Nesbit Thaw Fights Thaw Release from Matteawan
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw testified against the release of her husband Harry Kendall Thaw from Matteawan State asylum. Jerome for the attorney-general questioned her about travels in Europe before their marriage and Thaw’s actions then. She approached the stand within ten feet of him but offered no recognition.
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White Plains
N. Y
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Harry Kendall Thaw
Matteawan
William Travers Jerome
Thaw
Europe
Thaw Case Testimony Reveals Jealous Rage and Blackmail Claims
Mrs. Thaw testifies in London and Paris of her marriage to Thaw in 1905 and of alleged abuse by Stanford White. She recounts Thaw's fury over supposed blackmail and murder threats, describes White’s slaying on the Madison Roof Garden, and notes Thaw’s talk of obedience and beating. An insanity expert, Dr Allan McLane Hamilton, opened the morning session.
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Ethel Thomas
Thaw
Stanford White
White
Dearie
Youn
Africa
Miss Wynne Declines King George Sing Invitation
English actress Miss Wish Wynne, now at B F Keith's Theatre Boston, declines royal invite to sing before King George in London. She will travel to Shanghai in two weeks to meet her fiancé, then return to England for marriage in the fall. The King holds a yearly London music hall entertainment featuring an all star bill.
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Miss Wish Wynne
B. F. Keith
King George
Palace Theatre
London
Boston
Shanghai
China
England
Miss Wynne
Organize to further electric development in New England
A meeting at the House of Edison Tight in South Framingham led to the formation of the Electric Development Association. Prominent New England electric industry figures joined to unite manufacturers, jobbers, contractors, dealers, and light companies to expand and popularize electricity. Officers include Frank S. Price as president and Alfred J. Hixon as first vice president.
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House of Edison
Concord
Lincoln Streets
South
Framingham
Electric Development Association
New England
Frank S. Price
Alfred J. Hixon
S. B. Condit, Jr
John J. Buckley
George M. Stuart
Baby in Brookline Burns May Prove Fatal
Marie Devlin a one year old girl may die from severe burns after a matches accident in her Brookline home. Her siblings Dorothy five and Parker three escaped serious harm though their hair was singed. The family at 176 High Street faced a fire total loss of about 50 dollars.
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Marie Devlin
Dorothy
Parker
Thomas Devlin
High Street
Brookline
Harvard 277 Years Old Today Commencement Day
Harvard closes its 277th season of instruction with commencement exercises at Sanders Theatre. About 530 seniors receive diplomas and at least six honorary degrees will be conferred. The procession includes the president and fellows, the corporation and board of overseers, the Governor of the Commonwealth and staff, and the sheriffs of Middlesex and Suffolk counties.
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Harvard
Commonwealth
Middlesex
Suffolk
University Hall
Sanders Theatre
George Herbert Palmer
Department of Philosophy
Samuel Hazard Cross
New Bedford
Homer Hargrave Breland
Louis Hopeful Bauer
Jamaica Plain
Robert Humphrey Montgomery
Oxford
Lever Hall
Cambridge
A. Lawrence Lowell
University
William Endicott, Jr
Boston
Massachusetts Hall
Upper
Medical School Alumni Association
Harvard Hall
Thayer Hall
Lawrence Scientific School Association
Faculty
Sever Hall
Alumni Association
Hotel Purltan
Laconia Brings Society Folk to Cambridge Commencement
A Boston crowd returns from Europe aboard the Laconia marking Harvard events with a full commencement schedule. Notables include Major Henry L. Higginson and several Bradley family members as guests board at Queenstown and Liverpool.
Harvard Class Dinners Highlight Evening of Reunions in Boston
Harvard alumni from classes spanning 1869 to 1900 gathered at multiple venues in Boston. Notable speakers included David Cheever, William Lloyd Garrison Jr, Arthur Lord, and Lawrence Lowell. Guests attended at Hotel Somerset Algonquin Union Westminster University Club and Westminster with dozens present from each class.
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Harvard
Boston
Hotel Somerset
David Cheever
William Lloyd Garrison, Jr
E. H. Wells
H. T. Nichols
J. E. Gregg
Albert Stickney
Percy MacKaye
Beekman Winthrop
the Somerset
Albert Nichols
Arthur Lord
Charles Russell
New York
Edward Hutchins
Charles Almy
Cambridge
M. S. Keith
Tufts
McGill University
George S. Babbitt
F. Rockwood Hall
Frank Harbrouck
Congressman McCoy
New Jersey
Robert Luce
Owen Wister
Kittredge
Samuel Williston
Joseph Beale
William Co. Wait
George W. Williams
Charleston
Williams. Hall
J. J. Meyers
Austin Fox
J. Arthur Beebe
E. H. Bradford
Francis H. Appleton
Henry S.S. Howe
Robert G. Shaw
Edward Bowditch
Francis Peabody
John R. Mason
Algonquin
Carl A. DeGersdorff
A. Lawrence Lowell
H. E. Peabody
C. H. Haskins
Hurlburt
Charles E. Shattuck
C. F. Hoover
Union Club
Judge Lawton
A. S. Grant, Jr
Alexander P. Brown
Paul Dana
George Wigglesworth
W. C. Mason
William Nichols
Westminster
A. B. Magrath
E. B
Police Promotions of Reserve Patrolmen Named
Police Commissioner O Meara promoted reserve officers to patrolmen including Lawrence F O Donnell of La Grange station Dennis F Long of Dudley Street station Roxbury and Florence F O Donoghue of Boylston Street station.
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O'Meara
Lawrence F. O’donnell
Lagrange
Dennis F. Long
Dudley Street
Roxbury
Florencef. O’donoghue
Boylston Street
Poslam Soap for Tender Skin Promises Pure Healing
Poslam Soap is advertised as a soap plus healing antiseptic and germicidal properties using Poslam skin remedy. It claims safety for mothers and tender skin, improves complexion and scalp health, with a large lasting cake priced at 26 cents and free samples from Emergency Laboratories in New York.
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West Twenty-fifth Street
New York City
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Aldy
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Laconia
Chicago
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Liverpool
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Robert S. Bradley
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Leslie and
Frances Bradley
Wilmon W. Blackmar
Maud Butler
Louis B. Chapin
R. W. Chapin
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Lil- Man
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Henry Dalton
Elsie Dalton
Ellen B. Dalton
J. L. Frothingham
Child
George Lee
F. J. Manrique
William G. Shillaber
K. B. Shillaber
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M. C. Wheelwright
D. Mercer
Watertown
David Fyffe
Montreal
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M. Clement
S. K. Belvalkar
Deccan College
India
Canada
Belvalkar
Higginson
Taft
Robert T. Lincoln
Police Promotions
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DR. Ettelson
Tremont Street
Eliot Over Landers
Eyeglasses and Spectacles Co
Xsi Prace
Winter Street
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Wilson Bros
Scoling Sq. Jewelers
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