Harvard Commencement Features Memorial Window and Boat Race
Harvard held its annual commencement with the dedication of the class of 1865 memorial window and the graduates’ boat race on the Charles. Gov Crane arrived with an escort of red coated Lancers, and eight speakers addressed the audience at Sanders Theatre. Over Seers voting produced a tie between Charles H. Russell and Arthur Lincoln, with four overseers elected: Samuel H. of Minneapolis, George F. Hoar of Worcester, Wm. Lawrence of Cambridge, and Edward W. Hooper of Boston.
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Boston
Harvard
Charles
Crane
Lancers
Massachusetts Hall
Sanders Theatre
W. A. M. Burden
Frederick G. Bauer
Roger Sawyer Forbes
Brooklyn
Murray Seasongood
Cincinnati
Lincoln
James Howell
Charles H. Russell
New York
Arthur Lincoln
Hingham
Board of Overseers
Samuel H
Minneapolis
George F. Hoar
Worcester
Wm. Lawrence
Cambridge
Edward W. Hooper
Yale Holds Confidence in Victory Over Harvard
New London Conn June 27 Yale and Harvard crews prepare for four mile river race on Thames with Yale favored after Harvard captain Higginson’s injury. Cambridge stroke Charley Harding earns praise for judgment. Freshman and four oar events attract wide attention as crowds plan to watch from Red Top and navy yard.
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New London
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Thames
Red Top
New Haven
Higginson
Crimson
Charley Harding
Cambridge
Charles
Navy Yard
Draw Bridge
Gale's Ferry
Wesleyan Commencement List Honors Several Notables
The 1874 Wesleyan commencement awards include LL D degrees for Rev Edward Gayer Andrews and George E. Lounsbury with Prof John Monroe Van Vieck as vice president. MA degrees go to Prof Max Farrand and Prof Nicholson. Rich prize for best commencement oration split between Horace D. Byrnes and John E. Wing.
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Nicholson
Wesleyan University
Horace D. Byrnes
Bay Shore
N. Y
John E. Wing
Waterville
New Trustee Announced and Prizes Conferred Amherst
At the alumni dinner Warren N. Howland of Chicago was named alumnus trustee for five years. The Bond prize for speaking on the commencement stage went to Robert Felton Sibley of Westfield, with honorable mention to Chas. Lewis Gomph of Angola, N Y. The Pope fellowship of 250 for physics was awarded to Lawrence Firman Ladd of Springfield, and the Roswell Hitchcock fellowship of 250 for history went to Alfred E. Sadler of Dry Brook England. The Amherst alumni association elected H. P. Field of Northampton as president, and David P. Todd of Amherst as secretary and treasurer.
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Alfred E. Sadler
Dry Brook
England
General Association of Amherst
H. P. Field
Northampton
David P. Todd
Amherst
Dartmouth Commencement Celebrates 131st Year
The Dartmouth College commencement at Hanover N H marked its 131st ceremony. Harold R. Hastings of Nashua delivered the salutatory on A National Obligation, Frank M. Howe spoke on The Decadence of Spain, Homer E. Keyes presented The Poetry of Richard Hovey, and Guy A. Ham with Frank A. Metcalf debated Repeal of the Fifteenth Amendment. Harry L. B. Simpson of Middleboro gave The United States as a World Power final address.
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United States
Guy A. Ham
Boston
Mass
Frank A. Metcalf
Acworth
N. H
Harry L. B. Simpson
Middleboro
Lightning Kills Two Boys in Manchester Storm
In Manchester New Hampshire a brief shower at about 5 pm killed Whittier Williams seven James Murphy ten and badly injured Clair West Pettis six. The Williams and Murphy boys died instantly while Pettis survived with burns and is recovering under care. The youths were playing in a one horse dump cart under a grape arbor at the Gen Charles Williams place when the bolt struck.
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Manchester
N. H
Whittier Williams
James Murphy
Clair West Pettis
Gen
Williams Boy
Murphy Boy
Pettis Boy
Railroad station fires amid storms hit Berlin area
The railroad station at Berlin was struck by lightning and burnt, with losses estimated at 10,000 dollars. In Danbury a lightning strike damaged a residence and ruptured a sewer line, forcing a water shutoff along a city area. Multiple other lightning incidents damaged dwellings and barns, with at least one serious case reported.
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Berlin
Ing
Danbury
Italian Killed by Lightning in Weston Storm
A severe thunder storm in Weston on June 27 between 4:30 and 5 PM killed an Italian who sheltered under a tree. Stephen Connelly, who drove his horse under the tree for shelter, was knocked senseless and badly burned about the head and breast. Moments later a bolt struck D. L. Demmon’s barn on Wellesley Street, setting it on fire and destroying provisions worth about $5000. the horse and carriage were saved.
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Weston
Stephen Connelly
D. L. Demmon
Wellesley Street
Local Damiage Report From Ticonic and Surrounding Areas
A storm struck multiple sites including Joseph Roderic on Ticonic Street and Horace Wood on High Street. The Campbell house on Fairfield Road suffered minor damage while John Fitzgerald of North Sidney was knocked down and remains unwell. A flock of sheep died in Oakland and telecom delays persisted eastward.
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Joseph Roderic
Ticonic Street
Horace Wood
High Street
Campbell
Fairfield Road
John Fitzgerald
North Sidney
Oakland
Laura Yacht Burns in Thunder Squall Near New York Harbor
During a heavy thunder squall today the auxiliary yacht Laura of the New York Yacht Club burned to the water's edge while anchored in the Shrewsbury river near New York. No injuries are reported. The incident occurred June 27.
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Laura
New York
New York Yacht Club
Shrewsbury River
Severe storm and hail cause damage across state
New Haven reports hail and a severe thunder storm this afternoon with some buildings struck and crops damaged. One fatality is listed, Francis F. Wall, 18, killed by lightning after taking shelter under the Hartford driving park grand stand.
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New Haven
Conn
Francis F. Wall
Hartford
Severe electric storms hit Waterville area in June
A severe storm swept Waterville Maine and nearby towns with three separate centers and more than an hour of lightning activity. Lightning struck 16 places in Waterville three in Fairfield five in North Sidney three in Winslow and one in Vassalboro with no major fires reported. In Waterville a bolt shattered a mirror in Fred Pooler’s Gold Street home injuring a woman and a man. Another bolt struck Napoleon Luke’s Gray Street house but caused little damage.
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Waterville
Fairfield
North
Sidney
Winslow
Vassalboro
Fred Pooler
Gold Street
Napoleon Luke
Gray Street
Thunder Storm Floods Athol Streets and Damages
A fierce thunder storm swept Athol and Orange around 2 PM, bringing heavy rain and a gale. Streets flooded and several large trees were uprooted. fire alarm circuits were affected causing false alarms. In Orange, a section of awning at Bisbee's Furniture Store broke a plate glass window, damaging the display by about $150. A second, milder storm followed at 4:30 PM.
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Athol
Orange
Masonic Hall
Bisbee's
Priests and Educators Back Latin and Greek Hebrew in Seminaries
The Philadelphia convention session on seminary work favored keeping Latin as the church language and making knowledge of Greek and Hebrew mandatory. The June 27 discussion reflected broad consensus on curriculum and training standards for priests and educators in seminaries.
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Philadelphia
Immediate relief claim for indigestion with Pep Tolax
An advertised drug claim promises immediate relief from dyspepsia using Pep Tolax. The box is guaranteed to cure the most severe indigestion, available from all druggists for 250.
Hood's Pills Cure Liver Ills and Indigestion
Advert shows Hood's Pills as a liver cure addressing biliousness indigestion and headaches. Sold at low price 25 cents. The tone mirrors a late 19th or early 20th century drug ad with emphasis on ease of use and quick relief.胸
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Hood
Family quarrel ends in murder suicide in Omaha
In Omaha on June 27 John Stumpf shot his wife fatally wounded her then killed himself after setting the scene. He lit a match to check her death and, enraged by their 12 year old son crying beside his dying mother, kicked the boy from the porch before taking his own life.
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Omaha
Neb
John Stumpf
Mater
Stumfmaier
Kentucky's Trip: New Battleship Reaches Tompkinsville
The United States battleship Kentucky arrived off Tompkinsville GIL after final acceptance trial. Commanded by Captain C. M. Chester, she left Newport for a two day trial trip with a special inspection board aboard. The board will report to Washington, then Kentucky heads to the navy yard for drydock.
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New York
Kentucky
Tompkinsville
G. IL
C. M. Chester
Newport
Washington
Navy Yard
First electric floats sold to Denver for Wichita fair
Sixteen electric floats built in New Orleans at a cost of 42600 have been sold to Denver for exhibition there and will later be sent to Wichita Kansas for the next street fair. They are claimed as the first electric floats in the world. Soil in the major grain regions of Russia and Siberia is known as chernozem or black earth, a broad prairie belt about 600 to 700 miles wide starting in Hungary.
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New Orleans
Denver
Wichita
Kas
Russia
Siberia
Bradstreet
Hungary
Soil contrasts and historic postal reforms in England
The article notes soils resembling black loam extending toward the Ural Mountains and into Siberia with alkaline chemistry suited to wheat. It then surveys Queen Anne era English postal services, detailing six major London offices, penny post beginnings, and early rates for local and international letters before 1711 reforms.
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Ural Mountains
Siberia
Caucasus
England
London
Murray
Scientific American
General Post Office
Dublin
West Indies
Public park attractions prove fictitious as crowds roam
Fickle leisure ends with tired crowds wandering public parks in the evening in search of a place to rest. The scene captures the gap between promised attractions and the quiet, lingering fatigue of visitors.
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Yale Brotherhood
Hadley
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Middletown
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Donald Dorchester, Jr
Yale Confident
Amherst Grads
Dartmouth
New Hampshire College
Tomkinsville
Globe
Middlesex
Oxford
Oswego
Raent
Lowell
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Als
Roosevelt Rough Rider
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Thompson - Snow Co
Chafran Bros
Merrimack Street
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