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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1905
Page
8
Twenty eight city schools held graduation exercises as 889 boys and 1000 girls received diplomas completing grammar school. Notable events included readings and cantatas at multiple schools with speeches by officials and a tribute to the late Gustavus F. Guild.
Malden High School graduates will wear dresses averaging about 25 dollars with many opting for silk and lace rather than a 3 dollar gown. School board efforts to curb costs face resistance as most girls choose modest, stylish outfits for the ceremony.
Lockport New York council members led a protest against raised rates debated by the supreme executive committee. The gathering at Hotel Vendome included two New York bar members and plans for a possible special session to address the objections.
Frank Costello, 23, of West Newton is confined at home with a poisoned eye after a brown tail moth caterpillar crawled onto his face while he rested under a tree. The eye swelled and doctors fear possible loss of the right optic.
In Everett on June 27 a large audience attended a piano recital by Mrs. Alice Corbett’s pupils. A notable feature was six Corbett children performing, including a piano quartet by Grace Vernita Flora and Elsie Corbett and solo pieces by Annie Lawrie Corbett and Winfield Corbett.
Middletown Conn June 27 The Wesleyan Alumni Association heard President D P Raymond outline needs to raise 1 000 000 but said immediate needs could be met with 350 000 to cover depreciation of securities A five member committee was appointed to raise 200 000 at once George D Beattys and George G Reynolds were elected trustees of the college
The class of 1905 at Everett High School held its graduation in High School Hall with 56 graduates, up from 46 last year. The program featured prayer by Rev. G G Hamilton, salutatory by Genevieve M Haven, gift presentation by Chester D Freeze for Principal W Rockwood, school acceptance by Harold T Ellerby, class poem Susie F Bray, valedictory by Mabel F Hammond, and address by Nelson P Brown.
In Malden on June 27 the grammar school graduation exercises were held in the Auditorium. A record crowd of parents and friends attended as 318 graduates received diplomas, down from 362 the previous year.
The School of Shorthand and Typewriting at the Boston YWCA held graduation exercises in Durant Gymnasium. Miss Frances Gordon Michand, principal, awarded diplomas to 62 pupils prepared for work in offices and stores. The list includes graduates from Roxbury Dorchester Somerville and many Boston neighborhoods.
The Conant Rubber Company petitions for bankruptcy with liabilities of 136 312 15 and assets of 27 500 The firm lists 80 creditors with only three secured including Gordon McKay estate Sidney A Phillips guardian and Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank The largest unsecured debts include Mary F Conant William M Conant Samuel P Gates and several Boston banks The real estate in South Framingham is valued at 22 000 with machinery stock and debts modestly listed A second set shows George Conant Herbert and liabilities and assets amounts.
Dr Blessington awaits in his waiting room as Holmes and the doctor ascend to a upstairs crime scene. They find Blessington dangling from a hook with a grotesque neck and swollen ankles in a nightdress, presenting a shocking and inhuman silhouette.
In a dim stone building a group discovers Madam Izabel dead, stabbed in the heart. A guard notes the killer is unknown and a severed little finger may hold a key to the crown of Brazil. Maranovitch leads the scene as the corpse lies beside iron cots.
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