Dineen Shoots Spark Sensational in St Louis Tilt
Dineen twirled in sensational form fooling St. Louis batters at critical moments as Boston edged St. Louis 2 to 1. Attendance 2100. Heidrick and Duffy, Lowe, Hamilton noted for extra bases. Jones and Dineen each struck out twice. Burkett and Donovan stolen bases. Time 1 45. Umpire Urst.
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St. Louis
Dineen
Jones
Omron Erie
Ti Eowin
Boston
Heidrick
Duffy
Lowe
Hamilton
Burkett
Donovan
Urst
Abrichpoa
Seeeeeeeseees
Ong
Ss Serer
Stahl Rf
Ae Collins
Ween Ewe Nee Oy
Reeman
Misey Des Seniors
Awe
Uilivan ¢ Nee
Nees Eidrick
Onovan
Dillard
Wallace
Keister
National League Games Totals From Late Day Mix
The report lists results from National League games with Pittsburg at Brooklyn ending 8 to 0 in favor of Brooklyn, Pittsburg at Cincinnati Philadelphia 3, Cin nati 6, and Chicago at New York 0 with Chicago 2. The terse box highlights reflect a chaotic score spread across venues.
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Pittsburg
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Cinnati
Chicago
New York
Hockey scores from Hartford Worcester Springfield and more
In Hartford Hartford two games saw Syracuse defeat Hartford 2 0. Worcester beat Toronto 5 3 then Toronto 8 Worcester 5. Springfield split with Rochester 8 6 and 3 4 3 in different games. Providence games delayed by rain with Montreal beating Providence 3 1 in the second. Buffalo lost 2 5 to Indianapolis while Cleveland fell 0 2 to Detroit and Rochester edged Springfield 4 3 in the Springfield rematch.
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Hartford
Syracuse
Worcester
Toronto
Springfield
Rochester
Providence
Montreal
Buffalo
Indianapolis
Cleveland
Detroit
Tennis at Newport under rainy all comers event
Rainy weather at the Newport Casino hampered the all comers tournament. Eight second round matches were completed, with Gore-Ward and Black Budlong as notable five set affairs. Wrenn defeated Stevens, while Chace triumphed over Malcolm Chase in straight sets. Gore Ward stretched to five sets before Ward faded.
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Newport
R. L
Casino
Gore-Ward
Budlong
Gore
Black
Robert Wrenn
Richard Stevens
Wrenn
Ruth
Stevens
Deuce
Alexander
Malcolm Chase
Chace
Holcombe Ward
Ward
Saratoga Race Disrupted as Blues Withdrawals Shorten Card
At Saratoga on August 16 the Mumm handicap lost much of its interest after Blues Sharp Shooter The Puritan and Rockstorm withdrew. Lady Scherr won by a length, with something in reserve, as a reduced field contested the race.
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Saratoga
N. Y
Blues
Sharpshooter
Rockstorm
Lady Scherr
Musketeer second garden party with women in attendance
A historical note describes a garden party where the musketeer speaker was second in order and three quarters of attendees were women, reflecting social gathering dynamics of the event.
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Musketeer
Grand Circuit races postponed to 4 PM due to heavy track
Glens Falls N Y August 16 heavy track delays Grand Circuit events until 4 PM. Lady Geraldine wins the first two heats with Frank Creamer second in the 2:19 trot while Nigger Jack and Nelle Gwynne split heats in the 2:14 trot, postponed to tomorrow because of darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glens Falls
N. Y
Lady Geraldine
Frank Creamer
Nigger Jack
Nelle Gwynne
Miller defeats Major Taylor in 10 mile motor-paced race
In Hartford on August 16, Miller beat Major Taylor in a 10 mile motor-paced race attended by about 3500 spectators. Taylor was unfamiliar with this racing style and finished in a time of 17.41.
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Hartford
Conn
Miller
Major Taylor
Used by an Anarchist to Kill a Russian General
Gen Pantelegoff, second in command of Russia's imperial gendarmerie, died under dramatic circumstances on a Berlin bound journey from St. Petersburg. A mysterious stranger pricked his wrist with a pin hidden in a scarfpin and vanished at the next stop. Autopsy revealed poisoning by a slender instrument, linked to anarchist activity in Russia with several arrests made.
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New York
Pantelegoff
Russia
St. Petersburg
Journal
Berlin
Princess Apalinoff
Renowned German Scientist Hessel Dies at 75
Dr. Rudolph Hessel of the United States Fish Commission died at the Washington emergency hospital after sunstroke. A Baden-born German, he studied at Heidelberg and Strasbourg, taught in Frankfurt, and aided U S fishery work since 1877. He first propagated the German harp fish in America.
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Washington
Rudolph Hessel
United States Fish Commission
Hessel
Baden
Germany
France
Heidelberg
Strausburg
Seybold
Horticultural Society of
Frankfort
Main
Mainau
America
Fish Commission
American
Diamonds Found in British Guiana Promising Industry
Diamonds discovered along the Mazaruni river in British Guiana are judged superior to South African stones and 25 to 50 percent higher in value, per a U S Consul letter. Concessions for mining are being issued and the industry shows strong promise with stones deemed equal to Brazilian diamonds.
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Washington
London
South Africa
Mazaruni River
British Guiana
State Department
United States
Moulton
Demara
Population figures for Manhattan and Bronx census
Washington reports census director Merriam announcing the combined population of Manhattan and the Bronx at 2,050,600. Manhattan holds 1,850,093 and the Bronx 200,507. The two boroughs show an increase of 535,299 people since 1890, a 35.33 percent rise.
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Washington
Merriam
Manhattan
Bronx
Rhode Island woman begins rural free delivery in New York
Miss Ethel Hill of Rhode Island becomes a letter carrier for the United States rural free delivery service. She starts from Greenwich to North Kingston driving a horse and specially fitted carriage. Each day she travels 26 miles, placing mail in roadside boxes and collecting from private and regular boxes along her route.
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New York
United States
Greenwich
R. L
North Kingston
Ethel Hill
C. F. Hill
Miss Hill
Four Russian Urals gold mines left by chemical process
Washington reports Vice-Consul General Hananeur writes from Frankfort that only four mines in the Ural region still produce gold chemically. Former mines have exhausted their yields and are no longer in operation.
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Washington
Ural
Russia
Hananeur
Frankfort
State Department
Krupp to Begin 14 Mile Cannon Shoot Practice
Berlin reports Herr Krupp will begin practice on August 23 with a cannon firing session covering 14 miles. This marks a long distance shooting program intended to test artillery range and performance under field conditions.
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Berlin
Herr Krupp
Gypsy Moth Invasion Exposes State Inactivity
Secretary Stockwell warns that lack of legislature funding allows the gypsy moth to spread. He reports new egg clusters across Malden and Everett, including a destroyed evergreen hedge on Francis Brooks farm and multiple colonies in Roxbury and Medford. He predicts worst outbreaks by 1902 and urges renewed burlapping and control efforts to prevent costly damage.
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State Board of Agriculture
Malden
Secretary’s Department
Stockwell
Francis Brooks
West Medford
Cottage Street
Roxbury
Main Street
Willis Avenue
Everett
Malden-Everett
Converse Estate
Secretary Stockwell
Washington Street
Oak Grove Station
Middlesex Fells
Medford
Tie
Georgetown
Burlington
Boston
Newton Highlands
San Jose
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Massachusetts
Maine
RIOTERS IN COURT PROMPT BATTLE OVER EVIDENCE
In New York the West Side police court heard a grisly riot case with a large group of prisoners. Most were negroes with multiple wounds, and magistrate Cornell criticized police testimony while ordering stronger evidence. Several prisoners were discharged. some await trial. The riot sparked national political discussion on race prejudice.
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New York
Cornell
West Side
Cooney
West Thirty-seventh Street
National Hay Association Adjourns Meets in 1901
The National Hay Association in Baltimore adjourned after electing officers for the coming year. George C. Warren of Saginaw was named president, J. W. Dusenberry of New York and George S. Bride of Chicago as vice presidents, and R. H. Peterson of Chicago as secretary-treasurer. A paper by Edward A. Mosely argued railroads resisted freight rate reforms, and grain dealers in Chicago sought Morgan's permission to operate.
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Baltimore
National Hay Association
Indianapolis
Geo. C. Warren
Saginaw
Mich
J. W. Dusenberry
New York
Georges. Bride
Chicago
R. H. Peterson
Edward A. Mosely
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Wappich Leaves Democratic Fold After Kansas City Platform
William F. Wappich a Democratic lawyer of Omaha formerly an assistant sergeant at arms in Kansas City resigns from the Douglas County Service club he founded citing inability to accept the Kansas City platform. The move creates a big sensation in Omaha political circles.
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Omaha, Neb
William F. Wappich
Omaha
Kansas City
William J. Bryan
Douglas County Service Club
Pauper's Grave Buries Heir of Aba Packer Estate
In San Francisco on August 16 the Examiner reports Asa Packer Wilbur, heir to the Asa Packer estate once valued at 20 million dollars, died in poverty and was laid to rest in a pauper's grave yesterday.
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San Francisco
Asa Packer Wilbur
Asa Packer
Pennsyvania Railroad
Jamaica Railway Changes Hands as Government Takes Control
Bond-holders of the Jamaica railroad built by American engineers relinquished control and the government assumed possession today in Kingston Jamaica on August 16.
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Kingston, Ja
Jamaica Railway
Union to Meet Next Year in Birmingham Alabama
Milwaukee report Aug 16 The International Typographical Union voted today to meet next year in Birmingham Alabama. The action signals a change from prior plans and sets the host city as the site for the annual gathering with union members from across the region expected to attend.
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Milwaukee
Wis
International Typographical Union
Birmingham
Ala
Review highlights Little Folks and art magazines for August
The August issue previews Little Folks with child life stories and poems including The Yellow Capped Monkey and The Child Who Hadnt Anything. It also reviews Art Amateur August with rare color plates and frontispieces, Werner’s August education articles, and Ehrmanns The Mystery of Madeline Le Blanc.
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Dolly
Jimmy Crow
Mary Emma
Ellen D. Masters
John
State Line
John H. Gutterson
Maggie Wheeler Ross
Grace Wickham Curran
Frank Walcott Hutt
Clara Doty Bates
A. L. Sykes
Jean Francois Raffaelli
L. Eugene Lambert
Plain colored duck fabrics offered at low price
A. G. Pollard & Co advertises about 500 yards of heavy plain duck in pink, light blue, new blue and slate blue at 5c per yard, plus 300 yards of navy and black remnants of lighter weight at 5c per yard, basement department.
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A. G. Pollard & CO
Prices Current Lowell Retail Market August 16 1900
Market prices from Buttrick & Co J B Cover Co D W Horne Co Killpartrick Bros and others. Groceries bananas emotions and various fruits listed with per pound or per dozen rates. Fish and provisions including herrings fresh cod haddock and clams priced per pound per box or per quart. Many entries incomplete or garbled yet reflect a bustling early 20th century retail market.
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Lowell
Buttrick & Co
J. B. Cover & Co
D. W. Horne & Co
Killpartrick Bros
F. BE. Putnam
Prescott Street
Wilberts
Numerous Properties and Homes For Sale In Pawtucketville Area
Classified real estate notices list a variety of offerings around Pawtucketville including a two tenement centralville exchange option, a modern cottage on the Heights with $200 down, a blacksmith shop with annual revenue and $1200 price, a 26 acre farm on an electric line eight miles from Lowell with $160 price, cozy Pawtucketville cottages at $850, a summer residence near a stocked pond at $1309, and new eight room cottages with finished interiors and optional furnace installation. Call 88 Mt. Hope Street for prices and details.
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L.A
Claire Street
Centralville
Highlands
B.L. Centralville
Heights
Pawtucketville
Lowell Line
Mt. Hope Street
Train Schedules and Routes for New England Lines
A dense timetable lists departures and destinations across multiple routes from Woburn to Montreal, Quebec, and stations including Winchester Boston Ayer Junction Amherst Greenfield Nashua Warner and Montpelier. The notice notes Sunday and Saturday limitations and personnel names D J Flanders and H C Tapt as agents.
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Woburn
Var
Winchester
Boston
Southern Division
Ayer Junction
Amherst
Milford
Wilon
Greenfield
Peterboro
Bennington
Hillsboro
Keene
Sal
Nashua
Manchester
Concord
Franklin
Lebanon
White River
Warner
Bradford
Sunapee
Newport
N.H
Claremont
Claremont Junction
St. Johnsbury
Lyndonville
Wells River
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johna
Montreal
Quebec
Boston Air Line
Quebec Express
Plymont
Sherbrooke
Express
To &Xeter
wVia
Uvia Bedford
Willington
D. J. Flanders
H.C. Tapt
Lowell
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Lowell Daily Courter
Boston Club
Grand Circuit
Taylor
The
Rhode Island
Ural Gold Mines
Johnson Laboratories, Inc
Republican National
W. S. Scarborough
Wilberforce University
Hanna
Scarborough
North
South
Wappich
Aba Packer Estate
Jamaica Railroad
Werner
Ruth Everett
Charles Lunn
William B. Chamberlain
H. Clark
Sara Greenleaf Frost
Charles Wesley Emerson
Caroline B. LeRow
Emma Elise West
Bertha Louise Colburn
Madeline le Blanc
Max Ehrmann
Co-operative Publishing Co
Cambridge
Mass
Paris
Dr. Latiani
Victor Hugo
Eeea Tongues & Rds
Elie
Japan
Java
Paw
Rico
Rio
Salt Park
Cumberland
Lotiuco
W. E. Dodge
Fru
Central St
Central Street
Westford Street
Kt. H. Elliott
Bridge
A. J
H. W. J. Howe
Wigginville
W. H. Wiggin & CO
H. A. King
Billerica
Anne Street
Gordon Tweed
Market Street
Laquire
J.j.gaynor & Co
Market ST
Trinidad Pitch
F. Coburn
Carria
Fay Bros
Hosfor
U. S. Marine Corps
China
Philippines
Guam
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Court Street
Merrimack Street
Essex Street
Lawrence
Medici
Medici Cream Co
Lowell Mutual Fire Insurance Co
Sog Central
J. C. Abbott
JOS
George E. Stanley
Old Colony
Boston and Maine
R. R
Conway
Ofice Northern Depot Telephone
the Courier-Citizen
Railroads
Fitchburg Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Albany
Niagara Falls
Lake Champlain
Fboston
Ottawa
A. 8. Craine
Traffle
C. M. Burt
Pass. Agt
Boston, Mass
Boston & Maine
Elrigant Parloz
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Pacific Coast
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Middlesex Street
Taunton
New Bedford
Pawtucket
Marlboro
South Framingham
Way
Albany R. R
Concord Junction
Fitchburg R. R
Stonington
New York City
Mansfield
Phthr Clark
A.U. Kendall
Merrimack Street Depot
Middlesex Street Station
Lawrence and Haverhill
Reading
Western Division
Salem
Newburyport
Amespury
Portsmouth
Haverhill
Hampton
North Hampton
York Beach R. R
Exeter
Dover
Alton Bay
Somersworth
N. H
Saco
Old Orchard
Portland
Lewiston
Augusta
Bath
Waterville
Bangor
Belfast
Skowhegan
Rockland
St. John
N. B
Halifax
N.S
Eastport
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
Bar Harbor
Jonesport
Machiasport
Frank Jones
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