East Boston grade crossing bill advances in Senate
The State Senate favors the East Boston grade crossing bill with amendments and may bring it up today. Others include cattle commission reforms, tuberculin use rules, and a State highway through the Merrimie Valley. The House debates school aid, city street railways, and pay for soldiers with actions continuing next week.
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Great and General Court
House
Senate
East Boston
Boston
Kyle
Plymouth
Attwill
Lynn
Messrs
Hayes
McCarthy
Ways and Means Committee
United States
Committee On Military Affairs
Danvers
Gallivan
Suffolk
Flynn
Essex
Lawrence
Merrine Valley
Committee
Chamberlain
Crane
Worcester
Committee On Agriculture
State Board of Health
Ways and Means
City of
Torrens
Board of Aldermen
Surgeon General Presses Mandatory Physicals for Recruits
South Framingham is deemed good. Surgeon General Blood argues for compulsory physical exams for all recruits before militia service. He warns unfit men waste funds and lowers efficiency. Yearly losses total 149? by discharge orders 1415 and deaths 17. 1487 enlisted had under one year of service as of Jan 1, 1898.
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Samuel Dalton
Earth
Pierce
Carline King
New Boston
Scioto Co
Ohio
Dr. Pierce
South Framingham
Blood
Massachusetts Faces Vote on $50,000 Hospital Ship Fund
The Volunteer Aid Association likely gains the $50,000 needed for the Marmion hospital ship, to be rechristened on commissioning. The Senate's Ways and Means panel opposed the appropriation, but the governor may use $500,000 in war funds instead. A tent for Massachusetts troops prompts YMCA aid, with tent, games, writing materials, and water provisions arranged for the Sixth and Eighth regiments amid front-line shortages.
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Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Roberts
Cook
Foxboro
Massachusetts Volunteers
R. M. Armstrong
Young Men’s Christian Association For Massachusetts
Volunteer Aid Asociation
Falls Church
Chattanooga
Young Men’s Christian Association
Charce
Philadelphia
Armstrong
Bailey
Eighth Regiment
Nahant Bass Point shore outing with naval band
The article promotes Bass Point at Nahant as a premier North Shore day trip with ocean breezes and recreation. Nahant line boats depart from Lincoln wharf for a one hour sail to the area. A special musical program by Lafricain's Naval Brigade Band is planned for June 17 and June 19.
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Bass Point
Nahant
Nahant Line
Lincoln Wharf
Battery Street
Bunker Hill
Lafricain
Naval Brigade
Hives Remedy Promises Relief, Cites Dean's Ointment
Advertisement notes hives are not life threatening but cause misery and profanity. It claims Dean's Ointment provides instant relief in the worst cases among various exasperating skin conditions.
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Dean
Lover of Danger Is Well Known in Peabody
John H. Wallace a Peabody morocco tanner 40 who fought Indians with the U S cavalry years ago under Chief Joseph. Enlisted as a marine at Charlestown four weeks ago and sent a letter from Portsmouth West Virginia. His family doubts the timing of the letter and his location.
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Guantanamo
John H. Wallace
Peabody
United States
Joseph
United States Cavalry
Charlestown
Wallace
Richard
Central Street
Portsmouth
W. Va
War
West Virginia
Morocco
Europe
Philadelphia
Shirley
Cavalry
Changes in admission rules remitted for further study
Yesterday’s meeting chaired by Solomon Lincoln voted to remit the proposed admission rule revisions to the faculty of arts and sciences for further consideration. The algebra and history prerequisites for candidates were not to be reduced. Edward Henry Strobel was elected Bemis professor of international law. A committee on athletic sports regulation was also named.
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Solomon Lincoln
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Edward Henry Strobel
A. B
Bemis
Ira Nelson Hollis
Edward Hickling Bradford
Edwin Herbert Hall
James Jackson Storrow
Edward H. Strobel
Charleston
S. C
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Europe
Legation of
United States
Madrid
Ecuador
Chile
Legation
Brazil
New York Life Insurance Company
France
Chili
Charles Freraut
Harvard Overseers Adjourn. Strobel New Law Professor
An adjourned Harvard College overseers meeting reported recommendations for changes to the college. The Hon. RE. H. Strobel named as new law professor, with details to be implemented by university authorities.
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RE. H. Strobel
Travel pamphlet lists tours and lodging with prices
The Plant line to the Provinces issues a pamphlet listing tours and names of hotels and boarding houses with daily and weekly rates. Prospective vacationers seeking low costs are urged to request a copy from J. A. Flanders, New England agent, 299 Washington Street, Boston, with other advertising matter sent free.
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Provinces
J. A. Flanders
New England
Washington Street
Boston
War Will Be Long and Serious Says Bailey Letter
Paymaster James A. Bailey Jr reports from Camp Alger that Governor Walcott and Secretary Long view the war as long and serious. He notes the Sixth Regiment in excellent health and spirits, well located at camp, with no dangerous illnesses and gratitude for Commonwealth support.
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Camp Alger
Walcott
James A. Bailey, Jr
Secretary Long
Woodward
Commonwealth
Massachusetts
Long
Washington
Tremont Theatre Program Highlights And Bunker Hill Day Plans
AMLSEMEMS continues at Tremont with a matinee featuring Manila souvenirs for ladies and new military bits during the second act. The cast adds Mae Lowry replacing Catherine Lingard as the run extends to Monday. Also noted are Chamber music and museum events for Bunker Hill Day and a Korosofsky painting vandalism reward, plus a long list of graduates and honorary degrees from local institutions.
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Tremont Theatre
Manila
Charlestown
Tally-Ho
Bunker Hill
Mae Lowry
Catherine Lingard
Arthur Goldsburg
Keith's
William Gillette
Castle Square Theatre
Castle Square Company
Hollis Street Theatre
Music Hall Tremenade
Schumann
Traumers
Desormes
Korosofsky
American Art Syndicate
Boston
Austin & Stone
Albert
Huntington Avenue
Norumbega Park
Gorham
Castile Square Theatre
Brown University 180th Commencement Orations
Commencement exercises at Brown University were held at the First Baptist Church in Providence at 10 o'clock. Orations included The Coming of the Slav by Warren Earle Greene, Henry George by Audubon Arms, The Age of Social Reorganization by James S. Allen, Laissez Faire by Smith Lewis Muller, Justice to Buchanan by James Henry Higgins, and The Advisability of an Anglo American Alliance by George Anthony Gaskill.
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Providence
R. I
Brown University
First Baptist Church
Warren Earle Greene
Henry George
Audubon Arms
East Greenwich
James S. Allen
East Bridgewater
Mass
Smith Lewis Muller
Charlottsville
N. Y
Buchanan
James Henry Higgins
Pawtucket
Allance
George Anthony Gaskill
Worcester
Kutnow's Improved Effervescent Powder Promises Quick Digestive Relief
A district notice extols Kutnow's Powder as a safe speedy remedy for digestive and excretory diseases. It claims chronic constipation dyspepsia liver kidney bladder troubles and excess body weight can be cured. The powder is described as inexpensive gentle and free from weakening effects.
New Plymouth steamer proves popular summer outing from Boston
The Plymouth, a new steel steamer, runs Boston to Plymouth with three hours each way and 2.5 hours ashore. Hundreds have enjoyed the U S excursion first week, Bunker Hill Day travel expected. depart 10 AM from Winthrop Steamship Co at 478 Atlantic Ave. Meals aboard, music by Jordan's National Cadet Band, round trip $1, children half price.
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Plymouth
Boston
Bunker Hill
Pilgrims
Winthrop Steamboat Company
Atlantic Avenue
Jordan
Sketches Show Bombardment Effects by Captain Angrove
Captain Angrove of the British ship Tyrian details minor damage from the bombardment at San Juan on June 6. His sketches depict two shell holes in a church and Morro Castle cornice damage while shells lie unfired near a fort entrance arch.
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Angrove
San Juan
Angroyve
Morro Castle
Tufts College Graduate Class Sets Record At Commencement
The largest Tufts College class to date received diplomas at yesterday's commencement. Recipients included Samuel Paul Capen and Miles Albert Moore of Tufts, with degrees in arts and science and additional honors.
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Anson Merrilt Titus
Herbert Woodbury Andrews
George Alec Harwood
Guy Edward Jones
Walter Arthur Patterson
Llewellyn Rood Perkins
Frank Robert Schoolfield
Frederick Edward Town
Roy Titus Wells
Robert Haywood Parke
Ralph Lyman Burbank
Wallace Humphrey Graves
Fannie Elmira Austin
Dwight Ambrose J3all
Edward Mitchell Barney
Clarence Livingstone Eaton
Tacy Mathew
Lucy Almira Milton
Edson Reifsnider
Harry Enoch Bouillard
William John Taylor
Lewis Forrester Baker
Herman Alaric Beal
Tekla Amalia Josefina Berg
Alexis Evariste Bertrand
Walter Edward Boetzkes
Bruce Tucker Bowens
Charles James Burgess
Maude Florence Cain
George Beresford Caulfield
Francis Alfred Corbett
Harrison Murray Crittenden
Frederick Finch Strong
Charles Crawford Stroud
Peter Hunter Thompson
Harry Leslie Trueworthy
Frank Lewis Whipple
Almira Janette Wilson
Mary Anna Wood
Raynor Woodhead
Emma Elizabeth Young
Malcolm Campbell Anderson
George Frederick Bampton
Samuel Paul Capen
Carl French Henry
William Richard Ransom
William Albert Willard
Felipe Cardenas
Henry Wilde Hayes
Guy Monroe Winslow
Ernest W. Cushing
Ira Allen Priest
William Leslie Hooper
Myron J. Michael
Tufts College
Walter Davis Hall
M. S
Medford
Benjamin Dexter May
Hudson
D. S
Akron
Pittsfield
Miles Albert Moore
John Emerson Arnold
Perley Eugene Boomer
Luia Adine Howe Buck
Edward Perkins Clarke
George Emory Daniels
James Frank Donaldson
Mary Eliza Evans
George Fleming Forster
Marion Lenore Flint
Frances Crocker
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Post Office Square
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U. S. Marine Corps
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Hospital Ship Award
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Harvard
San Juan DE Porto Rico
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Amlsemems
BROWN
Orranci Kiarbor
Commercial Street
A. P. Lane
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Keston
Ocean
Newburyport
Lewiston
North Side Commercial Wharf
Diving Elks
Myrtie Peek
Teele
Tremont St
Tele
Daly
Extone
Model Playhouse of
Felix Morris
Carl Damann
Alex Meindl
Lovenberg
Biograph
Robert Downing
Clark
Commercial Wharf
Hollis
Louis Mann
Clara Lipman
B. Scholpfel Manager
Mo Forumbecana Park
Zoological Garden
Rustic Theatre
Gorman’s Ideal Minstrels
Knowlton & Allen
Orchestra
Newton Boulevard
Subway
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Union Station
Boston Ball Grounds
Wsi
Appleeton & Bassett’s
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Adams House
Gustav Strube
A. Elias
Mgr
F. R. Comer
Charles River Park
Taylor Vs. McDuffee
Taylor
Hanover and
Court Streets
Austin
Stone's
Iwo Boxing Amazons
Taylor's Hat Store
Provincetown
Londfellow
Cape
Bodin MS
North Pier
Wood & Rich
Alfred Sorensen
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