Harvard Crew Confident Ahead of Big Race
Harvard varsity completed its final time row before the race at Gales Ferry Conn with a hard return leg and a measured two miles. Coach Lehmann assisted by J J Storrow observed the session while Kernan received extra attention and Whitney returned from illness to race position No 2. Freshmen crew showed improvement as John Lawrence and Whitney practiced near the finish.
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Harvard
Gales Ferry
Conn
Lehmann
Perkins
Kernan
Blake
Lerham
J. J. Storrow
H. E. Loring
England
Francis Peabody, Jr
Boston
Mr. Lehmann
Whitney
No. 2
John Lawrence
Yale Crew Starts River Work Ahead of Season
Yale varsity crew opened practice at the river in Good Form Connecticut with the Davis shell launched. Captain Oak and Manager White of Cornell oversaw preparations as Cook at the bow directed short spins. Cornell’s manager went to New London to secure another launch, delaying river time until his return.
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Gales Ferry
Conn
Yale
Varsity
Davis
Cook
Oak
White
Cornell
New London
Inca’s Crew Completes Onboard Roster For Governor Russell
Adjutant E Pelham Dodd completes the crew of fourteen for the converted yacht Inca under Lt W B McKay. Names include Bynum Attwood Stoner Tolle Drew Innocenti Davis Robinson Stedham McKinley. Governor Russell near ready for service with final assignments awaited. Training ship hosts New Bedford Lynn and Boston sailors.
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E. Pelham Dodd
W. B. McKay
William C. Bynum
T. C. Attwood
S. H. Stoner
J. L. Tolle
F. L. Drew
August Innocenti
No Launch For Correll Becomes Ithacan Rowing Note
Harrison's Landing Conn June 17 Ithacan oarsmen faced a night without a launch. Coach Courtney spoke of a revolving crew since spring with Beardsley as the lone green man at season start. He said three men were dropped for various reasons and new rowers filled their places, yet the 68 crew remains nearly as fast as the 97 eight. The freshman crew showed progress though details were scarce.
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Harrison's Landing
Conn
Courtney
Beardsley
Mr. Courtney
Yale Heads to New York for Decisive Princeton Series Game
Yale University baseball fans saw a royal send off as the team left New Haven for New York. The decisive championship series game against Princeton is scheduled for tomorrow afternoon.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
New York
Princeton
Medford's First Regatta Attracts Four Thousand Spectators
Medford Boat Club held its inaugural regatta on Lower Mystic Lake West Medford. Entries included the Markeeta the Baby Lion the Coquette the Jewess and the Sally. The Sally owned by Dr Emery won the triangular race finishing eight seconds under the two hour limit as the others followed closely.
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Medford Boat Club
Lower
Mystic Lake
West Medford
Markeeta
P. J. Teel
William A. Packard
Baby Lion
Edgar A. Manfeld
James H. Bissell
The
Coquette
Roger PD. Mansfield
Edwin K. Carpenter
Jewess
Howard W. Teel
Benjamin F. Jacobs
Sally
J. Walter Emery
Philip A. Hutchins
Dr. Emery
Burgess Yacht Club Regatta Opens in Marblehead Breeze
The Bur gess Yacht Club hosted its seventeenth regatta in Marblehead with a good southwest breeze. Races listed include multiple classes and handicaps with times for boats such as Sintrom Spindrift Susanne Faith and others, noting withdrawals and corrected times.
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Burgess Yacht Club
Marblehead
H.m.s. Sintrom
SPP
Ugaboo
Tagalls
Einter
Meizord
Soveeseeeees
MOAT
More
Macomber
Dora
Stebbins
H.m.sh
Brenda
Goodwin
Sally W
Percival
Wainnaissa
Boyson
Water Lily
Lyman
Ben Witch
Isburg
H.m.sh.m.s
Ben My Chree
Stewart
Boardman
Economo
Merritt
Brown
Seeee
Bunker Hill Day Celebrated in Camp Alger Va
Camp Alger marked Bunker Hill Day with drills suspended and a vivid camp celebration. Massachusetts regiments played a star baseball game, won by the Sixth, amid prizes, field events, and a parade by the Sixth fife and drum band. Congressmen Fitzgerald spoke, fireworks lit the night, and plans for transfers to Dunn Loring and Fernandina sparked discussion of supply issues and camp life.
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Congressman Fitzgerald
Camp Alger
Alger
Falls Church
Bunker Hill
Massachusetts
Reveille
Sibley
O’hearn
Harrison
Howe
Penniman
Fosarty
Cullen
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Boston
Murphy
Company G
Metcalf
Company B
Griffin
Company I
Flynn
McGrath
Riley
Company L
McGee
Connelly
Robertson
Company Oo
Connyer
O’connor
Carney
Johnson
Company
McGain
King
Sullivan
Virginia
Michigan
Regan
Keefe
Illinois
Wighth Ohio
New York
Rhode Island
Dunn Loring
L. F. Martin
John Little
War Department
Fernandina
Louise Hogan
Public Health Association of America
Contest Offers Gold Boxes for Postum Testimonies
The Postum Cereal Co. invites 30 readers to submit descriptions of how coffee and Postum affect them. Five gold dollars per entry will be awarded to the most convincing observations on topics such as coffee impact, Postum preparation, and health benefits. Letters to Battle Creek Michigan before June 30.
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Postum Cereal Co
Lim
Battle Creek
Mich
Postum
Gold in the Sixth at Camp and Pay Arrivals
At 9 pm the Sixth's men cheered as the government paymaster arrived and Colonel Woodward welcomed him. Dinner proved popular after the ball game while the regiment received pay and supplies. The Sixth marks several May Fridays with pay and enlistments as Ohio recruits arrive daily.
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Woodward
Sixth
Boston
L Company
Natick Company
Massachusetts
Quartermaster Sweetzer
W. J. Williams
Washington
Major Darling
Ohio
Eighth Lights Bonfires at Chickamauga Park Camp
June 17 report from Chickamauga Park Georgia details Mymaster Barr’s recovery, payroll completion for Companies H and K, a camp filled with prisoners doing heavy labor, a brigade battle drill, and heightened drills amid Porto Rico rumors. Six men remain in the division hospital and sick in quarters are down. Bonfires honor the 17th as Captain Hillier and Lieutenant McIsaacs serve as duty officers.
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Chickamauga Park
Mymaster Barr
Porto Rico
Division Hospital
Hillier
Company LD
McIsaacs
Five More Naval Cadets Authorized by President
The House naval affairs committee moved to report a bill allowing the President to appoint five additional cadets-at-large to the Naval Academy at Annapolis this year. The move honors distinguished Navy service, notably for John Vincent Gridley, son of the late Captain Gridley of the Olympia, who died from battle injuries at Manila. The four other slots are reserved for similar cases.
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Washington
House Committee On Naval Affairs
House
Naval Academy
Annapolis
John Vincent Gridley
Gridley
Olympia
Manila
Majors Grady and O'Connor Ordered Back to Camp Alger
Telegrams from Colonel Bogan ordered Major Grady Major O'Connor and Major Donovan to report at Camp Alger on Monday morning. Rumors place a move south to a port of embarkation Fernandina Fla with regiments designated Porto Rico. Recruiting continues at East Armory Natick and Camp Alger with physicals at 9 o clock and O Connor returning from Natick.
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Grady
O'Connor
Donovan
Ninth
Boston
Lowell
Camp Alger
Bogan
Fernandina
Fla
Porto Rico
East Armory
M. J. O’connor
Natick
Natick Armory
F. T Mara
Kane
Corporal Jones
O’connor
Spanish minister witnesses siege of new explosive rocket
The Figaro reports Madrid says Senor Amon and Admiral Camara observed experiments with a powerful new explosive called tox pyre aboard a sea rocket. The weapon, claimed to be longer ranged than modern guns, could sink ironclads or devastate towns if near water. Only three operators needed on small boats.
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Paris
The
Figaro
Madrid
Senor Amon
Admiral Camara
Health concerns mount over Prince Bismarck
Berlin dispatch reports Prince Bismarck in great pain from inflammation of the veins in his right leg. His daily drive is suspended and sleep is broken. Dr Schweninger has arrived at Friedrichsruhe and Count Herbert Bismarck is expected there tonight.
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London
Berlin
Prince Bismarck
Schweninger
Friedrichsruhe
Count Herbert Bismarck
Bombardment Report from Santiago de Cuba Cable
Governor reports bombardment with 1000 American shots and Spanish shells. Three killed and twenty one wounded, including two officers. Spanish squadron not damaged.
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Madrid
Santiago de Cuba
Camara Fleet Sails From Cadiz For Berigan Shores
The State Department reports Admiral Camara leads a squadron of warships from Cadiz, with eleven vessels bound for Carthagena for orders and three carrying troops, appearing to head toward the Mediterranean and African shores.
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Camara Tleet
Berigan Shores
Ayres
San Francisco
Cadiz
Carthagena
Camara
Mediterranean
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Correll
Medford
Len
Beras
Godfrey Morse
Summer ST
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Spitz Bros. & Mark
Scanlon
J’arrell
Morean
Culten
Lintenant Thayer
Sixth Regiment
Ninth Regiment
Butler
PO. A. B
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Turnbull
R. F
Bhearn
Sweeney
Yenniman
Payne
Ilowe
P. Seer Coveeveres
Pearenot
Rockport
Texas
Soren
A. Johnson
Almos
All Druggints
Johnson & CO
Puck
Armour Packing. CO
Kansas City
Dept
Grady and
Rumor
Spain
Bismarck
State Department
Gibraltar
Charles V
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Rapido
Patriota
Audaz
Osado
Prosperina
Giralda
Prelajo
Colon
Alfonso Doce
Canandonga
Antonio Lopez
Isla Panos
Buenos
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
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Eddie Bald
Buffalo
Stevens
McFarland
Aker
Bald
George Schofield
Kings County Wheelmen
American Wringer Co
Franklin Street
Mass
G. Walden Smith
Keiih’sa
Tremont St
Philadelphia
Young Mahoney
This City
Horace Leeds
Atlantic City
Mahoney
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company
Post Office Square
Gesten
Benj. F. Stevens
Alfred D. Foster
F. Trull
Wt. B Turner
Seo’y
Arlington B. C
Bankers and Brokers
Arlington
Arlington Boat Club
Bankers and Brokers’ Association
Harold Wood
Bankers
A. W. Moordt
Broadway
Chelsea
GHO. C. Cogdwin & CO
Hanover St
Bos
Awketman’s
J. A. Melvis
Blackstone Street
Doston
Tremont Row
Wilson Brothers
Pperiffer—Holbrook
City
Charles R. Tenney
Phil Charles Pfeffer
Cambridge
Mollie Frances Holbrook
Coupeville
Wash
Massachusetts General Hospital
Edith J
John A. Abraham
Robinson
Melrose
Benjamin P. Robinson
Rongragstecal Church
J. Newman
SI Tremont
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