A Certain Park to Be Closed at 2 O Clock A.M.
The Boston common council met after a long break and adjourned for Memorial Day. They amended a park closing order to 2 a.m and opened all parks not yet open. A proposed salary increase for the mayor from 10 000 to 15 000 was referred to ordinances, while a plan to pay council members a reasonable compensation was moved to the next meeting. Resignations and transfers of funds for schools and repairs were debated and approved in part. A Mt Hope cemetery request for 6000 to care for the poor was referred to finance.
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Common Council
Belmont Square
East Boston
Fanning
Burnham
Richard Sullivan
McCarthy
Moore
Oakes
Rivilege
McLaughlin
Committee
Adams
Boston
Committee On Conference
Grammar School
South
Waterboard
Water Board
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Committee On Finance
Board of Police
Dorchester Gaslight Company
Samuel Little
Eustace C. Pitt
J. Edward Addicks
W. E. J. Dillaway
N. J. Rust
F. P. Addicks
C. R. Todd
Germania
Carter’s
City Brigade
Germania Band
the Prince School
Young Men’s Christian Union
California
Union Hall
Society of California Pioneers of New England
Crawford House
Court House
New Court House
California Exhibit Tour Brightens Boston Display Card
California State Board of Trade and Southern Pacific Railroad tour two exhibitor cars across Boston to showcase fruits, grains, wines, nuts, wools, textiles, and scenic photographs from Shasta to Yosemite. Organizers include E McD Johnstone and D Joseph McDonald with others coordinating. Public viewing lasts a few days with a Union Hall lecture and stereopticon show.
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Boston
California
California State Board of Trade
Southern Pacific Railroad Company
E. McD. Johnstone
D. Joseph McDonald
J. B. Luck
Howard
Tibbitts
Edgar T. Price
San Francisco
Sauterne
Malaga
Shasta
Yosemite
Sierras
Union Hall
Nottingham Lace Curtains At Houghton And Duttons
Nottingham Lace curtains are the attractive feature at Houghton and Duttons with a beautiful assortment in all styles and prices far below common values for similar quality.
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Nottingham
Houghton & Dutton’s
Harvard Canoe Races Keep Pace Amid Mixed Results
Postponed Harvard canoe events yielded moderate success under calm winds. Crowninshield led the sailing race, Cartwright misjudged the course, and Batchelder with Cheney won the tandem canoe. De Blois and Butters capsized in the last race, while the Puritan crew finished behind. Harvard announces its Mott Haven squad selections and notes 12 lacrosse players volunteering to travel to Lehigh to preserve the championship.
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Canoe Club
B. B. Crowninshield
G. L. Batchelder
Cartwright
Puritan Club
Union Boat House
Crowninshield
Birches
R. L. Weeks
J. W. Ganson
C. L. Crehore
H. G. Vaughan
J. B. van Schaick
Ands. E. Carpenter
G.L. de Blois
W.H. Butters
P. Cheney
Cartwright and Webster
de Blois
Butters
Batchelder
Cheney
Harvard Bridge
van Schaick
Carpenter
Harvard
Mott Haven
W.C. Downs
J. L. Dodge
R. H. Davis
R. R. Endicott
W. B. Greenleaf
O. K. Hawes
J. B. Howe
R. G. Leavitt
4. P. Lee
G. S. Mandell
E. C. Moen
J.T. Stead
E. Sturgis
A. J. White
J. C. Grew
J. Endicott
C. A. Ewala
J. J. Higgins
Lehigh
Women’s Christian Temperance Union Trip Reported
Miss Frances E. Willard and Miss Anna Gordon returned from a southern journey where they attended eight State conventions of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.
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Frances E. Willard
Anna Gordon
South
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Valkyrie Wins Race Over Irex and Yarana
The London May 23 report notes cutter Valkyrie defeated Yarana by over four minutes and Irex by fifteen in light breeze to the Nore. Finishing times show Valkyrie 2h 10m 20s to Nore, 5h 6m 32s overall. Yarana 2h 15m 6s to Nore, 5h 31m 52s. The contest, on a drifting course from Gravesend around the Mouselights ship and back, drew cheers from spectators and praise for Valkyrie’s light-weather speed.
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London
Valkyrie
Gravesend
Nore
Kent
Yarana
Nove
Irex
Times
Bex
Varana
General Paine on Volunteer yacht sale and racing plans
The Post reports General Paine says Volunteer will not race this season and will not be put into commission unless sold, with price private. He has not been approached for a sale and would not sell at a loss. Paine praises Dunraven and cites no umpire role. The piece notes new members joining the Great Head Yacht Club, including W H.
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General Paine
Thane
Sam
Dunraven
Notes of Interest on Local Yachting Activity
Mr. C. P. Longfellow’s sloop Alga prepares for a trial trip then joins the harbor fleet. W. H. Wilkinson’s cutter Elf will be launched from Lawley’s and depart for New York for spring regattas. Belmont’s forty-footer Marquita leaves for New York to be sailed in regattas this season. Captain Harry Haff will sail Marquita and command her in upcoming events. Portland Yacht Club welcomes visiting yachtsmen and will maintain a visitor register listing prominent Eastern club yachtsmen.
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C. P. Longfellow
Alga
W. H. Wilkinson
Elf
Lawley’s
New York
Portland Yacht Club
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Girard C. W. Lowrey
Thomas J. Montgomery
Seymour L. Husted, Jr
William G. Scott
Eugene L. Bushe
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Francis M. Scott
Augustin Monroe
William Murray
Edward J. Greacen
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Chester C. Munroe
Otto Sarony
Charles Stover Alien
Board of Trustees
Great Head Club
Great Head
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State Street
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City Point
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Cooper
Mosquito Boat Pink
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Yacht Supplies
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Boston Ideal
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Brighton
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William Warren
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