Potomac Vets Meet for 24th Banquet of Army Reunion
Veterans of the Army of the Potomac gather at the American House for the twenty fourth reunion banquet. General Miles becomes president and speakers honor Winfield Scott Farragut and other war leaders while wives and daughters attend, and old comrades recall battles and pledge future unity.
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Porter
Brest
General Pres, King
Brooklyn
Samuel Truesdell
New York
T. R. Mathews
William B. Shreve
Captain Wilson
Portland
Cicely
Ethel Armes
Washington
Isaac B. Gragg
Kannard
Lillian Egdarton
Eva Porter
Fitz John Porter
A. P. Martin
Thomas Sherwin
H. S. Russell
Charles L. Pearson
Dalton
Governor’s Staff
John J. Batchelder
Army of the Potomac
Donohoe
Thomas L. Livermore
William A. Smith
John McDonough
J. G. B. Adams
Parsons
William R. Driver
Bell Telephone Company
A. C. Hamlin
HK Seventh Corps
Thomas Barker
Nathan Appleton
Lewis J. Bird
Weissert
George P
Boston
Miles
Virginia
Winfield S. Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Farragut
Selfridge
T. O. Selfridge
Charlestown Navy Yard
Congress
Commodore Selfridge
Mississippi River
Navy
Army
United States
Richard Watson Gilder
Gettysburg
Horatio King
Francis A. Walker
Walker
Massachusetts
A. A. Pope
Local Advertisers Offer Wide Range of Bargains
Look out for bargains from Boston merchants on Washington Street and surrounding docks. Items include sideboards, suits, macintosh coats, Bengaline yards, moquettes, Mellin’s Food, lamps, tobacco, road maps, ladies hats, World’s Fair trip rebates, home purchases, and more with varied values and discounts. Prominent names include Osgood and Co., Browning, King & Co., Metropolitan Rubber Co., Gilchrist, O’Callaghan & Co., Doliber Odale & Co., McKenney & Waterbury, Ward Cook, Burr, Everon, Dewey, Partridge, Continental Clothing House, Jameson & Knowles, Washburn Credit House, Carey, among others.
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Thomas O’callaghan & CO
Washington Street
Doliber
Oodale & CO
Central Wharf
Mellin
McKenney & Waterbury
Franklin Street
Isaac Cheving
George H. Walker & CO
H. M. Burr & CO
G. Ward Cook
Globe
Smith & Beardsley
Tremont Street
Kroeger
Shaw
Continental Clothing House
Boylston
Jameson & Knowles
P. F. Carey
Farragut statue exercises end as Russian fleet nears Boston
The two British or Russian black ships may sail soon after Admiral Kaznakoff returns from Chicago. Officers enjoy Boston hospitality while the fleet loiters in harbor, and boatmen count on a windfall as the blue cross and double-headed eagle fly.
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Boston
Kaznakoff
Chicago
Veterans of Army of the Potomac Take Suburban Drive
The Society members gathered at the State House and viewed battle flags. Under Lt. J Payson Bradley the excursion committee provided about one hundred carriages and the column left shortly after 1 30 p m for a suburban drive following the Far Ragut parade.
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Society of the Army of the Potomac
State House
J. Payson Bradley
Farragut
Bogus Circus Agent Baffled Boston Hotel Swindler
A short, stout man about 35 years old posed as George Franklin, a general contracting agent for John Robinson’s big railroad shows. He stayed at the United States Hotel, struck advertising deals, and bilked Bowdoin Square Theatre and local firms before fleeing town. losses were small and staff remained amused rather than alarmed.
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Boston
United States
Tilly
Franklin
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Currier
Attinson
Atkinson
Robinson
West Virginia
Station 4
Armstrong Transfer Company
Locke
Harvard Overseers Vote Ends Commencement Dinner
The event closed with Horace Davis of San Francisco and President Eliot addressing Harvard’s future. Speakers praised gifts totaling 400000 dollars, discussed law school changes, education’s social duty, and unity with the masses. Attendees included Attorney General Olney and Ex Minister Robert T. Lincoln with endorsements for Moses Williams and others as overseers. The gathering concluded with Auld Lang Syne as the 1893 dinner ended.
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Hale
Association
Horace Davis
San Francisco
Harvard
Rocky Mountains
Pacific
A. P. Peabody
Phillips Brooks
Eliot
Law School
Covernor Russell
Massachusetts
Harvar EU
Commonwealth
Spreme
Alma Mater
Olney
Robert T. Lincoln
Lincoln
Altgeld
Illinois
T Winfield S. Chaplin
Washington University
St. Louis
John J. Keane
D. H. Burnham
New England
Moses Williams
Samuel Hoar
A. T.lyman
W. A. Bancroft
R. S. Peabody
R. M. Morse
Keane Praises Harvard Speech On Unity And Progress
Bishop Keane lauded Harvard’s honor, calling hostile spirits vanishing and unity rising. He urged a future guided by philosophy religion and science under divine light, stating no student shall leave without commitment to humanity and God's glory. He urged forward motion and brotherhood through wisdom and restraint.
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Keane
Harvard
Bishop Keane Leads Liberal Religious Forum at World’s Fair
The Right Rev Dr Keane rector of Catholic University in Washington and honorary Alumni member after an LL D from Harvard, sponsors a two week religious forum at the World’s Fair with Dr Barrows Bishop McLaren and Prof Swing. He favors opening the fair Sundays for religious duties and rest, opposing a purely secular recreation. He notes 59,600 workers on site seven days and warns Sunday should stay sacred.
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Keane
Catholic University
Washington
Harvard College
Alumni Association
Parliament of Religions
Barrows
McLaren
David Swing
Chicago
East
Dartmouth elects William J Tucker as president with broad aims
William Jewett Tucker was installed as president at Dartmouth College in the college church. He outlined plans to expand departments, balance natural and social science with liberal education, and move toward a single degree. Alumni, faculty, and trustees participated in the ceremonies and remarks.
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Tucker
University
School of Technology
Gardner C. Hubbard
Washington, D. C
United States
Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell
Telephone Fame
Henry L. Dawes
Athletic Gossip and Upcoming Amateur Games Preview
A committee meeting for the annual festival to aid the Working Boys' Home is announced at Tremont House. Details cover Riverside Boat Club events on Aug. 5 and Worcester area performances with times, records, and notable athletes like McLaughlin and Allison. The piece highlights invites to Pasadena–style meets, upcoming skirmishes at Melrose and Lake Walden, and anticipated entrants Connett and Orton in two mile races.
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Committee On Games
Tremont House
Riverside Boat Club
McLaughlin
Worcesters
Worcester Athletic Club
Allison
Electric Light
Melrose
Dorchesters
Bennett
Robertson
Providence
Suffolk Athletic Club
Lake Walden
Connett
Orton
New England
Walsh
Hijertberg
George
White
Nichols
Blake
Clarke
Bugbee
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Boston Post
Busta
Old Colony
Bnton
Prone
Potomac Vets Mert
Post
Dimitris
Robinson’s Circus
Glen Shirt & Gollar Co
Tremont St
Park Street Church
Mr. Tucker
Dartmouth Degrees Given
Ambherst
Amherst
Phi Beta Kappa
Gates
B. S. Brown University
R. I
Brown University
First Baptist Church
John S.S. Brayton
Fall River
James M. Morton
Supreme Court of
Richard Olney
William Y. Putman
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
John H. Siiness
Rhode Island
Lysander Dickeman
Benjamin A. Green
George T. Locke
Lyman B. Tefft
William T. Davis
United States Commissioner of Education
William E. Foster
Ellbridge Smith
John Tetlow
Horace M. Willard
William W. Bailey
Charles Banes
Philadelphia
William Jy. Harris
Thomas G. Dickson
Athens
YALE
New Haven
Crowley
M’ Govern
Roxbury
Daniel Crowley
Lizzie McGovern
Mogart
J. C. Splane
J. ¥. Fenneno
John J. Kelly
Lawrence McGovern, Jr
Daniel Sullivan
M. Coleman
James Ke
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