This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 33 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1896
Page
3
A rain spoiled Boston's chances as Brooklyn took the lead in the opening inning and five innings were played before weather halted the game. Other fields hosted additional games.
In a National League game Brooklyn jumped to a four run first inning, then weather halted play after heavy rain. Brooklyn led 5 to 1 when the fifth inning ended and the game was called. Griffin Daly Corcoran McCarthy Shoch and Tucker featured for Brooklyn while McGann and Bergen contributed for Boston.
Baltimore defeated Philadelphia 10 to 0 in a largely featureless game. Attendance was about 2,400 as Baltimore’s outside play and solid defense carried the champions. Final line shows Baltimore 14 hits, Philadelphia 9. Baltimore errors 2, Philadelphia 3. Batteries Esper Clarke for Baltimore and Taylor Boyle for Philadelphia.
Scranton defeated Buffalo 5 to 3 as timely hitting and a clutch pitching performance produced three decisive runs. Buffalo made solid defensive plays but errors by both sides allowed the guests to seize the lead in critical moments. Gannon and Smith partnered for Buffalo while Brown and Bowerman worked for Scranton.
One or more baskets, qts., for $24.75 each. One or more baskets, pints, for $26.25 each. Single time for $2.05. Single pint bot i. . Brintnall & Co., 21 and 22 India st., Boston.
The Portland Baseball Club of the New England League, playing in New Bedford, will disband after completing its western trip next Monday due to financial shortages. With both the Portland and Lewiston clubs folding, the league’s future seems uncertain.
The column highlights McGann batting for Cincinnati this afternoon and notes players' moves. It mentions Lewis loaned to Providence, Bannon released, Holmes weighing a pitcher role, Padden's strong defense for Pittsburgh, Fifield drawing major league interest, and Hewitt and Cogswell stacking bases on balls for a New Castle vs Saginaw game. It also recalls Clarke's coaching value, dismisses padding claims about Burkett, and jokes about Fred Pfeffer, Esterquest, Adonis Terry, Rudderham, and Hugh Jennings. Captain Tebeau wins a legal fight restraining the league from barring Cleveland’s captain from championship games.
Intervale New Hampshire hosts a tennis tournament with thirty entries and a strong crowd. Morning play featured sharp matches as H Sheldon beat H Rockwell in three sets, E Clark defeated Talmadge, and R C Wise beat O E Jenkins. Other results included H Fuller over Merriman, Aleck Carver losing to Hastings, and E H Fallows defeating H Stevens. Finals are set for tomorrow and doubles start Thursday.
About 400 members and friends of the Portuguese Beneficial Society attended a picnic and clam bake at Downer’s Landing yesterday. Games, athletic exercises and dancing marked the day with special guests including Viscount Valle Da Costa and Rev. A. D. Pimentel among others.
In Manchester at the County Club a ladies special golf match took place today for a prize, a silver jewel box offered by E. V. R. Thayer. Miss Madeline Bofidman won the competition.
Meadow Brooks won the Westchester cups at Meadow Brooks 1 Newport Rhode Island on August 18 after a fine game with Rockaways 1 who had defeated Myopias 1 on Thursday by 8 to 0.
Foresters of America organize Foresters Day activities in Arlington today with a 9 am parade assembling on Arlington street and marching via Beacon School Street City Hall for Mayor Quincy to review then to Cambridge Prospect Street and Massachusetts Avenue where Mayor Bancroft will greet them. Central Square leads to Spy Pond Grove for a large picnic with an athletic program featuring professional entrants and many tickets sold.
Boston Custom House Wine Store offers five quart bottles of Old California wines and a one quart Catawba plus full size bottles of St Julien claret packed free with prices of 1.00 for the quart bottles or 1.08 for the full bottles, with a combined deal of 2.00. Brintnall and J. W. O'Connor listed.
Rain disrupted races at Saugus track on Aug 18. Doris Wilkes a green mare won the 2:40 trot, narrowly beating Gilt Edge after a late surge. In the 2:18 pace Peter Turney and Mignon battled, with Turney setting a new mark before losing to Mignon in the decisive heats. Further pacing events and notes on plans for future meetings and horses like Angie D and Miss Rita are outlined.
At Sheepshead Bay on August 18, Sunny Slope captured the Autumn meeting race while Gold Crest, the Dolphin stakes favorite, won the feature. Ben Brush was disqualified after finishing first in the third race, with Souffle awarded the win.
A Dover gentleman's horse defeated a Needham opponent at Readville under the New England Horse Breeders Association. The event drew a large crowd and paid purses across three straight heats. Time records show Little Chief (Woodward) and Say se Dr. Van (Tilton) posting 2 48, 2 28 1 4, and 2 31 respectively.
Portland Me Aug 18 Second day of the New England Fair saw close contests and a heavy noon shower that delayed events. Jupe won the yearling race lowering the New England record to 2 17 from 2 19. Clifford edged Clonaslee in the 2 24 pace. Silver Plate shone in the 2 18 trot as attendance remained large.
Saugus closes today with K Drew starting at Saugus yesterday. Joe Patchen aims to lower the pacing record at the Roxbury meeting against H F Barry of Passaic. Passaic buyer buys pacer Smith, 2 13 ¼, from D Miller of Albany. Amos R., 2 11 ¾ by Aleryon, stands high at fourteen hands and under 100 pounds. Sunol moving sound and under sharp work. Joe Thayer to breed May Day to Directum after May Day ran a mile in 2 12 ½ before a recent misstep. Indiana tracks horses dispersed to Milwaukee Detroit and Newport. Angie D., 2 07 ex queen of pacing mares, shipped to Lexington to be bred to Be Sure. Senator O Brien settles with Western bookmakers over money owed. Detroit meeting noted.
The forty annual New York Caledonian Club games are set for Am brose Park South Brooklyn with events including the 100-yard and five-mile runs as scratch races. Mike Murphy to lead second eleven selection in Philadelphia as attendance woes cancel Downer Landing events. Roxbury Catholic Association and City Point A C announce open and handicap events for upcoming meets with Berlin plans and a Roanoke A C tug of war challenge on the horizon.
Wes ley J Clark reports his daughter Jennie M Clark 18 vanished from 44 Pope street Hudson Saturday She worked at Apsley Rubber Co and was thought to have gone to Hyde Park then Boston at 183 West Concord street where she rented a room and said she had a Tremont street hotel waitress job Police search continues as a young man Coleman who dated her remains missing.
In Everett on Aug 18 Medical Examiner H M Durell had not filed a cause of death report for Minnie Goldberg whose demise sparked claims of possible starvation. Hermann Goldberg, her husband, denied destitution and said she died of heart failure per the doctor’s certificate. Relatives Miss L Hameson and Miss L Claff appeared, weeping, after attending the funeral as the examiner prepares his ruling.
A man believed to be E Frankel of 158 Chester Avenue Chelsea was struck by a train while wandering the Old Colony yards in South Boston yesterday morning and was killed instantly. His body was badly mangled and an inquest will be held.
South Boston bantam Dave Sullivan overwhelmed Allie Alberts in an eleven round match about twenty miles from Boston. The crowd of nineteen saw Sullivan control the action from the start with precise lefts and rights, sending Alberts to the floor repeatedly and ending with a decisive finish. Referee ruled Sullivan the winner amid disputes over alleged fouls.
Boxing gossip reports Louis Jester in Mt Clemens Michigan observing Tom Sharkey training lightly at the Avery House. Jester praises Sharkey’s speed power and potential to challenge Corbett, predicting a strong future if he meets the champion. Choynski and McAuliffe set for Frisco bout on Aug 28 with cautious expectations.
The Medford Cycle Club postponed a tournament at Combination Park and Exeter cyclists expected to compete in Medford. Entry blanks for Fitchburg Park events are announced with a long prize list. Suffolk B C century and Boylston C C rides are noted, with schedules from Boston area clubs. Several club trips and tours are described, including Nahant, Concord, Fitchburg, Worcester, and Mt Wachusett plans. A Worcester road-race planning note, a Stover challenge reply, and an East Boston race arrangement are included, plus a tax sale of Waltham Bicycle Park and a note on two rented wheels from Ayer.
Henry W. Robinson, local consul hero and New England racing board member, wed Miss Jennie Morrill in full bicycle attire at Rev. W. E. Knox's home in Waltham. After the ceremony they rode away on a new tandem for a tour through New Hampshire, marking an auspicious start to their married life.
John Reed of 615 East 23rd Street New York on a visit to relatives here lost control of his wheel on Somerset Street and crashed into a plate glass window on Howard Street. He was knocked unconscious, spectators swarmed the scene, $42 was taken from his pocket, and he was taken to General Hospital where officials said he was not seriously hurt.
A playful ad line notes that if you chew Finzer's Five Brothers you won’t feel the need to swear off the habit. The slogan implies the product satisfies the urge and makes abstinence unnecessary.
The second open race of the Newburyport Yacht Club at Salisbury Beach was marred by course misunderstandings. Judges and guests misread two triangles, leading to misrouted boats. First and second classes started, but a barrel-mark error forced a postponed outcome with Arab winning a nine minute margin.
In Newport Rhode Island August 18 the 30 footers competed for the Duryea cups with Asahi Vaquero and Hero taking the gold and silver prizes. Rosemary returned to racing after bow changes and placed fifth Dor othy started but withdrew. A fresh southwest wind propelled the fleet to Dyer's Island and back before a looming storm. Tomorrow the cups race honors ex Commodore Morgan and Thursday honors H P Whitney for amateur skippers.
Start Finish Owner h 10 8 h m 8 W H Gardner secesee 6 40 00 7 34 25 L S Weston seeseeseseess 6 40 00 7 85 50 Li Es PEO WPIOtODS ok cackecarck 0 sak T4020 BG OURB at Saec cave sake bail MaeS 7 44 30 BF POOR na oceans tha k eckewet a 7 44 32 FS Wig UW Oess cPk forces 7 45 14 Judges James R Hodder Elmer B Randall Harry R Noyes
Camillo Damilo of 30 Fleet Street seeks his 15 year old daughter Maria Antonia and her 81 year old suitor Mercurio Patalone after a four week disappearance. About $370 vanished with them from her father's money drawer. They were last tracked in New York and possibly headed toward Philadelphia. Camillo is a respected figure at Thomas McCormack & Co. 306 Commercial Street.
Ida Leroux, 3, riding in a balloon at Rigby Park, fell from the craft during ascent after separating from her husband and a friend. She sustained a sprained back and internal injuries after striking a fence on the back stretch. Continuous care expected.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.