23 Aug 1901
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Newspaper
Portsmouth Herald
Location
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1901
Page
1
Readville Mass Aug 22 about 25 000 attended as Oreacans, praised for a 2 04 14 record, won the free for all in two straight heats. Crescens cut the local track record by three quarters of a second and set a world best quarter trotting 29 4. Lord Derby and Charley Herr faded.
In Beaton last week two Jere McAuliffe company actors Dalydston and Siggins staged a knife duel during rehearsal. An onstage joke by Mr McAuliffe triggered a police response with Officers Brady and Plummer arresting the pair, who were charged with disorderly conduct and inciting to riot and fined twenty dollars each. Mr Herbert now oversees rehearsals at the theatre.
The Oregon has reached Seatrim Wasu with $600000 in treasure aboard. Officers report the steamer Charles D Lana a near-total loss after Behring Sea disaster last July. They also note the July 18 wreck of the San Francisco whaler Grampus near Point Smith, with no lives lost. The vessel was ice bound and driven ashore.
Yokoyama reports signs of an early cabinet dissolution as parliament nears. Diet convening may bring developments, with insiders predicting internal strife. In Alabama, sheriff and 400 men clash with a lynch mob. three killed, others wounded after Bowen’s rape case sentencing. In Oystzan Bay, Columbia defeats Constitution in yacht racing time. debate rekindled. In Ferrantina, Star plant prep continues amid steel strike, minor developments noted.
The newly remodeled Music Hall in Portsmouth opened for the 1901-02 season with Two Little Vagrants. Neva Harrison and Miss Ray Scott led a cast of about sixteen in a well received performance. The stage measures forty seven by seventy two feet, allowing large-scale productions. A new drop curtain by E H MacAndrews and a Fortuny painting titled Academician is choosing the model, owned by the French government and once sold for 122000, drew admiration.
RESULTS FROM RATIONAL LEAGUE INCLUDE Boston 5 Philadelphia 4 in Boston Brooklyn 7 New York 1 at Brooklyn St Louis 3 Pittsburgh 4 in St Louis Cincinnati 6 Chicago 3 at Cincinnati Baltimore 5 Chicago 6 at Baltimore Boston 4 Cleveland 3 in Boston Philadelphia 1 Detroit 0 at Philadelphia Washington 4 Milwaukee 3 at Washington EASTERN LEAGUE Hartford 2 Toronto 2 eleven innings at Hartford Providence 4 Buffalo 0 at Providence Worcester 4 Rochester 1 at Worcester Brockton 5 Montreal 5 twelve innings at Brockton NEW ENGLAND LEAGUE Lowell 25 Nashua 2 at Lowell Haverhill 7 Portland 11 at Haverhill Manchester 7 Lewiston 0 at Manchester
Weather forecast indicates partly cloudy conditions with possible showers across New England on Friday, except eastern Maine, followed by Saturday showers and light south winds. A separate censored bureau note references foreign-born population percentages across U S regions and cites New Hampshire with a specific figure.
Christ Church marks a festival day with services at 7:30 a.m. Holy Communion, 10:00 a.m. Mass and Holy Communion, 10:30 a.m. Song celebration, and 5:00 p.m. Evensong. Music by Gatta under Organist F L Hatch direction.
A New York promoter at Greenacre plans a university named the International School of Psychology to disseminate the new psychology in life and therapeutics. Backers include James A. Hyslop and Rose M. de Valy-Royner, each contributing $100, with departments in various cities and extensions for graded schools and a monthly scientific journal.
News notes from Portsmouth about Hedding Campground Chautauqua gatherings. Reverends Thatcher Deven and a host of local clergy lead sermons drawing large crowds. Sessions include mothers and children meetings, Friday prayer services, and a Sunday program by the Woman's Home Missionary Society.
This extract notes the busy time for post office clerks during summer. With many letters and damaged mail needing processing, the workload grows as staff are short handed and new carriers train during vacation season.
White River Junction on the Connecticut and Passumpsic division of the Boston and Maine railroad hosts a camp meeting from August 2 to September 1, two days of services expected to match past years. Round trip tickets at reduced rates go on sale August 23 to September 1, with returns August 24 to September 2, available at Nashua Junction Manchester Concord and main stations on the Connecticut and Passumpump and Concord divisions.
The Laconia Fair managed by Belknap County and Laconia Grange Fair association will run September 3 to 6 in the city by the lakes. It promises an unmatched display of livestock, farm products, and fancy work with over $3000 in purses for trotting, aiming to draw the best horses on the New England circuit.
Five sailors and one marina escaped from the navy yard prison in New York on August 22 after overpowering and binding three sentinels. The incident was reported in terse detail amid ongoing concern for security at the facility.
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