Oxford Crew Wins Thames Boat Race in Bitter Weather
Oxford defeated Cambridge by a quarter length in the annual Thames race held under sleet and cold. The start near Putney, finish above Mortlake, with Oxford using a powerful long stroke to overcome Cambridge after a tense final stretch. Oxford’s time was 22 minutes and betting favored Oxford at 8 to 1.
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London
Oxford
Thames
Putney Bridge
Chip Inn
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Claspers
Trade Nines Prize Plan Announces Boston Contests
A former Beacons member offers prizes for a season long trade nine competition in Boston with teams named Dry Goods Hardwares Shoe Trade. Prizes include 200 in silver clubs for first, 50 in silver medals for second, and 20 in silver penholders for a booby prize. Entries close May 1 and rules require active employment in respective trades.
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Beacons
Crack
Tne
Messrs
IT. H. Murnane
W. D. Sullivan
The
Globe
E. F. Stevens
J. C. Morse
Herald
George Wright
Mike Slattery
New York Brotherhood
Arthur Clarke
New York League
President Day
Arthur Whitney
Day
Keefe
Tim
Crane
Kelly
John Carnery
Salem
Cincinnati Association
Irwin
Boston Association
Coumbia
D. C
Charleston
Joyce
Dowd
Stricker
Harvard Athletes Win Prizes in New Haven Meet
At a Harvard Athletic Association meet in Hemenway Gymnasium, J. R. Finlay set a new Harvard indoor shot put record with 39 ft 10 in, surpassing the old 37 ft 9.4 in. mark. A. J. Green barely missed the world amateur fence vault record, with 7 ft 2 1/2 in. The rest of the program included Yale club rivalries and a crowded slate of events, with Finlay and Green among the standout performers.
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Harvard Athletic Association
Hemenway Gymnasium
J. R. Finlay
Harvard
Finlay
A. 8. Coxe
Yale
Mott Haven
A. J. Green
Green
C. H. Atkinson
Yale Association
F. W. McNear
Boston Athletic Associations
Yale Athletic Association
New Haven
F. W. MecNear
Hayward
L. Lassell
C. H. Barnes
New Haven Athletic Club
F. A. Wagner
Acorn
Brooklyn
Orthwestern University
University
N. D. Alexander
Ingen
Pat
Historic New York athletic club meet results
Summary of a Princeton Yale and New Jersey clubs competing in various events including sprints distance hurdles and high jump. Notable performances include 70 yard dash second, handcap races won by W A Cooper and P G Woodruff, and a mile handicap won by Boerch.
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Charley Roberts
New Haven Athletic Club
Herman Schissel
New Haven
W. M. Hanter
Billings
New York Athletic Club
W. A. Cooper
Manhattan Athletic Club
New Jersey Athletic Club
H. Herrick
Z. A. Cooper
W. B. Lack
Princeton
A. H. Morse
Yale
H. H. Morrill
New Jersey
Athetic Club
P. G. Woodruff
Aes Club
S.J. Leahy
Secon
I’. O. Puffer
F. A. Boerchlne
Lloyd Gollis
Columbia
Barnes Breaks the Amateur Hardie Record at Buffalo
Barnes of the New Jersey Athletic Club reportedly broke the amateur 220 yard hurdles record at the Iroquois Athletic Club games in Buffalo on Saturday. His time listed as 27 3 2 seconds suggests hurdles over 3 feet. J P Lee holds the world best at 25 2 seconds over 2 feet 6 inches. Also noted is a close rackets club championship match at the Boston Athletic Association where Tooker edged Morgan 17-15 13-15 16-18 15-12 18-17, with Tooker planning a rematch in New York on April 16. The Amateur Inter-Club Bowling League standings follow, led by Boston Athletic Association at 14-7 and Casino at 20-1.
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FE. E. Barnes
New Jersey Athletic Club
Iroquois Athletic Club
Buffalo
Barnes
J. P. Lee
Boston Athletic Association
J. §. Tooker
L. H. Morgan
Looker
Tooker
de Garneauche
le Montague
New York
Nowton S Seesecs Ucscssesouscesccess
Athoauod, Es Assescs Roersseceesesss
Casino
Woodland Park
A.cevsecces Secees
Is There a Hell Declared at Dudley Street Church
The Rev. A. S. Gumbart of Dudley Street Baptist Church argued there is a Hell before a large audience. He cited Tartarus and Gehenna as eternal, contrasted divine justice with love, and urged conversion of all to escape condemnation. He invited written questions but rejected fanatic inquiries.
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A. S. Gumbart
Dudley Street
Rome
Cicero
Hades
Tartarus
Paradise
Gehenna
Heaven
Tyre
Sidon
Gumbart
S . Paul
Hell
Mr. Gumbart
Change in Walpole Postmaster Sparks Civil Service Debate
The town of Walpole replaces Horace Metcalf with Nathan W. Fisher after a three year tenure noted for nonpartisan service. Fisher, a North Walpole farmer and steadfast Republican, lacks formal qualifications but was the Republicans’ only acceptable candidate. Residents view the shift as a breach of civil service reform principles.
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Walpole
Horace
John W. Candler
Metcalf
Nathan W. Fisher
North Walpole
Sermon on The King of the Jews at Bowdoin Street Church
The Rev Father Hall delivered the final Lenten sermon on Jesus as King of the Jews from John xviii 33 37 at Bowdoin Street Church. He said Pilate questioned Jesus with contempt and pity, but Jesus bore the title himself turning the cross into a throne of power. He urged followers to serve and rule as kings and priests, citing Christ’s sacrifice and love. Also notes Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup at 26c and Salvation Oil at 25c as “best and cheapest.”
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Father Hall
Bowdoin Street
Christ
Pilate
Jesus
Color Education at Art Educational Conference
Mrs. Mary Dana Hicks outlines a public school color program emphasizing color perception before naming colors, pigment spectra charts, and a graded sequence from spectrum tablets to harmony. The plan, supported by educators in Boston and Chicago, stresses developing the child's color sense through concrete experiences and artistic standards.
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Steinert Hall
Prang
John
Clark
Mary Dana Hicks
Hicks
America
Preyer
bin Pere
Renee
Earth
Chicago
St. Louis
Ito
Coleridge
Iris
Clapp
Putnam School
Boston
Puritan Club Bookkeeper Charged in $1605 Embezzlement
Wilbur Dame, bookkeeper at the Puritan Club on Beacon Street, was arrested after investigators probed missing funds. He waived examination and is held on $3000 bail for the Superior Court. The club alleges embezzlement over four months, with the safe sometimes containing thousands. Dame, 29, held sole access and admitted taking sums from club funds.
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Puritan Club
Wilbur
Cogan and
Berry
Beacon Street
Dame
Simple Service at the Residence of Hart ex Mayor
Funeral for Frederick B. Taylor of Hart Taylor Co held yesterday at ex Mayor Hart’s residence. Rev Minot J. Savage led brief services with scriptural selections and prayer. Attending notables included A W Beard Spencer W Richard Colonel Jonas H French ex Representative Sanger Charles E Powers and many others. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.
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Frederick B. Taylor
Hart,Taylor & Co
Hart
Minot J. Savage
A W. Beard
Spencer W. Richard
Richardson & Hull
Jonas H. French
Sanger
Charles E. Powers
Middlesex Railroad
Thomas Dana
Robert Ferguson
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Martin van Nason
Warren C. Hobbs
Henry Jackson
Jackson, Mandell & Daniells
Oseph Gray
Isaac Fenno
William Atherton
Augustus Russ
Andreas Blume
J. Hopewell
Weston Lewis
Sidney Cushing
Thomas Mack
Gorham Rogers
A. Burrage
Charles W. Parker
Macailar, Parker & Co
John W. Keighton
Oscar H. Sampson
Charles B. Perkins
Wallace F. Robinson
Forest Hills Cemetery
William T. Park
St. Botolph Street
Aberdeen Masonic Lodge
Mendelssohn Quartette
Aberdeen Lodzen
Results of Chemists Experiments Arsenic in Soot and Dust
A letter to the editor discusses arsenic in traces found in soil as an impurity in manures and in industrial products. An experiment collected city dust near Berkeley and Newbury streets, filtering arsenic after 24 hours. another test on coal furnace dust showed arsenic present. The author warns against alarm but calls for controlled study by a scientific body to determine safe arsenic levels in household goods. March 21, The Institute of Technology.
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Sir
Massachusetts
Berkeley
Newbury Streets
Board of Health
Institute of Technology
Sugar Trust discussion calls for Albany wisdom
A letter to the editor cites Willetti & Gray sugar circulars on tax shifts and proposed New York State and city policies. It argues current warfare against business harms taxable property, noting refining capacity moves, freight shifts, and refinery-building elsewhere while Indiana grows wealthy. It mentions Spreckels, wall street, and a Martinsville area claim, concluding with Indiana’s potential wealth.
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Willetti & Gray
New York
Sugar Trust
New York State
York State
Wall Street
Albany
American Sugar Refining Company
Trust
Spreckels
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Philadelphia
Cur
Indiana
Martinsville
Jaws
Mark Brown
Anderson
New York City
Annekicans
Indianapolis Journal
A B Crocker & Co New Six Story Building Essex Street
A B Crocker and Company announces a new six story building at 85 91 Essex Street. The notice lists large inventories of dress goods seconds wainsock seconds ginghams remnants outing silias and cambrils totaling substantial yardage for sale.
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A.b.crocker&co
Essex Street
Wainsock
Silesias
Cambrils
Sale closes on the Leffingwell autograph collection
Saturday marked the end of a major auction of the Leffingwell collection of autographs by Libbie & Co. Total receipts reached 51000 dollars with 6650 lots. notable items included signatures of Horace Walpole and George Washington. Proceeds highlighted by a Belmont set from the Declaration of Independence selling for 10375 dollars. Funeral of William T. Park noted. probate and court lists filled with names and accounts.
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Leffingwell
Libbie & Co
Horace Walpole
George Washington
Heath Ard Knox
James Wolfe
Wagon fleet to switch to plain express wagons in April
Card to our patrons announces disposal of white wagons and that from April 1, 1891 all goods sent by their teams will be delivered to customers on plain express wagons. Address: 27 Washington St.
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Dutomers
Real Estate and Classified Advertising Policy
The POST announces a new column for special advertising to publish real estate for sale or rent rooms wanted or to rent rents wanted situations wanted help wanted boarders wanted or board wanted lost found business chances and small miscellaneous advertisements to reach the public at low cost.
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Charles Lb. Perkins
Martha KE. Pritchard
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Mary C. Williams
Lerti Whitney
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Agnes C. Storer
Guardian
Clement Willis
Jane Mason
Harriet 5. Proctor
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Daniel Sargent
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Conn
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Buffaloe
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Sherbrooke
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the Post Publishing CO
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Mass
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Tremont Str Street
Patrick Mash
Montreal
Canada
Sid Brother
Canalport Avenue
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Bromfield Street
Bridget Dwane
Andover
Marlboro
Arlington Streets
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South End
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Devonshire Street
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