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...junior crew have received their new shell from Waters, and took a practice spin on the river yesterday afternoon...
...trophies for the victorious '87 Yale 'Varsity crew were distributed just before the recess to every member, including the substitutes. The trophies consist of a rolled gold watch charm with a miniature representation of an eight-oared shell on one side, and the name and position of the man to whom the trophy is given, on the other. The design is quite unique, and will be a lasting and useful souvenir...
...fair in aid of the New York Homeopathic Hospital closed Saturday evening. Great interest was shown in regard to the voting for the shell. Harvard at first led, with Columbia a close second and Yale third; but during the last days of the fair, owing to the fact that the fair was held in Columbia's stroghold, that college won by a score of 1,1331. The remaining scores were: Harvard, 1,095; Yale, 69; Brown, 20; Cornell, 5. Harvard, as second, won the set of oars, which was afterwards offered as second prize...
...Fair in aid of the Homeopathic Hospital will be held in New York this week beginning to-day. In addition to the shell which is to be voted to the most popular college, the ladies in charge have added a set of ten oars to be given to the college winning second place. Those who intend spending their vacation in New York should visit the Fair and vote for Harvard. The Fair will be held at the Second Battery Armory, Broadway and 7th Avenue, between 52d and 53d streets, and will be open every afternoon and evening throughout this week...
...alarm was rung in from box 61 night before last for a fire in a large three-story wooden buiding on Mill street, just off Holyoke st. The building is occupied by five shops-the ground floor by a shell-builder and a rod-maker, the second floor by a carpenter, and the third by another carpenter and a slater. The building was valued at about $2,500 and was an utter loss. All except one lost a large part of their stock, in fact little was saved except a few shells and a large part of the slater...