Buckner's Tour With Democratic Club Prominent Boston Visit
General Simon Buckner and his wife were hosted by the Young Men's Democratic Club for a day in Boston. They attended Trinity Church for a sermon, toured city sights, enjoyed an Algonquin Club musicale, and ended with the Handel and Haydn Society performance of the Messiah. Several notable politicians visited the Vendome to pay respects.
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Simon B. Fhuckner
Trinity
Donald
Rome
Algonquin Club
Buckner
Handel and Haydn Society
Vendome
Cotterell Reaches Ninety with Boston Origins and Kansas Ventures
Joseph H. Cotterell of Reading marked his 90th birthday with a reception. A former clothing and outfitting dealer on Clinton and Commercial streets in Boston, he owned vessels and recalled a captain who transformed after Cotterell threw a rum bottle overboard. He lived in Kansas after 1888, ran a hotel and livery along the overland route, served as county clerk, and later bought estates. He has three sons, one daughter, fourteen grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren. Robert E. Brigham and family attended from Boston area.
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Joseph H. Cotterell
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Commercial
Boston
Cotterell
Kansas
California
Robert E. Brigham
Robert E. Brigham and Family. Mr. Cotterell
Tragic London Society Suicide Shocks Elite Circles
London society reels over the suicide of 24 year old Mrs Le Champion wife of Loftus Le Champion a scion of old military lines She left a will gifting diamonds to her child Lady De Crespigny and Claude de Crespigny In a final note she pleaded for her husband s forgiveness as her funeral drew dignitaries and De Crespigny kin into mourning.
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London
le Champion
Loftus le Champion
Lieutenant de Crespigny
Guards
Claude
Hurlingham
Lady de Crespigny
Claude de Crespigny
Loftus
de Crespignys
Girl Captures Burglar in Woodhouse at Nyack N J
Sophie Boch a young house helper at Daniel D Demarest s Nyack residence chased a burglar into a woodhouse and secured the door but the intruder escaped when she summoned help. Demarest suspects a confederate opened the door for him. Police or court action not detailed.
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Nyack
N. J
Sophie Boch
Daniel D. Demarest
Sophie
Woodhouse
Mr. Demarest
Face Slap at Union Baptist Church
In New York a court heard Mrs. Purteller accuse Mrs. Bailey of slapping her face in Union Baptist Church. Mrs. Purteller is a deacon's wife and Mrs. Bailey is the pastor's wife. The two women had an argument last Sunday that led to the incident.
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New York
Woman Highway Robber Terrorizes Killingworth
Residents report a series of bold highway robberies in Killingworth, Connecticut, with a tall, heavily built veiled woman as the alleged culprit. In one incident Charles Johnson and his wife were forced to surrender Christmas packages at Ivy Swamp while a revolver was aimed at Johnson. Specials constables are patrolled the roads nightly as authorities hunt for the female perpetrator.
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Conn
Killingworth
Charles Johnson
Clinton
Ivy Swamp
Johnson
B. F. Leonard
New York
Gatage
Separation of Rev Dr Morgan and His Wife in Paris
Paris dispatch reports the separation of Rev Dr Morgan rector of the American Church of the Trinity in avenue d Alma from his wife. Accusations of cruelty and neglect have split his parish, with differing views on his conduct. Mrs Morgan, daughter of Junius Morgan and sister of J Pierpont Morgan, brought a rich dowry.
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New York
Paris
Morgan
Avenue d’Alma
Mr. Morgan
Bride 71 Weds 26 Year Old at Fishkill
Miss Florilla Beebe aged 26 married Ephraim H. Heaton a wealthy widower aged 71 in Fishkill on December 19. The ceremony was brief and the couple did not take a honeymoon. Heaton, who earned his fortune in real estate around Fishkill and Matteawan, reportedly transferred several Fishkill houses to his wife. Heaton’s first wife died less than a year ago, leaving no children.
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Fishkill-On-The-Hudson
Florilla Beebe
Ephraim H. Heaton
Forefathers Day Service At Y M C A Union
Forefathers Day observances at the Y M C A Union featured Hon. Arthur Lord of Plymouth giving Some Scenes in Pilgrim History. A musical program included Mrs. F P Whitney and others with hymns and a responsive reading. Various notable past speakers are named as former Forefathers Day presenters.
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Y. M. C. Union
Arthur Lord
Plymouth
Pilgrim Society
F. P. Whitney
Benjamin Bradley Osthines
William H. Griggs
America
Christian Union
Greenhalge
Fred N. Knapp
Long
Brackett
Richard H. Dana
Albert E. Pillsbury
W. S. Key
Old
Boston
England
A. D. Mayo
Stanley Manufacturing to Increase Capital to 500000
Pittsfield December 20 The Stanley Manufacturing Company makers of electrical machinery under the Stanley system tents voted at a meeting Saturday night to increase its capital from 10000 to 500000 payable February 15. The new issue will be taken by the old shareholders.
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Pittsfield
Stanley Manufacturing Company
Stanley
America's Richest Woman Hetty Green Gives Grand Opinions
The wealthy widow Hetty Green shares sharp views on domestic duties, fashion, politics, and trusts. She condemns bloomers, favors modest skirts, links hashing to divorces, and would vote Democrat to oppose trusts. She advocates targeting individuals who form trusts over attacking corporations and jokes about Choate's future offices.
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Hetty Green
America
Choate
Peace and Good Will in the Lynn shoe shops address
In a Labor Church noon address Herbert N. Casson discussed wage earners in America. He warned against overemphasis on money, urged a return to generosity, and framed Christmas as a human heart concept beyond theology, calling for patience with industrial strife and a focus on humanity.
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Lynn
Labor Church
Herbert N. Casson
America
Atlantic Ocean
Eny
McKinley Cheerfully Greeted by Chicago Crowd at Church
Major McKinley and Mrs McKinley arrived at the Sixth Presbyterian Church on Vernon avenue to a throng of cheering crowds. The sidewalk filled with people unable to enter the church as the procession passed. After services the couple went to the West Side for a private dinner with a relative and spent the remainder of the day quietly.
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Chicago
Major McKinley
Sixth Presbyterian Church
Vernon Avenue
Major
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