Cooper Union marks fiftieth commencement for night students
The fiftieth annual commencement of Cooper Union honored 111 graduates in technical and general science, chemistry, electrical and mechanical engineering, and drawing. The event celebrated Peter Cooper and featured medals in his likeness, with President John E. Parsons urging broader endowment to expand capacity beyond 3,136 current students.
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Cooper Union
Institute
Peter Cooper
O. Rody
Sarah A. Hewitt
Woman’s
Mechanic of
New York
Union For the Advancement of Science and Art
John E. Parsons
Hewitt
Cooper
Sarah Hewitt
Stevens Institute of Technology Holds 37th Commencement
The 37th annual commencement at Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken awarded 82 Mechanical Engineer degrees. Julian Kennedy received an honorary Doctor of Engineering. Valedictorian Evert Nyland of Montclair delivered the address as the Humphreys hosted a daytime reception for trustees, faculty, and students, followed by a junior farewell in the evening.
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Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
Julian Kennedy
B. S
Pittsburg
Evert, Nyland
Montclair
N. J
Humphreys
Carnegie Laboratory of Engineering
Ivy Day at Barnard College Seniors Hold Exercises
Barnard College seniors held their ivy day exercises on the college grounds with 100 graduates in cap and gown led by Miss Eva Von Baur. Miss Olga Rilke delivered the Steps oration and handed the steps to the class of 1910 President Miss Lilian Egleston. The ceremony closed with a May pole dance and the ivy dedication at Brooks arches.
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Barnard College
Millbank Hall
Eva von Baur
Olga Rilke
Barnard
Miss Ri
Apprentices Graduate From R. Hoe & Co School
The R. Hoe and Co apprentice school ceremony took place in De Witt Memorial Church on Rivington Street. Diplomas were awarded and special prizes given to top students. the program marks the first technical school run by a manufacturing firm in the United States housed at the Grand Street factory.
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R. Hoe& Co
R. Hoe & Co
de Witt
Pupils Prize Winners in Public Speaking Contest
In six neighborhood schools near Times Building students recited poems and orations from public speaking manuals and The World's Greatest Poems. Ethel Remey won the girls' top prize of $10 for The Ballad of Sweet P, Catherine Small was runner up, while boys William Israel Joseph Kellman and John Donnelly shared first prize why $5 each after judges divided $15. Schools 84 17 58 67 32 and 51 participated.
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Times
West Forty-fourth Street
Senator McManus
Miss Mary__ Purdy
Hiawatha
Ethel Remy
Sweet P
Gettysburg
Columbus
William_ Israel
Kipling
Ethel Remey
Catherine Small
Israel
Joseph Kellman
John Donnelly
Police raid Nassau Street poolroom information bureau
Captain Toole and detectives raided a Tribune Building office on Nassau Street, arresting twelve men for running a poolroom and aiding and abetting. Two men were identified as Henry Robinson of 1 637 Park Avenue and Abert Goodman of 124 Halsey Street Brooklyn.
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Henry Robinson
Park Avenue
Abert Goodman
Halsey Street
Brooklyn
Toole
Robinson
Goodman
Oak Street
Newport estate Villino leased to John W Ellis
The Bruen estate property on Bellevue Avenue Newport Rhode Island known as Villino has been leased to John W Ellis of this city. The lease was arranged through De Blois and Eluridjse.
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Bruen
Bellevue Avenue
Newport
R. I
Villino
John W. Ellis
de. Blois & Eluridjse
PIANOLA PIANO A Solution for Flexible Household Music
The article promotes the PIANOLA PIANO as a ready to use in front of the piano option for family gatherings. It contrasts renting a piano each season with purchasing a PIANOLA PIANO to keep permanently or move when needed. It highlights convenience for varying moods and busy households.
Brewers War on Dives Seeks to Shut Down Low-Rent Bars
Eastern and Western brewers formed a pact at the United States Brewers Association convention in Atlantic City to refuse beer sales to establishments banned by other brewers. H. B. Scharmann blamed whisky dealers for most drink trouble and urged prohibition logic. Officers elected include Carl Hoister, Jacob Ruppert, M Hann, Edward Schmidt, Anton Huppfel, and Hugh Fox. A memorial tribute noted twenty-one members who died during the year.
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New York Times
Atlantic City
N. J
United States Brewers’ Association
H. B. Scharmann
New York
Carl Hoster
Columbus
Jacob Ruppert
Hugh Fox
T: Association
Fund for the Helpless forms Widowed Mothers and Orphans Fund
A meeting of the Widowed Mothers and Orphans Fund Society was held at 58 Norfolk Street to spark support for a mass east side event. Dr. Meyer Frankel presided with Rev. Dr. Hirsch Massiansky and Mrs. William Einstein among speakers. About 500 attended, mainly women, and 200 joined the society as organizers noted dues of one dollar annually. The group opened an office at 257 East Broadway.
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Mothers and Orphans’ Fund Society
Beth Ha Medrish Hagodel
Norfolk Street
Meyer Frankel
Hirsch Massiansky
William Einstein
Strike Ends Amid Widespread Rioting Turmoil
Senator McNichol and Recorder Ware brokered a peaceful settlement ending a tense strike as city rioting surged. Mayor Reyburn and police faced criticism for arbitration refusal. Dispatches report suspensions of Captains Dungan, Thompson and District commander Lt Sykes amid the unrest in Kensington.
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Senator McNichol
Recorder of Deeds Ware
McNichol
Republican Party
Traction Company
Reyburn
Department of Public Safety
Recorder Ware
Genetor McNichol
Mr. Pratt
Ware
Dungan
Thompson
Tenderloin
Kensington
Sykes
King of Fake Lotteries Arrested in Harlem Backus Case
Post Office and detective officers arrested an asthmatic elderly man giving the name Charles A. Backus at 507 West 150th Street. They found over 10 000 lottery tickets and similar number of circulars detailing a fake Mexican National Lottery payout. Backus, tied to Bunghole Bowery headquarters, faced $1000 bail and a fraud scheme that paid a percentage of cash prizes.
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Charles A. Backus
West 150Th Street
Backus
Wilber and Hughes
Central Office
Inspector Hill
Louis L. Levine
McConville
Levine
Pleasant Avenue
Fulton’ Street
Fray
Bowery
Ernest Dahlftues &Co
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Baltimore & Ohio strike widens across multiple shops
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad machinists and helpers strike against the piece work system has spread from Mount Clare to Cumberland Grafton Fairmont Parkersburg Connellsville Glenwood New Castle Junction Cleeland Newark Chicago Junction and Garrett Indiana. Company figures show 468 idle with 218 working in the affected district though headquarters claim up to 85 percent of workers have quit by six this evening.
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Baltimore
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Mount Clare
Cumberland
Grafton
Fairmont
Parkersburg
Ohio River Division
Connellsville
Glenwood
New Castle Junction
Penn
Cleeland
Newark
Chicago Junction
Ohio
Garrett, Ind
Pittsfield Street Railway crews return after strike
Pittsfield Massachusetts on June 3 reports that the street railway company began operations as usual after conductors and motormen resumed work following a brief walkout yesterday. Strikers secured wage increases and a straight ten hour day.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Pittsfield Street Railway Company
Chaloner Sues Post for Libel in $100000 Damages
John Armstrong Chaloner of Cobham Virginia former husband of Ame lie Rives filed a Federal suit in New York alleging libel against The Evening Post over an editorial about the killing of John Gillard Englishman on March 15. The Post called Chaloner the latest prominent assassin claiming insanity.
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John Armstrong Chaloner
Cobham
New York
Chanlers
Amelie Rives
New York Evening Post
The
Post
Chaloner
John Gillard
Gillard
the Post
Virginia
North Carolina
McGill honors five Americans with honorary law degrees
At a Macdonald College convocation in Ste. Anne de Bellevue Quebec James Wilson secretary of agriculture Gifford Pinchot chief of the forestry bureau and Dr James Earl Russell dean of teachers college Columbia University receive Doctor of Laws degrees. Also honored are Dr James W Robertson Macdonald College principal and Dr Duncan McEacharan former medical dean McGill.
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Montreal
McGill University
Macdonald College
Ste. Anne de Bellevue
McGill
James Wilson
Agriculture
Gifford Pinchot
Bureau of Forestry
James Earl Russell
Teachers College
Columbia University
United States
James W. Robertson
Duncan McEachran
New Liner Amer ica Arrives from Genoa Naples
The La Veloce Line steamer America arrived yesterday from Genoa and Naples after departing Naples on May 22. Three days of rough weather with heavy head seas and winds marked the voyage. Captain Schiaffino expects an eleven day passage from Naples to New York under favorable conditions.
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la Veloce Line
America
Genoa
Naples
Schiaffino
New York
Carrier pigeon found in Bay Ridge seeks owner
Printer Arthur EB Patten of 464 Sixty-second Street Bay Ridge reports a carrier pigeon came into his open window yesterday afternoon. The exhausted bird ate seed spilled from a canary cage and bore a leg tag marked H. C. H. Patten requests the owner to come forward and claim the bird.
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Arthur EB. Patten
Sixty-second Street
Bay Ridge
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