Patton Calls for Moral Policy in New Century
President Patton outlines social political and religious challenges of the twentieth century during Princeton University commencement urging young graduates to pursue service in government education and diplomacy while stressing the need for peace and ethical leadership amid global power dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
Patton
Alexander Hall
Russia
Supreme Court of the
United States
Great Kingdom
Great Britain
Rockefeller
Carnegie
Dr. Rainsford Delivers Columbia Baccalaureate Sermon
The Rev. Dr. William S. Rainsford preached the baccalaureate at Columbia University in the gymnasium. The service featured St Bartholomew’s choir with St. Thomas's singers and seven brass instruments. He urged graduates to face life’s larger examinations of competition and creed across all domains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia University
Columbia
William S. Rainsford
St. George’s Episcopal Church
St. Bartholomew's
St. Thomas’s
San Juan Hill
Kopjes
Natal
Baccalaureate Opens Penn Commencement Week
In Philadelphia on June 9 the 1961 Univ of Pennsylvania class held baccalaureate at the Church of the Holy Trinity. Rev Dr William R Huntington preached on St Pauls sayings of citizenship in Tarsus Rome and heaven urging graduates to take themselves seriously and play a serious part in this world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Protestant Episcopal Church of the Holy Trinity
William R. Huntington
Grace Church
New York
St Paul
Tarsus
Rome
Heavenly Kingdom
Huntington
President Taylor Denounces Worship of Power at Vassar
Poughkeepsie June 9 The baccalaureate sermon at Vassar College was preached by President Taylor. He cited Kings I 19:12 and warned that the age wrongly worships power, urging adherence to Christian ideals and humility over forceful prominence.
Baccalaureate Hymn Composed By Bartlett Student
The sermon emphasizes humility and service over power, noting God speaks in quiet moments as well as natural events. The baccalaureate hymn was composed by Miss Lucy Townsend Bartlett of the graduating class.
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Lucy Townsend Bartlett
Syracuse University chancellor urges graduates toward Godlike man
James R Day delivered the baccalaureate sermon to 162 Syracuse University graduates at John Crouse College. He warned modern education risks losing the Godlike man, urged genuine character, and cautioned against seeking positions beyond talent and training. He called for a premium on manhood in the coming generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
James R. Day
Syracuse University
John Crouse College
Union University holds baccalaureate sermon in Schenectady
The baccalaureate sermon for Union University’s graduating class was delivered at First Presbyterian Church by Rev. Dr. A. V. V. Raymond, university president. Commencement continues tomorrow with Tuesday’s ending Chancellor Alton B. Parker of the Court of Appeals delivering the address.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Union University
First Presbyterian Church
A. V. V. Raymond
Alton B. Parker
Court of Appeals
Runaway Carriage Caravan Delivers Narrow Escape in Central Park
Three richly dressed women rode in a two seated carriage pulled by a team of black horses that bolted from McGowan Pass Tavern area, heading along Seventh Avenue for about twenty blocks. Mounted Policeman Levy stopped them after a passerby driver cracked a whip spooking the horses. The women refused to identify themselves and thanked driver John O Leary and Levy, promising rewards.
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Central Park
Seventh Avenue
Levy
Hig Bridge
John O’leary
St. Nicholas Avenue
One Hundred and Twenty-second Street
O’leary
Arrest in California Ties City Larceny Case to 1900 Theft
Detective Sergt Pfailer says Edgar Geierhofer was arrested in San Rafael on a bench warrant issued April 3 for the 1900 larceny of 10000 dollars from banker Robert Aurbach of 15 Wall Street. San Francisco police notified this city, with Detectives Clark and Faye toward bringing Geierhofer here.
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Sergt. Pfailer
San Rafael
Cal
Edgar Geierhofer
Robert Aurbach
Wall Street
W. P. Sullivan
San Francisco
Clark
Faye
Pacific Coast
Titus
Death in Flight as Three Thieves Drown in River Arc
Three travelers accused of robbing American Constantine Scannell on a train between Modane and St. Michel were chased to Saint Jean de Maurienne. Reportedly the thieves jumped into the River Arc and all four drowned during the pursuit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chambery
France
Constantine Scannell
Modane
St. Michel
Saint- Jean-de-Maurienne
Arc
Wisconsin Bank Recovers Stolen Gold
Thirteen thousand dollars of the gold coin stolen from the First National Bank of Mineral Point on May 24 has been recovered. It was found in the outhouse vault of the City Hotel where the prisoner Steward Jelleff boarded. Detectives believe the prisoner provided clues to the hidden coins. The recovery brings total found to 21,000. 5,800 remains missing and may be recovered later.
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Wisconsin Bank
Mineral Point
Wis
First National Bank
City
Jelleff
Careee
Ater
Knight seeks missing Barrick Dare over stolen funds
Walter S Knight, a Newark court stenographer and lawyer, searches for Barrick Dare a former office helper who had previously stolen funds to deposit for a child. After reinstatement a month ago Dare allegedly diverted postage money and hoarded letters and checks in an old desk causing major disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newark
N. J
Walter S&s. Knight
Barrick Dare
Dare
Mr. Knight
Dave
Captain Blackburn Sets Sail in Tiny Sloop to Lisbon
Gloucester navigator Capt. Howard Blackburn began his second transatlantic voyage in the twenty-five foot sloop Great Republic from Gloucester today. He aims for Lisbon, Portugal, expecting arrival in about forty five days, far faster than his 1899 London run of sixty one days. over 1,000 spectators witnessed the launch and a silk pennant was presented to Blackburn.
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Gloucester
Mass
Great Republic
Howard Blackburn
Lisbon
Portugal
London
Blackburn
Chicago contractor kills mother-in-law then suicides in Ontario
Robert Fulford, a Chicago contractor, shot and killed his mother-in-law Mrs. Jennie McCord at the McCord farm in Uderton near London Ontario, three weeks after a marital dispute with his wife Gertie McCord. He then shot himself, ending the tragedy.
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London
Ontario
Chicago
Robert Fulford
Jennie McCord
McCord
Uderton
Here
Fulford
Gertie McCord
American Ship Susquehanna Arrives at Manila with Reinsurance Quote
The Merchants' Exchange in Manila received word that the American ship Susquehanna has reached port. The vessel, which left Baltimore 174 days ago with coal for Cavite naval station, carries a 55 percent reinsurance quotation.
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Manila
San Francisco
Merchants’ Exchange
Susquehanna
Baltimore
Cavite
Fire Burns Menasha Wood Split Pulley Co. Works Down
A Menasha Wisconsin plant, the Wood Split Pulley Company, was burned to the ground with a loss around 50 000 dollars and 20 000 dollars insured. In New York State a separate June 9 fire caused about 40 000 dollars in damages affecting multiple shops and a hotel.
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Menasha
Wis
Menasha Wood
Oss
Wilson
N. Y
Edward Barton
Burgess
Torr
Sutherland's
Russian Railways scandal claims inflated bills scheme
Reports from St Petersburg allege a government led scheme overcharging for Trans-Siberian work and material. Officials allegedly pocketed differences between paid amounts and contractor receipts amid altered track widths and misused funds in a major rail project.
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Gurat
Minent
Prince Hilkoff
St. Petersburg
Interior and Finance
Odessa
Hilkoff
Interior
Finance
Sbastopol
Siberia
New Province in Luzon Established at San Isidro
Manila reports the Philippine Commission forming Nueva Ecija's provincial government with Capt. Jacob F. Kreps as Governor, Lieut. Richard C. Day as Treasurer, and Lieut. De Witt C. Lyles as Supervisor. Insurgent activity cited: six enemy dead in Sorsogon and 23 captured near Atimonan as forces pursue continued fighting in Southern Luzon.
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Manila
Philippine Commission
Nueva Ecija
Luzon
San Isidro
Jacob F. Kreps
Twenty-second Infantry
Richard C. Day
Thirty-fourth Volunteer Infantry
de Witt C. Lyles
Taft
Washington
United States
Lieut. Wray
Sorsogon
Atimonan
Tayabas
Meditator Briggs Carleton Quits Smoking Again
The item notes Briggs Carleton quitting smoking again. A cited observer recalls seeing him with a lit cigar the previous evening. The gag implies he smokes while meditating on physical improvements from abstinence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs—Carleton
Guggs
Briggs
Boston Transcript
Humble Beginnings Reflected in Washington Star Quote
A Washington Star feature recalls a man born into a humble three story house who studied by gaslight rather than electric light, illustrating early hardships overcome through effort.
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Washington Star
Mrs McKinley Shows Slight Improvement at Washington
President and family note gradual gains in Mrs McKinley health with 3 daily medical visits. She sat up briefly and may be moved to Canton if she remains stable. no truth to Dolphin dispatch rumor. Officials visit but President receives no private guests.
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Washington
McKinley
California
Rixey
Dolphin
Hay
Gage
Long
Dawes
Miles
Sanger
Check misappropriation case tied to Syracuse bell boy
John Gallagher a 20 year old bell boy at Yates House Syracuse was arraigned before Magistrate Flammer on misappropriating a $60 check. He claimed the May 18 check intended for him never presented and says a suit for damages may follow wrongful arrest.
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John Gallagher
Yates House
Syracuse
Flammer
Centre Street
Luke J. Minnahan
Young Gallagher
John Glendinning & Co
Broome Street
Glendinning & Co
Minnihan
Mannahan
Glendenning & Co
Gallagher
Bride Quickly Deserted by Jersey City Husband
Mrs. Annie Corder of 265 First Street asked police to arrest Herman Corder after he deserted her. She met him in the street on May 18 and married May 25 after a brief romance that followed a proposal midweek. He reportedly took money she saved, claiming it would fund a patent for a machine. Police must locate him to issue a warrant.
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Annie Corder
First Street
Jersey City
Herman Corder
Corder
New York
Knights of Columbus Honor Founder Visit in Waterbury
About 1000 Brooklyn Councils Knights of Columbus members traveled to Waterbury Connecticut to honor Father McGivney founder of the order. Mass at the Immaculate Conception Church was led by Rev Father McGivney of Middletown National Chaplain and brother of the founder.
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Knights of Columbus
Waterbury
Conn
Brooklyn
Father McGivney
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Middletown
Hard Fight to Save Child's Life Vain
Eugene Albright three years and six months old of 239 East One Hundred and Twenty-first Street died yesterday at Presbyterian Hospital from swallowing potash on April 10. He had undergone two esophageal surgeries in an effort to save him.
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Eugene Albright
East One Hundred and Twenty-first Street
Presbyterian Hospital
Unidentified Man Dies on Eas Seventy-Third Street
An unknown man collapsed on the sidewalk in front of 17 Eas Seventy-third Street yesterday afternoon. He was seen ill by passersby, a policeman from East Sixty-seventh precinct called an ambulance, but the man died before arrival. No identifying marks or items were found on him.
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Eas
Seventy-third Street
No. 17
P Olice
Presbyterian Hospital
Clergyman Stops Runaway On Jamaica Avenue
A horse drawing an open buggy with a man, woman, and four year old child ran away near Highland Park after an automobile and a trolley car frightened it. Rev. C. R. Fisher of Chestnut Street and Glenmore Avenue halted the runaway, saved the occupants, and brought the wagon to a stop after the wagon overturned and the child was briefly pinned. The horse belonged to R. B. Reilly and was driven by John McAvoy with Mrs. B. Johnson nearby.
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Jamaica Avenue
Highland Park
C. R. Fisher
Chestnut Street
Glenmore Avenue
R. B. Reilly
Pine Street
Brooklyn
John McAvoy
Crescent Street
Runaway Carriage In Central Park Injures Four Persons
A carriage tied to a team of horses carrying Mr and Mrs Frank Eckenwork and Mr and Mrs Frederick Runner jolted by a passing bicycle in Central Park. The horses bolted near Terrace Bridge and collided with the bridge, throwing all four occupants. Eckenwork suffered severe head and facial injuries and body contusions. others endured minor scratches. Eckenwork later admitted to Presbyterian Hospital. one horse was badly injured and taken to the Bergh society stables.
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Frank Eckenwork
East Tenth Street
Frederick Runner
Central Park
Terrace Bridge
Eekenwork
Park
Eckenwork
Presbyterian Hospital
Bergh Society
Runaway Horse Team Races Forty Blocks In NYC
A livery cart team on Third Avenue and Thirty second Street bolted without a driver last night and sped forty blocks down Fort Washington Avenue. They crashed into a park cart carrying two women, who escaped injury. Policeman Sowerby was thrown and bruised. his horse was cut and tamed. The horses, belonging to John Donaldson, were mildly injured.
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Third Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Fort Washington Avenue
Sowerby
John Donaldson
Liveryman
Three Wheels in a Tangle In Broadway Bicycle Crash
William Mackey and Miss Angela Knowlton of the Greenwich Wheelmen were riding home from Central Park when a colored woman on an eastbound bicycle at Thirty-fourth Street and Broadway collided with Miss Knowlton. Both riders fell. Mackey and Knowlton were bruised and dressed a minor wound. The other cyclist escaped unharmed but with a broken wheel.
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William Mackey
Angela Knowlton
Greenwich Wheelmen
Fourth and
Charles Street
Central Park
Thirty-fourth Street
Broadway
Miss Knowlton
Mackey
Mr. Mackey
Old Man Rathbone Rescued After Lost in New York Adventure
A 78 year old Californian, Augustus Rathbone, visiting New York after a long West-East journey, wandered from a ferry landing, was briefly exploited by a cabman, and later lost his hotel. Detective Keelan tracked him across Brooklyn to Atlantic Avenue near South Ferry, recovering Rathbone’s gold watch and $25. He plans to head to Providence today if not lost again.
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Rathbone
Brooklyn
Keelan
Adams Street
Augustus Rathbone
San José
Cal
Mr. Rathbone
Far West
Rhode Island
Providence
New York
Jersey
Raine’s Law
California
Atlantic Avenue
South Ferry
Policeman Dies of Smallpox at North Brother Island
Frederick J. Eiden of the Highbridge Station died of smallpox yesterday on North Brother Island after falling ill May 30. He resided at Nelson Avenue and 171st Street in the Bronx, was a widower, and left two young children.
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Frederick J. Eiden
Highbridge
North Brother Island
Eiden
Nelson Avenue
One Hundred and Seventy-first Street
Bronx
Quarantine Lock on Steamship Tartar Prince Ends in Isolation
The steamship Tartar Prince is held in quarantine after one steerage passenger contracted smallpox. The patient will be moved to Orth Brother Island for treatment, and exposed passengers will go to Hoffman Island for observation.
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Orth Brother Island
Hoffman Island
Bicycle Accident Fatal Claims Clyde Line Clerk
Ernest Stanley Smith, 33, chief clerk in Clyde Steamship Line Traffic Department, died at J Hood Wright Hospital from injuries after a bicycle collision with James A Bailey of 318 West Forty-third Street on Ninety-sixth Street and Central Park West last Thursday. Bailey escaped with minor scalp abrasion. Smith was trepanned but died. Survived by widow and one child. Funeral at 3610 Broadway tomorrow evening. interment Mt Pleasant Cemetery in Toronto.
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Ernest Stanley Smith
Clyde Steamship Line
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Smith
Ninety-sixth Street
Central Park West
James A. Bailey
West Forty-third Street
Toronto
Clyde Line
Broadway
Mt. Pleasant
Bicycle Fall Kills 23 Year Old Cyclist at Point Pleasant
Rochester, June 9. John E. French aged 23 was riding down a steep grade at Point Pleasant when he struck a stone and was thrown over a 50 foot embankment. His neck was broken and death was instantaneous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
N. Y
John E. French
Point Pleasant
University of Chicago to Open European Prep Schools
President Harper announces affiliated preparatory schools in Europe linked to Chicago academies. Paris will host the first home school for girls at 20 Rue de Longchamps opening October 15 under Miss Elizabeth Wallace and Miss Emma Baird. Berlin follows after Paris as plans proceed.
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Chicago
Harper
University of Chicago
Europe
Paris
Rue de Longchamps
Rockefeller Gift for Tuskegee Dormitory
Tuskegee Ala June 9 Principal Booker T Washington of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute received word from John D Rockefeller that he will provide funds to construct one of the much needed dormitories for boys at the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefeler
Tuskegee
Ala
Booker T. Washington
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
John D. Rockefeller
Drownings Reported At Nutley N J River Boating Incident
Two men named Smith and Cluff drowned while boating opposite Eton's stone quarry in Nutley New Jersey. The boat upset and the bodies were not recovered. The men were said to be employed at Belleville Bleachery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley
N. J
Newark
Smith and Cluff
Eton
Belleville
Franklin Electric President Dies After Factory Gasoline Blast
John P. Warring, president of the Franklin Electric Company, died at Hartford Hospital following severe burns sustained in the gasoline explosion at the Hartford plant on June 9, 1915.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
John P. Warring
Franklin Electric Company
Viene
Man to be sentenced for Market Street jewelry store robbery
Andrew Johnson, convicted in the Quarter Sessions for robbing Friedmann on Market Street, faces sentencing next Friday before Judge Barkalow. Special Officer John Quinn seized Johnson with two clocks and other items from the robbery. Johnson, married and earning 4.75 dollars daily, told a strange story after heavy drinking. A stranger had asked to share a berth. Johnson paid 3.50 cents for whisky, and the pair sought a bundle. The stranger disappeared, Johnson claimed the bundle, and was arrested after meeting Officer Quinn. A defense note highlighted a possible entry through a wall. Friedman presented a letter signed Your Burglar claiming Johnson was not the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railroad Avenue
Johnson
Quinn
Klewert
Theourt House
Friedman
Straws and Apparel Prices Mentioned in Brief Item
A fragment notes straw goods priced at 11.35 with mentions of low shoes fancy hosiery negligees shirts underwear and garments for comfort including panama hats and two other kinds of items.
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DR. Rainsford
St. George’s
Vassar College
Taylor
Capt. Blackburn
Finland
Helsingfors
Charles Mannerheim
Societets Hus
Countess Mannerheim
Sweden
Stockholm
Denmark
New Province
Island
White House
Ton
Bell Boy
Bride
Clergyman
Ernest Smith
Flandrau & Co
Broome ST. Bway
4Th Ave
Broome St
Hunter
Apts
Rane
DR. Harper
Charles E. Hires
Malvern, Pa
Dr. Lyon
WM. Vogel & Son
Houston St
Connecticut Mutual Life Ins. Co
Eee LV
E. Lane
Gen
Bway
N.Y
Edward Miller & CO
Isisseurias
West Broadway
Bet
Park Pl
Barclay St
Cantrell
West 23d St
W. 54Th St
Columbus
Jungmann'’s
W.williams & Son
Riverside
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