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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1887
Page
1
& CO. MERCHANT TAILORS announces a special department with exceptional facilities for selecting goods and executing fine work. The cutting department will be led by a renowned Boston fitter. They promise to source the latest foreign novelties and provide reasonably priced college and academy fabrics with full style.
Light winds favored the Volunteer who won the first race for the America's cup. The day featured generally calm winds and a close contest between the two vessels.
A Boston flyer win is noted with a quotation praising orthodox music and worship practices in the country. The item emphasizes a positive reception for a musical event or document linked to religious expression and national character.
Paris reports a cabinet discussion on the September frontier shooting. Foreign Minister Flourens says Germany regrets the incident and will make legally required reparations if France’s facts prove culpability. German ambassador Von Munster personally expresses regret and potential satisfaction if officials are found at fault. Alsace Lorraine press notes the incident as a symptom of broader tensions.
New York Sept 27 The Volunteer defeats the Thistle in the first New York York Yacht Club race. The Thistle leads early but a shift in wind favors the Volunteer who steadily gains and finishes 19 minutes 54 seconds ahead, securing the cup for Boston amid huge spectator flotillas and Wall Street betting excitement.
Reports from Ardnacrusha Dusarm Cork London detail the eviction of Michael Lane and family, with Mrs Lane injuring Inspector Riley. The Irish National League expands with English members, while threats and potential prosecutions loom over activists and MPs amid ongoing Mitchelstown inquest and Crown actions.
Timothy Cunningham and others in P J Nagie's saloon clash over bragging rights. Peter H Fleming, a colored man, fires a 32 caliber pistol, wounding Cunningham in the stomach before fleeing and later being arrested in a freight-yard pile of lumber with the revolver.
An advertisement for Allen Solly and Go presents fine underwear and hosiery at Park Square and 82 83 Boylston Street. It touts softness elasticity and non shrinking qualities and notes a new fall importation is ready for purchase.
Shipping notices list vessels arriving or sailing from Antwerp Liverpool Leith Glasgow Marseilles Rotterdam Moville Yokohama and New York with origins including New York Baltimore Montreal Boston and Genoa. Names include Noordland Hibernis Excellent Serpho Wave and Abyssinia among others with dates September 22 through 27.
A chaotic scene unfolds as an eviction at Ardnacrusha coincides with Mrs Lane striking Inspector Riley with a poker. Reports note evictions begin on Ponsonby estates today and a Dublin league meeting enrolls several Englishmen. The Mitchelstown inquest continues in Cork amid international diplomacy over frontier shooting. Count Von Munster warns reparation if officials blamed. Nizam of Hyderabad offers £400,000 to aid Indian defenses. Riga trials see fifty people, mostly Jews, punished for arson with sixteen sent to Siberia for life.
John Nowlin faces 800 dollars bail for breaking and entering a Somerville barber shop and remains jailed on default. Rev H Bernard Carpenter receives 10000 from Hollis Street Church Society. Richard H Lavis held 2000 bail for perjury citation. Mystic winners Noblesse Harebell Aubine. Stock market dull yet strong. NY & NE, Atchison, West End notable.
In New York on Sept 27 ships arrive and depart including the steamer Heston to Ventura and Victoria, the brig Marie, and schooner M Vassar at New Bedford. Also sailing are the steamer Alaska to Liverpool and ships Lesh Carson to Calcutta and Grace Deering to Valparaiso. In Halifax the American school Drvid from Gloucester to Newfoundland arrives at Louisburg with a broken main mast after a jibing accident at sea offhead.
The New York race aftermath includes Mr. Bell saying the Thistle was badly beaten and hampered by wind, tide, and possible bottom issues. Captain Barr agrees the Thistle sailed poorly and notes a short early tack helped cost the race while urging boat traffic to share wind and sea more fairly.
The Post predicts the Thistle may win if winds stay strong while The Telegraph notes America has maintained yachting supremacy since thirty six years ago. The page reflects mixed UK opinion on the race outcome and national leadership in the sport.
News bulletins display the race results as thousands gather from morning to night. Cheers greet the Yankee sloop lead and the Volunteer Thistle victory crossing the line ahead of Seatch. Police limit Washington Street traffic while chamber of commerce staff post bulletins in advance.
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