Bowling League Close Matches Highlight City Play
Four City League bowling matches last evening produced tight finishes and excitement. Boylston defeated Meyers on home alleys with two easy opening games and a tight finale as Meyers closed the gap. Ferris led with the high single string near 193, while Woodward edged him for the high total with 557. McCarthy edged Roxbury 2–1 at McCarthy's, taking the first by a narrow margin as Roxbury replied in the third.
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Boylstone
Meyers
Boylston
Ferris
Woodward
McCarthy
Fatal collision near Boston Harbor claims Two Forty crew
A Boston Harbor fishing schooner the Two Forty was struck by a steamer in dark seas near Buoy 7. Three crewmen are missing and presumed dead while the rescued men Erving and Beaudreau were taken to safety at the dredger O. N. Pope. The steamer Ardandhu is suspected as the strike vessel.
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Fy Hoath Trate Company
Ardandhi
Dundas
Thursoe
Progréso
Mexico
Halifax
Boston Fruit Company
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Jus Lewis
Gloucester
Fewers
Long Island Head
Castle Island
O. N. Pope
James
Ella Waa
Patrick Ryan
Talenee
Ernest Stevens
Nicholas Beaudreau
Stevens
Beaudreau
Ella
Brown
Godfrey
Rye Lloyd
Brooks
Glawson
Post
Essex
T Wharf
Portland
Gloucester Sailors Lost as Fishing Schooner Sinks
The fishing schooner Two orty sank in Boston Harbor last night with captain John Fewers and crew Fred Irving, Neil Brooks among the drowned. Fewers, 35, leaves a widow and 4 year old child. Irving, 25, a local printer. Brooks, 55, unmarried. Mrs Fewers had feared for his safety, she dreamed of danger and warned him to take care before he sailed.
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Twoorty
Boston
Fred Armstrong
John Fewers
Fred Trying
Neil Brooks
Fewers
Maplewood Street
Captain Fewers
Newfoundland
Fred Irving
Soca
Boers Repulsed At Dundee In Fierce British Assault
News from Glencoe Camp reports a brilliant British success near Dundee as General Symons is wounded and Major Yule takes command. British artillery silences Boer guns on the hills while King's Royal Rifles and Dublin Fusiliers storm the position. heavy Boer losses and scattered fighting continue into the afternoon.
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Glencoe
Dundee Hil
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Smith's Farm
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Dublin Fusiliers
Yule
Highteenth Hussars
Leicester Regiment
Imate
Mafeking
Transvaal
Baden-Powell
Bechuanaland Protectorate
Cronje
Protectorate Regiment
Diamond Field Horse
Hore
Lord C. Bentick
Dr Hallock’s Wonderful Electric Pills advertised cure
An 19th century medical advertisement claims Dr Hallock’s Wonderful Electric Pills cure back pain nervous disorders and a long list of symptoms. The copy touts 50 years of study, harmlessness safe use for delicate constitutions and distribution through wholesalers retailers and direct from the laboratory with free advice from specialists.
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Weeks & Potter CO
Washington St
GEO. C. Goodwin
Hanover St
Bostop
Klein’s Drug Store
Tremap
Boylston
Horace S. Bartl
Harvard Sq
Cambridge
Hallock Drug CO
Court Et
Boston
Mass
Official Battle Report From Glencoe Camp
The War Office received a Ladysmith despatch filed at 10 45 am reporting that The King's Royal Rifles and the Dublin Fusiliers attack a hill held by Boer artillery They are within 800 yards and advance under cover of our artillery at about 2000 yards range.
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London
War Office
Ladysmith
Glencoe
King’s Royal Rifles
Dublin Fusiliers
Regimen Breaks Boer Line in Crucial Hill Assault
Troops advanced with cover fire from three batteries silencing Boer guns before Fusiliers and Royal Rifles climbed the hill. By 9 o clock the British forces overran the crest while mounted corps blocked retreat, with Boer losses far higher than Allied casualties estimated near 300 killed or wounded for the British and about nine hundred for the Boers.
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Fusiliers
Royal Rifles
Eighteenth Hussars
Colonial Mounted Infantry
Leicestershire Regiment
Boer Defeat at Mafeking Reported by Daily Mail
London dispatch from the Mafeking correspondent dated October 14 states Kruger's forces were repulsed with heavy losses as the siege continued. The report reflects ongoing Boer attempts to invest the town and British defense efforts in the Maeking area.
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Daily Mail
Kruger
London
Mafeking
The
Ladysmith
British Victory Near Mafeking Amid Heavy Boer Losses
Reports state Boer forces were shelled effectively as a second armored train and chartered police were dispatched from Mafeking. The Boers withdrew by 11 o clock after a fierce fight, with British casualties reported as two killed and fourteen wounded.
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Mafeking
Postum Coffee Replaces Coffee for Dyspepsia Relief
Letters from readers praise Postum Food Coffee as a cure for dyspepsia and nervousness caused by coffee use. One cyclist, Frank Terrey of 6713 Vincennes Ave, claims improved training after switching to Postum. Another cyclist, C R Paterson, says Postum gives strength and vigor, avoiding coffee heaviness. Edgar G. Coates of 86 Van Buren St reports similar experiences.
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Frank Terrey
Vincennes Ave
C. R. Paterson
Edgar G. Coates
van Buren St
Chicago
Battle report of Boer retreat near Glencoe Hill
A Glencoe camp correspondent reports 6000 Boers under General Joubert defeated near Glencoe Hill, with General Symons forces advancing at dawn. Artillery and infantry skirmished as Dublin Fusiliers and Royal Rifles pressed the line, Boers escorted by reinforcements retreating toward the veldt amid mounted pursuit.
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London
Glencoe
Joubert
Symons
Glencoe Hill
Bymons
Dublin Fusiliers
King’s Royal Rifles
Leicestershire
Itch ing Piles Cure Claim By Dean's Ointment
An advertisement asserts that itching piles are curable with Dean's Ointment and promises instant relief and permanent cure. Available at any drug store for 50 cents.
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Dean
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