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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1895
Page
2
The Valkyrie after its ocean run faces resuming racing setup with minor weight tweaks and sail repairs. Captains Cranfield and Sycamore provided insights, logs show a grueling voyage with squalls, heavy seas, and miles logged daily.
The Valkyrie proceeds toward New York amid brisk signals and cheers as the crew tackles variable winds and high seas. The voyage features sail handling, gear failures, and daily mileage varying from 83 to 189 miles with fog and squalls shaping the progress.
An advertisement from Dr Lougest & Co promises cures for a wide range of ailments including urethral discharges impotence and nervous complaints. The Boston firm offers free consultation and mails a booklet for a two cent stamp, claiming long years of practice and distant treatment by correspondence.
Lord Dunraven heads a yacht syndicate and sails with his daughters and Watson on the Teutonic from Liverpool to New York. He praises Valkyrie III as best suited for American waters, discusses Valkyrie II, Defender, and Vigilant preparations, and notes plans to alter the Valkyrie III if needed after crossing.
New evidence prompts the Maria Barberi appeal for a new trial. While awaiting court decisions she is cared for at Sing Sing by Warden Sage and family. Pleas for pardon are prepared for the Governor as contingency if a new trial is refused or granted. The piece also lists prominent names supporting the countess di Brazza’s petition.
A letter to the editor argues that women should vote in municipal matters, comparing female voting rights to stockholder voting in corporations and noting women’s progress in education and business. The writer upholds faith in mens dignity, asserts no inherent harm from granting suffrage, and cautions against assuming ubiquitous male hoggishness while urging reasoned civic inclusion.
Fire gutted Holmes's Castle in Chicago this morning. The former residence of H. H. Holmes, alleged serial killer, reportedly held remains of victims in its cellar, with Holmes under arrest in Philadelphia on multiple murder charges.
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