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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1893
Page
2
A 63 year old Christmas Eve patient recovers from a severe cold and prolonged weakness after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. He reports marked improvement within days and credits the remedy for renewed strength and vitality.
Six races headline the third day program at Clyde Park's country club meet. Entries include ponies Gal livant and Bridget in the 2:30 event, hunters led by Bullfrog and Lady Rowena in the 3 p.m. race, and open events featuring Jumpaway Lord of the Harem and Davy Johnson in the longer sweeps. Also listed are a two mile hurdle for galloway ponies with Babette and Independence Day, plus the open steeplechase headlining Wizard Mogul Jack High.
At Gravesend Long Island on May 29 the card featured six races. Chesapeake, His Highness and Lizetta won the three quarter mile event, with 1:14 1 4. Diablo led the mile and a quarter in 2:08 1 4 as Candelabra beat Joe Kelley. Gold Dollar topped three quarters in 1:14 as Sirocco beat Ambulence. Medie colt won five furlongs with Crossfire colt second and VJime third in 1:92 1 2. LaJuive led five furlongs with Poe second and Solitaire third in 1:03 1 4. Now or Never captured the one mile and one sixteenth in 1:49 1 4, with Long Beach second and Circular third.
Gloucester N J May 29 results show six races led by Don Lucey first in the six and quarter furlong opener with Piedmont second and James Town third in 1 23 ½. Wandering Nun takes the four and a half with Some More second Calantha third in 58. Major Thornton wins seven and a half with Lotion second Wallace G. third in 1 49 ¼. Cartoon wins six and a half with Hours second A O H third in 1 26 ¾. Uncertainty first over Sweet Alice Marmont third in 57 ¼. Rustic first over Idea National second in 1 41 ¼.
Manager Jack O Connell schedules three bouts for Partridge Hall on June 5. A special five round match between two top amateurs is planned. Bantam Tom Brown of Malden meets East Boston’s Tommy Hefferan in six rounds. Chelseas lightweights Jack Moore and Henry Moore duel in fifteen rounds.
All diseases treated free for two weeks with treatment and medicine for sufferers of catarrh bronchitis lung troubles dyspepsia rheumatism kidney skin and blood. Offices at 40 Tennyson Street corner Columbus Avenue near Providence depot open daily until 8 pm except Sundays 10 to 4 pm.
A colorful recount of Hutchinson, the Westerner, facing Adrian Anson’s Chicago team in a Boston win. The piece praises Hutchinson’s prowess, notes Staley’s recent return to form, and reports Boston’s late surge with errors and key hits shaping an 12-innings style finale.
Anson predicted two wins for Boston with Nichols and Stivetts on the mound in the morning and afternoon games. Mauck and McGuinness to pitch for Chicago. The Cubs tired from a long ride west yesterday.
An article fragment promotes Natural Carlsbad Sprudel Salt as a health remedy with Eisner & Mendelson Co. as sole agents. It also includes a baseball box score note: Shugart and Schmit deliver for Baltimore, Pittsburgh wins 6 to 2 with 2300 in attendance, listing pitchers Killen Mack and Sehmit Robinson and related error counts.
The Brooklyns bunched four runs in the fifth to secure a 4 to 3 victory over Louisville. Attendance 3500. Brooklyn 3 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 10 hits Brooklyn 10 Louisville 7. Errors Brooklyn 6 Louisville 2. Batter y Rha and Dailey Hemming and Grim.
Philadelphia tops Cleveland 7 to 6 in a fielding driven game as three Phillies runs came on Spiders errors. Weyhing and Cross pitched for Philadelphia with Young and Zimmer catching. Attendance 2967. May 29 Philadelphia, PA page report.
Lewiston outhit Dover 10 to 5 as Wheeler struggled with curves and Lewiston's timely hits produced a 2 to 0 win. Attendance 250. East base hits credited to Lewiston 10 Dover 5. Errors Lewiston 1 Dover 2. Batteries Wheeler Hart Morse Donahue.
In Lowell May 29 Rudderham’s strong work in the last half of the ninth preserved a Lowell win. Attendance was 350. Lowells offense totaled 11 hits while Brockton had 0?5 errors? The battery was Rudderham and McCanley for Lowell and Doe and Burke for Brockton.
May 29 report from Portland shows the Portlands defeating Fall River 15 to 7 in front of about 800 spectators. Mains earned the win with Hayes behind the plate while O'Neill and Burrell contributed for Fall River. Base hits favored Portland with 15 to 7.
In Binghamton on May 29, Wilkes-Barre produced a weak hitting display while Fitzgerald pitched poorly, issuing ten walks. Smith hit a grand slam with three on base as Binghamton won 12 to 6 after a shaky start, with 600 in attendance.
Harvard faces Princeton this afternoon at 2:80 with Captain King and Trenchard for Princeton and Captain Frothingham leading Harvard. Princeton beat the University of Pennsylvania last Saturday and Penn men have already downed Harvard, promising a hard fought contest at Cambridge.
New England champions Adams Express face National Express at 3 p m on Congress street grounds. After the baseball game a hurling match follows between the Shamrocks and Roxburys for local sporting entertainment.
The Gloucester Athletic Club hosts a meeting this afternoon with a large Boston delegation. Special trains run from Fastern depot at 10 45 a m and 12 40 p m, arriving Gloucester 1 56 p m. The Trimount Athletic Cup at Oak Island Grove on June 17 features sprints and field events with marble clocks for firsts and silver pitchers for seconds.
Henry K. Glover a veteran Cambridge merchant and Baptist delegate died last evening at the Palace Hotel from erysipelas. Born in Wingston in 1815 he moved to Boston as a youth and formed Manning Glover Co later Glover Whitcomb. He left two daughters by his first wife and is survived by his second wife. A benefactor he funded a 5000 Brown University life scholarship though a quiet Republican.
The Columbian Hotel opens after a full renovation from cellar to garret. Proprietor James Clair, an experienced hotel man, arrives from the Thorndike where he served five years. The venue promises strict first class operation.
Non-commissioned officers hosted a May party at the armory with about 150 couples in attendance. First Sergeant Stevens directed the festivities and Sergeant McKinnon assisted as floor director while all commissioned officers attended as guests.
The 1889 vintage of G. H. Mumm & Co. extra dry is drawing strong attention for its natural dryness, earned quality, and overall excellence in taste.
The Boston and Albany railroad files papers in a case over a 9 cent fare from a Post reporter who used a mileage ticket to Brookline. The suit claims the road is owed 9 cents plus interest from the date of demand, while the defendant’s reply has not yet been filed.
Judge Stein grants a temporary injunction preventing the exposition directory from closing the World's Fair on Sundays. The ruling relies on federal and Illinois law, with a $5000 bond set. The decision follows a bill filed by C. W. Clingman and precedes further hearings in ten days.
The South Boston Yacht Club hosts today’s regatta off the club house and Marine Park City Point. Spectators can view nearly the entire race from Marine Pier Fort Independence and the club verandas as five classes compete occupying a wide courses.
About thirty Rhode Island wheelmen rode a 30 mile route starting at the Massachusetts club on Batavia street. The outing included Echo Bridge, Franklin Park, and Woodland Park Hotel with kodak stops and an Echo shout. Escort riders from Massachusetts joined, flagship ceremonies, and evening entertainments concluded the day at clubhouses.
At the Agricultural grounds Worcester sees Bay State Bicycle Club races amid perfect weather and a crowd under 700. Willie Windle edges Johnson in a tight finish for the open mile, while Nelson wins the half mile and E G Bullard claims the club championship. Worcester riders take multiple prizes, including H A Adams and George Hugo winning top events.
Dry goods buyers can attend a Wednesday 8 a m sale at No 5 Winter street by the Gilchrist assignee to purchase silks velvets laces garments linens and housewares at half price. Cash only no exchanges samples or holds. sales run daily 8 a m to 9 p m with all stock cleared from basement to second floor.
A letter to the Post complains that Geary law blocks Joe Hawk a Chinaman from attending the Montreal convention after his mission work in Portland Oregon. The writer, John Willis Baer, notes Hawk’s past inspirational speech at New York and urges fair treatment for his return.
The American Wringer Co. at 18 and 15 Broadway extension advertises wringers mangles spring beds and carpet sweepers. All kinds repaired and orders by mail promptly attended to.
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