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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1915
Page
1
The page lists Harvard and Yale players for a 2 o clock game with 15 minute periods. Officials include Nate Tufts and Brown as referees with D Fultz Brown as umpire and W M Mo rice of the University of Penn as head linesman Carl Williams serves as the extra official.
Spectators at Soldiers Field today are urged to give generously to a voluntary war relief collection for sufferers in Europe. Organizers stress every small saving helps wounded and starving people and urge spectators to contribute as much as possible.
In Cambridge Stadium a rain threatened game between Harvard and Yale was eagerly awaited by fans. The Yale squad, once seen as exceptionally strong, suffered defeats and injuries that weakened the Eli team, while Harvard showed a modest early season record.
In East Cambridge Probate Court Chester Chapin Rumrill a Springfield banker admits to secretly seeing his wife Lois Burnett Rantoul after pledging not to contact her without Rantoul’s knowledge. He disclosed the affair began after a July 1911 discovery of the love and included trips to distant cities.
The witness recounts his meetings with Mrs. Rantoul from Harvard days to his current courtroom moment. Pressed by lawyer Thomas Hunt, he details journeys and exchanges with Rantoul's wife, seeking eye contact and pacing the testimony.
Anniversary note marks Peregrine White born 1620 as first New England child with a year count. Brief line reports Arab forces advancing on the Suez Canal area amid ongoing conflict updates.
Unofficial dispatches from Athens report Monastir captured by Bulgarian forces. The loss would strike a severe blow to the beleaguered Serb army after Babuna Pass defense, opening the route to Monastir once the pass fell.
The article notes allied forces moving north from Saloniki aimed to save Monastir, but strategists see a campaign shift. Franco-British forces plan to fortify a westward line to sever Bulgarian communications as Bulgarian forces push west.
The schooner H. S. M. faced a 50 mile gale with all on board escaping death. A volunteer attempted to swim ashore for help as the craft rode the rocks.
The two moored masted lumber schooner H. S. M. ran aground on Galloupe's Point Swampscott amid a 50 mile gale. Captain misread a shore light as Egg Rock lighthouse. Six crew members reached shore after two volunteers attempted the perilous climb to safety.
The notice lists sun and moon rising and setting times, moon phase schedule through December, and day counts in the year and war timeline. It notes Jupiter as the evening star, Saturn, Mars, and morning star positions, plus a light auto laps tonight at 4 50 and other vehicles at 5 20.
Cloudy with a chance of showers and cooler temperatures in Boston area. Strong winds from south to west. Northern New England expected rain and warmer Saturday with Sunday turning cloudy and colder. Southern New England may see rain Saturday and Sunday, with partly cloudy skies.
Rumor held Captain Ma han Gilman and Parson from Harvard football failed November exams but were not ruled ineligible for the big Yale game. Harvard officials stated that normally such failure would place a student on probation and bar athletic participation.
Dean LeBaron R. Briggs and Dean Byron Satterlee Hurlbut stated that none of the three football stars had been placed on probation. Neither official knew more beyond that.
A fragment lists Thompson's Spa notes with odd characters and a section on weather. It records an average temperature yesterday at 48 degrees and yesterday from a year ago at 39 degrees, with time stamps and misread entries.
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