Boston College Caps Year With Mass and Festive Toasts
The Boston College scholastic year ended with a 9 o'clock Mass at the Immaculate Conception Church. Rev. W G Reid S J presided, aided by Rev. Thomas I Gasson S J. The Glee Club performed under Prof. Thomas F Donnelly. A breakfast in the music hall followed with toastmaster John J Hayes, class of 1899, and speakers including Dennis J Maguire Edward F yan Jameson Arthur J Curry and Timothy Crowley. About twenty freshmen then departed for Scutticout Neck Fair Haven for their summer outing with Prof. Joseph V Schmidt S J.
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Boston College
Father Gasson
John J. Hayes
Mr. Hayes
Dennis J. Maguire
Edward F. Yan
Mr. Jameson
Arthur J. Curry
Timothy Crowley
Joseph Roger Williams
Boston
Scutticout Neck
Fair Haven
Joseph V. Schmidt
S. J
Remarkable Petition in Bankruptcy Surfaces Odd Debt Claim
A bankruptcy petition filed in the United States District Court names William J. Keefe as petitioner. He claims owing $600,000 to Lawyer Henry G. Denny, who denies knowledge of the debt, while the total claims against Keefe total $605,552. Keefe notes the court requires a $10 creditor meeting fee, which he plans to raise within 30 days, and he was relieved of the petition fee.
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United States District Court
William J. Keefe
Waltham Street
Henry G. Denny
Devonshire Street
Denny
Mr. Keefe
St Cecilia Girls Enter Tai at Boston College
An attractive concert last night in Boston College Hall by St Cecilia's Sodality featured choruses and a national anthem. A scarf dance by numerous Misses followed, then a flag drill with 24 performers and readings, solos, and dances by listed participants.
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Boston College Hall
St. CeCilia’s Sodality
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Sodality Chorus
Duston
Ian
Genesse
Hodgkinson
Julien
Kelly
Lawless
Loughman
Mattimore
McLaughlin
Murray
Paton
Roach
Shea
Mullen
I. Lynch
Macksaac
A. M. Lawless
Lawsuit Over Langworthy Estate Seeks Trust Funds
Charles E. Sherman of New York sues the American Congregational Association in the U S Circuit Court claiming part of the Langworthy estate was diverted from a trust. The will of Rev I P Langworthy left 10000 to the association as a trust fund with 400 a year for his wife, who died in 1893, and the suit notes the money was paid out before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Charles E. Sherman
New York
Sarah W. Langworthy
American Congregational Association
First Congregational Church
Chelsea
Anniversary of Gervera Defeat Noted in Santiago
Spanish residents seek permission for a July 3 mass to honor sailors lost in Admiral Cer vera’s squadron destruction a year ago. The Cathedral flag will be raised for the ceremony marking the city’s relief and shielding by authorities. In Baltimore Major-General Leonard Wood’s Cuban remarks are disputed as distorted in cables.
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Santiago DE Cuba
Cervera
Santiago
Porvenir
Leonard Wood
Baltimore
Census projections peg population near seventy two and a half million
Washington June 21 Director Merriam of the census estimates the coming census will show a population of about 72,500,000 noting reduced immigration in recent years. He also cites a contract with Washington capitalists for a census bureau building that is expected to save about $100,000 yearly.
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Washington
Merriam
Census Bureau
Cambridge Welcomes Admiral Sampson at Daughter’s Home
Prominent Cambridge figures and naval officers gather at No 6 Hilliard Street to honor Admiral Sampson. The reception, hosted by his daughter and son-in-law Lieutenant Smith, lasts from 4 to 7 PM with splendor inside and out, featuring sailors including Captain Sigsbee and many Cambridge notables including university figures and residents.
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Cambridge Society
Admiral Sampson
Smith
Indiana
Smiths
Cambridge
Sigsbee
University City
Hilliard Street
T. N. Hollis
Warships Leave Boston After Pleasant Visit
The New York Texas Massachusetts and Indiana depart Boston at 10 30 this morning after days of social events and shipboard visits. Thousands gathered for the harbor procession and naval salute from Fort Warren as crews prepare to weigh anchor and sail out.
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New York
Texas
Massachusetts
Indiana
Boston
Miles
Jackies
Navy Yard
Fort Warren
Bride Runs Away to Marry Friend Before Wedding
Miss Rose Lincoln Edwardes elopes with William Wilson Sloan just as the Boeck Edwardes wedding is due. A license is checked, but Rose and Sloan wed in Lynn with Rev. Covell. The couple stays at the Hotel Seymour before leaving by afternoon.
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Boeck-Edwardes
Miss Edwardes
Lynn
William Wilson Sloan
Boeck
Edwardes
Trowbridge Street
Cambridge
Miss Rose
Rose
Rosebud
Mrs. Robinson
Sloan
City Hall
Beeck
A. J. Covell
North Congregational Church
Attwill
Mr. Davis
Covell
Euston
W. Wilson Sloan
Seymour
James W. Wilson
Boston
Wilson
the Seymour
Rose Edwardes and the Mock Marriage Backstory
A Cambridge social world tale recalls Rose Edwardes choosing a groom after years of acquaintance with Boeck, and mentions her former mock marriage at a party in her youth. Background includes her Yale connected suitor Sloan, Har vard links, and the Edwardes family’s status and movements from River and Walter streets to Cambridge.
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Rose Edwardes
Boeck
Tech
Sloan
Harvard
Yale
Cambridge
Edwardes
Buffalo
Greenwood
Metropolitan Avenue
Elopement Sparks Buffalo Society Sensation and Family Ties
A couple ran away amid a Buffalo social upheaval as Boeck and Rose vanished after a wedding plan fell apart. Sloan Sr. fears for his son, heir to substantial wealth, while Boeck seeks reconciliation with the Sloan family. The pair headed toward New York before likely heading to St. Louis via Waldorf links.
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Teedy Sloan
John AL. Green
St. Louis
Mr. Sloan
Buffalo General Electric Company
Rose
Sloan
Boeck
Harvard
Mr. Beeck
New York
New York Man Arrested on Six Year Old Warrant
Inspector Wolf arrested Frank G. Adams of 439 West Thirty-fourth Street on a six year old warrant for allegedly taking a watch valued at 76 and a suit of clothes from O. E. Berry of 19% Washington Street on Oct 25, 1893. Adams, a traveling salesman, disappeared then and was found yesterday living at the Quincy House.
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Inspector Wolf
Frank G. Adams
West Thirty-fourth Street
New York
O. E F. Berry
Washington Street
Berry
Quincy House
Mal
War Veterans Found Guilty of Robbery in Superior Court
In Superior Court yesterday John Doherty and Thomas F. Murray were found guilty of robbery after allegedly stopping a man on a Charlestown street and robbing him weeks prior. Murray served in the Ninth Massachusetts Infantry during the Spanish War. Judge Dewey also fined Jennie Miller for assault and battery, John J. Glenn for liquor law violations, and John H. Blatt for assault and battery.
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John Doherty
Thomas F. Murray
Charlestown
Murray
Santiago
Ninth Massachusetts Infantry
Dewey
Jennie Miller
John J. Glenn
John H. Blatt
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ST. Cecilia
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Bernard M. Wolf
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Clara H. Fay
Elsie Hull Knowlton
French
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U.S
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W. M. Richardson
George VY. Coreywell
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Fyerett C. Bumpus
Walter Wesselhoeft
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Joseph Wheelock
Charles Peabody
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Read Frazier
S. S. Indiana
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William Willsomm Sloan JR
Hyde Park
Rose Lincoln
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