Lowell Triumph Over Portland in Fast Hockey Clash
Lowell edged Portland 5 to 4 in Huntington Hall after a tense start. Lewis scored twice in 23 seconds, Mallory starred for Portland despite Lowell’s late surge. Campbell tallied all Portland goals while Hart battled cramps and Lowell’s defense held firm.
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Portland
Huntington Hall
Lowell
Lewis
Mallory
Campbell
Murphy
Salem
Plymouth
Cameron
Miller
Pilgrims
Lowellites
Canavan
Hart
Jean
Lowell-Salem
Holderness
Fox
Murphy Hart
Mille Holderness
Cameron Ox & G
Lewis Portland
Lewis Sree
Ortland
Campbell Wees
W Lewis
Tommy Connolly
Paradis
Salem Polo Triumph Despite Equipment Shortage
Salem defeated Clinton 6 to 4 in a rough polo match played with improvised sticks due to a Boston freight handlers strike. Lineups list Balem Whipple Wootker Cunningham Doherty O Hara Gardner Heffernan Cashman for Salem and Clinton, Cunningham, Balem, Whipple, Wootker for Clinton. Attendance 500.
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Salem
Salem Polo
Boston
Clinton
Balem
Clinton Awhipple
Jason Wootker
Cunningham Doherty
Farrell
Hara
Gardner Heffernan
G Cashman
Cunningham Clinton
Cunningham Balem
Whipple
Ee Seemeaton
Whimple
Vuceys
Wodtke
Ipecutawih Balem
Cunningham
Jason
Heffernan
Cashman
Gardner
Jaan
Wootke
White
Timerorter
Lewiston Beats Worcester In One-Sided 8 2 Victory
Lewiston defeated Worcester 8 to 2 in a one sided game. Home club team work was the feature as Worcester struggled for scoring amid hard luck.
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Lewiston
Worcester
Eam
Polo League Scores From Lowell Salem and Lewiston
Lowell Lowell 5 Portland 4 Salem 6 Clinton 4 Lewiston 8 Worcester 2 results listed for Polo League games with scores and cities.
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Lowell
Portland
Salem
Clinton
Lewiston
Worcester
Polo Games Tonight in Lewiston Clinton and Portland Worcester
Tonight two polo matches feature Lewiston visiting Clinton while Portland travels to Worcester. The double bill highlights regional polo action with teams aiming for early-season results and bragging rights.
Polo Shots and Polo News From Lowell and Clinton
Polo notes describe Clinton and Worcester preparing for a five game post season series to end the season with plans for a strong crowd. Clinton travels with a band and 150 rooters, while Worcester and Clinton discuss a potential $500 pool and post season profits. News mentions Fox, McGilvary, Russell, and the Small Five as part of ongoing local polo and league chatter.
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Clinton
Lawrence
Fox
Tibbetts
Lowell
Small Five
Crescents
Worcesters
Worcester Telegram
Worcester
BASE BALL NOTES AND KEELERISMS
Brooklyn Eagle quotes discuss teamwork and player evaluation with lines about knowing a batter by averages and a pitcher’s work ethic. The note mentions Manchester baseball president Reed receiving a letter from manager John Smith in Bristol Pennsylvania recounting a thrilling experience last week, while Ager Slith was returning from a basketball game with proceeds.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Hanlon
Reed
Manchester Baseball Association
John Smith
Bristol
Ager
Slith
Two Highwaymen Attack. Smith Escapes to Police
Mr. Smith fled after two highwaymen attempted to seize gate receipts, reaching the police station to report the incident. One captor later, and Smith warns Manchester readers that he will carry a six shooter when cash is involved. Editor Richter criticizes the 25 cent American league ball. Dover's team remains unpredictable as Doe stays tight lipped about players. Lewiston’s Mullaney declines Indy offer to join Dover Manchester union.
Boston hearing on Suffolk court reforms widens judge need
The joint judiciary committee held a continued hearing on two measures to speed Suffolk county Superior court work. One would raise associate justices from seventeen to twenty, the other create ten special justices, five from Suffolk, to sit during absences. J. J. Feeley noted 26,492 civil cases before the court, half from Suffolk, and argued delays hurt property and livelihood. Riley criticized current judge work hours, while Cowley blamed many damage and accident suits and suggested a British workers compensation style fix. The hearing ended.
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Boston
Joint Committee On the Judiciary
Superior Court
Suffolk County
Suffolk County Bar Association
J. J. Feeley
Thomas Riley
Europe
Charles Cowley
Lowell
Great Britain
Yale Base Ball Squad Narrows After First Outdoor Practice
Yale university baseball team opened outdoor practice at Yale field with focus on batting. Fielding work was brief and rough ground hurt quality. Captain Guernsey reduced the squad to 50 players and plans another cut next week.
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New Haven
Yale University
Yale Field
Guernsey
Laxative Bromo Quinine Ad Promises Cure on Box
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine with the claim it removes the cause of ailments. The copy emphasizes E. W. Grove's signature appearing on every box, signaling brand authenticity.
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E. W. Grove
Blanchard's Vegetable Bitters Ad by Falls & Burkinshaw
A vintage drugstore ad promotes Blanchard's Vegetable Bitters as a tonic that restores weakened systems and adds vigor. It touts year round usefulness and urges readers to stock up at Falls & Burkinshaw, reliable low priced druggists at 418 Middlesex Corner Thorndikes opposite Northern Station.
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Blanchard
Falls & Burkinshaw
C. F. Blanchard
Middlesex
Cor
Thorndikes
Northern Station
Trial Says Rice Likely Died of Dropsy Not Killed
New York opinion in the Albert T. Patrick trial cites Prof. James Ewing of Cornell backing autopsy findings that Rice died from edema and lung congestion rather than chloroform murder. Dr. Girdner adds chloroform must be given slowly and finds no poisoning evidence. court adjourned.
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New York
James Ewing
Cornell University
Albert T. Patrick
William M. Rice
Osborne
Curry
Ewing
Rice
John H. Girdner
Moore
Jones
Dr. Girdner
Wilson-Mason Wedding In Emmanuel Church Boston
Richard T. Wilson of New York marries Miss Marion Steadman Mason in Emmanuel church Boston in a high society ceremony attended by New York and Boston elites. Bishop Lawrence present but did not take part. reception at the bride's Clarendon street home followed by a North Carolina honeymoon trip.
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Boston
Richard T. Wilson
New York
Marion Steadman Mason
Emmanuel Church
Arthur Laswrence
Stockbridge
Lawrence
Episcopal Diocese of
Massachusetts
Orme Wilson
Percy Haughton Hasket Derby
Lawrence Stockton
L. D. Roman Baldwin
R. Livingston Beeckman
Chas. D. Wetmere
Robert Goelet
James Wi. Appleton
Clarendon Street
Cornelius W. Vanderbilt
Astor, Goelet
Plan to relieve Kitchener and pursue DeWet in South Africa
London reports say a renewed Boer victory followed by possible Delarey attack on Grenfell’s 1300 men. Lord Kitchener may be relieved of large admin duties to lead a mounted force in the field for DeWet, while Methuen is not to command again. Four officers killed and ten wounded, including Methuen who is dangerously wounded but reportedly doing well.
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London
Methuen
Grenfell
Klerksdorp
Delarey
Daily Chronicle
Kitchener
South Africa
DeWet
Gloucester Man Faces Murder Charge After Family Tragedy
In Westmont New Jersey Lafayette Gruff killed his wife Mary Ann Grauff and wounded his infant daughter Katie. He then shot at a seven month old child but hit Mrs Susan Gowie instead. Gruff was arrested as the family turmoil over custody ran deep. Mrs Gruff had left him after alleged ill treatment and had been staying with Mrs Gowie. the infant daughter was abducted Tuesday and recovered Wednesday.
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Camden
N. J
Lafayette Gruff
Gloucester
Mary Ann Grauff
Katie
Susan Gowie
Gruff
Westmont
Gowie
Danish West Indies sale ratified by Folkething
In Copenhagen the Folkething approved by a large majority the ratification of the treaty providing for the sale of the Danish West Indian islands to the United States after debate in committee and executive session.
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Copenhagen
Folkoething
Rhode Island company to merge Narragansett Electric and others
Providence March 11 The Rhode Island company formed by H Martin Brown J Edward Studley and Stephen O Edwards aims to consolidate Narragansett Electric Lighting United Traction and Providence Gas with a capital stock of 2009000 paid in cash. The Widener Elkins syndicate is said to back the plan and broader New England utility ties may follow.
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Providence
R. IL
Rhode Island Company
House of Representatives
Frank E. Holden
Woonsocket
Narragansett Electric Lighting Company
United Traction Company
Providence Gas Company
H. Martin Brown
J. Edward Studley
Stephen O. Edwards
Widener- Elkins Syndicate
Philadelphia
New England
Davis Disgraced In Warner Monument Case
In Warner New Hampshire the town meeting removed Albert P Davis from the soldiers' monument commission after a report found he awarded a $2400 stone contract to a Concord firm for a $200 personal consideration. The contract's assignment led to documents in receivers hands and the town ordered legal action via the selectmen.
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Concord
N. H
Warner
Here
Soldiers’ Monument Commission
Albert P. Davis
Davis
Monument Commission
Colombian insurgents retreat after river clash near Barranquilla
From Colobmbian dispatches two miles of the Magdalena river between Penon and Cerro were held by revolutionaries before volunteers from Santander approached. A Honda newspaper recounts a Soacha battle near Bogota on Feb 23 with about 2000 revolutionaries and 3000 government troops. insurgents suffer 200 killed or wounded and 409 taken prisoner. The government gunboat General Pinzon sailed from Puerto Colombia on March to Rio Hacha with troops.
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Colon
Colombia
Barranequilla
Magdalena River
Penon
Cerro
Santander
Interior
Department
Honda
Mag¢atena
Soacha
Bogota
General Pinzon
Puerto Colombia
Rio Hacha
Lawyer seeks receiver for Cumberland Mills company
Providence March 11. Alexander L Churchill of Providence petitions the appellate division of the supreme court for a receiver for the Cumberland Mills company in which he is stockhorse. A hearing is set for next Saturday. The mills sit in Cumberland with an office in Pawtucket. The company has idle cotton mills for years and carries taxes of 12000 on the mill estate 19000 on lands and tenements 4000 for outlands and 25000 on tools and machinery.
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Providence
R. I
Alexander L. Churchill
Appelate Division
Supreme Court
Cumberland Mills Company
Stockhorse
Cumberland
Pawtucket
Evacuation day banquet to honor Rear Admiral Schley in Boston
The South Boston Citizens association plans a March 17 banquet at Gray's hall for notable figures. Rear Admiral Schley will arrive March 15 with a military escort of Spanish war veterans. A Dorchester Heights monument dedication parade is being coordinated with a limited guest list of about 600 officials and invited guests, mostly nonlocal.
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Boston
South Boston
Praying for Peace Petition Circulates in Worcester
Petitions are being circulated and signed with names including Senator Hoar Congressman John R. Thayer Mayor Fletcher and others. The request asks Congress to pass a resolution of sympathy with the Boers and directs President Roosevelt to convey it to the British government as a friendly office plea for peace with the South African republics.
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Worcester
Hoar
John R. Thayer
Fletcher
Congress
Roosevelt
Fire at Brunswick Balke factory in Chicago engulfs six stories
Chicago March 11 The Brunswick Balke Billiard and Pool table factory at Wells and Superior streets caught fire tonight. By 10 50 p m flames had gained rapid headway forcing two special engine calls as the six story building seemed headed for complete destruction.
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Chicago
Brunswick- Balke Billiard and Pool Table
Wells and
Superior Streets
Prince Henry Sails and Welcomes in Return Meeting
The exchange records Prince Henry of Prussia aboard the Deutschland in Hoboken on March 11, 1902, with tributes from Theodore Roosevelt and Mrs Roosevelt about friendship between Germany and the United States. Roosevelt and Henry exchange courteous letters noting goodwill and future cordial relations.
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Prince Henry
Prussia
Europe
Deutschland
Roosevelt
Hoboken
N. J
United States
Heinrich
Prince von Preussen
White House
Washington
Henry, Prince of Prussia
Hamburg
Germany
Wilbur Ill With No Chance Of Recovery
Joshua Wilbur United States consul at Dublin is critically ill and lies at his sister’s Rutherford New Jersey home. Reports tonight say recovery is not expected.
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New York
Joshua Wilbur
United States
Dublin
Rutherford
N. J
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