Hosmer’s Career as an Oarsman and Local Honors
The life of George Hosmer, famed oarsman born in Sudbury, Mass., chronicles early races on the Charles river, winnings in Boston and Canada, and later coaching and exhibitions. Highlights include his 1877 win over John Brown, 1878 Faulkner-Regan success, matches in England, and a noted 1891 Boston regatta record.
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George Hosmer
Sudbury
Mass
Boston
William Murray & Son
Charlestown
West End
8. S. Higgins
Hosmer
Charles River
John Brown
Worcester
Brown
Driscoll
Mike Davis
Portland
America
Faulkner-Regan
Shell
M. F. Davis
John Biglin
New York
Silverlake
City
Canada
Pat Luther
Harry Coulter
William McCann
Jack Hanlan
Robert Berry
James H. Riley
Ed Hanlan
Burlington Beach
Can
Frenedy Johnson
All New England
England
Laycock
Australia
Thames
Dark Secret’ Company
Hanlan
Sioux City
Duluth
Minn
Gaudour
Teemer
Passaic Boat Club
Newark
N. J
N. Y. Herald
Boston City
John Carr
George Bubear
Bubear
Jim Ten Eyck
New England
Dineen Wonders Tie Series With Murphy Pets On North Common
In a large crowd yesterday at the North common the Dineen Wonders defeated the Murphy Pets to level their three game series at one win each. The match was originally six innings but extra frames were needed after both teams tallied 17 runs in the sixth. The Wonders featured Maurice Dineen known as Here Say or Suppenders as their pitcher.
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Nichols
Dineens
Maurice
Pets
Dineen
Maurice Dineen
Dineen Wonders
Murphy Pets
North Common
Boston Clearing House Adopts New Check Collection Rule
The Boston clearing house on July 1 adopted a rule charging one tenth of one percent for collecting notes and checks submitted as time items. The change unsettles banks statewide and applies beyond Providence and Boston, with Lowell banks seeking other agencies, often routing through Philadelphia.
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Boston Clearing House
Boston Clearing House Association
New Wingland
Providence
Boston
Lowell
Philadelphia
Phil
Banks to Adopt Boston New Check Handling Rules
Philadelphia and Chicago plan to enact rules like Boston and New York this year. Private checks will decline as drafts regain use, saving Boston banks 10000 to 25000 yearly per institution. Outside Boston and Providence customers may face fees, while local banks resist daily costs over 50 dollars. Clearing houses argue free collection fuels banking abuse as small deposits and dispersed checks grew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelphia
Chicago
Boston
New York
Providence
Vanderbilt Baby Born At Biltmore Estate In Asheville
The Vanderbilt family welcomes a daughter named Cornelia Stuyvesant Vanderbilt born at 9 o'clock last evening. She is heir to a fortune of 30 million dollars, with a Fifth Avenue palace and annual income details noted. The ceremony and lineage are described, including connections to Edith Stuyvesant Dresser and George Vanderbilt.
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Asheville
N. C
Vanderbilt
Buncombe County
S. Westray Battle
Corneiia
Mr. Vanderbilt
Stuyvesant
Mrs. Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Fifth Avenue
George Vanderbilt
Edith Stuyvesant Dresser
Trinity Church
Avenue de L’alma
Paris
George Warren Dresser
London
Charles McNamee
India
New York
Dresser
Contracts Closed in Chicago by American Shipbuilding Company
Contracts were closed in Chicago for the building of several steel freight ships by the American Shipbuilding Company. Seventeen had been contracted before and with today’s additions the firm will have a vessel for every berth in the six yards during the winter.
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Chicago
American Shipbuilding Company
Shipbuilding Company
Dull Trading Day Highlights Weak Market Tone
A lackluster session on the New York and Boston exchanges showed broad weakness with rail shares slipping. Brooklyn Rapid Transit fell about a point to 55 1 2, while railroads and other issues posted fractional declines. A Helena Montana meeting of Pioneer Gold Mining Co. proxies represented most shares as directors moved to preserve control and plan reorganizations.
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New York
Boston
Brooklyn
Pioneer Gold Pairing Company
Helena
Mont
Sockalexis the Vagabond Dwarfed by Jail Time
Louis Sockalexis, once famed National League player, appeared in Holyoke court on a vag rancy charge and drew 30 days in county jail. Arrested after being found asleep in a tumbledown barn, he blamed liquor for his downfall, recounting a rise from Holy Cross to the Cleveland and Hartford clubs before fading into hangers on in New England saloons.
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Holyoke
Louis
Sockalexis
Greaney
Patriots
Sharkey
Holy Cross College
Cleveland
Hartfords
Hartford
New England
Cuban Teachers Arrive in Philadelphia for Welcome at Independence Hall
More than a thousand Cuban teachers visiting the United States landed in Philadelphia and were greeted by a Spanish speaking guide delegation. Mayor Ashbridge welcomed them at Independence Hall as Senator Penrose delivered the oration, and the group began a guided sight seeing tour.
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Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Ashbridge
United States
Penrose
Fire breaks into Spring tunnel colliery at Summit Hill
Allentown Pa Aug 23 The Summit Hill mine fire raging for a week has breached the Spring Tunnel colliery. Heat forces firefighters to retreat and all operations stop. About 300 workers are laid off indefinitely as the coal fire continues its forty year burn.
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Summit Hill
Spring Tunnel
Allentown
Taken Back to New York Police Murder Suspect Returned
Washington August 23 Arthur J Harris the Negro charged with the murder of Policeman Thorpe in New York was turned over to New York officers today and sent back to that city after being arrested here last week.
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Washington
Arthur J. Harris
Thorpe
New York
Tragedies Across Dorchester Pittsfield and Wilkinsonville
Three incidents claim multiple lives as a 3 percent year old child from Dorchester is fatally struck after hiding under a wagon. James O Donnell of Pittsfield dies from a 30 foot fall while painting an electric pole. John Ford, 68, plunges from a Wilkinsonville roof and sustains fatal spinal injuries. In a separate note, a Chinese mail system is described with private letter shops and shared postage costs.
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James O'Donnell
Pittsfield
John Ford
Charles Dudley
Wilkinsonville
Tie
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Merrimack
Dan Driscoll
George E. Hosmer
The
Wonders
Murphy's Pets
Miss Vanderbilt
Steel Freight Ships
Stock Market
Brooklyn Rapid
Arcadium
Bright, Sears & Co
Sugar Ref. Co
He Atchison
Atchisos
Asia
B. & Owee
Brooklyn R. T
Cen. of
Chesa. & O
Cent’l
Paciftic
Tener Hg
Pacific
Waltham
Elgin
Geo. H. Wood
Central St
St. Paul
Ee Tenn. C. &I
Texas & Pac
Union Pacific
Union Pac
Wheeling & L. E
Boston Market
Boston & Albany
Mining
Amalgamated
Eee
Arcadian
A. On
Boston and
Calumet
Quincy
Tamarack Wibg
Utah
Wolverine
Ally Alg
N. E. Gas &Coke
Welcome
Santiago de Cuba
Wood
Silvestre Rico
Marino Moncada
Songo
Massachusetts
James Higgins
Dorchester
Lizzie Taylor
Charles Culf
Stetson Place
Massachusetts General Hospital
China
Avu
Doan
C. W. Lenhart
Bowling Green
O'Donnell & Gilbride CO
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Streets
A. G. Pollard
Dwight
Dwight Lockwood
Lockwood
Palmer Street
A. G. Pollard & CO
Middle Sts
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