Barker Loses to Andrews in National Checker Tourney
C F Barker of Boston, the American champion, was defeated by G W Andrews of Everett at the national checker tournament in the American House. It was Barker’s first defeat in four days, though the match left them tied as Andrews won the deciding game amid 250 spectators.
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Boston
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Everett
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Fitzpatrick
Barker
Edinburgh
Pigeon
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Pierce
Minneapolis
Minn
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New York
Barker and Andrews
Philadelphia
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Zinck
Hill
Maize
Heffner Delivers Brilliant Checker Victory in Tourney
Boston expert Heffner defeated Head of New York in a striking display of foresight. The Second Double Corner opening led to a forced shot and a winning trap, captivating spectators as Heffner executed precise captures to seize the game.
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Heffner
Boston
Head of
New York
English High Athletes Battle For E Letter
A meeting of the English High Athletic Association decided who earns the coveted E for track and basketball. A new rule allows any boy scoring a point at Boston interscholastic track events or placing on the schoolboy games relay to wear the letter.
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English High Athletic Association
Sherburne Found Guilty in Lowell Arson and Insurance Fraud
Alden H. H. Sherburne of Lowell was found guilty by a Middlesex Superior Court jury in East Cambridge yesterday of burning a building at Lowell and burning autos to defraud an insurance company.
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Alden HH
Sherburne
Lowell
Fox
Middlesex Superior Court
East Cambridge
Water Department Bowlers Top Doyle's Men In Washout
The street department quintet known as alleged City Hall champions faced the water department bowling team on Boles' alleys last night. The water department rolled to a 1138 to 1083 victory over Superintendent Jimmy Doyle's crew.
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Street Department
City Hall
Water Department
Boles
Jimmy Doyle
Harvard Hasty Pudding Club on Stage Tonight
The Harvard Hasty Pudding Club presents its comedy The Lotus Faters in Jordan Hall Cambridge. Performances have been highly successful and the show is described as one of the most humorous plays the club has ever staged.
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Harvard Hasty Pudding Club
Jordan Hall
Cambridge
Pudding Club
Heinrich Recital by Heinrich in Steinert Hall Delights and Divides
Baritone Max Heinrich offered a varied program with Schubert Schumann Heinrich Gounod Stanford MacKenzie Strauss and two melodramas Magdalena and Poe s Raven. The review praises his dark rich tone and expressive diction in German pieces but criticizes his enunciation and moments of theatrical overreach in the Poe setting and Magdalena.
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Max Heinrich
Steinert Hall
Schubert
Schumann
Heinrich
Gounod
Stanford
MacKenzie
Strauss
Magdelena
F. J. Waller
Poe
Raven
Helmrich
Gruppe Aus
Charles A
Keep's Shirt Store Moves to Washington Street
The Keep Manufacturing Company of New York relocates from 156 Tremont to 301 Washington Street opposite the Old South Meeting House. The expanded store showcases a large stock of men’s furnishings, shirts, clothing, hats and neckwear with ash-trimmed interiors, dressing rooms, offices, and a new cash railway system. A basement line offers ready to wear clothing and the firm guarantees every sale.
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Keep Manufacturing Company of
New York
Tremont Street
Washington Street
Old South Meeting House
Barker Beats Andrews in Six-Game Tie Breaker
A headline game yesterday saw Barker defeat Andrews to break a six game tie. The match opened 9 13 and 24 18 and followed a pattern described as Edinburgh with key positions noted as Barker White versus Black and White, highlighting late rally and decisive scores.
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Barker
Andrews
Edinburgh
Rockefeller Dodge Wedding to Be Quietly Held Next Month
The engagement of Miss Rockefeller and Marcellus Hartley Dodge is announced with plans for a quiet wedding at William G. Rockefeller's Fifth Avenue home. Dodge, son of Norman W. Dodge, inherits a fortune and has served as director in major firms while noted for prudent, scholarly conduct and a $300,000 gift to Columbia University.
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William G. Rockefeller
Fifth Avenue
Connecticut
Dodge
New York
Miss Rockefeller
Marcellus Hartley Dodge
Norman W. Dodge
Marcellus Hartley
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Madison Avenue
Columbia University
Columbia
Boston City Hall Sold in Night Auction for 75000
An unseen auctioneer at Boston City Hall sold the historic building for 75000 after a dramatic midnight bid. Newsboys and bystanders joined a crowd that surged toward School Street as a uniformed officer cleared the area amid jeers and laughter.
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Boston
Halloran
School Street
New Orleans
Vitagraph
Rockefeller and Dodge Engagement United Two Great Fortunes
A union of millions will join Miss Ethel Goodsell Rockefeller, niece of John D Rockefeller, and Marcellus Hartley Dodge. The engagement announced in New York on March 21 formalizes a marriage that will blend two vast fortunes valued at about 460 million dollars.
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Union OF Millions
New York
Union of
Ethel Goodsell Rockefeller
John D. Rockefeller
Marcellus Hartley Dodge
John D
Sermon on Frequentation of the Sacraments at Immaculate Conception
The Rev William Power preached at the Church of the Immaculate Conception on the need for frequent reception of the sacraments. He likened them to spiritual springs renewing faith and strength, urging Christians to lead by example and to feed their souls as a vital duty to God and neighbor.
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William Power
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Father Power
Operetta Presented at Willard Settlement By Grace Barron
Mrs Grace E Barron of New York arrives to stage The House That Jack Built an operetta with music by Jessie Gaynor under the Frances B Willard settlement banner It marks the first charm operetta for the venue and Barron brings proven success to the production
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Grace E. Barron
New York
Jack
Jessie Gaynor
Frances B. Willard
Barron
Pickpocket Charge Linked to Tremont Row Incident
Inspector Patterson and Officer Norton stopped a dapper young man outside Tremont row thea tre after he slipped his hand into Richard Brown of 58 Holison street Ashmont. The suspect, naming James Borough five years old and claiming 164 Main street Wakefield, was captured as he tried to push through the crowd.
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Norton
Police
Tremont Row
Richard Brown
Holison Street
Ashmont
James Borough
Main Street
Wakefield
Steamer Frank Jones Refitted and Enlarged
The Sound steamer Frank Jones, recently overhauled at New London Marine Iron Works, will resume service on the Fall River New York line of Enterprise Transportation Company within days. She left New London for Fall River on Tuesday and will commence runs to New York on Wednesday.
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New London Marine Iron Works
Fall River
New York
Independent Enterprise Transportation Company
Marine Railway
New London
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