Lamera Romance Aged Bell to Wed Shibley of Harrowsmith Ont
Washington December reports Alexander Melville Bell father of the telephone inventor plans to wed Mrs. H G Shibley of Harrowsmith Ontario 54 and widowed with a romance sparked by a photographed likeness He recounts love at first sight and a January wedding his son and nieces approving He was a former professor in London University and later Queen's College Kingston now a Washington resident since 1881
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Washington
Alexander Melville Bell
H. G. Shibley
Mr. Bell
London University
Queen's College
Kingston, Ont
Reunited After Twenty-Eight Years In Norfolk
Guy W. McAllister, once a Massachusetts State Reformatory officer, and his wife, long believed dead, reunited in Norfolk after 28 years. He will resign and move here. The same page reports a fraud case involving Isaac DeWitt Place and Mrs. Hall, with Conkling and an adopted daughter present. prosecutors decry the scheme to gain wealth through a staged marriage.
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Norfolk
Guy W. McAllister
Massachusetts State Reformatory
Concord Junction
McAllister
Engineer Corps
United States Navy
Portsmouth
Massachusetts
Reformatory
Isaac DeWitt
Anna Hall
Vermont
Hirschberg
Supreme Court
Chambers
Conkling
Place
Hall
Seeger
Death by own action ends Honeymoon in Norwalk
James Rooney 29 was found hanging in Norwalk Connecticut after a quarrel on Thursday and a wedding on Tuesday ending a brief honeymoon. Police say the death appears self inflicted and occurred Friday. Rooney, a local resident, had married earlier in the week and the case is under investigation.
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C. M. Selleck
East Avenue
Rooney
Mr. Selleck
Nora Sullivan
Port Chester
Mary Selleck
Policeman Morehouse
Selleck
Norwalk, Conn
James Rooney
Newburg Case Details Conkling Promoter of Fraud
Newburg December 12. The case reveals that James H. Conkling acted as promoter in a fraudulent scheme involving a husband for sale for four thousand dollars. The proceedings outline charges, parties, and potential restitution as the court weighs the evidence.
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Newburg
James H. Conkling
Father drives daughters to independence after eviction over marriage
In St Louis, Joseph Burkhart bans his four daughters from his home for defying his push to marry. The women move to a Fairfax avenue flat, each taking work: Laura sells gloves, Ella and Emma work in a chemical house, Lotta keeps house. Ella and Emma reportedly engaged. Laura considering a proposal. Lotta expected to wed a respected local. Burkhart remains silent, noting earlier protests and stating the daughters must marry by December or leave.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Burkhart
Man Burkhart
Ella
Papa Burkhart
Burkhart
Beau
Laura
Lotta
Emma
Fairfax Avenue
Httle
Dee
Emma Godfrey
Nee Burkhart
Ella Burkhart
Laura Burkhart
Lotta Burkhart
Casey
Count Boni de Castellane and Countess Face Possible Separation
Paris December reports serious trouble between Boni de Castellane and Anna Gould as she refuses further funds for his extravagant projects. He pursues a grand Bois de Boulogne palace with theatre and modern appointments, while relatives urge restraint. Friends doubt a real split, but fear a financial crash may loom.
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Paris
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Jay Gould
Count Boni
Avenue du Bois
Boulogne
Versailles
Count Bont
Monte Cristo
Castellano
May divorcees wed in church amid clerical uproar
London reports a November 2 marriage between Miss Leila Bayard Crooke, niece of former U S ambassador Thomas J F Bayard, and Mr Lyon who had been divorced. The Clerical party protested prompting a different church wedding and a primate issued a formal pronouncement on the matter.
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London
Leila Bayard Crooke
Thomas JF. Bayard
United States
Lyon
Gardiner G. Hubbard Rites Set For Tomorrow in Washington
Funeral services for Gardiner Green Hubbard will be held at the Church of the Covenant at 2 pm with Rev. Dr. Hamlin officiating. Burial will be private at Rock Creek Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers include Justice Brown, Senator Hoar, ex Senators Dawes and Foster, Presidents Gilman and Whitman, Langley, and others. Active pallbearers are sixteen officers and board members of the National Geographic Society led by General A. W. Greely and Marcus Baker.
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Washington
Gardiner Green Hubbard
Church of the Covenant
Hamlin
Rock Creek Cemetery
Justice Brown
United States Supreme Court
Hoar
Dawes
Gilman
Johns Hopkins University
Whitman
Columbian University
John W. Foster
Herbert
Everett Hayden
Henry Gannett
H. F. Blount
W. J. McGee
C. W. Dabney
F. H. Newell
D. T. Day
W. B. Powell
John Hyde
J. B. Wight
Fire destroys store dormitory and post office in Durham
In Durham, fire at Alvin Jackson's rear store at 2 PM destroyed three buildings: the Jackson store, the post office, and the college dormitory for women. The post office fixtures were saved. Total loss about 7000 dollars. Jackson's loss about 2000 with 400 insurance. College students led the fight. no local fire apparatus available. Dover aid arrived late. The dormitory was the Benjamin Thompson homestead and a state owned building was insured.
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Manchester
N. H
Durham
Dover
Jackson
Vesper Service at Young Men's Christian Union
Sunday evening vesper service in Union Hall featured a musical program by soprano Miss Gertrude I Stockwell bass Mr John H Pratt and boy soprano Master Joseph G Hegarty A sermon of practical value by Rev Rush Shippen of Brockton Massachusetts titled Life a Ladder emphasized daily virtue
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Young Men’s Christian Union
Union Hall
Gertrude I. Stockwell
John H. Pratt
Joseph G. Hegarty
Rush Shippen
Brockton
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Dresden
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Parcheesi
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Roger & Gallet
Violet Water
Lamera Romance
Alexander M. Bell
S Pater
Concord Reformatory
Officer McAllister
Boyle Bros
Washington 8&T
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National Supply CO
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