$100000 Promised to Mrs Shepard in Divorce Case
New York reports that Elliott F Shepard and wife will not reconcile. Rumors place a large support sum of 1100,000 from Vanderbilts relatives if she ends the marriage. Details remain undisclosed amid family assurances. Elliott Jr assistant, with salary and 2500 monthly from his mother.
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New York
Elliott F. Shepard
A. H. Hummell
H. McK. Twombly
William H. Vanderbilt
Elliott F. Shepard, Jr
Twombly
Porto Rico
Young Shepard
Island
Shepard
Family fire attempt leaves South Boston woman burned
Mrs Ellen McCaan of West Second Street South Boston is in City Hospital with serious burns after attempting to start a fire at her father's store on 32 Boston Street using kerosene as a kindler.
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Ellen McCaan
West Second Street
Boston
City Hospital
Boston Street
Higgins and Goodspeed Remanded in Doherty Murder Hearing
In St John New Brunswick Frank Higgins and Fred Goodspeed were brought before Judge Ritchie in Police Court and remanded for three days regarding the murder of Willie Doherty.
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ST. John, N. B
Frank Higgins
Fred Goodspeed
Willie Doherty
Ritchie
Sargent Outlines Boston Port Immigration Needs
United States Commissioner-General of Immigration Frank P. Sargent spoke at the Exchange Club a Boston Chamber of Commerce dinner on port needs. He urged improved detention quarters and outlined immigration policy, noting steerage arrivals have tripled and head tax income exceeds port expenditures. He will take views to Secretary Shaw in Washington tonight.
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United States
Frank P. Sargent
Exchange Club
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Leroy S. Brown
Lincoln
George B. Billings
Boston
C. P. Jameson
R. H. Farley
Dominion Steamship Line
George Bray
F. C. Houghton
Leyland Steamship Line
Mr. Edwards
Cunard Steamship Line
A. & Crane
Boston & Maine Railroad
William F. Humphrey
Boston Towboat Company
Maritime Committee of the Chamber
E. G. Preston
Chamber of Commerce
BE. H. Downing
Ocean Steamship Company
J. F. Masters
Dominion Atlantic Steamship One
Sargent
Department
Washington
Shaw
Mrs Deacon Denies Daughters Romantic Link
Paris dispatch reports Mrs Deacon denying rumors of a romance between her daughter and the German Emperor's son. Miss Deacon, at Versailles, says the claims are fabrication and that the children were too young to form such a bond. She seeks a quiet life away from public scrutiny in the Marie Antoinette era surroundings.
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Paris
Boston Woman Heroine in Stockholm Parliament Episode
Miss Jessie Forsyth of Boston recounts her arrest in the Swedish House of Commons during the Good Templars session in Stockholm. She describes meeting King Oscar and the humorous clash over a ceremonial mace, with Malins and a janitor involved. The King greeted delegates warmly and offered a palace tour after a brief audience.
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Boston
Sweden
House of Parliament
Jessie Forsyth
Eustis Street
House of Commons
Good Templars
Stockholm
Miss Forsyth
Post
Oscar
Good Templar
Malins
Birmingham
Mr. Malins
Klub
Horner
Jhssipd Forsyth
Mrs. Jack Gardner Covers Large Tablet in Her Palace
Neighbors are puzzled as Mrs. Jack Gardner covered a large carved tablet in the north wall of her palace in the Fens with a marble slab. The purpose of the tablet remains unknown and observers wonder if it will be inscribed or left blank.
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Jack Gardner
The
Fens
Sketch of Marble Slab in Mrs. Jack Gardner's Palace
A sketch depicts a marble slab covering a tablet on a table within Mrs. Jack Gardner's palace in the Fens. The drawing highlights the arrangement and architectural setting, noting the room's ornate style and the slab’s positioning over the tablet.
Banana Causes Man to Fall Overboard at Long Wharf
J. K. Devine of 86 Washington street is treated at the Relief Station for scalp wounds and internal injuries after slipping on a banana peel aboard a vessel at Long wharf and falling into the water.
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J. K. Devine
Washington Street
Long Wharf
Casey Held for Grand Jury in Roxbury Case
Peter Casey was bound over for the grand jury after being accused of assaulting and robbing Mrs. Josephine A. Doherty at her home 10 Humboldt Park Roxbury. He could not post bond and was sent to Charles Street jail.
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Peter Casey
Josephine A. Doherty
Humboldt Park, Roxbury
Roxbury
Grand
Charles Street
The Hound of Baskerville Adventure Captures Holmes
A synopsis recalls Sir Charles Baskerville's death at Baskerville Hall and the legendary spectral hound. Dr. Mortimer introduces Sir Henry Baskerville, Holmes warns against going alone, and Watson travels with Henry toward Dartmoor while a cabby with a black beard shadowed them. A haunting night follows.
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A. Conan Doyle
Sir Charles Baskerville
Rich
Baskerville Hall
Dr. Mortimer
Sherlock Holmes
Baskervilles
Hugo Baskerville
Hugo
Mortimer
Sir Charles
Henry Baskerville
America
Holmes
Sir Henry
Amy
Hell
Dartmoor
Barrymore
Watson
Dr. Watson
The Baskerville Mystery Opens Its Morning Mood
Dr Watson walks the moor seeking clues to Sir Charles Baskerville death and the Barrymore telegram while Sir Henry Baskerville’s future hangs in balance. A naturalist named Stapleton introduces himself as Holmes remains away, and new theories about the legendary hound arise.
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Ing
The
Times
Sir Henry
Barrymores
Baronet
Holmes
Dr. Mortimer
Dr. Watson
Charles
Henry
Fire at Pike's Opera House roars through sub-cellar blaze
In Cincinnati on Aug 15 delegates of the International Typographical Union fled Pike's Opera House as fire broke out in a grocery sub-cellar. A boy smoking caused the blaze. Fire fought for an hour, total loss estimated at 75000 dollars.
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Cincinnati
Pike's Opera House
George Joffee
Gosnay Files Bankruptcy Petition in Wakefield
Florence Gosnay of Wakefield is mentioned as under guardianship to Mrs. F B Fay when her father filed a bankruptcy petition. The harness maker is named as the petitioner with liabilities listed at 4060 and no assets.
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Florence Gosnay
Wakefield
F. B. Fay
Gosnay
Four Women Take Final Vows as Mercy Sisters in Portland
Four young women today professed final vows as Sisters of Mercy in Portland. The ceremony, presided by Right Rev. Bishop O Connell, included Mary C Murphy at St Mary Edmund Joseph Bangor Honora J Scanlan at St Mary Emanuel Joseph Deering Margaret A Toohey at St Xavier Aquinas Hallowell and Ellen Cotter at St Mary Alexis St Sylvester Canada.
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Portland
Sisters of Mercy
O'Connell
Mary C. Murphy
St. Mary Edmund Joseph
Bangor
Honora J. Scanlan
St. Mary Emanuel Joseph
Deering
Margaret A. Toohey
St. Xavier Aquinas
Hallowell
Ellen Cotter
St. Mary Alexis
St. Sylvester
Canada
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W. L. Douglas
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Doug Re
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Masa
Summer Street
Art St
Cor.h Ward
Doherty
Norway
Privy Council
Altthough
Tie
Anheuser -Buschs Trader
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass
St. Louis
Jack
the Fens
Casey
Conan Doyle
Stapletons
Merripit House
Mrs. Barrymore
Regent Street
Grimpen
Mr. Barrymore
London
England
Baskerville
Res Dog
Sir Trend
Stapleton
Gosnay Fetitions
Cally
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