Close game as Company C tops Oaklands 6 to 4
In a tight matchup between Company C and the Oaklands the former prevailed 6 to 4 in a game where the score was tied multiple times. Notable performers included Ramsay Stamsey and Bertwhistle with Snow handling goalkeeping duties for Company C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company C
Oaklands
Ransey
Stamsey
Bertwhistle
Company
Ramsay
R McKillop Starley
Berry
E Bennett Theneuf H
Hbl
Pearson
Burke Wen
Oaklands Bertwhistle
C Stanley
Oak'sards Bennett
Stanley
Oaklands McKillop
Snow
Burke
McKillop
R J. Vignault
Swabey
Kittredge
Polo notes from Worcester and surrounding leagues
Old Pop McKay sits rear in Portland arena as Portland citizens react. Dicky Pierce remains busy with Pawtucket ties, while Malachi Kittredge trains his men at Clinton roller polo rink. Lawrence adds a new surface and team as Bone rises in prominence. Lowell delays home games until Nov 11 due to scheduling, and Boston praises Wootke while Jean Lowell is hailed as top all around. Daly returns in good form after months racing in Atlantic City. he declines Richmond Ind offer to stay with Worcester polo club. Chelsea adds Billy Miller at center and Barney Doherty at halfback, with Tibbits as goalkeeper amid Lowell’s stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Worcester
Clinton
Providence
Chelsea
Lowell
Lawrence
Ixid Houghton
Clinton-Worcester
Houghton
Richmond
Paddy Moran
Indiana
Dan Daly
Atlantic City
Daly
Taunton
Ind
Harry H. Hill
Worcester Roller Polo Club
Collect
Billy Miller
Barney Doherty
Tibbitts
Tib
Fox
Webster seeks entry into Massachusetts Professional League
Webster basketball, not yet in the Massachusetts Professional league, faces a pivotal meeting at Young's hotel to consider John B. McQuaid's admission. Opposition lingers, but a favorable vote could keep Webster from dropping back to the Massachusetts Central league.
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Webster
Young’s
John B. McQuaid
Massachussetts
Worcester
Maynard
Charlie Martens
Ware
Worcester Exchange
Three Good Races Open Nashua Fall Harness Meet
Nashua New Hampshire October opening day featured three strong harness races at the Nashua Fair grounds. Notable performances included Edell by Allerton trained by Humphreyville in the 2 29 trot for an $800 purse, with Lena B finishing strong and Daly Moore in the same field. The 2 25 trot for $300 saw Gadabout leading Susie S and Florence C with John Hooper posting time patterns.
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Nashua
N. H
Nashua Fair Grounds
Indell
Allerton
Humphreyville
Brazilian, Jr
Blk
Hall
Lena B
Blk m
Marston
Daly Moore
Br G
Cox
Maggie
Bm (George
Uane
Gyp
Gordon
Gadabout
Grandallee Vster
Susie S
Doble
Florence C
Brewster
John Hooper
Bristol
World Walker Girard Reaches Fall River on Global Trek
Joseph Girard, offset by a $24,000 wager, walked through Fall River on his round the world journey. Starting in Brussels and crossing Europe, he plans to finish within three years, with fifteen months remaining, as he proceeds toward New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Joseph Girard
New York
Brussels
Belgium
Europe
Jimmy Collins Remains With Boston Club
Boston, Oct. 20. Jimmy Collins of the Boston American club says he will play in Boston next season and will not join the New York American club as rumored.
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Boston
Jimmy Collins
Boston American Club
New York American
Memphis Meet Opens With Strong Turnout At Fall Meet
Memphis Driving association's fall meeting drew about 5000 spectators as ideal weather and a fast track set the tone. The free-for-all pace for wagons was postponed due to darkness. In the 2.08 pace nervous finish between Sir Albert S Nervole and Sphinx S, with Nervole leading into the stretch and a nose finish. The second heat clocked 2.04 1-4 evidencing the track's fine condition.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Driving Association
Albert S
Nervole
Sphinx S
Lipton Chooses Crawford and Fife for Precontest Races
Sir Thomas Lipton invites Col. Sherman Crawford vice commodore of the Royal Ulster Yacht club to coordinate trial races with Designer Fife for next summer’s international contest. Crawford will sail Shamrock III in the cup races on both sides of the water and at Sandy Hook.
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London
Thomas Lipton
Col
Sherman Crawford
Royal Ulster Yacht Club
Fife
Sandy Hook
Col. Crawford
Lasker Leads After 51 Moves In Chess Match
New York Oct 21 Lasker and Showalter of Kentucky played the third game in a seven game series for the Manhattan Chess Club. The adjourned contest after 51 moves left Lasker ahead as the favorite.
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New York
Lasker
Showalter
Kentucky
Manhattan Chess Club
Political shooting affray rocks Arroyo in Puerto Rico
In Arroyo a political shooting affray occurred as a mob attacked Federals who fired back. One man, identified as a Republican, was killed during the morning incident in San Juan Puerto Rico on Oct 21.
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San Juan
P. R
Arroyo
City Council Acts On Rentals And Public Works
The council approved multiple orders by concurrence after debate on legality. Roads and bridges funding shifted to the general treasury, with 2500 dollars for Central bridge repair. Free Huntington hall use granted to Lowell groups and the LHS alumni. A special committee for the Medfield asylum was defeated. voting on a Kirk street paving loan and a west wing stables repair loan faced reversals.
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Board of Aldermen
Huntington Hall
General Treasury
Keene and
Chapel Streets
Central Bridge
Mt. Pleasant
Committee On
Roche
Lowell
Laporte
Pickering
Rochs
Medfield Insane Asylum
Spadl
Kirk Street
Casey
Lowell High School
Next Meeting Place of Methodist General Conference
A church commission of Dr. Henry Spellmeyer and others from New York Ohio Iowa N H S C and South Carolina has studied locations for the May 1904 general conference. Venues Philadelphia Cincinnati and Boston were visited. the book committee will decide after its investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
The
Methodist Church
Henry Spellmeyer
W. F. Whitlock
Ohio
O. R. Miller
Iowa
Arthur T. Cass
N. H
J. E. Andrus
N. Y
Joshua E. Wilson
S. C
Robert T. Miller
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
Book Committee of the Church
General Conference
Good Roads Meeting Of State Board Of Trade
Nashua October 21 delegates of the state board of trade discuss Good Roads. They traveled by special train to Tyngsboro to view the new Massachusetts state highway and were entertained on return by Dr. C. S. Collins.
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Nashua
N. H
State Board of Trade
Tyngsboro
Massachusetts
C. S. Collins
Assassin Caught Near Palace During Breakin Attempt
Paris October 22 The Fiargo reports a man was found early Tuesday attempting to scale the Elysee palace wall. He aimed to hide in the garden to reach President Loubet. Arrested with a dagger and revolver, he is a dangerous anarchist with three prior convictions including two for manufacturing explosive devices. Police withhold his name.
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Paris
Fiargo
Elysee Palace
Loubet
Molineux Trial Seen Record Pace as Witnesses Testify
New York witnesses recount receipt of the poison bottle and its contents during the Molineux murder trial. Cornish and King describe handling the bromo seltzer package while Dr. Coffin notes mercurial poisoning symptoms. The judge calls the day a record for speed with 23 witnesses in five hours, trial to resume tomorrow at 10:30 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Cornish
Molineux
Cornish
Naval Manoeuvres Near Sulebra Island to Start Next Month
Washington reports Rear Admiral Taylor announced naval exercises near Sulebra Island previewing a larger scale search problem than this summer off New England. The combined squadrons will operate early in December with many ships, details pending. After this, Admiral Higginson’s North Atlantic fleet will face the combined foreign fleets in large fleet drills on yet to be announced lines.
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Washington
Taylor
Sulebra Island
New England
Higginson
North Atlantic
New Russian Seaport at Port Dalny Emerging
St Petersburg reports Russia plans abandon Port Arthur as a naval base and create a new Dalny harbor on the Gulf of Pechili in Manchuria. Dalny port and town are under rapid build, with 23 000 workers daily and a projected 18 million dollars in funding to complete the harbor. The city is to be open to all nationalities.
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St. Petersburg
Port Arthur
Port Dalny
Dalny
Gulf of Pechili
Manchuria
Pacific
Russia
Cincinnati Train Collision Injures Twelve People
A Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton local passenger train derailed after hitting an open switch near Elmwood on October 21. Twelve people were injured including C. E. Hayes of Philadelphia Miss Irwin of Glendale Ohio and Mrs. Beck er the conductor's wife who suffered broken legs. Nellie Bleeks of Hamilton broke an ankle and knee cap while Lessie Walter of Hamilton was seriously injured internally.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton
Dayton
Elmwood
C. E. Hayes
Philadelphia
Irwin
Glendale
Ohio
Becker
Nellie Bleeks
Lessie Walter
Lowell Men Fined for Out-of-State Game Birds
Nashua report says Charles Colburn and W H Sullivan of Lowell were arrested in Windham and fined 50 dollars each for transporting game birds out of New Hampshire.
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Nashua
N. H
Windham
Charles Colburn
W. H. Sullivan
Lowell
Lone Texas lynching follows murder convictions
In Hempstead on October 21, Jim Wesley and Reddick Barton, both Black men, were sentenced to death for criminal assault and murder. After a posse overpowered the sheriff in the courthouse, Wesley was seized from custody and hanged in the square while Barton was handed over by attackers and hanged as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hempstead
Texas
Jim Wesley
Reddick Barton
Wesley
Barton
Giant gas geyser sweeps Armstrong county area
Worthington Pennsylvania October 21 The greatest gas well yet struck in Armstrong county if not in Pennsylvania now vents more than twenty million cubic feet of gas every 24 hours. It defies control efforts and lies on the Peter Keerr farm just south of town. The escaping gas could supply a city of 10 000 people.
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Worthington
Armstrong County
Pennsylvania
Peter Keerr
Here
Runaway Injures Mrs Shurtleff and Brooks
New Bedford reports a horse frightened by an automobile caused a runaway. Mrs. Louis E. Shurtleff sustained injuries with uncertain extent and was taken to St Luke's hospital. C. P. Brooks, administrator at the Textile school, was slightly hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Louis E. Shurtleff
St. Luke's Hospital
C. P. Brooks
Chinese Princess Hosts Legation Ladies in Pekin
Imperial princess Yung Shou, Dowager Empress's adopted daughter, hosted a tiffin for legation ladies in Pekin on October 21. English women declined the invitation amid strained relations from the murders of two British missionaries in Hoang province and the alleged miscarriage of justice.
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Pekin
Yung-Shou
Legation
Hoang Province
American rifles for mad Mullah reported in Calico
London dispatch says the Mullah and other turbulent chiefs have been supplied with rifles by Americans and Germans hidden in cotton goods. The rifles inside calico shirting explain consular notes on Somali fondness for calico. Simla reports 23rd Bombay infantry sailing with the Second Grenadiers to Somaliland.
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London
Red Sea
Star Today
Mullah
Decree reorganizes Cuban rural guard into civil military force
Havana on October 21 reports a decree creating a 3008 member rural guard with military structure and civil functions. The force will watch over public order, mainly in the countryside, including headquarters staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Fire destroys Waithfield business block in Vermont
Waterbury Vermont October 21fire gutted the Waithfield village business block owned by Nathan Boyce and housing J B Norton general merchandise the post office and Edward Davis hardware dealer The blaze began about seven o clock total loss estimated near 8000 with about 4000 insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Waithfield Village
Nathan Boyce
J B. Norton
Edward Davis
Fatal Fire Claims Two Year Old In Quincy
A blaze at the Hanrahan home in Houghs Neck destroys the house in the afternoon. Florence Hanrahan, two years old, is burned to death while another child was rescued unharmed. The property was valued at five thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quincy
William Hanrahan
Hough's Neck
Florence Hanrahan
Congressman Russell Nearing Death in Connecticut Home
Danielson Conn Oct 21 The family of Congressman C A Russell gathers at his bedside with little hope he will survive the night as illness deteriorates.
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Frank Mullen
Tom Cotter
Pat O’hara
Bill
Heffernan
Lawrence Eagle
Lexington
Ed. Geers
Dan A
Geers
Billy H
Howard Willets
Heatherbloom
Gedney Farms
Pearl
Des Moines
George H. Ketcham
Middlesex North Agricultural Society
France
Germany
Italy
America
California
Leland Stanford
W. W. Corbitt
L. J. Rose
Sunol
Maude
Palo Alto
Senator Stanford
Munroe Salisbury
Pacific Coast
Prince Direct
Aristo
Guy Wilkes
Director
Reavis
Blackbird
General Benton
Electioneer and Nephew
Pop McKay
Polo Arena
Dicky Pierce
Pawtucket
Malachi Kittredge
Bone
Wootke
Jean
Ellngwood's
Merrimack
Clothing Clothing Co
Clerks’ League
Merrimack Clothing CO
Queenan
Mahoney
Rafter
Blake
Monette
Caesar Misch Fancher
Bourke
Branchaud
Gosselin Seeeene
Reno Seeeee
Nancy Allen
Matty
Earl W
Westcott
Billy Hurd
Woodr
Henry N
Flynt
Seeees
Durland
William P
Palmer
Victor
Bethell
Riley
Della Benton
Draper
Bostons
Lipton
Fres
Norfolk
Walbot Gisbhing Co
Central and Warren Sts
Lowell Textile School
American Rifles
Mad Mullah
Simla
India
23Rd
Bombay Infantry
Somaliland
Cuban Rural Guard
Vermont
Russell
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