Appleton Cycle Club plans tours and races this season
The Appleton Cycle Club schedules runs to South Framingham and Waltham with multiple events including a pool tourney, whist, and a series of handicap road races. Entries for Maverick's road race will be released later, and the club prepares for Decoration Day parades and a road-house opening at North Wilbraham.
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Appleton Cycle Club
South Framingham
Plummer
Thompson
E. D. Packard
Pierce
McLaughlin
Eagles
M. A. Packard
Waltham
Clint R. Coulter
F. F. Foster
Olympic A. C
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
J. M. Linscott
W. J. Corcoran
Waltham Track
Boston Daily Press
Castle Square Opera Company
Boston
Garden City
W. I. Peck
Newton Centre
Belgard
Progress Wheelmen Club
Reservoir
Brighton
Arlington
Springfield Bicycle Club
Harry Tyler
Prize Contest at Boston Post Seeks Women Entrants
The Boston Post announces a $100 prize contest open to women and girls who are Post readers or assisted by family. Entries must be mailed to the Prize Story Editor with a postmaster endorsed envelope stamp in ink. Judges reserve final control and publish winners. eligibility has no subscription requirement.
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The
Boston Post
Boston
Post
Boston Post Office
Phenix
Ariz
White Mountain Reservation
Lower
Sierra Madres
Mexico
Kid
Huacha
Grant
Bayard
Guthrie
Woodson
Wilcox
Graham County
Clifton
Revelers Visit Widow Amid Rain and Deception
A lawyer arranges a staged evening for Mrs. Reng and her sister with a churchgoing escort, amid rising rain. Reuben supervises the plan, the widow reluctantly agrees, and Robbins arrives with a bombazino as a cab is provided for the trio.
A Prospector Tells of Courage in Gunnison Camp
A prospector recalls a rough Gunnison mining camp with two men Shorty and Nick. Shorty loves burros and hates Jack the dog, while Nick is quiet and hardworking. A prank on Jack sparks tension, then a great storm halts violence and forces retreat with danger and rumor lingering.
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Shorty
Nick
Jack
Sheeny Jake's
E. Edith Sessions
Gunnison
Sheeny Jake
Pouri
Looking for Her Babies In South Boston Perhaps Kidnapping
Mrs Mary Logan claiming Cambridgeport residence asked for the captain at Station 12. She said she and husband lived in Portland Me separated after quarrels. She alleged two children disappeared and were taken to South Boston. Police investigated I Street house but residents denied any children dwelling there in the past month.
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Reuben
Reng
Robbins
Mrs. Reng
Sin
Lizzie
Miss Moale
Mary Logan
Cambridgeport
Station 12
South Boston
Portland
Howes
Murphy
Carey
I Street
Flags for Chelsea Schools Are Presented at City Hall
In Chelsea City Hall yesterday Mrs. Venables president of the Wympdausis Club presented one large flag to fly over Chelsea’s In City Hall School and eight small silk flags for each room. Reverend R Perry Bush accepted on behalf of the school committee as pupils sang The Star Spangled Banner and America. The large flag was raised in the school yard amid cheers.
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City Hall School
Chelsea
Venables
Wympdausis Club
R. Perry Bush
America
Opening of Lynn Hospital on Tower Hill
Lynn's new emergency hospital on Tower Hill will be formally opened this morning. The North Shore Club donated eighteen beds and clothing to the institution. A superintendent and trained nursing staff are in place and three applications have already been received for admission. The facility will treat contagious diseases.
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Lynn
Tower Hill
North Shore Club
Tip Your Hat to Postmasters Stir in Boston
A Boston reporter tests interest in a proposed uniform hat tipping rule for letter carriers inspired by Brooklyn Postmaster Sullivan. Carriers show mixed feelings but mostly indicate willingness to submit for convenience and respect, while Washington weighs universal application. The piece notes veterans of naval and military traditions already tipping caps and questions whether Boston will adopt the practice.
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Coveney
Leutenants
Sullivan
Brooklyn
Nellie
Uncle Sam
Grover Cleveland
Jeremiah W. Coveney
Burnett
Deerfoot Farm
Boston
Postal Department
Oshkosh
Chicago
Post
Post Office
Washington
Funeral of Jonathan H. White Held in Brookline
The private service for Jonathan H. White occurred yesterday afternoon at the family home on Clinton Road near Summer Road in Brookline. Only close friends and relatives attended while Rev. Dr. Clark of Central Congregational Church in Boston officiated.
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Jonathan H. White
Clinton Road
Summer Road
Brookline
Dr. Clark
Central Congregational Church
Boston
Sea Moss Farine Advertising Blurb
Brief ad copy touts Sea Moss Farine as nutritious and economical. It claims a 25 cent package yields 16 quarts for various desserts and notes receipts included with each package for grocers.
Pure whiskey praised as healthful tonic in season of fatigue
A prominent speaker cites tired feelings in late season and endorses Duffy’s Pure Malt as purifying and vitality restoring. He warns against adulterated whiskeys and urges consumers to trust physicians’ historical validation of its health benefits.
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Duffy
American Week Proposed by Boston Merchant
Boston businessman Edward E. Cole proposes one week named American Week in which merchants display only American manufacture. The Dry Goods Economist endorses the idea as a way to boost home industries, patriotism, and economic recovery by using Stars and Stripes and Made in America goods in storefronts.
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Boston
America
Republic
United States
Edward E. Cole
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Winter Street
Cole
Continental Republic
The
Economist
Paper Trade Mourns Higgins at Funeral Details
At a Boston Paper Trade Association meeting held at Train, Smith & Co. offices, J Richard Carter, Charles A. Dean, H M Whitney, Edward H Haskell, George W Wheelwright and James B Forsyth were chosen to represent the trade at the funeral for Josiah Parker Higgins of Higgins Snow & Co. Higgins, who served two years as association president, died recently. Resolutions praised his ability and worth and expressed the trade's deep sense of loss.
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Boston Paper Trade Association
Train, Smith & Co
Josiah Parker Higgins
Higgins
Boston Plate Printers Elect Officers at National Convention
The National Plate Printers Union closed its two day annual convention in Boston yesterday. Officers elected include President Eugene Betters Washington D C Vice President Charles M Johnson New York Secretary and Treasurer Terrence L Mahan Boston Organizer Archie Gibson Philadelphia Executive Council James J Nagle Boston Benjamin F Harris New York Archie Gibson.
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National Plate Printers’ Union
Eugene Betters
Washington, D. C
Charles M. Johnson
New York
Terrence L. Mahan
Boston
Archie Gibson
Philadelphia
James J. Nagle
Benjamin F. Harris
Thieves Enter House on St James Street Steal Coats and Cash
Sneak thieves broke into 13 St James street within the last two days and took a winter overcoat a spring overcoat and gold link cuff buttons belonging to L A Pitluca. They also took 25 dollars from Mrs H B Cole and 9 dollars from Mrs N Naughn.
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St. James Street
L. A. Pitluca
H. B. Cole
N. Naughn
Rothschilds Kerosene Plant at Baku Destroyed by Fire
May 15 report from St. Petersburg states the Rothschilds kerosene factory at Baku was destroyed by fire. The blaze consumed several oil reservoirs and other facilities, causing extensive damage.
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Rothschilds
Petersburg
Baku
Bicycle Trip Prize Describes Short Boston Area Routes
Post invites readers to submit bicycle trip descriptions within 100 miles of Boston for prizes of 25, 15, and 10 dollars. Entries should give clear, day trip routes and may include map tracings or Kodac views. Submissions must be under 1000 words and include name and address.
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The
Post
Boston
Massachusetts
Bicycle Department
the Post
Woman Bicycle Costume Design Contest Opens at The Post
The Post invites entries for a lady bicycle costume designed by leading Boston tailors. Send fully described designs with a sketch or photograph. Photos are preferred, and wheelwomen with the correct costume are urged to participate. Include name and address for correspondence.
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Boston
Bicycle Department
the Post
Company Treats Staff to The Arabian Nights Performance
One hundred employees of Shepard Norwell and Co attended Sidney Grundy s The Arabian Nights at the Park Tuesday evening. The company supplied tickets for the show which was presented to benefit the Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital.
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Shepard, Norwell & Co
Sidney Grundy
Massachusetts Homeopathic Hospital
Physicians Endorse Ripans Tabules For Convenience
Physicians endorse Ripans Tabules though prescriptions mirror the remedies they contain. They argue tabules offer a more convenient, inexpensive, and accurate form for consumers seeking relief and guidance in self care.
Obituaries of Lucy Young and Edwin Davenport
Lucy Young aged 1 year 9 months 22 days died of pneumonia in South Boston on May 13. Edwin Davenport aged 69 years 3 months 23 days died at Chelsea on May 14. Services for Davenport from 37 Poplar street at 2 30 p m Thursday. No flowers.
GUNS AND SEALS CRISIS IN US BRITAIN TALKS
Washington reports a crisis as the United States and Great Britain refuse to renew last year’s seal fishing rules. Britain blocks firearms ban in the no kill zone north of the thirty fifth parallel, threatening pelagic sealers and complicating enforcement under Paris arbitration. In Port Townsend Washington a Grant cutter overhaul is ordered to sea to relay despatches to Commander Hooper aboard the Rush.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Port Townsend
Wash
Revenue Cutter
Grant
North
Hooper
Rush
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