Victory No Scored by Boston's White Sloop
The Beautiful Winner crosses the finish line to claim victory with the White Sloop sounding a triumphant note as the crowd cheers in Boston.
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Boston Weekly Globe
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1885
Page
1
Racing Showdown Ends With Narrow Victory Over Two Miles
Having defeated the pick of All England's racers in a grueling two mile course, the exciting run home underscored the event's fierce competition and the standout effort of the leading rider.
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All England
Speedy Puritan Out-sails Rival in Forty-Mile Race
At Saxpy Hook New Jersey a light wind greeted the long coastal contest between the Puritan and Genesta. Spectators along Staten Island watched the Eng MSN Cutter and Boston sloop as the race set from Owl Head to Sandy Hook lightship and back to Fort Wadsworth Buoy 15, about forty miles.
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Staten Island
Stapleton
Clifton
MSN
Boston
Richard Sutton
Genesta
New York
Owl Head
Long Island
Sandy Hook
Fort Wadsworth
Hovering Around the Start at Sandy Hook
A calm yet growing southwest wind marks a perfect day as the Genesta and Puritan maneuver near the Narrows and Fort Hamilton, circling the start point. The scene centers on the vessels awaiting the signal near Sandy Hook on September 11, 1910.
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Genesta
Puritan
Fort Hamiton
Puritan Leading at the Start in Yacht Race
Puritan holds a half length lead as the yachts cross the line on a starboard tack. Sanpy Hook noted the early start at 10 34 a m on September 14.
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Puritan
Sanpy Hook
Puritan and Wind Sails Provide Early Harbor Race Update
Puritan leads by over a half mile as both yachts pass Fort Wadsworth on a starboard tack toward Coney Island. The September 14 report notes Puritan at 10.07 and Wind at 11.12 with wind labeled twelve miles per hour from the southwest.
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Sanpy Hook
Fort Wadsworth
Coney Island
Puritan Extends Lead in Furth of Race at Fort Wapsworth
At 11.24 Puritan runs far ahead of Genesta near Fort Tompkins Narrows. Both yachts full sail under west southwest wind as Puritan gains with Genesta keel ing. By Gravesend Bay the Puritan leads Genesta by about three quarters of a mile.
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Fort Wapsworth
Puritan
Genesta
Fort Tompkins
Gravesend Bay
Puritan Two Miles in the Lead at Fort Wapsworth
At Fort Wapsworth on September 14 around 12:20 pm the Puritan led the fleet, on port tack after breaking tacks with the Genesta. The Genesta held southwest on the starboard tack as the Puritan pulled ahead toward the northwest, with the Grand Republic about a quarter mile behind. The Puritan remained at least a mile and a half ahead as racing continued with tacks and stays noted at 12:25 and 12:34 pm.
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Puritan
Fort Wapsworth
Genesta
Grand Republic
Puritan Extends Lead in Race Toward Jersey Shore
From Sandy Hook to the Southwest Spit on September 14 the Puritan sails ahead of the Genesta by about two miles or more. The Puritan maintained a windward position and tacked between buoys 6 and the Spit while the Genesta trailed, with the Puritan gaining two minutes and one second since rounding the light ship.
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Fort Wapsweath
Genesta
Jersey Shore
Sanpy Hook
N. J
Yacht Race Fails As Genesta Puritan Collide And Tie
The Genesta and Puritan collide off New York harbor causing torn sails and a damaged bowsprit. Officials declare Puritan at fault, offer foul claim window, and decide not to award a race as wind limits prevent finishing within seven hours.
Foreign News Roundup Highlights Spain Germany Tensions
English readers see Spain Germany conflict rumors amid censorship and naval talk. Cholera wanes in Spain as outbreaks persist in Italy and India amid political turmoil in Europe. Trade and protests stir at home as figures report casualties and political maneuvering.
Puritan Goes Off Like a Racehorse At Sea
At 3 42 40 the Genesta rounded the buoy off Sandy Hook and stood after the Puritan one mile behind. The Puritan then set her balloon jib and began to pull away as if in a race.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Genesta
Puritan Extends Lead Ahead of Genesta Near Jersey Shore
The Puritan eases off her sheet and comes toward home with a lead of about a mile and a half on the Genesta, which continues toward the Jersey shore. Fort Wapsworth, September 14.
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Fort Wapsworth
Genesta
Jersey Shore
Puritan
The Wind Ten Miles an Hour at Sandy Hook
The wind at Sandy Hook New Jersey on September 14 is blowing ten miles an hour from the south.
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Sandy Hook
N. J
Genesta Sets Her Spinnaker at Fort Wapsworth
Genesta has set her spinnaker and draws, while Puritan has all sails drawing as both run before the wind just below hospital ship at Fort Wapsworth on September 14 at 3 55 p m.
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Genesta
Fort Wapsworth
Hospital Ship
Fort Wapsworth Race Sparks Fort Observer Hopes
At Fort Wapsworth on September 14 two rival yachts race under wind as the Puritan struggles to set its spinnaker. About 3000 spectators line the bluffs awaiting the result while the fleet keeps a respectful distance.
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Fort Wapsworth
Puritan Leads Line of Steam Fleets at Fort Wapsworth
At Fort Wapsworth on September 14 a three mile long line of steamers shows the Puritan in the lead as dust trails the Genesta and yacht flotilla clusters to the rear. Tugs blow whistles and cheer while the Puritan, without a set spinnaker, extends her advantage over the Englishman who has his drawing.
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Fort Wapsworth
Genesta
Puritan
Balloon jib tale at Fort Wapsworth finish
At Fort Wapsworth on September 14 the Luckenbach positions beside the stake boat for the finish as steam whistles roar. The Puritan balloon jib leads near the line while an excursion boat keeps pace with the Genesta, which has just lowered its spinnaker.
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Fort Wapsworth
Luckenbach
Puritan
Genesta
Puritan Wins Coastal Yacht Race Off Fort Wadsworth
The Puritan crossed the line at 4.40. The event drew a grand sight along Staten Island's Fort Wadsworth area, with Fort Tompkins’ site and the water and green terraces framing the dramatic finish in a historic New York yacht race.
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Fort Wapsworthh
New York
Staten Island
Fort Tompkins
Fort Wadsworth
White winged racers triumph over bay in grand yacht finish
At the peak of the rise the land stood 300 feet above sea level as thousands gathered to witness the race. The American yacht crossed the line first amid a bay of cheers with ladies waving kerchiefs and joining the exultant cries.
Calms Prevents Two Races and a Collision
On Monday September 7 the Genesta and Puritan failed to finish two races amid light baffling winds. The harbor swarmed with sail and excursion steamers while spectators watched the bay fill with white-winged yachts. The first start occurred at 1.85 p.m. with the Puritan in the lead fifty six seconds later.
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Genesta
Puritan
Irish unrest and raids spark rowdiness in Dublin and Tralee
Report describes a ceremony in Dublin with strong enthusiasm for Mr. Parnell and denunciations of outrages. In Tralee the moonlighters raided several homes, a woman dragged from bed and hair cut, two donkeys burned, a hayrick set ablaze, and a man stabbed.
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Dublin
Parnell
Tralee
Americans Warned Against Entrapment in French Marriages
The American consul at Nice urges Congress to press states to regulate marriages between Americans and French. He cites risk of Americans being unwittingly married abroad and later denied recognition, outlining France’s strict civil customs and the danger of expatriate women becoming discharged wives. He criticizes clandestine unions and calls for protective legislation.
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United States
France
Child Brutality In Tenement Leads To Critical Injury
A four year old girl was beaten and fatally endangered after a drunken attack in Welch's court. Jerry Shay was identified by the child and captured by Officer Edson. The child remains in critical condition with lung hemorrhage and uncertain recovery.
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Edson
Spring Street
Welch's Court
Spring
Gifford
Jerry Shey
Fennessey
Shay
Kelley
Sullivan
Terrible Experience of a Shipwrecked Crew on a Sinking Vessel
The Nova Scotia ship John Mann sighted a distressed schooner named Marie Henriette from Barbadoes to Montreal after a late hurricane. Captain Bevering rescued the crew, one man died at sea, and the John Mann burned the wreck to clear navigation, while other vessels faced violent weather and a cyclone.
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New York
Nova Scotia
John Mann
Havre
Xavier Parker
Powell
Harold
Dunkirk
Burgess Jo
Donn Piatt Sued Over Money Spent On Nellie Piatt
Cincinnati lawyer Nathan E. Jordan filed suit claiming Donn Piatt and co defendants caused him to pay $1100 for Nellie Piatt and her mother’s hotel board and lodging in Washington and Cincinnati. He seeks judgment plus interest from June 1, 1884.
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Cincinnati
Nathan E. Jordan
Donn Piatt
Nellie Piatt
Mary Burkhauser
Mr. Jordan
Donn Pratt
Washington, D. C
Nellie
Nellie Pratt
Walnut Street House
Piatt
Smallpox Outbreak Expands in Montreal and PA
Montre al on September 12 reports smallpox rising with more than 900 cases in city and suburbs, over 800 among French Canadians. Health board imposes strict isolation and vaccination. Two deaths at Cigie Hospital, 69 new hospital cases, 67 new cases yesterday with 12 deaths. outside municipalities record ten deaths and 27 cases. In Pennsylvania, Spring Mills in Montgomery County disinfected after two months of outbreak, elevating concern nationwide.
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MonTrea
Provincial Board of Health
Cigie Hospital
Philadelphia
Kennedy
Board of Health
Spring Mills
Montgomery County
Adrift in the Dark Aboard Rogeland Survivors Rescued
Captain John De Winter recounts the rescue of four survivors from the Norwegian bark Rogeland after it capsized in a fierce gale on September 10. Svend Helgesen, Gord Hendrickson, and Nilson clung to wreckage and a plank until a passing steamer failed to sight them, while the steward and another boy were saved later.
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Bowine-on-Clype
John de Winter
John R. Stanhope
Rockland
Kogeland
Haugesund
de Winter
Svend Helgesen
Gord Hendrickson
Nilson
Knudt Nilson
Helgesen
Piah
Hendrickson
Grample
Villa de Malaga Founders Near Savona
Information from Genoa reports the steamer Villa de Malaga with sixty passengers and twenty eight crew foundered near Savona after hitting a rock. Panic ensued as the ship sank and the crew lowered three boats escaping the disaster.
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Villa de Malaga
Savona
London
Genoa
Rescue Effort Fallout Over Ship Disaster Spurs Outrage
Forty four passengers survived a maritime disaster while sixteen were drowned as crew members deserted ship. The incident has triggered widespread indignation and calls for accountability across the region.
Failure of a Well laid Scheme to Gain Control of Canadian's Money
Ottawa reports a plan by Muluch to seize the property of his brother in law Leper of Picton. The scheme aimed to confine Leper in a private lunatic asylum at Gaelp and take guardianship of his children. Leper's friends intervened, defeating the plot. court action likely.
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Ottawa
Ont
Leper
Picton
Gaelp
John McIntosh’s Fatal Cat Shot in Garden
In Prrrsavuna on September 9, John McIntosh fired at a cat in grape vines from his room. He hit his mother, Mrs. James McIntosh, in the head while she stood in a rape arbor. She survives but is expected to die. her husband, secretary treasurer of the Cleveland and Pittsburgh Gas Coal Co., is in frail health and believed to be at risk from the shock.
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Spain
Germany
Don Carlos
Venice
Great Britain
Lord Randolph Churchill
Sheffield
Mr. Chamberlain
Warrington
Ireland
Shefield
Parnell
Mr. Parnell
Phamperiain
New Democracy
Eliza Armstrong
London
Stead
Jarrett
Salvation Army
Salvationists
Booth
MclIntosh
Cleveland and Pittsburg Gas Coal Company
Grasshoppers Devastate Vera Cruz Crops in Mexico
Reports from Vera Cruz indicate swarms of grasshoppers destroying crops across the state and beyond. The pests, smaller than GnDsas graKs hoppers, began August 1 and have spread rapidly, threatening the bean harvest and worsening conditions for the poor amid fever outbreaks.
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Paso Pel Norte
Mex
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Still a power in Tammany as Stevens withdraws name
Still A Power reports John Kelly, head of Tammany, signaled support for Joel O Stevens as sheriff candidate but compromised to withdraw Stevens if opposition dropped Martin. The accord preserves Kelly's influence despite illness and reduced activity.
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New York
John Kelly
Joel O. Stevens
Tammany
Stevens
Kelly
Clifton Springs
Mr. Stevens
Martin
Seizure of Kentucky Whiskey Tied to Congressman Kin
In Luxivaton on September 11 a government seizure halted 1000 barrels of Kentucky whiskey owned by John B. Thompson of Mercer County. Bonded to Melbourne Australia, the whiskey moved after a new bond was posted, but Collector Bronson at Richmond halted the shipment amid irregularities. The case links to “Little Phil” Thompson, the congressman’s brother.
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Luxivavon
John B. Thompson
Mercer County
Phil” Thompson
Melbourne
Australia
Bronson
Richmond
Peake & & & Ohio
Still the Bloody Shirt in Cleveland Victory Claim
Senator John Sherman contends Governor Hoadly misrepresented his position and accuses Southern officials of corrupt elections that disfranchise black voters and inflate white political power. He argues Cleveland’s presidency rests on these crimes and warns of reducing Southern representation under the fourteenth amendment.
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LeeBanon
John Sherman
Hoadly
South
North
Congress
Cleveland
United States
James G. Blaine
Pretty Smart at 90 But Failing at 103
Fitchburg report on Angeline Stacy born 1703 in Quebec, oldest resident interviewed. She lives bedridden much of the time, but handles meals and light chores with help, recognizing her kin at times and displaying remarkable strength for age.
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Frrenevra
Prentiss Place
Frank Fields
Angeline Stacy
Fitchburg
New England
Three Rivers
Quebec
Amy
Stacy
Oss
Abe
Cleveland Policy Debate Reflected in World Editorial
The New York World editorializes that President Cleveland is back at work and reflects on his administration. It quotes Jefferson to argue for balanced, nonpartisan office tenure and questions the Mugwump influence and party loyalties in public offices.
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New York World
Cleveland
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Cantor
Ft Tx
United States
Loth Deel
Bower
Dora
Mugwimp
Agton
Connecticut
Democracy
Jefferson
New York
Belond
Apparition Haunts Abandoned Coal Pit in Murder Case
A revived report links the 1875 Hazleton area miner Branson Comatty to a ghost seen near a worked-out slope in Mahanoy. Miners found a skeleton with bullet holes in the skull, confirming murder. Locals hope justice follows the killer.
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Mauanoy Prang
Penn
Lehigh
Branson Comatty
Hamleig Levy
Hazleton
Luzerne County
Comatty
Comty
Smuggling Bust at New York Custom House Seizure
New York Custom House inspectors Ferdon and Monroe seized trunks aboard the steamship from Liverpool revealing high end wearables including sealskin sacks silk and satin dresses. The haul valued at two to three thousand dollars prompted a bribe attempt from the passenger and a high level inspection by Collector Hedden.
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Ferdon and
Monroe
Custom House
Puir
Liverpool
Hedden
Cers
Special Treasury
Wobas
T Ith
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