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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1898
Page
5
At 18 Boylston Street Dr. Wilson demonstrated deafness treatments by the National Association of Physicians and Surgeons. The Tuesday crowd filled the auditorium for X ray exhibits and free trial therapies, with six patients shown to regain hearing after short sessions.
Mrs Corallo C. Brokaw, wife of William Gould Brokaw, a wealthy New York yachtsman, was granted a divorce for cruelty and non support and may resume her maiden name Coralie Coudert. She lives at Benefit street boarding house near the County Court. The case drew little contest from Brokaw and was decided quietly.
A Boston notice dated December 7, 1895, certifies Michael Moran, aged 638 years, recovered hearing in his right ear after treatment by Dr. Wilson at 18 Boylston Street. Moran states long-standing deafness since Liverpool years ago and prior diagnoses as incurable.
Mayor Quincy praised the Faith and Hope Association as Perkins's Choremilitant Concert Band gave an unqualifiedly successful subscription concert at Tremont Temple. The program featured chorus and orchestra, with noted solos, and highlighted the band’s smooth tone and technical skill in selections from the Bohemian Girl Faust and Inflammatus, amid enthusiastic reception. The event aimed to aid music in hospitals and public institutions. The performance marked the organization’s Boston debut and drew praise from the audience and city leaders alike.
Reports say an English syndicate is negotiating to purchase both the Big Street Railway Trust and the company’s lit assets in Cleveland Ohio. Local officials have not commented on the potential deal.
The Stetson estate filing lists $427 192 in personal estate and $1 156 000 in real estate with mortgages totaling $558 000. Special administrators Adams Gaston and Pattee seek allowance in coming weeks. the inventory includes deposits, household furnishings, machinery, and numerous promissory notes totaling over $300 000.
Peter S McNally world champion long distance swimmer gave a swimming exhibition at the Cragie dorm natatorium Harvard College yesterday afternoon. He presented styles trick and fancy swimming and performed difficult feats to an attentive crowd of students. Organizing an active Harvard swimming club is proposed by many students due to growing interest and substantial talent at the college.
A message vacat announces the death from heart disease in Mt. Vernon New York of Oscar VY Pitman once a prominent Concord business man. He was about 65 years old and leaves a widow and two children.
Miss De Lorme Mirabel, daughter of a renowned general, was arraigned after shoplifting at a West Twenty-third Street dry goods store. Initially pleading guilty, her lawyer entered a not guilty plea. the case proceeds to trial as Miss Louise Alexander testified to jewelry thefts.
The text notes Mrs. Brokaw left her husband after a dispute and, after a stay in Providence, filed suit and has lived there since. The fragment implies a domestic rift with a husband aligned with a yacht and bachelor friends.
A fragment from a New Jersey page notes the name Frank Chesser, alleged as a 16 year old killer suspect, with uncertain details about a possible involvement in multiple cases.
A brief note asserts KEVANS ALE remains non spoilable with no dregs or sediment and the quality is consistent across all sources.
The narrative recalls a bandit chief once under General Garcia who led his guard in battles but perished with his nephew while defending a mountain pass with few men against overwhelming force. Miss Mirabel testified about two years in the city near Columbus Avenue and One Hundredth Street, confessing temptation by holiday goods and writing a plea to a Cuban benefactor named Gailo to aid her and her children. She was taken to the Jefferson.
Miss Mirabel, speaking broken English, said she planned to return to Cuba on Saturday and denied having a husband. She faces possible transfer to the Tombs unless a friend posts bail. Investigators note pawn tickets found in her possession and she did not explain them.
Miss Alta Sage, grandniece of Russell Sage, marries Joliet farmer William Martens. Sage declines wedding gifts while the new couple begins housekeeping at a Joliet area farmhouse. The piece cites Sage’s views on gifts and recalls earlier family scandals and probate cases connected to the Sage family.
The will contest over Mrs. Anna Sutherland's estate resumes before Surrogate Arnold. Her daughter Katherine C. J. Hagan alleges the mother was an ir responsible spendthrift and habitual drunkard. Sutherland died Sept. 16, 1897, with complex family ties and prior divorces influencing custody and inheritance.
Miss Mildred Rixon, four weeks old and weighing one pound and a quarter, is the smallest baby in Greater New York. Born to Mr and Mrs Thomas Rixon of 165 Dean Street Brooklyn, she gains ounces with tiny feedings and warm padding.
A public notice from the Treasury Department and Commissioner of Internal Revenue states that checks withdrawn by depositors must be stamped. It denies any Attorney General opinion allowing unstamped checks and lists exemptions for official government and municipal payments. A separate passage describes a missing-person style incident involving Lizzie Benjamin and Howard Owens in Boston with alleged elopement details.
Braintree December report about Lizzie, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Benjamin of Liberty Street Holbrook, missing since Monday when she left for school and possibly eloped with farm hand Edward Owens who also vanished. The girl was seen near Owens's employer Mr. Carr’s house on the way to the car.
William Hf Duncan allegedly attempted to murder his wife Marion at 56 Medford Street Chelsea yesterday morning. The assault with a dangerous weapon left a neck scratch and led to Duncan’s prompt arrest.
Washington Preceremon, president of the Mechanics & Traders Bank of Portsmouth New Hampshire, died suddenly today at his brother in law Albert Emerys home in the city He was 86 years old
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