All Boston Could Not Secure Win Over Cincinnati
Boston failed to score against Cincinnati as Phillips shut them down with superior stick work. Magoon muffed a throw for Boston's only run in the eighth. Bergen starred in the field and at bat. Attendance 2,500. Score Cincinnati 4 Boston 1. Batteries Duncan and Kittridge for Boston Ups and Bergen for Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
Bostons
Phillips
Magoon
Bergen
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Kittridge
Phil Ups
Philadelphia Defeats Chicago In Tight Manor At Home
Philadelphia held off Chicago in a well played game as local pitchers Hughes and Kling held steady while Orth and Douglas matched them. An early fifth inning surge by Philadelphia, aided by timely hitting, gave the locals the lead they would not relinquish, final score 23 to 2 with a 2 260 attendance.
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Philadelphia
Chicago
Muff Gave St. Louis a Winning Start in Brooklyn
McCreery’s muff sparked a St. Louis rally in the third inning as Brooklyn spoiled the early lead. McCann allowed four hits including a double and a triple, plus three errors and a passed ball to yield four St. Louis runs. Harper exited in the fifth, Powell closed in strong fashion, and two games are set for tomorrow.
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McCreery
St. Louis
McCann
Kennedy
Harper
Powell
Matthewson Keeps Winning Streak Alive in Close Victory
In New York on May 21 Matthewson secured his seventh straight win for the college star. With bases loaded and one out, he struck out the final two batters to escape a jam as Nash officiating was blocked by the president. Batteries Matthewson Smith Bowtzman Philipp OConnor. Also reports Davenport Cedar Rapids scores and Southern Association results for Lerma Nashville Birmingham Chattanooga New Orleans Shreveport. Notre Dame defeated Minnesota 5 in Minneapolis.
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New York
Matthewson
Pittsburgs
Nash
Lady Schorr Easy Winner in muddy Newport Oaks finish
Mud and rain mar Latonia Oaks with Lady Schorr taking the $3,430 race easily. Fancywood could not match the Barnes entry after weights favored Lady Schorr, who drew away after the half mile. Grandon failed to threaten. winners listed Tribaline Our Jessye Grandon Lady Schorr South Trimble Ethel Davis.
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Cincinnati
Latonia
Lady Schorr
Fancywood
Barnes
Gilmore
Grandon
Rome Respess
Joplin & Co
Tribaline
Our Jessye
South Trimble
Ethel Davis
Jockey Cogswell Wins Blind Finish on Hinsdale at Newport
The May 2 Newport racing program featured Jockey Cogswell riding Hinsdale to a nose victory in the fifth event after a desperate drive. Cogswell rode with eyes closed from mud as Hinsdale edged clear, with winners listed as Nancy Till, Wedding March, Boys, Unsightly, Hinsdale, and Banquo II.
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Cincinnati
Newport
Cogswell
Hinsdale
Nancy Till
Banquo II
Caviar Repeats Win on Muddy Worth Track at Chicago
In Chicago on May 21, Caviar repeated strong showings on a muddy Worth track after a sale for 5000 dollars by W. L. Lansing. He easily defeated Ohner, Boney Boy and Louisville, with Hampshire, Braw Lad, Minerva, Knight Banneret and Shut Up also racing. In New York at Morris Park, a clear track produced a lively program with two favorites prevailing. winners were Barbara Frietchie, O Hagen, Petra Li, Blues, Candles, and First Whip in head to head finishes.
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Worth
Caviar
W. L. Lansing
M. H. Tichenor
Ohner
Boney Boy
Louisville
Hampshire
Braw Lad
Minerva
Knight Banneret
Shut Up
New York
Morris Park
Barbara Frietchie
O' Hagen
Petra Li
Blues
Candles
Oakland Stakes Meet Produces Three Winners at Muddy Track
San Francisco dispatch reports a muddy Oakland track where Ransch car carried off three victories as four favorites led to the wire. Winners in order included Barney F at 4 to 1, Rey Dare at 5 to 1, Rory Ough, Ostler Joe at 6 to 5, and Montallade at 2 to 1.
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San Francisco
Ransch
Oakland
Barney F
Rey Dare
Rory Ough
Good Hope
Ostler Joe
Montallade
Races at St Louis meet list winners and odds
At the fair grounds Sarner and Petit Maitre were the only winning favorites while rain made the track easy after the fifth race. Winners in order: Talpa 18 to 5 Sue Johnson 4 to 1 Father Wenther 3 to 1 Sarner 3 to 1 Petit Maitre 8 to 5 Jake Weber 4 to L
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Fairgrounds
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Petit Maitre
Talpa
Sue Johnson
Father Wenther
Jake Weber
Constitution Cup Defenders First Paces Off Narragansett Bay
In Bristol Rhode Island May 21 the cup defender Constitution was sailed for a builder's trial. She drifts in light breeze then shows speed and handling under full canvas with steady slicing turns and robust rigging. The test focused on deep water below Bristol harbor to verify design goals.
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Narragansett Bay
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King Edward
Shamrock trials reveal mixed progress in yacht challenge
At Ryde and off Cowes the Shamrock I and II battled in wind and tide with tactics tight and speeds uneven. Shamrock I led early on but Shamrock II closed the gap before Nab lightship, while experts doubted the outcome would favor the newer yacht. Captain Wringe risked a bluff as Sycamore steered, keeping the race close and unclear in result. King Edward will sail as the trials continue.
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Isle of Wight
Cowes
Silkitker
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Nab
Olympian Games Decision Aims Chicago 1964 Host
Paris declared Olympian games will be in Chicago in 1964 and Athens as well in 1904. Greek consul Dr Nicolas Salopppolas says Athens should host and Greece will oppose any move to move the event. He cites history from 776 B C. He expects European nations to recognize Athens claims and send athletes there.
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Paris
Chicago University
Athens
Nicolas Saloppolas
Hero
Simon
Corvelius
B. C
Greece
Saloppolas
Europe
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France
Earlham Opts Out of State Field Meet
Special to the Indianapolis Journal reports Earlham College in Richmond Indiana will not send a team to the State Field meets at Lafayette due to a shortage of competent material. This marks the first time Earlham has not been represented.
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Indianapolis Journal
Richmond
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Athletic Association of Earlham College
Lafayette
Earlham
Washington
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Evansville
Metropolitan
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William CC
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Fillmore
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Crane
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Abegail J. Layman
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Christian Bergman, Jr
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Otto Hirt
Oscar Gresham
Uniondale
Wells County
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William H. Black
Wilkinson
Hancock County
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George W. Sowerwine
World record set in live pigeon shoot at Illinois Gun Club
Springfield May 21 The Dupont smokeless powder championship trophy event at twenty five live pigeons produced a world record as Fred Gilbert Spirit Lake Iowa W R Crosby O Fallon IL and H J Leonce Danville IL each knocked in their hundredth target at 7 PM causing the match to be postponed to tomorrow.
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Illinois Gun Club
Dupont
Fred Gilbert
Spirit Lake
W. R. Crosby
O'Fallon
Lil
H. J. Leonce
Danville
Illinois’ Gun Club
McKinley in San Francisco Asks Youth to Pursue Knowledge
President McKinley reviews about 4,000 San Francisco schoolchildren from Van Ness to Market Street and speaks on the value of education. He notes Mrs. McKinley’s steady improvement and the party’s planned Washington trip if no complications arise. The visit includes a parade, gifts of bouquets, and an ovation along the avenue.
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Pacific
United States
Presidio
General Shafter
Philippines
Cone Rauess
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Vassar College Field Day Yields Records and Victors
At Vassar in Poughkeepsie the first day of field events under good weather drew about 700 students. Four of twelve events were decided with two college records set by Margret Calhoun and Emma Bradley and standouts D. E. Merrill and Julia B. Lockwood. Winners include A. 8. Woods in the 50 yard dash and Merrill in the fence vault.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vassar College
Vassar Athletic Association
Margret Calhoun
Emma Bradley
D. E. Merrill
Julia B. Lockwood
A. 8. Woods
Brooklyn
J. B. Lockwood
Norwalk
Conn
Jay Four Graff Three in City Club bowling duel
Webb Jay beat Lee Graff four games to three in a seven game series for $25 a side at City Club alleys last night. Jay led early and won games one three five six and seven while Graff took games two four and? The second series moves to German alleys next week with scores listing BOP cis business and Graff figures among the tally.
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Webb Jay
Lee Graff
Jay
Graff
BOP Cis
Anderson Driving Club announces June 1 opening date
The Anderson Driving Club fixed opening day for the Anderson meeting as June 1. Best Madison county entries named. At York spring meeting Standstakes won by Sohamus ridden by Lester Reiff. Rax owned by Lord Ellesmere ridden by Danny Maher won Great Northern handicap plate of 5 sovereigns. Zephyr and Velvet Rose sold for 10480 dollars to J C McKinney. Pasig Tipton sales in Cleveland began with 75 horses sold from 30 to 1075 dollars. Weather hindered speed tests. 45 horses on sale. Wisconsin Governor La Follette ordered Sheriff Sheridan to stop the boxing match Charley Berry versus Jake Magner at Fond du Lac. orders warned to enforce ban on bouts.
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Eng
Sohemus
Lester Reiff
Rax
Lord Ellesmere
Danny Maher
Charles A. Winship
Los Angeles
Cal
J. C. McKinney
Terrace Farm
Titusville
Zephyr
Velvet Rose
Pasig-Tipton Stables
Cleveland
la Follette
Wisconsin
Sheridan
Charley Berry
Jake Magner
Fond du Lac
WORK OF THE BIG TURK
Nouroulah the big Turk defeated Ed Atherton Denny Gallagher and Otto Felton in thirty minutes of wrestling time in Buffalo on May 21. Gallagher lasted 3:02 for the first fall and 6:50 for the second, Pelton 5:42 and 3:06, Atherton 7:55 and 4:47 in two falls. The trio lasted 52 minutes total with about two thousand spectators watching the evening’s sport.
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Ed Atherton
Denny Gallagher
Otto Felton
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Pelton
Atherton
Supreme Council elects officers for ensuing year
In Asheville North Carolina on May 21 the Supreme Council Royal Arcanum elected officers for the ensuing year with Joseph A Langbitt of Pittsburgh PA named Regent and A Robinson named Vice Regent among others.
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Supreme Council
Royal Arcanum
Joseph A. Langbitt
Pitsburg
A. &. Robinson
Notable officers listed for St Louis group event
St Louis cited orator Howard C. Wiggins from Rome N Y past supreme regent Holt Apgar of Trenton N J serves as secretary W O Robson of Boston Mass as treasurer Edward 4d A Skinner of Westfield N Y as auditor A T Turner Jr of Boston as chaplain A W Tompkins of New York City as guide Henry Burkhardt of Chicago as warden Isaac W Caulfield of New York City as trustee James M Johnson of Chicago Gen Charles H Prentice of Hartford Conn Clovis H Bowen of Pawtucket R I member executive committee Robert Van Sands named.
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Rome
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A. T. Turner, Jr
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New York City
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Burkhardt
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Ill
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Old Salt in Trouble Forgery Charge Against Ship Captain
William H. Thompson once a sea captain and now a Flower-Thompson Company executive was arrested in New York on forgery charges. Elizbeth H. Reed of the Bronx says she bought a $1,000 Flower-Thompson gold debenture signed by treasurer Nugent, whom Thompson allegedly forged. Thompson was held in $500 bond. In 1872 Grant awarded him a gold watch for saving two lives at sea.
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Elizabeth H. Reed
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Flower- Thompson Company
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President Grant
Former Soldier Charged With Forgery In Manila Scandal
E C Lawrence formerly private in the Thirty third Volunteer Infantry and later civilian clerk in the Adjutant General's office at Manila faces forgery charges for signing Captain Slavens name to checks payable to General MacArthur. Forged endorsements appeared to General MacArthur and to Lawrence. two $200 checks cashed in San Francisco, another in St Louis returned as spurious. Insurgents attacked Nacarlan in Laguna. one Eighth Infantry private was killed. Reports from Pasacoa indicate three American soldiers killed, one native scout captured. MacArthur orders civil department reports for final dispatch. A bill to create a new weather bureau would subsidize the existing Manila Jesuit observatory. The bureau director to earn 2500 yearly and control appointments under civil service rules.
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Laguna
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Deaths Among United States Troops Listed From Manila Cable
General MacArthur at Manila reports deaths from dysentery typhoid fever and other causes with dates and units for several soldiers including George Wilkinson John J Wheelan Robert H MacGaskey James J O'Donnell Walter W Beard Shelby Moran William E Hall George Heeb Charles E Minard Edward W Hockley Henry Sullivan William G Moreland Edward Roxbury Jacob Bueschel and notes transports Hancock Aztec Buford Kilpatrick Ohio Grant Thomas Home volunteers travel details and arrival plans for remaining units.
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Laws for Woodmen of the World Meet in Columbus
The Supreme Camp of Woodmen of the World in Columbus today adopted amendments to the constitution. It backed retrenchment by cutting the board of trustees to five, redirected transfer fees to the emergency fund, and set new rules on sick member dues. The death by own action clause may be eliminated with half of claims paid regardless of death cause. Membership fee reduced to six dollars with a 30 day medical exam deadline.
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Portlands Kapus Dies By Suicide During Insanity Fit
In Portland on May 21 Grs Kapus, aged sixty six, killed himself amid a temporary insanity episode. The report notes the deceased was a United States consul at Salley and connected to Gen pus in the region.
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Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup Advertised Cure All
A vintage advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as soothing teething children, curing wind colic, regulating bowels, and treating diarrhoea. It claims wide use, requests purchase from druggists, and promotes a 25 cent bottle. Also promotes Genn's Sulphur Soap as a facial cosmetic and Hill's ball and whisker dye in black or brown.
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Hill
Allen's First Report Urges Anglo Saxon Push for Porto Rico
Gov Charis H Allen reports to the President on Porto Ricos governance. He advocates a colonial administration model with variations and warns a standard US form won t fit the island. He argues for fresh blood and Anglo Saxon energy to lift the island out of lethargy and accelerate wealth through thrift and effort.
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Charis H. Allen
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Voting Rights Across Racial Lines in 19th Century Debate
The excerpt discusses unequal literacy tests and voting eligibility, noting that enslaved and illiterate Black citizens historically could vote under a constitution, while current law restricts suffrage to those who can read and write. It argues against mass voting suppression and emphasizes persistent racial barriers in ballot access.
Commissioner rules separate stalls need separate tax stamps
Washington May 21 Commissioner of Internal Revenue Yerkes states that a retail dealer in oleomargarine must post a separate special tax stamp at each stall when operating at two or more stalls in a market building simultaneously. If the business is run at different stalls on different days, only one stamp for the market building is required.
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Commissioner of Internal Revenue
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Remains of officers shipped to Arlington Cemetery
The remains of several officers and men killed in the Chinese campaign were disinterred and sent to Washington for burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Among them is Captain Austin R. Davis of the A. and M. C., who fell at the battle of Tien-Tsin where Colonel Liskum also died.
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United States
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Tien-Tsin
Liscum
Court reverses ruling on district telephone rate act
Washington May 21 The District Court of Appeals reversed the lower court in the injunction suit by Manning and others against the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company The lower court had held Congress fixed the district telephone rate at zero a year unconstitutional It is understood the case will be appealed to the United States Supreme Court
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District Court of Appeals
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Chesnake & Potomac Telephone Company
Act of Congress
United States Supreme Court
North Carolina Governor cites suffrage rule at Waldorf dinner
Judge Augustus Vanwick presided the North Carolina Society dinner at the Waldorf Astoria. Governor Aycock urged acceptance of the 1888 constitutional amendment tying suffrage to intelligence, defending it against Northern attacks and asserting its hereditary considerations. The text notes the NC constitution now denies vote to certain individuals under the amendment.
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Rear Admiral Schley Visits Son at Hospital in New York
May reports confirm Rear Admiral Schley, arriving aboard the Wilhelm der Grosse, hurried to Luke's Hospital after learning his son Dr. Jold Schley was seriously ill. The admiral spent the afternoon at the hospital, staying with his son as details of the blood loss and condition emerged.
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