Arm the Hebrews: Boston meeting on arming Russians Jews
At West End Union Hall delegates from Russian revolutionist and Hebrew groups met to discuss arming Hebrews in Russia amid threats of massacres. A committee of 85 was chosen to solicit donations for ammunition while a mass meeting is planned for July 2 at Paine Memorial Hall. Dr Anna Topaz urged world aid to prevent massacres in Russia.
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West End Union Hall
Canal Street
Boston
Jewish Bund
Russia
Paine Memorial Hall
Anna Topaz
Nicholas
Williams College Busy Day With Alumni Meeting and Class Day
Williams College endured a busy day with the annual alumni meeting in the morning the class day exercises for the graduating class in the afternoon and many receptions in the evening William H Swift presided at the alumni meeting and Charles T Barney was elected president Howard J Rogers became vice president Francis Parson secretary A B Cluett treasurer and an executive committee including Henry W Banks the Rev John M Fitschen William C Hart and J L Lasell Fundraising for professor salaries drew $929000 with $65000 donated by two alumni and $27000 raised Class day exercises opened at 2 pm in the church with opening address by President Harry C Watson
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Williamstown
Sons of the Alumni
Williams College
William H. Swift
Charles T. Barney
New York
Howard J. Rogers
Albany
Francis Parson
A. EB. Cluett
Utica
Henry W. Banks
John M. Fitschen
William C. Hart
J. L. Lasell
Whitinsville
Charles EB. Fitch
Bentley W. Warren
Boston
Harry C. Watson
X Zalia Claims Cure for Brown Tail Moth Poison
An advertisement touts X Zalia as a universal remedy for brown tail moth poisoning and skin ailments. It asserts wetting the afflicted area with X Zalia will remove irritation and eruption within one or two days and promises broad skin-healing benefits.
X Zalia marketed as cure for brown tail moth poison
An advertisement extols X Zalia as the cure for itching and irritation from brown tail moth poison. It claims rapid relief, recommends bandaging and reapplying, cites a dramatic recovery, offers free treatments, and lists Boston addresses and a phone number for more advice.
Commencement at New England Conservatory Honors 61 Graduates
The New England Conservatory held its annual commencement as rain-soaked crowds packed Jordan Hall. Sixty-one graduates received diplomas across piano, voice, organ, violin, and tuning, with notable performances by Moog, Ross, Damon, Crafts, Byrd, Lyford, Thuller, and Watson. President Gardiner addressed the group while Director Chadwick distributed diplomas.
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Jordan Hall
New England Conservatory of Music
Conservatory
Wilson Townsend Moog
Baltimore
Ritter
Mina Frances Ross
St. Johnsbury
Mendelssohn
Gertrude Damon
Washington, D. C
Rossini
Blanche Llewella Crafts
Milton
Bruch
Winifred Muriel Byrd
Salem
Ore
Beethoven
Ralph A. Lyford
Worcester
Rheinberger
Minnie Dorothea Thuller
Youngstown
Frank Seymour Watson
Woonsocket
R. L
Tschaikowsky
Charles P. Gardiner
New England Conservatory
George W. Chadwick
Lst
Mary Andrew
Jane May Bacon
Evangeline Rose Bridge
Mary Alice Chhurchill
Helen Barnard Cory
Isabel Tuthill Davis
Floyd Bigelow Dean
Ralph Ben Ellen
Katharine Estelle Fisse
Charles Francois Giard
Marjorie Elizabeth Groves
Ella May Hillput
Laura Bertha Huxtable
Ethel Garrett Johnston
Harry Bennett Keeler
Virginia Lou Kelly
Ruth Elizabeth Kevans
Ethel Blanche McGrillis
Marian Percival Miner
Anna Irene Morris
Lucy Lee Powers
Mary Theresa Riley
Elizabeth Lee Roach
Suge Shibata
Gertrude Hellen Smith
Eva Augusta Sparrow
Carrie Bishop Stanley
Edith May Wardrop
Ida Elizabeth Bagg
Susan Emma Drought
Hortense Estes
Grace Gardiner
Eugene Hamilton Storer
Grace Helen Swain
Virginia Marilla Sweet
Minnie Dorothea Thullen
Fred Lyman Wheeler
Hugh John Dugan
Stanley Edward Fuller
Ralph Adams Lyford
Clara Frances Peere
Robert Roscoe Jeeves
Blanche Whilewella Crafts
Viola May Shaw
George Sumner French
Harry Parsons Hartman
Harry Nelson Kinsey
Tufts College Grants Diplomas to 183 Graduates
Medford June 20 Tufts College graduated its largest class in fifty years with 183 undergraduates becoming alumni. Speakers included Ernest Dana Crockett Florence Harriet Garton Horace Kimball Richardson Arthur Waldo Love joy George Henry Howes Ernest Granger Hapgood. Acting President Frederick W Hamilton presided at the dinner with several prominent speakers from Clark University and the college deans.
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Medford
Tufts College
Ernest Dana Crockett
Florence Harriet Garton
Horace Kimball Richardson
Arthur Waldo Lovejoy
George Henry Howes
Ernest Granger Hapgood
Frederick W. Hamilton
Webster
Clark University
Dean Shipman
College of Letters
Anthony
Engineering
Leonard
Divinity School
Dean Williams
Medical
Dental
Wellesley Girls Enjoy Float Night in Mist
Wellesley College students held their annual float night on Lake Waban despite threatening weather. The evening featured rowing exhibitions by the college eight and class crews, a star formation, songs by the Glee and Mandolin Club, a lighted boat parade, and a band concert with fireworks.
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Wellesley
Wellesley College
Lake Waban
College Glee and Mandolin Club
Mt Holyoke Seniors Pass Step Rights to Juniors
Mt Holyoke College seniors in caps and gowns held step exercises at Williston Hall in South Hadley and formally transfer the right to occupy the steps to the juniors. Edith Dunton of Bangor read the seniors final will gifting privileges, followed by Beth Pettee of Auburndale delivering final instructions.
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MT. Holyoke
South Hadley
Mt. Holyoke College
Williston Hall
Williston Steps
Edith Dunton
Bangor
Elizabeth Pettee
Auburndale
Bowdoin Graduates Smoke Pipe of Peace
Bowdoin College graduates gathered after church services to march to a designated spot in front of the Sci- building for a commemorative pipe of peace ceremony marking their commencement activities. The scene unfolded in Brunswick with ceremonies continuing into the afternoon.
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Bowdoin
Pipe OF Peace
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Sci
Young Mott Dodges Heart Balm Suit in New York
Lawrence Mott, grandson of iron magnate Jordan L. Mott, escapes immediate court appearance in a $25,000 damage suit filed by Christina Marsh. Judge Lacombe voided out of state service of summons, citing prior actions and marriage rumors. The case follows Mott's past elopement with Carolyn Pitkin and social attention in Boston and New York society.
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New York
Lawrence Mott
Jordan L. Mott
Christina Agnes Marsh
King Dodo” Company
Lacombe
United States Circuit Court
Justice Dowling
New York Supreme Court
Miss Marsh
Harvard
Mr. Mott
Mott
Carolyn W. Pitkin
South Braintree
Thayer Academy
Boston
Degree for Lord Elgar at Yale Commencement
New Haven June 20 Rumors say Lord Elgar the English composer may be awarded a degree at Yale commencement He and Lady Elgar have been guests of Professor Samuel J Sanford at his Hillhouse Avenue residence and will stay there for a time.
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New Haven
Yale
Lord Elgar
Princess of Wales Missed Ascot Races Amid Family Event
London report states the Princess of Wales did not attend the Ascot races due to an approaching family event. World sources say news of the event may come at any moment.
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London
Princess of Wales
Boston Social Scene Fringes of Class Day Echo Dublin
Crowds saw Boston families stage farewell scenes at the Cunard pier and numerous Harvard class day spreads. Notables include Miss Helen Prince and Miss Minna Lyman among many guests aboard the Saxonia to Europe. Private hospitality groups hosted 1 to 7 p.m. and a large Vincent Club presence amid debutante circles.
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Bay State Road
Andrew Gray Weeks
Charles Blake
Beacon Street
William Osborn Blake
George H. Lyman
Commonwealth Avenue
Minna Lyman
Clarke-Roosevelt
William Lowell Putnam
Beacon, Street
Katherine L. Putnam
Amy Lowell
Brookline
Ingersoll Amory
Frederick Amory
Boston
James Jackson
Fairfield ‘Street
Miss Hallowell
Messrs
G. E. Fuller
Hale
H. Nash, Jr
Arthur W. Rice
F. B. Sears, Jr
E. L. Smith
J. S. Stone
A. T. Wright
Newbury Street
Miss Robeson
Vincent Club
Richard T. Wilson, Jr
Newport
Europe
Lawrence’ Mason
Clarendon Street
Mediterranean
F. Gordon Morrill
Muel Morrill
Assonan
Egypt
Saxonia
Maine Class Sees Farewell, Campuses Honor Honorees
Students gathered on the greens and sang the class ode by James N. Emery of Bar Harbor, then paraded through campus. At King Chapel the farewell exercises concluded with handshakes among all. The Maine Historical Society met at Massachusetts Hall naming 27 new members including Governor William T. Cobb Congressman Charles E. Littlefield Chief Justice Andrew P. Wiswell and Clarence E. Burleigh.
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Ber
Maine Historical Society
Massachusetts Hall
William T. Cobb
Charles E. Littlefield
Andrew P. Wiswell
Clarence E. Burleigh
Divorce case resumes as wife contests intimacy with milliner
Reiner vs Reiner resumed before Judge Fox. The wife denied ever committing herself while charging her husband with close relations to Eva G Kellie a milliner of Columbus avenue. Kellie testified the letters to the husband were affectionate but she said there was only friendship. The husband had left for St Louis after quarrel with Reiner.
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Reiner
Rinkel
Fox
Eva G. Kellie
Columbus Avenue
New York
St. Louis
Probation Granted for 14-Year-Old Breaker in Court
Joseph Pasquelle fourteen was placed on probation in Superior Court after four arrests for breaking and entering. Probation officer Mr Keefe said the boy’s parents are honest and respectable and recommended probation as a trial.
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Joseph Pasquelle
Keefe
Brooks to Lead Amherst as Acting President After Goodell
At Amherst the board deferred a permanent president decision after Henry H. Goodell’s death. Professor William P. Brooks, acting president, was re elected to serve until a permanent successor is chosen. New botany instructor O V Osmar appointed. Alumni elected Beach as president Tuckerman Otis Hubbard and Page as secretary and treasurer Franklin. Executive committee Birnie Caldwell Hogu. Evening reception followed by senior promenade.
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Brooks
Amherst
Board of Trustees
Alumni Association
Henry H. Goodell
William P. Brooks
Goodell
O. V. Osmar
Charles FE. Beach
West Hartford
Conn
Frederick Tuckerman
H. P. Otis
Leeds
C. M. Hubbard
Sunderland
James B. Page
H. J. Franklin
William P. Birnie
Springfield
William H. Caldwell
Peterboro
N. H
P. H. Hogu
Worcester
Gifts Boost Smith College as Commencement Ends
Northampton June 20 At the close of commencement President Seelye announced that Congressman Samuel W McCall was named a trustee and Mrs L M Norton of Chicago class of 82 elected alumna trustee. Several gifts to Cobb House Clara French scholarship and student aid funds were announced, totaling over ten thousand dollars plus a thousand-dollar alumnae gift.
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Northampton
Seelye
Samuel W. McCall
L. M. Norton
Chicago
Helen 8. Moulton
New Haven
Cobb House
E. M. French
Holley
N. Y
Clara French
Julia B. Thayer
Keene
Smith College Alumnae Association
Alumnae Association
Martha Wilson
May Knox
Lakewood
Society Women Roll in Dust at Revival in Ohio
In Cincinnati at Carthage fair grounds, about three thousand attendees occupy tents for a prolonged camp meeting led by God's Bible School. Women of high society are described as rolling in the dust while fervent shrieks fill the air as the group claims divine direction with no accredited leader.
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Cincinnati
Carthage Fair Grounds
Ohio
God's Bible School
God
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