Lost Again Philadelphia Beat Boston by Timely Hitting
Philadelphia defeated Boston this afternoon by timely hitting in cold conditions with 1590 in attendance. The Phillies won 5 to 2 powered by a home run from Flick and two-base hits by Dolan and Lowe, while Boston managed 2 runs. Stolen bases by Thomas and Orth highlighted the effort, with pitchers Lewis and Orth combining for the pitching line.
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Boston
Dolan
Lowe
Flick
Thomas
Orth
Cross
Chiles
Lewis
Hurst
Childs
McFarland c
Wolverton
Crossss
Orth P
Ny "Douais Wapeuwacachisiacre
National League Results From Today
In Philadelphia the Phillies defeated the Red Sox 5 to 2 while in Brooklyn the New York game was postponed due to wet grounds. The report notes a split schedule and awaiting resumption of play.
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Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
Brown Defeats MIT 22 to 0 In Rain Slowed Second Half
Providence Oct 10 Brown guards shine as Stearns breaks through for strong rushing. Brown 22 MIT 0 with 2 touchdowns by Bates and Barry and 2 goals by Bartlett. Substitutes struggled in rain after halftime as the home team extended lead, improving overall play in this early season game.
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Providence
R. I
Brown
Brown ‘Varsity
Varsity
Stearns
Mii
Ocarin-Crowell
le Crocker Keene-Baker
Heckman Stearns-Hasting Ig
Lg Laws Fiall-Tetrault
Hunter Melendy
Wilson Whittemore
Dillon Bartlett
Maxson
Barry-Ball
Wilson Washburn- Wheeler
Wood Bates-Kimbal
Metcalf
Chesbro
Meiklejohn
Bates
Barry
Washburn
Bartlett
Alves
Pie for Yale Defeats Bates 50 to 0 in Yale Field game
New Haven Oct 10 Yale football eleven defeated Bates College 50 to 0 on Yale field. The Yale rush line dominated both sides and 29 points came in the first half. Captain Brown led later charges as substitutes were used.
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New Haven
Yale
Bates College
Capt. Brown
Princeton Defeats State College 26 to 0 at New Jersey
Princeton won 26 to 0 over Pennsylvania State College in a game played in Princeton New Jersey on October 10. The Tigers attacked from the start, with Hodgman repeatedly gaining 15 to 20 yards on end runs. State College offered weak defense and poor offense, while Princeton impressed with strong interference and quick rotations of new players into action.
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N. J
Pennsylvania State
Hodgman
State College
Harvard Defeats Amherst In Rainy Cambridge Affair
In a muddy afternoon at Cambridge Harvard beats Amherst 18 to unknown. Slips and fumbling marked the game as Umpire Crosius ejected Favor for slugging. Burkett of Amherst broken collarbone. Captain Daley of Harvard sidelined with a broken nose from Bowdoin game.
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Cambridge
Harvard
Amherst
Ambherst
Crosius
Cde
Burkett
Daley
Harvarad
Golf star J H Taylor sails to enter Surrey event
New York Oct. 10 J H Taylor who was recently defeated for the open championship by Harry Vardon on the Wheaton golf links Illinois sailed this afternoon on the steamship Teutonic Taylor is going home to take part in the mid Surrey tournament Before sailing he said the golf standard here was higher than he anticipated and he expected to return soon
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New York
J. H. Taylor
Harry Vardon
Wheaton Golf Links
Ilinois
Teutonic
Taylor
Kentucky Racecard Highlights at Lexington Trot Meet
Cool pleasant day drew a good crowd for four events including the unfinished 2.18 trot. Molo won heat one in 2.14 3-4, Stranger claimed heat two and the race in 2.15 1-2 after a late surge, Will Leyburn took the 2.18 pace in straight heats, and Emma Winter swept the three year old trot for $2000. Crito won the 2.26 trot in straight heats as well.
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Molo
Vauban
Stranger
Will Leyburn
Trotters
Emmd¢ Winter
Directum
Crito
Navy holds talks with Bethlehem and Carnegie on armor plate contracts
Secretary Long met with Bethlehem and Carnegie Steel representatives regarding 1.5 million dollars in armor plate for the navy. Linderman and Schwab led the discussions, which lasted about an hour. Both sides felt closer to agreement, reducing immediate need for a government armor plant, with another meeting planned to review proposals.
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Long
Bethlehem
Carnegie Steel Companies
Navy
Linderman
Bethlehem Company
Schwab
Carnegie
Navy Department
Act of Congress
Newport Manoeuvres Report Highlights Destroyer Use
Washington reports Admiral Farquhar's Newport manoeuvres note strong zeal among North Atlantic squadron officers and crew. He urges keeping torpedo boats or destroyers with the squadron to train crews in their movements and in-port exercises. He commends searchlights and Holland class vessels for future naval warfare.
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Washington
Navy Department
Farquhar
North Atlantic
Newport
Lem
Holland
Competition to build new battleships and cruisers
Washington reports a likely lively contest for the construction of the new battleships and cruisers. Shipyards have submitted bids after securing specifications, with some bidders having no prior government service. Naval officers expect steel prices to lower bid costs as steel frames now run about 17 1 0 per pound versus 21 2 previously.
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Washington
United States Leads Paris Exposition Awards
A cablegram from Commissioner General Peck at Ports reports final Paris exposition results. The United States won 2475 awards, Germany 1826, Britain 1, and Russia 1498, with the U S leading in grand prizes to honorable mentions.
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Washington
Ont
Peck
United States
Germany
Britain
Russia
Red Shirts Parade Draws Two Thousand Firemen in Manchester
On Oct 10 Manchester New Hampshire hosted a veteran firemen parade with over 2000 in red shirts amid wet streets and grey skies. Mayors and fire engineers from nearly all New Hampshire cities attended with officials counting divisions and prizes for top units including D A Taggarts of Goffstown and Quascacunquens of Newburyport.
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N. H
New England
New Hampshire
E. S. Whitney
Major Maynard
Edward Sears
A. Smith
Harvey Harris
George Cann
Asa Gage
Frank Ferson
Henry Crosby
John Reagan
Fred Lane
A. Tarbel
F. C. Garrah
F. W
Portsmouth
Fred S. Bean
William H. Hathaway
Boston
George A. Sanford
D. A. Taggarts
Goffstown
Newburyport
City of
Somerville
Torrents
Gardner
Hinghams
Hingham
Died at the brakes in South Gardner man dies at plant
Louis Lucier of South Gardner Massachusetts, a member of the Baw Beese hand tub company, collapsed while working the brakes at a Manchester New Hampshire plant during a noon playout. He died at Sacred Heart hospital from exhaustion due to overwork. He had marched in the morning parade and appeared in good health.
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N. H
Louis Lucier
Baw Beese Hand Tub Company
South Gardner
Mass
Sacred Heart Hospital
Lucier
Hough Finishes Sentence For Bank Embezzlement
Harry Hough former treasurer of the defunct Cochecho Savings Bank and ex assistant cashier of the Cochecho National Bank completed a year's sentence in Dover jail for embezzlement. He was sentenced in Concord October 10 1899 by Judge Aldrich to five years with one year in Dover and four years in Manchester for hard labor. Attempts to have him serve the full term in Dover failed. U S Marshal Eugene B Nute escorted Hough to Manchester.
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N. H
Harry Hough
Cochecho Savings Bank
Cochecho National Bank
Hough
Concord
Aldrich
Manchester
Hard 'Abor
United States
Eugene B. Nute
Death on the Train and Defenbach Case Warrants
News recounts Miss Defenbach dying on a train and a close friend, now linked to the Defenbach case, predicting her decline. Dr. Unger Brown and Smiley remain in county jail as two extra warrants issue for conspiracy to defraud the Canadian Order of Foresters of $5000 and for insuring Miss Defenbach for $2000 with Knights and Ladies of Honor.
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Defenbach
Miss Defenbach
Unger
Brown
Smiley
Order of Foresters
Knights and Ladies of Honor
Waldorf Astor Named Executor In Astor Will
Surrogate Thomas in New York appoints Waldorf Astor, son of William Waldorf Astor, as executor of the original John Jacob Astor will. The 50 year old document allows two surviving executors to name a third with court approval. Astor is a U.S. citizen educated abroad, though his father is not.
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New York
Thomas
Waldorf Astor
William Waldorf Astor
John Jacob Astor
Charles Peabody, Jr
England
Western Union Earnings Rise in Fiscal Year
The Western Union Telegraph Company reports fiscal year results with gross earnings at 24,758,570 dollars, up 804,258. operating expenses at 18,598,206, up 507,627. surplus after dividends 391,278, up 287,586. profit and loss surplus 8,485,206, up 391,279. Lines expanded by 2,849 miles of poles, 28,520 miles of wire, and 15 new offices. Messages sent totaled 1,769,626 more than 1899, with average tolls 30.8 cents and cost per message 25.1 cents. Harriman elected director to succeed Cornell, Charles Lockhart to succeed Huntington. other board members reelected.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Company
Messag
E. H. Harriman
Alonzo B. Cornell
Charles Lockhart
Collis P. Huntington
Army of Cumberland Society Holds Final Session at Chattanooga
The final business session of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland was held in Chattanooga Tennessee on October 10. Louisville Kentucky was chosen for the next annual meeting during the week of October 8 1901. Officers elected include President Gen D S Stanley corresponding secretary Gen H V Boynton recording secretary Col John W Steele treasurer Maj John Tweedale historian Charles E Belknap and orator Gen Archibald Blakely. An executive committee was named and a reunion of survivors of Turchan s first brigade third division 14th army corps occurred on Missionary Ridge this afternoon. Spanish American War veterans conducted a secret session on consolidation proposals among kin dred organizations.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Society of the Army of the Cumberland
Louisville
D. S. Stanley
H. V. Boynton
John W. Steele
John Tweedale
Charles E. Belknap
Archibald Blakely
Pittsburg
Chas. H. Grosvenor
J. A. Burke
James Burnett
W. A. Robinson
R. A. Alger
A. Bird
T. W. Wood
Turchan
14Th Army Corps
Missionary Ridge
Annie Louise sinks after collision near New Haven breakwater
The two masted schooner Annie Louise, captained by Thatcher Dennis, bound from New York to Lewisport with coal, sank off New Haven harbor after a collision with the sloop Minnie C. The Minnie C. crew assisted in rescuing the Annie Louise crew. The Yosemite wrecked vessel’s six crewmen aboard the Minnie C. were later taken on board, following a late night wreck off Black Point.
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Conn
Annie Louise
Thatcher
Dennis
Mass
New York
Lewisport
Cape Cod
Minnie c
Greenport
L. I
Yosemite
Ryder
Cornfield
Black Point
Real Estate Buys by Fish and Plummer Adverts
Real estate notices show Fish and Plummer at 137 Central St seeking to buy multiple cottages and farms. Items include six room and seven room cottages near Gorham Powell and Coral streets plus a 56 acre Amherst New Hampshire farm and a 26 acre Lowell area farm with electrics. Also seeking properties near Bellevue Mid land Pine Belmont Warwick streets and Highlands.
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Fair Grounds
Gorham Street
Powell Street
Amherst
N. H
Coral Street
Bellevue Street
Midland Street
Highlands
Pine Street
Lowell and
Electrics
Belmont Street
Warwick Street
Real estate bargains for central city investment
Several two story and cottage style houses with land parcels range from 2650 to 6000 dollars. Descriptions emphasize central locations near Merrimack square Centralville and depot access with nine to eleven rooms, baths, and modern improvements. Prices forecast rising values as market conditions improve. buyers urged to purchase now for safety and potential bonuses.
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Wood Avenue
Hildreth and
Aiken Streets
Billings Street
Schoolhous Centralville
Geo. B. Coburn
Merrimack
For Sale Rentals and Farms in Dracut and Merrimack Area
Block of real estate notices listing several properties near Dracut Centre and Merrimack square. Includes a 8-room house built 1897 at 1800, a nearly new 7-room cottage at 1100, an 82-acre farm with two tenements 2500, and a well kept 180-acre farm with timber valued for profit. Also mentions new cottages with gas, city water, furnace options, and contact details for price and terms in Pawtucketville.
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L. T
Mt. Ope Street
Pawtucketville
Vdodu
Central St
Kate Scharn’s Death Inquest Opens In New York
The coroner’s inquest into Kate Scharn’s death began in New York after she was found murdered in her Second Avenue flat at midnight on August 19. Emanuel Friend, counsel for Fred Scharn, already jailed on burglary charges, sought release or an immediate trial date. Judge Newburger deferred action pending the inquest result.
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New York
Kate Scharn
Second Avenue
Emanuel Friend
Fred Scharn
Smiley Confession Tied to Chicago Insurance Fraud
Detective Frank H. Smiley claims in a public confession that Dr A M Unger and F Wayland Brown plotted an insurance fraud that killed Marie A Defenbach. Smiley says he was a tool, to receive 1000, while Unger would gain 2400 and Brown 7000, with a mysterious young woman involved as a link to polices.
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Frank H. Smiley
Marie A. Defenbach
Smiley
A.M. Unger
F. Wayland Brown
St. Unger
Brown
Miss Defenbach
the Tribune
Stenexopher
Defenbach
California
New Counterfeit 210 Silver Certificate Discovered
The treasury department announced the discovery of a new counterfeit 210 silver certificate bearing a portrait of Hendricks. The note is a photographic print lacking silk fiber and shows interior workmanship.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Hendricks
Low rent tenements near Northern station and Belvidere
Advertising rental units near Northern station offering three four and five room tenements in Belvidere Centralville and the Highlands. Monthly rents listed as 6.50 7.00 and 7.50 with applications to T. H. Nie 64 Central Street Sees.
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Northern Depot
Aupair
Belvidere Centralville
Highlands
T. H. Nie
Central Street
Portage Flood Destroys Crops as Levees Fail
Four to six feet of water cover the lowlands west of Portage Wisconsin for five miles after a levee break on the Wisconsin river. Buildings and crops damaged, stock drowned, and families housed as a second levee breach occurred overnight near the Northern city limits. No lives lost. several families rescued by boats from isolated homes.
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Wisconsin
Train Schedule Change for Lowell and Nearby Lines
New timetable effective June 10 1900 lists Lowell Middlesex Street Depot departures at 7 15 11 25 a m and 5 2 p m for Taunton New Bedford Newport Providence Pawtucket Marlboro South Framingham and way stations. Connections at South Framingham with Boston and Albany for Worcester Springfield Albany and the west and at Concord Junction with Fitchburg for the Stonington line to New York. Sundays offer 7 15 a m service to South Framingham Mansfield Pawtucket Providence and way stations. Signed Peter Clark general superintendent and A C Kendall general passenger agent.
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Newsport
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Wells River
Montpelier
Essex Junction
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Montrea
Boston Air Line
Quebec Express
Plymouth
Sherbrooke
Express
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vVia
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Wilmington
D. J. Flanders
Gen
H. ¢. Taft
Boston and Maine Railway Timetable Changes 1909
The Boston and Maine timetable corrected to October 8 1909 lists numerous daily trains from Merrimack Street Depot Lowell to Boston and other destinations including Middlesex Street Station Lowell and hourly sails to Salem Haverhill Newburyport Exeter Dover Rochester and Portland. The schedule details numerous departure times on weekdays and Sundays, with specific notes on via steamer routes to St John and Castine and mentions not running Saturdays for some services.
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Lowell
Boston
Middlesex Street Station
Lawrence
Salem
A. m
Haverhill
Newburyport
Amesbury
Exeter
Dover
Rochester
Alton Bay
Lewiston
Skowhegan
Bangor
Belfast
Rockland
St. John
N. B
Halifax
Noreal
Quebec
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