Dead Woman’s Son Is Also Arrested in Ashford Case
In Willimantic Connecticut on December 21 coroner investigators arrested George Wilson, 32, eldest son of Mrs Julia Wilson, as the coroner and medical examiners exhumed the body and sent organs for analysis. His brother Orin was questioned as Sarah Manson, a suspect, remains in custody in Brooklyn. Mrs Manson begs to die and denies guilt while awaiting possible arraignment and grand jury action.
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Bill
Julia Wilson
George Wilson
Brooklyn
Knight
Hampton
Pr. Robinson
Ashford
Wolff
Hartford
Orin
Gibley
Wilson
Sarah Manson
Worcester
Mass
Manson
Sibley
Laura Biggar's Lawyer Argues Marriage Claim Costs Her Fortune
In Freehold New Jersey December 21 a high profile trial nears conclusion as Laura Biggar Henry Bennett and two others await final testimony. The defense argues proving a lawful marriage would cost Biggar a large share of Bennetts estate and dramatically alter future income as a widow. Mollie Deskin the woman in red will testify no marriage existed and Bennetts recognition of Biggar as wife never occurred.
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N. J
Laura Biggar
Charles C. Hendricks
Samuel Stanton
Henry M. Bennett
Miss Biggar
Bennett
Red
Mollie Deskin
American Hotel
Pittsburg
Mr. Bennett
Troy Girls In Market For Western Husbands
Nora Nelson proclaims Troy to supply Tacoma and other Pacific coast cities with marriageable girls, sparking mail to Troy post office. Letters from Asaph Wilder of Byron California and H Stuppler of Oakland express interest. Some doubt Nora Nelson exists, but two prospects remain for Troy girls to reply.
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Dee
Nora Nelson
Tacoma
Wash
Pacific Coast
Nelson
Asaph Wilder
Byron
Contra Costa County
Cal
H. Stuppler
Fourth Street
Oakland
Alameda County
Crack Fishing Boat Beaten In Short Race
The fishing schooner Helen B. Thomas beat the Fish Hawk in a Gloucester to Long Wharf race by about seven miles. The wind favored the Thomas, giving it the initial and final advantage as the Fish Hawk led briefly by a mile. It remained uncertain which craft is faster in a stiff wind and the Fish Hawk was due at T wharf this morning.
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Helen B. Thomas
T Wharf
Fish Hawk
Gloucester
Long Wharf
Thomas
Wants coal sold honestly to the editor
A letter to the editor complains of dishonest coal dealing in the city. The writer condemns price hikes as coal arrives and urges action to ensure fair sales and delivery.
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Reminiscences by Mrs Cheney at 80 in Jamaica Plain
A tribute to Mrs F D Cheney, a renowned humanitarian leader, who at eighty has penned Reminiscences. The volume recounts meetings with Emerson, Webster, Fuller, Alcott and others, includes anecdotes from anti slavery days, homeopathy, and humor, and reflects on democracy, women’s emancipation, religion, and Roosevelt’s era.
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Jamaica Plain
Emerson
Daniel Webster
Rosa Bonheur
Lydia Maria Child
Elizabeth P. Peabody
Margaret Fuller
James Russell Lowell
Whittler
Bronson Alcott
Cape Ann
Exeter
Prince de Joinville
Louis Philippe
Abby Folsom
Cheney
Wendell Phillips
Francia Jackson
Jerusalem
William Weesselhoeft
Bedford Street
A. Bronson Alcott
Louisa
Mr. Alcott
Stage Matters fessionals on Christmas Day in Boston
Boston readers learn where notable stage professionals will spend Christmas. Names include Martin Harvey Amelia Bingham Mrs. Leslie Carter and many others in cities across the United States. Plans for an actors sanatorium and Christmas engagements at Boston venues are outlined with notable performances and company lineups.
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Amelia Bingham
Leslie Carter
Boston
Alice Fischer
Toledo
J. H. Stoddard
Piqua
Chauncey Olcott
Philadelphia
Charles Hawtry
Chicago
Denman Thompson
New York
H. Sothern
Washington
Elsie DeWolfe
Willard
Frank Danels
Denver
Col
Gertrude Coghlan
Hannibal
James O'Neill
Baltimore
John Drew
Kathryn Kidder
Syracuse
N. Y
Kyrie Bellew
Providence
R. I
Bertha Galland
Robert Mantell
Janesville, C
Richard Manefield
New York City
Joseph Haworth
Robert Holeson
St. Louis
Rose Coghlan
Mobile
Ala
Francis Wilson
John
Kellard
Atlanta
Julia Mariowe
Patrick Campbell
William Courtleigh
Charles Richman
Ris
Janice Meredith
United States
Stuart Robson
Raymond Hitchcock
Iris
Colonial Theatre
Richard Mansfield
Julius Cesar
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