Boston Post to Manage Big Relay Race April 30
Boston Post New York Recorder and Chicago Herald will jointly manage the Boston New York Chicago relay race set for April 30. The event includes a large Massachusetts club presence with crews from Roxbury Waltham Winnisimmet and Medford and a Lexington to Concord route with a Revere ride featuring Captain A. D. Peck and Lt. Ayres. The program includes a Lexington Green band concert public reception and colonial night planning for April 18 with high local interest from the Massachusetts Bicycle Club and related groups.
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Baseball Talk Promises Strong Boston Team This Season
The Bostons travel south in strong form with catchers and pitchers ready. The club remains competitive under new pitching rules and shows improved batting led by Carroll. Manager Byrnes will place Lovett at third as Richardson backs him up, while prospects like Quinn show decline and future potential fades. The scene shifts to league expansion talk and regional interest in cities like Providence, Buffalo, Columbus, and Indianapolis as baseball fans anticipate a vigorous season.
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Billy Smith Plans Return After Ambitious Training
A large crowd bid farewell to Boston boxer Billy Smith at the New England depot at 3 PM. He, with Aleck Greggains and Billy Hennessey, expects a quick win over Tom Williams and vows top form. Rumors and plans include Abbott, McAuliffe matches, and Bay State Athletic Club bouts featuring Connolly vs McKinnon and O'Brien vs Conley for New England 140-pound title.
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New England Turnbezirk Holds Nineteenth Annual Meeting
The New England Turnbezirk met yesterday in irbeitear Hall Amory avenue with fourteen societies represented by forty three delegates. Martin Woll of Manchester N H chaired. A lecturer visit program was approved. Headquarters move to Holyoke Mass for the year and a festival there. Class leaders meet in Boston for instruction. Next meeting set for Pittsfield. Sixteen members from Boston Manchester Holyoke Glendon contest for national honors at Milwaukee in July.
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Match race setup and local athletics chatter
A mile match race is discussed between James McCarthy of the Revere Athletic Association and Billy Clark of Dorchester. McCarthy seeks fair chances after narrowly losing fast time to Clark, while Clark shows growing speed as a teenager. Also covered are local wrestling decisions, potential arena openings, shower facilities, Worcester athletes, club oval lighting, and Suffolk walker John Pettis.
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Royal Phelps Car roll Trials Navahoe Yacht
Newport reports Royal Phelps Car roll at his cottage in town took out his new yacht Navahoe for a trial spin. The vessel ventured to the harbor but did not linger, returning soon after.
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California Mon and Bottles Pure One Dollar A Gallon
A brief notice lists Blanchard and Fahbman at Dock Square and 81 Faneuil Mall Square offering wines at one dollar per gallon. The fragmented ad mentions price and locations but lacks full details.
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Brussels in State of Siege After Mayor Beaten
Brussels endures a tense day as crowds clash with police over universal suffrage. Socialists led by Volders incite riot near the race course. Mayor Bull is struck and nearly killed, later aided by police. Authorities arrest suspects, call in troops, and Alderman Andre acts as mayor.
Sporting Miscellany Highlights from Boston Clubs
A Boston Terrier Club meets at Youngs Hotel on Friday. Lafayette Social and Athletic Club plans its April 24 meeting at Haverhill street rooms. Boxers Carey and Welch of Lawrence are set to fight. The Coopers plan barge rowing this summer as a club crew paddled yesterday. Pettitt and Standing schedule another rackets match at the B A A court next Saturday with Tom noted for a strong game against the New Yorker.
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New Yorker
Death of South Boston youth leaves $35,000 estate
By the death of an uncle in WalthamFrank J. McNearney, a most popular young man of South Boston, has fallen heir to $35,000 worth of property.
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Boilermakers Strike Near End as Talks Proceed
The boilermakers seek nine hours with eight on Saturday, while manufacturers show willingness to compromise but the union insists on full demands. A big Boston labor scene unfolds with mass meetings at Typographical Hall and ongoing efforts to organize more unions, with the aim of securing shorter workdays and better pay.
Labor union notes and events in Boston area
The annual convention of broom makers will be held in St. Louis March 9. The macintosh makers of East Braintree remain without a settlement after a two month strike, signaling a prolonged dispute. Massachusetts Federation of Labor President Robbins is praised for his work, with seven new unions secured and three other unions brought into the fold. Business Agent Harris of the United Garment Workers is expanding membership. The Journeymen Tailors hold their annual ball in Odd Fellows Hall tonight. The Lasters' Protective Union ball Friday netted a tidy sum. The Boston Cooks Alliance meets Tuesday evening to conduct alliance business, following a social last time. the next gathering is April 25. New York clothing trade troubles drew encouraging reports at the United Garment Workers meeting, and a mass meeting was voted for next Sunday. Waiters Alliance Business Agent Dixon will organize hotel porters at 694 Washington Street Wednesday evening. At the Pants Makers Local Union, a special committee was appointed for a mass meeting on May 13. There is trouble in Building Laborers Union No. 6 with mason builders not keeping the eight hour day. the issue was referred to a special committee. The building trades working card was endorsed, as was the boiler makers strike and marble workers’ demands. Theodore Gurney of Randolph Street is mentioned.
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Wines for all Times at Hewett’s Bottled Goods
Special chance grape varieties Isabella Concord Delaware and Tewksbury for sale. Berry flavors include blackberry raspberry elderberry black cherry tomato rhubarb currant and native sherry and port. Entire stock of late W. S. Main of North Gorham Maine offered. Orders promptly filled. GEO. F. HEWETT 25 27 and 29 Beach St bottled goods only.
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Electric Car Strikes Blind Man Crossing Dorchester Street
Stephen O Leary a blind chair reseater was struck by an electric car on Dorchester Street near Third Street at 6 PM Saturday. He suffered a badly injured left leg and facial injuries, was taken home for care, and faces loss of livelihood amid claims the corner is dangerous for pedestrians near the Perkins Institute for the Blind.
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Western railways form exclusive freight alliance
Chicago April 16. The Rock Island Burlington Missouri Pacific St Paul Alton Chicago and Great Western Wabash Denver Rio Grande and Rio Grande Western sign the most important Western railway agreement. They pool transcontinental and intermediate freight, pledging mutual support and a united front against other lines. Two rival combinations, Southern Pacific Atchison and others, challenge the pact amid rate wars and Panama Canal competition.
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Nellie Bly Explodes on Wryamac River Sinking Steamer
The passenger steamer Nellie Bly owned by J. T. Fishtorn & Co. blew up while going down the river at Wryamac Indiana, seriously injuring eight persons. The boat was demolished and sank.
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