Matches Ratified Two Pugilistic Contests Quickly Arranged
A vivid Police News report notes two major boxing bouts ratified with prominent figures present. Daly Gibbons match outlined with $1000 outside bet and Daly’s camp signaling readiness. Smith Williams fight articles signed for a April 17 contest at Coney Island for a $5000 purse.
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William Daly, Jr
John Keenan
Joe Lewis
Howie Hodgkins
Alec Greggains
Nelse Innes
Billy Smith
Billy Hennessey
Judge Newton
John Hickey
Frank Steele
Ham Brock
John Gallagher
Daly-Gibbons
Cooke
Noel
Gibbons
Mike Daly
Boston
Daly
New Orleans
Ed Merrigan
Bangor
Maine
New York
Tom Williams
Australia
Marquis of Queensbury
Coney Island Athletic Club
Cerere
Omm Williams
Agnes
A. W. Cooke
Wee Harding
Hanover Street
Sullivan
Portlock
Rop Koy
National Amateur Skating Assn Championship at Salem Mass
The National Amateur Skating Association to hold its annual figure skating championship under the New England Skating Association at the Salem Bicycle Club rink in Salem, Massachusetts on February 22, 1895. Open to world amateur figure skaters. medals awarded for top three. Entrance fee is $1. Entries close February 17, 1893. send to F P Bonney, secretary, 32 Arlington Street, North Cambridge, Massachusetts. Known skaters from the United States expected to compete and serve on judges panel.
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National Amateur Skating Association
New England Skating Association
Salem
Mass
F. P. Bonney
Arlington Street
Cambridge
United States
Board of Judges
Massachusetts Central Cricket Association Meeting
The annual meeting of the Massachusetts Central Cricket Association convenes at Randolph House Boston this evening to discuss the continuance of the association on its present basis and other matters of interest to Massachusetts cricketers. Cambridge Athletic Association has not yet decided on its proposed boxing meeting set for April 6.
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Massachusetts Central Cricket Association
Randolph House
Boston
Cricketers of
Massachusetts
Cambridge Athletic Association
Yale's baseball schedule for Easter trip revealed
The Yale nine released its Easter trip schedule with games set for March 30 against the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, March 31 versus Washington Y M C A in Washington, April 1 at Charlottesville against the University of Virginia, April 4 against Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and April 5 again against the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale Nine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Washington Y.M.C.A
Washington
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Goulding Leads Vespers in Record Breaking Inter-Club Bowling
Goulding of the Vespers posted near flawless play with only one missed spare as the Vespers defeated Casinos in Lowell to break the team total record. Goulding surpassed the individual record by 82 pins, with six bowlers over 500 and Johnson achieving his sixth straight 500-plus game.
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Goulding
Lowell
Norfolk House
Johnson
Gloucester horse racing results and bids from the Post
Special to the Post lists today's Gloucester racing results across six selling races at multiple furlong lengths. Winners include Lum, Captain McChestney, Llewellyn, Mollie W, Tradesman, and Kolb with varied purses and betting odds.
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Gloucester
N. J
Serene
Lum
Wallace G
Ned
Captain McChestney
Sue Ryder Colt
Charlie R
Sue Ryder
Blackwood
Farewellyn
Philander
Llewellyn
Mollie Ws
Censor
McKeever
Mollie W
Tradesman
Fitzroy
Gray Lock
Horse racing results from Guttenburg New Jersey card
Special to the Post reports a six race program plus sales results at Guttenburg N J. Indigo and Zenobia led early placings with odds listed. subsequent races show winners and times from Hymn Rosedance Renie Greenwich and other named horses. The fourth race was declared off and retained as a listed result with finishers and betting odds for the remaining events.
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the Post
Indigo
Jake
Ivian
Zenobia
Register
Azrael
Hymn
Glance
Brier
Rosedance
Elect
Firefly
Renie
Sir George
Glenlochy
Greenwich
Sorrenta
Relief
Timely Turf Tips and Gloucester Races Recap
Glance narrowly missed yesterday as a heavy favorite, Rob Roy’s stable felt the near miss. Ilispent faced stable displeasure over the morning price. Belie, a son of Eolus, won in a walk at Gloucester amid quirky results. Jockeys Griffin, Leigh, and Jones returned to racing, while Starter Caldwell drew criticism for flag work. Blackwood emerged as a Gloucester standout.
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Glance
Rob Roy
Eolus
Gloucester
Belie
Murderer Captured in Connecticut Confession
Norwalk authorities arrested Henry McDowell in Norwalk, Conn., for the 1892 murder of John Crowley near Glastonbury Vermont. McDowell, an English sailor, confessed after the crime on a lonely road, then vanished. Officer Nash traveled to Norwalk to bring him back for trial.
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Bennington
Norwalk
Conn
Henry McDowell
John Crowley
Glastonbury
Here
Nash
McDowell
Crowley
Green Mountain
Boston Bowery Spiel on Hanover Street Exposed by Post
A Post van probes Hanover Street den in Boston’s Bowery Spiel scene at Partridge Hall. Report details illegal liquor sales, underage girls, rough crowds, and police inaction amid vivid, period descriptions of revelry and vice.
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Hanover Street
Post
Anent the Cup Defender and Paine Plans
The Post reports that John B Paine son of General Paine has the lines and a model of a five foot cup defender boat ready and may pursue steel construction if material and cost estimates align. General Paine returns from New York with hints of a Boston connected trial boat and lines to a possible near outcome.
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John B. Paine
General Paine
Mr. Paine
Paine
New York
Boston
Tug of War Match Off At B A A Games
The planned tug of war between Gloucester Athletic Club and Acorn teams is canceled after Kale of Acorn broke his ankle a couple of weeks ago.
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Gloucester Athletic Club
Acorn
Kale
Marry Me Nangy and Wil Buy the Ring at Wilson Bros
Wilson Bros sells Australian gold wedding rings made in their own factory priced from six to twelve dollars. Special rings can be ordered in two hours. Beware of imitators offering similar items near The Big Clock at 14 and 15 Tremont Row.
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Wil
Wilson Bros
Tremont Row
Marriages Aboard Two Couples In Cambridge and Somerville
The records note a February 1 ceremony by Rev J J Lewis for Dr Edward L Jordan and Josephine A Neale. A February 2 wedding at Christ Church Cambridge united William E Wall with Mrs Saral Richardson of Somerville.
Death notices from area obituaries list numerous February passings
A February death and funeral notice roundup lists Sammel M Barrett Alonzo H Briggs William Edward Dawson Agnes Bain Mary E Robinson Laura M Grace Emily F Hale Frances A Hill Susan M Lane Irenus W Newcomb Sarah G Nichols Joseph Francis Morton Frank L Mooney Richard Chamberlain Nichols Martha L Prescott Martha H Remick Edward H Savage Susan Parkman Beatrice I Wilson Olive Watts Joseph Ss Waterman with service reminders and burial details for several communities including South Boston Everett Arlington Malden Roxbury Allston and Dudley Street Baptist Church notices invite relatives and friends to attend and note private burials where listed
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Malden
Frances A. Hill
John S. Hill
Lane
Cambridge
Susan M. Lane
Newcomb
Wakefield
Irenus W. Newcomb
Nichols
North Woburn
Sarah G
Charles Nichols
Morton
Joseph Francis Morton
Martha H
Frank W. Remick
Savage
Edward H. Savage
Smith
Allston
Susan Parkman
David Smith
Chatham
Mass
Thomas Leigh
South Berwick
Wilson
Roxbury
Beatrice I
Henry C. Wilson
Watts
Olive Watts
Waterman
Joseph Ss. Waterman
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Pennock Plans Hotel Reynolds Demonstration of Cheap Electric Light
Inventor Pennock argues his primary battery system will light 100 to 1000 incandescent lamps for 3 cents an hour without steam or dangerous dynamos. He vows public demonstration at Hotel Reynolds to prove critics wrong and bolster Pennock Battery Electric Light and Improvement Co. stock, claiming rapid expansion and high shareholder gains.
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Post
Pennock
Exchange Place
Electrical World
Johnston
Newton
Ericsson
Morse
Edison
Gray
Westinghouse
Pennock Battery Electric Light and Improvement Company
Bell
Goodyear
McCormick
Pennock Company
Johnson
Jobnsot
Willo
Reynolds
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