Beverly Yacht Club Regatta Chooses Saracen Victory Over Elf
MARBLEHEAD July 26 The Beverly Yacht Club regatta featured light winds with Saracen leading Elf to a ten mile windward course finishing seven minutes ahead. Swordfish beat Marguerite by eleven minutes in class two, Kathleen bested Mosca in class three, Kiowa and Pixy tied, and Nonpareil defeated Dolphin by eleven minutes in the final class.
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Marblehead
Beverly Yacht Club
Ben
Elf
Elfs
Pig
Tetarn
Saraf@n
Saracen
Swordfish
Marguerite
Wordfish
Elite
Mosca
Kiowa
Nerena
Pixy
Katheen
Kathleen
Dolphin
Rochester Club at Camden Navy Trip Ends in Fire Loss
The Camden gathering of the Rochester Club boatsmen reports a morning baseball between Dorchester and Camden members with Dorchester defeating Camden 12 to 0. A fire destroyed a large sawmill schooner tied at low tide, delaying sail plans as crews fought the blaze. The fleet then toured Megunticook Lake, enjoyed a gondola trip around the ice scenery, and returned to Camden for supper and an evening at Mountain View House.
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Rchester Club
Camden
Diana
Campen
Nda
Yer
Paul
Wilber
Vis
S.s
French
Gies
Mitch
C.f. Dorchesters
Revere
B. Perrin
C. L. Perrin
Blark
Frank Gray
L.f
Fredy
U.f
Dorchester Boys
Aiden
Dorchesters
L. Perri
Ake
Megunticook
Nen
Mountain View House
Movements of Yachts in New England Ports
Yachts arrive and depart from Gloucester Boothbay Harbor Marblehead Vineyard Haven and Boston area. Fre donia Radha Fern Union Frolic Sun Maid Adelita Quickstep Viking among vessels with owners Captains and guests aboard. Seawanhaka fleet anticipated tomorrow with Martha’s Vineyard and Bar Harbor links.
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Gloucester
Fredonia
Oliver Ames
City
Yacht Union
Vineyard Haven
Bartown
Valhalla
Boston
Bar Harper
Sun Maid
New York
Adelita
Nash
Marblehead
Fred Grinnel
Easton
Seawanhaka
Viking
Greenough
YACHT RACE ENTRIES FOR INDIAN HARBOR EVENT AT GREENWICH
Noted open yachts Rival Zelda Lassie Alpha Zanith Sirene Frou lrou Dot Expert Tat tler and possibly Lorna Nahili plan to enter the Greenwich driven race on Saturday August 3. Races governed by New York Yacht Racing Association with a ten mile course Rockport Point Captain's Island return. Entry demand from Boston for a $25 sheepstake to run alongside regular prizes. Additional notes describe the Mexican vice consul's new 50 foot yacht Ava Peon de Laviada and other new craft El Pescado Lorelei Eneta Night launched at Morris Dock and related craft.
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Zelda
Lassie
Alpha
Zanith
Sirene
Frou Lrou
Dot
Expert
Tattler
Lorna
Nahili
Indian Harbor
Messrs
Outwater
Asten and Jones
Silleck House
Greenwich
Conn
Ava
Peon de Laviada
Gas Engine & Power Company
Morris Dock
Viceconsul
Mexico
Lorelei
Eneta
Night
Award for Loss of Leg in Rail Suit Reaches $29,420
In the case of Aloysius Fagnant a seven year old boy against the Boston and Albany railroad the jury awarded damages of $28 500 and a motion for a new trial was denied Judgment including interest and costs brings the total to $29 420 and the amount has been put to the boy for payment.
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Aloysius Fagnant
Boston & Albany
Beta Theta Pi Fifty Year Convention At Lake Chautauqua
The Beta Theta Pi College Fraternity held its fiftieth annual convention at Woogiin on Lake Chautauqua with about 100 delegates from Harvard Yale Columbia Cornell and others. A Yale captain led a baseball victory over a Stagg crew. John S. Wise gave a banquet oration and J S Ramsay read poetry. An Niagara Falls excursion is planned after adjournment. Officers include Thornburg Vanderbilt as president and Zeublin Northwestern as secretary with several assistants and marshals from multiple universities. Notable members named include Matthew S. Quay and Senators Voorhees McDonald and Hoadley among others.
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Cravtravaua
N. Y
Beta Theta Pi College
Woogiin
Lake Chautauqua
Harvard
Yale
Columbia
Cornell
A. A. Stagg
Che
John S. Wise
Ramsay
Niagara Falls
C. L. Thornburg
Vanderbilt University
E. 3. Chandler
Michigan University
W. P. Smith
Amherst College
P. W. Barnes
California University
C. N. Zeublin
Northwestern University
A. B. Faust
Johns Hopkins University
J. W. Gebhart
Wittenberg College
F. M. Rooney
Syracuse University
W. G. Newbrook
Cornell University
Cod Bank Found Off Nestucca Oregon Coast
The Fish Commission reports a cod bank eight miles off Nestucca Oregon about sixty five miles south of the Columbia River. This bank lies about twenty five miles north of a bank once found by the Albatross near Yaquina Head. Officials wonder why Nestucca bank was not seen earlier and order the Albatross to locate it on return from the Seal Islands. The true cod has never before been found south of Puget Sound in commercial quantities.
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Washington
The
Fish Commission
Pacific
Nestucea
Columbia River
Yaquina Head
Seal Islands
Puget Sound
Rathbun
Farallone Islands
San Francisco
Sand Fly Invasion Swamps Tonawanda Streets
A vast swarm of Canadian sand flies descended on Tonawanda New York after sunset driving people indoors and closing shops. By the next morning most flies lay dead on streets and rooftops with remains filling canals and harbors.
Second Regiment Officers Elected at Boston Tavern Meeting
Line officers of the Second Regiment Patriarchs Militant elected at a Boston Tavern gathering with 35 attendees presided by Colonel Thomas Miller. New field officers named include W. H. Ralph Somerville S E Welch Lynn T S Ireland Stoneham 8 S Lord Boston C C Blanchard Lynn. Complimentary dinner followed at Quincy House for Mrs Howe and others. numerous attendees listed from hotels and cities nationwide.
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Patriarchs Militant
1.C.C.F
Boston Tavern
Thomas Miller
W. H. Ralph
Somerville
S. E. Welch
Lynn
T. S. Ireland
Stoneham
8. S. Lord
Boston
C. C. Blanchard
Washington
J. H. Warren
Paladelphia
Royal E. Gould
Biddeford
J.J. Gilman
Canton
Miss
G. R. Beecher
Buffalo
Brunswick
F. H. Bowies
New Orleans
M. L. ‘Tryon
A. L. ‘Tryon
Philadelphia
Wadsworth
Chicago
James Paul
San Francisco
George F. Richards
Exeter
N. H
Allan C. Hews
Lancaster
Penn
E. E. Hersom
Great Falls
N. Y
R. B. Lawrence
Flushing
F. W. Hawthorne
Jacksonville
Fla
C. K. Paddock
Miss Paddock
Death by own action of a naval officer in Brooklyn
Assistant Engineer Charles G. Talcott of the United States Navy shot himself in the head in the bathroom aboard the cruiser Atlanta at Brooklyn Navy Yard. He died an hour later. colleagues offered no clear reason for the act, noting melancholy and possible insanity.
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New York
Charles G. Talcott
United States Navy
Atlanta
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Igor
Vamssonney
Otucer
Boston Shut Out Philadelphia In Rain Slowed Test
Boston defeated Philadelphia 1 0 in a dull game halted by darkness after rain interruptions. Madden patrolled the mound for Boston as Buffinton struggled, while attendance reached 4612. The Bay State club pushed across the lone run late in the seventh inning to secure the win.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Madden
Buffinton
Bostons
Philadelphias
Brown
Wood
Bennett.c
Hailman
Nash
Myers
Brouth’s
Thompsonrf
Rich
D’sn
O Schriver
OU Johnston
OlMulvey
Kay
Bulinton
Toul
Gs Oseis Ss Vcescasd
Brouthers
Ganzel
Iirown
Huffinton
Richimason
Rowthers
Hallman
Farrar
Powers
Mighty Monarchs Throne Of Sheffield Iron and Coal Boom
Investors voyage from Boston on August 10 to the new South city of Sheffield Alabama, a rising manufacturing hub on the Tennessee River. The piece details the town’s rapid growth from a plantation to a rail and river hub, its vast iron coal and lime wealth, and a web of rail lines planned or under construction connecting Sheffield with Memphis, Nashville, Birmingham and beyond. It highlights abundant ore beds, strategic positioning for export, and projections of Sheffield becoming a premier industrial center with extensive railroad access. The narrative frames Sheffield as the future industrial heart of the South, driven by Northern capital and expansive mineral resources.
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New South
Alabama
General Jackson
Henry Habeller
Sheffield
Sheffield Land, Iron and Coal Company
Messrs. W. L. Chambers
First National Bank of Montgomery
Ala
Alfred H. Moses
Montgomery
Moses Bros
David Clapton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Tennessee
Tennessee River
Memphis
Charleston
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Knoxville
Lynchburg
Danville
Richmond
Virginia
Rome
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Macon
Brunswick
Chattahooche
New Orleans
Ohio Valley Railroad
Henderson
Princeton
Tennessee Central & Alabama
Trenton
Milan
Tenn
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Kansas City
Chicago
Sheffield & Seaboard Railroad
Shefield & Atlantic
Shefield
Cullinan
Anniston
Radsden
Georgia State Line
Atlanta, Mississippi & Atlantic
Savannah
Paducah
Somerset
Gallatin
Pulaski
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad Company
Pennsylvania
Carolina
North Carolina
Warrior
United States
Russellville
Russell’s
Capital
Sheffield & Birmingham Coal, Iron and Railroad Company
Sheffield & Birmingham
Sheffield Furnace Company
Lady Ensley Furnace Company
Electric Light and Gas Fuel Works
Sheffield Marble and Phosphate Company
Sheffield Ice Company
Sheffield Manufacturing Company
Sheffield Contracting Company
Eureka Brick and Lumber Company
Sheffield Furniture Manufactory
Howard Bush Brick Company
Sheffield Bakery and Bottling Works
Sheffield Mineral Paint Company
Sheffield Agricultural Works
Sandstone Quarry Company
Sheffield Cotton Couress Company
Millar Bros
Raveenvas
Sheffield & Atlantic Railroad
Mobile Real Estate Company
Sheffield Real Estate Company
Sheffield & Mobile Improvement Company
Sheffield Store Works
Memphis & Charleston Railroad
Nashville, Florence & Sheffield
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Sheffield & Birmingham Railroad
Sheffield Street Railway Company
Sheffield & Tuscumbia Street Railway Company
First National Bank
Boston
Sheffield Opera House
E. A. Simpson
Philadelphia
Mobile
Cleveland
Lady Ensley
Cole
William L. Chambers
South
Dun and Bradstreet
Moses
New England
Furnace Hill
Sheffield Land and Coal Company
William L. Chambery
J. F. Burke
J. W. Allen
Major Burke
F.S. Mordaunt & Co
Exchange Place
Unclear Scoreboard Snippet From Brooklyn and Columbus Games
Fragmentary sports brief lists results with teams Brooklyn, Cincinnati, Columbus, Lowell, Warcore, New Haven, and Hartford. The text mixes team names and scores in a rough layout, lacking complete context and dates.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyns
Cincinnatis
Columbus
Ean O
Lowell
Lowells
Warcore
New Haven
New Havens
Hartfords
The Visit of the President to Boston in August
Walker Blaine reports Governor Ames that President Harrison will travel from New York to Boston by the Fall River line and arrive early on Wednesday August 7. He may stay one night at the Hotel Vendome with a simple reception. Mrs Harrison may not accompany him, private secretary Halford will.
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Walker Blaine
Ames
Harrison
Washington
Bar Harbor
New York
Boston
Greenleaf
Presiden
Gift to President Allen Badge Presented by Republicans
Republicans on the Boston Common Council presented President Horace G. Allen a gold badge inscribed with his name and year 1889. Allen voted against badges for the councilmen.
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Common Council
President Allen
Horace G. Allen
Boston Common Council
Allen
Pulsion telephone gains business confidence for short distances
The Pulsion telephone quickly earns trust in the business sector. It uses a vibratory principle without electricity for short distance lines. Acoustic properties allow whispers to be heard and voices recognized, marking practical usefulness alongside the Bell system.
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Bell Telephone
Dr Horace Dean Not Drowned In Buzzards Bay Canoe Trip
Dr Horace M Dean of New Britain was not drowned contrary to fears. He arrived two weeks ago and did not inform friends of his safe return from a canoeing trip in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. He left Cottage at noon to join his ill mother Mrs John C Reynolds of Taunton.
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Dean
Cottage City
Horace M. Dean
New Britain
Buzzards’ Bay
Vineyard Sound
John C. Reynolds
Taunton
Governor Cogswell Improves. Could Be Out in Days
North Easton July 26 Dr. George B Cogswell attending physician says the Governor passed a very comfortable day the best for a week. He has been sitting up most of the time and at the present rate of improvement will be out again in a few days.
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North Easton
George B. Cogswell
Matinee and Evening Show At Point of Pines
This afternoon at 3 30 a matinee will be given at Point of Pines for the new pyrorama The Apaches with an 8 15 performance. Tomorrow the sixth great Sunday concert features fifty musicians under J Thomas Baldwin with soloists and a drum fife and bugle corps. The programme ends with The Appomattox.
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J. Thomas Baldwin
Appomattox
Remarkable Iron Region of Sheffield Demonstrated
The article details vast iron ore deposits and extensive Sheffield enterprises including five furnaces, numerous companies, and large capitalizations. It highlights the city’s rapid growth, grand buildings, and strong banks, plus plans for a capitalists’ excursion from Boston to inspect investments and promote New England funding.
House and Senate split on liquor bill. conference committee named
Providence reports the House refused to concur with Senate amendments to the liquor bill and appointed a conference committee that will meet Monday to seek a settlement.
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R. L
House
Senate
Court Dismisses Bill of Review in McDonald v Whitney Case
United States Circuit Court files an opinion denying a bill of review against Arthur E. Whitney. Master fixes $200 damages per infringing machine due to royalty and McDonald's own resale profit. Decree final Aug 4, 1885. bill filed Sept 24, 1887, beyond two year limit. bill of review dismissed. master's report confirmed.
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United States Circuit Court
Coxt. J
James W. McDonald
Joel Whitney
Clement
McDonald
Arthur E. Whitney
Snaipey
Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Ensminger
Supreme Judicial Court July 26 C Allen J
Elder and others as assignees sue W J Stevens and wife and mortgagees over real estate holdings in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. One bill seeks injunction to stop conveyances and rent collection on property conveyed to Stevens wife in 1886. mortgagees named as parties. Property occupied by good tenants. Injunction granted.
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S. J. Elder
W. J. Stevens
Stevens
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
E. W. Hutchins
Insolvency Court in Suffolk County July 26 Second and First meetings held
Second meetings closed in cases including Prescott Noone Caldwell Mandens Austin and Daniels postponed to Nov 8. Third meetings granted or adjourned for Read Briggs Piper Forbes Smith Curtis Hoch Rothenberg O Connor Bowler Hall Tuttle Harts horn with various outcomes. First meetings listed for Smith Sheahan Company Fladd Read assignees Wisewell Chapman Curry Derby Kinney Sullivan Presley warrant ordered.
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Suffolk County
McKim
George A. Prescott
William R. Noone
Jonathan I. Caldwell
Edward E. Mandens
J. Oh. Austin
Abraham G. Daniels
William Read
Richard F. Briggs
Robert Piper
William D. Forbes
Smith & Curtis
John Hoch
Morris J. Rothenberg
John O’connor
Bowler & Hall
Charles L. Tuttle
M. H. Hartshorn
Smith Sheahan Company
Charles E. Fladd
Augustus H. Read
Wisewell & Chapman
George E. Curry
William GB. Derby
John F Kinney
Richard Sullivan
Patrick
City Notes Record Street Handbills Crackdown
Police push to curb distribution of handbills on streets. William Thornton fined $3 for selling circulars on Washington street. A body found at East Boston slip identified as Valentine Winkle man from Avon place missing since July 20. Archibald I Neily Jr. charged with embezzling $350 from Platt & Washburn Refining Co. Keene resigns as deputy warden of Massachusetts State Prison effective in August. Schwabe committee to seek executors for Count L B Schwabe and raise monument funds. Fire of London draws big crowd with visiting Troy firefighters and Doring's Band.
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William Thornton
Washington Street
East Boston
Valentine Winkleman
Avon Place
Burke and Glidden
Archibald I. Neily, Jr
Platt & Washburn Refining Company
Custom House Street
Augustus W. Keene
Massachusetts State Prison
Schwabe
J. Cohen
L. Rosnosky
L. B. Schwabe
Messrs. Cohen
Hecht
Rosnosky
Pain
London
Troy
N. Y
Tobin
Doring
End of Roxbury Carpet Works Strike Relieves Labor Tension
A large group of striking girls at Roxbury Carpet Works returned to work yesterday, with expectations that all will be back within a day or two. They believe sympathy has been stretched too far after about 500 girls quit in protest over a few issues.
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Roxbury
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