Cornell seniors celebrate class day on campus in Ithaca
Six hundred seniors on the Cornell campus prepare for class day tomorrow. The program includes outdoor ceremonies at Goldwin Smith Hall and a senior ball in the armory with lemon and white decorations. The class processes, honors, and a memorial with two stained glass windows in Sage Chapel follow the graduation events.
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Aressuua
Cornell University Corps of Cadets
W. W. Taylor
C. F. Magoffin
Alice E. Rowe
Elizabeth P. Donnam
A. W. Danns
O. H. Bigelow
H. M. Rodgers
F. B. Hooper
Cornell
Sage
Cif Psi
Rutgers Honor Men Announced
A Rutgers class of thirty eight graduates will receive honors this week. Top classical honor goes to Bolomon berg of Perth Amboy, with George A. Leukel of Vatown second. First scientific honor is William R. Hughes Jr of Renswick, with Harry A. Marmer Wood second. First gold honor is Leukel, with Isaac ne Woodbine and Harry J. Stockum third. The baccalaureate sermon was preached by Rev Newell Dwight Hillis of South Church Brooklyn.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers
Bolomonberg
Perth Amboy
George A. Leukel
Vatown
Charles M. Doolittle
Dunellen
William R. Hughes, Jr
Renswick
Harry A. Marmer
Wood
Albert R. Johnson
Raven Rock
Isaac Ne
Woodbine
Harry J. Stockum
Newell Dwight Hillis
Uth Church
Brooklyn
Ivy Day at Smith College Celebrates Graduation
Ivy Day at Smith College Northampton Massachusetts June 17 featured seniors in white gowns with bouquets marching the campus to the ivy wall where Miss Lula M Sanborn president of the senior class planted the ivy. Marian Severe delivered the ivy ovation and the day closed with a promenade concert and the president's reception for graduates and friends.
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Northampton
Mass
Smith Loge
Lula M. Sanborn
Saginaw
Mich
Hell
Marian Severe
Medfield
Class Day Observed at Brown University in June
Sunny weather aided Brown University's class day activities with a morning convocation in Sayles Hall. George Hurley gave the class address, Ralph N Dennett delivered the oration, and Joseph Boardman Jr. penned the class poem. An afternoon ball game against the University of Alabama followed, then campus exercises featured speeches by Harry Duane Bruce, Francis Maurice Anderson, and Herbert Beers Keen. President Faunce spoke as the class tree was dedicated.
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William Winthrop Taylor
Brooklyn
Adolphus Cornelius Kiendl
Isaac Lande
George W. Roesch
Clara Josephine Cagwin
Mabel Ford Yeomans
Alfred Pettus Howes
Utica
Harold Joseph Roig
Armory
M. V. Balliere
Providence
Brown University
Sayles Hall
George Hurley
Ralph N. Dennett
North Adams
Mass
Joseph Boardman, Jr
Plymouth
N. H
Cardinal Gibbons Honors Holy Cross College in Worcester
Cardinal Gibbons arrived from New York and was greeted by thousands of Worcester residents. Mayor Duggan led the welcome as 2,500 Catholic civic group members escorted him through Main Street before proceeding to Holy Cross College for the night.
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Worcester
Mass
Holy Cross College
Cardinal Gibbons
New York
Duggan
Main Street
New head for Virginia Military Institute named at Lexington
Lexington Virginia June 17 The Board of Visitors accepted the resignation of Superintendent General Scott Shipp after seventeen years and named Colonel Edward W Nichols temporary superintendent He was previously professor of mathematics and mechanics Major Thomas A Jones was appointed professor of applied mathematics Commencement featured heliographs signals and flag drills with first aid to wounded
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Lexington
Board of Visitors
Virginia Military Institute
Scott Shipp
Edward W. Nichols
Thomas A. Jones
Church Plans Two Evening Entertainments for Young Women
The rector Monsignor William G. Murphy prepared extensive exercises and elaborate programmes for two upcoming entertainments dedicated to the young women.
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William G. Murphy
Archbishop Farley Criticizes Catholics Who Do Not Support Parochial Schools
Archbishop Farley told graduates at Carnegie Hall that many Catholic college alumni fail to fund Church schools and urged wealthy Catholics to back parochial education. Nineteen students earned BA degrees. Justice William J. Carr received an honorary DCL. Dr Brann and L Hamilton Rainey spoke. prizes were awarded to various students.
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Archbishop Farley
Carnegie Hall
College of St. Francis Xavier
William J. Carr
Supreme Court
Henry A. Brann
St. Agnes’s Church
Brann
Pluto
Dr. Brain
Dante
Plato
L. Hamilton Rainey
Edward S. Dore
Farley
Runaway Horse Turmoil in Central Park Injures None
Dr. Willian Dreyfus of 57 East 96th Street loses control of a spirited horse in Central Park as it dashes into two carriages and an automobile. After multiple collisions, the runabout is wrecked and the horse breaks loose before Patrolman Cai lan recaptures it. No serious injuries reported.
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Willian Dreyfus
East 96Th Street
Central Park
William Horn
West 92d Street
Horn
FE. M. Sattle
Fifth Avenue
38Th Street
Cailan
Dr. Dreyfus
le le
Flying Log Kills Worker in Pennsylvania Tunnel Blast
An early blast in the Ninth Avenue and 32nd Street tunnel excavation killed a workman, No. 62, at the French Hospital hours later. Logs and debris struck Laborer No. 52 Clark near Ninth Avenue, as James Ross and others escaped injury. Foreman James Sullivan jailed for coroner’s inquest with $2,000 bail.
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Pennsylvania
Ninth Avenue
32D Street
No. 62
French Hospital
Clark
St. Michael's Church
Samints
James Ross
James Sullivan
Butts
Harburger
Boys Capture Armed Italian in East New York
Two twelve year old boys from Sutter and Blake avenues chased down Salvatore Mes, 166 Sutter, after an armed Italian terrorized the Dumont Sutter area. Mike Harland held the revolver while Louis Rodinsky clamped his legs, as bystanders and a crowd restrained the man until police arrived. The incident followed windows broken and shots fired.
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Dumont and
Sutter Avenues
New York
Mike” Harland
Sutter Avenue
Louis Rodinsky
Two of five counts found guilty in Idaho land case
In Moscow on June 17 the jury convicted G H Kesler William Dwyer and W J Kettenbach on two counts and acquitted them on three others in the North Idaho land conspiracy. Kettenbach is president and Kesler cashier of the Lewis ton National Bank Lewiston. Dwyer is a timber cruiser who also resides in Lewiston.
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Moscow
Idaho
North Idaho
G. H. Kesler
William Dwyer
W. J. Kettenbach
Kettenbach
Kesler
Lewiston National Bank
Lewiston, Idaho
Dwyer
Lewiston
Bingham to Probe B R T Disruptions
Police Commissioner Bingham announced an immediate investigation into the trouble on the Brooklyn Rapid Transit system last Sunday. He pledged deputy O Keeffe would be tasked to halt such incidents and ensure all special police are uniformed when regulating rush crowds.
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Bingham
Brooklyn
O'Keeffe
New Union Station Proposal For Kansas City
Kansas City June 17 a special election will decide granting the Kansas City Terminal Railway a 200 year franchise to build a new union station and passenger terminals. Railroads and City Council agree on term length and expect ratification. Construction planned at an estimated cost of 20 million dollars.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Terminal Railway Company
Big Ed Kelly Sentenced to Life in Auburn Prison
Rochester June 17. Boston man "Big Ed" Kelly convicted of second degree murder for Edward Pullman killing in Sedus. Justice Sutherland sentences him to life at Auburn. Kelly claims perjured testimony and calls judge the thirteenth juror. Motion for new trial denied. Kelly to Auburn tomorrow. James McCormick trial to begin, Wayne County officers bearing expenses, venue changed from Wayne to Monroe.
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Rochester
Ed” Kelly
Boston
Edward Pullman
Sedus
Auburn
Sutherland
Supreme Court
Kelly
Wayne County
George Raines
James McCormick
Monroe County
Yale Readies for Old Home Week Alumni Reunion
New Haven June 17 Special With Yale commencement guests arriving the city and university host about five thousand alumni and families. Old Home Week begins as undergraduates depart for three months leaving seniors to stay. Notable attendees include ex Senators Wetmore Brandegee Knox and Taft relatives. President Hadley to give laureate address. law and medical school exercises planned. numerous class reunions and banquets set through Wednesday commencement.
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New Haven
Yale
Willam Stewart
Colorado
George Peabody Wetmore
Rhode Island
Fred” T. Dubois
Idaho
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Connecticut
Morgan G. Bulkeley, Jr
Frank B. Brandecee
Thomas Collier Platt
New York
Livingston Platt
Philander C. Knox
Pennsylvania
Law School
Knox
Hugh Smith Knox
Yale Football Association
Taft
Walbridge Taft
Stewart
Daniel Coit Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
W. W. Crapp
New Bedford
Mass
Adrian Terry
Knoxville
Homer B. Sprague
Newton
Joseph Lord
Laingsburg
Mich
Eliphalet Whittlesey
Washington
Daniel Henshaw
Providence
Lewis Grout
Yale Astronomical Observatory
Harrison B. Freeman
Hartford
Henry Hol
New York City
William Woolsey Johnson
United States Naval Academy
Franklin MacVeagh
Chicago
Pierce N. Welch
Wetmore
George A. Adee
Wallace Bruce
Brooklyn
Connecticut Agricultural Expet Station
W. L. King
Westminster School
Sims
J. Montgomery Sears
Boston
Charles F
Thury American
Ongressmar Rt
Water
Albert BR. Coxe
Philadefessor
William Lyon Phelps
Edward Boltwood
Yor Armstrong
New London
Green
Harrison Teller
Lorado
Henry
Yale School of Forestry
Fever
N. A. St
Jerome
Amos R. Pinchot
Ol—F
Gordon Brown
Cameron Waterman
Gray Lee Myers
Burs Winslow
Trie Il
Walter Cross
Ogden C. Reid
Fran McShane
Inence
Sheffeld Scientific School
Woodbridge Hall
Corporan
Hadley
Annu Henryson
Yale Foreign Missionary Society
Frederick Wells Williams
Sheffield Schame School
Hillhouse Avenue
Hendrie Hall
Townsend
George Price Whitman
Atlanta
Albert Clayton Moss
Lancaster
Penn
John Carroll Slade
Kelloggsville
N. Y
Albert Packer McKinstry
Worcester
William Kernan Cambles
Philadelphia
Yale Medical School
Frederick C. Shattuck
Harvard Medical School
Old South Middle
William D. Barnes, Jr
Mansfield
Edward H. Hart
Harvey P. Perrin
Indianapolis
Harold S. Wells
Scranton
Glee Club
Woolsey Hall
Alumni Hall
Yale Corporation
Eli Whitney
Whitney
Harvard
Magistrate Butts Rejects Summonses And Customs
Magistrate Butts begins his term by attacking summonses and courtroom crowding at the West Side court. He declares no summons will be issued this term, insisting warrants and sworn affidavits are required for crimes. A lawyer seeks a warrant, a woman faints when denied one, and Wahle defends the long standing practice.
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Butts
Corporation Counsel's Office
West Side
Sammon
Board of City Magistrates
Wahle
Republican Club Moves to Support Franchise Hearing
The Republican Club voted 23 to 18 to approve a sub committee report on City Affairs and send a delegation to Friday's public hearing at City Hall regarding the Atlantic Telephone Company franchise. The group criticized current rates and service, urging City action and a petition to the Board of Estimate if the company remedies city concerns.
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Republican Club
Committee On
Atlantic Telephone Company
James Anderson Hawes
Perley Morse
Lindon Bates, Jr
Board of Estimate
Hypnotized Woman Allegedly Tries to Shoot Astrologer
Katie Gillespie, 21, visited Professor Mack Barth at 2150 Third Ave yesterday afternoon carrying a package and drew a .38 revolver, which misfired. Barth knocked it away. Gillespie told police she believes she is hypnotized and loves him. She is to Bellevue for mental examination. Barth, a tall former actor and Drum Major, stands six feet nine.
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Katie Gillespie
Miss Gillespie
Barth
East 126Th Street
Henry Hauser
Rossano
Harlem
Bellevue
Ward's Island
New York
Ireland
Morris Park
Colonel C. E. Mack
Duss
Nutley Handwriting Expert Wins Ruling in Hen House Dispute
William J. Kinsley a handwriting expert and poultry fancier faced neighbor Clarence B Itiffe over crowing and cooing birds at a Nutley rear yard. Vice Chancellor Bergen allowed Kinsley to keep the fowl if he stops nocturnal noises. health officials and Poultry Association leaders testified, with Kinsley denying prior complaints.
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William J. Kinsley
Clarence B. Itiffe
Bergen
Diffe
Kinsley
Nutley
Hiffe
Tliffe
Board of Health
Cliffe
Board of Health of
George
Auto Kills Man and Speeding Car Fled
Police describe a red bodied automobile that struck and killed Joseph Likfa a 35 year old Polish farm hand at Woodside and Thompson avenues in Woodside Long Island last night. The car sped away and Likfa died at the scene.
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Woodside
Long Island
Joseph Kikfa
Greenpoint
Woodside Avenues
Likfa
Thompson Avenues
Lack Juror For Dr Guy Trial Opens Murder Case
One juror short to start the trial of Dr Samuel Guy Far Rockaway dentist charged with murdering his wife last April Foreman J Ryder deemed not related to the deceased and must serve Prosecutors plan an insanity defense expert while defense may press an alibi Mathet ex deputy police commissioner attended court after traveling from Rockland County and plans to go West after the proceedings
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Samuel 5
Guy
Far Rockaway
J. Ryder
Jaycox
Ryder
Mathet
Say
Rockland
Flushing
Guy House
Three Die In Auto Over Embankment In New Hampshire
In Sanbornville New Hampshire last night an automobile plunged over a high embankment killing three people and injuring others. The injured include Dr Ben Hicks Metcalf head of Metcalf's Hospital Winthrop Massachusetts Mrs Metcalf and Miss Churchill hospital matron. Miss Churchill is reported most seriously hurt.
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Sanbornville
N. H
Ben Hicks Metcalf
Metcalf's Hospital
Winthrop
Mass
Moves to Censure Chancellor Day in Methodist Meeting
In Philadelphia on June 17 the Methodist Ministers Association debated and rejected a resolution denouncing Syracuse University Chancellor Day for praising Harriman and railroad magnates. The Rev T M Ble argued for censure, but the measure was withdrawn amid opposition.
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Tribune
Philadelphia
Methodist Ministers’ Association
Day
Syracuse University
Roosevelt
Edward H. Harriman
Lam More
Methodist Church
National Conference of Charities Names Committee
In Minneapolis on June 17 a fifteen member panel was chosen to handle grants. Members include R. W. Hebberd William R. Stewart O F Lewis and Ward T Devine of New York. Thomas M Mulley of New York was elected president and next year’s meeting will be in Richmond Virginia.
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Minneapolis
National Conference of Charities and Correction
R. W. Hebberd
William R. Stewart
O. F. Lewis
Ward T. Devine
New York
Richmond
Thomas M. Mulley
Eighteen Hurt in Santa Fe Wreck Near Earl
Eighteen passengers were injured and three possibly fatally when an eastbound Santa Fe train derailed near Earl. The wreck was caused by a defective brake beam or a spreading rail, throwing the baggage, smoking, chair, two tourist sleeping, and one standard sleeping cars from the track.
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Trinidad
Col
Santa Fé
Earl
Boston to Host Global Shoe Exposition in Fenway Building
Boston plans a next year shoe and leather exposition in a large Fenway building. A company will be incorporated to include representatives of the shoe industry from around the world.
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the Tribune
Boston
Fenway
Canada and United States Agree on Uniform Railroad Accounting
Washington June 17 United States and Canada will use identical railroad accounting rules. The Canada Bureau of Railway Statistics initiated the move. The Interstate Commerce Commission requires adherence starting July 1 with the first annual report for year ending June 3 1908.
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Washington
United States
Dominion of Canada
Canada
Bureau of Railroad Statistics
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. L. Payne
Railroad Statistics of
Payne
To Prosecute Tobacco Trust Under Sherman Act
Washington June 17 J C McReynolds former Assistant Attorney General and now special attorney in charge of the Tobacco Trust investigation met with Attorney General Bonaparte and Mr Purdy assistant to the Attorney General. Officials would not discuss the visit but the tobacco case was discussed and is believed near action to prosecute under the Sherman act.
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Washington
J. C. McReynolds
Department of Justice
United States
Tobacco Trust
Bonaparte
Purdy
McReynolds
Poison Squad to Be Disbanded in July
Dr. Wiley plans to depart for France as American juror at Bordeaux Exposition. The poison squad will be disbanded July 1 after completing long term experiments with a normal diet to regain condition. He says pensions are Congress’s decision and the tests yield crucial safety records for the Pure Food Commission.
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Tribune Bureau
Washington
Dr. Wiley
Department of Agriculture
France
Bordeaux
Wiley
Congress
Pure Food Commission
Ripley Leaves Canal Service in Panama Project
Washington reports Joseph Ripley resigns as consulting engineer on the Panama Canal Commission to take pricer work in the United States. He served on the international board that determined canal type and assisted on the isthmus under Chief Engineer Stevens. Ripley later worked with Colonel Goethals on lock details, noted for his Soo locks success.
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Washington
Joseph Ripley
Panama Canal Commission
Ripley
International Board of Consulting Engineers
Stevens
Goethals
Couple killed in Vermont runaway near White River Junction
Mr. and Mrs. N. C. Wood of North Hartland were killed when their light buggy spooked by a dog toppled at the town center edge of a steep embankment. Both occupants died instantly after being thrown clear of the wreck.
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White River Junction
N. C. Wood
North Hartland
Writer says he wasn't skimpy
Baltimore June 17 George Bronson Howard the writer faced a clipping of a newspaper interview in which his wife called him a cad and a coward He replied that was a matter of opinion He said he spent about 2300 during the dispute and offered to send her back to Norfolk but she chose Miss Schenck He disputes a reported meeting with Mr Skinner and says he would have talked to him in New York and advised London visit.
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the Tribune
Baltimore
George Bronson Howard
Norfolk
Miss Schenck
Mr. Howard
Mr. Skinner
Tunnel Company Records Large Debts in Bankruptcy Filing
Schedules of the New York Tunnel Company show debts of 1 122 404 with assets 415 038. Taxes due total 16 447. The Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company holds a 260 000 mortgage claim, and notes by that firm amount to 500 304 secured in part. Creditors listed include Scranton and Lehigh Coal 19 811, Pennsylvania and West Virginia 15 406, Albert Hastorf 3 2, United Building 6 713, and W K Niven Coal 221 44, with 33 368 more claims not yet filed. Assets include cash 2M, notes 80, fixed assets 43 453, and miscellaneous items.
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New York Tunnel Company
David L. Hough
Rapid Transit Subway Construction Company
Scranton and Lehigh Coal Company
Pennsylvania and West Virginia Company
Albert H. Hastorf
United Building Company
W. K. Niven Coal Company
Water company accused of stealing water rights in Jersey City
Engineer Griffin of the Water Department sent a report with photographs to the Street and Water Board alleging a private water company is routing water sales over the Lackawanna Railroad right of way to serve the Erie and other railways and possibly private consumers. He warns rates would drop and city income could lose an annual amount. He urges action to pass a bill granting cities with own waterworks exclusive rights to sell water within their limits.
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Griffin
Water Department
Jersey City
Street and Water Board
Lackawanna Railroad
Erie
House of Assembly
Mosquito Menace Drives Bronx Punk Demand This Summer
In the Bronx mosquitoes surge as warm weather returns boosting demand for punk incense sticks. The odor and smoke deter insects while residents light bundles on stoops at night to burn them. A Bronx association plans a coordinated mosquito extermination campaign.
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Bronx
Colonel Gorgas
Panama
Zoological Garden
Harlem River
Body of Dead Woman Identified in Long Island Case
Islip Long Island June 17 The dead woman found in Great River near here has been identified as Karoline Kram. She had worked as a maid at the home of Julian P Davies of Davies Stone and Auerbach lawyers at 32 Nassau Street New York.
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Islip
Long Island
Great River
Here
Karoline Kram
Julian P. Davies
Davies, Stone & Auerbach
Nassau Street
New York
Woman Sues Piano Firm Over Damaged Nose
Miss Helen Cantor sues a local piano company for 100 damages after a salesman dropped a piano lid in the shop, breaking her nose and injuring her appearance. The incident occurred in Baltimore on June 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Tribune
Baltimore
Helen Cantor
Motion to set up sanity commission for Theodore Hess
Notice states a motion will be made tomorrow morning for appointment of a commission to inquire into the sanity of Theodore Hess the former policeman charged with abducting and assaulting Elizabeth Grady. Jerome district attorney was served yesterday by R J Haire Hess's counsel.
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Jerome
R. J. Haire
Theodore Hess
Elizabeth Grady
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Charles Frederick Magoffin
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Cornelen
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Burt Green Wilder
Factien
J. A. Pollak
F. S. Sly
B. G. Lewis
William John Dugan
Francis L. Durk
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Robert Neil Gordon Darby
A. G. Son
Marder Everett Drennan
George Robert Sailor
Edmund Henry Eitel
Elias J. Durand
Charles L. Durham
Wilder D. Vancroft
Theity
Robert Henry Treman
Board of
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Andrew
White
Fmar
Frank Partama
Ess
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Brown
Holy Cross
New Head
Virginia Military
Immaculate Conception
East 1Éth Street
Academy of Music
NEW Union Station
Justice Sutherland
Will
Senator Knox
Hennery
DR. Guy
Winthrop, Mass
Back Bay Automobile Company
Pope-Toledo Company
Ste. Genevieve
Conference OF Charities
Santa FE
Boston Plans Shoe Exposition
Poison Squad
New York Concern
PUNK
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