Girls Go A Coon Hunt In Preston County
West Virginia reports describe Preston county daughters of prominent families embarking on a coon hunting party with four dogs, two guns, two axes and provisions. They get lost, return exhausted, and have not captured any coons after a day in the woods. A separate New York scene features a tall Cortlandt Street building’s elderly woman who tends hundreds of carrier pigeons for owners, delivering cipher messages and tracking birds’ records. In Guatemala, the marriage of President Barillas’s daughter drew a national holiday atmosphere with a dowry of four million dollars and a large crowd. An Atlanta Prussian countess, Countess Mein Von Zeldicka, lies near death at St Joseph’s Infirmary, recounting a troubled past with her ex-husband and a missing son. Cross-petitions for divorce surface in London between Baron Howard de Walden and his wife Blanche, and a similar suit by Lady Howard de Walden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Preston County
Cortlandt
Washington Streets
New York
Guatemala
Barillas
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mein von Zeldicka
von Jewitzska
von “Eidicka
Prussia
America
Atlanta
London
Howard de Walden
Blanche
Lady Howard
William Holden
Palace House
Lancashire
Lord Howard de Walden
Dog Poisoners Letter Raises Reward to $100
A Boston guardian raises the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reward from $25 to $100 for evidence leading to conviction of anyone poisoning a dog in Boston or nearby, per a letter to the editor dated December 24, 1891, from Granville T. Angell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of
Massachusetts
GranrGce T. Angell
Dante Illustrated Lecture at Notre Dame des Victoires
Mr. Pierce J. Grace of Georgetown University will give an illustrated lecture on Dante at the Church of Notre Dame des Victoires on Sunday evening December 27. Slides from Block photographs depict scenes from Paradiso Inferno and Purgatorio. Alfred de Seve Signor Campanari and John Craig Kelly will give a sacred concert on the same program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce J. Grace
Georgetown University
Georgetown
D. C
Church of Notre Dame Des Victoires
Isabella Street
Block
Alfred de Seve
Signor Campanari
John Craig Kelly
Christmas Shoplifters Punished in Municipal Court
Three women were punished yesterday in municipal court for shoplifting. Georgia Kimball of Portland was fined 35 dollars on two counts and sent to the House of Industry for nonpayment. Julia Murphy of Brighton paid 15 dollars for goods valued at four dollars that she surrendered. Annie Ray was sent to the House of Correction for a year, having left the facility last August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Kimball
Portland
House of Industry
Julia Murphy
Brighton
Annie Ray
House of Correction
Technology Poloists Win Championship at Winslow Rink
In a championship match of the amateur league at Winslow Rink last evening, the Trimount A. C. faced Technology A. C. The Technology team dominated, defeating Trimount four goals to one to clinch the title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. C
Technology A. C
Winslow Rink
Technology Men
Beacon Society Annual Meeting at Hotel Vendome
The Beacon Society will hold its next regular meeting at the Hotel Vendome on Saturday December 26. This annual gathering has no subject for discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Beacon Society
Hotel Vendome
Harvard Letter on Dickey Society Hazing at College
William Lloyd Garrison calls Harvard officials to curb the Dickey Club and other secret societies, detailing scars from cigar burnings and brutal initiation. He warns that hazing distracts from studies, harms students, and questions university responsibility while urging action to ring in nobler college life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeBaron Russell Briggs
Eliot
Dickey
Garrison
Harvard Square
William Lloyd -Garrison
Dickey”’ Club
Dickey” Club
Institute
Harvard
K. E. Society
Harvard College
William Lioup Garrison
Boston
Open Protest Letter Against Harvard D K E Hazing Practices
Mr Garrison denounces Harvard D K E secret society for brutal hazing including branding with a cigar. He cites six burns from shoulder to elbow, risk of blood poisoning, and argues such acts would invite legal action outside campus. He urges authority to curb the ritual and liquor involvement among students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard College
Cambridge
Fejee Islands
The Bankers in Luck
The grand jury ignored the indictment against Robert Glendenning and George A. Huhn of Glendenning & Co. for siding with ex City Treasurer John Bardsley in an embezzlement scheme of $1,000,000 from Philadelphia. The money was said to be placed with Glendenning & Co. to invest in stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Robert Glendenning
George A. Huhn
Glendenning & Co
John Bardsley
Bardsley
Miss Gordon's Class Presents Christmas Tree for Milton School
Miss Julia Gordon of South District Milton School gave the young pupils a Christmas tree last evening, sharing holiday spirit and a festive moment with the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Gordon
South
Milton
Marriages Include Lambert-Brown Howe-Gay and More
In this city on December 19 and 22, the Rev. Charles L Goodell and the Rev. John A Aughés presided over marriages of Harry Lambert with Catharine Brown and Charles A How e with Ola W Gay. At Somerville and Waltham on December 22 and 28 weddings followed, led by Rev. George W Durell and Rev. E J Young, uniting William E Sweet with Addie G Dedrick and John E Wentworth with Emma L Trask. Additional ceremony in Melrose joined Edward B Eaton and Natalie M Belliveau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Young
D. D
John E. Wentworth
Emma L.trask
Waltham
Eaton — Belliveau
Death notices in Dorchester to Malden and beyond
Obituaries list numerous December deaths across Massachusetts including Jane Beattie Roxbury John Hall Grovenor Murdock Experience Nickerson Elizabeth Rowin Lowell Allen Caroline Adams Buckminster Brown George L Davis Asa B Fenn Royal Paine Anna Elizabeth Willcox Lucretia Blake Nathaniel Dearborn Rebecca G Kinsman Horatio Lesuer Howard P Martin Lydia Smith George H Stevens Mary Helen Baird Henry Tileston Mary E Brown Shattuck Doane family services noted for several, with burial plans and funeral arrangements where given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beattie
Dorchester
Jane
William Beattie
Rockland
Hall
Roxbury
John Hall
Murdock
Grovenor T. Murdock
Nickerson
Rowiin
Elizabeth M. Rowin
Allan
Manchester
N. H
la Grippe
Lowell D. Allen
Samuel P. Allen
Adams
Newton
Caroline P. Adams
Seth Adams
Brown
Auburndale
Buckminster Brown
Davis
North Andover
Mass
George L. Davis
Fenn
J. Quincy Blake
Dearborn
Wakefield
Nathaniel S. Dearborn
Kinsman
Providence
Rebecca G
William H. Kinsman
Winchester
Leseur
Hyde Park
Horatio Leseur
Martin
Winter Hill
Howard Percy Martin
A. Fl
Isaac B. Martin
Smith
Lydia F
ST. E. Smith
Stevens
West Acton
George H. Stevens
Baird
Charlestown
Mary E
J. Henry Brown
Shattuck
Malden
Hannah 3
Benjamin F. Shattuck
States Navy
Samuel K. Doane
Boston
Murray Street
Post State Engraving Coupon Delayed Until Delivery
The Post's State Engraving Coupon will not appear again until engravings are ready for delivery. Absence of several gentlemen whose portraits are essential causes a delay. Hold complete coupon sets until the engraving is announced. those with incomplete sets can complete them when the coupon reappears.
Detective Police Probe After Josephine Brown Murder
Police detained several suspects including Lewis V. Chick and Michael Sullivan near Sudbury House. Press reports link Lawrence figures to a shooting of Josephine Brown, long known in Boston and Lawrence circles, with details about her past and lodging history emerging as autopsy and inquiries proceed.
Languages of Africa and Asia in Geographical Magazine
A summary of Bentleys Dictionary and Grammar of the Congo Language and the rise of philology across Africa and Asia. It notes Congo, Zulu, Swahili affinities, Berlin and St Petersburg language studies, Oriental Paris school offerings, and the move toward practical linguistic knowledge for explorers, merchants, and officers abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Asia
Goldthwaite
Geographical Magazine
Congo
Bentley
Gulf of Guinea
Mr. Bentley
Mr. Laws
Lower Congo
Nyassa
Sahara
University of Berlin
Orient
Nile Valley
Zanzibar
Swaheli
Oriental School
Paris
Men With Tails From Popular Science Monthly Tale
Narrative survey of reported human tails across nations and eras. Mentions Niam Niams in Central Africa with varying tail descriptions, claims from Dr. Trubsch of Constantinople, and accounts of tails in Newcastle, Moi boy in Cochin China, and Papuan natives. Concludes with reference to doctors Priestly and Tolmes noting tail photographs and tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Science Monthly
Central Africa
Trubsch
Constantinople
Hubsch
East
Newcastle-on-lyne
Moi
Cochin-China
Berlin Anthropological Society
Lernate
New Guinea
Geelvink Bay
C. W Tolmes
Atlantic Monthly
Jane
Convivial Hornet Delights a City Lawyer’s Office
A Albany Sun fragment describes a lawyer who keeps a hornet as a daily visitor. The hornet darts through the office chasing flies, sometimes entering for a neighborly visit, sometimes attacking prey, then returning to its mate. The lawyer notes the insect’s behavior and occasional nonprey visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vespa Crabro
Hornet
Fie
Foud
Great Woman Builds High School in Reykjavik for Iceland Girls
A charitable Icelandic lady on her own land has erected a high school for girls, sells heirloom jewels to fund teachers and books, and supports education. Victorine Jeans, a young English graduate, wins Cobden Club prize for a paper on English factory legislation.
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Reykjavik
Iceland
England
Cobden Club
Oxford
Cambridge
Victorine Jeans
India
France
Spain
Roumania
Belgium
Portugal
Germany
Vienna
London Board of Education
Rosa Bonheur
Asylum For Orphans of Artists
Buffalo Bill
Paris
Massachusetts Woman’s Suffrage Bazar
Mile. Szumowska
Paderewski
London
Barber Shop Razor Assault Arrested Man at Cambridge Street
William Cisco, 34, colored, was arrested by Division 8 officers at 12:05 this morning for assault and battery with a razor on Charles Clark in the barber shop at 115 Cambridge Street. Clark suffered a severe gash to the forearm bone and was sent home to Perkins' Hotel, Brookline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Cisco
Division 8
Charles Clark
Cambridge Street
Clark
Perkins’ Hotel
Brookline
Embezzlement charged in Greenwood case
Inspector Dugan arrested Alyan L Green for embezzling 30000 dollars from Mutual One Year Benefit order over six months. Greenwood Municipal Court set 25000 dollars bail for a further hearing. The order is now in charge of receiver S L Whipple.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dugan
Alyan L. Greenwood
Greenwood
S. L. Whipple
Fire damages Lambert Bros building on Brazile Square
Fire crews responded to a brisk blaze on the fourth floor of a five story brick building at 3 o'clock last night. An automatic alarm summoned responders to 53 and 55 Brazile square where Lambert Bros. dealers in glass ware occupied. The fire began in a waste box in a corner and a large pile of plate glass nearby was destroyed, causing about 200 dollars in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazile Square
Lambert Bros
Mrs Holmes Granted New Trial In Organ Company Suit
Mrs Carrie A Holmes loses a $22310 verdict against her father Mr Smith of the Smith American Organ Company. Judge Bond orders a new trial after ruling the jury verdict inconsistent and sets aside the previous ruling in the Superior Court last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie A. Holmes
Mr.Smith
Smith American Organ Company
Bond
Assignee Bond Approved In Court Proceeding
A provisional 15000 bond for Charles W. Gould as assignee of Field Lindley Weicher & Co. received approval from J. G. Bischoff of the Court of Common Pleas. Sureties named are John P. Marquand and Howland Davids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Charles W. Gould
Field, Lindley, Weicher, & Co
J. G. Bischoff
Court of Common Pleas
John P. Marquand
Howland Davids
Chicago's Big Fire Destroys Wolff Manufacturing Plant
Fire in Chicago on December 24 gutted the Wolff Manufacturing Company plant, a plumber supplies maker. Loss estimated at 225000 with 150000 insured, leaving significant damage to the facility and operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiago
Wolff Manufacturing Company
Christmas Services At First Church Berkeley And Marlboro
Christmas morning services and an 11 o clock sermon led by Rev Stopford Wentworth Brooke with communion. The King s Chapel service at 11 am will feature Rev B K Bulkeley of Concord delivering the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herkeley
Marlboro
Stopford Wentworth Hrooke
Last Day's Shopping in Boston Amid Rain and Rush
A vivid glimpse of Boston shoppers braving rain and crowds on the last shopping day. Women contend with packed streets, hiding parcels in deep pockets while merry anticipations of Christmas joys brighten faces despite weather and bustle. Children eagerly await Santa’s gifts as clerks watch wary shoppers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Santa Claus
Windom misstatement on 1891 Treasury estimates defended
Washington notes Treasury reply to a St Louis Globe Democrat claim that Secretary Windom overestimated receipts by 52 million and underestimated expenditures by 67 million for the year ending June 30, 1891. Assistant Secretary Nettleton explains actual figures: receipts 467,907,948.03 and outlays 444,857,768.95, with post report legislation accounting for the excess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Windom
Nettleton
Congress
Postal Service
Merchant charged with attempted blackmail in municipal court
Peter B. Merchant arrested Wednesday evening faced charges of attempted blackmail. He allegedly sent threatening letters to Isaac Esaacson, manager of the Etruscan Art Company, claiming to be a newspaper reporter and demanding hush money. He pleaded not guilty and was held in $1000 to appear before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter B. Merchant
Maunicipal
Merchant
Isaac Esaacson
Etruscai Art Company
de Esaacson
Farmers Meeting Discusses Fruit Culture at Ploughman Hall
The farmers meeting at Ploughman Hall 45 Milk Street Boston will be held Saturday December 26 at 10 am. The session opens with remarks by Mr W. Wood of West Newton and focuses on fruit culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ploughman Hall
Milk Street
Boston
W. Wood
West Newton
Superintendent Jones to Leave Newton Schools
Superintendent Jones of Newton public schools will leave Newton January 1 for Michigan to make his home. He will be succeeded by G. I. Aldrich, former superintendent of the Quincy and Milton public schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Newton Public Schools
Newton
Michigan
G. I. Aldrich
Quincy and
Milton
Fire on Second Floor at 3 Gardner Place
A minor blaze on the second floor of a South Boston dwelling at 3 Gardner Place was put out by Division 6 officers at 12 50 this morning. A lighted lamp ignited clothing causing $10 damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division 6
Gardner Place
Boston
Careful Living and Scott's Emulsion Ad
Losing flesh signals health decline and returning to a healthy weight restores health. A book on careful living explains how to reach this state. Scott's Emulsion of cod liver oil is promoted for use, with free offer and distribution by Scott & Bowny, chemists in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Scott & Bowny
South Sth Avenue
New York
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HE Ming
Iness
Hun
Dreds
Countess
DOG Poisoners
Dante Illustrated
Beacon Society Annual
Johnson
Rugizists
Jolnson & CO
Masa
Pamous Dickey Club
George Bartlett
Board of Regents
Roger Wolcott
W. G. Russell
Club
MR. Garrison
Bankers
Miss Gordon
J. Newman & Sons
Tremont St
the Post
Seanel
No. 3
Allen Place
Station 3
Inkham
Joe
Josephine Brown
Mary Ann Fisher
Pitts Street
Fisher
Billy” Ford
Portland Street
Lawrence
the Sudbury
Albany Sun
Victorine Jean
Women In the
London School Board
Mrs. Holmes
Chicago
George W. Beardsley Piano Co
Boston Post
Kroeger
GLO. W. Beardsley Piano Company
Tremont Street
Tremont Theatre
Farmers’ Meeting
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Thomas Clemml
Richard O’brien
Isoston
Johnew. McKiim
Esquire
Anid Court
Elijah George
Massa Musetts
Samuel Morrill
William I. Bowditch
Ann R. Morrill
Joan W. MoKor
Register
Massachu Vu Setts
Nancy Tye Non
Edward McGlynn
Bigion
Joan W. McKim
Jude
Hidd Ath Geog
Keiser
Wenscela
J. Frank Pickett
Hoston
Adwis Bb
Hale
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