Coronation Week Glitters in London With Royal Festivities
The city fills with pageantry as 800 pictures grace galleries and Shakspearian balls draw crowds. Foreign dignitaries, royal guests, and American representatives attend rehearsals, receptions, and garden parties amid electric illuminations and parades. The Delaware and other warships anchor at Spithead as plans for coronation events unfold.
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Delaware
Spithead
Charles A. Gove
The
London
Admiralty
Royal Regalia Carriers Named for Westminster Ceremony
In London on June 2 the duty of carrying the King's regalia at Westminster Abbey is assigned to specially appointed peers and bishops. The Bible bearer is the Bishop of Ripon, the chalice the Bishop of Winchester, and the paten the Bishop of London. The St. Edward's crown goes to the Duke of Northumberland, the orb to the Duke of Somerset, and the dove-scepter to the Duke of Richmond. The royal swords are carried by the Earl of Beauchamp, the Earl Roberts, and Viscount Kitchener. The golden spurs belong to the Earl of Loudoun and Lord Grey de Ruthyn, with the cross-scepter to the Duke of Argyll and St. Edward's staff to the Duke of Roxburghe. The Queen's regalia includes Her Majesty's crown carried by the Duke of Devonshire and the cross-scepter by the Marquis of Waterford, along with the ivory rod and dove by the Parliament of Durham.
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London
Westminster Abbey
Ripon
Winchester
Duke of Northumberland
Duke of Somerset
Duke of Richmond
Earl of Beauchamp
Duke of Beaufort
Earl Roberts
Viscount Kitchener
Earl of Loudoun
Lord Grey de Ruthyn
Duke of Argyll
St. Edward
Food Rations for Soldiers Listed in Daily Menu
Breakfast includes tea butter cold meat bread and tea. Dinner items feature potatoes fresh meat vegetables flour salt pepper mustard butter beer and jam or canned meat or sardines for variety. The record specifies quantities for tea bread meat potatoes butter and jam or alternatives per soldier.
Insuring Jewels for Coronation Week in London
East Indian visitor and other dignitaries insured vast amounts of jewelry for coronation festivities in London. One prince secured 425000 dollars while another from East India insured between 1 and 1.5 million dollars. Policies cover transit, theft, and storage in strong rooms when not in use, with high premiums required.
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London
East India
India
England
Aviator lands in 60 mile gale after perilous glide
An aviator braved a 60 mile gale as he steered a monoplane toward a treacherous descent. He touched down in a long swift glide covering about 1500 feet and declared the conditions aloft were perilous and fatefully guiding the flight.
Aero flight records eyed as Atwood completes New England run
James Atwood, piloting a Scorpion duplicate, flew from Concord to Tilton in 36 minutes covering 25 miles under perilous wind. He later battled gusts with passenger O G Draper, then landed at Pittsfield after a challenging flight over Lake Winnipesaukee. Ovington signals readiness to chase the Boston to New York record with a $10,000 prize.
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James V. Martin
Cromwell Dixon
Joseph Downey
Atwood
Pittsfield
N. H
Waltham
Squantum
Laconia
Tilton
Concord
A. L. Fowler
The
Boston Transcript
O. G. Draper
Boston Journal
Penacook
Lake Winnipesaukee
Loudon
Belmont
New Hampshire
New England
Ovington Vs
Ovington
Boston
New York
Turbulent Boston teachers oppose school board over proposed levy
A heated mass meeting shows 2000 teachers denouncing the Montague bill to fund a 10 cent levy this year and 20 to 30 cents in following years for public school salaries. They demand equity, argue board misrepresentation, and refuse adjournment before declaring their stance.
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Theodore Parker
Mclaughlin
Boston
State House
Two Days Supply For Sixty Thousand Troops Detailed
The report lists planned provisioning for 60,000 troops including 60 tons of potatoes 20 tons of cooked meats 10 tons of butter 20 tons of onions 6 tons of jam 3 tons of dried vegetables and 7 tons of tea.
2000 Extra Men for Ambulance Service
London crowds for the coronation processions will be covered by 2 trained St John Ambulance members in central policing support plus many more from provinces and colonies. The Order of St John has 20,000 trained ambulance workers or nursing sisters ready by fast telegraph link for urgent calls.
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London
Ambulance Department
Order of St. John of Jerusalem
London Ambulance Corps
Hammond Sees King George and Sir Richard Solomon in London
In London on June 20 John Hays Hammond met King George V and delivered a letter from President Taft wishing the king a long reign. Hammond then attended a reception hosted by Sir Richard Solomon in honor of Louis Botha. Solomon had defended Hammond in the 1895 Jameson raid trial, and the two had not met since Hammond bought his pardon from President Roosevelt for 125 000. Pneumatic tubes and a temporary telegraph office were described for international despatches from the House of Commons.
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London
John Hays Hammond
George
Taft
United States
Hammond
Richard Solomon
Union of South Africa
Louis Botha
Richard
Transvaal
Mr. Hammond
S<ruger
Poslam Skin Remedy Ad Highlights 50 Cent and 2 Dollar Sizes
The ad urges keeping Poslam handy during the heated term as a cure for eczema acne tetter hemorrhoids and scaly scalp among other skin ailments. It notes availability at Riker Jaynes stores drug departments Houghton and Dutton and all druggists with sizes priced at 50 cents and 2 dollars.
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Riker-Jaynes
Drug Dept
Houghton& Dutton
Funeral notices from Hyde Park and surrounding towns
Funeral notices list names such as Frank Henry Amback Harriet Angus Jane Butcher Paul Burna Ellen Carey Hiram Colby Delahoyde John Graves etc with service times June 21 22 and church masses. Residents of Hyde Park Roxbury Dorchester Waltham Everett Allston and nearby areas are named along with addresses and mass times.
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Amback
Hyde Park
Frank Henry Amback
West River Street
Angus
Waltham Hospital
Wareburton
Harriet
John B. Angus
John B. Angus, Jr
Colman Place
Allston
Butcher
Roxbury
Jane Catherine
Mark and
Catherine Butcher
H. M. White Funeral Establishment
Dudley St
Upham’s Corner
Dor
Prince Edward Igland
Burna
Homeopathic Hospital
Brighton
Paul Burna
Watertown
Francis J. Burna
Annie Burna
Gleason
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Carey
Ellen
Joseph Carey
Gillespie
Shawmut Avenue
Tiksday
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Colby
Hiram A. K. Colby
Theatrical Mechanics
Ass’n
Boston Lodge
W.H. Graham
Washington Street
Delahoyde
Everett
John
Alice Delahoyde
O'Hara
Bradford St
Immaculate Conception Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
New York
Chicago
Dublin
Dodge
Francis T
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Calvary Cemetery
Elton
Dorchester
Pheinéas Freton
King Street
Grant
Abbie Augusta
Daniel A. Grant
Westminster Street
Griffin
Boston
Anthony and
Bridget Griffin
Charles A. Griffin
Entow Street
Church of the Sacred Heart
Hession
Elizabeth A
James W. Hession
Mulrey
Hahof Street
St. Joseph's Church
Circuit Street
Kelley
William Joseph
Thomas
Bridget Kelley
Clifford
Whitney Street
Mission Cfured
Krauth
South Boston
Clara A
St. Margaret’s
Laconia
Newport
N. H
McClarty
Cambridge
George L
Catherine
John McClarty
Daniel McCarty
Union Street
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s
Murry
City Hospital
Mary Costello Murry
John May
Josephine Cost Reardon
Patrick Reardon
Yale Street
St. Augustine’s Church
Owen
Hingham
David Owen, Jr
Hill Place
Granville
Reardon
Jeremiah
Bridgett Reardon
Julia J. Fitzgerald
Westville St
St. Peter's Church
Meeting House Hill
Rome
Margaret P
Theodore
Argaret Rome
Nangle
Sirmaral
Benington Street
Walter
Bridget Walsh
Guneral
Charter Street
St. Stephen’s Church
Hanover Street
Salem
Mass
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