Countess Loveau de Chavanne Returns to New York
Countess Loveau de Chavanne formerly Miss Benson of Brooklyn arrived in New York from France detailing an unhappy marriage to a titled Frenchman. She warns young women against marrying foreigners, cites French social codes, and notes exceptions like the Duke de la Rochefoucauld-Bissacea and Miss Mattie Mitchell. Also mentions Cecil Rhodes amid dangers on the Cape Town railway and Miss Kussner painting his portrait during bombardment.
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New York
Countess Loveau de Chavanne
Yraad
America
Anc
France
Duke de la Rochefoucauld-Bissacea
Mattie Mitchell
Cape Town
Cecil Rhodes
Followed lover to marry in Philadelphia tale of Carrie Kamp
Carrie Kamp 19 daughter of a wealthy shop owner at 252 Germantown avenue elopes with Charlies Hoger. Her father favored David Block, but Hoger won her heart. After conflict and a hospital episode, a marriage is announced and the couple plan to wed,ending a family dispute.
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Philadelphia
Carrie Kamp
Germantown Avenue
Charlies Hoger
Kamp
Uve
David Block
Hoger
Wrong Woman Confined Inmate Mistake Revealed
A Calumet case shows Mary Sureck, a Polish woman, was adjudged insane and sent to Newberry Asylum. Sheriff Lean transported her under court order, but a discovery revealed she was not insane and had not been the person named. The error involved a Finnish woman receiving custody instead.
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Dietroit
Mich
Mary Sureeck
Calumet
Houghton Court
Newberry Asylum
Lean
Newberry
Mary Sureck
New Year's Banquet Hosted by Thomas O'Callaghan & Co
An elaborate luncheon for the workroom employees was held yesterday noon with Mr Barry J Crawford presiding. Mrs Flaherty aided warmly as guests enjoyed abundant fruits and expressed wishes for a happy new year, agreeing to make the event an annual custom.
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Thomas O'Callaghan & Co
Barry J. Crawford
Flaherty
Hibbard Installed as Boston Postmaster on New Year
George A Hibbard was sworn in as Boston postmaster and began a busy first day with a steady flow of congratulatory callers and ringing phones. Assistant Mansfield was installed, Henderson handed over property worth 206895 dollars, and the staff of 717 clerks 709 carriers 100 special delivery and 110 substitutes came under new supervision. Henderson did not attend, with rumors he may start a business.
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George A. Hibbard
Post
Boston Post Office
Executive Department
Mr. Hibbard
Swift and
Tetherbee
Hibbard
Mr. Mansfield
Eix
Henderson
Boston Young Men's Christian Union Lectures Series announced
An illustrated lecture series starts Saturday at the Boston Young Men's Christian Union with invitation tickets available Wednesday. Lecturers include William Hinton White on The South Sea Islands, J J Lewis on Lake Champlain, Arthur K Week on Yellowstone, and others detailing Africa of Today, Old Boston, Ireland, microscopy, and hunting with a camera, all shown with stereopticon views.
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Boston Young Men's Christian Union
William Hinton White
Australia
South Sea Islands
J. J. Lewis
Chicago
Lake Champlain
Green Mountain State
Arthur SK
Boston
Yellowstone Park
Ibert Armstrong
J. M. Barrie
Williams
Old Boston
England
Africa
Boer Republic
United States Survey Department
Thomas Edward Potterton
West Somerville
Mass
Earth
Globe
William Lyman Underwood
Fire in Sacred Heart Church Auction Sparks Panic Averted
In Holyoke on January 1 Father P J Griffin's auction at the Sacred Heart Church altar nearly caused a panic when a decorative board above a candelabrum burst into flame during mass. He leaped to the altar, pulled down the blaze, and the fire was extinguished swiftly. Women fainted, men remained calm, and fear recalled a fatal church fire twenty five years earlier.
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Holyoke
P. J. Griffin
Sacred Heart Church
Father Griffin
Museum Trustees Deny Impropriety in Land Restrictions
The trustees of the Museum of Fine Arts under President Jendícott deny any unfair or improper representations used to obtain the release of restrictions on the land where the museum stands.
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The
Museum of Fine Arts
Jéndicott
Woolen mill raises wages across New England workers
A 10 percent wage increase for 25 000 mill workers took effect yesterday and boosted wages for 15 000 employees at independent firms. The initiative adds about 30 000 to 35 000 dollars weekly to woollen operatives in New England.
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New England
Pleasant surprise at Leopold Morse Co offices
Morning arrival of roses pinks and hyacinths greeted Leopold Morse & Co employees with a card wishing a happy new year and season’s compliments from the staff.
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Leopold Morse & Co
SQUIRE CREDITORS MEET ADVISED BY ASSIGNEE
Assignee H. W. Chaplin reports nearly 800 creditor responses to a circular for Squire creditors. Only one claimant, represented by Hon. George Fred Williams, seeks an immediate meeting with a $20,000 investment claim and a $2,000 loan recovery. Litigation will determine status. Other letters favor Chaplin's judgment on timing and prefer deferral until a clearer statement is available.
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H. W. Chaplin
Squire
Chaplin
George Fred Williams
John T. Squire
Squires
Boston Police Relief Association Meeting Attends Record Low
The annual meeting in Room 41 of the Charity building drew the smallest attendance on record. Vice-President George F. Howe presided as Treasurer Thomas Ryan reported 1900 year receipts of 26 194.22 and expenditures of 25 688.50. The treasury stood at 48 690.64 on Jan 1 1900, up 510.49 from the prior year. Directors elected included George F. Pinkerton and George F. Howe among others. auditing committee named Captain Joseph Dugan Thomas A. Sheehan and James E. Sargent. After adjournment directors organized with Howe elected president.
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Boston Police Relief Association
Charity Building
George F. Howe
Thomas Ryan
Treasury
Association
George F. Pinkerton
Rufus Pessenden
Arthur W. Wyman
Thomas F. Busby
James W. Kelley
John EF. Hughes
Daniel J. Sweeney
John J. McCarthy
Hirram H. Rich
James Colbert
Clarence A. Swan
James P. Sullivan
William Lewis
Amos K. Wright
James J. Curry
Michael Johnson
Joseph Dugan
Thomas A. Sheehan
James E. Sargent
Wollaston Salesman Dies On Train At South Terminal
Melville W. Manning aged years, a salesman for Jones Mc Duffee and Stratton of Wollaston, died suddenly yesterday morning at 7 15 as the train entered the South Terminal. Death was probably due to heart trouble.
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Melville W. Manning
Wollaston
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Crickets Cause Sudden Deafness Restored by Doctor
Charles Blazier of High Bridge New Jersey suffered hearing loss after a cricket entered his ear during a nap. Dr. Knight of Clinton removed the dead flattened insect, and Blazier’s hearing was fully restored after months of deafness.
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High Bridge
N. J
Charles Blazier
Blazier
Gallinger defends actions in civil service probe
In Concord New Hampshire January 1 United States District Attorney Hamblett reported no bill against Senator Jacob H Gallinger after a grand jury session The senator issued a long statement calling the probe a discreditable persecution and asserting he acted at the request of party leaders and without personal stake He said the campaign spent less money than any since 1880 and vowed to continue serving the people of New Hampshire despite the federal scrutiny
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Concord
N. H
United States
Hamblett
Nashua
Jacob H. Gallinger
Charles A. Bussel
Gallinger
Civil Service
Republican State Committee
William E. Chandler
John H. Walker
United States Civil Service Commission
Washington
New Hampshire
Mayor Townsend Survives Freezing After City Hall Fire
In Bowling Green Kentucky Mayor G K Townsend narrowly escaped death when a city hall fire amid near zero temperatures and high winds froze him to the hose and ground. Volunteers freed him as ice formed on his body from head to foot after a wall collapse and water burst. Five men with axes rescued him before freezing could claim him.
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Bowling Green
G. Ke, Townsend
Mercury
G. K. Townsend
Hove
Smallpox Outbreak Expands in East Boston
East Boston physicians surveyed the district again and found another woman with smallpox. The mother of the first girl became ill and was sent to the hospital. About 20 people were vaccinated near the affected houses. The origin of the last two cases has been traced. Dr. Thomas E B Shea cautioned that a few more cases may appear.
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Board of Health Physicians
Boston
Thomas EB. Shea
Seeley Marries Miss Mitchell in New York Ceremony
Herbert Barnum Seeley grandson of P. T. Barnum wed Lucie Mitchell at the bride’s mother's home in New York. The Rev. Matthew A. Taylor officiated. The groom is known for the famous Seeley dinner.
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New York
Herbert Barnum Seeley
P. T. Barnum
Lucie Mitchell
Archibald Paul Mitchell
Matthew A. Taylor
Church of the Holy Sacrament
Seeley
Boston Elevated Railroad elects new 1990 board directors
The Boston Elevated Railroad Company names its 1990 board after yesterday’s stockholders meeting in the Converse Building. Directors include Frederick Ayer William A Bancroft Samuel Carr T Jefferson Coolidge Jr William A Saston Francis H Peabody James M Vander Rast Walter E Swan William Spaulding Nehemiah W Miles Jacob C Rogers and Robert Winsor. A directors meeting is planned for tomorrow.
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Boston Elevated Railroad Company
Converse
Frederick Ayer
William A. Bancroft
Samuel Carr
T. Jefferson Coolidge,Jr
William A. Saston
Franncis H. Peabody
Walter &. Swan
William &. Spaulding
Nehemiah W. Mice
Jacob C. Rogers
Robert Winsor
Faith and Omega Oil Proclaimed as Pain Remedy Success
A promotional voice extols faith driven ventures like Omega Oil, citing bold investors spending up to 875,000 yearly on ads in New England. The piece claims Omega Oil eases rheumatism neuralgia colds in chest sore throat hoarseness and aches from back to joints, urging belief as the key to market triumph.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic
Omega Oil
New England
Americans land at Cabuyao in southern advance
In Manila dated dispatch the Thirty-ninth Infantry lands two battalions at Babuyao near Laguna de Bay. Two Americans die four wounded. Enemy casualties include twenty four killed found in one house and four 6-pound guns captured. rebels retreat to Santa Rosa as Americans push toward Lang. Gunboat Laguna de Bay shells Cabuyao and Calamba and returns for reinforcements.
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Manila
Thirty-ninth
Babuyao
Laguna de Bay
Aguinaldo Family Surrenders at Bontoc
Aguinaldo's wife, sisters and eighteen Filipinos surrender to Major March's battalion of the Third Infantry at Bontoc in the province of that name.
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Manila
Aguinaldo
Major March
Third Infantry
Bontoc
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