Giants Triumph Over Nationals In Nine to One Shutout
New York Giants defeat Boston Nationals nine to one behind strong pitching from Taylor and Wilhelm. Dahlen and Devlin each homer, Browne adds a triple, and Mertes drives in runs as New York builds a big early lead. Boston errors and misplays mar their effort, sparking the decisive Giants burst. Attendance reaches about 3,000 at the New York game.
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New York
New York Giants
Tenney
Boston Nationals
Taylor
Willis
Wilhelm
Boston
Bostons
Dahlen
Devlin
Browne
Barclay
Gilbert
Wolverton
Brown
McGann
Needham
Mertes
Abbachie
Bowerman
New Yorks
Cuxhlen
Sharpe
O’day
Oy Pe Xiccesacnas AB. R. BH. PO
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Bea Eeaene Il
Cannell
Giescepic Eens
Willis, Pp
Lauterborn Ee
Pittsburg Defeats Cincinnati 2–1 in National Match
In Pittsburg on May 8 a passed ball and an error produced the game winning run as Pittsburg edged Cincinnati 2 to 1. The pitchers held the line until the decisive miscue in the late innings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Real testimonial for X Zalia rupture cure promotes home treatment
A letter from H W Luther of Charlestown Mass claims X Zalia cured his rupture after five years with a truss. The ad invites readers to try the product at 50 cents, rubbing on swelling night and morning, and to request a pamphlet from X Zalia Corporation Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Luther
Elm St
Charlestown
Mass
X-Zalia Corporation
Batterymarch Street
Boston
Philadelphia Triumphs Over Brooklyn Amid Errors
Philadelphia 7 Brooklyn 2. Despite numerous errors, Philadelphia capitalized on opportunistic hits and fielding. Gessler hit a three-base and Titus, Doolin, Magee had two-base hits, with Jones taking the loss and Caldwell fanning ten. Attendance 2,535.
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Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Jones
Titus
Doolin
Magee
Gessler
Dobbs
Gleason
Courtney
Lewis
Owens
Babb
Abbott
Thomas
C. F
Piehds
Daz Veew Pews
Doo
Aid Eeeneee
O Jones
Bergen
Gessler D
Captain Lave Cross Injured In Philadelphia Game
May 8 Philadelphia American League captain and third baseman Lave Cross suffered a serious injury when a Frank Huelsman batted ball hit him in the face. The ball fractured his nose, required extended bleeding control, and he is expected to retire from play for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lave Cross
Philadelphia
Frank Huelsman
Cross
Diver Bigney Dead Report Arises From Circus Dive
Friends and relatives of Charles A. Bigney well known as a high diver seek news after a West tour with a circus. They fear a fatal accident in Chicago during a 90 foot dive. James Bigney of 124 Charles Street has begun the search to verify the claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Bigney
Dover Street
Boston
Bigney
Chicago
James Bigney
Charles Street
Deshler and Ashley Box To Draw At New Pastime Club
In Portland Maine on May 8 George Ashley of Fall River and Dave Deshler of Cambridge fought eight rounds to a unanimous draw as spectators judged the bout. The early exchange favored long range tactics, Deshler landing many straight jabs to stop Ashley’s rushes, then the pace shifted to inside fighting with Ashley gaining the edge in body work by mid bout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
A.C
George Ashley
Fall River
Dave Deshler
Cambridge
Ashley
Revere Forms New Baseball Club Under Captain Ahearn
In Revere last night a new baseball club was organized as the Revere B T. Cornelius Ahearn was elected captain and P S Moore manager. Bill Quigley and Brown from last year's teams will pitch and catch. Beevans will play first with Ahearn at second. Goodwin will be at short and Fair at third with McCann Fitzgerald Evans Smith and Daley in the field.
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Revere
Revere B. T
Cornelius Ahearn
P. S. Moore
Bill Quigley
Harvard
Brown
Andover
Jim Beevans
Georgetown
Ahearn
Chester Goodwin
Neily Fair
McCann
Fitzgerald
Evans
Smith and Daley
Connecticut League Results From Regional Games
Connecticut League results listed for Holyoke Holyoke 5 Hartford 4 Norwich New London 6 Norwich 5 Hyela orb 7 Hreidgeport 4 New Haven Springfield 4 New Haven 1.
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Connecticut
Holyoke
Hartford
Norwich
New London
Hyela
Hreidgeport
New Haven
Springfield
Dorchester Inventor Builds New Type Steam Car
Dorchester inventor Harry Oakes at the Columbia road auto station applies for patents on a new steam car design. The machine features a forward boiler and engine on a rigid frame, center gasoline tanks, rear friction drive, and accessible components. He is also developing a crankless four cylinder gasoline motor.
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Harry Oakes
Columbia Road Auto Station
Oakes
Upham’s Corner
Henry E. Oakes
Nashua shuts out Lowell 1-0 in New England league clash
Nashua blanked Lowell 1-0 as Morrissey pitched five innings and Smith allowed a lone run. Devine and Henry each stole bases, Hickman-Henry turned a double play, and attendance reached about 1,000 with Kerin umpiring. New Bedford visits Haverhill. Fall River at Lynn. Concord at Manchester. Nashua hosts Lowell next.
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New Bedford
Haverhill
Fall River
Lynn
Concord
Manchester
Nashua
Lowell
Morrissey
Smith
Devine
Henry
Hickman
Sline
Kerin
Nab Manchester
A.E
Kier'n
Bannon
O'h’ra
Coburn
R. F
Bo'cock
Cassidy
C. Fs
Guiheen
Lovell
Bir
Lake
M’ehead
Daum
Dwyer
Tracy
Sullivan
O Larrabee
Waters
Swope
Harris
Pierce
jLabelle
Chat Spensanak
Laie
O'Hara
Birmingham
Larrabee
Bawcock
Moorehead
Bingham
Labelle
Grady
Nashua Beats Lowell 1 0 in Tight Shutout
Nashua wins 1 to 0 over Lowell as Saunders yields the lone run in the fifth. Attendance around 300. Fisher Saunders allowed eight walks but held the visitors to a single run with precise defense.
Haverhill Falls to New Bedford 3–2 on Errors
Poor fielding cost Haverhill the game as New Bedford wins 3 to 2. Klobedanz pitched well but received little support. two costly errors in the sixth and two more in the seventh produced the decisive runs. Haverhill rally in the ninth only yielded one run.
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Haverhill
New Bedford Today
Klobedanz
Concord Beats Manchester 6 1 in Series Opener
Concord defeated Manchester 6 to 1 as home runs and errors shaped the opener. A. Kane made a notable one handed catch to stop two runs in the early to mid innings.
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Concord
N. H
Manchester
A. Kane
A. Sheets
C. F
Morrisasey
Lotals Concord Seer
Terpleton
Eustace
Devin Duggan
Armbruster
Concorl
Duggan
Agnew's Catarrhal Pow May Aid Actors and Singers
A fragmentary 19th century ad style notice claims Agnew's Catarrhal Power helps public speakers actors and singers with throat hoarseness and catarrh. It touts quick action and customer promise, mentioning New York and a testimonial from a Mrs Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnew
Vder
Dety Foster
New York
EB City
Baldwin Wins Bout On Foul In Seventh Round Split
Matty Baldwin of Charlestown defeated Kid Pantz of Boston by disqualification in the seventh round after Pantz was warned for low blows at the Young Men's club in Brockton. The bout was even until the foul and Baldwin led the action with forcing work. Preliminaries saw Sally Meyers defeat Chris Clifford in six rounds and Kid Freeman stop Jack Dwyer in six.
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Brockton
Matty Baldwin
Charlestown
Kid Pantz
Boston
A. C
Pantz
Baldwin
Sally Meyers
Chris Clifford
Meyers
Kid Freeman
South Boston
Jack Dwyer
Cambridge
Theft at Harrison Avenue news stand and candy shop
A. V. Miller reported burglary at his 680 Harrison Avenue shop yesterday morning. Lower bay window panes were broken and candy boxes plus tobacco were missing. Neighbors recall two boys seen cutting the window the previous evening as police investigate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. V. Miller
Harrison Avenue
High school games scheduled across multiple towns
Woburn High meets Reading. Stone School meets St Mark's in Southboro. Roxbury Latin faces Milton Academy in Milton. Noble and Greenough plays Volkmann in the South End. Medford meets Stoneham in Stoneham. Somerville hosts Quincy in Somerville. Harvard Freshmen visit Soldiers Field. Brighton hosts Beverly in Brighton. Wakefield plays service team at Wakefield. Gloucester hosts Lynn. Saugus plays Ballou and Hobigand in Saugus.
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Woburn
Reading
Stone School
St. Mark’s
Southboro
Roxbury
Milton Academy
Milton
Noble & Greenough
Volkmann
South End
Medford
Stoneham
Somerville
Quincy
Harvard
Soldierseld
Brighton
Beverly
Wakefield Geservevett
Wakefield
Gloucester
Lynn
Saugus
Ballou & Hobigand
Joy Line all water route offers 24 hour sea view trip
Enjoyment without fatigue on arrival as the Joy line advertises an all water trip to New York. The service promises relaxation with 24 hours on the water and a daylight view of Long Island Sound at the lowest rates, with May and June ideal for the early vacationist. Reservations and full information available from Mr. B D Pitts, agent, 308 Congress Street.
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Joy Line
Long Island Sound
New York
B. D. Pitts
Congress Street
Hart Bests Wille in Six Rounds at Washington Sporting Club
Marvin Hart of San Francisco edged John Wille of Chicago by a narrow margin in a six round bout. Hart used reach and height to gain advantage yet produced little offense amid boos while Wille fought hard until fatigue. No knockdowns and both men left unmarked. Jack Johnson offered a postfight challenge to either fighter.
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Philadelphia
Penn
Marvin Hart
San Francisco
John Wille
Chicago
Washington Sporting Club
Hart
Wille
Jack Johnson
Juniors Win Harvard Interclass Track Meet on Soldiers Field
Juniors outscored Seniors Sophomores and Freshmen 38 31 30 18 on Soldiers Field led by A G Grant sophomore pole vaulting 10 feet nine inches and clearing 11 feet in exhibition. Howard Masters won the two mile in 10 05 2 5 seconds as Archie King and Dick Grant battled. Whitman won the half mile in 2 03 2 5 seconds and Dodge took the 220 yard dash. Doyle and Rogers contested the 120 yard hurdles with Rogers taking the longer race.
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Harvard
Soldiers Field
A. G. Grant
W. G. Howard
Archie King
Yale
Dick Grant
Howard
W. W. Whitman
S. C. Smith
Cobb
L. P. Dodge
Captain Schick
Jim Doyle
Worcester Academy
O. F. Rogers
Doyle
Rogers
W. A. Shick, Jr
J. F. Doyle
O. F. Rogers, Jr
E. J. Dives
Aintton
Bot
Fi’. Schoenfuss
R. H. Oveson
McLean Wins Fifth Straight 100-Kilometer Race in Paris
Paris report says Hugh Mclean of Chelsea Mass won yesterday's 100 kilometre race, his fifth consecutive victory. Eight riders started, and McLean dominated the event. He plans to depart for America on May 19.
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Paris
France
Hugh Mclean
Chelsea
Mass
McLean
America
Harper Tells Post He Is Recovering From Operation
Dr W R Harper president of Chicago University says in a note to the Post he is rapidly recovering from recent surgery. He reports improving health and plans to stay in Boston a day then proceed to New York with his doctors for a week. A friend notes he is not the same man as a year ago and shows signs of illness.
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Touraine
W. R. Harper
Chicago University
Post
The
Ottawa
C. R. Crane
Walter Fisher
Chicago
Canada
Earl Grey
Boston
New York City
WW. R. Harper
Life saved as deputy knocks down four with revolver
Chicago May 8 Deputy Sheriff Robert Mulhall rescued the United States Express wagon driver amid 1000 strike sympathizers. He knocked down four men with a revolver and arrested them. The incident follows gunfire that wounded guard Harry Cunningham and fatally injured three others during a day of heavy wagon deliveries.
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Chicago
Robert Mulhall
United States Express Company
William B. VanDyke
Harry Cunningham
Adams’ Express Company
Cunningham
VanDyke
Ender
O’day
State Street
Brookline Battles Firebug After Two Incendiaries
Two fires near William H. Paine's periodical store at 239 Washington Street and Delano's Dry Goods at 9 Harvard Square were quickly put out. Police and fire officials suspect youths behind the incidents as Patrolman Rutherford and others extinguished the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police and Fire Department
Brookline
William H. Paine
Washington Street
Delano
Harvard Square
Rutherford
Johnson
City Stables Wage Comparison Sparks Union Meeting
A special meeting of Stablemen's Union 11805 A F of L at 46 Stillman Street compared wages across stables in Charlestown and East Boston. A noted low payer considered raising to 11 dollars weekly, while most are at 12. leaders opted to maintain current pay and focus on union strength. Eight new members were admitted and many applications received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stablemen’s Union 11805
A. F. of L
Stillman Street
Charlestown
Boston
Master Plumbers Reject Journeymen Demands
Boston master plumbers vote against journeymen demands. A committee for the journeymen is expected to report tonight supporting a strike for four dollars and twenty five cents per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Labor Notes Plate Printers' Union Endorses Convention Plan
The Plate Printers' Union 3 endorsed the proposed programme for the international union convention to be held in this city in June with headquarters at the Hotel Langham. The entertainment includes a reception, farewell banquet, harbor excursion, tours of historic sites, and automobile rides through parks to Concord and Lexington. Steamfitters' Union 22 reported a Fall River strike for an eight hour day with pay protection and voted against issuing travel cards to Fall River until settled.
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Union 3
The
International Union
Langham
Concord
Lexington
Steamfitters’ Union 22
Kneeland Street
Steamfitters’ Union
Fall River
Boston
Laborer's Body Found Floating in South Bay
A laborer about 40 years old, 5 feet 8 inches tall with a red mustache was found dead in South Bay near Southampton Street yesterday afternoon. Patrolman Buckley of Division 6 reported the body, noting the blue flannel shirt, dark gray trousers, white suspenders with white and blue dots, black lace shoes and stockings.
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South Bay
Southampton Street
Buckley
Division 6
East Boston Couple Celebrates Twentieth Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs F A Menard of 338 Merilian street East Boston observed their twentieth anniversary last evening. Friends attended and gifts were given. An original poem was read by Mr Fred A Stacey Miss Ethel Fernandez and Lawrence B O Connor, who entertained with piano solos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. A. Menard
Merildian Street
Boston
Fred A. Stacey
Ethel Fernandez
Lawrence B. O'Connor
Senator Lodge Sees U S Welcoming Italian Emigration
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge in Naples says Italian emigration will not be opposed if directed toward agricultural states. Meeting with head of the Italian immigrant department, he notes western states would welcome such migration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naples
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Death of Washington Duke Dies at 84 in Durham
Washington Duke, the Durham tobacco magnate and founder of what became the American Tobacco Company, died at his home after a long illness at age 84. The prominent Durham resident built a major tobacco business and influenced regional industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
N. C
Washington Duke
The
American Tobacco Company
Colonial travel deals to Pacific coast via Union Pacific routes
California Oregon and Washington fares from 49.90 to 52.00 with May 15 expiry and after that a 17 dollar rise. Boston to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and other Pacific coast points at reduced and intermediate rates. Pullman sleeping cars at half berth price. Contact A Hutchison manager tourist department Union Pacific Northwest Line 300 Washington Street Boston.
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Boston
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Portland
Tacoma
Seattle
Pacific Coast
New England
Colorado
A. Hutchison
Chicago
Union Pacific & Northwestern
Wash
Terminal mystery ends as bride identified
Thewoman who attempted suicide at the South Terminal station Saturday is identified as Mrs. Scott E Johnson, married two weeks, living at 10 Ferdinand Street. Doctors expect her to recover. No motive has emerged for the act.
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South Terminal Station
Scott E. Johnson
Ferdinand Street
Seaton Gets a Life Sentence
Springfield report states Joseph Seaton, a Black man, was sentenced to life in state prison by Judge Edward T. Pierce for the March 11, 1904 shooting death of his sweetheart Estelle Taylor. The case drew regional attention as prosecutors tied Seaton to a fatal crime that ended a local romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Joseph Seaton
Estelle Taylor
Edward T. Pierce
Wakefield man hurt when horse ran away
May 8 Wakefield Herbert A. Perham liveryman took Stephen W. Lufkin for a drive to close a sale. The wagon whiffletree broke, the horse bolted, and the wagon struck a tree. Lufkin suffered a broken ankle and bruises while Perham sustained a head wound and other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wakefield
Herbert A. Pernam
Stephen W. Lufkin
Old Willow Road
Reading
Perham
Lufkin
Woman Falls Breaks Arm After Tripping on Cane
Mrs. Ann Rielly aged 53 of 19 Washington Place Roxbury stumbled on a blind man Garver's cane on Tremont Street and fell injuring her right arm. She was treated at Relief Hospital where a fracture was confirmed.
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Ann Rielly
Washington Place
Roxbury
Tremont Street
Garver
Relief Hospital
Amalgamation of Two Chelsea Churches
By a vote of 58 to 5 the Third Congregational Church of Chelsea united with the First Congregational Church and will operate as the First. The pastor Rev. Arthur Peabody Pratt resigned effective Sept. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Third Congregational Church
First Congregational Church
First
Arthur Peabody Pratt
Joseph Dooley Dead at Cambridge Home
Joseph Dooley died at his residence on Sunday at two Harvey Street North Cambridge. For 16 years he served as organist and choir master at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church Concord Avenue Cambridge. He taught piano and organ and is survived by a widow and several children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Dooley
Harvey Street
Cambridge
St. Peter’s
Concord Avenue
Keefe and Duffy's Malt Whiskeys Sale Notes
A fragmented list shows Keefe's Malt Duffy's Malt Whiskey Blake Rye and Bourbon Usher's Scotch Hunter's Baltimore Rye Rass' Ale and grape juice in various quantities. The readable items indicate a miscellaneous spirits and beverage catalog entry with multiple brands and products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keefe
Duffy
Blake
Usher
Hunter’s
Baltimore
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