07 Nov 1914
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1914
Page
1
Captain Thomas H. Enwright of River was chosen to lead Worcester and Exeter’s football team after yesterday’s practice.
In a dense, data laden note Harvard and Princeton clash as teams listed with abbreviations and numbers. The fragment cites lines like Harvard 1292 18414 and Princeton 1269 18114 with scores or codes amid race and weight references.
Princeton and Harvard, the season’s two unbeaten teams, meet at Harvard Stadium this afternoon. Both squads boast top defenses and confidence, with 40 000 seats selling at premium as ideal football weather sets the scene. Tigers' coaches predict victory while Harvard’s camp believes in a Harvard win.
Burdett Business College announces new day and evening programs starting weekly. Enrollments accepted for Monday sessions at 18 Boylston Street, corner of Wash, Oregon.
Trains depart Boston at 8 10 a m and 11 28 a m with arrivals in New Haven at 12 20 p m and 12 35 p m respectively Round trip prices are 6 80 for Coach only and 8 60 for Parlor Car include special trains and seating Tickets and information available at City Ticket Office 298 Washington Street Trinity Place Station or South Station Boston or Harvard Cooperative Society Store Cambridge Private car parties arranged under personal supervision
Early yesterday the Princeton van guard including two backs and a centre were shipped to Boston. They donned football togs and walked to the Stadium to test wind and light conditions.
Governor Walsh will appoint Thomas I. Boyle to the Industrial Accident Board to replace Edward F. McSweeney. Boyle moves from the Civil Service Commission with a Democrat to fill his seat. McSweeney would resign if possible but is urged to stay. Governor eyeing a Republican excise chief free of liquor entanglements amid license board reshuffle.
Volkmann School eleven defeated the Brown and Nichols team yesterday at Allston by 10 to 0. The Cambridge boys were outplayed from the start.
British report details the surrender of a German stronghold in the Far East after a two month siege. Admiral Cradock and all on board the Good Hope are lost in a rumored naval engagement in the Pacific.
Massachusetts reports show hoof and mouth disease in cattle prompting state and federal action. The State Department of Animal Industry and the Boston station of the Bureau of Animal Industry ordered the closures of quarantine stations and abattoirs at Brighton Somerville and Watertown and the national Department of Agriculture placed an interstate ban by order of Secretary D F Houston.
Eleven head of cattle on the George L. Henry farm at Amherst were examined by Commissioner Fred F. Walker and Dr. James I F Ryder and found to have the disease in a virulent form. Eight other cattle have been exposed to the disease.
The notice lists sun and moon times for Portland Gloucester and Newport Shaded periods show moon phases from last quarter to full moon with dates in November and December. It also notes planet positions Venus Jupiter Saturn and auto lamp times. Today’s anniversaries include Tippecanoe 1971 and Port Royal forts 1861.
Fair Saturday and Sunday across New England with diminishing northwest winds. Report from Thompson's Spa notes expected daytime highs around mid forties and variable temperatures through the weekend as averages show a 45 degree yesterday benchmark.
Allied forces bombarded Kiaochau Bay defenses since September and captured Tsingtau. Reports from Tokio and London confirm the fall of the German leasehold after a joint British Japanese naval operation. Other fronts saw French gains near Ypres Arras and the Argonne fight while Russia retook Jaroslaw and captured Austrian prisoners.
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