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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1897
Page
3
Dr Liverpool at 233 Tremont street advertises free consultations and diagnoses claiming rapid, highly reliable disease mapping. He lists massive cure tallies for dozens of conditions, offers free medicines during treatment, and invites skeptics to verify claims at his Boston practice with strict hours for men.
John L Sullivan suffers from tonsillitis and a very sore throat. His voice has grown harsher and he appears careworn and pale. He may delay plans for a road tour until his health improves and money pressures him.
An agent for Dan Stuart scouts locations for the Corbett Fitz bout and reports Greyson Springs near Butte as ideal. Railways Northern and Union Pacific will fund a 20,000 seat arena and offer half fare rates, with Butte and Anaconda contributing 5000. Local and state governments are not expected to interfere.
Professor John Duffy organized a steamboat boxing push near New Orleans but Sheriff Marrero halted the event when a fight at Kenner halted after a pistol threat asserting no colored man could whip a white man in Jefferson parish. The idea of steamboat prize fighting was dropped.
Pedlar Palmer defeats Ernie Stanton in fifteen rounds at 117 pounds with £800 on the line, Palmer leading from the start and stopping Stanton after two knockdowns in round fifteen. Billy Hill loses on points to Pat Daly in prior bout.
The ten round bout between Jim Hall and Frank Slavin at Lohmer Park was declared off after J W Boyle Hall’s manager failed to obtain an injunction. Mayor Smith opposed the fight and threatened police intervention. about 1000 tickets had been sold.
The boxing card at Union Park Athletic Club ended with a draw between Jack Everhardt of New Orleans and Matt Matthews of New York after fifteen rounds. Weigh ins were 135 pounds. Preliminary bout saw Fred Mayo beat Tommy Kelly in ten rounds at 110 pounds.
Lewiston's Dick O'Brien and Maine welterweight champion Allie Brown boxed to an eight round draw before a large audience in Livermore Falls Maine. The bout featured terriffic rushes and fierce exchanges with O'Brien seeming able to finish Brown at will.
Petitions circulate among Nevada business leaders asking the State Legislature to license prize fighting. Dan Stuart has been in Carson City examining the situation. The outlook for staging the Corbett Fitzsimmons bout in Nevada is said to be promising.
Melrose High defeats Somerville High 2 to 1 at Spy Pond, narrowing the interscholastic race to Cambridge High and Latin. Somerville played poorly. referees Woods and Puffer officiated, with two 20 minute halves.
The Harvard team failed to appear at Spy Pond for a game with Arlington. Arlington High lines up against Trinity A at Spy Pond, and two Interpre preparatory League games are postponed to midweek. Cambridge meets Felton A A at the Chutes while Somerville High may protest a game with Cambridge High and Latin. The Tiger Roadsters and Cambridge Cycle play at the Chutes tonight.
About twenty gentlemen gathered to organize a New Bedford baseball venture. A four member committee will present proposals to New England League magnates this week aiming to secure a backed team for the coming season.
The Hotel Pelham advertises Prof. Shaw, a leading boxing instructor, with special $5 rates for current week terms. Call or write to arrange stays and lessons.
The Boston show secures a large list of judges across classes. Noted experts include Horace Theobald James T. Hyde and Andrew T. Smith for Thoroughbreds and Toronto connections for several divisions. Local and national veterinarians and officials are cited among the panel.
A bill introduced in the Pennsylvania House makes playing football a misdemeanor with a fine set from 10 to 100 dollars. The measure targets participation in the sport and carries a penalties scale.
The Boston Young Men's Christian Association hosts an indoor athletics contest at its Boylston and Berkeley gym. Twelve nearby YMCAs were invited to send teams for events including the 20 yard dash, running high jump, shot put, standing broad jumps, climbing the rope, pole vault, and parallel bars. Prizes include silver medals for event winners, a gold medal for the top individual scorer, and a trophy for the team with the highest points total.
Dedham readers learn the poultry show opens in Mechanics building while events across sports unfold. Billy Nash may join the team in Philadelphia. 25 players under contract. National amateur skating championships set for New York tomorrow at St Nichols rink. Manager Ward reports Carroll in top form ahead of January 23 race. note for Wilson Breen and J W Olmstead.
Phil Nadeau, last year's Brockton left fielder, was arrested by City Marshal Packard for keeping and exposing liquor for sale.
B A A defeated Riverdale Casino by 151 pins in a Circuit League match on their home alleys. Keith led visitors with a 192 single and 485 total while Brookline posted a strong first string and relaxed thereafter. The Brookline score showed ten more strikes and thirty eight to twenty seven in misses.
The second annual show of the National Board of Trade of Cycle Manufacturers fills the Coliseum with over 300 exhibits valued around half a million dollars. Highlights include a septuplex the largest multicycle, a $10 000 gold and diamond tandem, a monster hull demonstrating bearing action, and an enlarged bicycle wheel with glass hub and bearings.
Old Dorchester clubs beat Mercantile Library Association in bowling billiards and pool while losing whist by five points. Dorchester led by 134 pins after the first string and extended the margin to 207 in the third. High scores included Hooper 150 and Orcutt 101 for Old Dorchester in billiards and Page 75 Andrews 75 in pool. M L A's Lamb 73 Mackie 61 and Keith 76 Cutter 150 led in respective games.
Wanted an idea. OHN WEDDERBURN and Co patent attorneys in Washington seek invention submissions for their 1000 inventions program. They offer protection for wealth and call for simple ideas to patent.
A report covers the Associated Cycling Clubs of Boston meeting at President McCausland's office to align the committee and plan expeditiously. It notes participation from Arthur K. Peck and Charley Percy, a new Newton tire branch at 245 Columbus Ave, and various cycling developments including gear innovations, postal bike orders, and upcoming matches with Cambridge and Roxbury teams. The piece also mentions legal actions, race-board politics, and social events like whist and a new game Knuckle Down.
New York dispatch reports Dr Yersin of the French Colonial Board of Health claims a plague-specific treatment cured 24 of 26 cases. The note traces Yersin’s work with Pasteurists, cofounding toxine research, and aims to apply Pasteur’s lessons to Cochin China’s plague.
Mrs Jemima Tavey aged 60 widow was stricken on the Cambridge sidewalk in front of the Otis Social Club 722 Cambridge street Cambridge last night. She was carried into the club room by Daniel OBrien and Michael Nolan and died there shortly after. She was en route to visit daughter Mrs Patrick Murphy at Ninth and Otis streets. She leaves four children including a married daughter an unmarried daughter and two married sons. Mrs Tavey resided at 44 Lincoln street Cambridge.
The poem questions reformers who condemn federal conflict while praising some nations. It defends patriot sacrifice, contrasts Spain and Cuba, and argues for consistent sympathy with freedom fighters and soldiers. Boston, Mass. by Edward O Donnell.
Four bottles listed for sale at Blanchard and Fal, Deck Square, with panel details unclear. Includes Galion location reference and pricing shorthand.
The fragmentary text mentions wines and a score or grade labeled g1 A HE with reference to a square. No coherent event, names, or places are readable to form a proper summary.
The report highlights Dr. Yersin born in Morges Switzerland of French ancestry as he works on plague cures. He notes inoculation may immunize animals, began experiments, cared for and saved three seminary students, nursed twenty three plague patients in Amoy and cured twenty one before his serum ran out.
Glee runs high among Harvard seniors as the class day tree debates a possible shift in exercises. Major Higginson and President Eliot indicate the corporation will not force changes, urging a formal statement from the class day committee on proposed adjustments to exits, flowers, attire, and crowd control.
A large force of workmen finished preparations in Mechanics' building for the Boston Poultry Association show opening at 10 this morning. The display is the largest yet seen, surpassing recent New York shows, with extensive roosters, pigeons, and ornamental fowl. Visitors will see cats in the art gallery and pet stock near the incubators already producing chicks and ducklings.
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