Harvard Crew Wins Bloodless Victory in Varsity Race
Yale stroke collapses at three miles as thousands watch the Crimson shell finish first in the varsity four oared race. Time 10 35.
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Yale
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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1908
Page
16
Simple Funeral Plans For Ex President Cleveland
Ex President Grover Cleveland's funeral in Princeton will be simple with military presence but no pomp. Services at house and cemetery will be brief with Presbyterian burial rites and Bible verses. Only close friends and officials attend. Rose Cleveland and children arrive. national guard guards cemetery. coffin plain oak with simple silver plate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Princeton
N. J
Cleveland
Roosevelt
Hughes
Fort
Rose Cleveland
Albany
White House
Hartford
Cleveland F. Bacon
New York University Law School
Esther
Richard
New Hampshire
Finley
City College
New York
Westland
William Richards
Brick Presbyterian Church
Henry van Drke
Sylvester W. Beach
First Presbyterian Church
Maitland V. Bartlett
West Farms Presbyterian Church
Mr. Cleveland
George B. McClellan
E. C. Benedict
Richard Watson Gilder
John H. Finley
Paul van Dyke
Andrew F. West
John G. Hibben
Paul Morton
Junius S. Morgan
Prince
Ton
A. D. Russell
How
Ard McLenehan
Bayard Stockton
Funeral plans for Grover Cleveland marked by official ceremony
The March 18 1837 to June 24 report notes Edwin Wilson making a death mask for Princeton University and outlines Roosevelt era plans. It details funeral arrangements, processions, guards from Trenton and Princeton, and pallbearers including Mayors, professors, and notable New York figures. Mrs Cleveland endures with dignity as thousands send telegrams and flowers arrive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Wilson
Princeton University
University
Harvard Beats Yale In Dramatic Thames Boat Race
Harvard eight men defeat Yale by nearly a mile on the Thames in a dramatic varsity race. Yale stroke Griswold collapses mid race and stops, forcing Yale to finish with seven oars as Harvard pulls clear. Taft watches Yale’s defeat from the observation train as crowds applaud the dramatic finish.
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the Tribune
New London
Conn
Harvard
Yale
Thames River
Griswold
Hunt
Naval
Crimson
Kennedy
Ide
Thames
John Harvard
Red Top
William Howard Taft
New Raven
Harvard Gifts Total 624000 With 106365 From Class of 83
Harvard announced total gifts of 624000 for the last year with 106365 from the class of 83. At a Massachusetts Hall dinner President Eliet spoke of beginning an investigation under Professor Lowell to publish exact statistics on life success for high attaining scholars. Early results show top four scholars in twenty seven classes have one in five odds to enter Who's Who versus one in 13.3 for lower students.
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the Tribune
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
Massachusetts Hall
Eliet
Lowell
Freak Boat Race Bets Stir New London Fans
In New London on June 25 bets sprinkled the Harvard Yale race as Taft and Yale links sparked wagers. A Democratic Yale alumnus promised to vote for Taft if Harvard won and for Bryan if Yale won, noting the Democrats would nominate Bryan and secure Taft’s win. Teddy bears flew off the shelves after the race.
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The
Tribune
New London
Conn
Harvard
Taft
Yale
Bryan
Pittsburg Bank Clerk Charged With 5100,000 Shortage
H W Tiers former discount clerk at First National Bank of Pittsburg arrested on information by National Bank Examiner William L Folds charging the embezzlement of 5100,000 from February 8, 1906, to July 26, 1906. Bail set at 510,000. Tiers had left banking for real estate work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
H. W. Tiers
First National Bank
National Bank
William L. Folds
Tiers
Washington
Homeopathic Fund Kiss Auction Dazzles Kansas City Crowd
At the Homeopathic National Convention in Casino Hall Kansas City doctors bid to fund relief by offering to kiss any woman contributing 109 dollars. The stunt raised five thousand dollars with several women physicians among the donors as Doctor Hamilton Fisk Biggar trotted the aisles to fulfill his pledge. Dr Mabel Spencer was first kissed while Dr Anna Cline escaped a kiss and left the street. The fund’s completion sparked a sing of the doxology.
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Tribune
Kansas City
Hamilton Fisk Biggar
Cleveland
John PD
Rockefeller
Casino Hall
Doctor Biggar
Mabel Spencer
Junction City
Kan
Anna Cline
Pensions Granted in Britain for Science and Literature
London, June 25. The government last year granted pensions for science and literature. Included is 1250 yearly to Professor Edwin Ray Lankester, director of the Natural History Museum, and 30 yearly to Paul Ain, an American traveler and writer, for contributions to literature and his straitened circumstances.
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London
Lst
Edwin Ray Lankester
Natural History Museum
Paulain
Diamond field discovered near Luderitz in German Southwest Africa
A dispatch from Windhoek Damara Land reports a diamond field spanning nearly ten square miles near Luderitz Be. The notice also lists travel fares such as Denver to return via West Shore RR and New York Central, with tentative dates in July. Telephone contact at Madison 5480.
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Berlin
Windhoek
Damara Land
German Southwest Africa
Luderitz
Denver
West Shore RR
New York Central
Madison
Adyt
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Taft Cheers Yale Rowers in New London Visit
William H Taft with son Charles cheered Yale as the Blue led early, amid taunts at Harvard and a jovial reception aboard the observation train. Taft accepted applause, posed for photos, and exchanged light quips about Yale next year. A silver oar and blue bouquet accented the farewell train scene as supporters and Connecticut Republican officials chatted before the Jersey Central schedule note.
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Tribune
New London
Conn
William H. Taft
Charles
Yale
Taft
Ide
Harvard
Charley” Taft
Mr. Taft
New Haven
Harry Coe
New York
Brooker
Bill
Mr. Palmer
Come Neva
Ratification Night Mur ray Hill Rally Hails Taft Sherman
In Mur ray Hill Lyceum the Republican County Committee held ratification speeches for Taft and Sherman led by J Sloat Fassett. The body adopted a Grover Cleveland death resolution, sending sympathy to Mrs. Cleveland, and adjourned in respect. Prominent attendees included Otto Rosalsky and Henry L. Stimson. two out-of-town Democrats attended as observers.
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Murray Hill Lyceum
Republican County Committee
J. Sloat Fassett
Elmira
Elsberg
William Halpin
John Henry Hammond
Samuel S. Koenig
Grover Cleveland
Herbert Parsons
United States
Republic
Henry L. Stimson
Taft
Sherman
James T. Reilly
Democratic State Committee of
Maine
John T. Mulroy
Democratic County Committee
Essex County
Balloonists Shot At In Brattleboro Flight
Brattleboro Vermont June 25 two men from this city William Murphy and Charles Rigaman were arrested on charges of assault with intent to kill in the case of Charles J Glidden and Leo Stevens both of New York whose balloon Boston was fired upon while passing over Brattleboro. A bullet grazed the balloon and another pierced it causing a controlled descent.
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Brattleboro
Charles J. Glidden
Boston
Glidden
Leo Stevens
New York
William Murphy
Charles Rigaman
Myron P. Davis
Clarke €. Fitts
Stevens
Yerkes Auto Hits Boy in Washington Park
Mrs Mary A Yerkes widow of Charles T Yerkes her secretary Miss Katherine Manack and Mrs Mary A Fitzpatrick faced a serious accident when the Yerkes car struck Dominick Pasquale an eleven year old Italian boy in Washington Park The chauffeur Edward Roshong was arrested on a technical charge of assault and paroled later by Magistrate Moss He is to appear in Jefferson Market court today with Tammany leader Thomas E Rush and others present
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Cleveland
Westland Grounds
Roxy
Mary A. Yerkes
Charles T. Yerkes
Yerkes
Edward Hanley
No. 139
East 69Th Street
St. Vincent's Hospital
Daniels
Arctic Sailor Drops From Roosevelt North Pole Quest
Dennis Murphy, a Roosevelt sailor bound for the North Pole expedition led by Lieutenant Peary, fainted from heat in the ship hold and may remain in Bellevue Hospital until departure. He hails from Newfoundland and wished for the colder climate as relief, saying New York weather was too harsh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Murphy
Roosevelt
New York
Peary
North Pole
Bellevue Hospital
Murphy
Newfoundland
Two Autos Kill Bookkeeper Leo Raphael on Bronx Street
Leo Raphael a bookkeeper of 27 Boston Road The Bronx was struck and killed by a motor wagon owned by Henry W Boettger Silk Finishing Company at Third Avenue and 148th Street. Raphael crossed from west to east after trolleys passed and was run over by the second wagon after the first rolled over him. The drivers John W Priest and Patrick Mc Connell were arrested and faces homicide charges. the company’s lawyer sought parole.
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Leo Raphael
Boston Road
Bronx
Henry W. Boettger
Prince Street
Third Avenue
148Th Street
Raphael
Alexander Avenue
John W. Priest
East 144Th Street
Patrick McConnell
East 199Th Street
Boettger Company
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Shell
Miss Rose Cleveland
MR. Roosevelt
Robinson
Monmouth Mounted
National Guard
Trenton
Frederick Gilkyson
Baron Takahira
Great Bear
Advt
Kissed For Homeopathic Fund
Biggar
England Pensions American
Big Bill Taft
Eeena
Teddy
Tony
Jersey Central Summer Seashore
Sandy Hook
Ohio
James Schoolcraft Sherman
Congress
Soatch
Bennet
James S. Sherman
Glidden Balloon
Lad
Silk Company
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