Debating School Honors Highlight Cambridge Latin Prize Event
A large Boston audience witnessed Cambridge Latin School graduates receive medals and prizes at Boston College Hall. The Boost Debating Society debut featured Edward J. Fegan earning the top medal, with numerous awards across divisions in grammar, geometry, algebra, arithmetic, languages, and special classics.
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Boston College Hall
Boost Debating Society
Denis O'Callaghan
M. J. Doody
John D. Denin
John B. Dore
Julian Metcalf
Edward J. Fegan
John C. Riley
Edward A. Dacey
William J. Hurley
Jerome C. Linehan
John H. Sullivan
Philip Coveney
John H. Merrill
Francis J. Mahoney
Charles A. Murphy
Walter J. Mitchell
James E. Collins
James F. Drey
Henry Coe
William F. McCarthy
Frederick J. Brown
James J. Brennan
John T. Dunn
Maurice B. Cullen
John A. Lynch
Martin Lorenz
William B. Finnigan
Jeremiah F. Hartigan
Joseph P. Lynch
Augustus L. Dullivan
William J. Rich
Walter F. Roache
Edward A. Costello
James H. Breen
Joseph L. Vincent
Henry A. Callahan
Edoward F. Ryan
Timothy W. Crowley
William E. Tierney
John P. Delaney
Edward F. Ryan
Daniel J. O'Connell
John J. Delaney
Joseph Pynch
Victor M. Pelletier
Cambridge Latin School Graduates 35 Diplomas at Eng lish High Hall
Thirty five students received diplomas at Cambridge Latin School graduation held in English High Hall with Mayor Sortwell presenting awards. Graduates listed include A M Blackburn J J Boyle Gilbert S Chipman Andrew T Downing EF A Dunlop Roger Flint Norman F Hall and many others.
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Cambridge Latin School
Sortwell
A. M. Blackburn
J. J. Boyle
Gilbert S. Chipman
Andrew T. Downing
EF. A. Dunlop
Roger Flint
Norman F. Hall
William Hill
C. A. R. Lewis
Charles W. Locke
Louis Mendelshon
Georgia E. Alexander
Mary L. Baker
Almira W. Bates
Mary A. Cahill
Mary A. T. Ford
Faith Foxcroft
Harris H. Murdock
J. P. Nell
Brookline High School Graduates Awarded Diplomas and Prizes
The Brookline High School graduation exercises were held in Town Hall with a large audience. Walter H. Page of Cambridge awarded the J Murray Kay prize for English and presented town prizes and medals for excellence in various subjects. Diplomas were conferred for Classical Sub-classical Technical and General courses on numerous students including Richard Bishop Endicott Allen Arthur Hitchcock Walter Parker May Read etc. The event featured class colors and lanterns forming 97.
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Brookline High School
Town Hall
Brookline
Walter H. Page
Cambridge
J. Murray Kay
Mary W. Boody
Harold Bynner
Marion S$. Sharp
Shaksperesi Tennyson
Thackeray and
Burns
William H. Lincoln
Lincoln
Walter A. Parker
Molly I. Seeley
Sumner Crosby
Francis Bradley
Maud Dutton
Richard Bishop
Fisher T. Bullard
Henry M. Channing
Albert Morse
Russell Stearns
May W. Eocody
May
Parliament honors Queen on sixtieth anniversary
In London the House of Commons debated a congratulatory address to the Queen. Protests by Irish leaders Redmond and Dillon framed the session as anti-Parnellite factions clashed over Ireland’s status. The address was adopted by 411 ayes to 41 noes.
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London
House of Commons
Treasury
A. J. Balfour
William Vernon Harcourt
John Dillon
John Redmond
Redmond
Great Britain
Ireland
House
James O’kelly
North Roscommon
Balfour
A. Johnson
LS. Johnson & Co
Custom House St
Boston
Mass
Young Baptists Dine at Tremont Temple Meeting
Large turnout for the June gathering of the Young Men's Baptist Social Union at Tremont Temple. A banquet followed in Lorimer Hall with a lecture on Glories of the Mighty Columbia by Rev. Roland D. Grant. Memorial wreath for Henry S. Bishop noted. leadership changes announced including new second vice president Walter F. Cushing.
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Young Men's Baptist Social Union
Tremont Temple
Gilbert Hall
Lorimer Hall
Columbia
Roland D. Grant
D. D
Fred M. Gardner
J. W. Swint
Swift
Henry S. Bishop
Union
George W. Coleman
Clarendon Street Baptist Church
Superintendent
Kickers Club Reunion Bids Farewell to General Collins
About twenty five members of the Kickers Club gathered in Savoy for a private reunion with General Patrick A. Collins prior to his departure to London. Judge John W. Corcoran presided as speeches were made and Collins shared a confidential talk with his friends in an informal event recalling their Tremont House farewell four years ago.
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Patrick A. Collins
London
Kickers’ Club
Tremont House
Collins
Atlantic
Savoy
Kickers
General Collins
John W. Corcoran
Blaze at 48 to 49 Beverly Street Damages Wharf
Fire at a five story brick building on Beverly Street caused about 700 dollars in damage. The blaze began on the second floor and spread to the first, affecting A M Wood dealer in carriages and hardware and the New York Belting Company on the first floor. Other occupants suffered light smoke damage including the New England Machine Company R J Lippe cabinet maker W R Lawrence cabinet maker and the Co operative Rubber Company.
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Beverly Street
A. M. Wood
New York Belting Company
New England Machine Company
R. J. Lippe
W. R. Lawrence
Co-operative Rubber Company
Fire damages 112 story wooden building in South Boston
Box 238 drawn at 1 15 this morning for a fire in the 112 story wooden building at 2 Swett street South Boston occupied by C L Sherman & Co junk shop. Loss estimated at 1000 dollars.
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Swett Street
Boston
C. L.,sherman & Co
Queen Victoria Welcomes Envoys Amid Grand Buckingham Palace Pageantry
The procession and palace welcome mark a lavish display as Queen Victoria receives US envoy Whitelaw Reid and others. Guards, cheers, and flags fill the streets and palace courtyards. Dignitaries dine in splendor with royal family observers and foreign envoys amid imperial pomp.
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Eighteenth
Middlesex
Guard of Honor
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Oxford
Cambridge Terrace
Grand Junction Road
Edgeware Road
Marble Arch
Hyde Park
Constitution Hill
Great Park
Paddington
Duchess of Connaught
Battenbergs
Frederick
Christian and
Battenberg
Christian
Henry of Battenberg
Duke of Connaught
Reid
Banquet Guests Arrive in Regal European Attire
Ambassadors ministers envoys and their suites gathered in varied court dress from across Europe. The hall displayed a kaleidoscopic color scheme under a richly decorated ceiling with tall purple Corinthian columns, creating a dazzling spectacle.
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Europe
London Sinks Into Crisis as Rationing Strains City
London faces a severe shortage of food and lodging with 10 million residents crowded into overcrowded clubs hotels and houses. Prices soar farmers seek high rates for poultry eggs and bread while supplies fall short and 20000 sheep arrive from Australia for the hungry but remain largely unused.
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London
Thames
Australia
Astor Hosts Lavish London Jubilee Display
Americans outshine Britons in grand celebration with William Waldorf Astor leading lavish decorations and entertaining plans for nobles. Gifts flood in including priceless items and an emerald set worth 100000 dollars from the czar and czarina. An album of addresses and New York views arrives from English residents in New York, featuring a red morocco cover and royal insignia.
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London
William Waldorf Astor
Czarina
New York
England
Scotland
Ireland
India
Jubilee honors list includes Laurier and many peers
London June 21 The jubilee honors include Sir Wilfred Laurier made privy counsellor and Sir Donald Smith elevated to the peerage. Colonial premiers, William Locky and Sir MW Herbert Maxwell gain privy councillorships. The Prince of Wales becomes grand master of the Bath. Baron Egerton is made an earl, others receive peerages or baronetcies.
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London
Lst
Wilfred Laurier
Donald Smith
William Locky
MW Herbert Maxwell
Prince of Wales
Grand Cross of the Bath
Baron Egerton of Tatton
Earl of Glasgow
Viscounte Downe
Pepe
Trant Hamilton
John Burns
Leeds
Sheffield
George Fandel Phillips
Bancroft
Manitoba
Montreal
Ontario
Messrs
Taylor, Taggart-Tait and Hagerty
Royal Society of British Artists
William Crookes
Royal Society
Francis Henry Jeune
High Court of Justice
Bath
Duke of Connaught
Sixth Dragoons
Inniskillings
Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weymar
Duke of Coburg
Order of the Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George
American Wringer Co. Consolidates Stores in Boston
The American Wringer Co. announces removal to 80 Arch Street Boston joining two former Broadway extension and Cornhill locations. The new showroom displays Clothes Wringers Bissell Carpet Sweepers Washing Machines Mangles Garden Hose and Oil Stoves with prices from 1.25. Repairs offered. orders by mail or telephone receive prompt attention.
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Broadway
Cornhill
Arch Street
Summer
Franklin Streets
Washington Street
Bissell
American Wringer Co
Boston
Mass
Telephone
Harvard Class of 1875 to Open Holworthy on Commencement Day
Harvard College announces that Holworthy Hall will be open for the use of the Class of 1875 on Commencement Day. Warren A. Reed serves as Class Secretary and issues the notice.
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Harvard College
Holworthy
Warren A. Reed
London Stock Exchange cheers Queen on market scene
Enthusiastic scene on the London stock exchange as members invite women guests and celebrate with a vote of congratulations to the Queen. Song and cheers follow a cable from the New York Stock Exchange expressing warm cordiality between Britain and the United States.
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London
Stock Exchange
Hitchens
Prince of Wales
New York Stock Exchange
New York
Ely
London Stock Exchange
the Stock Exchange
Jubilee week in London focused on pageantry and royal events
The London jubilee continues with visits from foreign envoys and a grand sequence of royal duties. 8 million people expected to gather in the capital for tomorrow's Queen’s day and a procession to St Paul’s, followed by a royal banquet and state concert.
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St. Paul's
Prince of Wales
Parliament
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Lady Salisbury
Foreign Office
Windsor
Slough
Eton
England
St George’s Hall
Spithead
Bomb scare prompts Scotland Yard on alert for Jubilee
Police tighten security in London as bomb incidents in Paris spark fear among anarchist and socialist groups. Officials inspect the Jubilee procession route including bridges and nearby stands amid warnings in leaflets condemning Victoria's reign and calling for upheaval.
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London
Paris
England
Scotland Yard
Queen's Jubilee Train Carriage Reveals Royal Carriage Details
The Queen's central Jubilee carriage weighs twenty seven tons and spans fifty four feet. Painted in Great Western chocolate with gold and cream panels, it features gold arms on the doors, mahogany running gear with lion head motifs, and a three compartment interior including a Queen's room with bow windows and white enamel ceiling.
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London
Paddington
Great Western
Gifts to the Queen Mark Jubilee Gifts of Diamonds
A coalition of royal figures from Britain and Denmark presents a large white diamond brooch to the Queen and a long diamond link chain with an imperial crown bearing dates 1837 and 187. The royal household also offers a fine brilliants brooch with a lustrous pearl and a matching jubilee necklace from 1887.
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London
Princess of Wales
York
Duchess of Fife
Charles of
Denmark
Victoria
Duchess of
Downing’s Oyster Trade Recalled as Royal Gift Acknowledged
The article recalls Thomas Downing’s family link to oysters sent by his grandfather to Queen Victoria about fifty years earlier, highlighting the historic trade and its royal connection.
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Queen Victoria
Thomas Downing
Royal Watch From Queen Victoria Widely Prized
The tale follows Thomas Downing of New York who sent oysters to Queen Victoria and received a gold chronometer watch in 1856. Delivered by Captain Joseph Comstock, the watch bears the Queen's initials and royal crown. after Downing’s death his grandson Thomas inherited it, though the mechanism no longer runs.
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Post Office
England
Europe
Thomas Downing
New York
Joseph Comstock
America
Downing
Thomas
Largest Civic Jubilee Parade In Montreal
The June 21 civic jubilee procession in Montreal drew about 30 000 participants, with numerous allegorical cars and many bands. Despite cold showers, the crowd filled streets on all sides, and over half the marchers were French Canadians.
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Montreal
Que
Black Banner Incident at Dublin Jubilee Meeting
A Jubilee gathering near College Green featured a black banner citing famine and evictions under Victoria and clash between Trinity College undergraduates bearing the Union Jack and the assembled crowd. Police restored order as Philip Callan suffered a head wound and several others were injured.
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College Green
Victoria
Trinity College
Philip Callan
New York Chamber Sends Cable Gratitude to Queen
The New York Chamber of Commerce wires heartfelt congratulations to the Queen of England. The message recalls the body’s original charter from King George III and prayerfully wishes blessings on the Queen. Signed by President Alexander Ector Orr.
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Chamber of Commerce
England
Chamber of Commerce of
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George III
Alexander Ector Orr
Jubilee ode from Sir Lewis Morris in The Times
The Times publishes a jubilee ode by Sir Lewis Morris dated June 22 celebrating Britain's long history and the enduring unity of the nation. The verse extols a golden link binding British hearts beneath the sun and laments no three-score years of monarchy in the annals.
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London
the Times This
Sir Lewis Morris
Republic
Queen's Day Tribute to a Royal Lineage
Poem extols a queen celebrated for noble womanhood and destined reign. It honors her rise from a maid to a maternal leader admired across continents and seas, whose tears marked a divine baptism and who now embodies liberty and strength for millions.
Tariff Debate Sets Pulp Paper and Book Schedules
Senate opens with Schedule M on pulp paper and books after postponing the wool schedule. Paragraph 39 on envelopes is amended to raise duties while new provisions 395F albums and 398 ecards set ad valorem or per pack rates. Hides discussion postponed as Allison seeks agreement on ad valorem versus specific rates.
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Senate
Allison
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West
Smith
N. J
Allen
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Neb
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