Salem Divorce Sparks Society Sensation in 19th Century
Lizzie G. Fenollosa obtained divorce from Prof Ernest F. Fenollosa in Minneapolis on alleged incompatibility. The Salem born couple married in 1878, lived in Tokio, with two children. one daughter given to the mother and the son died in 1877. Fenollosa, a noted scholar, later became a professor in Japan. The pair are well known in Boston and Salem society.
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Salem
Lizzie G. Fenollosa
Ernest F. Fenollosa
Boston
Minneapolis
Man
Fenollosa
Salem High School
Harvard College
E. 8. Moisé
Japan
Lizzie G. Millett
Needham C. Millett
Mary B. Goodhue Millett
C. F. Dole
Jamaica Plain
Tokio
Ernest K
English High School Reunion for 1859 62 Class
The English High School reunion for the class of 1859 62 met at Youngs Hotel last evening with ten members present. Mr Jonah W Hayden acted as president.
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Young's Hotel
Jonah W. Hayden
Public Garden and Franklin Field Skating Glitters City Ponds
The city centers on Public Garden Franklin Field and Chandler's Pond as prime skating hubs with Chelsea Creek and Wood Island Park drawing crowds. Note Waltham Charles River ice deemed unsafe while Newton and Arlington ponds show strong conditions amid a winter cold snap.
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Franklin Field
Charles River
Newton
Chandler's
Fond
Brighton
Chelsea Creek
Waltham
Oriental Lake
Bruce Field
Malden
Frog Pond
Wood Island Park
Chandler’s Pond
Frighton
Chelsea
Everett
Arlington
Spy Pond
Boston
East Boston
Revere
Winthrop
Finneran
Lake and
Kenrick Streets
Brooks
St. John’s Seminaey
Wool Pond
Kenrick Street
Oak Square
Roxbury
Dorchester
Mary
The
Charles
Riverside
Universal price cut on men and boys clothing
Universal cut down in price across men’s suits overcoats and boys clothing invites shoppers to save money with the special offer.
Watertown Street Railway Rails Finally Revoked Over Arsenal Property
The Newtonville and Watertown Street Railway had a charter to run from North Beacon Street through Four Corners to Prospect Street and over arsenal property, but tracks lay unused as government property rights lingered. Major J. W. Reilly reported from Washington that the grant to operate over the arsenal has been revoked.
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Watertown
Beacon Street
Four Corners
Brighton Avenue
Boston
Newtonville & Watertown
Watertown Selectmen
North Beacon Street
Prospect Street
United States Arsenal
Arsenal Street
Charles River
United States
J. W. Reilly
Washington
Newtonville & Watertown Street Railway Company
Arsenal
Confessionclaims cast doubt on Barbara Aub case
Indicted for perjury in Langerman assault trial Barbara Aub retracts confessing. interview with lawyer reveals she denies the confession while upholding the trial testimony as true. Aunts, relatives, and Door of Hope members influence her, claiming pressure. Further legal action pending.
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New York
Lawyer House
Cowing
Barbara Aub
Walter Langerman
Miss Aub
House
Langerman
Miss Kellard
Minnie ‘J. Cummings
Mrs. Cummings
Barbara
Mary Kellard
BE. M. Whittemore
Mrs. Kauffer
Mrs. Mitchell
Door of Hope
Channing Hall Talk Set for Saturday Evening
The Channing Hall gathering will be held Saturday December 14 at 2 30 at Beacon Street. Rev W Hanson Pulsford leads the discussion on Season xiv The Ten Virgins exploring themes of preparedness and virtue.
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Beacon Street
W. Hanson Pulsford
Highway Commission Hearing At East Cambridge
State Highway Commission held a hearing in East Cambridge for Middlesex residents seeking road work in their towns. Commissioner McClintock was absent at opening. Chairman Perkins outlined the commission’s progress since its two year organization as locals from Groton Ayer Leominster Wayland Concord Townsend Woburn and Lincoln spoke on proposed projects.
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East Cambridge
State Highway Commission
Middlesex County
McClintock
Perkins
Groton
Wholesale Grocers' Association Dinner At Young's Hotel
The Wholesale Grocers' Association held a monthly dinner at Young's Hotel last evening. About thirty members attended and were addressed by Hiram HB Loget.
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Wholesale Grocers’ Association
Young's Hotel
Hiram HB. Loget
Colored suspect Fletcher held on theft and burglary charges
Frank Fletcher a young colored man sits in police custody amid three renewed charges as investigators link silverware found with him to a December burglary at Mrs Pond’s Worcester Street home and a November theft at Orring Saunders’ residence.
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Frank Fletcher
Washington Street
F. E. Pond
Worcester Street
South End
Fletcher
Pond
Orring B. Saunders
Columbus Avenue
Saunders
Whitman and
Shields
Mystic wharf channel spar buoys damaged and ships in tow
One spar buoy marking the Mystic wharf channel is lost and another broken. Tomorrow night Taurus will tow the Bruce Hawkins to the city for repairs after a collision with the Henrietta H. The Mercedes and Memphis report storm damage near Newfoundland and off Bristol and other vessels, including the Taurus and Danish possessions, face quarantine and delays.
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Mystic
Taurus
O’brien
Norfolk
Boston
Barkentine
Bruce Hawkins
Henrietta H
Roman
Warren Line
Liverpool
Mercedes
Philadelphia
Bilbao
Newfoundland
Memphis
Bristol
Montreal
Lont
Danish West Indies
Cuba
St. Thomas
Googins
Savannah
Nobska
Vineyard Sound
Chatham
General Whitney
New York
Katahdin
Bangor
Perth Amboy
R. T. Lowe
Hattie McG. Buck
Marine Hospital
Vineyard Haven
Deer Isle
Charles Cobb Benerom
Tr. Landsman
West Point Examination Ordered for Ninth District Cadets
Congressman Fitzgerald calls a competitive exam at West Point Military Academy to fill a district vacancy. On Wednesday January 1, 1896 at 10 am candidates aged 17 to 22 will be tested in reading writing spelling arithmetic English grammar geography and U S history at the Eliot schoolhouse Tileston street. Examiners include Dr Thomas A Mullen and physicians David A Collins and Walter J Phelan.
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Congressman Fitzgerald
West Point Military Academy
Eliot
Tileston Street
United States
Thomas A. Mullen
Pemberton Square
David A. Collins
Parmenter Street
Walter J. Phelan
Wallace Court
Bolton men gain West Point appointments
Washington dispatch states Charles L. J. Frohwitter of Bolton in the fourth district secured Caldet appointments to the military academy at West Point. D. J. Handrahn of Waltham is named as alternate for the first district and W. Grovenor of Amherst as alternate for the second district.
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Bolton Ee
West Point
Washington
Military
Charles L. J. ‘Frohwitter
Bolton
Mass
D. J. Handrahn
Waltham
Asx W. Grovenor
Amherst
Milk standard violation leads to Cambridge man’s $30 fine
In Middlesex Superior Criminal Court Judge Bishop fined Alexander 8 Ford of Cambridge thirty dollars for possessing milk not up to standard. Newton Police Court fined William Barrett William Aronson Henry Dorsard and Thomas Arsenault for gaming on the Lord's Day. Municipal Criminal Court fined Haward Winslow John Carey John Smith George Pratt Charles Brown Horatio Allen George Connors Frank Pierce William Gook and William Austin for being present in a Warren Avenue building where gaming implements were seized.
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Middlesex
Bishop
Alexander 8. Ford
Cambridge
Newton
William Barrett
William Aronson
Henry Drosard
Thomas Arsenault
Judge Brown
Mun‘cpel
Haward A. Winslow
John B. Carey
John Smith
George A. Pratt
Charles Brown
Horatio D. Allen
George Connors
Frank Pierce
Thurman Dies at 82 in Columbus After Fall Injury
Allen Granberry Thurman widely known as the Old Roman died at his Columbus home at 1:30 PM at age eighty two. The former senator and 1888 vice presidential candidate had been failing since his campaign, with the hip injury from a lounge fall cited as the immediate cause. Born in Lynchburg on November date not shown.
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Chillicothe
Nathaniel Allen
William Allen
Ohio
Virginia
Old Dominion
Chillico
Norman
United States
Noah H. Swayne
Supreme Court of the United States
Thurman
Chilliecothe
Mary Dun
Walter Dun
Kentucky
Columbus
Rutherford B. Hayes
Benjamin F. Wade
Senate
Chicago
Paris
Howe
Wisconsin
Evarts
Allen W. Thurman
Columbus, O
Allen Granberry Thurman
Lynchburg
Ex-Congressman Hezekiah S. Bundy dies at 79 in Wellston
Wellston Ohio reports the death of former congressman Hezekiah S. Bundy this afternoon aged 79. He leaves a widow and a large family including daughters in law of Hon. J Foraker of Cincinnati and Hon. Harvey Wells of Wellston.
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Wellston
Hezekiah S. Bundy
J. Foraker
Cincinnati
Harvey Wells
Beverly ex postmaster dies at 73 in Beverly
Ex postmaster Thomas D. Davis, Civil War veteran and Beverly resident, died at his home aged 73. He was captured May 16, 1864, imprisoned at Libby and Andersonville, survived thanks to Sisters of Charity, and was exchanged after two months. Davis was postmaster from 1869, aided by General Butler, and was a member and past commander of Post 8, G. A. R.
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Beverly
Thomas D. Davis
Libby
Andersonville
Sisters of Charity
Davis
Generals Butler
Post 8
Sala Buried at Brighton Funeral of George Sala
George Augustus Sala journalist and author was buried in Brighton after his death. He had recently joined the Catholic church and the funeral rites followed Catholic ritual.
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London
George Augustus Sala
Brighton
Sala
Were Not Filibusters Inagua Trial
Twenty one men arrested Oct 16 at Inagua Bahamas on foreign enlistment act charges were acquitted after a ten minute jury deliberation. They had been landed from the Delaware steamer bound New York to Haitian ports. British gunboat Partridge seized them, claiming armed status, but the men testified they were laborers with no Cuba involvement.
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Nassau
Delaware
Guba
Inagua
Grand Army Post Entertainment at Stoughton Street Church
An entertainment for the Grand Army of the Republic relief fund was held at Stoughton Street Baptist Church. A large audience heard selections read by Rev. Edward Everett Hale, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, and Hon. Charles Carleton Coffin, presided by Rev. Arthur Little D D. Music by the Henry L. Pierce School Orchestra.
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Relief Fund
Post 68
Grand Army of the Republic
Stoughton Street Baptist Church
Upham’s Corner
Arthur Little
Edward Everett Hale
Julia Ward Howe
Charles Carleton Coffin
Henry L. Pierce
Bargain Clothing Store Opens on Washington Street
Crowds flock to a new clothing shop promising extremely low prices. The ad boasts boys wool suits at 22c to 95c and mens Ulsters and Melton overcoats at 50c to 1.25, claiming value well above $41 for boys and up to $18 for dresses. The store pledges help for the poor and keeps late hours for workers.
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Washington St
Yrar
Melton
Dietit de Wist Baan
le Baas
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English High School
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Chas, Green & Co
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Sunday Post
Robert Conrie
T. Schomberg Wilson
Ulster
Summer Street
Washington 81
Spitz Bros. & Mork Holesaters
Street Railway Company
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George
Washburn
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Highway Commission
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Allen G. Thurman
Fitsgerald
Itwati J Young Traveters
National
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Yankee
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Salehe
Massachusetts Clothing Company
Nept
Massachusetts Clothing Co
My Closer
Hanover
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Coast
Grand Army Post Entertainment
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