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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 23, 1887

Page

2

Boston Club Regatta Off City Point Amid Fog Delays

Fog and light winds frustrate Boston Club races at City Point and Marblehead regatta events. Twilight ferries Eastern Yacht Club guests. race postponed, then eyed for today as crews await calmer conditions and clearer skies.

Regatta Off City Point Opens Boston Yacht Club Season

The Boston Yacht Club starts its season with a champion cup regatta off City Point at about 10 o'clock. Entries are split into three classes. a yacht must win three races for the cup. Steamer signals the course, leaves India Wharf at 9 sharp. Regatta committee: Phinney, Tarbell, Jordan, Howe, Wellman. Judges: Dean, Denton, Barnard. Prizes include solid silver cups for first in each class and $20 or $10 second prizes, with Pfaff and Meer among donors.

City Point Boston Yacht Club India Wharf P. Phinney E. H. Tarbell S. Jordan George R. Howe W. L. Wellman Thomas Dean Eben Denton Eves Barnard John B. Meer

Beverly Yacht Club to Stage 116th Open Regatta at Monument Beach

The Beverly Yacht Club hosts its 116th regatta as an open sweepstakes for catboats at Monument Beach on Saturday July 2 with a $5 entry per yacht. Prizes allocate three fourths of the fee for first and one quarter for second in each class. Entries may be sent to W Lloyd Jeffries Tobey Club Monument Beach or to Tobey Club members. A separate July 4 event at 1 pm crowns the Buzzard's Bay championship for club members only with four classes by waterline length.

Beverly Yacht Club Monument Beach W. Lloyd Jeffries Tobey Club

Executive Council Nominates Multiple State Officials

A meeting led by Lieutenant-Governor Brackett presented nominations for civil service commissioner, special justice, county accounts controller, railroad commissioner, savings banks commissioner, harbor and land commissioner, clerks for district courts, and a new trial justice post. Mr Loring’s designation was confirmed under suspension. others fill roles already held.

Springfield Charles H. Howland Plymoth Harbor William N. Tyler Wakefield Middlesex Walton B. Smith Pittsfield Berkshire Emerson W. Law Cambridge Rufus D. Chase Orange Loring

Attempted desecration of the lion and unicorn at the Old State House

Ropes found and eight to nine men involved in an overnight attempt to pull down the lion and unicorn from the Old State House at Faneuil Hall amid jubilee preparations. A Bostonian Society official condemns the act and offers a $50 reward for the marauders' capture.

Old State House Faneuil Hall Mutual Union Telegraph Company Bostonian Society W. C. Burrage

New England Conservatory Graduation Commencement At Tremont Temple

Tremont Temple filled beyond capacity as New England Conservatory of Music graduates parade to commencement. Flowers decorate the front, red N. E. C. 87 above the organ. The programme showcases piano, violin, and vocal works by Hyde, Brown Collins, Gale, Ferris, Woolever, and others performed by Myrta Alice Gale, Stella Louise Ferris, May Woolever, and Frederick Alpha Very among others.

Tremont Temple New England Conservatory of Music Lillian Estelle Hyde Rubinstein Frederick Alpha Very Preghiera Frederick Brown Collins Saint-Saéns Myrta Alice Gale Stella Louise Ferris Chopin May Woolever Elise Fellows Mendelashon-Liszt Catharine Josephine Tracy Senta Minnie Fish J. T. Duryea Eben Tourjée Conservatory Rufus S. Frost Thomas M. Austin Pennsylvania George W. Bagnall Massachusetts Jessie E. Belcher Washington Lila Brittain Anna Cassell Iino Homer A. Norris Maine Georgie A. Renton Mary W. Shaw Fannie FE. Sherman-Truette Harrah Shirley New Hampshire Martha J. Smith Kentucky Sarah Solomon Oregon Hannah G. Sullivan Catharine J. Tracy Emma Upham Frederick A. Very May Woolever New York Thomas M Montana Marie M Mona Errd Michigan Mary C. Russell Selma Stoltz Fannie M. Crosby Franklin Square

A Wise Judge and the Auction Pool Case

A Chicago Herald item recalls Trude's six year old fight to shut pool rooms under gambling law. A prosecution witness described buying an auction pool ticket to prove the case, the judge quipping that a fool to back a horse against Barus should lose. The jury then discharged the prisoners. Nearby Revere House café offered a lunch spot for ladies.

Chicago Herald Trude Barus Gary Barns

Nowlin murder trial turns on insanity defense and family hints

The James E. Nowlin murder trial in the East Cambridge Supreme Judicial Court resumes with Captain Perry and medical examiner Frederick Winsor detailing head mutilation and death findings. Defence seeks insanity, presenting Nova Scotia relatives with extensive family insanity cases while Nowlin’s mother testifies to behavioral changes and convulsive fits preceding the killing.

James E. Nowlin George A. Codman Supreme Judicial Court East Cambridge Captain Perry Somerville Police Nowlin Broadway Morrison Fales Frederick Winsor Winchester M. C. Parkhurst Somerville Perry Codman Michael Sweeney Tom Nevills Sweeney Nevills Lexington Don’t Nova Scotia Berwick Sarah Armstrong Elijah Eagles Sarah Anderson Edward Nowlin John Besanson Boston Eddie Provinces

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