Independence Crew Prepares Boston Launch of the Independence
Twenty eight sailors arrive from New York to polish the keel in East Boston as anticipation builds for a night or forenoon launch on May 18. Captain Haff and mates direct the work while rest of crew arrives. locals fear crowding but yachtsmen plan to watch, awaiting official decision by Monday.
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New York
Boston
Haff
Frank Miller
Clay” Haff
Massachusetts
Aston
Langon
Progress on Constitution rigging at Bristol Rhode Island
Riggers at Bristol Rhode Island report major progress on the Constitution with wire splice work and a galvanized collar over the bowsprit end. They describe securing bobstay eyes and headstay loops, adjusting outrigger guys, and adding bumpkins and turnbuckles. the vessel remains light and highly sensitive to rig weight with a clear view bow to stern.
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Bristol, R. I
Columbia
Lipton Arrives at Southampton for Shamrock Trials
Sir Thomas Lipton reaches Southampton as crew members Mr. Watson and Captain Jameson expected by Monday. Shamrock and Shamrock II prepare for Weymouth trials with the new mainsail to be bent Friday.
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Southampton
Sir Thomas Lipton
Mr. Watson
Captain Jameson
Mr. Fife
Sir Thomas
Weymouth
Watertown Club Wins Golf Match At Clyde Park
In a Woman's Golf Association series team match at the Country Club links in Clyde Park Brookline the Oakley Club of Watertown defeated the Country Club four up Good medal scores were posted by players from both teams in yesterdays contest.
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Country Club
Woman's Golf Association
Clyde Park
Brookline
Oakley Club
Watertown
Harvard Lacrosse Closes Season Against Columbia at Soldiers Field
Saturday afternoon the Harvard Crimson twelve host Columbia University at Soldiers Field at 2 o'clock to close the lacrosse season. Harvard brings ten players from last year with weeks of practice making the team nearly perfect in detail. Columbia, with a veteran squad, has defeated Staten Island and Hobart and scored well against Pennsylvania. If Harvard wins, a strong chance to defeat Cornell at Ithaca later in the month follows. The team has had two days rest and will have light practice today and tomorrow.
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Harvard
Crimson Twelve
Columbia University
Staten Island
Hobart
Pennsylvania
Cornell
Ithaca
Yale Varsity Crew Cuts Roster to Sixteen
Yale captain Blagden narrowed candidates to sixteen and split the second eight into two four oared crews. The sixteen will form Yale's varsity squad for the rest of the season. The second eight is nearly disbanded with four substitutes for either the varsity eight or four. Training shifts from the harbor boat house to Lake Whitney for daily rowing until the May 18 spring regatta.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Sccat
Blagsen
Annapolis
Blagden
Lake Whitney
Wollaston Women Defeat Lexington In Home Golf Match
A Wollaston women’s golf team beat Lexington 39 up in a Montclair links match this afternoon as part of the Woman's Golf Association series.
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Wollaston
Montclair
Hilton Wins Golf Championship at St. Andrews
London May 8 Champion H. H. Hilton won the amateur golf championship at St. Andrews today defeating his challengers to claim the title.
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Hilton
London
H. H. Hilton
St. Andrew's
Local Baseball Suite Maker Seeks Samples
W C Tannatt, a Dorchester manufacturer of baseball uniforms, invites inquiries and offers to send samples. Address: 116 Tonawanda Street, Dorchester, formerly 1843 Waehingen et.
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W. C. Tannatt
Tonawanda St
Dorchester
Waehingen
Record Walk by Year-Old Girl in Cambridge Ends at Station
Little Anas Glennon, a 3 year old from 633 Putnam Avenue Cambridge, completed a 4 1/2 mile walk to South Terminal Station in about 4 1/2 hours. Police escorted her to Station 4 then to Charlton Street Home before her mother retrieved her at noon. Her feat astonished observers given her small size and age.
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Annie Glennon
Putnam Avenue
Cambridge
South Terminal Station
Anas Glennon
South Terminal
Station 4
Charvton Street
Annie
Bicyclenotes on McEachern and racing plans unfold
Archie McEachern delays engagements after nose surgery yet will race as scheduled in Boston. The Outside Cycle Club of Chelsea announces an open half century ride to Salem next Sunday from 433 Broadway. Racing updates include Elkes versus Walthour and Edward Taylor’s forthcoming US races in Baltimore and Washington, with training notes from Cambridge and Metropolit an Wheelmen leadership clarifications.
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Archie McEachern
Stinson
Pierce
Boston
Chelsea
Salem
Broadway
Elkes
Baltimore
Bobby Walthour
Michael
Walthour
Washington
Edward Taylor
William J. Corcoran
P. O. Sheehan
Sprcceto
Providence
Batchelder
Europe
Cambridge
Nelson
Nat Butler
Watson Coleman
Jimmy Moran
Frank Waller
Moran
John W. Johnson
The
Metropolitan Wheelmen
George Howland
Joe Currie
M. W
Currie
Howland
Interclubng Association
Charley Mitchell Returns to New York After England trip
England’s champion boxer Charley Mitchell returns to New York unaccompanied aboard the Majestic. He heads to the Hotel Delavan and plans a U S tour with Kid McCoy in a Modern Gladiators act before summer in Saratoga. Mitchell hints at a possible bout with Jim Corbett and praises England’s George Chrisp as a top heavyweight.
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New York
England
Charlie Mitchell
Majestic
Delavan
Kideo
Mitchell
United States
Kid McCoy
George Chrisp
Chrisp
Jimmith
Pest
Ton
H. Benton
Rob Roy
Harvard Victor Wins Intercollegiate Golf Cup
Harvard defeated Princeton 13 to 31 2 in the intercollegiate tournament final at Northfield links. The Crimson took the cup from the previous holder and will begin medal play with five college teams tomorrow, advancing to the first sixteen and then the semi finals on Friday.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Harvard
Northfield Links
Sons of
Princeton
Crimson
Harvard track team to face Yale in New Haven dual games
Captain Hallowell announced the Harvard track squad selected for the Yale dual meet in New Haven. Fifty four athletes were named with Robinson and Bilis in shot put, three pole vaulters under ten feet, strong quarter and half miles led by Rust Manson Clerk and Boynton Applegate Behr Du8, and high jumper Bob Kernan expected to place well after his six feet in Boston.
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Hallowell
Harvard
New Haven
Yale
Robinson
Bilis
Rust
Manson
Clerk
Wey Boynton
Applegate
Behr
Bob Kernan
Boston
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Fragment from a humorous item about a beggar and a passerby. A brief exchange shows the beggar asking for money for a meal and the man offering a penny, with a quirky aside about a pepsin tablet.
Post Reporters Promote Swamp Root Cure to Boston People
Reporters conducted persuasive interviews with Boston residents praising Swamp Root as having powerful curative properties. The piece portrays local belief in the remedy and highlights testimonials, underscoring its popularity in the community.
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Post
Boston
Swamp Root Promises Kidney Relief With Free Sample
Advertises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a cure for kidney trouble and related ailments. Claims better health when kidneys improve urges readers to request two free sample bottles and a book by mailing name and address to Kilmer Co. Binghamton NY. Also notes bottles sold world wide in two sizes and prices.
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Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Boston Daily Post
Back Pain Sufferer Praises Swamp Root Cure
John P. James of Melrose Heights reports severe back trouble from standing to dress poultry. He credits Kilmer's Swamp Root with quick relief and renewed strength, recommending it to others with back or kidney issues.
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John P. James
Farwell Street
Melrose Hds
Middlesex Meat Company
Mr. James
Swamp Root Tonic Cited By Lynn Woman As Cure
Mrs H N Wheeler of 268 Boston Street Lynn credits Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root with curing kidney and back trouble after a three week illness and months of weakness She says a sister recommended the remedy and after two bottles her strength returned and she was able to resume canvassing work. The testimonial highlights the tonic s alterative and kidney relief claims.
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BR. Littlefield
Lynn
H. N. Wheeler
Testimonial for Kilmer Swamp Root from Swampscott resident
S. H. Shaw of 414 Humphrey Street Swampscott Mass reports 40 years in Swampscott and two score years in teaming, kidney and bladder gravel ten years ago, found relief after using Kilmer Swamp Root three years ago, says it keeps him on his feet and plans to take it regularly, endorsing the remedy for urinary tract ailments.
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Swampscott
New England
Cured of Rheumatism with Kilmer's Swamp-Root Ends Pain
The ad touts Kilmer's Swamp-Root as curing rheumatism and kidney disease. It cites George A. Emery of 14 Faneuil Hall Square praising relief after one bottle on Feb 1, 1509, and his mother Mrs. S. A. Emery in Alfred Maine also benefiting.
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Kilmer
Women Endorse Swamp Root for Years of Misery
Boston cafe assistant Mrs C H Wood credits Dr Kilmer's Swamp-Root with curing a decade of ill health. She endured nerve back trouble headaches constipation and kidney concerns after six years of medical care. One week of Swamp-Root improved sleep back pain and urine clarity, leading to lasting recovery. An editorial note offers free samples to readers who mention this Boston Daily Post notice.
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C. H. Wood
Boston
Garleton Cafe
Cambridge Street
Wood
Dr. Kikmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Daily Post
Swamp Root Bottles Offered At Drug Stores
Swamp Root is advertised for sale in drug stores in two bottle sizes priced at fifty cents and one dollar each.
Edoward the Seventh A Prince of Cheerful Renown
E doward the seventh is praised as a clean courteous boy who loved his mother's kiss after gingerbread and won hearts with his shy hat lift. His younger brother faced unpopularity while Edward remained gentle and unpretentious. Albert Howard’s tact and off hand speeches at Healtheries gatherings are noted, shaping perceptions of Americans in England.
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Edoward
Lowell
Prince of Wales
Canada
Australia
Africa
Albert Holward
England
E. W. Sherwood
Don Jaime Wins £10,000 Lottery Prize in Peculiar Circumstances
The Echo de Paris reports Don Jaime son of Don Carlos won a £10,000 Russian lottery prize. After validing from China he met a money lender exiled from Russia in Tokio who had dealings with him at St. Petersburg. Over lunch the lender induced him to accept a lottery ticket and back in St. Petersburg he learned the ticket won £10,000.
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Echo de Paris
Don Jaime
Don Carlos
China
Japan
St. Petersburg
Russia
Tokio
London Globe
Missee Says She Keeps Secrets Amid Gossip Debate
A Washington Star excerpt notes a woman's remark that she dislikes gossip and Missee objects, arguing her lack of friends willing to share secrets shows no malice rather than amissibility.
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Missee
Ngton Star
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Independence Crew
Bristol
Watertown Club
Charley Mitchell
Harvard Victor
DR. Kilmer
S. H. Shaw
Swampscott, Mass
Binghamton, WN. Y
George A. Emery
Phyliss
Billville
Atlanta Constitution
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