Record Run Seeks 800 Mile Bicycle World Best
New York reports Jan e Lindsay aims to ride 800 miles in 96 hours on a 20 mile triangle course from Valley Stream to Freeport and back. She trains with pacemakers, started from Valley Stream and Brooklyn, with hopes for a new women’s endurance record following Miss Jane Yateman and Mrs. Lindsay’s prior mileages.
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Long Island
New York
Jane Lindsay
Valley Stream
Freeport
Hempstead
Lynbrook
Foster's Meadow
Tom’ West
Coney Island
Wythe Avenue
South Eighth Street
Brooklyn
Lindsay
Lind
Jane C. Yateman
Mrs. Lindsay
Yatman
Sale of High Grade Clothing at 10 Day Prices
A Boston-based sale announces drastic clothing discounts for 10 days starting Wednesday Oct 18 1899. Overcoats suits and trousers priced far below value with early entry urged to avoid rush. 33 cents on the dollar and 2 o'clock pm start. Store open evenings and fare paid for out of town shoppers purchasing $5 or more.
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Boston
White
Suit against Mary Baker Eddy heard on demurrer
In the superior court session judge Fessenden heard Josephine C. Woodbury’s libel suit seeking 150000 damages against Mary Baker Eddy. The lengthy declaration spans 52 counts over 15 typewritten pages alleging sensational claims including fraud and attempted murder and references to Eddy’s powers and healing. The defense argued multifarious and excessive inducement among other points and the judge took the papers for decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Josephine C. Woodbury
Mary Baker Eddy
Fessenden
Elder
Mrs. Eddy
Eddy
Church
Peabody
Christian Scientist Journal
Christian Scientist Sentinel
Boston
Christian Science
Rep
William H Patterson Again Vanishes From Somerville Home
A 15 year old boy from Park Place Somerville disappears for the third time in months. Police in Somerville and Boston search without result. He left with his father to go to work and was last seen at Union Square heading toward Lewis Wharf seeking the tugboat Blanche. He told the engineer he wants to go to sea and was handed to harbor police near the Guardian. He awaits return home as his parents fear his safety.
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William H. Patterson
Park Place
Somerville
Boston
Gilbert Patterson
Union Square
Lewis Wharf
Blanche
Michael O'Brien
Boston Post
O’brien
Station & Ho
Patterson
Mr. Patterson
Bicycle Notes and Cautions in Early Cycling Circles
Thirty new members joined the L A W bringing total to 51 289. Massachusetts leads in enrollments with six from Pa and four each from Massachusetts and Ohio. Allan Aldrich injured in a tandem crash on Saturday. Massachusetts division votes to prepare a new ticket and ballots. Hearing on Peck vs maintaining the regular ticket set for tomorrow. Major Taylor defeated Tom Butler in Peoria and plans a records chase next week. Irene Brush abandons plan for ten centuries citing threats. J T Wall warns against her riding while Porter affirms access. Touring ties with Germany pending agreement with Deutscher Radfahrer Bund. C W Mears seeks re-election as Ohio chief consul against W A Skinkle. Three motor firms form a trust controlling 49 patents on gasoline vehicles extending to auto, marine, and stationary uses.
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Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ohio
Cornat
Rhode Island
Newark
Allan Aldrich
Richmond Island Associates
Elections Committee
Young
Pease
A. K. Peck
Rights and Privileges Committee
Major Taylor
Tom Butler
Peoria
Irene Brush
New York
J. T. Wall
E. J. Porter
Road Records Committee
Wall
Germany
Deutscher Radfahrer Bund
Cc. W. Mears
W. A. Skinkle
Mr. Mears
Century Road Club
Boxing Gossip and Upcoming Fights at New York Clubs
Boxing gossip notes McCoy’s signed challenge to Maher for a December 14 bout at the Coney Island A C with a gate percentage likely. Sullivan promotes punching bags ahead of Gans bout at Lenox A C, while Youngs meets Spike at Wood A C in November 4 card. Tom O Rourke’s Lenox club plans to keep big events and move lesser fights elsewhere.
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Kid McCoy
Peter Maher
Hoogler
McCoy
Coney Island A. C
Bprke Sullivan
City Point
Joe Gans
Baltimore
Lenox A. C
Joe Youngs
Buffalo
Nwood A. C
Youngs
Spike
Perties
Tom O'Rourke
Tom
Cieeu
Thosol
Lenny Poised for 2% Round Bout with Dixon at Lenox A C
Eddy Lenny’s rapid rise leads to a scheduled 2% round bout against George Dixon at Lenox A C on November 15. Lenny, praised by Tom O’Rourke as a comer, is seen as unable to beat Dixon, and Jeffries’ arm injury raises questions about a looming forfeit. Paddy Fenton seeks a match with Kearns or winner of Mathews Connolly at 188 or 140 pounds.
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Joe Mullins
Tim Kearns
New York
Metropolis
Eddy Lenny
George Dixon
Lenox A. C
Lenny
Joe Bernstein
Greenwood A. C
Tom O'Rourke
Dixon
West Ind
Jeffries
Sharkey
Jeff
O'Rourke
Paddy Fenton
Maine
Mathews-Connolly
Dick O'Brien
Sorrows of Satan opens in Providence at Empire Theatre
The first enactment of the new version of Marie Corelli's Sorrows of Satan opened at the Empire Theatre Providence under William A Brady. Arthur C Alston managed the company with Charles Kent Emily Dodd Marie Curtis Anna Mortland Katherine DeBarry Ross O Neal and Frank Roberts in prominent roles. The production featured an elaborate satanic fete with a novel ballet and electric effects as the large audience praised the show.
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Providence
R. I
Marie Corelli
Satan
Empire Theatre
William A. Brady
Arthur C. Alston
Charles Kent
Svengali
Emily Dodd
Marie Curtis
Anna Mortland
Katherine DeBarry
Ross O’neal
Frank Roberts
Public Market Debate at Park Square Hearing
A continued City Hall hearing on Park Square public market drew small attendance. Alderman Adams presided as supporters from labor and business backed a new market to relieve Faneuil Hall and Quincy markets. Critics warned of competing interests and possible redevelopment schemes involving Chicago beef interests.
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Bark Square
City Hall
Adams
Thomas J. Gargan
Park Square Improvement Association
Edward Atkinson
Boston
Atkinson
New York
Brookline
Quincy
Faneuil Hall
James J. O’brien
Quincy Market
J. F. O'Sullivan
Central Labor Union
South End
Edward C. Baldwin
Organized Labor
James Esdlie
The
Buildings Trades Council
William Murphy
William G. Dunn
Grocery and Provision Clerks’ Association
Albert Neal
H. Joseph Quinn
James F. Donovan
Grocery Clerks’ Association
Carl Vossler
Gargan
Park Square
Philadelphia
Charles Clerke
Ward 10
Tobin
Ward 9
Armour, Cuddahy
Nelson Morris
George N. Schaeffer
Chicago
Dexter Park
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promoted in Daily Post
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a cure for kidney and blood purification. It claims kidneys filter blood every three minutes and urges readers to order a free sample bottle and health book by mail from Kilmer & Co of Binghamton New York.
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Boston “Daily Post
Dr. Kimer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Insurgents Attack Manila Area. American Casualties Reported
The morning battle near Angeles ended quickly with rebels repulsed. A private in the Seventeenth Regiment died and seven were wounded. Filipinos used artillery. a shell caused the American casualties. Filipino major and eleven partisans captured near Bolinade and Maycauyan. Rumors of a plot to attack Iloilo are deemed unfounded.
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Manila
Angeles
Bolinate
Maycauyan
War Revenue Warning On Stamping Receipts In City
Collector James D. Gill of the Internal Revenue Service warns shippers and carriers that un stamped documents are punishable as misdemeanors with a $10 fine. A grace period until Oct 25 is given to affix stamps to receipts issued since July 1, 1898. after that, prosecutions will follow for un stamped or non stamped receipts.
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James D. Gill
United States Internal Revenue Service
Internal Revenue Law
Internal Revenue
Cole
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Miss Yatman
Tremont St
Liverpool
Tret Street
Det Overpont
Tremont Street
Fandar
Say
Mrs. Jane Andsay
Sues
Mrs, Eddy
Nemurar
Mrs. Woodbury
Young Patterson
Arre
Mays
Capolon
Fee
Tren Street
Abadlu
Ruwr
Basonlo Temple
Auicancy
Ill
Favor Park ‘Square Market
Organized Labor and Realty Owner Representatives
Iloilo
Expresshen
R. A. Sanden
Boston, Mass
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