Harvard Class Day Aces Oration and Music Parade
Harvard seniors celebrate a vibrant class day with marches to Breton Chapel and Sanders Centre. John Hall Wheelock’s poem and Rev E C Moore’s benediction anchor a day of orations by Joseph B Husband and Y R Shipherd. Students then enjoy a campus feast and campus dances amid fraternity spreads and fanfare.
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Harvard
Caridge University
Hobby Hall
Breton Chapel
E. Gore
Worthy Hall
Sandersentre
E. C. Moore
George Ball
Marshall
Joseph B. Husband
John Hall Wheelock
Morristown
N. J
Hagedorn
Henry R. Shipherd
John H. Wheelock
Leroy J. Snyder
Jolly Spreads At Stadium Exercises Draw Crowd
Visitors packed Beck Hall at 5 30 for Stadium exercises with a large circus tent entry. Notables included Bartol Parker Mort Newhall Bill Starr Dwight Brigham P B Weld J 8 Whitney and others. The Theta Delta Chi clubhouse on Dunster Street served delicacies as guests returned from the Stadium.
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Beck Hall
Bartol Parker
Mort Newhall
Bill Starr
Dwight Brigham
P. B. Weld
Dunster Street
Theta Delta Chi Fraternity
Murine Eye Remedy for Red and Weary Eyes
Advertises Murine eye remedy for red weak and watery eyes. Claims soothing relief for eye pain and irritation with quick comfort. Product promotes relief from fatigue and strain and is marketed as a certified over the counter solution.
Mirthful Ivy Oration at Graduation by Mr Carpenter
Kenneth Greeley Carpenter of St. Louis delivered the ivy oration of the year during the class day exercises at the Stadium. He poked fun at campus life with quips about sports, rowing, swimming, and the “Twenty Question” game, then mused on college entry questions and aging. The piece blends humor with reflections on class immortality and schedules from 1904 to 1908.
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Kenneth Greeley Carpenter
St. Louis
Minister Bug
Europe
America
Cambridge
Memorial
Radcliffe
Boylston Bridge
Lucy
Yale
Roxbury Contract Sets New City Teamsters Standard
Mrs Mary Doyle the lowest bidder for Roxbury district teaming promises a repeatable price drop saving the city over 100000 annually. Her bid sets 315 per day for single teams 448 for double teams and 2 per day for extra men lowering costs and pressuring other districts to follow.
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Mary Doyle
Roxbury
Master Teamsters’ Association
Doyle
Woman Sues for 1 250 000 Estate Share
Dominga Schiappia Pietra sues the heirs of Leopold Pietra Los Angeles claiming one half of a 2 500 000 estate on grounds she is the common law wife of Frederico Pietra in Santa Barbara California.
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Santa Barbara
Cal
Dominga Schiappia Pietra
Leopold Pietra
Los Angeles
Frederico Pietra
Pardon Granted at Convention Absence
Acting Governor pardons Alvin Thomas, convicted of stealing a harness set, as Governor Wilson attends the Republican National Convention in Lexington.
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Lexington
Cox
Wilson
Alvin Thomas
Squires Convalescent Leaves for New York
Paris June 19 Ex Park Commissioner Frank Squires of Brooklyn has recovered from a serious illness and will sail for New York tomorrow.
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Paris
Frank Squires
Brooklyn
New York
Ambassador Riddle Improves in Russia Convalescent
John W. Riddle the American ambassador to Russia who faced pneumonia is now convalescent in St. Petersburg on June 19. The report notes his condition has improved and he is recovering.
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ST. Petersburg
John W. Riddle
Russia
Noted Swindler D. G. Miller Arrested in Pittsburg
D G Miller described as a clever swindler was arrested in Pittsburg wearing a frock coat and silk hat. He is accused of bilking prominent business men and manufacturers across the country for over 200000 in the past nine months and is said to have posed as a lobbyist.
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Uue
Pittsburg
Penn
D. G. Miller
Miller
Miller poses as lobbyist to collect funds for 2 cent rail rate bill
Miller toured multiple cities including Boston New York Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis and Chicago posing as a government lobbyist. He carried letters claimed to be from governors congressmen and senators to secure funds and support for a 2 cent rail rate bill while police in Chicago and Pittsburg pursue him amid a 6000 name donor list and uncertain contributions.
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Miller
Pittsburg
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Shippey
Guild
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Hughes
Sulzer
Platt
Folk
Missouri
John Dalzell
Penrose
Knox
Pennsylvania
la Follette
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Tad
Shipherd
Y. R. Shipherd
Litold
Memorial Hall
Christ Rearisen
Man
Cain
Christ
New World
Sone
Hoylake Street
Holworthy
Holden Chapel
Pi Eta
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Delta Upsilon
Phi Beta Kappa
Sever Hall
Triangle Club
Holden
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Chapter
Casey
Prescott Street
Woolworthy Hall
Kappa Gamma Chi
Union
John Harvard
John
Goodies
Hunyadi
Janos
Mr. Carpenter
HUB
Squires Convalescent
Ambassador Riddle
A.B. Currier Co
Washington, Cor Eliot Sts
L Delor
Revere St
Oxford Park
Broadway Terrace
Revere
Malden
Lynn
Cliftondale
Cor. Broadway
Revere Beach
Thos. E. O'Connell
Worcester
Charles E
Tiree
Uneeda
London
Court Stree Cor
Hanover Scollay Square
J.B. Hunter
Summer St
Joe Fogarty
North End
Mont
Br Rer
W. J. Millerick
Stoneham
St. Patrick’s
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