Gossoon Beats Minerva in Regatta Sketch
In a brisk race, Gossoon defeats Minerva while a volunteer fails to race. The fleet includes large and small schooners, two classes, Quickstep wins, and the fleet is disbanded.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1890
Page
8
New York Yacht Club regatta in Newport features light wind start
A light wind and flood tide delayed racing but at 11:48 the fleet began the sprint with Troquois Quickstep and Genone in the schooner class and the forties sailing for Cup prizes. Gossoon wins 200 cup and Quickstep 300 cup amid a nautical mile course and a late press briefing aboard Electra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newront
Troquois
New York Club
Regatta Committee
Merlin
Clara
Forties
Iroquois
Minerva
Liris
Gossoon
Moccasin
Electra
Brenton’s Reef
Mariquita
Truke
Edward Burgess
Newport
A. J. Sebiougos
New York Sun
A. J. McVey
Boston Herald
Gerry
McVey
Roland F. Collin
Newport Harbor
Halcyon
Volunteer
Viking
Litania
Magic
Restless
Haron
Sylph
Vicetta
Viator
Wayward
Chnonue
Eee
Wanderer
Phantom
Gracie
Jean
Oneide
Estelle
Siren
Mayflower
Nir Vana
Medusa
Cushing
Vivienne
Concord
Gevalia
Rae Veto
Ats
Fedalina
Babboon
Banshee
Choctaw
Quickstay
Peri
Oliva
Lurline
Peerless
Isolene
Avenel
Waif
Cinderella
Gossip
Cosette
Psyche
Ifin
Tomboy
Adelit
Netive
Jeffries Yacht Club Open Race Draws Thirty Entries
Jeffries Yacht Club schedules a resetta on August 12 at 10 AM open to all New England Yacht Racing Association yachts. About thirty entries have registered with more expected by August 31. entries advance via Walters McLaughlin, 427 Washington Street. Races feature multiple classes with prizes ranging from 4 to 15 dollars and courses around Black buoy 5, Governor's Rock, Apple Island, and Glades Buoys, totaling nine miles for some divisions and seven and a half for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeffyrim Mwacht
Jeffries Yacht Club
New England Yacht Racing Association
Walters
McLaughlin
Washington Street
Judge’s
Governor’s Rock and Glades
Apple Island
Governor
Governor’s Rocks
Glades
Governor’s Flats
Thompson’s Island
Caste Rocks
Mosquito Fleet Cup Races Set for City Point Course
Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club announces a three leg cup series starting this afternoon off City Point. The first leg will determine the class winner who will then retain the cup as rightful owner. Entered boats compete on the standard courses for the first class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club Mein
City Point
Wii
Marblehead Yacht Club Invitation Sweepstakes Races Set
Local yachtsmen mainly from the Corinthian Yacht Club plan a Tuesday sweepstake race off Marblehead with a $25 entrance fee. Invited boats include Mission Chieftain Kalinde Harbinger Almira Hawk Mildred Elf Saladina Shark and Pilgrim. Most are expected to enter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corinthian Yacht Club
Marblehead
Mission
Chieftain
Kalinde
Harbinger
Almira
Hawk
Mildred
Elf
Saladina
Shark
Pilgrim
Race to Decide 80-Foot Class Supremacy
A no time allowance race will determine the 80-foot class supremacy with the Corinthian rule waived. If five or more boats enter, prizes are 75 percent to first and 26 percent to second. under five entrants the first prize is the entire stake. If weather prevents finishing or sunset arrives, the race is off and entrance money returned.
South Boston Yacht Club Hosts Third Championship Race
Members of the South Boston Yacht Club prepare for a club race tomorrow afternoon off City Point as the third event in the championship series draws a full entry list for First Class Centreboards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Boston
South Boston Yacht Club
City Point
Corinthian Yacht Club 40 foot sweepstakes race set for Newport
The Corinthian Yacht Club hosts a free-for-all 40-foot race Monday in Newport Rhode Island. The winner earns seven tenths of the purse with the remainder to second place. Tugboat Aquidneck will run judges and press boat. The 25 mile triangular course starts and finishes off Brenton's Reef Lightship. Eight entries include Minea Gogssoon Liris Mariquita Choctaw Moccasin Tomahawk and Ventura.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Rk. L
Corinthian Yacht Club
Aquidneck
Brenton’s Reef
Minea
Gogssoon
Liris
Mariquita
Choctaw
Moccasin
Tomahawk
Ventura
Monatiquet Ladies Day at Yacht Club with races and fireworks
The Monatiquet Yacht Club held its fourth annual ladies day in Vertmouth on August 8. Commodore Joel F. Sheppard led a yacht review at 4 pm before sailing indoors with guests. Madge and Kate Pierce won the ladies four-oared Whitehall race while Arthur E. Pratt and George D. Miller won the men’s race. Supper, Germania Band music, fireworks, a promenade concert, and a ball followed, with illumination by Japanese lanterns and attendees from Boston, Quincy, Braintree, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monatiquet
Vertmouth
Monatiquet Yacht Club
Joel F. Sheppard
Whitehall
Madge Pierce
Kate Pierce
Arthur E. Pratt
George D. Miller
Germania Band
Frank Worster
Boston
Quincy
Braintree
Yachting notes on Say When and recent arrivals in harbor
The steam yacht Say When sold to W. J. White of Cleveland is hauled for repairs and set for a St. Lawrence and Great Lakes voyage. Whistler sounced to Porter with Marina to new owner. 70-foot steam yacht designs ordered. Hull Yacht Club extended privileges to Massachusetts Yacht Club during US squadron stay. Jessica arrives from Scotland after a brisk Atlantic crossing with notable design features. Provincetown report notes arrivals of Aneto May Queen and Norma cruising near Hull and Marblehead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Yacht Agency
W. J. White
Cleveland
Lawley
St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Yacht Agency
C. H. Merrill
Whistler
I. H. Porter
Pryor
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Hull Yacht Club
United States
Hull
Jessica
New York
Staunch
Sound
Atlantic
Fairlie
Scotland
Will Fife, Jr
Minerva
Gossoon
Filver
James Ritchie
Archibald Paton
Paton
Clyde
Provincetown
Yawl Aneto
Norma
May Queen
Marblehead
Will They Consent? Engraving Free With Wax Starch Offer
An advertisement promotes a 19 by 24 inch engraving titled Will They Consent depicting a couple seeking parental consent for marriage. The Wax Starch Co. of Keokuk Iowa offers this costly picture free with a box of Wax Starch, claiming the product is a g eneration breakthrough. The offer lasts six weeks and targets ladies’ parlors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kwall
WAX Starch Co
Keokuk
Iowa
The Olivette Sailings To Bar Harbor Regular Schedule
The Plant line steamship Olivette runs Boston to Bar Harbor with trips on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 6 p.m. and returns Bar Harbor to Boston on Monday Wednesday and Friday at 6 p.m. The steamer offers comfortable staterooms and courteous officers, described as an excellent equipped vessel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plant Line
Olivette
Boston
Bar Harbor
Weary people urged to take Hood's Sarsaparilla
The ad describes many people weakened by heat illness disease or overwork and promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla as a remedy to build strength purify blood and restore appetite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hood
Boston in patriotic blaze at Hollander building display
A Boston scene shows states and national symbols in a grand display at P Hollander & Co. red white and blue bunting drapes the Massachusetts seal while banners honor 1776 1861 1865 and 1890 with flags and corps badges forming a vivid tribute to national memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
State House
Beacon Street
John A. Andrew
Sumter
Appomattox
Massachusetts
P. Hollander & Co
America
Brazil
France
Boston Firm Welcomes G A R Veterans With Fitting Display
Waines Furniture Company prepares a welcoming scene at 48 Canal Street for local G A R posts and their guests. The warerooms feature tri colored bunting, life flags, crests, and a Grant bust. Paine brothers have veterans on staff and one member fought at Bull Run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Waine
Furniture Company
Nenr
Canal Street
New England
General Grant
Army
G. F. Paine
Messrs. Paine
First
Massachusetts Volunteers
Grand Army
State Delegation Schedule For Encampment Week
The program lists daily events for the State delegation August 12 to 16 including lodging at Hotel Vendome official greetings at the President and Grand Army events, lunches, campfires, a Plymouth excursion, and harbor outings with transportation and badge details provided by the Grand Army committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Vendome
State House
United States
Grand Army
Mechanics
Mechanics’ Building
Old Colony
Plymouth
Tremont Temple
Woman's Relief Corps
Aus
Committee of the
Commonwealth Avenue
Dartmouth Street
Legislature and Grand Army clash over National Encampment funds
Massachusetts lawmakers approved 50000 dollars for the National Encampment entertainment to be run under the Governor and Council. Some legislative members protest that Grand Army committees feel slighted and ignored while veterans are given full access to events and tickets. Representative Barnes and Senator Gammans opposed the mistreatment view, while Coffiin, Macebate, and Barker expressed satisfaction with the arrangement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Legislative Committee
Grand Army
State House
General Committee
Boston
Legislative
National Committees
Barnes
Chelsea
Gammans
Coffiin
Macecabe
Barker
Malden
Boston Sees Packed Encampment Plan For State Officials
Legislation authorizes a 50 000 grant to coordinate veterans events in Boston for the 25th anniversary of peace and Grand Army of the Republic gathering. State leadership will send governors officers and a large House and Senate delegation to represent the Commonwealth at the national encampment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Beacon Street
Grand Army of the Republic
Commonwealth
Executive Council
Senate
House
Messrs. Barker
Malden
Howland and Barnes
Chelsea
Curtis
Marlboro
Edward Sullivan
Coveney
Cambridge
Macomber
Fall River
Fairbanks
Westboro
Pickering
Salem
Converse
Winchendon
Cady
Orders From Camp Sheridan Assign Staff At Camp Pulwer
General Orders No 21 dated August 8 1890 assign Azro C Hibbard William T Riley Samuel A Cushing Samuel B K Shapleigh Albion B Pease Richard Curtis Fred H Robinson E I Starkweather Harry C Hitchinrs Harry B Sears James R Murray Peter White to staff roles at Camp Sheridan with guard aide de camp and orderly duties. Church calls at 730 am and 630 pm. Staff to report in citizen dress on Sunday the 10th and full duty by Monday the 11th at 8 am. Medical staff provided and telephonic communication established with camp. Fire protection arranged by the Board of Fire Commissioners. Commandant Charles E Hapgood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan
Pulwer
MacuHanks
Azro C. Hibbard
William ‘T. Riley
Samuel A. Cushing
Samuel BK. Shapleigh
Albion B. Pease
Kansas City
Richard Curtis
Fred H. Robinson
Sons of Veterans
E. I. Starkweather
Harry C. Hitchinrs
Harry B
Sears
James R. Murray
Peter White
O. H. Marion
H. S. Deering
Thomas Sherwin
New England Telephone & Telegraph Company
Board of Fire Commissioners
Charles E. Hapgood
Hospital Department Orders for Aug 11 12 The Emergency Medical Staff Mobilizes
The hospital issues orders naming Lt Howard Deering as acting surgeon at Camp Phil Sheridan and Lt Myles Standish along with Lt Arthur Clark to report for six days duty. Herbert L Smith to lead the emergency hospital on Huntington Ave. Ambulances and staff to assemble Aug 11 12 with specific uniforms and posts. Requests for medical attendance go to the emergency hospital Huntington Ave by messenger or telephone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hospital Department
Howard
Deering
Camp Phil Sheridan
Charlies E. Hapgood
Herbert L. Smith
Huntington Avenue
Myles Standish
First Ambulances Corps
Arthur W. Clark
Second Ambulance Corps
Tuntington Avenue
Red Cross
Gainesboro Street
Ambulance Cors
Quincy House
Boston Dealers to Close Stores for Parade Day
A list of Boston paper dealers and iron pipe and fittings firms agree to close on August 12, the parade day. Also, Boston paint and oil shops will remain closed Tuesday under a signed agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Rice Kendall Company
Carter, Rice & Co
Pulsifer, Jordan & Pfaff
John Carter & Co
A. Storrs & Bement Company
Spaulding & Tewksbury
American Te Board Company
Train, Smith & Co
W. H. Claflin & Co
Whitney Bros
Hallett Bros
Bryeat & Co
Wwu
Rea Yean
Dow & Go
J. H. Cunningham
Dalton & Ingersoll
Gilchrist & Taylor
W. H. Gallison
King & Goddard
A. M. Morton & Co
H. McShane & Co
National Tube Works Company
George K. Paul & Co
Sumner _& Goodwin
Additional Subscriptions to National Encampment Fund
Colonel L E Haskell chairs the Boston finance committee urging Merchants and Citizens to contribute to the National Encampment fund for 1890. The message appeals for gifts or subscriptions during the present week and thanks supporters for their generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LE. H. Haskell
Finance Committee
Headquarters Finance Committee
Boston
Acknowledgment of Additional Gifts to Guarantee Fund
The finance committee chaired by Edward H. Haskell notes further gifts and subscriptions. Totals: Guarantee Fund 45790 dollars. Gifts 12762 dollars, bringing grand total to 56552 dollars. Donors include Swift Bros Co Ross Turner Co Houghton Mifflin Co Sherman House Falmouth Hotel Nantasket Beach Steamboat Campus Field Bullivant & Field and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward H. Haskell
Swift Bros. & Co
Ross, Turner & Co
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
Sherman House
Lee & Shepard
Falmouth
Nantasket Beach Steamboat
Field
Bullivant & Field
W. D. Brackett & Co
Arey, Maddock & Loch
Proctor, Hunt & Co
Louis G. Low
J. W. 8. Marshall
Wright & Intson
Homer Bros
John Felt Osgood
Ginn & Co
Roberts Bros
Rousmaniere, Williams & Co
Brooks & Co
American Powder Mills
Silver
Burdett & Co
George H. Ellis
Frank H. Mudge
J. A. Cummings Printing Company
DeWolfe, Fiske & Co
Fleming & Co
J. W. Vinal & Co
Moses Merrill
L. Barta & Co
Heath & Co
F. A. Searle
Berwick & Smith
E. W. Foster
Mayors' Club Banquet for President Harrison Planned
The final notice from ex-Mayor Mark F. Burns states a meeting at Mayor Hart's office this afternoon at 3 and details a banquet in Boston to honor President Harrison and his Cabinet. Invitations extend to top officials and thirty mayors from outside Massachusetts with many prominent figures expected to attend. Members should assemble at Young's Hotel by 6:30 p m for final arrangements. full dress is desirable.
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Harrison
Mayors’ Club
Mark F. Burns
Somerville
Hart
Massachusetts
Proctor, Noble and Rusk
Douglass
Washington, D
Cleveland
Alger
Gherardi
United States
Beard
Corse
Aldrich
Young’s Hotel
First to Arrive for G A R Festival Contingent
The advance guard of Minnesota contingent for the G A R festival arrived at 9 30 AM over the Canadian Pacific and Boston Lowell lines. It lists G W Grant and others from Massachusetts Michigan Illinois Iowa and Minnesota with ties to local relief corps and civic members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Canadian Pacific
Boston & Lowell
G. W. Grant
Massachusetts
M. M. Bancroft
Henry Sturtevant
Patrick Dugan
George L. Brackett
Thomas J. Martin
Detroit
Mich
Charles H. Bennett
Illinois
Pipestone City
Minn
Minneapolis
G. A. Oliver
Fifth Iowa Cavalry
Edgington
John Knight
Litchfield
Berson
Glencoe
J. E. Merritt
Forty-sixth
Onoka
Hooker's Old Brigade Reunion Planned in Newton
Representatives of Hooker's First Brigade met at Eleventh Massachusetts Veteran Association HQ to organize a brigade reunion. General Dunham was elected chairperson and D. W. Gould secretary. The event set for Thursday at 2 PM at the Girls' High School hall West Newton Street with an executive committee named. Philadelphia papers were urged to publish the notice due to absent Twenty-sixth Pennsylvania Regiment reps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooker
Third Army Corps
Eleventh Massachusetts Veteran Association
Washington Street
Thomas H. Dunham
Eleventh Massachusetts
D. W. Gould
Second
New Hampshire
Girls’ High
West Newton Street
H.C. Hall
Massachusetts
F. 8. Fiske
E. C. Latein
William A. Brown
Massachussetts
Philadelphia
Twenty-sixth
Pennsylvania Regiment
Stone Post of Dorchester Plans Visiting Post Events
Benjamin Stone Jr Post 68 Dorchester will assemble at Post Hall Sunday at 1 p m to receive Joshua M Wells Post 451 Columbus O. At 7 p m Sunday the post and guests attend service at Bethany Church Dorchester Music Hall. Monday 6 30 p m assemble with band to escort J M Wells Post to Dorchester High School grounds for a reception. Tuesday 6 30 p m assemble to join parade. Barges line near Old Colony depot or on the Common for view. Suburban ride Monday afternoon and harbor excursion Wednesday arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Hall
Post Hall Wall
South Street
Old Colony Depot
Massachusetts
Commonwealth Avenue
Ladies Direct and Guide at Women's Relief Corps Meeting
At the Women's Relief Corps headquarters a special information meeting was held with Mrs. E. V. Lang presiding. Assignments were made for Monday to guide visitors at Pilgrim Hall and Quincy House, with additional volunteers at railroad stations Saturday and Sunday to aid women visitors. Mrs. Van der Voort and Clara Barton were noted among arrivals for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Relief Corps
Committee On Information
E. V. Lang
Emilie L. W. Waterman
Martha Wakefield
Pilgrim Hall
Elizabeth Jones
Educational and Industrial Union
Waterman
Warrenton Street
Hattie Leonard
Belle Alexander
Quincy House
Emma Gillesme
van der Voort
Clara Barton
Relief Corps
President to land at Rowe's wharf in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Yacht Club offered its landing and house on Rowe's wharf to the State for a landing place for the President party and the offer was accepted yesterday afternoon. The President will arrive and land there next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilds
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Rowe's Wharf
An Equine Hostelry on Northampton Street
The sale stable of A W Davis at 78 80 and 82 Northampton street is described as neat, clean and well ordered. Stalls are stocked with fresh straw and the elevated, well ventilated area finished in hard wood presents an inviting appearance. Davis offers fine grade well bred horses and is continually receiving stock. A road horse is on offer with details in another column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Davis
Northampton Street
Girl Impersonator Arrested for Charity Scam in City
A 16 year old girl named Jennie Abrahams posed as an agent for the Little Wanderers Home and collected funds. Special Officers Johnson and Tryder arrested her yesterday afternoon after the ruse was uncovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Abrahams
Little Wanderers
Johnson and Tryder
Pearline trusted housekeeper in census scene
A vignette letters a census encounter with Lavy and Pearline a beloved helper. Madame praises Pyle's Pearline claiming it cleans floors clothes and woodwork without damage and never quits or tires while warning against imitators and peddlers from New York publisher James Pyle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavy
Pearline
Pyle
Mes
Watertown as an Embryo Metropolis of Dakota’s Farm Wealth
In this Dakota city letter Owen Proctor outlines Watertown as a bright, flourishing frontier town built by local settlers and surrounding farms. He notes a four to five thousand population, substantial local capital, extensive nearby farms, and rapid but steady growth driven by farming prosperity. He contrasts Western abundance with Eastern toil and hints at future wealth from Northwest arable lands.
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N. D
Dakota
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
Man
Sioux River Valley
Sam
Massachusetts
Isee
Praires
Post
Owen Procta
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