Yale Commencement Week Opens With Play and Ball Game
Yale commencement week opens with Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer performed outdoors by the Yale Dramatic Association. President Hadley to deliver the baccalaureate at Woolsey Hall with a gateway dedication to Forrest Daniels. Class day events follow at Sheffield Square and Hendrick Hall with speeches and ivy planting.
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Woolsey Hall
Forrest Leonard Daniels
Sheffield Scientific School
Sheffield Square
Yale College
Law School
Hendric Hall
Samuel J. Elder
Ll.d
Boston
Byer's
Yale Corporation
Yale
Harvard
University
Mobile Port to Attract Cotton By Fire Wall Plan
Will attract cotton rail cargo as Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railways plan a fire wall at Pier 2 to cut insurance costs and divert Memphis and Mississippi cotton from New Orleans. Mr. Taylor and Mr. Green push the project, aiming for completion by September 1.
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Charles*e. Mather
J. S. Taylor
Mobile and
Ohio
L. Green
Southern Railway
Taylor
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Mississippi
Mobile and Ohio and Southern Railways
Wheldon
United States Faces Federal Regulation Over Railroads
The piece notes push for federal regulation or even government ownership as states fear disorganization and bankruptcy. McReynolds disapproves of Union Pacific's plan to dispose of Southern Pacific stock, and a court decision is pending. A possible receivership could be forced before July 1. Also described is Kaiser’s stadium dedication near Berlin for the 1916 Olympic games with a $500,000 cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wilson
McReynolds
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
St. Paul
Grunewalde Forest
Berlin
Panama fund drive opens with Mobile meetings series
A Panama Canal opening celebration in honor of the late Senator Morgan begins a citywide campaign in Mobile. The Panama Fund Committee plans Monday night meetings to display prize lists and solicit subscriptions, with six free Panama trips among top prizes for district leaders.
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Mobile
Morgan
Panama Fund
Panama
Canal
J. J. O'Connell
Chamber of Commerce
Flach
Goethals Predicts Canal Open by November
Colonel Goethals says completion of the canal and first opening to sea traffic could occur early in November after dredges finish work and a 38 foot water flow allows ships to pass. He notes the canal may be usable by November while he retains a year to fine tune before handover.
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Gatun
Atlantic
Pacific
Goebels
Colonel Goethals
Esola Sentenced Five Years In Folsom Penitentiary
Former Detective Sergeant Frank Esola was convicted of complicity in the $200,000 Italian bunco ring protected by police and sentenced to five years in Folsom penitentiary. Other policemen charged will go on trial Monday.
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San Francisco
Frank Esola
Folsom
Orpheum to Stay Open All Summer with Higley Harrington
The Higley Harrington Stock Company with Earle Higley and E. B. Harrington will continue at the Orpheum Theatre. Monday to Wednesday feature The Private Secretary. Thursday to Saturday present The Two Sisters. A new Higley Harrington Fish Pond offers prizes including a lady's gold watch.
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Orpheum Theatre
Higley-Harrington
Sunn Day Pictures End at the Orpheum
The Ley Harrington Stock Company announces there will be no more Sunday screenings at the Orpheum Theatre, ending a series of weekly matinee events.
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Ad Tagline
A compact old ad promotes Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil to protect the face ears and hands from mosquitoes sand flies gnats and other insects with claims of relief and comfort priced at 26 cents.
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Porter
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Dramatic Association
Farquhar
Woolney
Ry. N
Alnmni
Mejorield Hall
Imperial Sanitary Laundry
Germany
United States
Panama Fund Committee
Esola
Libbey
Orpheum
Order of Owls
St. Michael St
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