Unconscious Hat Maker In Peculiar Illness At Danbury
Charlotte Pittilla a young hat trimmer remains unconscious after five days in Danbury at Holley Bellaire Co. hat factory. Despite all known remedies she shows no consciousness with only occasional feeble motions and flinching. Foreman Charles Foster described the incident after harsh remarks as she collapsed in the shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danbury
Charlotte Pittilla
Holley, Bellaire & Co
Charles Foster
Foreman Foster
Fiddler Rigo Jancsi Haunts New York Amid Gypsy Fame
In New York on January 12 1889 reports recount Rigo Jancsi the gypsy fiddler whose music bewitched audiences from Casino roof gardens to Lakewood and Colonel Shepard's party. Dr Leo Sommer recalls hypnotic performances drawing attentive women and recalls beating the cantankerous virtuoso after a confrontation over drink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rigo
Chimay
Detroit
Leo Sommer
Sommer
Rigo Janesi
Dr. Sommer
Elliott F. Shepard
Lakewood
Grover Cleveland
Janos
Lucifer
Apollo
George Gould
Mr. Aronson
Carew case stirs Yokohama as governess Mary Jacob linked
In Yokohama Mrs. Carew is charged with arsenic murder of her husband Oct 22 after an Oct 6 illness. Britain’s Maybrick case looms as Mary Jacob, governess, is arrested and said to confess to the murder Mrs. Carew faces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Carew
Florence Maybrick
England
Britten Faces Bigamy Charge Amid Two Wives Claimants
In New York on January 12 Wilfred Britten aged 26 is arraigned on obtaining money under false pretences and bigamy. Two women claim to be his wives. Margaret Lee of Newport Rhode Island describes a life split between two households at Jersey City 736 Ocean Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wilfred Britten
Britten
Margaret Lee
Newport
R. I
Ocean Avenue
Jersey City
Suit seeks $10,000 damages in Albany case
Wellington Van Olinda of Albany sues Edward Thompson a State forest commissioner of Northport Long Island alleging alienation of his wife’s affections and asks for $10,000. Van Olinda says his wife ran a boarding house at 228 North Pearl Street and Thompson used the alias Johnson to visit her at the boarding house and other locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
N. Y
Wellington van Olinda
Edward Thompson
Northport
L. I
van Olinda
Saratoga County
North Pearl Street
Thompson
Johnson
Castellane Baby Due From Paris News Circle
Paris reports a baby soon for the Count and Countess Castellane. The countess is the former Miss Anna Gould, daughter of Jay Gould. Miss Gould married Count Boni face de Castellane in New York on March 4, 18%.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Paris
Countess Castellane
Anna Gould
Jay Gould
Boniface de Castellane
George Gould
Salvation Oil Claims Cure All Pain
A brief ad-like claim touts Salvation Oil as the ultimate pain killer and universal cure. It emphasizes its power to end suffering.
Bostonian Society Holds Annual Meeting in Old State House
The Bostonian Society met in the Old State House council chamber with James F. Hunnewell presiding in President Curtis Guild’s absence. Courtenay Guild read the president’s address on Greater Boston's growth and city finances, noting tax totals, valuations, and projections for 1900. The group discussed antiquities preservation at Faneuil Hall and potential transfer to the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company. New officers were elected and four new members admitted, with treasurer's year results showing receipts of 7170 and expenses 4200, leaving a 2970 balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bostonian Society
Old State House
Curtis Guild
James F. Hunnewell
Courtenay Guild
Greater Boston
Mr. Guild
Boston City Hall
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Indiana State Line
Treasury
James H. Dodge
Guild
Faneuil Hall
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Samuel Arthur Bent
Joshua P. Bodfish
John Lathrop
Benjamin C. Clark
Levi L. Willcutt
David H. Coolidge
Edn G. Porter
Boston Crooks Aboard
William Murphy and George McCarthy two Boston crooks were arrested in New York for attempting to pick pockets on a Broadway car. They were held for trial. Inspector Abbott will testify tomorrow in the case of J. J. Coffey another Boston crook charged with burglary in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William Murphy
George McCarthy
Boston
Broadway
Inspector Abbott
J. J. Coffey
Brooklyn
Abbott
Coffey
Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children Elects Board
The annual meeting elected a long slate of directors led by Charles F. Atkinson and Rev. Edward L. Atkinson. Treasurer Atkinson reported bequests of 25999 dollars and public receipts of 3777.93, with total expenses of 15348.48, about 3000 less than last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Massachusetts Society For Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Charles F. Atkinson
Edw. L. Atkinson
Robert H. Bancroft
Joseph 8. Bigelow
Walter L. Burrage
M. D
John Duckson
William P. Derby
Frank B. Fay
Francis C. Gray
Charles E. Grinnell
George P. Hayward
N. T. Kidder
John Lowell
Ellen M. Tower
Lockjaw Cure Lets Man Eat After Twenty Seven Years
Martin Keio of 1723 Washington street suffered lockjaw for 27 years and lived on liquids. After a five minute magnetic treatment by Dr Henson at Columbia Theatre, his jaw relaxed enabling him to open his mouth. He later claimed he could eat solid food again and bite a turkey if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Keio
Washington Street
Columbia Theatre
Dr. Henson
Bad complexion not saved by Woodbury's Facial Soap remark
A terse quip targets someone with a poor complexion and implies lack of Woodbury's Facial Soap use. The line implies judgment rather than a news event, offering no concrete actions or entities beyond Woodbury's brand reference.
The New Woman and the Favorite Prescription
The article argues that modern women gain health independence through Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It links improved feminine well being to medical guidance, extended use during gestation, and the rise of the New Woman who works and self sustains, aided by the remedy's claimed cures. It cites testimonials and promotes the physician's advisory works and contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
The
Invalids’ Hotel and Surgical Institute of
Buffalo
N. Y
America
Escape and death at Deer Island Hospital linked to insanity
Colin M. Campbell escaped from Deer Island Hospital at 2 AM by breaking a window and leaping to the ground. Nurses pursued him but he vanished and is believed to have fallen into Shirley Gut or the icy water. He was 22, employed by W. F. Leatherbee, and had been placed under observation after arrest for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin M. Campbell
Deer Island Hospital
Starkweather
Campbell
Shirley Gut
Deer Island
Dr. Jelly
Public Institutions Department
Station 5
W. F. Leatherbee
Cambridgeport
Brief Senate and House actions on salaries and committees
A brief session update from Beagon Hill notes the Senate finished in ten minutes. In the House, a recommendation to raise Insurance Commissioner Merrill’s salary was referred to public service. Brookline petitions and a Cambridge water loan proposal were discussed, and several House committees organized with clerks named for each panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Merrill
Evans
Cambridge
Committee On Public Service
Gibbs
Brookline
Committee On Rules
Dallinger
Middlesex
Hobbs Brook
Payson Pond
B. C. Ames
Lawrence
D. B. Shaw
Boston
G. G. Frederick
Methuen
A. E. Hall
Williamstown
H. P. Bailey
Plymouth
E. W. Calkins
Abington
P. J. Kennedy
Holyoke
A. W. Rogers
Sudbury
Fr. H. Pervere
Wellfleet
W. H. Porter
Agawam
Hearing on Patrolman Foley Neglect Charge
A hearing before Police Commissioner Curtis considered the neglect of duty charge against Patrolman James A. Foley. The key issue was whether Foley had been drinking the evening of the incident. The proceeding was taken under advisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis
James A. Foley
Foley
Electric Heat Alarm Co Installs Coal Pocket Thermostats
The Electric Heat Alarm Company wins a Baltimore contract to equip a large coal pocket for the City and Suburban Railway Company. Under supervision of railway electrical engineer Mr. Keilholtz, 100 thermostats will connect to a 100 point test board to detect spontaneous combustion. Previously, thermostats were supplied for the battleship Iowa and gunboats 7, 8 and 9 for shipboard use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Heat Alarm Company
City and Suburban Railway Company
Baltimore
Keilholtz
Boston Merchants Association Elects New Members
At a special executive committee meeting the Boston Merchants Association unanimously elected Lee Higginson & Co Second National Bank and the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company. The banquet program includes opening by President J R Leeson and speeches by Governor Roger Wolcott W Bourke Cochran and William C Cornwell on prosperity and monetary questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Merchants’ Association
Lee, Higginson & Co
Second National Bank
Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company
J. R. Leeson
Commonwealth
Roger Wolcott
United States
W. Bourke Cochran
William C. Cornwell
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Thos. O’callaghan & CO
France
Young Castellane
Corrigan
Justice Andrews
Miss Gould
Count Ds Castellane
Malakoff
Washington St
Adams House
Princess Chimay
Jancsi
Rigo Jansci
Prince Chimay
New
Yokohama Society
Castellane
Bostonians
Mr. Curtis Guild
Greater
Boston Crooks
Woodbury
A. D. Simmons
Emporia
Lyon County
Kan
Bettie Wisecup
Peebles
Adams County
Ohio
R. J. Newton
Bissell
Washington Co
Penn
W. G. Cable
Stecoah, Graham Co
N. C
W. Va
W. J. Mec-Caustland
Ellensburg
Ejittitas County
Wash
Dispensary Medical Association of
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
Main Street
Beagon Hill
Insurance Commissioner's
Boston Merchants’ Assoiation
King of
Pill
Beecham
London
Medora R. Crosby
Camrell & Upham
Old Corner
Washington
School Streets
John Wedderburn & CO
Washington, D. C
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