Orioles Lose Temple Cup Game In Ninth Inning
The Orioles fall 9 to 6 to the New York Giants in Baltimore amid a tense mood among players and fans. Eleven thousand spectators watched as Tiernan’s triple cleared the bases and Jennings misplayed a ball in the ninth to seal the Giants’ win before the teams travel to New York for the deciding game.
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Tiernan
Boston Narrow Victory Over Wilkes-Barre
Boston won 1 0 to 0 9 6 0 0 1 0 on a seventh inning Bannon homer. Nichols pitched superbly for Wilkes Barre as Betts and Warner caught and batted in the lone Boston run, while Nichols and Ganzel held Boston to six hits with no errors.
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Penn
Boston
Bannon
Betts
Nichols
Ganzel
Warner
Gabrielle wins 2:22 trot at Chillicothe fall meeting
The final day drew 3000 spectators despite raw cold and intermittent rain. Gabrielle won the 2:22 trot in straight heats, while John R. Gentry captured the free-for-all pace in three straight heats and lowered Vassar's track record from 2:07 to 2:06. The mare Alix posted 2 06 1/2 in the pacing, with judges noting the track was about 1 1/2 seconds slow.
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Gabrielle
John R. Gentry
Vassar
Alix
Morris Park Opens As Jockey Club Season Begins
Morris Park New York October 5 The New York Jockey Club fall meeting opened with good attendance and fine weather though the track remained soft from rain. First race six furlongs Brambaletta won with Fool second Tuscan third in 1 14 ¼. Second race one mile Warlike led with Bainsey second Baroness third in 1 4 4. Albany stakes six furlongs Bright Phobus won Shindow parce second Monaco third. Jerome handicap 1 1 4 miles Rubicon first De clare second Harrington third. Fifth race five furlongs Glenmoyne led Maid Marian second Lady Violet third in 58 ¼. remaining race time 1 11 ¼.
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Oer Jockey Club
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Apt Fool
Tuscan
Warlike
Eansey
Baroness
Bright Phobus
Shindow Parce
Monaco
Rubicon
Declare
Harrington
Glenmoyne
Maid Marian
Lady Violet
Titve Rey Rst
Nion
Oust
Nelson Against Time at Rigby Park Opener
Nelson will race at Rigby Park tomorrow aiming to beat his 2:09 record by at least one second. Mahlon the stallion will have an exhibition last mile. Other events planned include a 2:12 pace and a 2:20 trot. Ambrose line travel offers five dollar trips to Albany starting Oct 9.
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Portland
Rigby Park
Nelson
Mahlon
Cambridgeport Club Eyes Victory in A C GC Race
Cambridgeport club hopes its team wins today’s A C GC race with Malden as the toughest rival. Wal tham’s Haggerty and Williams excel in sprints, while Cambridgeport expects their long distance runners to prevail.
Wesleyan Opens New Gymnasium with Alumni Return
Middletown Conn Oct 5 The formal opening of Wesleyan University's new gymnasium drew a large alumni turnout. President Andrews of Brown University spoke on the educational value of the gymnasium and the moral and mental benefits of physical culture. Judge Reynolds received the building on behalf of the trustees and Stephen H Olin presented it. Andrews urged modern athletics, saying football builds manhood and judgment, faster than tag or Copenhagen. The science of physical training received prominent support as part of the curriculum.
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Conn
Wesleyan
Andrews
Brown University
Stephen H. Olin
New York
Reynolds
Board of Trustees
Copenhagen
Ae Wesleyan
Charlestown Bowling Men Plan League Entries
At the Nine Hundred and Ninety Ninth Artillery Association meeting in Charlestown the group voted to enter a team in the Massachusetts Amateur Bowling League and the Interclub League. A. I. Orne and R. B. Loring were elected delegates to the amateur league convention, while Joel C. Bolan was named delegate to the Interclub League convention.
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Nine Hundred and Ninety-ninth Artillery Association
Charlestown
Massachusetts
Messrs
A. I. Orne
R. B. Loring
Joel C. Bolan
Lord Harry Hurt Providence at Narragansett Park Race
On October 4 at Narragansett Park a crowd of about 3000 saw lively betting as track conditions favored fair racing. Favorite Lord Harry broke down after a early stumble in the fourth race, while My Gyps and Hermanita won their events with times of 1 11 1 2 and 1 00 respectively. Other winners included Joe Ripley, Marshall, and Conducto r McSweeney in the middle distances, with short notes on each race and finish order.
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Harvard Practice at Soldiers Field Ends With Off Day
Soldiers Field practice features street musicians and lackluster play as Harvard hopes for better form. Jack Hayes stands out with notable gains while injuries and uncertain quarterback play hinder the squad.
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Easy for Cambridge wins West End League title game
Cambridge defeated Charlestown 21 to 3 at Somerville YMCA grounds. Falls and Casey starred for Cambridge while McKay and Courier opened for Charlestown before Burges relieved. Errors plagued both teams as Cambridge pulled away in the second inning and produced runs in groups of four and five. Grant for Charlestown made several fine plays.
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Yale Fights For Its Thanksgiving Day Game
Captain Hinkey and Manager Cable left New Haven for the Intercollegiate Football Association meeting in New York. Yale aims to set the Yale Princeton game on Thanksgiving, resisting a New York venue due to the four year Harvard Springfield date. Harvard declined to move, leaving Yale to face a likely decision at the meeting.
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Brookline High Football Team Opens Season with 28–0 Win
Brookline High School fielded a stronger team captained by R. C. Morse with S. W. Lewis as manager. They defeated East Boston High 28 to 0 in the opening game and a schedule lists a home game against West Roxbury High this afternoon.
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English High
Health restoring cure offered by New England Medical Institute
An advertisement from the New England Medical Institute of Boston claims a CERTAIN AND SPEEDY CURF for weakness from youthful imprudence. It touts a pill remedy with numerous ingredients, promises rapid restoration of vigor, and offers a 60 pill sealed package by mail for 10 cents or free at the office, with confidential letters.
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Weeks & Potter Co
Washington St
Malden and Newton Prep Schedule and Boston Latin Interest
Brookline notes Malden High at Malden on Oct 19 and Newton at Brookline on Oct 16. Manager Lewis is attempting to arrange a game with Boston Latin for Monday or Tuesday next.
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Malden High
Malden
Newton
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Boston Latin
Pro Football Season Opens With Washington vs Philadelphia
Washington prepares for the new professional league opener against Philadelphia next Thursday. Nine local players have trained at the baseball park, with Earle Wagner expected to arrive with ten more. Charley Abbey remains the only baseball player to be used, and Tommy Dowd may join if offered by St. Louis' Chris Van der Ahe.
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D. C
Philadelphia
Earle Wagner
Charley Abbey
Tommy Dowd
Chris van der Ahe
St. Louis
Mr. Schmelz
Fights and Fighters Light on Boxing Pairings and Promises
A stream of boxing notes shows Tommy White inviting rivals at featherweight level including Young Griffo and Johnny Van Heest. Jack Dempsey deposits funds to meet any 154 pound boxer. Kid Lavigne heads to training for a 15 round with Johnny Griffin. Horace Leeds pursues a Griffo clash with high stakes, while Behan’s dealings draw criticism.
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Chicago
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Johnny van Heest
Rosebud
Jack Dempsey
New Orleans
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Saginaw
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New York
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Jack Everhardt
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Jimmy Duffy
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Shaw
Joe Goddard
Sydney
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Horace Leeds
Atlantic City
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Hugh Behan
Horace
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Behan
Seaside Athletic Club
Intercollegiate Tennis Semifinals in New Haven
Brown star Clarence Budlong defeated Princeton’s George Herrick 6-0 6-4 in one semifinal. Yale pairs Foote and Chace beat Harvard’s Codman and Reed 6-3 6-3 after a tight 8-8 stretch, while Princeton’s Colby Herrick fell 6-1 6-0 to Foote and Chace. Yale’s Talmage Shaw defeated Harvard’s Wrenn Pier 6-3 6-0. Finals set for tomorrow include Chace vs Budlong and Chace vs Foote with Talmage Shaw also in the mix.
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Kenoza Park Hosts Fine Weather Trot Meet
At Haveerhill on October 6 the Kenoza Trotting Park track produced fast times as three races progressed. The 2:30 class ran four heats with Alcedo driven by Dore winning the first two and the fourth, while Lilly took the third. Five heats were completed in the 2:26 class with a different winner each time. Two heats were run in the 2:19 class but darkness halted the rest and races were moved to tomorrow.
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Air Line Limited Trains Connect Boston and New York
September travellers between Boston and New York use the Air Line Limited departing daily at 3 p.m. from the New York and New England station Boston with vestibuled train buffet smokers and parlor cars coaches and dining car.
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N. H
Six Cents for City Council
A taxpayer suggests disposing of the 6 cents remaining from the city's contingent fund. The letter mocks spending ideas by claiming the amount could buy half a pound of parts green to give each councilman a tea spoonful as a “free ride” before breakfast. The tone is satirical and critical of local governance.
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Post
Council Contingent Funds Wasted On Tiny Purchases
A reader scolds City Council for clinging to a six cent balance in the contingent fund and suggests practical buys such as gas at a dollar per thousand feet, cloves, chestnuts, soap, toothpicks, matches, and other small necessities, all illustrating perceived penny-pinching.
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Nemo
Fool and His Money Say 6 Cents Should Fund Posts
A reader urges the city to spend its remaining six cents from the contingent fund on printing a large front page quote. The observer suggests footnoting a plural interpretation and using the funds to purchase Posts for councilmen so they can better read and reflect on truth.
Start a Nursery Suggestions for City Council Contingent Fund
A letter proposes using six cents from the city contingent fund to invest in fruit trees or vines indigenous to New England. The plan envisions dividing the six cents among council members, planting seeds, and creating a future decorative and profitable urban nursery for visitors.
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New England
Surprises Rule Pimlico Program as Favorites Fall
At Pimlico Maryland on Oct 5, outsiders toppled favorites in each race led by a dramatic finish in the 2:14 pace where Robert C. and Little Pitt clashed and Blizzard edged Pitt. Electric Coin swept the 2:24 trot while Gold Dust and Orange Chief also found success amid brisk bidding and high entry activity.
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Steinitz Challenges Lasker For World Chess Title Rematch
Montreal reports former world chess champion Steinitz has issued a challenge to Lasker for a new title series. The offer remains open until October 5 with Montreal as the planned venue. If Lasker declines Steinitz will challenge Tarrach, the Russian champion, for a set of games in the same city.
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Steinitz
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Trotting meet closes at Kirk Park with winners named
The Central New York trotting circuit fall meeting at Kirk Park concluded this afternoon in Syracuse. Winners include Miss Woolsey in the 2:23 trot, Replete in the 2:33 trot, Allen Lowe in the 2:14 pace, and Chester in the 2:19 trot.
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New York
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Allen Lowe
Chester
Lord Hawke Team Departs for Lowell Cricket Match
Toronto dispatch reports Lord Hawke's cricket team leaving for Lowell to play on Saturday and Monday. A cheering crowd saw them off at the station as the train departed.
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Toronto
Lord Hawke
Lowell
Ex-Police Officer Kearney Appears in Roxbury Court
Thomas F. Kearney once with the Davenport department and Roxbury officer resigned after a fatal Roxbury shooting. He faced embezzlement charges for four books valued as property of the Bricklayers Benevolent and Protective Union 27, for which he served as treasurer. The case was continued to Wednesday October 17 by mutual agreement of counsel.
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Roxbury
Bricklayers’ Benevolent and Protective Union
Bark Richard Parsons Wrecked Off Mindoro in Hurricane
The American bark Richard Parsons, Captain Thorndike, from Newcastle New South Wales bound for Manila, was wrecked in a hurricane off Mindoro on October 5. Part of the crew has reached Manila.
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Richard Parsons
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Newcastle
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Mindoro
Weird and Tender Life of a Parisian Student
The Sunday Post presents Dr. Deschamp a story by Mr Pangborn about a Parisian student life full of strange tenderness and quiet humor. The tale blends odd charm with humane observations, capturing youth abroad.
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Sunday Post
Fragmentary Readable Snippet From A Newspaper Page
A partial readable fragment describes how horizontal reading may ease comprehension of an English article and suggests glancing along the surface to grasp meaning. The text appears to discuss layout and reader technique without detailing specific events or names.
Gas leak causes Chinese restaurant death in Brookline scene
An apparent gas leak in a Chinese restaurant room led to the death of Chin Bark Yeu as two pipes were found disconnected in a smaller room. Police and medical examiners opened an inquest into possible criminal negligence while Moy Soy, the restaurant owner, called it an accident and noted the decedent planned to return to China next week.
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Post
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Train Accident Damages Locomotive on Providence Line
A Canton Junction to Boston train on the Providence division suffered a derailment scare when a parallel rod broke. Fireman Henry Taber of Taunton was severely wounded in the head and transported to hospital after the engine cab was ripped apart. Engineer Charles Kemp and crew stopped the train, and passengers were moved to Boston while Taber received medical care in Readville and then Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Lincoln
Massachusetts General Hospital
Trial of Vines and Nuddleman Over David Starr Theft
The case against Solomon Vines and Simon Nuddleman for taking 1085 from David Starr the Hebrew bath house proprietor on Salem street continued before Judge Burke in Municipal Criminal Court. Starr’s examination concluded with witnesses heard and Nuddleman testifying briefly denying involvement. The hearing adjourned to Monday morning.
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Simon Nuddleman
David Starr
Salem Street
Burke
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Veterans Temperance Union No 1 Charles Town Ball
The second anniversary ball of the Veterans Temperance Union No 1 of Charles Town was held last evening in Roughan Hall and was a social success. About 200 couples attended. The grand march was led by Mr M J Downing with Miss Maggie Yeeman and followed by Mr and Mrs Blen. The floor was managed by Mr Blen with aides including M J Downing and W S Wilson and many others. The matrons were Mrs J D Blen and Mrs T Cottier.
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Charlestown
Roughan Hal
M. J. Downing
Maggie Yeeman
D. Blen
Mr. Blen
W. S. Wilson
G. W. Humphrey
William Walsh
J. A. McNamara
H. W. Doland
W. J. Searle
T. W. Tippins
J. F. Green
G. W. Faulkner
C. P. Rolfe
W. E. Johnson
E. T. Sullivan
L. McGeouch
Local Couple Celebrates Silver Wedding in Dorchester
Mr and Mrs W H L Bakin of Somerville celebrated their silver wedding at home 9 Dartmouth street with a reception from 8 to 12. About 300 friends called and left tokens. Mr Bakin is a Boston businessman known among city market men.
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W. H. L. Bakin
Somerville
Nova Scotia
Dartmouth Street
Lawrence Man Shoots Self in Despondent Act
Lawrence October 5 Harry Timpson about 35 years old committed death by own action by shooting in the head with a revolver at 24 Lowell street where he boarded Despondency is thought to have been the cause He is said to have a wife in England.
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Harry Timpson
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England
Roll of honor lists lawmakers against Bell stock bill
The Boston Post prints a roll of honor naming legislators who voted against the Bell stock grab bill. Walter Adams Framingham Charles W Carroll Milford Frank Cass Holliston William A Lenihan Hopkinton Charles Favreau B C Hathaway Westboro Arthur Hastings Berlin are among those named.
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Hopkinton
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Westboro
Arthur Hastings
Berlin
Greenhalge
Bank Wins Judgment Against Doremus duo in New York
The Danbury National Bank secured a Supreme Court verdict before Judge Beach for $518 against Professor R Ogden Doremus and Thomas C Doremus in an action to recover discounted notes they had indorsed. The defense claimed no value was received for the notes and that the indorsement was only as an accommodation.
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New York
Danbury National Bank
Supreme Court
Unfortunate Slip Injures Mrs Brodbine in Revere
Mrs Brodbine of the Revere Brodbine family suffered a compound fracture of the thigh after slipping from her Beachmont doorstep on Thursday evening. Dr Bond attended and Dr Wheeler of Chelsea consulted yesterday.
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Bond
Wheeler
Chelsea
Governor Curtin Improves Amid Recovery Efforts
In Bellefonte Pennsylvania on October 5 ex Governor Curtin remains conscious and slightly improved with stimulants aiding his condition. He rested well through the day and conversed with family though he has taken little nourishment.
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Bellefonte
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