Boston New York Chicago Relay Race heads to April 30 under joint Post Recorder Merald
The big relay race among Boston New York and Chicago is set for April 30 with primary coverage by the Boston Post New York Recorder and Chicago Merald. The Post will publish race details as they are finalized. The piece also notes the cycling season opening and Eagle Cycle Club events with club leadership and memberships.
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New York
Chicago
Boston Post
New York Recorder
Chicago Merald
Post
Boston
Cycling world visits Roxbury Hyde Park clubs in 1890s tour
A Sunday morning ride to Chestnut Hill reservoir and Franklin Park drew a long list of riders from Roxbury Hyde Park and the Union Cycle Club. About twenty Massachusetts men followed by a 4:30 p.m. column of twos included Capt. Finley Capt. Peck Lieut Ayres and many others. The event showcased the Roxbury Club’s growing influence and featured toasts and a poem by Satham Dwyer. The Eagle Cycle Club evolved from the College Association Wheelmen and traces its origins to the Young Men's Catholic Association of Boston College with Daniel J. Dwyer and James M. McGinley driving its formation.
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John F. Fitzgerald
Daniel J. Dwyer
Harry B. Cressy
James R. Shea
C. T. Sullivan
Joseph B. Moran
Franklin Park
Chestnut Hill Reservoir
David J. Cartwright
William A. Mahoney
M. A. Sullivan
William J. Cartwright
D. J. Sullivan
F. C. Hartig Kugler
John J. Mahoney
D. J. Dwyer
Val R. Potben
Charlie M. Connell
Frank E. Hartey
William A. Walsh
John D. Drumm
Thomas M. White
Pope Manufacturing Company
B. B. Emery & Co
Emery
Park
Finley
P. J. Alexander
Corbett
Hussey
Hudkies
Hyde Park
McKim
Knapp
Jones
Pressey
Ourish
Keltie
Roxbury
Otis
Union Cycle Club
F. Smith
Lapworth
Mattapantoad Club
Longley
The
Press
Dwyer
Eagle Cycle Club
Silver
Clarence Hunt
Davis
Barker
Shawmuns
Andrews
Hyde Park Rovers
T. Jonnelly
Maidens
Ree
Massachusetts
Fress Club
Peck
Ayres
Prior
Wade
Ryder
Marvin
Karcher
Hunt
Savage
Arnold
Crane
Hurter
Kennedy
Cade
John Merrill
Roxbury Club
College Association Wheelmen
Young Men’s Catholic Association of
Boston College
James M. McGinley
Columbia Bicycles for Women Model 31 debut
The Ladies' Columbia Model 31 is hailed as the most beautiful bicycle for women yet made. It is light and easy to run with improvements, priced at 150 dollars. Also offered are Ladies' Model 28 with cushion tires at 110 and pneumatic tires at 115 and 125. Second-hand wheels in various styles and prices available. Salesrooms and riding school open Wednesday and Saturday evenings. Pepe Mfg. Co. 221 Columbus Ave.
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Columbia
S.alesrooms and
Pepe Mfg. Co
Columbus Ave
A catalog of classic novels and authors
A dense list of author names and titles across multiple works including Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Walter Scott, Anthony Trollope, and Leo Tolstoy. The fragment appears as a bibliographic collage with page and volume markers, indicating a library or sales catalog reference.
Navahoe Second Trial Satisfactory Amid Sail Improvements
Bristow R I April 9 Navahoe second trial trip proved more satisfactory than last week with improved handling especially in coming about. Designer Nat Herreshoff and Royal Phelps Carroll aboard. centreboard to be installed this week. reports of ten tons of lead false. yacht to be tried again.
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Bristow
R. I
Herreshoff
Royal Phelps Carroll
Nat. G. Herreshoff
Newport
Hog Island
Bristol
Aleck Greggains Challenges Fitzsimmons for Middleweight Title
Aleck Greggains, the American middleweight champion, posted a $1000 forfeit vowing to meet Bob Fitzsimmons. Fitzsimmons has stayed silent as Greggains pursues a match or a limited contest, while Greggains also gravitates toward England to face Ted Pritchard or Bill Goode. The New Cribb Athletic Club holds a monthly meeting with four bouts and introduces Billy Smith to contest welterweight championship. Tommy Connelly and Dan McKinnon set for a Bay State Athletic Club bout on April 24, with talks to pair Dick OBrien and Jimmy Conley later. Ron Roy continues the report.
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Aleck Greggains
Bob Fitzsimmons
Greggains
Fitz
Fitzsimmons
America
California
England
Ted Pritchard
Bill Goode
New Cribb Athletic Club
Ham Brock
B. H. Benton
State Street
Billy Smith
Tom Williams
Coney Island Club
Tommy Connelly
Dan McKinnon
Bay State Athletic Club
Connelly
McKinnon
Dick O’brien
Jimmy Conley
Cribb Club
Ron Roy
Mitchell Talks Back On World Champion Match
Charley Mitchell defends his funds and plans, saying the $10,000 stake stays with him in Dave Blanchard’s hands and that he will return to America in September to train three months near the club house for the Corbett bout. He demands a fair field and no favorable treatment.
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Charley Mitchell
Corbett
Jim Corbett
Squire Abingdon
Mitchell
Dave Blanchard
Baird
Pony Moore
Hie
America
W’lidet
Jack
England
Grand variety show in St Marys Hall tomorrow night
Coover and Lafayette Social and Athletic Clubs present a mixed program with a tug of war between club squads, funny boxing acts by Major Cunningham and W Reynolds, sparring by Don Doherty M J Farrell Joland and Lynch, plus acts by Professor Charles Chapman Archie Deacon and D Coady. The programme promises to be splendid.
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St. Marys Hall
Stillman Street
Coover
Lafayette
Major Cunningham
W. Reynolds
Don Doherty
M. J. Farrell
Joland
Lynch
Charles Chapman
Archie Deacon
D. Coady
Weather Draws Rowers To River Boathouse
Yesterday's conditions lured several oarsmen from Riverside Crescent and City Point Rowing Association into boats. Riverside crews showed life while Crescent moved about. City Point members reviewed boats and planned repairs. This afternoon BA A crews will report at the boat house.
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Riverside
Crescent
City Point Rowing Association
Be Careful How You Guard Health and Choose Whiskey
A public notice extols careful behavior and warns to rely on Duffy's Pure Malt for coughs and colds. It urges selecting only the aged pure medicinal whiskey, claiming doctors and scientists endorse its superiority and warning against substitutes offered by druggists or grocers.
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Duffy
Harvard Nine to Meet Boston Team at Hartford
Harvard’s crack nine will face Boston in Hartford tomorrow. Boston’s squad is complete after Harry Staley signed his contract on Saturday and arrived Friday. Jack Stivetts will skip North games until his arm heals. Selee plans Garry and Lake to see heavy use before the championship season, with games set against the Tigers at Princeton then Petersburg and Richmond.
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Harvard
Bostons
Hartford
Boston
Harry Staley
Soden
Jack Stivetts
Horse Race Card Multiple Races and Entries
A detailed listing of six races with multiple entrants and weights across distances from five furlongs to one and one-quarter miles. Each race shows participating horses and assigned weights or selling entries, with numerous named owners, sires, and race labels.
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April Fool
Charlie R
Aftermath
Capulin
Florimer
Moonstone
Midget
Lil Spent
Josie Wells
Mabel R
Pomeroy
Lord Auckland
Kindness
Surprise
Hymn
Jennie N
Kanawha
Brenda
Minnie Brown
Lord Harry
King Crab
Copyright
Shellbark
Ramphler
Badge
Lester
Dallorian
Lord Motley
Toano
Blitzen
Charlie Wilson
Estelle
Erikina
Fellow
Prince Howard
Fenelon
Mulatto
Double Cross
Rolfe
Detroit
Tammany Hall
Carmelite
Vocalite
Indigo
Ratalpa
Jersey
Great Guns
My Craft
Power
Gray Rock
Barrientos
Andrew D
Gold Pan
Black Knight
Graduate
Mattie Lee
Lingara
Minnora
Robin Hood
Queen Enid
Freeland
Keime
Princess Rhelda
George
Wallace G
Benjamin
Crotchet
Pokino
Pat Oakley
Tim Wasson
Bozarro
Washington
Glenspray
Foxmead
Frank
Albemarle
Startle
Gladstone
Baltimore
Henry George
Charles Howard Buried in Chelsea Funeral Rites
The funeral of Charles Howard, late city messenger of Chelsea, was held yesterday afternoon. He was escorted from 122 Shawmut Street to Universalist Church by police platoons, Knights Templar, Royal Arch, lodges, city officials, and many organizations, with services by Rev. R. Perry Bush and the Apollo Quartet of Boston. pallbearers from Palestine Commandery, Royal Arch, Star of Bethlehem Lodge, and others served, then interment followed at Garden Cemetery with Winnisimmet Lodge conducting the final rites. Representatives from the Massachusetts City Messengers Association attended.
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Charlies Howard
Chelsea
Shawmut Street
Universalist Church
H. H. Hayes
Carter
Palestine
Converse
Henry A. Smith
Winnisimmet Lodge
I.C.C. F
Henry 5S. Parsons
Chelsea Veteran Firemen’s Association
John H. Crandon
John C. Martin
Palestine Commandery
Fred H. R. Smith
Royal Arch Chapter
Levi Hall
Peter T. Weston
Apollo Quartet
Boston
Star of Bethlehem Lodge
Masons
Garden Cemetery
Winnisinmet Lodge
Massachusetts City Messengers’ Association
Alvah H. Peters
James Mann
Somerville
Frank L. Pratt
Cambridge
Charles Marvin
Worcester
Joseph D. Wellington
Newton
Out-of-town preachers visit Cambridge churches
Cambridge hosted several visiting ministers. Rev. Frank Wright Pratt filled the Austin Street Unitarian pulpit. Rev. George W. Briggs remains a sporadic preacher due to age as the church seeks an assistant pastor. First Parish Harvard fills by Rev. Charles A. Humphreys. Rev. E H Hall’s successor not yet chosen. Other speakers included Rev. G H Patterson at Epworth Church and Rev. Thomas Elger at Charles River Baptist. Grace M E Church heard Rev. A C Skinner. Y M C A afternoon talk by William F Davis.
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Cambridge
Austin Street Unitarian
Frank Wright Pratt
West Roxbury
George W. Briggzs
Harvard
Charles A. Humphreys
Boston
E. H. Hall
G. H. Patterson
Epworth Church
Charles River Baptist Church
Thomas Elger
Grace M. E. Church
A. C. Skinner
Boston University
William F. Davis
Boston Common
Postoffice Fourth-Class Postmasters Appointed
The Postoffice Department reports 878 fourth-class postmasters appointed from March 4 1895 to April 8 1898, with 508 to fill resignations or deaths and 370 removals. Ninety removals involved four years service or more. From March 4 1889 to April 3 1889, 1828 were appointed, 503 to vacancies and 825 removals, with no record of service terms for removals then.
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Washington
Postoffice Department
President Cleveland Visits Bayard Home in Quiet Delaware Day
President Cleveland Secretary Gresham and Senator White spent a quiet day at Mr Bayards Wilmington home on April 9. They drove with Mr Bayard and Gresham escorting in a carriage, delighted onlookers as they relaxed at the Bayard residence. Bayard said there was no special significance to the visit and will sail for England in about a month. The presidential party plans to depart for Washington tomorrow morning at 8 01 and arrive at 10 42.
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Del
Cleveland
Gresham
Senator White
Mr. Bayard
Bayard
England
Washington
National
Forest fires sweep Kentucky and Ohio regions in wide devastation
Reports from Vanceburg Kentucky Clarksville and Sugar Loaf Mountain describe forests alight across Lewis county and surrounding areas. In Bainbridge Ross county fires reach hills near Pike and Highland counties causing extensive timber loss and property damage. A rainstorm helps Nauvoo Union Mills and Friendship end the danger though much timber and farm buildings were destroyed with losses exceeding 200000 dollars.
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Vanceburg
Lewis County
Clarksville
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Culllicotte
Bainbridge
Ross County
Pike
Highland
Portsmouth
Nauvoo
Union Mills
Sciotodriver
Union
Fendship
Riddle Reading Publicized at Association Hall
George Riddle delivered a second reading in Association Hall last Saturday afternoon of Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo. He read with ease and dramatic force portraying characters vividly. The third reading is set for Wednesday evening with Hernani as the subject.
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George Riddle
Association Hall
Ruy Blas
Victor Hugo
Riddle
Hernani
Preacher Critiques Dogmatic Labor at Fourth Presbyterian
The Rev. Frank Haven Hinman denounced boycotts and strikes as war measures except in extreme cases, urging organized labor to temper its dominance. He argued justice must guide labor when it gains power, recalling past struggles and warning against retaliation.
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Frank Haven Hinman
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Capital Society
Tract Society Anniversary Observed in Washington
The American Tract Society marked its sixty eighth anniversary in Washington at Luther Place Memorial Church with Ex Justice William Strong presiding. Rev David James Burrell preached on home mission value and Rev William Rice summarized the annual report noting 30 million volumes 415 million tracts and 220 million periodical copies circulated in sixty eight years and $2 170 000 spent on gratuitous distribution.
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Washington
The
American Tract Society
Luther Place Memorial Church
William Strong
David James Burrell
D.D
Marble Collegiate Church
New York
William Rice
Sugar Market Forecasts in Havana Week of April 9
The week saw exporters and speculators bid up sugar prices with speculators taking most parcels. Molasses sugar regular to good polarization ranged 262% to 275 gold per quintal, centrifugal 95 to 96% polarization 368% to 375 gold per quintal. Havana stock tallies 20 boxes 491000 bags 941 hogsheads with week receipts 44000 bags 479 hogsheads and exports 7000 bags 124 hogsheads including 6000 bags 124 hogsheads to the United States. Freight and dull exchange reported steady.
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Havana
United States
Boston News Changing Hands Under Towle Leadership
The Boston News is purchased by Manager Towle and allies who plan a two cent, eight page Republican newspaper to rival the Journal. J Henry Gould becomes president with W A Doran in business role and John E Wood as treasurer. new presses ordered and a bold editorial stance promised. The paper will expand to eight pages, add a Sunday issue, and aggressively promote Republican principles while delivering comprehensive daily news.
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Boston News
Towle
New England
J. Henry Gould
W. A. Doran
John E. Wood
the News Company
Dangerous Italian in Quincy court threat with knife and revolver
A group of Italians in the North End at nine p m witnessed Giovanni Guarino threaten his brother Guiseppe with a stiletto and then a revolver aimed at Raffaele Ecristoforo. The crowd disarmed both men and police detained Guarino, 33, on assault with a loaded weapon and a knife with a Municipal Court hearing set for this morning.
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Quincy Court
Giovanni Guarino
Guiseppe
Giovanni
Guarino
Raffaele Ecristoforo
Guarddo
Sensation Suicide Linked to Family Troubles In Barre
Solon Sith, a middle aged quarryman, shot himself on the front steps of Charles Minard’s home in Barre. Family troubles are cited as the cause, with Sith’s wife and family no longer living with him for three years.
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Barre
Solon Sith
Charles Minard
Smith
Bequest of 20,000 Pounds for Moffat Laborers
A Scotsman, Proudfoot, who died in Natal, left £20,000 to the Moffat laborers. The eighty workers plan to use the funds to set up a public institution for the sick and aged poor and to sustain a pension fund.
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London
Proudfoot
Natal
Moffat
Scotland
Frank Porter Recovers From Sewer Gas Incident at Fort Hill
Frank Porter was overcome by sewer gas in the hold of a garbage scow at Fort Hill Wharf Friday night. He regained consciousness at City Hospital and is out of danger, expected to return to work soon.
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Frank Porter
Fort Hill Wharf
City Hospital
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