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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1887

Page

9

Detroit and Boston split morning and afternoon games

Detroit and Boston played two games at the South End grounds with 15 000 in attendance for the morning tilt and about 13 000 for the afternoon. Detroit battered the ball late to win the opener while Boston challenged with sharp fielding and timely hits. Umpiring by Pearce drew complaints in both games.

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Memorial Day Observances Across Boston Cemeteries

On a bright calm Memorial Day crowds decorated soldiers graves with flags and flowers across Boston and Roxbury cemeteries. Posts from E. W. Kinsley, Washington, Francis Gould, Wendell Phillips and others held ceremonies with orations by local leaders, recalling Civil War era lessons and urging unity, forgiveness, and civic duty.

E. W. Kinsley Hovey E. B. Stillings C. W. Hodgden J. H. Cook E. J. Jones Park Street Church A. C. Wellington Augustine Sanderson J. Edward Hollis Eugene HH. Richards J. Jones Gregg Sons of América America Mediterranean England South Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Booth Grant Lee Jefferson Davis Davis Senate Dahlgren South Boston G. H. Innis St. Augustine Emerson Street Calvary Washington Post William J. Blake Boston & Providence Park Square Mt. Hope Richwood House Francis Washburn Henry P. Kennedy Brighton High School Brighton Fife and Drum Corps Evergreen Cemetery L. G. Wilson Walter S. Parker Benjamin Stone, Jr Dorchester Read Wales Natick Brass Band Sons of Veterans Dorchester High School Company Godman Lower Mills Cedar Grove Park Street North Cemetery

Honest John and George Jones the Win ners-Some Queer Capers

Mystic Park ran a 2:35 class questioned as a substitution for the three minute race. Unknown trotted four heats with three drivers. Honest John won heats two through four in 2:49.4, 2:46, 2:46. George Jones won the free-for-all in three straight heats with two starters. Weather fair, track fine. War horses and free-for-all trotters listed with drivers and times. Judges named George E. Clark, William J. Huse, George B. Morse.

Mystic Park Unknown Honest John George Jones Joseph Luke Honest St Encete Willian Kelley J. D. Costello B. G. Arthur W. H. Wall B. G Milton Frank O' Rouke S. KE Hosea J. Roche B. G. George Jones J. Bonner B. G. Parnell Aoutine George EK. Clark William J. Huse George B. Morse

Fletcher Wins Thayer Carroll Cup Single Scull Race

On the Charles River a mile straightaway course from Beacon street sewer to Union Boat Club. Entries Sterne Fletcher Wood Taylor. Wood did not appear. First start at 6 o clock. Fletcher fouled Taylor, oar broken, race recalled. Taylor withdrew. Second start at 6 12 between Sterne and Fletcher. Fletcher led from the start and won by about two lengths.

Charles River Beacon Street Union Boat Club House A. E. Sterne J. B. Fletcher J. W. Wood C. H. Taylor Wood Fletcher Taylor Sterne

Deaf mutes manual fundraiser urged by Woman's Education Association

A committee of the Woman's Education Association seeks to publish a manual for deaf mutes by Miss Sarah Fuller, principal of the School for Deaf Mutes. They aim to raise $500 and ask for donations via committee members or Mrs. Kate Annett Wells at 155 Boylston Street, Boston. Names listed include Mrs. Francis Brooks, Miss Sarah Fuller, Mrs. C. D. Homans, Miss Anna D. Phillips, Mrs. Henry Whitman, Miss Mary C. Peabody, Mrs. Kate G. Wells.

Woman's Education Association Sarah Fuller Kate Annett Wells Boylston Street Boston Francis Brooks C. D. Homans Anna D. Phillips Henry Whitman Mary C. Peabody Kate G. Wells

Memorial Day Observances Across Suburbs and Cities

Memorial day events spanned Somerville to Dedham with Grand Army posts decorating hundreds of graves. Processions, orations by officials such as James A. Fox and Charles J. Hamblett, and memorial concerts accompanied ceremonies at Cemeteries in Somerville, Lexington, Waltham, Watertown, Newton, Salem, Beverly, Manchester, Danvers, and Cambridge. The day featured post parades, floral tributes, and soldier monuments honored by veterans’ groups and local schools.

Memorial Hall Samuel L. Powers Newton Powers G. A.R Somerville Grand Army Union Square Detai Sergeant Dow James F. Daylin Boston Somerville Light Infantry Eighth Regiment Harrison ‘Aldrich Willard C. Kinsley G.A. R Walter Winward City Hall James A. Fox Bruce Congregational Church Somerville Cemetery Charles G. Brett M. E. Church of Mt. Auburn Cemetery Fanny Parnell National Land League of Boston Agnes McCarthy Moore Miss Moore Edward Fitzwilliam Messrs Thomas Brady P. J. Flatley Clay Lexington George G. Meade A. A. Sherman West Medford Town Hall Carlton A. Staples C. L. Chandler Post 143 Brookline Walnut Street Walnut Hill Holyrood Brookline High School Mansfield Band Waltham F. P. H. Rogers Church Street Calvary Grove Hill Fifth Regiment American Watch Company Mt. Feake Woman's Relief Corps Rumford J. M. Avann L. P. Frost Fife and Bugle Corps Watertown Isaac B. Patten Coolidge Malden R. P. Stack W. G. Richardson Charles Ward Claflin Guard South Church Gracey Rush’s Lancers Beverly Charles J. Hamblett Milton N. Hi Manchester W. H. Ryder Gloucester Peabody Benjamin Pitman Marblehead Danvers A. A. Putnam Uxbridge Cambridge John A. Logan Charles Beck Charles Beck Post Decorated Twenty Eight Graves In the North Cambridge W. H. Thomas North Cambridge North Avenue East Quincey Square Temple Hall Odd Fellows Issac E. Shepard D.D W. FE. Russell H. E. Lombard Chelsea Theodore Winthrop Naval Hospital Broadway Square Woodlawn Broome Chelsea Rifles H. M. Atkins Garden Cemetery Academy of Music George E. Mitchell James Burrows, Jr Charlestown Charles W. Carroll Dedham Sons of Veterans

Man in Cambridge details drugging claim after wandering

North Cambridge residents found a man named K Harmon wandering in a stupor yesterday. He was taken to Station 6 where he later claimed he had been drugged and assaulted in Boston, robbed of a gold watch and $80, and could not explain his arrival in Cambridge. He remains detained as investigations begin.

Cambridge North K. Harmon Boston

Lewis Roederer Champagne wines praised for decades

The celebrated Roederer champagnes have grown in public favor for more than fifty years. They are rich, dry, and delicious with no superior in the market. Muicher. Dry.

Lewis Roederer

Banjo Tournament Delights Boston Audience At Music Hall

A clawhammer coat ensemble staged a grand banjo tournament at Music Hall last evening. Six players dazzled the crowd as one man, then others, while another performer accompanied on piano. Winners include Reuben R. Brooks of New York first prize 100 dollars and a gold medal. Jacob s of Providence second prize 7 dollars and a silver medal. John F. Luscomb of Boston third prize 50 dollars. Frank Eckland of Boston fourth 25 dollars. Albert W. Laws of Cambridge fifth 10 dollars. Judges were Gad Robinson H. Bailey and H. H. Smith. referee Captain Castle.

Meeting House Hill Church of the First J. Q. A. Brackett Francis Gould Arlington Mt. Pleasant Robert A. Bell Joy Street Rainsford Island Isaac S. Mullen League H. B Wendell Phillips Club Daniel P. Sullivan Phillips Ireland Winthrop Band Oakland Huntington F. Wolcott Milton Cemetery Gracey An Alderman Maguire John F. Dever O’brien Isaac I. Burrill C. W. Hill Killian Stevens St. Auburn Stevenson Kearsage Tommy's Rock George F. McCausland Ohn A. Hawes Hermann Strachauer Joseph Post Andrew P. Fisher Central Square Mavericksles First Regiment Sheridan Charlestown Abraham Lincoln Hobbs Tarian Union Wood Charles J. Noyes Woman's Relief Corps Music Hall Reuben R. Brooks New York Jacobs Providence John F. Luscomb Boston Frank Eckland Albert W. Laws Cambridge Gad Robinsorth BH. Bailey H. H. Smith Castle

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