Gimbel Brothers Complete Ten Story Store in Philadelphia
Gimbel Brothers of Philadelphia take possession at midnight of their new ten story department store between Thirty-second and Thirty-third Streets. Thompson-Starrett reports a record pace finishing 107 days ahead of schedule with 11,000 tons of steel erected in 400 hours. The $12,000,000 building spans twenty seven acres of floor space with forty eight elevators and modern safety devices, leased for twenty one years with four renewals totaling $100,000,000 in rent over a century. Final inspection occurred this week with representatives from D H Burnham & Co and Thompson-Starrett.
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Gimbel Brothers
Philadelphia
Broadway
Thirty-second
Thirty-third
Thompson-Starrett Company
E. R. Graham
D. H. Burnham & Co
Louis J. Horowitz
Baldwin Prize Awarded for Essay on Municipal Government
Philadelphia dated report states Oswald Ryan of Harvard University won the Bald win Prize for best municipal essay on The Commission Form of Government. Honorable mention goes to E Clyde Robbins of Iowa State University and Roger F Hooper of Harvard. Thirty eight essays were submitted.
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Philadelphia
Baldwin
National Municipal League
Oswald Ryan
Harvard University
E. Clyde Robbins
State University of Iowa
Roger F. Hooper
Harvard
West Point Graduates 82 as Army Officers in 1910
West Point on June 15 held the graduation for the class of 1910. Brig. Gen. Walter Howe spoke on peace and strength, while Secretary of War Jacob Dickinson handed diplomas to 82 cadets becoming second lieutenants. The ceremony at Trophy Point honored the academy’s leadership and future military duties.
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New York Times
West Point
N. Y
United States Military Academy
Army
Walter Howe
Department of the East
Governors Island
O. J. Charles
Cadet Beach
Col. Scott
West Point Corps
Military Academy Band
Travers
Gen. Howe
Howe
Dickinson
Washington
Jackson
Mexico Taylor
States Grant
Spain Roosevelt
Harrisons
Hayes
Secretary of the Navy
Republic
Chalmette
West Point Graduation Honors Diverse Cadet Class
Secretary Dickin son presided at the West Point diplomas ceremony. Cadet Strong led the class, followed by Garlington, Welty, Sherman, Cheapman, Pullen and others. Notable moments included Barrs marriage after the ceremony and Calvo’s unique status as a son of Costa Rican minister. One graduate, Edwards, postponed his diploma to July 1 to complete remaining tours.
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Cadet Strong
Strong
Corps of Engineers
Dickare
Caded
Creswell Garlington
E. A. Garlington
Dickinson
Sharp
Aleshire
Ike Garlington
Pullen
West Point
Palni Calvo
United States
Barr
Missouri
Emily Glasgow
Clinton
Herbert Shipman
Church of the Heavenly Rest
New York City
Edwards
War Department
Beach
Kalloch
Garlington
Welty
Sherman
Cheapman
C. A
Hobbs
Brown
C. H
Carberry
Lohlberg
Dunn
B. C
Scowden
Connolly
Marshburn
Fowler
Hines
Lampert
J. G
Heard
J. W
McCoach
Pendleton
Taulbee
W. K
Shurtleff
s—Moore
Miiles
Haverkamp
Wallace
in—Bridges
Pillans
Frank
W. H
Lewis
B. O. Oe
Williame
J. A
O’' Leary
Landis
Beard
Os—Leonard
Richards
Robenson
Chamberlin
Mulk
Moore
Waterman
Griewold
Jones
Polk
Richart
Ray
Dunlop
Wildrick
Walker
Wilson
Dunns
Col. Dunn
Ordnance Department
U. Ss
Naval constructor missing after leaving Bremerton yard
Naval constructor John Calvin Sweeney Jr has disappeared after leaving the Bremerton Navy Yard on the Seattle ferry a week ago. The Navy Department reports no unexplained circumstances and seeks any trace of him. Sweeney a native of Paris Tennessee enlisted in 1901, and his father serves as a judge in the Philippines.
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Washington
John Calvin Sweeney, Jr
Navy Department
Bremerton Navy Yard
Seattle
Sweeney
Paris
Tenn
Naval Service
Philippines
Jamieson Wins Iowa Eighth District Seat
The House Elections Committee No. 3 ruled for William Jamieson Democrat of Iowa over former Representative W P Hepburn Republican, settling the congressional contest for Iowa's Eighth District.
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Washington
W. P. Hepburn
William Jamieson
Iowa
House Committee On Elections
Jamieson
Chauffeur Kaufer Cleared as Indictment Dismissed
On a motion by the District Attorney the Supreme Court Justice Davis dismissed yesterday an indictment for manslaughter in the second degree against Louis Kaufer a chauffeur of 322 East Second Street. The prosecution lacked evidence. The incident occurred Oct 9 when John A. Lehnig a hotel keeper was struck by a car on Lexington Avenue near Ninety second Street and died six days later. Kaufer was charged as the driver.
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District Attorney’s Office
Supreme Court
Davis
Louis Kaufer
East Second Street
John A. Lehnig
Lexington Avenue
Ninety-second Street
Kaufer
Gaynor Urges Duty of Public Honesty and Independence
In a St. John's College graduation address Mayor William J. Gaynor of New York received an honorary LL D degree and urged educated men to form sound opinions and act on them. He warned against self seeking in public office, and urged independence from party, while cautioning about monopolies and the meaning of high prices amid prosperity.
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Annapolis
St. John's College
William J. Gaynor
New York
Gaynor
Secretary Knox foresees peace through international federation
Philadelphia June 15 Secretary of State Knox told the University of Pennsylvania commencement that wars may cease and a world federation would emerge as a millennium. He cited arbitration advances since 1794 and praised open door policy in China, Pan American unity, and US diplomacy in the Far East and Latin America.
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Philadelphia
Knox
University of Pennsylvania
Academy of Music
Ethelbert Dudley Warfield
Lafayette College
C. C. Harrison
Sens
John Jay
Great Britain
Secretary Knox
United States
Hague
Court of Arbitration
Commodore Perry
Japan
Caleb Cushing
China
State Department
Far East
John Hay
Mr. Knox
Western Hemisphere
Castro
Zelaya
Santo Een
Honduras
Panama Canal
Latin America
Dr Valk Honored by Alma Mater at Washington College
At the commencement exercises in Chestertown Maryland Dr Francis Valk ophthalmologist of this city received the degree of Doctor of Science He was a member of the class of 1866 at Washington College and is now Professor of Ophthalmology in New York Post Graduate Hospital
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Valk
Washington College
Chestertown
Francis Valk
New York Post
Revolution in Dentistry Promises New Teeth With Martinolar Method
For decades dentistry offered tooth extraction and questionable bridges. The Martinolar method, promoted as a revolution, claims permanent teeth replacement without surgery, boasts offices in major cities, patents, and a free diagnostic book to attract patients nationwide.
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Gimbel
Construction Company
J. C. Sweeney, Jr
Bremerton Yard
Hepburn
St. John’s
Lord & Taylor
20Th St
Sth Ave
Roth St
Pennsylvania
York
Evans
Hegeman Drug Stores
Brooklyn
Yonkers
Jersey City
Ntral
New York Central Ticket Office
Bureau of Information
New York Central Lines
New York Central
Ticket Office Information Bureaus
New Yorks
Fifth Avenue
West 125Th Street
Fulton Street
E. J. O'Hayer
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