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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
1
The Harvard varsity baseball team defeats Yale 7 to 3 at Soldiers Field reenforcing the championship series, forcing a decisive third game. Tickets for Fenway Park sale and seating options are listed with prices and outlets in Cambridge and Boston.
Harvard's Edie Mahan shines as the Crimson reverse a recent poor showing and defeat Yale on Soldier Field. Mahan delivers decisive plays, lifting Harvard toward a potential third game for the championship against the Elis.
In dense fog off Netley England the Kaiser Wilhelm II bound for New York with about a thousand passengers struck the Liverpool grain steamer Incemore. The Kaiser Wilhelm II sits with a midships hole, Incemore shows bowed and damaged. Officials in Southampton seek cause while crews withhold statements.
Information reaches from Ince more as the vessel reportedly slowed to a near stop. Aboard those aboard state the incident created a wide gap in the narrative of events.
London June 17 Colonel Theodore Roosevelt suffers larynx trouble from his Brazilian trip and will not take part in the U S political campaign this fall. He says he must conserve his health and cannot campaign this year.
The ex president disclosed a disability after addressing the Royal Geographical Society in London. He had seen Sir St. Clair Thomson, laryngologist at King’s College Hospital, whom he consulted in 1910, as friends noted weakness upon his arrival. He chose a small hall to speak due to threat concerns and a large audience’s demand.
During a two alarm fire at the Bay View Bottling Company stables 12 horses burned as two burglars tried to enter a nearby store. One was captured after a clash with police when four shots were fired. a woman was knocked down by water and crowds fled in fear as officers tackled the suspect close to burning premises.
Alarms sounded for a blaze caused when celebrants dropped fire crackers on the roof of a structure. The incident underscores hazards linked to the celebration, with continued coverage noted on page 66 Fifth Column.
El Paso dispatches report rising tensions between General Venustiano Carranza and General Francisco Villa as their forces oust Carranza officials from Juarez customs and telegraph offices. Villa loyalists arrest officials and transfer them to Chihuahua prison while mediation delegates accuse the U S of bias and fraud in Mexico’s provisional government dispute.
Advertising copy lists daily cafe meals including planked sirloin steak with potato salad and orange marmalade, planked spring chicken with asparagus and red currant jelly, fancy cornfed tenderloin with potatoes, and broiled half spring chicken on toast. Prices range from 25 to 40 cents, with other salad combinations available.
A midnight blaze swept from a Boston Tow Boat Company shed across Border street engulfing mills sheds and boat yards on Noddle Island. Firefighters from Boston and Chelsea battled the wind driven flames as 14 houses burned at once. by 2 30 a m the fire was brought under control.
A massive blaze at the lumber wharves fed by heavy loads of wood raged toward Border Street ending near a dead end. Firefighters fought through intense heat and smoke as Officers on Meridian Street watched the waterfront district in danger. Loss runs into hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Astronomical data detail lunar phases from last quarter to full moon with dates June 15 to July 7. Evening planet views list Venus Mars Mercury Jupiter plus timing of sunrise, sunset, and auto lamps. Weather forecast for Boston area calls fair, warmer interior, with light southerly winds.
Commodore Morton F. Plant and Mrs. M. C. Macwaring, newly divorced from Selden B. Macwaring of the Oswegatchie Hotel, Watertown, married today at the Bradford House in Eastern Point. The ceremony surprised many as it had not been scheduled. Reports say Plant gave his bride a wedding gift of 8 million dollars.
National games include Boston defeating Chicago 8 to 3 and 7 to 3 in two games plus New York 5 Pittsburg 0 Philadelphia 5 St Louis 4 Brooklyn 2 Cincinnati 1. American results show St Louis 4 Boston 0 New York 4 Detroit 3 Chicago 5 Philadelphia 0 Cleveland 7 Washington 2. Federal and New England results list varied scores and a note on mornings and afternoons. A consumer health ad promotes Horsford's Acid Pee to aid sleep.
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