War Medals to 200 Colby Men
Colby College at Waterville Me held commencement exercises with President Arthur J Roberts delivering the baccalaureate sermon on How to Succeed. About 200 of the 500 Colby men who served in World War II received medals from the college in a ceremony featuring Br General Herbert M Lord Chief Justice Leslie C Cornish and Professor Herbert C Libby.
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Waterville
Arthur J. Roberts
Colby College
Colby
Roberts
Herbert M. Lord
Washington, D. C
Leslie C. Cornish
Maine Supreme Court
Herbert C. Libby
Libby
General Lord
President Faunce
Brown University
Change of Car Fares Uncertain in Hyde Park
John F. Stevens, elected Hyde Park Transportation District president, could not confirm when the 10 cent fare and Boston Elevated Rail service would start. The act awaits Public Utilities Commission review after Boston City Council revoked the Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway franchise, with $65,008 for double tracking Hyde Park Avenue to Cleary Square and 7 percent annual charges. The commission must approve or disapprove the council action, or the act cannot take effect.
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John F. Stevens
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Hyde Park Transportation District
Boston Elevated
Post
Boston
Stevens
Hyde Park
City of Boson
Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway Company
Eastern Massachusetts
Hyde Park Avenue
Cleary Square
Elevated
Eastern Massachuetts Company
Public Utilities Commission
Massachusetts
City Council of
H. L. Wilson
Edward Dana
The
Hyde Park Transportation District forms amid uncertain plans
Two rescued off East Point as Hyde Park Transportation District forms. The district awaits acceptance from Eastern Massachusetts Street Railway and Boston Elevated before streetcar service can run, with a $50,000 bond and reserve fund required.
Countess of Dudley Drowned While Bathing in Connemara
The Countess of Dudley was drowned Saturday afternoon while bathing at a small spot in Connemara Ireland.
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Countess of Dudley
Connemara
London
Mrs. Mary Thompson Passes Century Mark
Mary Ann Pierce Thompson of Winthrop celebrated her 100th birthday yesterday. She is the oldest living granddaughter of a Lexington Minute Man and the last of 19 children. Open house at Gamaliel B. Thompson’s home featured flowers, birthday cake, and greetings from many friends.
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Mary Ann Pierce Thompson
Greater Boston
Winthrop
Solomon Pierce
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Arlington Green
Gamaliel B. Thompson
George Street
Thompson
Peabody
Editor J. K. Ohl Dies in New York at 57
Josiah Kingsley Ohl longtime editor of the New York Herald and later editor of the Evening Telegram after mergers died of heart disease following a nervous breakdown. He was 57. Born July 31, 1863 in Brownsville Pennsylvania he had 30 years in journalism and served as a political writer and expert on Far Eastern affairs. He worked in Pekin in 1913 for the Herald and became managing editor in 1917. his war service aided Allied efforts and is linked to his decline. He leaves a daughter Mrs. David F. Webster of Manila.
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New York
Josiah Kingslet Ohl
New York Herald
New York Sun
Eivering Telegram
Ohl
Atlanta Constitution
Herald
Pekin
China
James Gordon Bennett
Brownsville
Penn
Kenyon College
Ohio
David F. Webster
Manila
New York Minister to Serve Tremont Temple Summer
The Rev. Robert Stuart McArthur, pastor emeritus of Calvary Baptist Church in New York, to begin his twelfth term as summer pastor at Tremont Temple Baptist Church next Sunday July 4 and will serve through September 4. Dr Cortland Myers, the current pastor, returns September 11 from summer vacation.
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New York
Temple
Robert Stuart McArthur
Calvary Baptist Church of
Canoeist Drowns at Canobie Lake
Lawrence resident Charles Vegliante, 20, drowned after a canoe capsized on Canobie Lake Salem N H. He and a companion tumbled into the water while changing seats. Earl Rolfe rescued one person. Vegliante remained missing until his body was recovered in 12 feet of water and brought to Lawrence by a local undertaker.
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Nahant
Frank Gové
Coast Guards
Walter McCabe
Salem
Dolly
McCabe
James
Girls Awarded Diplomas at St Augustine’s High
Seventy seven girls graduates of FL Augustine's High and Grammar School received diplomas yesterday morning at a solemn high mass held in St Augustine's Church on Dorchester street South Boston.
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FL Augustine's High
St. Augustine’s Church
Dorchester Street
South
Boston
Duke Tobacco Man Ill in Atlantic City Hotel
A. B. Duke, the Duke family, and other relatives stay at the Ambassador Hotel in Atlantic City. Dr X. Dercum, a Philadelphia nerve specialist, has been summoned to treat Duke who is reported ill.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Malden Scout Seeks London Jamboree Honor
Roger Eliot Gay 13, son of Dr Fritz W Gay, earns first class rank in one year. He is one of 250 Boy Scouts chosen for the London Scout Jamboree July 5 to Aug 7, traveling via Fort Hamilton and Hever Castle, Kent, then touring France and Belgium to honor fallen soldiers. He belongs to Troop 14, First Universalist Church, Malden, and will start high school in September with 21 of 56 merit badges earned.
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Roger Eliot Gay
Fritz W. Gay
Salem Street
Malden
Boy Scouts of America
London
Eng
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States
John Jacob Astor
Hever Castle
Kent
France
Belgium
England
Olympia
Gay
First Universalist Church
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