Radcliffe Class Day Attracts Elite Society Patronesses
Radcliffe seniors hosted a lavish class day on campus with a grand spread and reception. Mrs. Charles W. Eliot led a host of patronesses from Cambridge Back Bay and Harvard circles as mandolin music accompanied mingling in Agassiz Fay halls and the new gym.
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Cambridge
Back Bay Society
Harvard
Radcliffe College
Radcliffe Mandolin Club
Ruth Bennett
Radcliffe
Agassiz and
Fay Halls
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Agassiz
Fay House
Boston
Ethel H. Lyons
Dorothy Q. Abbott
Newton
Leslie Co. Carter
Newtonville
Constance H. Hall
Martha T. Brown
Brookline
Margaret Harwood
Littleton
Alice Adams
Lucetta A. Upham
Roxbury
Edith G. Carleton
Somerville
Margery Melcher
Quincy
Kathleen Drew
Edith Kellogg
Margaret BE. Rich
Needham
Telegraphers Threaten Strike Over Union Demands
The Commercial Telegraphers' Union announced a strike could begin within a week or ten days if its demands against Postal and Western Union telegraph companies are not addressed. Deputy President Konenkamp said the executive board approved a strike against one or both firms, with President Small holding final decision.
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New York
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Companies
Commercial Telegraphers’ Union
Konenkamp
The
Postal
Western Union Telegraph Companies
Small
Honest Senators Backed By Massachusetts Political Elite
The hardware dealers’ convention showcased the annual la dies night in Ford Hall with many guests, including delegates’ families. Rev E A Horton, Senate chaplain, defended legislators against corruption claims, urging visitors to Boston to distrust sensational newspaper reports and insisting Massachusetts senators do not take money.
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Hardware Dealers
Ford Hall
E. A. Horton
Senate
Massachusetts
Boston
Close on trail of yeggmen in western Connecticut
Inspector Lawrence E. Letherman of the postoffice department reports locating two alleged gangs of yeggmen operating at small post offices in western Connecticut. Arrests expected soon as investigators identify men tied to several daring robberies and close in on the suspects.
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Lawrence E. Letherman
Postoffice Department
Connecticut
Letherman
Inspector Letherman
Providence
Albany
Goggs
Litchfield County
New York Line
E. J. Hill
George von L. Meyer
Secret Service Corps
Massachusetts
New England
Boston
Gangs Target Connecticut Post Offices in Bold Robberies
Inspector Letherman identifies two criminal bands drawing from Providence slums and Albany to raid post offices in Connecticut. The gangs use nitro glycerine, have killed during operations, and threaten officers. Federal agents plan split arrests to avoid a deadly pitched battle.
Harwood Palmer Cleared in Collision Case
A U S District Court judge finds the Boston schooner Harwood Palmer not responsible for a fog collision with the steamer Juniata southwest of Cape Cod. Libels were filed against both ships. Philadelphia actions against Palmer and Juniata. An appeal is expected.
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United States District Court
Wale
Boston
Harwood Palmer
Juniata
Cape Cod
Junicta
Philadelphia
Palmer
Boy Peacemaker Stabbed Stopping Fight in Cambridge
Chester Kelsey a 17 year old of 59 Essex street Cambridge tried to stop a fight between a colored man and a white man and was stabbed in the left cheek a knife going through to his mouth. The gash nearly two inches long was sewn up at Cambridge Relief Hospital and arrests are expected.
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Chester Kelsey
Essex Street
Cambridge
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Miss Viola De Costa Stars In In the Latin Quarter At Orpheum
Viola De Costa who sang Mamzelle Champagne at Madison Square Roof Garden last summer headlines the Orpheum week with a six member company in a clever vaudeville playlet In the Latin Quarter. She portrays an artist model in a Paris student quarter while four art students in Paris assist with wit and music and Parisian fashions are showcased.
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Orpheum
Viola de Costa
Latin Quarter
Madison Square Roof Garden
Stanford White
Miss de Costa
Paris
Smith College Romance Ends in Automobile Elopement
Miss June Keith Smith of Winnetka Illinois a Smith College freshman elopes with Harold Osborne Bigney a freshman at Amherst College. The pair drove to Thompsonville Connecticut for a quick license and a minister marriage after commencement at Smith College in Northampton. The incident sparked campus gossip as the couple planned a life away from the school and Miss Smith indicated she would not return next fall.
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Northampton
Harold Osborne Bigney
Attleboro
Amherst College
June Keith Smith
Winnetka
Ill
Smith College
Thompsonville
Conn
Illinois
Amherst
Bigney
Miss Smith
Senator ChaceFarewell Banquet Held for Fall River Leader
Senator Frank M. Chace of Fall River retired from the Legislature this year and was feted at a complimentary banquet last night at the Hotel Bellevue. About 60 associates attended. Boston's Hon. Charles H. Innes chaired the banquet committee.
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Frank M. Chace
Fall River
Hotel Bellevue
Senator Chase
Charles H. Innes
Boston
Honor Girl's Death Marred Brookline Graduation
Lavinia Armstrong daughter of William Armstrong of 9 Kindall Street Brookline died prompting funeral services at St. Pauls Episcopal Church. Her death disrupted Pierce School graduation plans and she had been among the brightest pupils slated to play a leading role. The community also mourns William R Strain, a golf caddie killed earlier this week.
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Pierce School
Brookline
Lavinia Armstrong
William Armstrong
Kindall Street
St. Paul's’ Episcopal Church
Leonard KK. Storrs
Miss Armstrong
William R. Strain
Mayor Delivers Diploma To Injured Girl At Graduation
At Roberts Grammar School in Cambridge the absence of Mary Cecilia Croston left a vacant chair as 33 graduates received diplomas. After the ceremony Mayor Wardwell learned of the missed diploma and personally delivered it to the injured girl, touching her family with the act.
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Roberts Grammar School
Cambridge
Mary Cecilia Croston
Wardwell
W. Mortimer Macvicker
No Date Set for Ice Barons Trial
District Attorney Moran has not set a trial date for the indicted ice barons. Assistant D A Dwyer has prepared the case for weeks and is far from finished. It is unlikely the trials will occur before autumn.
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Moran
Dwyer
Lodge and Crane Clash Over Merger in Rail Committee
The railroads committee revisited the 6 to 7 vote against the Cole bill and planned hearings with Brandeis Coolidge and Col Benton to study proposed merger bills. Each witness will have 15 minutes to present views before further committee action on the Cole measure.
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Lodge
CRANE
Committee On Railroads
Brandeis
Boston & Maine
Coolidge
Boston & Maine Corporation
Colonel Benton
New Haven Railroad
Faxon
Feiker
Cole
New York Central May Exercise Ontario and Western Option
Ontario Connecticut June 19 Under merger plans between Boston and Maine and New York New Haven Hartford an option to buy Ontario and Western was set at 45 a share plus interest expiring July 1. Exercise would cost about 13 to 14 million dollars plus a premium around 10 points over market. Rail circles doubt the option will be exercised.
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New Haven, Conn
Boston & Maine
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New York Central
Ontario& Western
New Haven
Ontario & Western
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