New York City College Class of 1903 Commencement
The College of the City of New York will graduate its fifty first commencement tonight with a class of 138 Bachelor of Arts and 52 Bachelor of Sciences. Honor students include Arnold Jacobowitz and Morris Wies. Orators include Isidor Glotzer and Charles Kroll. Prizes and medals named for Pell, Prager, Kelly, and Riggs will be awarded. Outside speakers invited. President-elect John H. Finley may address. A Marlborough Hotel dinner precedes toasts by Moses, Phillips, Wil, Maloney, Wright, McMullen, Eckstein. class poem by Lieberman. The next day a semi centennial alumni reception will mark the event.
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the College of the City of
New York
Arnold
Stonewall Jackson
Henry Clay Moses
the Unknown Great
Benjamin Disraeli
Simon C. Grudberg
Arnold Jacobowitz
Pell
Morris Wiesenberg
Prager
Isidor Glotzer
Kelly
Riggs
Sons of the Revolution
Henry C. Moses
Abraham Rockmore
Serena Mason Carnes
George Lewis
John H. Finley
Marlborough Hotel
Ethaniel Phillips
Webb
Ludwig Wil
Robert W. Maloney
K. W. Wright
Seton Hall Commencement Honors 15 Graduates and Trustees
Orange New Jersey June 17 Fifteen young men graduate at Seton Hall colleges forty seventh annual commencement Bishop John J O Connor presides Honorary degree of doctor of laws to Rev Thomas Tracy Hendricks an NY Regents member and Seton Hall alumnus The master of arts degrees awarded to seven graduates Medals for good conduct awarded to several students with additional gold medals in ethics metaphysics Christian evidences English literature oratory logic Greek chemistry Among prominent alumni present ex District Attorney Eugene A Philbin of New York
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Orange
N. J
Seton Hall College
John J. O'Connor
Diocese of Newark
Thomas Tracy Hendricks
University of the State of New York
Seton Hall
Hendricks
William Patrick Brennan
Thomas Joseph Callery
John Joseph Devlin
Edward Francis Farraher
Edward Charles Mannion
Charles Andrew McCarthy
Charles James Woods
Hamilton Ahern
John Hilary McManus
Thomas Joseph Martin
James Francis Callaghan
Thomas Henry Devlin
John Sylvester Kierman
Daniel Patrick Sweeney
John Sylvester Kiernan
Francis Joseph Pfaff
Thomas Henry Masey
Francis Maria Reilly
Edward Francis Hillock
Henry Joseph Sheridan
Eugene A. Philbin
New York
Rochester University Holds Fifty Third Commencement
The University of Rochester held its fiftieth third annual commencement with thirty eight men and eight women receiving degrees. J Sloat Fassett of Elmira was elected Alumni Association president and Charles M Williams was elected president of the Iota Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Two professors resign, O H Robinson and A H Mixer. Honorary degrees were awarded to Clifton James Sarle, Helen Cox Bowerman first woman master of arts, and several clergymen and scholars. Alumni dinner presided by Major General Elwell S Ouis.
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Rochester
University of Rochester
J. Sloat Fassett
Elmira
Alumni Association
Charles M. Williams
Iota
Phi Beta Kappa
O. H. Robinson
A. H. Mixer
Clifton James Sarle
Helen Cox Bowerman
Bowerman
Mount Holyoke
D. D
Thomas J. Villiers
H. B. Barnes
J. H. Mason
Talcott Williams
Philo
Serena E. Payne
Elwell
Ouis
Lafayette College Exercises End with Classical Commencement
Lafayette College held its annual commencement in Pardee Hall with Acting President W. S. Kirkpatrick in charge. Speeches covered latin salutatory to valedictory by a slate of graduates and prize awards listed for philological, astronomical, civil engineering, languages, and literature with honorary degrees conferred on several individuals.
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Fecton
Penn
Lafayette College
Pardee Hall
W. S. Kirkpatrick
Merl Frederic Pfatteicher
Easton
Ernest Wilhelm Greiner
Reneyette
Charles Henry Hartge
Glen Savage
Clinton A. Bergst
Francie A. Marek
E. D. Philips
Pecis
Ceartes
F. Garis
Carl F. Pfatteicher
Baston
Basser
F. K Day
Hazleton
Hart Gerden
Boonton
N. J
Hi. E. Trout
Lykens
Stoutneur Everett
Otto A. Greiner
Benezette
Benamin A. Kline
Liverpool
Edward D. Phillips
Wilkesharre BR
Benezen
Peon Tor Aie
Earl Javes
Fasten
James HW. Deiong
Hancock
Shakespeare Society
Frank W. Sepring
Jersey Shore
Early English Text Society
Theron Lee Carbondale
Rutgers College 137th commencement held in Ballantine Gym
Rutgers College marked its 137th commencement in New Brunswick with exercises featuring orations on immigration and patriotism. Honors went to Frank Booth Yokohama and Cortlandt Bonney Rahway among others, with degrees granted to eleven BAs and thirty BSs plus several MAs MScs and professional degrees. The event included a trustees meeting, portrait gift of Garret Hobart, and alumni activities.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers College
Ballantine
George Henry Miller
Atlantic City
Louisiana Purchase
Chester Timothy Brown
Japan
Desert
Austin Wakeman Scott
New-Brunswick
Science
Cortlandt Haydock Bonney
Rahway
Harry Riley Lee
New- Brunswick
Homo Sum
Frank Stelle Booth
Yokohama
Ralph
Frank Eckerson
Marinus Seymour Purdy
Mount de Bon Gravatt
John Garretson Blackwell
David Layton
John Mahlon Mills
Laurance Philip Runyon
Louis Ulrich Strassburger
Garret Hondelink
Garret A. Hobart
Five Hundred Graduate at Penn Commencement 1900s
The 147th commencement of the University of Pennsylvania was held at the Academy of Music with nearly five hundred graduates receiving degrees in various departments. Governor Pennypacker attended, Provost Harrison conferred degrees, and Dr. Horace Howard Furness gave the address. Honorary degrees were awarded to Venable Walcott Walker Gorgas Schelling.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania
Academy of Music
Pennypacker
Harrison
Horace Howard Furness
Francis Preston Venable
University of North Carolina
Charles D. Walcott
United States Geological Survey
John Grimes Walker
William Crawford Gorgas
Felix Emmanuel Schelling
Senator Hoar at Iowa University Address
At the University of Iowa commencement Senator Hoar of Massachusetts urged that the nation rests on individual character. He warned elections hinge on duty over party, and called moral education essential to strengthen resolve against temptation, asserting the final purpose of scholarship is character.
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Des Moines
Iowa
University of Iowa
Senator Hoar
Massachusetts
Republic
Eighteen Graduated From Moravian Seminary Ceremony
Eighteen young women received diplomas at the Moravian Seminary in Bethlehem Pennsylvania on June 17. Salutarian was Miss Sylvia Arthurs of Kenton Delaware and valedictorian was Miss Edith Leibert of Castleton Corners. Leibert won the alumni and Countess Benigna prizes. Bishop Charles E Moench of the Moravian Church delivered the address. The class is the largest in several years.
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Tribune
Bethlehem
Penn
Moravian Seminary
Sylvia Arthurs
Kenton
Del
Edith Leibert
Castleton Corners
Leibert
Benigna
Charles E. Moench
Moravian Church
Cornell Theta Xi Association Incorporated at Cornell
The Theta Xi Association of Cornell was incorporated today in Albany. It will maintain a home for Zeta and Theta Xi members at Ithaca. Directors include Charles B. Howe Milo R. Clarke Ernest D. Hendricks Herbert T. Snyder and Edward E. Choal.
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Albany
Theta XI Association
Cornell
Ithaca
Zeta Chap
Theta XI
Charles B. Howe
Holyoke
Mass
Milo R. Clarke
Westerly
R. J
Ernest D. Hendricks
Kingster
Herbert T. Snyder
Baltimore
Edward 8. Choale
Randallstown
M4ter
Brown University Commencement Announces Rockefeller Gift
Brown University marked its 135th commencement as 185 graduates were conferred degrees. President Faunce announced gifts totaling 25000 from J D Rockefeller for Rockefeller Hall, a Williams painting, and Sidney Rider's Rhode Island history books bought by Marsden Perry for the college.
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Providence
R. L
Brown University
W. H. P. Faunce
J. D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller Hall
Alonzo Williams
Sidney Rider
Rhode Island
Marsden J. Perry
J. B. Diman
Newport
J. C. Monaghan
Madison
Wis
United States
Chemnitz
Theodore S. Woolsey
Yale
William Jail Kellen
Boston
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton
Montague
Virginia
Putnam Phalanx Escorts Governor on Bunker Hill Day
In Redding Connecticut on June 17 the Hartford group Putnam Phalanx escorted Governor Chamberlain and staff to the Israel Putnam campgrounds. They decorated graves, held a luncheon and speeches, and fired a seventeen gun salute. The party planned a Danbury parade and banquet later that afternoon.
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Danbury
Phillips Exeter Academy Commencement Honors Alumni Gathering
At Exeter New Hampshire June 17 many distinguished men attended Phillips Academy commencement exercises with over five hundred alumni back for reunions. Notables included Harvard President Charles W Eliot Dartmouth President William E Tucker New Hampshire Governor and senators Gallinger and Burnham. Distinguished alumni list featured ex Governor Stickney Robert T Lincoln Francis Rawlee and Woodberry with Hyde and Langdell. The day began with a procession to Phillips Church for literary exercises. an oration by Francis Rawlee and a Woodberry poem followed by a chaplain Edward Everett Hale. In the afternoon alumni gathered at a newly built $25000 alumni hall for a banquet with General Bancroft presiding and toasts by Tucker Hyde Smith Langdell Hale Lincoln and others.
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Exeter
N. H
Phillips Academy
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard
William E. Tucker
Dartmouth
Bacheloer
New-Hampshire
Gallinger and Burnham
New Hampshire
Stickney
Vermont
Robert T. Lincoln
Chicago
Francis Rawlee
Philadelphia
Professor Woodberry
Columbia University
William de Witt Hyde
Bowdoin
Dean Langdell
Harvard Law School
New York City
Boston
George A. Plimton
New York
William A. Bancroft
Tucker
Hyde
S. Sidney Smith
Jeremiah Smith
Langdell
Edward Everett Hale
Massachusetts Agricultural College Holds 33rd Commencement
Amherst Mass June 17 The thirty third commencement exercises of the Massachusetts Agricultural College were held today in the Stone Chapel before a large audience of alumni students and friends of the senior class Six speakers were selected on a basis of scholarship.
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Amherst
Mass
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Stone Chapel
Tufts Commencement Grants 169 Degrees in Largest Class
Medford mass June 17 The largest Tufts class ever graduated receives 169 diplomas and 16 honorary degrees Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles H Darling Tufts 84 Henry C Ide of the Philippine Commission and Colonel Carroll D Wright United States Commissioner of Labor receive doctor of laws honors.
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Medford
Mass
Tufts
Charles H. Darling
Henry C. Ide
United States Philippine Commission
Carroll D. Wright
No Improvement at Colby College
In Waterville Me June 17 both faculty and students show no yield. A few women attend chapel and some enter classrooms for exams. Twelve senior men depart by morning trains. Sophomore men and women pack to leave this afternoon. Men vote to revive Monday intimatum while junior women abstain from commencement activities.
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Waterville
Colby University
Phillips Andover Class Day Exercises Held in Seminary Chapel
Andover Mass June 17 class day exercises at Phillips Andover Academy were staged in the Andover Theological Seminary Chapel this afternoon. Alumni who attended yesterday’s anniversary observance remained for today’s events. Sir Chen Tung Liang Cheng the Chinese minister who spoke yesterday left for Boston at noon.
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Andover
Mass
Phillips Andover Academy
Andover Theological Seminary
Chen Tung Liang Cheng
Boston
New Hobart College President Installed at Commencement
The Rev Langdon B Stewardson was formally installed as Hobart College president during the seventy eighth annual commencement in Geneva New York on June 17 Representatives from other colleges attended Hobart won all intercollegiate prizes open to Hobart Trinity Kenyon and the University of the South Honorary degrees were conferred on Lorin W Batten James Eldenneer and Amos Bkelchester with President Isaac Sharpless of Haverford College presiding.
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Geneva
Langdon B. Stewardson
Hobart College
Hobart
Trinity
Apa
University of the South
Lorin W. Batten
Newyork
James Eldenneer
Tarrytown
Amos Bkelchester
Isaac Sharpless
Haverford College
Bradford Academy Centennial Observed in Bradford Mass
Haverhill marks Bradford Academy centennial with exercises at First Congregational Church. Hamilton Wright Mabie of New York City delivers the day’s address. Rev. Dr. Arthur Little, Boston, academy president, confers diplomas.
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Haverhill
Mass
Bradford Academy
First Congregational Church
Bradford
Hamilton Wright Mabie
New York City
Arthur Little
Boston
Graduation Exercises at Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn
The Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn held graduation exercises at the Academy of Music last night with President Henry Sanger Snow presiding. Three graduates spoke, including Alfred Frederick Seeker on One's Talents, Gordon Lennox Pirle on Alexander Hamilton as a Constitutional Statesman, and William Johnston Berry on Unto What End. Berry gave the valedictory. Professor Brainerd Kellogg and Assistant District Attorney Martin W. Littleton addressed the audience.
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Polytechnic Institute
Brooklin
Academy of Music
Henry Sanger Snow
Alfred Frederick Seeker
Gordon Lennox Pirle
Alexander Hamilton
William Johnston Berry
Brainerd Kellogg
Martin W. Littleton
Archbishop Farley Praises Catholic Identity at St John’s College
At the fifty-eighth commencement of St John’s College Fordham Archbishop Farley conferred honorary degrees on Charles M Bulger George M Edebohls and others. Medals for English literature oratory German and military science were awarded to several students as he lauded Catholicism and noted Protestants imitate Catholic worship.
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St. John’s College
Fordham
Farley
James P. Clark
Armin J. Sibbel
Charles M. Bulger
George M. Edebohls
George T. Walsh
Alexis X. Phelan
Joseph A. McAleenan
John Dwyer
Victor P. Krauss
Edward J. Mitchell
Joseph B. Stenson
John D. Sullivan
Charles J. Munn
Hughes and Jouin
James B. McLoughlin
Francis B. S. Oliver, Jr
Louis C. Hartman
Edward J. O’brien
W. H. Feiler
Thomas J. Mansfield
Charles J. Mathami
William A. Gill
Thomas J. McCormick
Senoir
Archbishop Farley
Large class at Lehigh marks milestone in 70s era
At Lehigh Universitys annual commencement President Crown presented diplomas to sixty graduates. Salutatorian Arthur S. Gilmore of Williamsport and valedictorian John J. Cort of Latrobe led the class. Harvey E. Jordan of Coopersburg won the Williams medal for oratory and Samuel Henry Fleming of Philadelphia topped the sophomore class with the Wilbur scholarship of 200 dollars. G R Stull of Ridley Park earned the Williams graduate prize of 125 dollars. Alumni address by William R. Butler of Mauch Chunk, with Rev. Dr. Lyman Abbott speaking to graduates. This is the largest Lehigh class in years.
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Tribune
Bethlehem
Penn
Lehigh University
Crown
Arthur S. Gilmore
Williamsport
John J. Cort
Latrobe
Williams
Harvey E. Jordan
Coopersburg
Samuel Henry Fleming
Philadelphia
Wilbur
G. R. Stull
Ridley Park
William R. Butler
Mauch Chunk
Lyman Abbott
Lehigh
Warrant for Engineers in Stormville Railroad Wreck
Duchess County coroner rules two East Hartford engineers criminally negligent for the Stormville wreck that killed fireman Louis Hayes. Warrants issued for Daniel O Neal and Henry Constantine. requisition papers needed to bring them from Connecticut. Coroner condemns lax adherence to standing rules and urges proper observance of safety directives to prevent such catastrophes.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Duchess County
Goring
New- York, New Haven and Hartford
Stormville
Louis A Hayes
Daniel O'Neal
Henry Constantine
East Hartford
Conn
Hayes
Allan H. Hoffman
Connecticut
British Monitor Scorpion Sinks In Gulf Stream Storm
The old British monitor Scorpion, used as a target off Bermuda, sank eighty miles off George's Shoals while towed by the Powerful toward St John, N B. Fifteen crewmen were rescued. two washed overboard but saved by lifelines. Captain Russell reported the loss after the tug reached Bermuda.
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Boston
Hamilton
Bermuda
George's Shoals
St. John
N. B
Russell
Monitor
Gulf Stream
Harding
Scorpion
Bunker Hill Day Parade Draws National Guests
Charlestown celebrated Bunker Hill Day with open houses and a two-part parade. The morning procession featured the John Brown bell drawn by six horses, escorted by Marlboro veterans, while the afternoon highlighted the Liberty Bell with wreaths and thirteen bay horses. Officials from Boston and Philadelphia spoke at the monument dedication amid military and civic contingents.
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Boston
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
Richard T. Hanson
Isaac Davis
Acton
John Brown
Marlboro
Mass
John A. Rawlins
Grand Army of the Republic
Thomas J. Gallagher
Philadelphia
Bunker Hill Monument
Arthur Dolan
Boston Common Council
P. A. Collins
John Weaver
Joseph H. Bennison
John L. Bates
Venezuelan rebel Rolando proclaims new revolution chief
Port of Spain reports that General Rolando, Matos’s lieutenant with about two thousand troops at Ciudad Bolivar, proclaimed himself chief of a new revolution against President Castro after fleeing to Curacao. He has weapons and aims to resist government forces. the United States France and Germany hold major interests in the Orinoco region and at Ciudad Bolivar.
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Port of Spain
Trinidad
la Guayra
Venezuela
Ciudad Bolivar
Rolando
Matos
Curacoa
Castro
United States
France
Germany
Orinoco District
Fire Hits Rochester Flats in Second Week Blaze
A major fire broke out at the Columbia Flats on Plymouth avenue and Spring street at 9 30 pm. The blaze raced via elevator shafts and filled the building with smoke. Firefighters fought hard, flooding the interiors, with damage expected at least ten thousand dollars. George W Aldridge's elderly mother, wife of the State Railroad Commission secretary, occupied first floor rooms but escaped unharmed.
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Rochester
Columbia Flats
Plymouth Ave
Spring St
George W. Aldridge
State Railroad Commission
Municipal Art Commission Increases Secretary Travel Allowance
The Municipal Art Commission raised Milo R. Maltbie's European trip grant from 150 to 500 dollars. In May the panel set 60 for travel expenses with a condition to buy maps, plans, illustrations, photographs, books and periodicals on municipal art and city planning. May 27 decision stood despite two oppositions from Commissioners Marshall and Farragut.
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Municipal Art Commission
Milo R. Malthbie
Europe
Maltbie
Marshall and Farragut
Secret Membership in Labor Insurance Plan Promised
Indianapolis June 17 David M Parry president of the National Manufacturers Association says a company to insure employers against strikes will be formed It will be mutual with secret membership only officers known Labor will not know when a strike is ordered The plan aims to protect policy holders from strike losses and safeguard independent workers A legal department will prosecute coercion or law violations
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Indianapolis
David M. Parry
National Manufacturers’ Association
Bronx Building Plans
Westchester avenue site shows a two story frame dwelling house for Frederick Krebel listed with owner Bernard Ebling and architect. Carroll Place project notes a two story frame stable on a specified lot with Edward Smith as owner and C M T Thain as architects.
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Westchester Ave
Lafayette St
Frederick Krebel
Bernard Ebling
Carroll Place
West Side
Edward Smith
C. C
M. T. Thain
Open Door in China Terms of New Treaty
Washington reports great satisfaction over terms of a China United States treaty now under negotiation. Key issues remain port openings in Manchuria and revenue collection reforms. The pact promises permanent open door for American trade and refined treatment rules for American citizens and missionaries in China.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Washington Administration
China
United States
Manchuria
United States Senate
Peking
Chinese Treaty Commission
Wu-Ting-fang
Sheng
Chang Shihtung
Woo-Chung Province
Foreign Office
Prince Ching
Chang Chih-tung
China Heeds Protest Moves Talk Back to Shanghai
Shanghai reports Chinese officials abandon moving the commercial treaty talks to Peking after strong protests from American and Japanese commissioners. The decision preserves Shanghai as the venue for discussions.
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Shanghai
Peking
Mad Mullah Threatens British Lines in Somaliland Action
Aden reports British communications between Berbera and Bohode threatened by Mad Mullah forces. Three Hampshire Regiment companies and 300 native troops ordered to Somaliland on June 20. Three British officers reportedly held at the Mullah camp. About 14,000 Abyssinians aiding the British against the Mullah.
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Aden
Berbera
Bohode
Somaliland
East Africa
Hampshire Regiment
Harris Held by Tunisian Bandits Near Zeenat
Tangier June 17 Walter B Harris the traveler and author and member of Sir Arthur Nicolson's embassy to the Sultan of Morocco is a prisoner of the mountaineers at Zeenat Raisuli's headquarters Government troops attacked the place burning farms but did not rescue him Harris was ambushed by Darromana tribesmen who handed him to Raisuli but he was not hurt and is expected to be released soon.
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Tangier
Walter B. Harris
Arthur Nicolson
Morocco
Zeenat
Miss Ankrom Killed in Ponce Runaway Accident
Miss Jean Ankrom formerly of Waynesburg Penn the only woman school supervisor in Porto Rico was thrown from a carriage in a runaway at Ponce last night and died in the local hospital fifteen minutes later Her neck was broken
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San Juan
P. R
Jean Ankrom
Waynesburg
Penn
Porto Rico
Ponce
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