Shamrock Completes 15 Mile Beat To Windward Trial
The Shamrock sailed from the Scotland light ship to windward and back, covering fifteen miles in 2 hours 44 minutes and finishing five more miles to the lightship in 28 minutes 10 seconds. The trial showed strong speed aided by a new mainsail and aluminum gaff, with wind shifting from southeast to south to early afternoon.
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New York
Shamrock
Sandy Hook
Scotland
Wes
Alao
Challenger
Lawrence
Erin
Metther
Feast in Booths as Tabernacles Begin in City Synagogues
The Feast of Tabernacles opens with festival services in all city synagogues. Orthodox families erect succos for eight days, lighting candles and sharing meals. A North End succa displays Captain Dreyfus’s portrait as prayers rise for his pardon during the holiday. Rabbi Lasker leads services at Chebei Sholom Temple. Rabbi Fischer to preach at Semple Adath Israel.
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Tabernacles
Egypt
North End
Post
Dreyfus
Chebei Sholom
Challes
Rabbi Lasker
Fischer
Semple Adath Israel
Wealthy wheat corner schemes described in 1880s Chicago market
The piece details Armour and the Weares driving cash wheat into storage and corner schemes, aiming to fix prices for September and December. It recalls Joe Leiter and Jim Keene, notes past failures, and cites 1888 Hutchinson as a rare successful earlier corner with rapid price rise to $2 a bushel.
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Philip D. Armour
Great Beef Trust
Weare Commission House
Weares
Joe Leiter
Weare Commission Company
Armours
Leiter
Charles A
Portus B
Commission Company
Armour
Chicago
Northwest
Napoleon
Weare
Plankinton
Armour Shorts
Eee
Ewe
Board of Trade Committee
Board of Trade
Jim Keene
Keene
W. T. Baker
Paris
Baker
Hutchinson
Harper
Boers Readied to Raid Natal Across Border
Johannesburg reports Boers rushing troops to the border with Natal. large cavalry and artillery assemble as fears grow that war with England is imminent. British residents flee border areas while Boer families seek refuge in camps at Amersfoort and other frontier locations. Provisions stockpiled to endure a lengthy siege.
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Johannesburg
Natal
England
Kruger
Amersfoont
Wakkerstroom
Pictermaritzburg
Cape
Boer Staats Artillery
Ladysmith
Staats
Charlestown
Sullivan Found After Missing Rumors In Ward 7 Caucus
Daniel J. Sullivan reappears after a purported disappearance tied to Ward 7 caucus activity. He says he left town on private business and denies foul play while noting he would inform the public if he planned any similar action. Senator Quinn describes resignations as mysterious.
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Daniel J. Sullivan
Post
Mr. Sullivan
Michael F. Sullivan
James H. Stone
John Quinn
Sullivan
Quinn
Democratic City Committee
Germany warns Kruger of no war aid from Berlin
Berlin reports that Germany informed President Kruger to expect no assistance if war breaks out with Great Britain. German consuls in the Transvaal were told to tell volunteers they would aid Kruger at their own risk.
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Berlin
Associated Press
Kruger
Great Britain
Transvaal
Guns from Castilla arrive in Montpelier for state display
Two six inch bore siege guns from the sunken Spanish cruiser Castilla, used in the Dewey Manila battle, arrived in Montpelier on Sept 18 and will be mounted in the state case. The weapons measure seventeen feet and weigh eleven tons.
Dorchester Woman Held by Police in Shoplifting Case
Edith Brown of Dorchester is jailed on shoplifting charges after inspectors say she used her ten year old daughter to steal, with the child returning items to the mother. The mother remained in custody while the daughter went home. Bail set at 200 dollars. husband arrived with 150 dollars but could not post bond. Mrs Brown to be presented in court today.
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Edith Brown
Dorchester
Knox
Douglass
Prisoner Escapes En Route to City Jail
John Doherty an 18 year old youth escaped custody yesterday as he slipped between two officers and leaped a fence to flee a van bound for Charles Street Jail. He had just been sentenced for breaking and entering a Columbus avenue shoe store. Doherty, of 14 Oriental court, arrested Sept 11 with two others for stealing shoes. Sullivan and Raleigh Harding also held.
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John Doherty
Charles Street
Doherty
Judge Bolster
Columbus Avenue
Oriental Court
Sullivan
Brookline
Raleigh Harding
Dreyfus to Be Pardoned as Paris Seeks Swift Release
Paris reports say General Dreyfus will be pardoned tomorrow after a swift presidential signing by President Loubet. Officials expect relief as the Rennes verdict remains a focus of efforts to quash the case while Dreyfus contemplates life after pardon and possible exile in England.
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Paris
Dreyfus
Loubet
Rennes
France
England
Dreyfus Case Party Arrives at Folkestone
Maitre Labori and Mme Dreyfus reach Folkestone. Apartments secured for the Dreyfus family if a pardon is granted. Labori moved by public kindness shown toward Dreyfus and himself.
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London
Maitre Labori
Mme. Dreyfus
Folkestone
Dreyfus
Greek Helper Hurt After Wagon Tipping on Dorchester
Nicholas Battles, 33, a Greek driver, was thrown from his wagon on Dorchester avenue when the wagon tipped. He suffered a fractured left arm and collar bone and was taken to City Hospital. The team is marked A Lekos No 8 and the owner is being sought.
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Nicholas Battles
Dorchester Avenue
A. Lekos
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Washington and Hanover Sts
Windward
Beef Trust
Philip Armour
NEW Wheat King
Franca
Captain Dreyfus
President Loubet
Germany
Dewey
Washington
New England
Boston Company
Hudson Bay
Winnipeg
Man
J. A. Osborne
Rainy Lake
Haverhill
W. B. Dow
Eighth Regiment
Forty-third United States Regiment
Fort Ethan Allen
Dow
Russell
Harwich
Cape Cod National Bank
Martin Conroy
Chelesea Street
Pier 2
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