Wellesley College Commencement Celebrates 146 Graduates
Wellesley College held its twentieth commencement with 146 graduates and seven master’s degrees. Benjamin Ide Wheeler of Cornell delivered the oration on “The Mission of the Peoples.” Degrees awarded included Master of Arts to six candidates and certificates to two students, with alumnae gatherings and faculty ceremonies on campus.
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Wellesley
Wellesley College
College Hall
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
Cornell University
Florence Sidette Marcy Crofut
Danielson
Newton Highlands
Mass
Adda May Gentry
Knox College
Galesburg
Mary Hefferan
Grand Rapids
Mich
Mary Herbert Holmes
Plymouth
Hester Deane Nichols
Assonet
Elva Hubburd Young
Springfield
Williams College Class Day Exercises Held at Williams
Williams College held its class day events with seniors in cap and gown marching from the chapel to the Congregational Church. Nlerman White Fifer of Bloomington delivered the farewell. Roy Clement Burr of Worthington gave the class oration. Arthur Ketchern of New York City read the class poem.
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Williamstown
Williams College
Congregational Church
James Frederick Bacon
Pittsfield
John Henry Lotz
Kidsman
Nlerman White Fifer
Bloomington
Ill
Roy Clement Burr
Worthington
Arthur Ketchern
New York City
Hopkins Hall
Lawrence Riggs Howard
Glencoe
James Bissett Pratt
Elmira
N. Y
Library
Cornelius Murragh Callahan
Norwood
East College
Lewis Perry
William Thomas Quinn
Gladstone Letter Read At Delaware College Commencement
In Delaware Ohio June 21 In a letter read at the present commencement former British Prime Minister W E Gladstone voices support for Wesleyan University plans to expand opportunities for young men in religious and general education. He praises the project’s aims and the principles guiding teachers and students.
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Delaware
Bashford
Ohio Wesleyan University
England
W. B. Gladstone
Gladstone
Wesleyan College
J. W. Bashford
Wesleyan University
Gir
W. E. Gladstone
Cannes
Graduation Exercises at State Normal School Bridgewater
The State Normal School at Bridgewater held its graduation in Assembly Hall. Rev. George C. Lorimer of Boston gave the address. The two-year class presented a carbon picture of Daniel's Answer to the King, spoken by Everett N. Hollis of South Weymouth. The four-year class offered a rotograph frieze from the Boston Public Library. Mexican students donated a picture of President Diaz of Mexico as a remembrance token.
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Bridgewater
State Normal School
Assembly Hall
George C. Lorimer
Boston
Daniel
Everett N. Hollis
South Weymouth
President Diaz of Mexico
Dean's Ointment claimed to cure all skin itch
An advertisement asserts eczema and itch relief with Dean's Ointment as a sovereign remedy for skin irritation promising instant relief and permanent cure.
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Dean
Young Massachusetts Soldier Fell Asleep At Court Martial
Newburyport crowds report a 17 year old Eighth Massachusetts volunteer, enlisted without parents knowledge, slept on guard duty at Camp Thomas Chickamauga. Father David Poor defends exhaustion over duty breach while Major Stopford notes strict recruitment checks and possible discharge if age or health proves to violate rules.
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Newburyport
David Poor
Company A
Eighth Massachusetts Volunteers
Camp Thomas
Chickamauga
Stopford
The
Eighth
Framingham
Trial at Chickamauga Park Says Three Men on Trial
The report that eight men of the Highth Massachusetts faced court martial for sleeping on duty is wrong. Only three from the regiment are on trial at Chickamauga National Park. Privates Edwin Poor and Edwin Greenway, both of Company A, have been tried with no decision yet. Lieutenant Colonel Bailey declined to reveal the third man’s name pending trial.
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Chickamauga National Park
Highth
Massachusetts
Edwin Poor
Edwin Greenway
Bailey
Accounts tangled as Water Commissioner reviews books
Water Commissioner T Haven Deering reports long tangled accounts of Collector Scollard. Deering and Commissioner James T Stevens say they began examining in February after complaints about delayed water bill receipts and missing receipts. They learned a bank deposit mismatch, with Scollard claiming funds about a thousand or two dollars higher.
Mr Scollard Death Notice and Funeral Details
Mr Scollard died in a Boston hotel. Born in 1860 in Braintree he served as Selectman and water commissioner and was active in the Democratic State and town committees. He belonged to the Boston Council Knights of Columbus Foresters and Ancient Order of Hibernians. He and his brother Nicholas ran a Jamaica Plain shoe business. Survived by his wife and two children. Funeral tomorrow at 9 from Sacred Heart Weymouth with interment at Quimney Catholic cemetery.
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Mr. Scollard
Boston
Braintree
Boston Council
Knights of Columbus, Foresters
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Nicholas Scollard
Jamaica Plain
Church of the Sacred Heart
Weymouth
Quimey
Silsbee Presents Shelley's Guitar to Bodleian Library
Mr E W Silsbee of Massachusetts formally presents to the Bodleian Library at Oxford the Shelley guitar. It was given to Mrs Williams, wife of Lieutenant Williams, who perished with Shelley off Viageggie in the Mediterranean on July 8 1822 and inspired the poem To a Lady with a Guitar.
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London
E. W. Silsbee
Massachusetts
Bodleian Library
Oxford
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Williams
Viageggie
Mediterranean
Shelley
Salary unchanged for Fitchburg mayor despite council vote
Fitchburg council fails to reduce mayoral pay as proposed by a 9 to 7 vote. The mayor’s salary remains $1000 annually next year. The entry note also mentions a Fitchburg R. A. route to the Adirondacks and space applications at City Office, 260 Washington Street.
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Fitchburg
Common Council
Adirondacks
Fitchburg R. A
Washington Street
Igg
Fitchburg Railroad
City eMice
Albion launches disaster at Blackwall floods kill over fifty
At Blackwall on the Thames the Albion launching caused a massive backwash wave that swept the shore crowd into the river. More than fifty dead, many injured, and several prominent figures among the victims. Duchess of York and American envoy Hay noted observers. rescue efforts by volunteers and boats ongoing.
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London
Albion
Blackwell-on-the-Thames
Duchess of York
Hay
Blackwell
Thames
Great Eastern
Blackwall
Rival Ocean Liners Tie Up at Local Harbor
Two liners Lancastrian and Cambro man arrive within hours after a 3000 mile voyage from Liverpool. Captain Thomas notes Express to Halifax to Yar mouth is towed 300 miles west of Fastnet by Pathfinder. Egyptian Princess wreck reported 25 miles east of South Shore lightship.
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Arnold & Winsor
T Wharf
Duxbury
John Bishop
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Samoset
America
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Warren
Cambroman
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Boston
Juno
Pilly Kemp
Bangor, We
Portland Harbor
Steamship Company
Hull
Thomas
Express
Pathfinder
Halifax
Yarmouth
N. S
Yarmouth Steamship Company
Nova Scotia
Edgar O. Smith
Liverpool Steam Tug Company
Pilot Fish
Cunard
Catalonia
Western Lands
Queenstown
Cape Town
Africa
Prince Edward
Long Wharf
Leyland Line
A. W. Murdock
Kansas
McGreevy
Walters
New Bay State
James C. Gannon
Elsie F .Rowe
Rhoades
Hydrographic Office
South Shore
Munyon's Dyspepsia Pellets Promote Digestive Relief
An advertisement touts Munyon's Dyspepsia Pellets as a cure for indignation constipation and all stomach trouble. The copy claims effectiveness across digestive ailments and lists a price of 250 at Aruggiste.
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Munyon
Trunk containing dismembered man found in Blackwell canal
In Buffalo on June 1 a trunk with a dismembered body drifted in the Blackwell canal. The head, limbs, and arms were severed with gory injuries and multiple stab wounds in the chest. The body, identified as Philipe Forestano, appeared to have been in the water for days.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Blackwell Canal
Philipe Forestano
Fashionable Nuptials at Belmont Unitarian Church
Miss Ruth Baldwin Holt of Belmont and Mr. Robert Peyton Carter of London England wed at high noon in Belmont. The bride, daughter of Gus tavus C Holt, is known in theatrical circles after seasons with Augustin Daly and Otis Skinner. the groom, a leading man with Maud Adams company, is an actor of repute. Rev Hilary Bygrave officiated. Sadie Adeline Holt was maid of honor. bridesmaids Grace Joy Weymouth Mary Bygrave Belmont Maud Getchell Wellington. ushers John Hull Edward Hicks Boston and William O Hezzeltine Aug Daly company.
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Belmont Unitarian Church
Ruth Baldwin Holt
Robert Peyton Carter
London
Eng
Miss Holt
Gustavus C. Holt
Lexington Street
John C. Paige & Co
Kilby Street
Boston
Maud Adams Company
Hilary Bygrave
Sadie Adeline Holt
Grace Joy
Weymouth
Mary Bygrave
Maud Getchell
Wellington
John Hull
Edward Hicks
William O. Hezzeltine
The
Augustin Daly Company
Tucker Hodgman Wedding at St John’s Episcopal Church
Miss Mary Elizabeth Tucker and Edwin Smith Hodgman were married at high noon yesterday at St. John's Episcopal Church. Miss Tucker is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Tucker of Jamaica Plain. Mr Hodgman is the son of Mr. William H. Hodgman of Medford.
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Mary Elizabeth Tucker
Thomas W. Tucker
Jamaica Plain
Edwin Smith Hodgman
William H. Hodgman
Medford
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Townsend-Patten wedding at St Pauls Church
Miss Georgia Townsend daughter of Mrs Charles P Townsend of Pinckney street married Francis B Patten at St Pauls Church at noon yesterday by Rev John Lindsay rector.
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St. Paul's Church
Georgia Townsend
Charles P. Townsend
Pinckney Street
Francis B. Patten
John & Lindsay
Victoria Diamond Festival Honors Queen in Copley Hall
The Victorian Diamond Festival Association marked Queen Victoria's 61st accession anniversary at Copley Hall with Union Jack and Old Glory decorations and crossed flags. About 200 guests enjoyed a musical and literary program from 8 to 10, followed by dancing into the morning. Proceeds support endowing a free bed for Britishers at a city hospital.
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Victoria
Great Britain
Victorian Diamond Festival Association
Copley Hall
Association
Old England
America
First naval chapter meeting honors Paul Jones name
Elizabeth Ashley Clark hosted the first meeting of the new naval chapter on Flag Day at the Copley Square Hotel. Miss C. Mabel Beaman led as regent with a gavel from the Kearsarge and Hartford, gifts from Mrs. Hichborn. A Dewey souvenir was given to each member. A sleep car schedule to Lake Placid via Boston & Albany was announced for summer travel.
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Elizabeth Ashley Clark
Copley Square Hotel
Naval Chapter
C. Mabel Beaman
Kearsarge
Hartford
John D. Long
Paul Jones
John H. Doherty
Kearsarge Naval Veterans
A. W. Cooke
Clifton Heights
America
Adelaide Cowee-Clark
Massachusetts Avenue
Cleveland Defines Good Citizenship at Lawrenceville
Ex President Grover Cleveland delivered the founder's day address at Lawrenceville School urging true patriotism, cautioning against militarism and imperialism, and stressing moral courage, citizen duty, and informed participation in public life for a strong republic.
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Princeton
N. J
Grover Cleveland
Lawrenceville School
Cleveland
Sultan's sister abducted by brigands near Constantinople
A special dispatch from Constantinople reports that a band of forty brigands abducted the Sultan's sister while she walked near Kizil Toprak, a few miles from Constantinople, where she resided.
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London
Constantinople
Kizil Toprak
Pope Not Sick Says Doctor In Rome
In Rome on June 21 Dr. Lapponi the Pope's physician announced that His Holiness has recovered from a slight rheumatism in the shoulder. He has transacted business and promenaded in the gardens as usual.
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Rome
Lapponi
Draw Follows Twenty Round Bout Between Burns and White
Larry Burns of Cohoes and Tommy White of Chicago battled twenty rounds at the Manhattan Athletic Club with Burns using White as a punching bag yet the match ended in a draw. Referee Sam Austin oversaw the bout as both fighters weighed 128 pounds and the decision drew cheers from the crowd and White's son.
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New York
Larry Burns
Cohoes
Tommy White
Chicago
Manhattan Athletic Club
Burns
White
Sam Austin
Yale Law Professor Weds Miss Sally Clark at New Haven Home
Miss Sally Tyler Clark daughter of Charles P Clark president of Consolidated road and Professor Edward G Buck of Yale Law School married this afternoon at the bride's New Haven home. The Rev Edward L Clark of Boston performed the ceremony.
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New Haven
Conn
Sally Tyler Clark
Charles P. Clark
Consolidated Road
Edward G. Buckland
Yale Law School
Edward L. Clark
Boston
Dr. Brussard Offers Home Trial Cure for Narcotics Addiction
Cincinnati physician Dr. Carlos Brussard claims a six day home trial remedy permanently cures morphine opium cocaine laudanum and similar habits without pain nervousness or daily work disruption. He asserts thousands have been saved from slavery by this cure and invites private correspondence at 121 Glenn Building Cincinnati Ohio.
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Carlos Brussard
Cincinnati
Glenn
Glenn Bldg
Amusements Roundup at Tremont Castle Square and Keiths
Dick Bernard stars in Around the Town at Tremont Theatre with a risky courtroom burlesque. The Charity Ball revival at Castle Square pleases large crowds while Lights o London looms next. Francesca Redding and Carleton Macy present A Forgotten Combination at Keith’s as Lovenberg’s orchestra debuts a fresh program. The Music Hall concert features Strube’s accessible selections. News of Boston theatre openings includes The White Heather and a new Madeleine Ryley play at Roland Reed’s Boston Museum. Norumbega Park hours and Park Theatre’s Chicago game cast fill daily slots.
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Tremont Theatre
Sam H Bernard
Weber & Wields
Broadway Music Hall
Castle Square Theatre
London
Francesca Redding
Carleton Macy
Keith
Lovenberg
Keith’s
Music Hall
Strube
Herbert
Robin Hood
de Koven
Sydney Jones
Sousa
Tremont
Boston
the White Heather
Roland Reed
Boston Museum
Madeleine Ryley
Miss Rush
Annie Russell
Sue
Garrick Theatre
Castle Square
Austin & Stone
Albert
Apollo
Norumbega Park
Park Theatre
Chicago
Huntington Avenue
Choral Competition Opens New England Festival
The second annual chorus competition for a $10,000 prize opens at Parker Memorial with judges George Lowell Tracy Edward J. MacGoldrick and R. Marriner Floyd. Last year's winner was Dr Fisk's East Boston church choir. The Beverly Dane Street Church choir led by Lovejoy performs with members including Miss Locke Miss Barrow Susie Ray and many others.
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Chorus Choirs
New England
Floyd
Parker Memorial Church
Dr. Fisk
East Boston
George Lowell Tracy
Edward J. MacGoldrick
R. Marriner Floyd
Boston Conservatory of Music
Fidward F
Lovejoy'’s
Dane Street Church
Beverly
Jeanette W. Locke
Jeanie M. Barrow
Susie Ray
Etta Pushee
Nellie Bradstreet
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National Cadet Band
Winthrop Steameboat Company
J. R. Bacon
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Exmema I. Knight
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