Harvard Graduation Day Hosts Roosevelt In Cambridge
President Roosevelt attended Harvard Universitys twenty fifth anniversary events in Cambridge on June 29. He delivered three public addresses including the principal alumni speech at Memorial Hall, praising the colleges mission amid lively audience response. He also visited the Germanic Museum and met Harvard officials during a busy program focused on education and public service.
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Harvard University
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United States
Commonwealth
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Porcelain Club
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University Hall
Albert Bushenell Hart
Somerset Club
Points in the Chief Speech at Memorial Hall on Scholarship and Conduct
In a Memorial Hall address the university president argues scholarship in the United States should be financially valued like other careers. He urges better pay for teachers, condemns luxury in universities, supports athletics, and calls for higher moral standards and law enforcement among the educated class. He warns against greed and evasion, emphasizing decency in business and public life.
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United States
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Rern
Rioters Shot as Martial Law Declared in Odessa
At Odessa hundreds of rioters were shot and many killed by troops during the outbreak. Martial law has been proclaimed and fires gutted the harbor with warehouses and several steamers burned. The toll is estimated at around 500 rioters dead. Troops move to restore order. Also in Watkinsville eight negroes and one white man were lynched last night on alleged crimes.
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The
Evening Journal
Atlanta
Watkinsville
Budapest
Jaszbereny
Hungary
Ex-Speaker Henderson III Stricken in Duluque Hotel
Former national House speaker D. H. Henderson of Duluque, La, is confined to hotel rooms with a slight stroke. Right side paralyzed, condition serious but improving. relatives deny a second stroke and hope to leave the apartments in a few days.
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Iowa Statesman
Henderson
Man Dies After Sewer Cave-In In South Bend
In South Bend Indiana Harry De Bruyne ignoring friends and coworkers warnings entered a sewer ditch to lay new pipe. A burst water main buried him waist deep in sand and gravel and flooding killed him. He was about 35 and had worked fifteen years for Ho Ban Bach contractors.
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Ind
Harry de Bruyne
de Bruyne
Hoban & Bach
Secretary Hay Gaining Strength Reported in Newbury
Newbury New Hampshire June 20 Dr Murphy the only physician at the Hay residence said the secretary was steadily gaining strength and would likely sit up by the end of a week.
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Newbury
N. H
Murphy
Hay Residence
Cornell Wins at Rowing Regatta in New York
In Poughkeepsie New York on June 29 Cornell won the varsity and freshmen eight-oar races while Syracuse took the varsity four-oar event at the Inter-collegiate regatta.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Syracuse
Mutineers Seize Kniaz Potemkine in Black Sea
A Odessa dispatch reports mutineers aboard the battleship Kniaz Potemkine have killed officers and taken the ship. The harbor city is in flames with Cossacks and workers fighting as the Black Sea fleet prepares to intervene.
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Odessa
Russia
Black Sea
Mutineers Attacked as Ships Sail Homeward
Washington reports Japan ready for early August Washington conference but Russia must name plenipotentiaries and numbers before sailing. St Petersburg notes false rumors about Kuropatkin. Russians claim a victory as preliminaries set stage for a major engagement and Japan moves to isolate Vladivostok before talks.
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Japan
Russia
St. Petersburg
Kuropatkin
Waltham Scratching Epidemic From Caterpillar Allergic Reaction
In Waltham Massachusetts in June reports describe a citywide scratching outbreak caused by light fuzz from a brown moth caterpillar. The powdery coating causes swelling and intense burning wherever it contacts skin, leading to widespread itching.
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Waltham
Mass
Governor Hanly Heads to Charlestown Site Visit
Governor Hanly with the Southern Insane hospital commission travels to Charlestown to inspect a proposed hospital site. He delivers an address at Paoli and is expected to return to Indianapolis today.
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Hanly
Indianapolis
Southern Insane Hospital Commission
Charlestown
Paoli
Baseball scores from June on ball fields
Scores from leagues across major and minor clubs list results by venue. Brooklyn beat Brooklyn 8 to 4 while Philadelphia defeated Boston 7 to 4, St Louis topped Pittsburgh 2 to 1, Chicago swept St Louis 8 to 2, Washington defeated Philadelphia 6 to 3, Detroit beat Cleveland 4 to 1, Boston won 5 to 2 in the second game with New York 3, Boston 1, Toledo beat Louisville 5 to 1, Columbus shut out Indianapolis 2 to 0, St Paul beat Kansas City 5 to 3, Minneapolis crushed Milwaukee 10 to 4, Omaha beat Colorado Springs 5 to 0, St Joseph lost to Denver 1 to 0, and Sioux City topped Des Moines 2 to 0.
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New York
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Washington
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Cleveland
Toledo
Louisville
Columbus
Indianapolis
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Kansas City
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Milwaukee
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Omaha
Colorado Springs
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Denver
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Des Moines
Weather forecast by region and trends tonight
Lilinela and Indiana partly cloudy with showers and rising temperatures. Lower Michigan increasing cloudiness with light to fresh easterly winds. Wisconsin increasing clouds with probable showers and warmer temperatures, winds easterly shifting to south. Iowa likely showers and warmer in the east with easterly winds shifting to southerly.
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Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Warner
Wallace Resignation Threat In Canal Commission Row
Washington in June faces a crisis as pressure mounts over Wallace’s resignation from the canal commission amid disloyalty charges. Officers accuse him of undermining the government while the president weighs acceptance of his move and potential removal from the commission rolls.
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Jouni Wath
PA Ati
Wallace
Toosevels
Yale alumni meeting pledges total gifts from Rockefeller and graduates
At the Yale alumni meeting President Hadley announced a gift of 1,000,000 from John D. Rockefeller to Yale and noted that certain graduates had pledged another 1,000,000 to the university.
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Conn
Yale
Hadley
John D. Rockefeller
Markets Open with Mixed Hog and Steer Movements in Chicago
Chicago June 20 1905 reports estimated hog receipts at 33000 with prices 5 lower than yesterday and mixed packers bidding 5 25 to 5 40 for shipping hogs. Cattle and sheep show varied activity with lighter hogs and steers generally softer, while sheep rise up to 10. Closing notes indicate weak demand and price adjustments across beef and lamb with seasonal receipts continuing.
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Noaga
Wanted at Bone steel S. 1 husbands in prairie utopia
A Chicago correspondent recounts a Bonestee plea by Alfred Paxton urging men to marry spinsters arriving via westbound trains. He touts 157 eligible women on 160 acres of prairie, promising prosperity, government law obedience, and idealized farm life amid a booming land lottery and hopeful crops.
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Bonesteel
S. 1
Alfred Paxton
Palmer House
Bonestee
New England
New York
Altoona
Ohio Reserve
Rone Steel
Pierre
Mitchell
Deadwood
Paxton
New Jersey
Connecticut
Bonesteel Matrimonial Club Seeks Husbands for Local Farmers
Paxton quotes a Bonesteel farming column urging men to marry local women. The piece describes a matrimonial club led by Ruth Partie and Ella Thompson, proposing a year of apprenticeship on a farmer’s land before marriage. It touts the region’s wealth and the need for men to settle on the prairie.
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Paxton
Ruth Partie
Frankfort
Ind
Ella Thompson
Logansport
South Dakota
Club
Woman Guardian Deported With Child Under Trachoma Rule
Through the immigration law barring landing of aliens with trachoma a guardian who aided a Jewish boy to reach the United States is ordered to return with him to Europe. The boy’s father resides in the U S and arranged for the voyage from a European home. The guardian’s deportation follows.
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Philadelphia
England
United States
New York
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