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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1895
Page
8
A short obituary note recalls Sara E. Smith, a 32 year old woman described as a young wife, widow and grandmother. The fragment highlights her familial roles. Further details are not provided in the readable text.
East Boston native, married December 31 1860, greeted first child November 9 1861, amid domestic life details from the period.
A Boston Post feature profiles Mrs Sara Elizabeth Wiggin Smith born August 5 1846 detailing marriage to Frederick N Smith in 1869 service with Third Massachusetts Battery in the Civil War and War era fireman days Her second child Gertrude Shorer born 1862 produced granddaughter in 1878 The note notes she became a grandmother at 32 and lived at 16 Orange Street Boston with a brief correspondent’s call on her life
Mrs. James J. Corbett, wife of the famed boxer, tells of a life shadowed by his fame and fighting. She recalls abductions after fights, his flirtations with other women, and her decision to seek a divorce in New York court as she recounts their years together from courtship in California to marriage and separation.
Chester firm Eureka Cast Steel Company once in bankruptcy is set to reopen at Fifth and Broomall streets under new management. The plant is reported to be in good condition and expected to secure enough capital to restore a sound financial footing and reemploy many workers who were laid off when the works closed.
After six weeks of idleness caused by low coal prices the Colbert Colliery in Shamokin Pennsylvania will resume work on Monday, providing employment to 600 men. The move follows a coal price recovery and signals a return to normal operations for the mine and local workers.
Massive fire sale draws thousands to an event at an unknown location with damaged goods and varied discounts. Vendors advertise 8800 men s wool suits at 8.65 and 1100 boys pants at 1.43, aiming to clear stock amid crowd rush.
Harris Grossman, a traveling pedlar, struck his wife and after she shielded herself with a teapot the weapon shattered. The child Rosie witnessed the assault as neighbors summoned help. Grossman was hospitalized with a fractured skull and the wife was arrested. The girl was cared for by neighbors.
Justice Stover of the New York Supreme Court ordered Charles Ruff a wealthy retired builder to pay his wife Maria 125 dollars monthly alimony and a 200 dollar counsel fee in her separation suit. The Ruffs married 1889 and she, a widow with a child, says cruel treatment forced her to leave repeatedly. She finally departed May 2.
Reading reads varied price cuts on corsets with broken sizes from a range around $1.25 to $8.00 and ventilating corsets noted at 60c to 75c. Additional stocktaking terms appear as garbled sale jargon with mentions of stecktaking stocktaking and related phrases.
The wife testifies that her husband, convinced burglars hid in their home, locked doors and windows, covered floors with flour to catch footprints, used detectives, beat her, fired shots, and kept her from looking out. He disputes the charges, claiming she left him and he paid her to return. He admits nervous temperament worsened by her attempts to institutionalize him.
Lillian Scofield known as the Duchess of Landsmere seizes on an incident with John Jamison at her 120 West Forty-first Street home. He allegedly took her hat and fled, prompting her arrest of him last year for assault and a further dispute over fare on a Boulevard car. The pair’s long-running quarrel resurfaces amid prior killings linked to Hatch. The report notes she refuses to prosecute.
A quarrel resumes between a duchess and Jamison as she grabs his hat and flees near Grand Central Station. A crowd grows while Policeman Weiss shouts for arrest. The duchess, in silken rags, faces Magistrate Simms. she fails to appear and Jamison is released.
Mrs John Liebnow left New York for France aboard the La Bourgogne after selling their household effects and valuables following a row with her husband. Liebnow alleges police and a ex inspector pressured her, while friends say she tired of him. the couple may be called before a grand jury though Liebnow's testimony lacks corroboration.
Funeral services for ex Mayor Hugh OBrien will be held at the Cathedral on Washington Street at 10 this morning with the Cathedral choir and visiting singers. Bishop Harkins of Providence will conduct the mass and Father Bodfish will give the eulogy. Interment is planned at Holyhood Cemetery, Brookline, after private services at 9 at the deceased’s 76 Commonwealth Avenue residence. Pallbearers include Gilbert of the Electric Light Co, Flynn of the Charitable Trish Society, Captain Cundy of the Franklin Typographical Society, Thomas M. Watson of the Catholic Union, ex Mayor Charles M. Palmer of Lowell, Hugh Carey of St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum, Samuel Sias for the family, Bernard Carr, Patrick Maguire, and M. M. Cunniff.
The Ward 9 Democratic Club, composed of colored men, will send a delegation to attend the funeral of the late ex Mayor Hugh O'Brien.
Willis teases Maud about love while Marie explains her despondent look stems from a mishap with water on her new Felix bathing costume. The exchange highlights humorous social chatter in a small circle.
The Celtic and Wolf Tone Literary Associations of South Boston hosted a grand excursion aboard the barge Clifford to Boston Harbor and Lovell's Grove North Weymouth. Prominent Irish leaders, club chiefs, and many members attended withEmmet Orchestra performing and speeches on deck before the group returned at sunset singing Marching Through Georgia and the national anthem.
The New York, New Haven Hartford railroad management will repeat the popular Boston Narragansett Pier excursion on Thursday August 8. Rates are Boston 1.25 and Pawtucket Providence 75 cents with a strictly limited number of tickets.
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