Graduation At Mt. St. Joseph Hartford June 21 1911
Eighteen young women graduated yesterday at Mt. St. Joseph Seminary in Hartford with Bishop Nilan presiding. Rosalie Reeve of Hartford was valedictorian and Marian Hannan of Danbury salutatorian. The program featured orchestral overtures and choruses, and Rev. Dr. Edward A. Pace gave the commencement address praising Catholic education and the motto Let us follow the better things. Diplomas were awarded to graduates across Academic, Music, and Commercial High School courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weber
Euryanthe
Lambilotte
Quis Ascendit
Rossini
Tancre
Gambert
Edward A. Pace
Catholic University of
Nilan
Mary Barrett
Windsor Locks
Madeline Driscoll
Norwich
Helen Maria Dunn
Southington
Mary Carmelia Dwyer
Hartford
Marian Hannan
Danbury
Jane Lucy Hazen
Brockton
Mass
Edna Frances Howard
Norwalk
Esther Thomasine Laflin
Lauretta Cecilia Lynch
Katherine Gertrude Mooney
Rosalie Agnes Reeve
Agnes Montea Reilly
Meriden
Josephine Catherine Garrick
Naugatuck
Mary Agnes Hennessey
Waterbury
Commercial
Clara Louise Caufield
Helen Agnes Connor
Mary Josephine Cross
Agnes Mary Kelly
East Hartford
Mt.St. Joseph Seminary
Flames At Tontine Hotel Drive Guests Into Panic After Fire
Early morning blaze at the Tontine Hotel in New Haven sent guests scrambling from upper floors as smoke filled the rear wing. Officers Kane Hollinger and others aided evacuations, with many guests fleeing in disarray and several women carried to safety. Proprietor George White reported the kitchen area the only normal room at midnight and could not explain the fire’s origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
John J. Kane
Robert Hollinger
Tontine Hotel
Kane
McCormick
Doherty
George T. White
Mr. White
Hollinger
Doughan
Sandy
Sergt. Doherty
Patrick F. Redmond
Kate Harrison
Local shops offer hats fish and watches ads mix
E B Dillon Co displays new hats at about typical prices while W D Cook & Sons features a fresh fish assortment including cod halibut mackerel and lobsters with specials on Friday. S B Thing Co promotes a hosiery sale and M J Buechler highlights watches and gold filled chains. A New York Foundation-blasting note mentions a garnet mine at McAlpin Hotel.
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W. D. Cook & Sons
Bridgeport
State and Bank Street
East Main Street
Park City
Port Jefferson
Long Island
Fairfield Avenue
Thing’s
S. B. Thing & Co
Main Street
Waltham
Simons
M. J. Buechler
Middle Street
Resignation Shocks St George's as Bishop Departs
Rev Ellis K Bishop tendered his resignation as rector of St George's Episcopal Church at the parish annual meeting. Rev H E Kelly was chosen as his successor after Bishop, who left for health reasons, had improved the church finances and left the parish thriving and prosperous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis K. Bishop
St. George's Episcopal Church
H. E. Kelly
St. George's Church
Bridgeport High class of 1911 sets June 27 graduation
Bridgeport High School announces the 1911 graduation program at Park Theatre on Tuesday June 27 at 8 pm. Featured are musical selections, speeches, and the presentation of diplomas and prizes. The graduating class includes magna cum laude and cum laude honorees across four and three year programs, with salutatorian May Hannah Best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport High School
Park Theatre
Skylark
Henry Smart
Girls’ Glee Club
May Hannah Best
The
Castanets
Harry Rowe Shelley
Tolstoy
Natalie Lora Rosen
Maude Weston Burgess
Mendelssohn
Francis Joseph Linehan
Edmund Burke
James Lawson Meltzer
Land of Dreams
Eduardo Marzo
Board of Education
Henry D. Simonds
Katherine Roselyn Barkey
Irene Lillie Southworth
Mildred Ame Wa Stoddard
Herbert Ellsworth Brown
Clarence Osborne Lister
Isaac Edward Schine
Ruth Evelyn Benton
Ethel Buchanan
Charlotte Grace Butt
Mabel Howard Havens
Florence Booth Hawley
Catherine Mary Hearn
May Leone McKenney
Mabel Louise Munich
Josephine Marie Paterno
Edna May Williams
Donald Hutchinson Choate
William Cohn
Martin Warren Cowles
John William Eliott
France
Thomas Waldo Grumman
Albert Louis Rakatzky
Majorie Mary Bennett
Sarah C. Byrne
Irene Garvey
Alta Lemira Lincoln
Howard Charles Gregory
Francis John Hill
Sidney William Mott
Arthur Henry Shiersky
Hill Praises Wool Tariff Bill Move
Washington June 22 Representative Hill expressed pleasure over the woolen tariff bill's progress after Senate passage. He said Taft's message about a forthcoming tariff board report in December will curb Democratic momentum and enable informed Congressional action on duties and production costs both at home and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hill
Senate
Taft
House
Tariff Board
Congress
Airship Capsizes During Paris to London Race
Utrecht reports the third leg of the Paris Journals air race saw M. Amerigo's aircraft capsize after takeoff. The aviator escaped the wreck with a broken knee and possible internal injuries. Four other flyers Giberts Vidart Garros and Conneau arrived to a large crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Utrecht
Paris
London
M. Amerigo
Giberts
Vidart
Garros
Conneau
Charities Board Fears Remodeling Plan for Old Lakeview Home
At a regular meeting the Board of Charities balked at a proposal to remodel Lakeview Home with 100000, opposing a $250000 bond issue. Supt. Cowles argued the five year old almshouse is too antiquated to rehabilitate, deeming renovation a waste. Mr and Mrs Stratton resigned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Charities
Almshouse
Lakeview Home
Somers
Cowles
Staffing Shifts Ordered for Barnman and Cook Posts
Superintendent Cowles to arrange replacements for Barnman and Cook. Brennan empowered to organize vacations for employees under their heads, while Ben Kauff took some Nuggets from the Yankees yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barnman
Cook
Supt. Cowles
Supt
Brennan
Ben. Kauff
Yankees
History of the sandwich origin and variations
The piece traces the sandwich from 1758 with the Earl of Sandwich, notes Roman roots for the concept, and details English regional varieties from Devon to Cornwall, including railway and pasty sandwiches. It covers the social rise of the sandwich among gamblers, evolution under George III, and mentions French and Cornish styles and a humorous frog anecdote.
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London Globe
Earl of Sandwich
Jeremy Twitcher
Britain
George III
Legion
England
Devonshire
Devon
Epicure
France
Monsieur
Cornwall
Teo
Queen's Daughters annual meeting and officer election
Social and personal items note the Queen's Daughters annual meeting and officer election at St Augustine's on Friday at 8 pm. The column also mentions Mrs Calvin EB Hull entertaining Mrs Alma Webster Powell over the Fourth of July, a DAR trolley trip to Stony Creek, a Wallis Art store exhibition of a Barnum portrait, and various local social engagements and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen's Daughters
St. Augustine's
Black Hoek
Calvin EB
Hull
Alma Webster Powell
George W. Jackman
Mary Silliman Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Fridgeport
Stony Creek
T. Barnum
Wallis Art
State Street
George Torrey
C. Barnum Seeley
T. Buckingham
Savin Rocks
Five Olivet Church
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Serge
the Hub Clothing House
Aim Police Service
James van Dyk
Main ST
Cor
Elm ST
Shoeman
HOTEL
Stratfield Bldg
Geo. B.clark & Co
Broad Street
Bermuda
Ay Griesinger & Son
John Street
Crawford Way
Crawford Laundry CO
Mt. St. Joseph
Wheeler & Wilson
Washington Park
Seaside Park
Bridgeport Screw Company
Williston Street
Union and
Central Avenues
Atlanta
Atlanta Law School
Superior Court
Pendleton
Minnie Anderson
Cyrus
Cyrus Pharmacy
Cannor St
Wm. R. Winn
Stratford Ave
C. I
Telephone
Jaycox Rubber Co
Main Street Head Cannon St
E. B. Dillon & Co
New York—Foundation
McAlphin Hotel
33Rd and Broadway
Verybody
ST. George's
the Park Theatre
Peigbottle- Selman
A. Holland Forbes
Fairfield
Secretary of State
Forbes
Lizzie A. Pond
Mra Barer A. Lewis
Black Rock
Mre Tr Blaxon
Gilbert Street
Norwalk Union
Children of the Loyal Temperance Legion
Mary Juliene Wipechester
Seattle
Frederick Lowell Thorpe
Bridgeport Mra
Rowland
Thing’s Shoe Store
Reece Evteee
Cntton
Worth Fe
Sale al
Lisle
Sapien Aia
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