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Newspaper
Waterbury Evening Democrat
Location
Waterbury, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
3
Crosby High pupils and some teachers oppose the 3 o'clock study hour. The petition by about 100 pupils may threaten the afternoon session, with critics arguing it disrupts home time and yields little educational benefit.
Former wife of Count de San Savino becomes Mrs. Sargent after marrying Frederick John Sargent, an actor with Otis Skin company in The Honor of the Mommy. Rose Deaven previously wed Paul Maurice Montagne de San Savino and was divorced in London in July 1903.
Exhausted sailors from the French schooner Marcelline reach Port Morlen Nova Scotia after eight days adrift in an open boat. Seven men were rescued ashore with others too worn to stand. The vessel foundered off the Cape Breton coast after a 41 day battle with north Atlantic seas.
Albany reports Attorney General William Schuyler Jackson relapsed and is dying in Albany Hospital after typhoid fever. He recently suffered a high fever and poor night, with a 104 degree temperature reported this morning.
The Concordia hall wrestling card drew a solid crowd as the Windsor Athletic Club opened the season. John West versus Montagna, Cy Morin versus Alex Swanson, and a potential rematch with a $100 side bet highlighted a night of strong grappling and spirited contention. Morin defeated Swanson in two falls, while Montagna defeated West after West claimed an injury foul. Morin later left for Holyoke with plans for more matches, and Montagna issued a 170-pound challenge.
Hackley faces the Unknown in a state headline wrestling match tonight with Shackley at around 115 pounds and the Unknown possibly heavier. Local fans plan to travel to root for Shackley as Thomasson expects a vocal delegation. Earlier Columba Theater bouts in Boston featured Perilli and De Rouen with De Rouen winning the first fall and disqualification in the second for Perilli when foul tactics recurred. Wille Collins of Central Village defeated Kid Mack of Philadelphia in the prior evening bout.
The card features Lundin versus Raoul de Rouen in Montreal, and Ammerleus aiming to beat Yus sif Mahmout in Chicago. Local sports pages preview a busy night with polo and wrestling notes, including tallies, injuries, and veteran adages from Pawtucket to Providence.
Jim Pendergast of Boston is defeated in the third round by Jim Stewart of New York in a Unity Cycle arena bout. Stewart dominates from start and Pendergast’s seconds throw in the towel after a groggy third round. In Savannah, Hennie Riley and Jack Durane extend their late fight after a draw ending with police and seconds separating combatants.
New York, Dec. 18. Peter F. Collier, master of the Monmouth County Hunt Club, must pay 2860 duty on fifty nine hounds imported from Liverpool valued at 1800 each. The collector assessed duties at 20 percent. Collier claimed free entry under paragraph 478 of the tariff law.
The French steamer Pourquot Pes carrying Dr Charcot's expedition waited off Punta Arenas Chile awaiting a south pole search. The crew loaded supplies as reports of ongoing polar progress accompany other items including the Silver Dart's 15 mile flight and note of E J Lucky Baldwin's illness in Los Angeles.
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