Honest Bill Rescues Stranded Man in Narrows Tale
The Battery boatman known as Honest Bill fights a strong ebb and dives to aid a drowning man near the Narrows. He explains his nickname stems from fair dealing and keeping promises, and recalls past risks for oyster beds and business ventures while recounting a tense morning at Stapleton and Stapleton's Whitehall. The tale blends maritime labor, loyalty, and the colorful slang of harbor life.
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Startling Rescue Turns Stranger Into Doctor
A man named Bill recounts a dramatic rescue at sea involving a doctor in peril. In a tense scene aboard a struggling boat, Bill retrieves a drowning patient amid a Red Cross badge and a discarded windy breeches float. The truth emerges: the “doctor” was actually a makeshift prop formed from a coconut, cotton box, and junk.
Mrs Eddy Interview Reveals Calm Demeanor and Focused Faith
The Globe reports a forty minute interview with Mary Baker G. Eddy at her Concord New Hampshire home. Eddy speaks fluently and recalls dates with memory while noting imperfect hearing. She discusses her Christian Science work, trust, and personal history including her first husband’s death and her son George Glover.
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Mary Baker G. Eddy
Christian Science Church
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Wilmington
N. C
George W. Glover
Wireless progress cited for Poulsen system in transatlantic link
A reader argues that the Poulsen wireless telegraphy method surpasses spark telegraphy in tuning accuracy and reliability. He notes continuous waves reduce interference, enables multiplex sending, and cites successful links between England and Denmark with plans for a transatlantic station in Ireland.
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North Shields
England
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Lyngby
Copenhagen
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America
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New York
Gravestones in Hudson Street Highlight a Pastor’s Memory
Henrietta M Oakley of Echo New York writes to The Tribune recalling a gravestone found in Hudson Street that marks Rev Johann Christoph Kunze a 23 year pastor at the Old Swamp Lutheran Church Frankfort and William Streets. She recounts his burial in Carmine Street Lutheran Cemetery and shares the German inscription and biographical details noting his birth year 174 and death July 4 1897 and his scholarly roles. The letter cites Alden s Epitaphs in the New York Historical Society and mentions a life sketch she published in 1821 detailing the eminent divine s life.
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Hudson Street
Johann Christoph Kunze
Old Swamp
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William Streets
St. John's
Trinity Church
Johann Christoph Kunre
New York
Jesus
New York Historical Society
Alden
Henrietta M. Oakley
Crystal Brook
Echo, N. Y
New York Life to Elect President Today
Directors expect Darwin P. Kingsley to win the annual election for New York Life president to succeed Alexander F. Orr. No public date announced. a director received formal notice of the vote. Officials believe a practical insurance man is needed to compete with rivals in the Big Three. The Tribune reports the administration majority exceeds Mutual Life by about 5,000.
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Darwin P. Kingsley
Alexander FE. Orr
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Tribune
New York Life Administration
Mutual Life
Fire Destroys Tobacco Laden Tenement Exterior Fire
A stubborn cellar blaze raged for hours at 111 Amsterdam Avenue, causing about 2.5 damage. Dense smoke from tobacco bundles knocked out several firefighters, and delays in apparatus arrival worsened the situation. A battalion chief found the engines, and a large cat overcome by smoke was saved by a drugstore.
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Amsterdam Avenue
Madison Avenue
Smoire
Summer Courses at Columbia for Automobilists
Columbia University offers July and August courses for automobilists led by Professor Charles Locke, featuring ten hours of lectures and five hours of lab weekly. No exam or matriculation required, though attendees may count toward a degree. Also highlights experimental engineering, hydraulic lab work, concrete steel construction, and hydraulics lectures by noted engineers.
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Locke
William H. Burr
William &. Mott
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Protest Against a Confederate Monument
A letter from Milton Murdock in Elmira New York dated June 7 1907 denounces plans to erect a monument to the former Confederate president. He condemns the figure as leading the attempt to dissolve the Union and defender of slavery, calling the effort a public disgrace and urging reform or removal.
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Milton Murdock
Elmira
N. Y
Choosing the Legislature Reapportionment Debate Letter
A reader argues for nationwide voting for Assembly and Senate seats via constitutional amendment. Points include recall for derelict legislators and ending executive sessions and caucuses. The letter condemns the Assembly Rules Committee as concentrating power in a few men and enabling bad legislation.
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Star Chamber
Assembly Ruies
Protest by a Greek over Spyridovits and Pan Slavist aims
A Greek writer in Washington Indiana protests General Spyridovits and the Pan Slavist Society, accusing them of steering American aid to Armenian and Macedonian causes for Russian expansion. He argues Bulgarians act to destroy Greeks, cites massacres, and labels policy as a Russian-driven plan to occupy Constantinople and the Dardanelles. The open letter condemns alleged manipulation of public opinion and calls for Greek American awareness.
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Asia
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Japan
Europe
Greece
Brown University baccalaureate sermon on reform and leadership
Providence June 16 President W H P Faunce at Brown University urged graduates to reform themselves first to improve society. He stressed duties of individuals and families, leadership for justice, and countering class hatred, calling for a humane, inclusive social order and the advancement of love.
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W. H. P. Faunce
Brown University
Democratic
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The Significance of Graduation at Michigan Commencement
Ann Arbor June 14 The sixty third annual University of Michigan commencement opened with President James B Angell delivering The Significance of Graduation. More than eight hundred seniors filled University Hall as Angell argued that graduation marks mastery of method, discipline, and mental labor rather than rote facts.
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Is College Training Worth While Debated at YMCA
The West Side YMCA hosted a debate on college training with William George Jordan opposing and Dr. Walter H. Hervey supporting. Jordan mocked college credentials while Hervey cited Harvard President Eliot and statistics showing three year technical training yielding higher wages than early business entry. No decision was announced.
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Young Men's Christian Association
William George Jordan
Walter H. Hervey
Eliot
Harvard
Gordon at Harvard Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon
The Rev. Dr. George A. Gordon of Boston’s Old South Congregational Church preaches at Harvard’s Appleton Chapel. He emphasizes three moments in life experience memory and exigency and urges graduates to cling to enduring ideals despite worldliness and aging as memories of college days rise to comfort and hope.
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Appleton Chapel
Fellowship of Jesus Christ
New England Commencements Count Graduates Across Colleges
Boston reports over two thousand grads across New England colleges. Harvard and Yale lead in degrees, with Brown and the women's colleges Smith and Wellesley among top factors. The survey lists Bowdoin to Trinity among 30 institutions, noting many earn law, medicine, and theology diplomas as well.
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Wellesley
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Mount Yoke
England
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the of Maine
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Maine
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New Hampshire State College
University of Vermont
Middlebury College
Norwich University
Vermont
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Amherst
Tufts
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Massachusetts Agricultural College
Boston University
Boston College
Holy Cross
Clark University
Williams, Smith, Wellesley
Mount Holyoke
Simmons Colleges
Massachusetts
Brown University
Rhode Island State College
Rhode Island
Wesleyan
Trinity
Connecticut
Sermon to Yale Undergraduates by Dr Amory H Bradford
Yale undergraduates attended chapel for the last exercises as Dr Amory H Bradford of Montclair N J preached on moral conduct He urged that to be half right is to be all wrong and urged fighting what is wrong even at personal cost He said honesty defines right and courage comes from joining brave company and living purely.
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Tribune
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Yale
H. Bradford
Montclair
N. J
City College Baccalaureate Sermon Urges Moral Duty
Rev Dr Van De Water delivered the baccalaureate sermon at Calvary Episcopal Church for City College graduates. He urged graduates to pursue right over wrong, warnered that educated men bear greater duty to society and the state, and warned of subtle shifts away from true right.
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Calvary Episcopal Church
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
City College
Educated Man and the Problems of the Republic at Rutgers
Rev Newell Dwight Hillis of Plymouth Church Brookyn preached the Rutgers baccalaureate, arguing democracy needs facts and distinguishing artificial and natural kings. He praised American influence abroad, recalled an English visit highlighting American goods and work, and linked the Haywood case to moral illiteracy and a conscience illiterate with violent acts.
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N. J
Newell Dwight Hillis
Plymouth Church
Brookelyn
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Republic
England
London
America
Haywood
Hobart College Baccalaureate Sermon At Trinity Church
Geneva June 16 The baccalaureate sermon at Hobart College was preached tonight in Trinity Church by Bishop Williams of Marquette Michigan. The Rev Percy S Grant rector of the Church of the Ascension New York preached at the morning service before the college religious societies.
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Trinity Church
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Marquette
Mich
Percy S. Grant
Church of the Ascension of New York
Man of Conviction Crowned Mount Holyoke Address
Dr Mackay of New York delivered Mount Holyoke College baccalaureate address on The Man of Conviction. He urged conviction as the supreme leadership quality and the courage to act on it, marking a hopeful feature in national life.
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Mass
Dome Old Sage Mackay
New York
Mount Holyoke College
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President Hamilton Delivers Tufts Baccalaureate Sermon
President Fréderick W. Hamilton spoke at Tufts College with the address The Scholar's Responsibility. He argued a free government rests on citizens bearing responsibility and asked whether graduates will be useful or pursue selfish ends, tying education to civic duty and societal success.
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Fréderick W. Hamilton
Tufts College
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