Sale at R. T. Almy & Co New Store Draws Crowds
Unseasonable weather aside, R. T. Almy & Co.’s new store at 602 Washington Street draws shoppers for a grand opening sale. From overcoats to tailored suits, trousers, neckwear, collars, cuffs, and underwear, prices slash regular levels with many items marked at ten to fifteen dollars, all guaranteed, in a lively city sales card.
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R. T. Almy & Co.’s (Inc
Washington Street
Hotel Savoy
R. J. Almy & Co
S (Inc
Washington St
Two Challengers Considered For Shamrock II in Race
London reports a Glasgow connection to Shamrock II with designer Watson testing variations. Two challengers may be built, one by Dennys and one by Hendersons, as Lipton signals readiness to spend to win the America’s Cup.
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London
Glasgow
Watson
New York
Dennys
Hendersons
Thomas Lipton
Corbett The Logical Challenger For Jeffries
From Manchester a reader argues Jim Corbett is the best next challenger for Champion Jeffries after a string of recent heavyweights. The letter cites Corbett’s improved form in the Jeffries fight and notes Jeffries and Billy Brady avoid him, while public bouts with Sharkey and Fitzsimmons are floated for cash. Also mentioned are amateur events, club preliminaries, and retirement news from Tommy White.
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Manchester
Dan F. O'Neal
James J. Corbett
Jim Jeffries
O’neal
Corbett
Jeffries
Fitzsimmons
Roblin
Sharkey
Rublin
Billy Brady
Chamfon
Avor
Jim Corbett
Brady
Cincinnati
Convention Company of
Menezer
Roxbury
Jackson
Dobbs
Tom Shaw
Jos Robinson
Eecarelic
Kirtland
Bert Clancy
Terry McManus
Woburn
Charlie O'Rourke
Joe Mullens
New York
Boston
John Graham
Boston Athletic Association
Party Mathews
Owen Ziegler
Ziegler
Tommy White
White
H. Benton
Rod Roy
Yale and Denver Duel In Closely Contested Football Notes
New Haven hosts a slate of college games with Yale preparing for a home crowd led by Pop Hirsh in song. Denver A C coached by Frank Cavanaugh and McAndrew meet in a pivotal match after a 12 12 draw. Columbia and Princeton consider captaincy. multiple New England games and a Yale Harvard reenactment at Mechanic’s Building promise a full afternoon.
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New Haven
Hirsh
Boola
Yale
Denver
Frank Cavanaugh
Worcester
Denver A. C
McAndrew
Cornell
Rensselaer
Ithaca
Columbia
Syracuse
New York
Indians
Washington and Jefferson
Pittsburg
Wesleyan
Amherst
Middletown
Trinity
Hartford
Newton
Dedham
North Attleboro High
Attleboro High
Attleboro
Harvard
Mechanics
Anc
Irwin Field
Crimson Captain Learns of His West Point Appointment
Harvard captain Charles D Daly learns he won a West Point appointment from the ninth district. Backed by Governor Roosevelt, President Eliot, and Harvard alumni, Daly will face exams in March and join the academy after the Harvard Yale game.
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Crimson
West Point
Mr. Charlies D. Daly
Military Academy
Ninth Congressional
Harvard
Roosevelt
Daly
Massachusetts
Eliot
James Phillips
New York
Harvard Club
Boston
New England
Congressman Fitzgerald
Boston Latin School
Captain Daly
Washington
Fitzgerald
Annapolis
Daly's West Point Appointment Shocks Harvard Team
Captain Charles D Daly of Harvard football receives West Point appointment from Congressman Fitzgerald in M born New England. Daly recalls prior failed attempts and plans to enter cadet examinations, likely leaving Harvard in March yet still completing his A B degree after midyear exams.
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Mberiden
Conn
Charles D. Daly
Harvard
West Point
John F. Fitzgerald
Boston
Winthrop
Congressman Fitzgerald
Daly
Senator Lodge
Conan Fitzgerald
Altho H
Dibblee and
Lewis
Dudley Dean
Reorganization debate swirls around American Wheel Men league
Ex President Thomas J. Keenan Jr of the LA W advocates a total league reorganization. He says racing caused missteps and offices should move to New York with major divisions scaled back. The piece notes other cycle topics including Jacquelin’s visit, McFarland’s stance, and local race plans.
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Thomas J. Keenan, Jr
LA. W
League of American Wheelmen
Tl Am
League
New York
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Poderet Andine
Keenan
Belding
Jacquelin
McFarland
Madison Uare Garden
Metropolitan
Heelmen
Middlesex Cycle Club
Soldiers Field Bridge
Major Taylor
Harry Elkes
Frank Albert
Ame
Akers
Scoring List of Team Matchups From Various Cities
A compact summary of recent exchanges listing games at Clinton Clinton Salem Brockton Pawtucket Gardiner Rockland Portland Waterbury Meriden New Haven Springfield. The results show Clinton Clinton 9 Salem 2 Brockton 11 Pawtucket 8 Gardiner 3 Lewis ton 1 Rockland 10 Portland 9 Waterbury 7 Meriden 5 New Haven 6 Springfield 2.
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Clinton—Clinton
Salem
Brockton
Pawtucket
Gardiner
Lewiston
Rockland
Portland
Rockand
Waterbury
Conn
Meriden
New Haven
Springfield
Boston University Medical School Socials Highlight Class Mix
Last evening freshmen and sophomores hosted a dance at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Dispensary on Hanover street with about sixty couples attending. Notable guests included Dean and Mrs. John P. Sutherland and other faculty members. The Liberal Arts class held a social at Jacob Sleeper Hall on Somerset street with a program featuring piano and vocal solos, readings, and a cornet solo.
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Medical School
Boston University
Massachusetts Homeopathic Dispensary
Hanover Street
John P. Sutherland
Ofessor
Conrad Wesselhoeft
Herbert C. Clapp
Martha EB. Mann
George H. Earle
Maurice W. Turner
Brookline
Horace Packard
Boston
Nathan F. Coleman
Elwyn W. Capen
College of Liberal Arts
Jacob Sleeper Hall
Somerset Street
Pearl Vivian Copeland
Reading
Suean A. Meredith
Marion D. Dean
Clinton P. Tuttle
Herbert W. Thompson
Carter's Plea for Habeas Corpus Hearing Begun
Leavenworth Nov 2. Oberlin M. Carter ex captain A E accused of harbor contracts fraud faced a habeas corpus hearing in federal court before Judges Thayer and Hock. Carter, brought from prison in an ambulance, proclaimed innocence and sought legal vindication, declaring no public funds were misused. The hearing adjourned to await decision, with a month likely for ruling and possible transfer to Savannah if discharged.
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Leavenworth
Kan
United States District Court
Amos Thayer
Hock
Oberlin M. Carter
Army
Savannah
Gia
Carter
McChaughry
Southern Harbor
Cona
Craighill
United States Supreme Court
Thayer
Blair
Funeral service planned for Sir Arthur Sullivan
By the Queen's command the funeral service for Sir Arthur Sullivan will be held at St James's Palace chapel at noon on November 27.
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Sir Arthur Sullivan
St James Palace
London
St. James Palace
Turkey rejects U S demand on Constantinople exequatur
The Porte definitively refused the United States request for an exequatur for a consular officer. The U S legation views this as a treaty rights violation. Despite the refusal, Dr. Thomas H. Norton, appointed to establish a consulate at Smyrna, has been directed to proceed. The anticipated Kentucky battleship visit to Smyrna is tied to this issue as well as other tensions.
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Constantinople
Porte
United States
Legation
Thomas H. Norton
McKinley
Starpoc
Kentucky
Smyrna
Landen Herculex
Crazy John Rescued From Florence Street Roof
A man known as Crazy John Emanuel Rivers clung to a Florence street attic roof and refused ladders. Firefighters from Engine House No 8 hoisted him to safety after a tense 16 minute rescue. Rivers, about 40, lives with his aging mother at 6 Florence street. a younger son, Thomas W. Rivers, artist, helps support them. The crowd watched as rescue teams on ladders and the roof pulled him to safety. The incident follows his history of mental illness with his family seeking care and restraint.
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Florence Street
Washington Street
Harrison Avenue
John
Emanuel Rivers
Thomas W. Rivers
Emanuel
Nominations Filed as Independents Seek City Posts
Independent and party nominees filed papers for alderman councilman street commissioner and school committee positions. O Toole and Kinnally submitted nominations. Langone heads Ward 6 as Democratic Labor. four independents in Ward 8. Women voters boost Republican school ticket with Burrill misprint likely corrected. Socialists name Bresnahan for street commissioner and several for school committee. Casey’s pending Alderman bid heightens stakes in Wards 17 21 and shifts in Wards 12 18 14 15 threaten Democratic or Republican gains.
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Frank J. O’toole
D. J. Kinnally
Joseph Langone
Democratic Labor
J. J. McCarthy
G. T. Ashton
C. M. Burton
Louis Silverman
Abraham Silverman
Lomasney
Hendricks Club
George O. Ernst
E. P. Benjamin
Charles S. Burrill
Mt. Vernon Street
Charles L. Burrill
Socialist Labor Party
James A. Bresnahan
Appleton Street
Julius Aaron
Frederick Atkins
George Bolle
Henry Brentmann
Davis Goldstein
Olga Enger
Joseph Hartog
Carl Meyer
Democratic Socialist Party
William R. Dyer
David Taylor
Elliot Turner
Stephan O'Leary
Joseph Segal
Charles W. White
Sachem Street
Antoinette Konikow
Samantha EH
Edith Peters
Daniel C. Casey
Harry Nawn
Gachem
Casey
John J. Johnston, Jr
Jordan
Doyle-O’toole
Norton-Kinnally
Civil Service Report Seventeenth Annual Summary 1900
The State civil service commissioners issue their seventeenth annual report covering Oct 1 1899 to Oct 1 1900. Examinations rose from 182 last year to 210 this year. Of 2511 examined, 217 were for classified service, with 1829 on eligible lists and 640 admitted to service. Veterans and female applicants noted. 6 unexamined veterans appointed under veteran exemption.
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State Civil Service Commissioners
Maine Man Robbed in Boston Near Emerald Street
Daniel Livingstone of Maine visited Boston and was assaulted by an unknown man near Emerald Street last night. He was robbed of about $50 and sustained a bad scalp wound, treated at Emergency Hospital.
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Daniel Livingstone
Maine
Boston
Emerald Street
Exchan
Wreck Survivor Wilson Cook Marries Louisa Allan
Wilson Cook, a City of Monticello quartermaster and survivor of the disaster, wed Miss Louisa Allan of Yarmouth in Halifax on November 23. The ceremony unites two residents linked by the shipwreck, with Cook’s relation to the vessel noted in local coverage.
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Halifax
N. S
Wilson Cook
City of Monticello
Louisa Allan
Yarmouth
Alma Safe Arrives After Halifax Collision Incident
The British schooner Alma under Captain Lent, reported sunk in a collision off Halifax with the steamer Numidian, arrived safely at port on Saturday. The Numidian departed Halifax last Wednesday for Portland.
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Halifax
Alma
Lent
Portland
Debaters Chosen for BU Law vs Harvard Wranglers
Boston University Law School selected its three speakers and an alternate for the debate with Harvard senior wranglers after a hearing in Isaac Rich Hall Ashburton Place. Seven minute limits applied per speaker with one side favoring the affirmative that the US should use all means to maintain the integrity of the Chinese empire. Representatives named were Charles E. Dow Robert H. Newcomb Ira M. Huggan with William G. Harrington as alternate.
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Boston University Law School
Harvard
Isaac Rich
Ashburton Place
Eac
Boston University
United States
Samuel C. Bennett
Homer Albers
Arthur H. Wellman
Henry A. Wyman
Charles E. Dow
Boston
Robert H. Newcomb
Lynn
Ira M. Huggan
East Boston
William G. Harrington
B A A cross country run postponed to December eighth
The B A A handicap cross country race set for December 1 is moved to December 8 to avoid clashing with the N E B A A A ten mile championship on November 29. Entries close December 6 with Joot Biene at B A A Exeter Street Bos.
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Joot Biene
Exeter Street
Bos
Croker Appears Ill After Lucania Arrival at Queenstown
In Queenstown Mr Richard Croker looked indisposed upon the Cunard steamer Lucania's arrival. He said he was not well rested after a lengthy campaign and planned six months of rest in England and on the continent. He declined comment on charges against American jockeys and would not discuss Scotchman II at Doncaster until details are known. He avoided politics completely.
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Queenstown
Richard Croker
Cunard Line
Lucania
Associates Press
England
The Rival of Harrison Found in California Hills
Benjamin Jenkins, once a promising Miami University student and suitor of Caroline Scott, faded from society after her rejection. He sought fortune in the West, earned $20,000, then became a recluse, living near the California hills while his past with the future president’s bride haunted his story.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Benjamin Jenkins
California
Benjamin Harrison
United States
Ohio
Oxford
Caroline Scott
Indiana
Harrison
Jenkins
Miami University
Scott
West
Trinity River
New Grounds
Alet
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