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Newspaper
New York Times
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1915
Page
6
De Pinna offers an early summer clearance of its regular stock aimed at college students and young travelers. The collection upholds conservative smartness, with no experiments and no errors, providing season long value and recognized quality.
Listing describes young men's suits in flannels, English homespuns, Summer cheviots, and De Pinna blue serge. Sizes 33 to 40 with single or double breasted cuts and straight narrow trousers. Includes English Norfolk suits and imported home spuns, vacation options. Former prices up to 35, sale prices 17.50 and 22.
Made of imported knit cloth and desirable cheviots in correct sporting shades. De Pinna standard of tailoring, seldom found in such coats. Sizes 33 to 38. Specially priced at 12 dollars.
An unusually desirable line of white and striped outing trousers of English cricket flannels is offered at six dollars. The ad highlights special pricing and quality for cricket attire.
In connection with these suits and sport clothes the De Pinna Haberdashery Department shows the newest and most desirable Outing Shirts in silks Oxfords madras and flannels English Foulard Ties duck and Panama hats soft collars tennis and golf stockings plus a complete assortment of sport shoes plain white buck or white buck trimmed with Russian leather.
A brief notice states that no goods were sent on approval during the sale. It emphasizes buyer obligations and seller responsibilities under the terms of the transaction.
Taft told Yale alumni he pitys Bryan and urged unity as both reformers. He condemned muckerism in college sports and warned against scouting athletes. Yale conferred 10 honorary degrees including Katharine Bement Davis and Charles Evans Hughes amid ceremonies for 752 graduates.
Orville Wright was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science at Trinity College eighty ninth commencement in Hartford. Diplomas were issued to 27 BA, 19 BS, and 3 MA graduates. No salutatorian was named for the first time. Thomas H. Robinson of Waterbury failed gymnasium requirements. Governor Marcus H. Fitchcomb conferred a Doctor of Laws.
Justice Harrington Putnam presented a commemorative tablet for Silas Wright at Middlebury College 115th commencement. Honorary degrees were awarded to Wrainerd Kellogg former Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute Dean. Willard KHtraot Minneapolis and Darwin P. Kingsley president of New York Life Insurance Company.
Hanover New Hampshire June 23 at the 140th commencement 240 students received bachelor degrees and diplomas as Dartmouth College marked another milestone in its long tradition of higher education.
The article lists honorary degrees conferred including Master of Arts to Rolland J. Spaulding Governor of New Hampshire. Doctor of Letters to Kenyon Cox artist and author. Doctor of Laws to Charles A. Frouty Interstate Commerce Commission. Daniel Willard president Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Rudolph Blankenburg mayor of Philadelphia.
Ninety seven graduates received Bachelor of Arts degrees at Williams College inaugural commencement in Grace Hall. Valedictorian Lessing Whitford Williams led the class, with Alfred Shriver and Daniel Schenck Keller as orators. Honorary degrees were awarded to Marcus Perrin Knowlton, William Russell Bennett, John Hopkins Dennison, Harry Dwigzet Nims, John Albertson Sampson, and Charles Hamilton Sabin. Awards included Rhetorical Prize to Carl Kawara Kieser and Graves Prize to Robert Noble Golding, with Clarke Scholarship for advanced study awarded to Lessie Waitford Williams.
Meadville Penn June 23 Allegheny College celebrated its centenary with speeches by public and college leaders. Andrew Carnegie Charles H Haskins Edgar Fahs Smith Ida M Tarbell and other figures received Doctor of Laws degrees. Frederick Palmer received BA. Provost Smith laid the cornerstone for a new 75000 chemistry building.
Cambridge Massachusetts June 25 Radcliffe College conferred ninety two Bachelor of Arts degrees and twenty four Master of Arts degrees. One candidate received a Doctor of Philosophy. The commencement address by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge urged renewed study of Greek and Latin.
In Lewiston on June 2 Bates College awarded eighty four bachelor's degrees to graduates at its commencement. Eight honorary degrees were presented, including Sarah IL Baker of Brooklyn who received the Master of Arts.
Waterville Maine June 23. Three men and twenty five women received bachelor degrees at Colby College commencement today. Edward J Colcord of Brooklyn was awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature.
Southampton will stage an old fashioned Independence Day gathering at the Garden Theatre on Monday July 5 at 4 30 pm under the Navy League with Colonel Robert M Thompson an active member. Speakers include Elihu Root Theodore Roosevelt General Leonard Wood Admiral Winslow Admiral Wainwright and Henry L Stimson. Similar events are planned for East Hampton Riverhead Sag Harbor and Quogue with local organizers Dr Elmer Smith the Rev George J Russell and Charles R Fitz.
Supreme Court Justice Shearn signed the incorporation papers of the Vacation Association. Directors include Miss Anne Morgan and Mrs. August Belmont. The group aims to aid self supporting women through advancement and recreation and to help them secure systematic vacations.
A fatal crash killed five year old Madeline Prison and injured nine others after a car owned by Edward Alsenstein struck her on Sullivan Street. Chauffeur Herbert Davidson aided the injured girl to St. Vincent's Hospital where she died. In Southold, seven hurt when a Sag Harbor car collided with a tree due to steering gear failure. Passengers included Mrs. Schaeffer Mrs. Schuman Mrs. Reutersham Mrs. Meyer Mrs. Kennel Mrs. Ritz and driver Clarence Pulver with Pulver sustaining a fractured skull. The remaining four suffered minor injuries. Floyd McArdle 16 was severely injured crossing the Queensboro Bridge Plaza after being struck by Lauritz La Cour 74 State Street Flushing. La Cour backed to avoid further harm but hit McArdle and then a motorcycle ridden by Joseph Moore of 105 Denman Street Elmhurst. McArdle was taken to St Johns Hospital.
Celebration at 1:00 PM Saturday marks the restoration of Saratoga mineral springs and the unveiling of Daniel Chester French bronze statue The Spirit of Life completing Spencer Trask memorial. Miss Katrina Van Dyke unveils, presentation by George Foster Peabody, reception by Mayor Walter P. Butler, address by Dr. Joan Huston Finley.
James Fitzgerald a six year old linked to the Gondorff wiretap ring pleaded guilty to grand larceny before Judge Malone in General Sessions and faces sentence tomorrow with Fred Gondorf. The duo, tied to a Montreal complaint by William J. O Reilly, allegedly stole 17400 from him as part of a larger syndicate run from Sing Sing by Charles Gondorf and associates. Assistant DA O Maley seeks to learn their methods and police links across several cities.
Anna Yacono bore a son two years after her marriage to Charles Yacono on June 28 1900 under dispute over alimony pending divorce. He claims to not want children while she seeks support. his mother allegedly opposed the baby. He denies cruelty, cites affection from his mother. A letter allegedly from Anna says I hate you worse than poison. Court grants $10 weekly alimony.
Robert Johnson and Patrick Devlin two British Army recruits held on $500 bail each while witnesses in a San Francisco case over alleged neutrality violations by enlisting for English service. They were found by Special Agent Scully and are returned to San Francisco under federal guard. George Cox sought to keep them, but denied.
City Flag Day marks official celebrations at City Hall with noon flag presentation by A Van de Sande Bakhuijzen Consul General of the Netherlands and a flag-raising by Mrs Marie Duane Bleeker Cox. Mayor Mitchel to accept, followed by ceremonies honoring Governor Whitman and the Mayor.
Matthew Scott 14 dies after five story fall from roof at M44 West Fifty third Street. Margaret Donohue wins 10000 verdict against Thompson Starrett Co for husband Timothy a sandhog killed on Pittsburgh building foundation. Katherine Rispold once Suicide Kitty dies in Polyclinic Hospital after losing her legs in train-rail incident on Eleventh Avenue near Fiftieth Street.
Atlantic City June 23 special report says the body of Miss Marvin Rhodes Creamer daughter of Mr and Mrs James St Creamer Jokintown Penn washed ashore at Margate five miles south of Atlantic City where she died Sunday along with seven bathers. Identification by her brother W Roger Creamer noted. Several other missing include Frank Martin Brigham Charles Matlack and Phillip Arnold Jr of Philadelphia. Brighams father M E Brigham arrived from the South after reading tragedy in papers aboard his yacht The Caliph. James F Creamer now returned from the South to hurry home.
John L. Sullivan former heavyweight champion will begin a temperance speaking tour with a convention address at the National Anti-Saloon League on the Million-Dollar Pier in Atlantic City on July 6. He will then tour the country under temperance organization auspices.
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