Cornish 10 Leave Has Signed With Chicago Athletic Club
Harry S. Cornish the well known athletic manager resigns from the B A A Junes. He has signed with the Chicago Athletic Club and will oversee major indoor BB A A meetings and outdoor tournaments. Born in Hartford he trained in anatomy and has long guided amateur boxing, gymnasiums, and bicycle campaigns before joining the Back Bay club in 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry S. Cornish
BB. A. A
Harry
Cornish
Hartford
Pittsburg
Penn
Pope Manufacturing Company
Neilson, Rowe, Hendee, Prince and
Des Moines
Sarvent
Harvard
R. H. Davis
Kenneth Brown
Prosa
Back Bay
Eams
Cornish Named Athletic Manager for Chicago Club for Three Years
The Chicago Athletic Club hires Mr. Cornish as athletic manager for three years with full control over athletics and staff. He will supervise the World Fair and athletic congress in Chicago on September 13 to 15. His prior work includes managing the B. A. A. nine on a five and a half week tour, with 22 wins and 10 losses, plus a noted football program and duties as a handicapper for the N. E. A. A. A. U. for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicagothletic Club
Cornish
Windy City
Chicago
New York
Oat Cape May
Pittsburg
Cleveland
Detroit
London
Ont
Battle Creek
Mich
Rochester
Harry
New England
Bicycle Club Sets Up National Racing Board Roles
J M Erwin of the Lincoln Cycling Club joins a national racing board with H Raymond, L A Miller, George D Gideon and W W Watts. Miller and Gideon are noted racers, Watts writes for Southern Wheelman, Erwin leverages Chicago News Record ties. A mix of ride plans, lectures, and international competition loom as clubs gear for April and August events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Erwin
Lincoln Cycling Club
Associated Cycling Clubs of
Chicago
Theational Racing Board
Garden
H. Raymond
L. A. Miller
George D. Gideon
W. W. Watts
Raymond
Miller
Meriden
Conn
Gideon
Watts
Erwin
William Twinkle
Rhode Island
New York
Peter Gray
Paul Revere
McGlewen
McGienen
A. A. Zimmerman
England
W. J. Keily
Philadelphia
Draper
Calolih
Banker
Hess
Lehr
Opel
France
Johnson
Boston
Association
Sporting Life
Pope Manufacturing Company
B. B. Emory & Co
Dorchester
Mt. Washington
McArdle
Fred Higgins
A. H. Colbeare
C. Garrett
Massachusetts Bicycle Club
Bermuda
Mr. Stone
State Highway Commission
State House
Hle
WY City Races Card From March Thirteenth
Ivy Orry reports a city race card with multiple heats including a half mile won by Buddhist with Honest Tom second May Bird third. a three-quarters mile won by Mulatto with Gonzales second Morton third. a half mile won by Express with On Row second Sir William third. and a four furlongs race where Pr il Fool took first with Guarley Wilson second Sfirathmaid third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivy Orry
Honest Tom
May Bird
Mulatto
Gonzales
Morton
Sir William
Pril Fool
Guarley
Wilson
Sfirathmaid
America's Cup Match Terms Published By New York Yacht Club
The memorandum of race conditions for the America's Cup, sent to Lord Dunraven, is made public. It outlines a best of five series, starting from Scotland or Sandy Hook Lightships, with specific course shapes, times, and the rule that manual power only may be used aboard the defending yacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lord Dunraven
New York Yacht Club
Scotland
Sandy Hook
Leeward
Windward
DOG SHOW GOSSIP AT NEW ENGLAND EVENT TIES $50 PRIZE
The New England Kennel Club underlines a $50 plate prize for the best four-beagle exhibit at its ninth annual show. The Bull-Dog Club of America plans a medal for top American bulldog and another for the top bulldog bitch in Boston next month. The New England Field Trials Club expects strong turnout with benched entries and a quart mug for top setter and pointer dogs and bitches, plus a mug for top pointer dog. An extra class for wirehaired fox terrier puppies will offer $5 and $3 prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Kennel Club
National Beagle Club of America
Bull-Dog Club of America
Chicago
Boston
Bull-Dog Club
New England Field Trials Club
New England
Messrs. C. P. Curtis, Jr
Baylies
Brooks
Beach Show Collumantee
Kilduff Faces Cold Day with Unfazed Demeanor
A playful note from Puck asks why Kilduff holds his head high while town forecasts show a sharp ten degree drop. The item hints at Kilduff’s weather-beating stance rather than a fortune, keeping the tone brisk and comic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilduff
Puck
Well Jones Responds to Anvil Claim in Quip Cut
A fragment shows a character named Jones replying sharply to an implied anvil claim, quipping That’s my business and signaling understanding. The line hints at tension within a terse exchange. No broader context is readable.
Remonstrance From Mayor Matthews Sparks Senate Debate
Mayor Matthews seeks new floor space limits for mercantile buildings and opposes a bill granting Boston firefighters extra holidays. Senate debates whether to admit the remonstrance and how to proceed, with fire department needs cited after Friday’s blaze. Other business includes trout sale prohibition, an executive mansion bill, Barnstable court-house funds, and Lawrence water debt refinancing.
Harvard and Princeton Forge Baseball Schedule Clash
Harvard and Princeton exchanged telegrams after a Springfield meeting to set dates for a May 6 game at Princeton and a Decoration Day game at Cambridge. Princeton plans to use its undergraduate team, signaling readiness to align with Harvard and Yale in top competitive class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Yale
Springfield
Princeton
Cambridge
New Jersey College
Courage and fare in a playful verse note
Fragmentary verse excerpt with lines about courage and fame. Mentions a spotter and a repeated call for brave effort, framed as a lyric reflection. Context appears theatrical or poetic, lacking a clear event, author, or date.
Dreamy thought of angels turns to wind
A fragment from a poem notes a baby smiling in sleep and imagines angels, but the speaker admits it is the wind causing the phenomenon and not heavenly voices. The line evokes playful misdirection and a nurse’s practical explanation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
The Boston Gas Calamity and Insurance Fallout
A Boston evening paper quotes a Addicks associate blaming the city's lamp post costs and a mayoral fuel policy for massive losses. It notes about 4 million dollars in financial damage with insurance bearing about 3.5 million, while no insurance exists for the Bay State Gas holder. The piece hints at rising fire district rates and a coming $1 per thousand gas price for half a million Boston residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addicks
Boston
Bay State
Who Qwhs This Team Fire UsurG Arrest Shocks Fitchburg
A man giving the name George Harwood claiming New York as home aged 24 was arrested on suspicion of stealing a sleigh and horse found in his possession. The team is described as a clipped sorrel horse about fifteen hands high weighing 950 pounds with four white feet and a white face stripe. The sleigh is Portland style center draft with red plush trim and a wolf skin robe. The whip marked Boston bears illegible initials G R or Co R. Authorities seek information for the Fitchburg police chief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Boston
G. R
Co. R
Fitchburg
Senate Deliberates On Limited Action Resolution
Washington March 13 The Senate debated for about an hour on a measure to restrict action to business not requiring House cooperation and adjourned without a decision leaving the matter to Wednesday next. No nominations were received from the President, with officials withheld until committees are appointed allowing changes to the list if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
White House
Honor to Gol. Cockerill by Ad Club Thursday
John A. Cockerill editor and owner of the New York Morning Advertiser and former editor of the New York World will be entertained by the Ad. Club Thursday. He will be escorted to city sights and a 7:30 dinner at Young's for about 100 guests including leading newspaper editors managers and publishers from New England prominent advertisers and advertising agents from Boston along with city and state representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John A. Cockerill
New York Morning Advertiser
New York World
New York Press Club
Ad. Club
Young’s
New England
Boston
Post
Sir
John F. Welton, Jr
Far
The
Boston Post
Epwarp Meely
D. McCarthy
Outing Club
Roxbury
Singer & Co
McCarthy
Citizens Elect Dunton Mayor in Belfast Maine
Robert F. Dunton was elected mayor of Belfast in a low turnout election with no contest except in Ward 3 where A. A. Hurd won the alderman seat. The March 13 results show the lightest vote in years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belfast
Robert F. Dunton
Citizens
A. A. Hurd
Death by Own Act Body Not Identified as McKiernan
Hartford March 13. The body found at Elmwood Friday is not thought to be Thomas McKiernan missing from New Haven. Friends could not identify the man. Barney Rosenblatt, a Pole from Hartford, believes it is Joseph Arlowsky the Pole linked to Koslick's murder last fall, noting the same eye injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Elmwood
Thomas McKiernan
New Haven
Barney Rosenblatt
Joseph Arlowsky
Koslick
Arlowsky
New mayoral election ordered for April 17 in Portland
At a Board of Aldermen meeting in Portland on March 13 a new mayoral election was ordered for April 17. Democratic Ward 1 officers who resigned last week have withdrawn their resignations, stating they believe they were fairly elected despite the fraudulent count. Republicans and Democrats share the general belief on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Board of Aldermen
London despatch doubts Naronic survival from Azores mail
A Lisbon despatch reports the mail steamer arriving from the Azores carries no tidings of the missing White Star liner Naronic. Officials will not abandon hope until after the next two Azores mails arrive, though shippers generally fear the Naronic is lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lisbon
Azores
White Star Line
Naronic
Senate caucus to revise committee list after adjournment
After the Senate adjourned the Democratic caucus committee met to revise and finalize the committee list agreed at Saturday's meeting. The report will go to the full caucus tomorrow morning, with the caucus called for 11 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Democratic Caucus Committee
Worcester Foreman Killed In Yard Accident
Michael Sheehan aged 48 a foreman at the Worcester Coal Company yard on Southbridge street was crushed by moving cars this forenoon and died from his injuries. He leaves a widow and three children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Michael Sheehan
Worcester Coal Company
Southbridge Street
Steamer Fisher's Island Arrives for Instructions
The Fisher's Island steamer from Somers Point New Jersey docked at Newport today to receive orders from the United States engineer's office before attempting to blow up the wreck of the Vanderbilt yacht Alva in Vineyard Sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
Jury awards $800 in pool room case Carroll v Brady
In Superior Court this afternoon a verdict of 800 dollars was awarded to the plaintiff in the Carroll against Thomas J Brady case. The verdict will be appealed to the Supreme Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Carroll
Thomas J. Brady
Ieee
Supreme Court
Chelsea Common Council Expunges Record on City Solicitor Vote
At last night's council meeting Councilman Hoag withdrew his motion to reconsider the vote to expunge references to electing David K. Gould as city solicitor. After a lively discussion the council voted to expunge the portion about the investigating committee's report on alleged bribery. An appropriation of $600 for Memorial Day passed to its second reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoag
David KE. Gould
Messrs. Hoag and Roberts
St Patrick Talk Tonight by Rev E Harrick of Boston
Members of the Young Men's Christian Union and two guests are invited to hear Rev. E Harrick of Boston speak this evening on St Patrick and the Christening of Ireland, in a reading that ties religious heritage to Ireland’s history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Christian Union
8. E. Herrick
Boston
Ireland
Not OBTUSE. Walter trades meat over reading hint
A humorous courtroom tone exchanges a misread moment as Walter explains he gave the meat to Jack because Jack seemed to want it. The mother questions the choice while Walter defends the hint interpretation in a witty quip style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Jack
Fiddleback Cock Tail Story Sparks Striped Trouser Trouble
The judge recalls Fiddleback asking how the new cocktail fared with the group. Jagway says it was first rate but wearing striped trousers nearly caused trouble as the men thought the trousers were alive during the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fiddleback
Visiting Mother in Law Seeks Welcome Return Visit
Visiting mother in law expresses joy at the daughter’s arrival and the daughter’s travel kindness. The dialogue emphasizes warmth and hospitality as she welcomes the guest and requests they settle in, discouraging thoughts of leaving soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iter-in-Law
ggYou
Friends Tribute Sparks See-Saw Votes in Local Contest
The at large list grows more interesting as Thomas F Hickey and K R Neptune trade positions. Two thousand votes push "Jack" Jacobs toward the top with a surge from Waitt and Bond employees sending in 2000 votes for Jacobs. D L Munns J J Murphy and D F Leahy add votes to their totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas F. Hickey
K. R. Neptune
Jack’”’ Jacobs
Hickey
Neptune
D. L. Munns
J.J. Murphy
D. F. Leahy
Jack” Jacobs
South End
Waitt & Bond
Jacobs
Readers' World Fair votes flood Boston Post pages
Letters from Cambridge and Chelsea readers push for candidates in the contest. Barbara Anderson urges 300 votes for Joe Sylvester of East Boston, while others praise Jack Jacobs, John Welton Jr., and D. McCarthy. The page notes voters, endorsements, and the portrait subject, D. McCarthy, East Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank P. Brown
Cambridge
James Pitt
Charles H. Pratt
S. N. Archibald
Chelsea
Post
Joe’ Sylvester
Border Street
East Boston
Joe
Barbara Anderson
Newton
Mass
N. S. A. Croix
Jack Jacobs
Jack
Waitt & Bond
Chicago
the Post
Boston
John
East Boston Social Roundup And A Harbor Tragedy
East Boston hosts a musical and literary entertainment at Odd Fellows Hall with a wrap party and cobweb game as committees are listed. Harbor police recover a 40 year old man’s body near Whidden’s docks later moved to the morgue, identified as William Nickerson of 185 Princeton Street, amid notes of probable suicide. The Outing Club’s Casey Concert Hall overflows for a lecture by Frank K Foster on labor’s comedy and tragedy. Mary Ryan’s funeral from the Church of the Ascension in Malden is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Associates
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Walter Wright
Palmer
Sadie Perkins
Sampson
Mary E. Gorham
Meridian Street
New Hampshire
Harbor Pilots
Knights of Honor Hall
Forest Glen Circle
Osmer Hall
Wescott Hall
Harbor Police
Whidden’s Docks
Battery Street
Congress
William Nickerson
Princeton Street
Casey
Outing Club
Frank K. Foster
Poston
Mary Ryan
Dennis J. Ryan
Church of the Asenon
Father Garrity
Malden
Charlestown News and Social Notes Chronicle
Mrs Thomas Joyce wife of a noted musician has been ill for weeks with friends hoping for her speedy recovery. Court Morning Star Companions of the Forest plans a March 18 party in the Cadets Armory. Chief Companion James Weney is a leading organizer boosting the order’s front rank. Mourning for Division Superintendent John H Studley as his youngest daughter Grace Spencer passes away after years of illness. Funeral tomorrow at 1 pm from 127 High Street Rev George W Durell officiating. Burial May in Woodlawn awaiting spring. Isabel Howard O Keefe will lecture on Australia at St Francis de Sales School Hall March 23. Loyal Temperance Legion reports funds from recent sale at Winthrop Hall with Mrs C A Bateman presiding over a table of the Bunker Hill W C I Ds. Coping around the Nine Hundred and Ninety-ninth Artillery building on Main Street toppled recently. BUNKER HILL
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Joyce
Court Morning Star
Companions of the Forest
James Weney
John H. Studley
West End
Grace R. Spencer
Charles B. Spencer
High Street
George W. Durell
Woodlawn
Mother Earth
Isabel Howard O’ Keefe
Australia
St. Francis de Sales School
Loyal
Temperance Legion
Winthrop Hall
Bunker Hill
W.C. I. Ds
Cambridge Notes On A New Democratic Paper And Local Events
Ex-Mayor Alger says he has heard nothing lately about a new Democratic paper but believes there is a field for one in Cambridge. Obituary notes mark the death of Mrs. Sarah J. Briggs at 19 Mellen street aged 56, with funeral at 2 pm. Also covered are remarks by Chief Casey on licensing, budget talks with Superintendent Steele, annexation to Boston, bids for cracked stone, and progress of Rev. Dr. A. P. Peabody’s funeral procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Democratic
Alger
Cambridge
Sarah J. Briggs
Mellen Street
Harvard Square
Steele
Building Department
Tam
Sam
Boston
Paris
City Hall
H. A. Wyeth
A. P. Peabody
Portsmouth
Harvard Bridge
Chelsea transit changes and local events in Chelsea
The Lynn and Boston railroad trims running time between Washington Avenue stables and Scollay Square by eighteen minutes and adds eight trips per car. Washington Avenue Chelsea ferry line resumes with two electric cars and full-day service. Other notes include a $100 donation from Theodore Winthrop Post 35 to the Frost Hospital bazaar and a whist party for the charity. A man was injured on an electric car at the front platform, nose broken. he was treated at Butler's drugstore and went home to 158 Williams Street. The St Rose T A and B Society secured upper hall in First National Bank building for meetings. Tonight a silver tea at First Unitarian Church vestry followed by performances by Maud Murphy and Estella Huff. Robert Sullivan plans a trip to Chicago. The Saturn Club holds its annual banquet next Friday. The White Slave was shown at the Academy of Music to a large crowd. The Board of Aldermen meets at City Hall tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn & Boston Railroad
Washington Avenue
Scollay Square
Chelsea
Theodore Winthrop
Frost Hospital
Max Tuck
Butler’s Drug Store
George Waters
Williams Street
St. Rose T. A. and B. Society
First National Bank
Alter Ego Club
First Unitarian Church
Maud Murphy
Estella Huff
Boston School of Oratory
Robert Sullivan
Chicago
Saturn Club
Academy of Music
Board of Aldermen
City Hall
Ferryman
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Chicago Athletic Club
Harry Cornish
James D. Smith
Latham A. Fisn
Philip Schuyler
J. F. Tams
A. Cass Canfield
Adal Drun J
Jones
Anvil
Antly
Mayor Matthews
Matthews
Lincoln Street
Buckley
Hampden
Howard
Bristol
Read
Middlesex
Butler
Reed
Fitzgerald
Suffolk
Leary
Boften
Lawrence
Ratshesky
Kittridge
Baker
Malone
Greenfield
Rerun
Marek
Prevaux
Amesbury
Plymouth County
Massachusetts
Vermont
Maine
Court House
Barnstable
Samuel W. Clifford
Maynard F. Stiles
Court Street
Gol. Cockerill
Citizens Garry Belfast
Chelsea Common Council
ST. Patrick
Friends
D. M’carthy
Charlestown
Justice Jackson
South Boston
Charlestown and
Somerville
Melrose
Eaton St
William Wall
Cambridges
George W. Buchan
Andover
Wentworth B. Kenney
Lynn
B. J. Whitmore
Everett
Henry L. D
R.R. Depot
Frank J. Ferry
Devonshire
John Farrell
Endicott St
James J. Murphy
Daniel Fr. Leahy
North Market ‘St
W. H. Walsh
Young’ S Hotel
W. J. Dennis
Harrison Ave
Amos T. Fiske
Bromfield St
Mary Hurley
Winchester
M. L. Holt
South Gardner
L. Lawless
Waltham
Herbert Palmer
Parkman St
T. C. Tandy
George H. Smith
Broadway
Charles H. Hateb, Jr
West Broadway
Frank Hans
Gold
William F. Corcoran
W. Fifth St
R. J. Harvey
Silver St
Walter T. Rice
C St
Eugene W. T
Frank m. Queen, Jr
St. Cop
Thomas Gannon
Cambridge St
E. Colbert
Windsor
Thomas N. Ayres
Fifth St
Peter S. McKay
Tremont
Samuel W. Joel
Watson St
W. K. Chadwick
Austin St
John Bergin
Amory
E. F. Wilkins
E. B. L. Howard
North Ave
Charles A. Murray
Cambridgeport Cycle Club
W.H. Holahan
Washington St
Murdock St
William J. Rogers
J.J. Murray
Pleasant St
John Meaney
M. A Kerns
Walker Ave
George H. Melick
Prospect St
Alfred F. Ruby
Main St
Eddie D. Hughes
Medford Bt
Willian P. Karnes
Maple
Henry Pero
Maverick
G. E. Dunbar
Joe Sylvester
Border
Tid. McCarthy
Summer
George N. McDevett
William G. Newman
Williams
Sessas
Arnold Thompson
James Barry
Lewis St
W. A. McDougall
Paris St
K Plimmer
M. EK. Strickland
Decatur St
Ed. Holland
Cor. Pope and Curtis
William A. McCarthy
J. Hilton
Bremen St
J. P. Snow
Wiliam J. Murphy
Border St
Fred D. Rucker
Ash St
A. T. Stevens
Lexington St
FE. R. Greene
Williams St
Hubert C. Purdy
George E. Bradley
Warwick St
Lucy Drennan
Rosseter
Dr. Bishop
Worcester Sq
James Husson
Nawn Court
Michael J. Cadigan
Norwich
W. Fleming
Green St
J J. McNeil
Belden St
Harvest St
T. B. Cunniff
Regent St
C. M. Houghton
Westford St
Odd Fellows
Cadman Brothers
West Somerville
Will Cushing
Mary 8. Howes
Congregational
Hamilton
Unity Lodge of
Odd Ladies
Eberle Hall
Frazier
Franklin Street
Central Club
Highland Avenue
Eawin
Bartlett
Madison Street
Hannibal A. Williams
Grand Army Hall
Lo’eleck
Somerville Rovers
George Dusham
Old Powder House
Faba Blanchard
Nien
Bott
von Mechl CO
Cincinnati
Obie
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
James F. Kidder
Keens
Cheshire
Darwin C. Fogg
Boston Five Cents Savings Bank
Provident Institution For Savings
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Elijah George
Ellen L. Barrett
Ellen Barrett
Michael J. Creed
M. J. Creed
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Register
Annie L. Angier
Luther H. Angier
Sach
Joax .W. McKim
O'Tiece
Caroline M. Bond
Elizabeth B. Freeman
Admx
George E. Rollins
Laura A. Rollins
Thomas Wentworth
John Burke
Albert F. Hayden
Admr
Margaret A. Keith
Avid B. Keith
K'Totice
Per Albert Johnson
Jenny Johnson
Addie M. Hamilton
Winthrop
H.C. Hamilton
Ston
Homas Simpson
Boon
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