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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1903
Page
7
The wrapper proclaims OWL TRADE MARK as a trusted standard, claiming thirty years of purity flavor and strength. Distributed by druggists and grocers nationwide, the label urges consumers to choose this established product.
Registrations at police headquarters were modest in recent days but 66 people were registered up to midnight yesterday with inspectors on hand for emergencies.
Timothy J Sullivan Social Club members recount a 349 pound man from East Cambridge leaping overboard after a crab bit his toe during a harbor outing to Great Brewster Island. He was rescued by Sullivan, and returned ashore minutes later. Harvey won first prize for a seven pound cod. The launch Olympia carried the group from Warren Bridge at 10 AM and back at 7 30 PM with twenty or so members aboard.
An advertisement warns that blocked bowels and kidneys poison the body and threaten health. It promotes Iron-Ox Tablets as a non purgative tonic that gently builds the system, offering a 50 tablet pocket case for 25 cents from The Iron-Ox Remedy Co of Detroit.
Sir Thomas Lipton expresses strong confidence Shamrock III will lift the America’s Cup after observing trial spins. He vows to welcome a fair free contest and would be dissatisfied if victory came by a fluke or accident.
A glossary explains sailing directions and terms such as close hauled close reach broad reach aft beam starboard port windward and leeward. It notes rights of way for vessels under windward and wind on the starboard side and defines nautical directions.
Sir Thomas Lipton anchors the Nicohda off Brooklyn near Red Hook, renting it for guest use during the races. The party includes the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, the Countess of Orford, Lady Dorothy Walpole, Lady Angela Forbes, George L. Watson, Major-General Corbin, Lord Charles Russell, and General Barry. Guests will view races from the Erin, while others sail back to the city on the William Fletcher. Nicohda measures 107 feet overall, 20 feet beam, and 2 feet 6 inches draft.
Rules detail start times windward and leeward courses of 16 miles and a 10 mile triangle. Marks are white floats with red balls and NYCC letters, with signal flags and bells for fog. Special signals cover accidents postponements and race off conditions.
In New York on August 19 Mrs. C Oliver Iselin welcomed a son to her family, wife of C Oliver Iselin. The announcement notes the birth as a family milestone with the couple's naming and residence in the city.
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