Lina Cavalieri Wins $50,000 Settlement in Divorce Case
New York report says Lina Cavalieri has secured a $50,000 financial settlement from husband Robert Winthrop Chanler and that all court proceedings are dropped. The pair allegedly consider a separation, with no divorce planned, amid marital dispute and public intrigue surrounding their Paris wedding in 1910.
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New York
Lina Cavalieri
Robert Winthrop Chanler
Oreste Cavalieri
Chanter
Cavalieri
Dutchess County
Frank Gotch Fails to Throw Americus in Hour Duel
Frank Gotch loses to Americus failing to throw him twice within an hour. The report notes the bout and its outcome against a notable wrestler.
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Frank Gotch
Americus
Sox
Chicago
California
al Mattern
Boston Nationals
Johnson
Langford-Lang
London
Boston Hockey Club
Tony Biddle
Packey McFarland
Oscar Hedlund
Boston College
Addie Joss
Cleveland
Palm Beach Visit Report From Mayor Fitzgerald
A Palm Beach letter from J F Fitzgerald describes balmy weather 70 degree water and 84 degree shade as the season’s warmest. He notes fishing by McDonald and Maynard catching three kingfish, social delights with Boston visitors, a cakewalk at the hotel, and planned baseball and athletic events. He jokes about dukes and royalty while recounting daily rest from a six month tour.
Fire Drives Near-Explosion on U S S New Jersey at Navy Yard
Fire swept a dynamo room near a nine inch shell magazine aboard the U S S New Jersey in drydock at Charles Town navy yard. Sailors fought the blaze in a drill and prevented a catastrophic loss of the ship and its $6.5 million government investment.
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U. S. S. New Jersey
Charlestown Navy Yard
New Jersey
United States
Enrique Muller
U. S
Man dies while firing heat for mother in Braintree
John Donohue perished when a fire set to heat his home on Pleasant Street went out of control. Tenant Mrs. David Ford broke through a door with an axe in a futile bid to rescue him during preparations for the 95 year old mother’s homecoming.
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Braintree
John Donohue
Pleasant Street
David Ford
Donohue
Fire destroys new two story house and Donohue family
Dona hue a retired shoemaker attempted to light a fire with kerosene in a new stove. The two story double house burned. Mrs Ford saved her four children before fainting in the snow. Donohue was found burned in the kitchen. His elderly mother, due home today, had cared for him.
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Donahue
Donohue
Quincy
Gould Stocks for Syndicate
In New York on February 20 a Wall Street report said a syndicate planned to take over most Gould railroad holdings. About $100 million in underwriting would be involved. Missouri Pacific shares were offered at just over $70, and officials confirmed other Gould holdings will be offered shortly.
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New York
Wall Street
Missouri Pacific
Gould
Snowbound Boston Sees Four Inch Blanket
A winter storm delayed shipping along the North Atlantic coast and covered Boston with four inches of snow. The system drifted across New England last night, easing by morning, with forecasts calling for fair and colder weather. Snow crews worked since eight yesterday morning, costing railroads thousands of dollars across Boston and the region.
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North Atlantic
Boston
New England
Cowgirl Beatrice Farnham Heads East from St. Louis
Miss Beatrice Farnham arrived in St. Louis in a leather coat and beaded collar en route to South Weymouth Massachusetts to organize a New Mexico Navajo country colony of Massachusetts society girls. She praised Western culture and planned funding for the venture, staying at the Planters' Hotel as a New Yorker noted the frontier garb.
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ST. Louis
Beatrice Farnham
South Weymouth
Mass
Massachusetts Society
New Mexico
Boston
Farnham
Train Kills Belmont Man at Tracks
John Blackington, 70, of Lake Street Belmont, was struck and killed by a Boston & Maine train between Belmont station and Hills Crossing yesterday morning. Medical Examiner William D. Swan ordered an inquest. police sought witnesses. The engineer says Blackington leapt onto the tracks ahead of the train after signaling posts were passed.
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John Blackington
Lake Street
Belmont
Boston & Maine
Belmont Station
Hills Crossing
William D. Swan
Cambridge
Blackington
Bequeathal for Miss Melvin Highlights Reading Home Bond
The will of Frederick Bancroft a retired Boston banker filed in East Cambridge Court bequeaths Miss M Josephine Melvin a sum of 6000 dollars and free use of a bed chamber with bathroom and well privileges. The document dated twelve years ago notes Mrs Melvin served as his housekeeper at the Reading summer home before he wed a young stenographer from his Devonshire offices.
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M. Josephine Melvin
Frederick Bancroft
Boston
East Cambridge
Bancroft left fortune to housekeeper in family custom
The late Bancroft arranged for his faithful housekeeper and companion of his mother to receive a provision. Miss Melvin, his former employee, recalled his plan to leave money and the use of a bedroom, though she said she would likely take the money but not inhabit the Reading home.
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Bancrofts
Miss Melvin
Princess Lwoff Parlaghy Fights Train Seating Clash
Princess Lwoff Parlaghy arrived from Boston angry that her private car was sandwiched between a vulgar day coach and a smoker. She complained to the conductor who promised to act but did not, so she posted an attendant to control seating and admitted 99 passengers, mostly men, including ex Governor Eben S. Draper and Copland Smith.
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New York
Lwoff Parlaghy
Boston
Eben S. Draper
Massachusetts
Copland Smith
Lexington
Mass
Raymond F. Meyer
Fort Warren
J. Allen Keyman
Cornelis Jackson
Stanley S. Wheelock
Othiers
Russia and China Accept Beijing Treaty Reply
The Chinese legation reported the Russian minister in Pekin expressed satisfaction with China's reply to Russia's 1881 treaty note. This cablegram confirmed Beijing's stance on compliance with the treaty terms.
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Washington
Chinese Foreign Board
Pekin
China
Russia
Crazy Patient Breaks From Somerville Hospital
Michael Norris, 50, a patient convalescing from a throat wound, became deranged and leaped from his bed to escape. He jumped through a ward window to the piazza, ran to Crown street, climbed a stand pipe, crawled onto an arm, and shouted Police.
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Michael Norris
Somerville Hospital
Crown Street
Man in Hospital Uproar After Suicide Attempt
Norris, a Charlestown navy yard boilermaker, jumped through glass in a snowstorm injuring himself. He refused to be restrained until Patrolman William J. Davidson calmed him and he was placed in a strait jacket. He threatened his family and severed his throat with a razor before being hospitalized. Doctors will evaluate his sanity.
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Norris
William J. Davidson
Davidson
Charlestown Navy Yard
Black Hand Case Continued By Court
Milford report: District Attorney James A. Stiles absent, delaying the hearing of Frank H. Costello of Milford on charges of sending threatening black hand letters to Draper Company officials in Hopedale. Costello remanded on $5000 bond for next week.
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Milford
James A. Stiles
Frank H. Costello
Draper Company of
Hopedale
Cook
Costello
Fire on Ship Crew Quells It Before Magazine Threat
The ship’s 300 sailors sounded the alarm, doused flames, and used asbestos blankets to cover the dynamo. The fire was out in under two minutes, narrowly preventing heat from reaching the magazine with shells. Officers warned that small shells can explode with modest heat and pressure.
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Jackies
Boston Area Weather Forecast Then Snow in New England
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair and colder conditions Tuesday and Wednesday with moderate north to northwest winds. National forecast notes snow Tuesday in New England, clearing Tuesday afternoon, then fair Wednesday with brisk north to northwest winds.
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Boston
Vicinity
Washington
New England
Thompson's Spa Schedule Fragment
A garbled schedule from Thompson's Spa lists vague times and references such as 2 a.m. 6 p.m. and 5 a.m. with numbers like 20 16 and 29/19. The text appears to be an OCR mishap with multiple unreadable entries and no clear in scope event.
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Thompson's Spa
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