Harvard Commencement Week Climax Widener Library Dedication
Harvard marks a pivotal commencement week headlined by the Widener Memorial Library dedication at noon with Senator Lodge delivering the dedicatory address. The day features degree awards for seniors and graduates, a Soldiers Field Harvard Yale baseball finale, and a large alumni gathering across Cambridge.
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Massachusetts
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Good
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University
Yale
Crimson
New Haven
Soldiers Field
Tuck Hardwick
Marriage of Miss Stephine Bilewend to Rev Moldstad
Miss Stephine Bilewend daughter of Rev Adolph H Biewend married Rev Christian A Moldstad pastor of the Boston Norwegian Lutheran Church. The ceremony took place at German Trinity Lutheran Church Roxbury and was officiated by the bride’s father, honorary pastor after 46 years as active pastor.
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Stephine Biewend
Jamaica Plain
Christian A. Moldstad
Roxbury
Stephine Bilewend
Adolph H. Biewend
Boston
Dedham Woman Found Dead In Suspected Suicide
Mrs Annie Klotzer aged 45 of 272 Bussey Street Dedham was found dead last night by her daughter Gertrude 20 on returning from work. A gas tube was in the mouth police report domestic troubles are cited as the cause of her death by own action.
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Annie Klotzer
Bussey Street
Dedham
Gertrude Klotzer
Body of 10 year old found in South Bay
The body of William Nelson, 10, of 1 Thorn Street South End, who vanished Tuesday, was found yesterday floating in the South Bay off 446 Albany Street. Harbor police moved the body to the North Grove Street morgue.
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South End
South Bay
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North Grove Street
Classics Defended by Henry Cabot Lodge at Radcliffe
Henry Cabot Lodge defended the value of humanities in education and warned that without exposure to great literatures a person cannot be called a scholar. Eighteen honor students received degrees with distinction including Dorothy Cobb and Ruth Robinson. Radcliffe held alumnae dinners with remarks from Harvard and Mount Holyoke leaders and announced three new Phi Beta Kappa inductees: Gladys Whitson Annie Besanson and Lora Standish.
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Senator Lodge
Dorothy Cobb
Blanche M. Benjamin
Dorothy B. Peck
Annie C. Bezanson
Edith A. Stevens
Ruth C. Robinson
Martha Noll
Iane D. Proctor
Lillian H. Smith
Emma N. Dawson
Katherine T. Meyer
Gertrude E. Whitworth
Elsa W. Stone
Matilda Wolf
Winifred L. Moore
Sybil Marsh
Alice O. Davis
Greta C. Coleman
Susan C. Lyman
Elizabeth C. Beale
Margaret M. Walsh
Briggs
Katherine M. Thompson
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Alice H. Burrage
Dean Boody
Mary L. Barton
Chester M. Greenough
Agassiz House
Lowell
Harvard
Wooley
Mount Holyoke
Phi Beta Kappa
Gladys Whitson
Annie Besanson
Lora Standish
Lodge Defends Classic Literature at Radcliffe Commencement
United States Senator Henry Cabot Lodge defended classic literature in his Radcliffe College commencement address. He declared that a person lacking substantial knowledge of Homer Cervantes and the Arabian Nights cannot be considered cultivated.
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United States
Henry Cabot Lodge
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le Baron Russell Briggs
117 Get Degrees At Radcliffe Graduation In Cambridge
One hundred seventeen young women received degrees at exercises in Sanders' Theatre Cambridge. The largest crowd ever to attend a Radcliffe graduation packed the venue as the event honored the graduates and marked a milestone for the institution.
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Sanders
Cambridge
Radcliffe
Indoor Life Makes Fat Warning Ad
An advertisement warns that confinement indoors leads to unhealthy fat and weak vitality. It promotes kerin capsules and oil of kerein as a weight reduction aid, claiming faster digestion improved energy and lighter steps after several days of use.
Notable Graduation Honors at Local College Ceremony
The college held its largest graduation class with 92 Bachelor of Arts, 24 Master of Arts, and one Doctor of Philosophy awarded to women. Evelyn Spring of Waltham received the highest honor, noted as especially brilliant and cultured.
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Worcester
Radcliffe College
Evelyn Spring
Waltham
Extension on Everett L Construction Expected
Public Service Commission likely grants another year extension for building the Mystic River drawbridge and the elevated road to Everett after a hearing on the road’s time petition. Key figures include the commission and the extension tied to the Everett project timeline.
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Everett
Public Service Commission
Mystic River
McLane not seeking re election in North Reading
Representative Jared B. McLane of North Reading announces he will not run again after drawing local attention by offering ten thousand dollars for a school to be renamed to his chosen name. Selectman Edward N. Eames declares his candidacy.
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Jared B. McLane
North Reading
Edward N. Eames
Toodles Leaves Boston After Settlement in Promised-Curse Suit
Elizabeth M. Ryan known as Toodles departs for New York after Suffolk Superior Court files a settlement ending the long running breach of promise suit against Harry K. Mansfield, former Ferncroft Inn landlord, with $50,000 at stake.
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Toodles
Harry K. Mansfield
Ferncroft Inn
Boston
New York
Suffolk County Superior Court
Ryan- Mansfield
Mansion leader plans exit after Ferncroft Inn sale
The case ends as Harry K Mansfield prepares to leave the state after selling the Ferncroft Inn to Hap Ward for Five thousand dollars and settling Miss Ryan’s suit. Mansfield reportedly paid about twenty thousand dollars to end the matter with portions going to Miss Ryan’s lawyers and trial counsel, and to cover trial expenses.
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Ferncroft Inn
Hap Ward
Miss Ryan
Mansfield
Michael F. Sullivan
Daniel J. Coakley
Sherman L. Whipple
New York
The Angel of Peace by Mary E Wilkins Freeman
A lyrical tale of a caregiver in a small New England town who brings solace and routine to a troubled household. The story unfolds through quiet observations of daily life, revealing resilience, tenderness, and the search for quiet dignity amid hardship.
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Angel of Peace
Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman
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