Popular Theories on Women Provide Insight and Scorn
A column surveys global proverbs about women as evil influences, then details women in agriculture studies at Cornell, Zurich academic debates on female professors, and profiles of notable women from Olive Schreiner to Queen Victoria era figures, highlighting suffrage, philanthropy, and beauty standards.
Ohio Family Claims UK Estate Over Hyde Park Heirs
Springfield Ohio December 27 A Urbana attorney claims Alvion Lyman Marion John and Edward Kimble and their sisters Mary Sloat and Anna Miller of near Vienna Ohio are heirs to sixty five million dollars and 3000 acres in England. He says they have traced lineage to Roswell Kimble and a Hyde Park estate via England and the case will be heard in the Court of Chancery next February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Hale Hunter
Urbana
Alvion
Lyman
Marion
John
Edward Kimble
Mary Sloat
Anna Miller
Vienna
England
Court of Chancery
Kimbles
Roswell Kimble
Hyde
George
Hyde Park
Winter Outing highlights 1890s magazines and essays
The January Outing features Ernest Ingersoll’s The Bear's Head Brooch and many winter adventure pieces. It surveys Scribner's Crime and the Law by Recorder Smyth, Cassier's prize articles, Leisure Hour and Boy's Own Paper contents, and notes on The Jews of New York, The Scots Chiefs, and The Irish Element in Medieval Culture with publication details and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Ingersoll
Mount Adams
Active Militia of
Canada
Scribner’s
December Cloak Review
Leisure Hour
Charles Kingsley
Fleming H. Revel Company
New York
Chicago
Cassier
Technical Schools of America
Sibley College Laboratories
Cornell University
R. C. Carpenter
Charles E. Emery
H. C. Spaulding
William Kent
M.E
C. J. H. Woodbury
Manufacturers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Edgar Penney
Thomas Pray, Jr
Leonard A. Blake
J. W. Power
C. E. Price
Cassier Magazine Company
Potter Building
Homiletic Review
J. William Dawson
L.L.D
F. R.S
Robert Watts
D.D
Frank Leslie
Earnest Ingersoll
John Laird Wilson
Olive Harper
Mary V. Norsstell
Puck
Keppier
Dalrymple
C. J. Taylor
Power of an Uncertain Future sermon at St John’s Jamaica Plain
Bishop Brooks confirmed about twenty at St John’s Church Jamaica Plain. His sermon on The Power of an Uncertain Future urged constant effort toward future results and cautioned against fixing the day of judgment or death. He noted life’s transience and the need to live with hopeful uncertainty. Last night he preached at St Peter’s Bolyston where a class was confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooks
St. John’s Church
Jamaica Plain
Bishop Brooks
St. Peter's Church
Bolyston
Marriages Record From December Listings
The notice lists multiple weddings on December 24 and surrounding dates. It names the couples Edward O. Brown and Annie B. Ghen. Joseph Henry Beale Jr. and Elizabeth Chadwick Davy. Edward B. Eaton and Natalie M. Belliveau. Frederick Mitchell Munroe and Elizabeth Lee Bowles. William M. Janes and Marion H. Brigham. Bennett S. Buckminster and Mrs. Lizzie H. Robinson. Edward P. Wyman and Pamilla Uston. Locations include Barnstable, Dorchester, Melrose, Springfield, Westboro, Antrim, and Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Charles E. Stowe
John Brooks
Frederick Mitchell Munroe
Brooklyn
N. Y
Elizabeth Lee Bowles
Sermine Bowles
Mass
Bates—Brigham
Westboro
Walcott Fay
William M. Janes
Marion H. Brigham
Westoro
Buck Min
Deaths Across Several Counties Reported in Boston Area
List of recent deaths from December 23 to December 27 including Harriet L. Allen in Dover Caroline L. Anderson in Scituate and multiple New England locals with ages ranging from 11 to 86. Notices name spouses, residence and funeral details where provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Dover
Harriet L
Jeremiah Allen
Anderson
Scituate
Mass
Caroline L. Anderson
A. Anderson
Blake
J. Quincy Blake
Rutland Square
Bowman
San Francisco
Cal
Philinda G. Bowman
Hollis Bowman
Bangor
Chase
Charlestown
Wells Chase
Cousens
Cohasset
Charles A. Consens
Crafts
Reading
Serena Houghton
Nathan Crafts
Newton
Davis
North Andover
Hilton
Denver
Col
Olive M. Hilton
J. W. Hilton
Fast Boston
Mixter
Plymouth
Lydia ©. Mixter
Jason W. Mixter
Morsh
Melrose
Sarah J
Andrew J. Morse
Boston
Parkman
William Parkman
Parker
Newton Centre
S. J. Parker
G. M. Parker
Mobile
Alg
Roberts
Dorchester
Sarah Jane
Henry B. Roberts
Weston
Harriet L. Weston
Bond
Margaret E
Henry Bond
Cate
Jamaica Plain
William H. Cate
Lincoln
Henrietta Mayhew Lincoln
Barnabas Lincoln
Hingham
McKenney
Sarah McKenney
Sprague
Ashmont
Frances Isabel
Francis W. 2d
Sarah W. Sprague
Augusta
Betton
Chelsea
Elizabeth EF. P
Charles C. P. Betton
Chaffin
Albert
John C
Mary E. Chaffin
Velasco
New York City
Hoffman House
Sarah Jane de Velasco
Lee
Roxbury
William Raymond Lee
Twentieth
Massachusetts Infantry
St. James’s Episcopal Church
Eaton
William Eaton
Dudley Street
Shackford
Brookline
Charles Chauncy Shackford
Edward Ellis
Orchard Street
Simpkins
Abby Harris
John Simpkins
Gammon
William Gammon
Revere Street
Halifax
N.5
Vinton
Longwood
Hammond Vinton
Church of Our Saviour
Merwin
Annie Childs
Elias Merwin
H. H. Childs
Pittsfield
Death of an Old Timer in Transit Service
A Boston West End Street Railway veteran named Bill, age around forty five, died after thirty five years in transit. He worked steadily from stage lines to streetcars, never drank or smoked, was well respected, and traveled about 100000 miles with his car. His body was kept in the stable for mounting as a tribute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Nicholas
Rosa Nouchette Carey
Ida J. Lemnon
Alice Lockwood Kipling
John Boyle O'Reilly
Jane Loring Edmand
Zimmer
Europe
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Robert J. Roberts
Roberts
James L. Gordon
Secre
Vermont
Bill
Lenox Street
West End Street Railway Company
William
Billy
Willie
Boston
Mayor Returns to City Hall Nods Shaw Monument Plans
Mayor Matthews resumes duties at City Hall after illness and signs the order for the base of the Colonel Robert Gould Shaw monument on Boston Common opposite the State House. Work to begin in spring. the Shaw statue by Saint Gaudens has been in progress for three years and will be installed in Boston once the base is ready.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews
la Grippe
Robert Gould Shaw
Boston Common
State House
Colonel Shaw
St. Gaudens
Boston
William H. Long Dies in residence at 43 Monument Avenue
Caterer William H. Long of the United States receiving ship Wabash died yesterday at his home on Monument Avenue due to influenza. A veteran of the Civil War, he served from 1861 to 1865 and was a captain's steward aboard the Wabash. He was active in naval and Masonic circles and well liked by the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Long
United States
Monument Avenue
la Grippe
Grand Army
Fire destroys Johnson property at South Amherst
A house barn and outbuildings owned by W. F. Johnson at South Amherst were destroyed by a Saturday night fire. The blaze, deemed incendiary, began in the barn rear. only a few furnishings and livestock were saved. Loss around $5000 with $2100 insured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amherst
W. F. Johnson
South Amherst
Governor Russell Visits Plymouth and Gunning Stand
Governor Russell spent a Saturday outing in Plymouth visiting Great South Bond. He was hosted by R. B. Blodgett at Manter and Chandler's gunning stand. Few geese were seen in flight and three were killed during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Governor Russell
Plymouth
Great South Bond
Manter and Chandler
R. B. Blodgett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senator Warren
Poli
Eugenie
Sicily
Cornell
University of Zurich
Olive Lehreiner
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union of
Buffalo
Rita Blandi
Cavalleria Rusticana
Queen Victoria
Amelia Louisa Groll
Cleveland
Lord Steward’s
Wyoming
Londen
Lady Dudley
Princess of Wales
Duchess of Leinster
Brooke
Paris
Rotten Row
London
Young Men’s Christian Association
Corner Boyston
Berkeley Streets
The
Century Company
Paternoster Row
Jane Porter
A. ©. McClurg & Co
Et Zimmer
G. P. Putnam's Ons
Salenda
Al&o
Breck
Fitness
Boston Post Building
Boston Herald
Office of the Post
Steward Long
Neweck Depot
Canal St
Thomas J. Rind
Humphreys
Albany
U. S. Army
J.J
Mangea
J.K
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
William and John Sts
Brumpereys
Raymond’s
Mexico
California
Cincinnati
New Orleana
Galveston
San Antonio
City of
Sandwich Islands
Kilauea
Washington
Olid Point Comfort
Richmond
Chronshk
LA Bourgogse
Marseilles
N.ce
Mone Carlo
Mentone
Genoa
Pisa
Naples
Rome
Florence
Italian Lakes
Licerne
Milan
Vemice
Trieste
Groutpes
Adelsburg
Buda- Vesth
Constantinople
Raymond & Whitcomb
Washington St
School St
E. van Noorden &Co
Harrison Ave
Hotels
Young’s Hotel
Parker House
J. R. Whipple & CO
Proprietors
Tremont House
Beacon and
Tremont Sts
R. A. Stranahan
Park Theatre
Neil Burgess
Boston Music Hall
Stoddard
Capital
Tropics
Jerusalnas
Egypt
Nile
Burditt & North
Music Hall
Hollis Isaac B. Rich
Pitou’s Stock CO
Clyde Fitch
Joan C. Rice
Oston Museum
R. M. Field
Evey
Thomas Holcropil
Boston Museum
Clarke—School For Scandal
Hotel Bellevue
Beacon Street
S. R. Smith
Copley Square Hotel
Huntington Ave. and
Exeter St
Copley Sq
F. S. Risteen & CO
TOLLE
State Street
Massachusetts National Bank
Milk Street
Charles W. Perkins
the Post
Tremont Theatre
Abbey & Schoeffel
S. Saturday
Rosina Vokes
Felix Morris
PRE Circus
Mme. Kernhardt
Theodora
Dame de Challant
Cleopatra
Leah
Jeanne d’Arc
Pauline Blanchard
Eis Fecus Philharmonic
Columbia Theatre
Harris & Atkinson
Washington Street
Frohman
E. Dixee
Charles Henry
GLOBE
John Stetsom
Joseph Arthur
Rosenquest & Arthur
Sinbad
Boston Theatre
Eugene Tompkins
Carmencita
Koster & Bial
Primrose & West
Minstrels
Grand Opera House
Proctor & Mansfield
Howard Athene
WM. Harris
Hyde’ S Big Vaudeville Co
KEW Publications
Aes
Boston Almanag
Sampson, Murdock & CO
Franklin Street
Boston Wharf Co
Bosterz Postofice
J. B. Russell
Hastate Street
JON Jeffries & Sons
Ape Vicinity
Devorshire
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