Academic Freedom at Boston University Commencement
President William de Witt Hyde argues academic freedom hinges on six stakeholder groups including founders, state, trustees, professors, students, and the public. He condemns donor dictates and urges proper faculty dismissal for incompetence to preserve free inquiry.
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Boston
William de Witt Hyde
Boston University
Tremont Temple
Brown University
Chicago University
Kansas State Agricultural College
Leland Stanford University
Jena
Hyde
Ruling on patent rights limits rogue coin detector case
In Chicago on June 5 Judge Kohlsatt of the U S Circuit Court denied an injunction to George A. Fuller against Paul E. Berger over a patented bogus coin detector used only in gambling slot machines. The court ruled the inventor lacks standing in equity when the device serves an unlawful business, rendering the patent valueless for this infringement claim.
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Chicago
Equity
Kohlsatt
United States Circuit Court
George A. Fuller
Paul E. Berger
Index to Departments and Market Notes Highlights
The page lists commodity prices such as wheat No 2 red 88 percent, corn No 2 49c, oats 31c, cotton mid dling 84c, iron No 1 foundry 16.25, butter 19c, and notes sections like Commercial World Amusements and Legal Notes. It promotes a fast color blue and black serge suit at 12 dollars and advertises Poland Spring water and related depots.
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Eeeutescen
Ea Financial Affairs
Ailroads
Eal. Estate
Ociety
United Service
Weather Report
A. Raymond & Co
Nassau and Fulton Sts
N. Y
Court Finds Patents Lacking Utility in Kohlsatt Ruling
Judge Kohlsatt rules a patent lacked widespread usefulness and thus cannot be protected. The decision centers on the dual requirements of utility and novelty for patent validity, emphasizing that mere novelty without practical value fails the standard.
Missing Third Avenue stock traced in court action
Lawyer Louis J. Morrison seeks to force Jules Bache & Co. to disclose the deposit location of 8500 Third Avenue Railroad shares and 700 Pacific Mail shares once in brokers hands. Hart alleges brokers hid the stock during the Third Avenue crash and Metropolitan control takeover.
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Louis J. Morrison
Broadway
Henry Hart
Third Avenue Railroad Company
O’gorman
Supreme Court
Jules Bache & Co
Exchange Place
Third Avenue Railroad
Pacific Mail
Hart
Third Avenue Company
Morrison
Bache & Co
Leventritt & Perham
William Street
Gildersleeve
Metropolitan
Third Avenue
New Jersey G A R Encampment Opens at Asbury Park
The thirty fourth annual New Jersey Grand Army of the Republic encampment opens at the Auditorium Asbury Park. Three candidates for Commander John Lawrence Oscar Gifford Charles F Hopkins. Report shows 111 posts 5650 members a loss of 593 from last year relief spending 9139.79 including 300 for Galveston flood victims.
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Asbury Park
Department of New Jersey
Grand Army of the Republic
John Lawrence
Robert Boggs
New Brunswick
Oscar Gifford
Lincoln Post
Newark
Charles F. Hopkins
John Hill Post
Boonton
E. V. Richards
Adron Wilkes Post
Trenton
Atlantic City
Edgar Sherman
Sparta
Galveston
Williams leaves Cos Cob for Long Island City sale of estate
Ex police inspector Alexander S Williams quits Cos Cob after selling his ten acre Cos Cob Harbor property with villa and yacht Eleanor to Mrs Adelaide Butler of New York State. Williams and his wife move to Long Island City with two sons in service.
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Greenwich
Conn
Alexander S. Williams
Cos Cob
Adelaide Butler
New York
Cos Cob Harbor
Eleanor
Williams
Manila
United States Navy
New York Central Railroad
Mr. Williams
Long Island City
Williams H. Williams
St Louis Exposition duties pay dispute with Glynn
Assistant Secretary Taylor sent a letter to ex Representative Glynn of Albany as a member of the Commission of Nine guiding government interests in the 1903 St Louis Exposition. Glynn declined a $193 pay for thirteen days work claiming misdated appointment and asked for a full warrant. Treasury seeks return of the warrant for revision.
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Washington
the Treasury
Taylor
Glynn
Albany
Treasury
Tracewell
Treasury Department
Fifteen Priests Murdered in Southern Mongolia
A dispatch from Peking dated June 5 reports Father Bearmin an Italian priest and fourteen other clergymen massacred at Ning-Tio-Liang in Southern Mongolia. The notice ends with an advertisement for Poland Spring water in New York City.
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London
Peking
Bearmin
Ning- Tio-Liang
Mongolia
Myles Standish Ginger Ale Advertises Aroma and Fizz
The notice extols Ginger Ale from Myles Standish with a delicious aroma and strong effervescence, claiming it does not burn. The short ad emphasizes flavor and sensory appeal to entice consumers.
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Myles Standish
South Carolina Senator Tillman Accepts Conditional Resignation Chance
Gov McSweeney informs Tillman he will accept an unconditional resignation if sent to his office. Tillman withdraws his bid amid McLaurin’s actions, claiming the governor cannot block resignations and weighing options to appeal the decision or await Senate action.
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Columbia
N. C
McSweeney
Tillman
United States Senate
McLauren
South Carolina
High Commission
McLaurin
United States
Democratic Executive Committee
Senate
Maurin
Bob Acres
British Losses in May in South Africa
London dispatch reports 25 officers and 709 enlisted men dead from disease and military actions among British forces in South Africa during May.
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South Africa
London
Cap'n Cave Dunn, Noted North River Boat Builder, Killed
David H. Dunn, 61, famed North River boatbuilder, nicknamed Cap'n Cave, was killed at Ninety Street when the Dolly Varden freight train struck him after he stepped onto the adjacent track. Engineer John Ryan tried to stop the train. Dunn left a wife and eight children.
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David H. Dunn
West Fifty-fifth Street
Cap'n Cave
North River
Ninetieth Street
Dolly Varden
New York Central Railroad
Dunn
West Fifty-sixth Street
West Seventy-fourth Street
Clara S. Dunn
Ninety Fifth Street
John Ryan
East Sixty-first Street
Eugene
New York Central
Fight Over Hoyt Estate Settled in New Hampshire
In Nashua New Hampshire three claimants Mary Green Clara Hale and Joseph B Hoyt reached a compromise with the executors over the Charles Hoyt estate to avoid contesting the will. Details of the settlement remain undisclosed.
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Hoyt
The
New York Times
Nashua
N. H
Charles Hoyt
Mary Green
Clara Hale
Concord
Joseph B. Hoyt
West 23d Street Station Convenient to Manhattan Areas
Centre of Activity notes the West 23d St Station of the Pennsylvania Railroad is near shopping hotels and theatres in Manhattan. Poland Spring advertises Spring House at Poland Spring Maine now open. Poland Water Depot at 3 Park Place New York City. Rav.
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Poland
Spring
Park Place
N. Y
West
Pennsylvania Railroad
Manhattan
Spring House
Cnet
Georgia's Negro Voter in Georgia Attitudes on Amendments
Washington report on Congressman Livingston of Georgia opposing constitutional amendments to disfranchise Black voters. He argues Georgia prospers with current practices, warns against Southern states’ amendments, cites potential congressional representation effects, and notes Georgia’s election law allows any non felon who pays poll tax and registers to vote.
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Washington
Georgia
Livingston
Louisiana
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Congress
United States Congress
Electoral College
House
Ississippi
South
Governor Tyler Opposes Disfranchisement Plan in Virginia
Gov Tyler announces a firm stand against any constitutional plan to disfranchise Black voters as the state convention opens June 12. He argues citizens who bear duties like taxes and law obedience should not be barred from suffrage on political questions.
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Richmond
Tyler
Defends British Unions Against Backwardness Claims
Milwaukee June 5 John Hodge secretary of the British Steel Amalgamated Association rebuts Lord George Hamilton and London press claims that labor unions hinder iron and steel output. He says English unions did not block machinery or wages equality and that conservatism of manufacturers kept old gear. He notes Manchester electric road and that England lacked mills for rails, with a U S contract for street crossing rails.
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Milwaukee
John Hodge
British Steel Amalgamated Association
Great Britain
Lord George Hamilton
London
Hodge
Manchester
England
United States
Monks Open Abbey to Governor and Wife Visit
At Gethsemane Kentucky the Trap pist Monastery of Gethsemane lifted the silence rule for a governor's wife and suite. The party toured monks quarters and gardens, attended a 2 AM breviary and 4 AM work, dined with the Abbot, then returned to Louisville aboard a special train.
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Gethsemane
J. Proctor Knott
Brothers of Silence
Louisville
W. B. Kniskern
Chicago
O’rear
Hobson
C. C. McChord
Gus Coulter
H. G. Tandy
Percy Haly
Frank Dougherty
Bardstown
Julia Beckham
Charles Neumeyer
van Hirth
J. Herrman
M. Herrman
E. L. Miles
Sylvester. Rapier
Boone Rapier
John S. Moore
Francis Bowling
Freshman President Scales Flagpole At Michigan Campus
Howard Blakeslee of Detroit, president of the freshman class, climbed to the 150-foot flagpole on the University of Michigan campus at 3 am to raise the World’s Fair flag. A crowd gathered as he refused to descend until exhausted, finally sliding down and being identified. The flag was confiscated and Blakeslee may face faculty action.
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New York Times
Ann. Arbor
Mich
Howard Blakeslee
Detroit
Blakeslee
Yale Princeton Baseball Game Train Run To Princeton
The Pennsylvania Railroad will run a special train to Princeton and back on June 8 leaving New York at 12 25 PM from West 23d Street Cortlandt and Desbrosses Streets at 12 40 PM arriving Princeton 2 10 PM The special will depart Princeton 30 minutes after the game and stop at Newark Elizabeth and New Brunswick in both directions Also ads for golf Poland Spring House Poland Spring Maine and Poland Water Depot New York City and a note that the Pennsylvania Limited to St Louis makes the run in 28 hours with no extra fare
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Princeton
New York
West 23d
Cortlandt and Desbrosses Sts
Newark
Elizabeth
New Brunswick
Advo
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Christian Science Libel Trial Ends Sixth Day
Judge Bell directs verdict for defendant in $150000 libel suit by Mrs. Woodbury against Mary Baker Eddy. Testimony covers Mrs. Eddy’s control over publications, church beliefs, and alleged references to the plaintiff, with plans to appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Boston
Charles V. Bell
Josephine C. Woodbury
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Bell
Mrs. Eddy
Mr. Peabody
First Church
Christian Science Adherent Dies After Caring for Child
Miss Maud Knight a ten year Government teacher of Indians on Dakota reservations dies after nursing a sick child. An earnest believer in Christian Science she was a prominent advocate of the faith.
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Baltimore
Maud Knight
Poland Spring House and Burnett’s Vanilla Extract Mentioned
Fragmentary line references Poland Spring House and Burnett’s Vanilla Extract as notable flavors or products. The text is incomplete and provides no clear event, date, or context to build a fuller summary.
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Burnett
Death notice of Miss Knight in city boarding house
Christian Science adherent Miss Knight died this morning at her brother's home after nursing a sick child. A regular physician attended the child. Miss Knight had no physician until the eve of the boarding house. The brain swelling was the immediate cause of death.
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Christian Science
Miss Knight
Connecticut towns defeat reform in state House vote
The Connecticut House rejected a constitutional reform plan 145 to 61, preserving town over city representation. Supporters warned reform would shift power to cities, while opponents argued fair representation should be by town units and population.
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New Haven
Conn
Connecticut
House of Representatives
King
Gov
McLean
Reformers
Mark Twain and the Devil Highlight Synod Sermon
In New Brunswick in June the General Synod of the Reformed Church in America opened with President Rev. Dr. Dennis Wortman. Rev. E P Johnson of Albany compared Mark Twain to the Devil and praised the Devil, noting Twain’s alleged slanders against church workers abroad.
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New Brunswick
General Synod of the Reformed Church In America
Second Reformed Church
Edward P. Johnson
Albany
N. Y
Dennis Wortman
Saugerties
E. G. Read
Somerville
N. J
R. Bloemandel
Michigan
Harry Lockwood
Alany
David J. Burrell
D. D
Astor
Marble Collegiate Church
New York City
E. P. Johnson
Mark Twain
Devil
Twain
London Chamber Banquet Honors New York Delegates
At Grocers Hall London, the London Chamber of Commerce entertained New York Chamber delegates in an elaborate banquet. Speakers praised Anglo American friendship, foreseeing mutual benefits in trade, peace, and shared global leadership, with Lord Brassey, Lord Lansdowne, and Morris K. Jesup among the attendees.
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London
London Chamber of Commerce
New York
Grocers’ Hall
Great Britain
United States
Bank of England
Lord Brassey
Mr. Choate
Lord Lansdowne
Morris K. Jesup
Andrew Carnegie
Cornelius N. Bliss
Lord Alverstone
England
Griscom
George G. Ward
Rd Brassey
America
Chamber of Commerce
Venezuela
Atlantic
Shoulhd
Texas anti trust suit targets major beer firms
Attorney General C. K. Bell files in Austin District Court to strip licenses from Lone Star Brewing San Antoniobrewery San Antonio Brewing Association Anheuser Busch Brewing and William J Lemp Brewing for alleged Texas anti trust violations since July The suit seeks receivership and penalties totaling 6 6 million with each company charged 1 65 million for price cutting from 250 to 150 per keg the largest such action in state history
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Austin
Texas
C. K. Bell
Lone Star Brewing Company of
San Antonio
San Antonio Brewing Association of
Anheuser- Busch Brewing Company
St. Louis
Willam J. Lemp Brewing Company
Population of Canada Falls Short of Expectations
Ottawa reports official census returns may show under 5.5 million Canadians, well below prior projections of 6 million. Estimates from British Isles data and past censuses place Canada around 5.43 million, with births declining and migration to the United States growing as living costs rise and prosperity increases.
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Ottawa
Ontario
British Isles
Canada
United States
Dominion
New Haven Sets Plan for City Water Filtration
The New Haven Water Company will spend $1,000,000 to install massive filters. All city water from Saltonstall Maltby Lake and Woodbridge systems will pass through nine large filtering machines before entering pipes. The experiment is the first of its kind attempted in the state.
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New Haven
Conn
New Haven Water Company
Saltonstall
Lake Or
Johann Hoff's Malt Extract Health Benefit Ad
An ad endorses Johann Hoff's Malt Extract as a tonic to improve health and strength through natural means. It recommends taking the product with meals to support nerves and overall well being.
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Johann Hoff
Poland Water Depot at 3 Park Place NYC
Poland Water Depot located at 3 Park Place in New York City is referenced in an abbreviated listing indicating its business address without additional context or events.
Best of Everything Drawn-Room Cars On Overland Limited
Sleeping cars with drawing-room, buffet library, barber and dining service on the Overland Limited from Chicago to California via Chicago North Western, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific. Details available at North Western Line Office, 461 Broadway.
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Overland Limited
Chicago
California
Chicago & North-Western
Uni Pacific
Southern Pacific
North- Western Line
Broadway
Golf! Golf! Golf! Golf? Poland Water Depot
The fragment notes a location at 2 Park Place in Poland Water Depot city district with an unclear reference to golf. No clear event or person details reachable in readable text.
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New Jersey
Commissioner’s Pay
Gov. McSweeney
Gov. Tyler
Virginia
Kentucky
Ann Arbor
Eddy
Water Manor
City
Mark Twain and the Devil
General Synod of Reformed Church
Mr. Carnegie
McKinley
Department of Foreign Affairs
Jesup
New York Chamber of Commerce
Oflows
Airman
George III
James Gore King
Population OF Canada
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