Harvard Class Day Honors Colored Orator and Festive Rites
Harvard Class Day 1890 featured educated speeches by Clement A Morgan and Kellogg Fairbank, a dramatic class poem, and a generous spread at Beck Hall, the Agassiz and Peabody Museums, and the gym as crowds cheered, flowers were plucked from the ancient tree, and the day ended with campus revelry and university honors.
President Eliot Hosts Grand Cambridge Commencement Evening
A large crowd gathered at President Eliot’s house from 7 to 9 pm for a reception with the president and his wife followed by an evening of festivities. Guests enjoyed elms, lanterns, fireworks, the Glee Club, dancing, and late-night activities in Memorial Hall and the Gymnasium. Weather was unusually mild with cool evening breezes, aiding celebrants in wraps under a bright sun by day and a moonlit night.
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Charles
Kellogg Fairbank
Chicago
English Department
Ophelia
Herbert Bates
Cambridge
Harvard
Giagong
Holworthy
Baldwin
College Yard
Holis Hall
Old Harvard Hall
Hollis
Stoughton
Holden
E. A. Bigelow
T.tilton
Dr. Peabody
Eliot
Messrs. Weld
Higginson
Carey
Marshal Tilton
Wellington Wells
Wit
Pi Eta
Beck Hil
Baptist Church
Main Streets
Reeves
Beck Hall
Arthur Amory, Jr
Thomas Stevenson Bradlee
Henry Chalfont
Charles Lemuel Crelore
Robert Ives Crocker
Francis Gardner Curis
Horace Horatio Huannewell
Yuna
Histy Pudding Club
Holyoke Street
Messrs
H. C. Gunning
E. A. Darling
A. P. Emmons
F. Verrick
J. W. Lund
J. C., Barr
G. Blagden, Jr
Codin
B. &. Crowninshield
Dexter
K. Fairbank
R. Fessenden
H. de F. Lockwood
Lothrop
W. Myer
W. K
J. Burrage
L. W. Chamberlin
B. P. Cheney
J. P. Denison
W. F. Gay
Re, Faulkner
B. Jones
P. B. Linn
R. L. McDuttie
Divinty Avenue
Agassiz Museum
Peabody Museum
Oxford Street
Museum Iself
Divinity Avenue
Memorial Hall
School OF Elocution
Samuel R. Kelley
Sleeper Hall
la Dame Blanche
Conservatory Orchestra
Juliette Guerpillon
Swanage Bay
Alice M. Johnson
Lillian M. Stahl
Agnes B. Vale
N. Myrtle Guige
Flowers
Congress
Mary
F. Sherrill
Kentucky
Hingham Banquet Ends Legislature Visit With Ball Game
J O Burdett hosted lawmakers and state committee members at his Hingham home after the session. A morning ball game between House and Senate teams ended 29 to 23 in favor of the House, followed by a banquet for 200 guests. A second game at 6:05 p m saw Kennedy's team win 28 to 1 as delegates returned to Boston. Governor Brackett sent regrets due to illness.
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J. O. Burdett
Republican State Committee
Hingham
Burdett
House Battery
Hingham Agricultural Society
Fiske
Gammans
Gleason
Jaques
Low
Oakman
Palmer
Charles L. Bly
Haverhill
Howes Norris
Cottage City
C. H. Odell
Beverly
George T. Goughlin
Brockton
Charles
Lynn
Bicknell
Boston
Storer and Johnson
Norcross
Medford
Tucker
New Bedford
C. C. Dime
Newburywort
Rowell
Methven
Dallinger
Cambridge
Milton
Waitham
McDonough
Hildreth
Harvard
Murray
Fitchburg
Ladd
A. E. Pillsbury
Senate
F. W. Breed
The
Brackett
Hayes
Kennedy
Hollander & Co to Open New York Branch
Rumor of a Boston firm moving is false. L. P. Hollander & Co will establish a New York branch at 290 Fifth Avenue this fall. The Chicago and Newport branches have inspired the expansion as the firm opens a large 125 by 26 foot showroom with ladies cloaks gowns millinery and dressmaking services modeled after the Boston house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. P. Hollander & Co
Boylston Street
Fifth Avenue
New York
Bar Harbor
Newport
Messrs. Hollander & Co
Gotham
Soston House
Final Week at the Museum for Harrigan and Grand Opera House
Mr Harrigan ends his engagement at the Museum next week with Old Lavender drawing large audiences. Mr Mayo presents Nordeck at the Grand Opera House, closing the season there. The summer will bring extensive upgrades making the theatre more luxurious for the new season, according to Manager Mansfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrigan
Museum
Mayo
Nordeck
Grand Opera House
South End
Sosays
Mansfield
Outgoing Cunard Scythia Serves Boston Passengers
The Cunard steamer Scythia sails from East Boston at noon today with a full cargo and a large passenger list. It includes 134 saloon passengers 120 in second cabin and 200 steerage with many notable travelers and Boston names aboard headed for Liverpool Havre Bremen Hamburg Amsterdam and other destinations.
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Cunard
Scythia
East Boston
John Ashton
A. J. Ayer
Catherine
K. H. Atherton
Charles Allen Franklin R. Allen
Kate L. Adams
Lizzie Burnham
Edward A. Bowet
C. L. Borden
L. A. Borden
A. H. Borden
Florence Bigel
J. P. Batties
D. O. Barto
Mary Ed Bligh
Agop Bogigian
Roe
W. HE Bolster
Jon Colbert
C. Clegg
Helen R. Curtis
Mary Curtis
F. G. Curtis
Alfred Curtis
Elizabeth Curt Huran Coltman
Ada Dunaway
Colm
M. G. Dana
A. B. D'Guerville
Elizabeth den
F. Dodane
Fred Holland Day
M. R. J. Davis
Henry Edwards
Grace Ellis
C. B. Edgerley
Lily Fiieaman
Edith A. Fiske
A. A. Foster
Sarah W. Fo
A. P. Fay
F. M. Fay
Josephine Fite
Katie Hamil
Hammond
Tt. M. Hart
Jane Haire
Lucy Haire
Holway
A. F. Harris
J. Ireson
Jonnie E. Ireson
M. Augusta John
New York
KE. L. Motte
Miss Motte
M. Motte
A. D. Chapin
Henry Waidknecht
W. A. Lewisson
George A. Bruce
Clara A. Bruce
Nellie Bruce
Edith Strattons
Boston
Hamburg
Columbia
Charles Dacy
J E Stephens
Tarrant P. King
Auctioneers report mixed Boston area property sales
S. R. Knights & Co sold Noa 3 Lowell street to Henry D. Yask for 6825 dollars, part of John Hayes estate. A. Spaulding Weld sold six West Roxbury lots and Jamestown area parcels to various buyers with prices per square foot listed. Boston Wharf Company plans a six story factory with modern machinery on Congress and Farnsworth streets.
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S. R. Knights & Co
Lowell Street
Henry D. Yask
John Hayes
A. Spaulding Weld
West Roxbury
Summer
Cass Streets
Summer Street
General Buff
Hanover Street
Thomas W. Brown
Timothy O'Connell
Henry A. Choate
Pleasant Street
Harlan P. Whitcomb
Nathaniel Frothingham
F. W. Ryder & Son
Atherton Place
Hugh Dever
Fourth Street
Boston
Mary Wallace
Boston Wharf Company
Pierce & Son
Congress and
Farnsworth Streets
Boston Button Company
Chase & Co. Corporation
Standard Sugar Refinery
Whittier Machine Company
Moore & Wyman Elevator & Machine Works
Bay State Belting Company
Consolidated Electric Company
Putnam & Co
C. L. Hanthaway & Co
Sparrows Help Fight Canebrake Worms and Sparrows
Letters recount the English sparrow feeding on canker-worms around a Walnut tree in Brookline and claim the bird does more good than harm. The writer opposes a proposed law to destroy the sparrow and fears harm to song sparrows and suburban quiet. June 20 1890. Gamm Brad ford lecture invitation in Tremont Temple to discuss state house and lobby.
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Taverner
E. C. C. Brookline
State House
Tremont Temple
Gamaliel Bradford
South Boston Yacht Club Race Adds Quick Start Plans
The South Boston Yacht Club sets its first club race off City Point at 3 30 this afternoon with flying start signals. Five classes race for two prizes each, trophies for first and cash for second. keel and centreboard boats compete in separate divisions. Regattas also note Savin Hill Club meeting and Beverly and Fall River events with prizes and cups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
Marblehead
Beverly Yacht Club
Fall River Yacht Club
Trotting at Mystic Park Wins in 2:26 and 2:35 Classes
Mystic Park's closing June meeting drew a large crowd as Pamlico won the 2:26 class and Dawson claimed the 2:35 class in straight heats. Goldsmith trained Pamlico while Dawson dominated with Goldsmith's Dawson. Judges included Drew Perkins Wiggin Clark Wilson Mayfield served as clerk.
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Mystic Park
Pamlico
Daisy R
Jesse Hanson
Free ‘Trade
Goldsmith
Dawson
Sunshine
Davy Crockett
Lady Shaw
Gazelle
Pickerel
Charles K. Drew
E. Perkins
E. B. Wiggin
Fred Clark
J. W. Wilson
Thomas Mayfield
B. G
J. H. Goldsmith
T. D. Marah
J.J. Bowen Daisy
B. U
J. Golden
Griggs
Lik
J.J. Bowen
Sun Hine
Bent
B.g
H. P. Marin
Ceereees
B. m
D. H. Grant
Soap Claim Sparks Consumer Debate Over Ivory Imitations
The notice cites numerous soaps marketed as “just as good as the Ivory” but warns they are not equal in quality, highlighting doubts about similar claims and urging careful comparison by shoppers.
Rich Haul Captured in Newton Burglary Case
Miss Delia T. Smith of Riverside Newton suffered a break in Thursday night with two gold watches a silver watch two gold chains a gold ring a silk dress a silver chain a pair of gold bracelets a railroad ticket book $25 in cash and other items stolen totaling 480. Police captured William Foulis from St John s B at his West End lodging with the loot except $5 spent. The stolen goods were sent to Court Square then to his lodging where he was nabbed. Investigators link other local burglaries to the same man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delia T. Smith
Riverside
Newton
Abbott
Station 3
William Foulis
St. John,b
Court Square
Foulis
West End
Children’s Free Excursions enter nineteenth year
The Children’s Free Excursions charity marks its nineteenth year aiding city children with nature exposure under cultured leadership. Since 1889 they carried 8200 children at an average cost under 30 cents, with no major accidents among over 162000 attendees, though 1889 closures were due to Fitchburg road bridge repairs. The group seeks renewed support and more volunteers as D L Weeks resigns as chairman.
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Country Week
Fresh Air Fund
Franklin Park
Waldron
Fitchburg
Lake Walden
Kimball
D. L. Weeks
Leverett M. Chase
C. L. Heywood
Aug. Lowell
Walter G. Chase
W. B. Filton
Frank King
George ‘I. Angell
Frank
Hunnewell
Wiliam H. Prescott
Mary Allen Webster
Ja. A. Burrage
Burr
Congress Street
Sunday Concert on the Common by Germania Band
A Sunday afternoon concert on the common features a Germania Band program starting at 4 o'clock. The lineup includes Grand March Queen of Sheba, Gounod Overture Nimrod, Beethoven Waltz Under the Lindens, Reminiscences of Meyerbeer, Entrée Colombe, Overture Pique Dame, Stabat Mater, Serenade for flute and saxophone, Potpourri Offenbachiana, Galop Thunder and Lightning, conducted by Mollenhauer. An advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla claims cures and vitality benefits.
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Germania Band
Marek
Gungl
Meyerbeer
Messrs
Fox and Strasser
Strauss Emm Mollenhauer
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Francis G. Peabody
Oelock
Old Osworthy
B. ‘I. ‘Tilton
Edist
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Rea
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Creree
Clement Arnett Morgan
Washington, D. C
Vlain
Mr. Lowell
Waldron Kintring Post
Lirias
Old
Cantabria
Halla
Europe
iMiss A. M. Kilham
Miss Kilham
Annie Kirkwood
J. T. Keet
A P. Lothrop
John Lowell
Lowell
Lucy Lowell
J. A. Lowell
Alter A. Leigh
Emily Little
Fannie Lamme
Georgie Lamme
Leyers
Lindholm
Bertha Lee
J. Winburn Laurie
M.P
James McAlpine
Jennie McAlpine
Jamie McAline
Lizzie McCrehan
Martha McFarland
Norman McLeod
M. L. McMaster
James T. Moulton
Charles Neave
A. L. Norris
Albert Norris
Gertrude Nye
Lucia G. Peabody
Jennie B. Rose
T. H. Robertson
C. 5. Rogers
George Reade
Fred Rhodes
J. P. Ryder
W. T. Shepherd
Elizabeth Merriam
Bessie Shepherd
A. L. Sylvester
E. L. Sanborn
Edith H. Sanborn
Jeannette A. Sanborn
M. Virginia Smith
George Allen
Real Estate News
A. H. A.wood
North Street
Mr. Atwood
Bright
Craig Medicine Co
Passaio, N. d
South Boston Club
Savin Hill Yacht Club
Srecrau
West Lynn
E. Gerry Souther
New England Yacht Racing Association
Point of Pines
Ella L
Astred
Inez
Tom Cat
Expert
Mayflower
Daisy D
Velma
Torent
Alice L
Noraeck
New Haven
Conn
New Haven Yacht Club
Stratford Light
Thalia
Stranger
Uime
Tiare Devil
E—Retriever
Thia
James Pyle
New Yorks
Thomas N. Hart Moses Merrill
J’. M. Briggs
John Parkinson
John ‘Taylor
J. L. Creesy
William G. Saltonstall
Rt. H. Peters
GC. W. Hubbard
J. G. Webster
Parkinson
Ros ‘m
Hood
H. Graves & Sons
Miller
U.S
Edmund W. Miller
Mamitton PL
Park St
John St
New York City
Robert A. Gowell
Melrose
Volney A. Covull
Chardon Street
Covill
Gowell
Young Men’s Christian Association
Boylston
Berkeley Streets
George
Avery
J. L. Gordon
Percy
P. Jd. J. Cooper
Joseph Stewart
M. McLeod
B. Y. MM
Christian Union
Union Hall
William I. Lawrance
Heston
Fannie Russell Sylvester
Alice Steele Hackett
James C. Uartiett
Lanpis
Rea Men's Hall
Fremont Street
Lillian Landis
Emmanuel Church
Newbury Street
Leighton Parks
Ps IU
Episcopal Cavurca
Dartmouth
Harwich
James M. Gray
Cuenca
Eliot Baare
James de Normandie
Berkeley
Marlboro
Stopford Wentworth Urooke
Astor
Lake
Kino’s Chapel
Hilary Kbygrave
Music Hall
Father Chiniguy
Montreal
Alice J. Osborn
Thomas Mullally
Copley Square
kKdward
Horton
Soutth Congregational Curren
Exeter Street
Dr. Hale
Tremont
Jesus
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