Resignation of Smith College President Seelye
Laurence Clark Seelye resigns as Smith College president, effective when a successor is found. At age 73, he plans to retire from public life and tour Europe with his family before sailing July 1. Born 1837 in Bethel Connecticut, he served at Amherst and led Smith since its founding. He and his wife Henriet ta Sheldon Chapin have eight children.
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Laurence Clark Seelye
Smith College
Seelye
England
Bethel
Conn
Union College
Amherst
Andover Theological
University of Berlin
Heidelberg
Germany
Henrietta Sheldon Chapin
Albany
N. Y
North Congregational Church
Springfield
Amherst College
King’s Trial Set for September 21
Judge Pierce set down the case of Cardenio F. King charged in 31 counts with the larceny of $23,000 for trial on September 21, as notified to the assistant district attorney.
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Pierce
Cardenio F. King
Newsboys Hold Big Meeting in Boston Theatre
Nearly 2000 newsboys and friends filled the Boston Theatre to observe Bunker Hill Day. Organizers aim to form a band and summer camp in the Blue Hills, with patriotic entertainment by school choruses, the theatre orchestra, and Keith's vaudeville artists. Speeches featured Mayor Hibbard, James Storrow, Stratton Brooks, Gunckel, Nathan Haskell Cole, and Herbert Parsons.
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Boston
Bunker Hill
Blue Hills
John BH
Gunckel
Toledo
National Newsboys’ Association
James J. Storrow
Stratton D. Brooks
Mrs Longworth in Sheath Gown Sparks Convention Buzz
Chicago reporters note rumors at the convention as Mrs Nicholas Longworth wearing a sheath gown draws attention. Mrs Longworth exits the Coliseum with Mr Longworth to a waiting car amid questions and remarks from onlookers.
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Chicago
Nicholas Longworth
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Stampede Over Taft Safe, Says Lodge
Senator Lodge declared the Roosevelt stampede over at the Chicago convention and predicted Taft would be nominated without doubt. He asserted Roosevelt would not accept a nomination and noted Fairbanks had strong support among Taft backers. The Coliseum crowd roared as pro Roosevelt sentiment clashed with party unity.
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Tatt
President Roosevelt Listens to Telephone Demonstration at Convention
Chicago June 17. Report says President Roosevelt heard the convention rally via a telephone phonograph system set above the delegates. Four discs carried sound to the White House receiver, capturing Lodge’s oratory and the 45 minute surge of applause, then the President left to drive.
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Chicago
Roosevelt
White House
Lodge
Taft Insists on Anti Injunction Plane At GOP Convention
Chicago June 17 The Taft camp presses for an anti injunction plank in the Republican platform. If the convention shuns a platform Taft can win without one his supporters threaten to nominate a man who needs no platform. White House telegrams urging the injunction resolution are read to doubtful committee members. The President cautions against yielding to extremists among manufacturers or laborers.
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Chicago
Taft
Committee On Resolutions
Convention
Washington
South Boston High holds graduation with student play
Graduation exercises at South Boston High School presented 134 graduates with diplomas by Dr. David D. Scannell. Rev. Charles F. Dole and Thomas B. Fitzpatrick gave principal addresses. A student written play The Spy of Dorchester Heights set in Boston in March 1776 was performed, with writers Winifred Nash Sylvia Donegan Hope Hearn Elizabeth Grove Joseph Hurley and Martin Hart acknowledged.
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Assembly Hall
David D. Scannell
Charles F. Dole
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Thomas B. Fitzpatrick
Dorchester Heights
Boston
Winifred H. Nash
Sylvia E. Donegan
Hope Hearn
Elizabeth M. Grove
Joseph D. Hurley
Martin T. Hart
Firemen Overcome in Early Morning Blaze at Irvington Street Annex
A spontaneous origin fire on the second floor of the L. C. Knott Apparatus Company annex at 31 Irvington Street caused about 9000 in damage and injuries to three firefighters after a nearly hour long battle.
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L. C. Knott Apparatus Company
Irvington Street
Poisoned browntails warn of lasting rash danger
The notice warns that browntail stings can cause a spreading, permanent rash without prompt treatment. It advises using X Zalia to wet the rash, stop itching, and remove the poison, claiming relief and prevention of serious outcomes. ade pres
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Japanese Tufts graduate sails home after dentistry degree
Mataici Kihita, son of Shita Kihita of Eyo Japan, earned the Doctor of Dental Medicine from Tufts College class of 1908. He spoke at Goddard Chapel after commencement, noting his English growth and plans to practice in Yokohama after a voyage home next month.
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Shita Kihita
Kihita
Eyo
Japan
Tufts College
Post
Goddard Chapel
Tufts
Yokohama
Somerville Couple Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge
Sabatore Strozzi and his wife Mary of Somerville pleaded not guilty in East Cambridge Superior Court to murder of Peter Wilson on Somerville Avenue near the Fitchburg railroad crossing. They are held without bail for trial. Wilson was shot after alighting from a Clarendon Hill car at 11:20 p.m. and died at Somerville Hospital. The pair were arrested at 95 Somerville Avenue by Officers Read and Arnold.
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Mary
Somerville
East Cambridge
Peter Wilson
Somerville Avenue
Fitchburg Division
Boston
Maine
Clarendon Hill
Wilson
Somerville Hospital
Read
Arnold
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