Crowninshield Defends Original Yacht Designs Amid Rumors
A New York despatch reports yachting circles suspect Crowninshield copied Bristol plans. Crowninshield denies the charge saying his ideas are good enough. Builders at East Braintree advance keel casting, stem and plate patterns, and mast work as Lawson prepares to reveal full dimensions with tests ahead.
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Boston
Crowninshield
Victor Brass Works
East Braintree
Lawley
Columbia
Shamrock
Tie
Lawson
Mr. Lawson
Thomas W. Lawson
Lipton plans lift of the cup amid guarded yacht work
David Barrie, Lipton’s New York representative, says Sir Thomas Lipton is busy with plans to win the cup and bring it to the United States. The new yacht is not yet seen. Ratsey has finished the sails while Sycamore Watson, the designer, has been met but no one has seen the vessel. Barrie notes Emperor William may attend the races.
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Sir Thomas Lipton
Barrie
Thomas
Ratsey
Sycamore and Watson
Sir Thomas
Lipton
William
Providence track friction stirs N C A power play
Boston era of cycling erupts as P O Sheehan of Cambridge threatens disruption over Providence franchise. He warns he can split the N C A, citing practice disputes and a May 30 opening for a $1900 purse race under any rules. Rumors of an anti N C A circuit surface. Waltham remains allied to the N C A.
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P. O. Sheehan
Cambridge
Providence
National Cycling Association
Sheehan
Massachusetts
N. C.A
Charles River Park
Crockton
Waltham
N. A
Unicorns UpsetBA A. A. Loses Three to 999th A. A.
In a rare night of upsets in the Amateur League on their home courts B A A. fell in all three games to the 999th A A. The result leaves Newtowne atop the standings with Charlestown second and B A A. tied for third with the Battery.
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Unicorn Men
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Charlestown
Battery
Medford Drops Two Of Three In Mystic Valley League
Charlestown hosts Mystic Valley League games last night Medford won final game to claim better team totals P Teele led scoring with 533 points as the score remains unspecified in the report
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Medford
P. Teele
Dudleys Take Two Of Three From Calumetts In Winchester
In Winchester on January 24 the Dudleys won two of three games against the Calumetts with scores not specified in the readable text. The result highlighted a tight series and local sporting action.
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Dudleys
Calumetts
Printers Candle Pin League Opens Season At Sudbury Alleys
The Printers Candle Pin League began a fifteen week series at Sudbury alleys with six teams bowling each Thursday. New pins produced lower scores as Forbes Lithograph Company City Plant and American Type Foundry won early games. Ginn & Co led individuals with 259, in a strong match against American Type Foundry.
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Forbes Lithograph Company
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American Type Foundry
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Ors Cashman
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Norris
Oss Caessacone
Forbes Litho Co
Shaw
Pleschinger
Kluckener
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Hair Health claims color restoration and scalp benefits
An advertisement promotes Hair Health as a non dye hair food that restores gray or faded hair to its natural color and improves scalp condition. It claims to prevent dandruff and hair loss, suit both men and women, and not stain skin or clothing. Sold prepaid by P Hay Specialties Co. Newark.
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Malden Club Beats Glendon Club in Interclub Matches
In Malden the Malden Club defeated Glendon Club of Faverett in billiards and bowling while Glendon won pool and whist. Bowling scores show Malden Batting 619 England 501 519 Barnard 422 Mowry 48 Livingstone 487 Richardson 484 Miller 408 Kenealy 451 Ware 458 total 2233.
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Glendon Club
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Kenealy
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Kid McCoy plans Naples voyage postponing title bid
Boxing gossip notes Kid McCoy travels with wife and backer Martin J. Walch from New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to Naples for a six week Mediterranean trip. He postpones any match until the heavyweight title is set, defending his honesty amid fake contest rumors while details of boxing politics and local athletic events are discussed.
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Kid McCoy
Martin J. Walch
New York
Naples
Mediterranean
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Kid Mel‘oy
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Corbett
Choynski
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Veter Maher
Sharkey
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Frisco
Billy Brady
Tom O'Rourke
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O'Rourke
Business Men's Athletic Club
Ed Keevin
Pitts Street
Young
Harvard Builds Novel Indoor Rowing Tank For Training
Harvard has developed a new indoor rowing tank from engineering studies led by Professor Hollis. The 63 by 26 foot concrete tank holds 30 inches of water and uses electric propellers and deflecting planes to move water past the boat, creating resistance that lets oarsmen train harder.
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Hollis
Professor Hollis
Pupil lockers and boxing belt bluff stir New York rumor
The letter discusses school lockers for boys over 10 with specific days for ladies and men. It dismisses a claim about Richard K. Fox winning a championship belt as publicity and questions a Joe Walcott robbery rumor, urging caution until full results arrive.
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Lera
Joe Walcott
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B. H. Benton
Rob Roy
Regatta bidding heats up as clubs seek national event
Indications point to multiple bids for the next National Association of Amateur Oarsmen regatta. Boston leads with 1000 dollars in bank, while New England and Schuylkill Navy backers push for Halifax and other cities to join. Philadelphia Buffalo Detroit and Worcester clubs all eye the bid, with a possible August international series Boston vs Halifax planned.
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Buffalo
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Halifax
Intercollegiate Rowing invites Oxford Cambridge winner
The Intercollegiate Rowing Association extends an invitation to the Oxford Cambridge winner to race in the July 3 contest on the Judson River at Poughkeepsie against Wisconsin Columbia Cornell and Pennsylvania. Rudolph Co Lehman is to deliver the invitation for the Americans. a New York meeting will decide after a week. The visitors’ expenses will be paid.
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Belmont boat novelties in Bristol racing yard
Belmont syndicate in Bristol Rhode Island begins new yacht appliance designs under Herreshoff with patent capstans and deck gear to ease sail handling. A steam engine is moved into the south shop as moulding of these devices completes. Steel bulbed frames are dropped atop the lead keel as construction progresses.
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Belmont Syndicate
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Polo Leagues Plan Consolidation Under Southeast Name
A joint meeting of the National and Southeastern Polo leagues at GoulWVs Hotel decided to consolidate into the Southeastern League. President L. N. Rich presided with full club representation. Waterbury goes to Salem under James Carroll, New Britain to Pewtucket under W. Pr. Auford, New Haven to Fast Weymouth, and Thurtford to Fall Skiver.
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L. N. Rich
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Waterbury
Salem
James Carroll
New Britain
Pewtucket
W. Pr. Auford
New Haven
Weymouth
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Fall Skiver
Town in danger as Creeks threaten Bristow attack
A telegram from Bristow warns 60 armed Creek warriors plan to attack Muskogee area. Marshal Bennett and Shoenfelt mobilize deputies while Bristow mayor orders full troop mobilization. Fort Reno troops dispatched. bands split into groups of about 100. Snake bandits near Bristow reportedly whip two whites. Dawes Commission appraisers headed by Hackbust in We tumpika district lack contact for two days.
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Buried Alive in Luzon Case Reported by MacArthur
Adjutant General Corbin received a cable from General MacArthur about First Lieutenant Richard H. Brewer of the Twenty seventh Volunteer Infantry thought buried alive by Filipinos. Brewer and Sergeant Schroeder disappeared Sept in insurgent territory with no further word. Lieutenant Isaac W. Brewer aided the search but all efforts failed and I W Brewer abandoned hope of finding his brother.
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Isaac W. Brewer
Thirty-sixth Volunteer Infantry
SILLIMAN DIES AT HOME IN BROOKLYN
Benjamin Douglas Silliman a veteran New York lawyer and the oldest living Yale graduate died of bronchial pneumonia at his home at the corner of Clinton and Pierrepont streets Brooklyn. His death came suddenly after a brief relapse despite hopes of recovery. Dr Edward Chapin attended him.
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Nestor
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Pierrepont Streets
Brooklyn
Edward Chapin
Lunatic Causes Stir At Victoria Station
A well dressed man at Victoria station during the King’s entraining presented a letter to an equerry and asked to see the King. Police took him away after the envelope contained only a telegraph form reading I wish to see my beloved Queen.
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Victoria Station
Old Guard Ball Held at Metropolitan Opera House
The seventy fifth annual ball of the Old Guard took place in Boston tonight at the Metropolitan Opera House. Generals from the army and navy and diplomats from Washington attended. Members of the Boston Light Infantry Veterans were also present.
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Metropolitan Opera House
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Navy
Washington
Boston Light Infantry
Lawrence Clnton and Gardiner Bangor scoreline snippet
At Lawrence Clinton and Lawrence the score reads seven to six. In Gardiner Bangor the tally shows six to two with Gardiner leading.
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Lawrence
Gardiner
Bangor
Boers Invasion Pretext Tied to European Arms Plot
Reports from Api s Town claim Boers near the western coast act on prearranged plans with European agents to land arms between Port Nolloth and Lambert's Bay. Local traitors allegedly enlist in Dutch forces amid numerous arrests. Reynolds Weekly Newspaper and other Britain papers are banned for circulating among Dutch readers.
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United States Tube Company to Build Big Plant in Kensington
The United States Tube Company, West Virginia incorporation, bought eleven acres in Boston Kensington to erect a large steel tube plant. Harvey K. Flagler is president and Charles H. T. Wise treasurer. Capitalized at 1 million dollars, construction starts in ten days with 500 workers and 1.5 tons daily output. five years outlook envisions 5000 employees and 500 tons per day. Flagler states no link to National Tube Company or trust.
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United States Tube Company
West Virginia
Kensington
Harvey K. Flagler
Boston
Charles H. T. Wise
Flagler
National Tube Company
Trust
Republicans Elect Kearns Senator in Utah Controversy
The Utah Legislature in joint session elected Thomas Kearns as United States Senator. He won thirty seven votes, with Republicans delivering full strength and five more than the required majority. Democrats backed A W McCune. Moblyn supporters claim church influence and money swayed the result.
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Utah
Thomas Kearns
United States
A. W. McCune
Kearns
Mine Workers Scale Committee Deliberates in Indianapolis
The United Mine Workers scale panel in Indianapolis began its session with President Vanhorn of the Indiana district as chair and William Hefti as secretary. They draft a scale to submit to the convention for ratification before joint talks with operators in Columbus, Ohio. The campaign targets a finals standard for the machine scale.
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United Mine Workers of America
Vanhorn
Indiana
William Hefti
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Mine Workers’ Convention
Berlin Courts Confiscate and Destroy Countess Book Plates
Berlin authorities confiscate and destroy printing plates for Countess von Wedel-Berard’s book My Relations With His Majesty Emperor William II Revelations About the Regicide in Italy and the Dreyfus Affair. The author’s location is currently unknown.
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Count Susini Buried in Unconsecrated Ground
Count Joseph de Susini once Havana mayor and longtime friend of popes and bishops was buried today in unconsecrated ground in New York. He gave about $390,000 to Catholic charities during his lifetime.
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Joseph de Susini
Havana
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Proclaimed Effective Digestive Aid
An advertisement extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets as a reliable non secret remedy for indigestion. It claims the tablets contain natural digestive ferments and a non cathartic action that digests food after meals. The copy argues the cure lies in proper digestion and notes availability through druggists in the United States Great Britain and Canada.
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Stuart
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Great Britain
Canada
Winters Inherits $2 Million From Aged Wife Won Case
In New York the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Brogan Winters in a long legal battle over the will of Anne Marie Winters. Judge Bischoff directed a verdict upholding the will as valid, noting the deceased’s wishes and suggesting the marriage altered family expectations. The dispute began after Mrs. Winters left nearly her entire fortune to Winters and transferred the property by deed before death, prompting challenges from nephews and nieces.
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Anne Marie Winters
Supreme Court
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National rail ticket fraud bureau planned in Chicago
A meeting of chairmen from seven railroad traffic associations is set for February 6 in Chicago to form a national protective bureau. They will create a detective committee to detect ticket manipulations and gather evidence for prosecutions of forgers.
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United States
New England
Alaska Basin Reports Record Cold In Yukon Valley
Advices from Daweson and the Yukon Valley say Alaska has experienced its coldest weather since white settlement. On Jan 16 the Dawson thermometer dropped to 68 degrees below zero, Four Mile logged 78 below, beating the 1896 record near Forty Mile. The seven days ending Jan 18 averaged 58 below as dense fog lingered.
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Daweson
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