inflicted a decisive defeat on General Matos and his colleagues General Riera and General Lara. General Matos was reported captured or imminent.
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Coro
Venezuela
Gomez
Matos
Riera
Lara
Pedregal
Roxbury Wedding Unites Shikes and Herson in Roxbury
Yesterday afternoon David Shikes and Rebecca C. Herson married at the bride’s parents home 49 Juniper Street Roxbury. A large reception followed until midnight after which they left for Washington DC. They will receive guests at 112 Tawanda Street Dorchester on June 28.
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Roxbury
David Shikes
Rebecca C. Herson
Juniper Street
Shikes
Washington, D. C
Tonawanda Street
Dorchester
Bulgarian Rebel Band Destroyed Near Salonica
Bulgarian revolutionaries were wiped out by Turkish forces at Cradobar near Salonica with fifteen killed. Another insurgent group reportedly fell on the railway near Ristovatz in Servia after a six hour battle. The previous week the insurgents killed ten Greek villagers in Selovo near Monastir.
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Salonica
Cradobar
Ristovatz
Servia
Selovo
Monastir
Czar Allows Polish Catholic Instruction in Poland
The Czar issues an autograph letter permitting Catholic instruction in the Polish language in all middle class schools of Poland. Previously such teaching was limited to six schools and conducted in Russian.
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ST. Petersburg
Poland
Fire at Three Story Building on 70 First Street
Alarm from Box 8 yesterday afternoon for a fire in a three story wooden building at 70 First Street owned by Charles E. Hall. Fire started in the engine room rear and burned 15 minutes before help arrived causing about $1000 loss. Cause listed as accidental.
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First Street
Charles E. Hall
American jockey wins Austrian Derby on Berevoergy
Vienna reports jockey Charles Van Dusen wins the Austrian Derby of 100000 kronen riding the favorite Berevoergy owned by M Blaskovitz a wealthy Hungarian.
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Vienna
Charles van Dusen
Berevoergy
M. Blaskovitz
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