Mixed Affairs of the Family in Boston Divorce Case
A Boston divorce case features Annie T. Riley suing Joseph C. Riley for desertion cruelty and intoxication while he files a libel for adultery and intoxication. Testimony spans twenty witnesses as Mrs. Riley describes drunken episodes, threats, and social improprieties. Riley recalls his career and denials. The trial continues, likely lasting into Monday.
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Riley
Joseph C. Riley
Hardy
Annie T. Riley
No Chairman Yet as Aldermen Fail to Elect Leader
The Boston board failed to organize yesterday afternoon while approving a 1,000,000 sewer department loan. A Democratic caucus failed to decide the chairmanship. members expect a decision at the next meeting though spokesmen would not name a candidate. Mayor Hart and council members discussed eminent domain for waterfront land, and union concerns about eight hour laws and layoffs were raised without a final answer.
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Central Labor Union and Building Trades Council
Hart
D. D. Driscoll
Central Labor Union
Fast Boston
Driscoll
Board of Aldermen
Tehan’s Lain
Doyle
Norton
Codman
Traverse
Leary
Bowen
Dixon
Joseph Florey
Wells
Street Department
Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Commonwealth
Morris
P. A. Collins
Yeas
Adams
Day
M. J. O'Brien
P. O'Brien
Gerry
Jordan
Norris
Tinkham
I. N. Murphy
Boston Water Workers’ Union
Water Department
Fast
East
Murphy
South End
Silver Wedding Reception for Commodore Boggs in Cambridge
Commodore and Mrs. Edwin P. Boggs celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at their Cambridge home 336 Broadway. The couple, long active in yacht and social circles, received 300 to 400 guests from 8 to 10 30 p m with parlors decorated in plants and flowers. the event featured no ushers.
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Edwin P. Boggs
Broadway
Cambridge
Boggs
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Hull Club
Colonial
Union and
Exchange Club of
Boston
Oak Buuff
New Bedford
Hull-Massachusetts
Richardson & Bacon
Commodore
East Boston Hearing Tackles Bad Place Image
East Boston residents questioned the dangers of the grade crossing as the special commission heard testimony from Frank T. Arnold and others. Officials warned that high costs could force Boston and Maine to abandon the island, with Webster street closures proposed to reduce crossings. An adjournment to Jan 23 set for further evidence.
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East Boston
Special Commission
Frank T. Arnold
Boston & Maine
Wiggin
William H. Coolidge
Webster Street
Bishop Joseph Rademacher Dies in Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne Roman Catholic bishop Right Rev. Joseph Rademacher has died today. He led the diocese of Fort Wayne and was a prominent church figure in Indiana.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Joseph Rademacher
Suicide at Eastern Hotel Identified as Edward Frank Fullerton
A man who died by his own hand at the Eastern Hotel was identified as Edward Frank Fullerton also known as EE F Sargent. He had ties to Rochester New York and was reportedly married to two women fearing bigamy prosecution.
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New York
Edward Frank Fullerton
EE. F. Sargent
Rochester
N. T
Disparity in ages linked to New York suicide case
Rochester New Hampshire reports compare the dead man in the Eastern Hotel suicide to Frank Sargent also known as Edward F. Sargent. Mothers and relatives recall a pharmacist who left Rochester at seventeen and later lived in Boston. Family notes a wife and two children in the South when NY despatches claimed a single man.
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Rochester
N. H
New York City
Frank Sargent
Edward F. Sargent
Boston
Betten W. Sargent
South
Reverend Preston Reported Seen Alive in Worcester
The Rev. Mr. Preston, ex pastor of St. Matthews Jamestown, long missing after vanishing from a Sound steamer, is reportedly seen in Worcester. His wife Mrs. Preston seeks police help amid a bigamy accusation. Police suspect a man named T. K. Earle linked to local church affairs who vanished December 1.
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Worcester
Preston
St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
Jamestown
T. K. Earle
Daughters of Vermont Host Gentlemen’s Night at Hotel Vendome
The Daughters of Vermont held a gentlemen’s night at Hotel Vendome with performer Mrs. Jeannette Robinson Murphy of Louisville presenting dialect sketches and plantation songs. Music came from MIT’s banjo and guitar quartet and Miss Uelen Wetmore. an informal reception followed with numerous hostesses and ushers listed.
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Daughters of Vermont
Hotel Vendome
Jeannette Robinson Murphy
Louisville
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Uelen Wetmore
David M. Haines
Charles H. Hyde
Arthur M. Curry
Charles P. Phelps
Lillian James
Bertha P. Joslyn
Gertrude Whittier
Elizabeth White
Fannie Bigelow
Wugene Co. Wylie
W. A. Barton
M. T. Pritchard
Walter Clapp, Jr
Moratio N. Parker
Bethelburt N. Parker
BE. C. Wylie
G. A. Webster
Widow of General Henry Granted $30 Pension
Mrs Henry pensioned at Washington set at thirty dollars monthly retroactive to Oct 28 1899 following the death of General Guy W Henry last October.
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Washington
Commissioner of Pensions
Guy .W. Henry
Waumpum bachelor marries widow with daughter in law case
Oliver Everett, long bachelor, marries Delian Kennedy a widow with daughter Eva in Waumpum. The couple, living on Main street, plan to educate Eva and manage Everett's $25,000 estate. Neighbors unaware until the ceremony, some question the motive amid town gossip.
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Oliver Everett
Waumpum
Mrs. Kennedy
Wrentham
Delian Kennedy
Mr. Everett
Main Street
Everett
Iova
Mr. Eiverett
Six Men Freed After Colonial Club Raid Verdict
Six men arrested at the Colonial Club raid on New Year’s night were discharged by Judge Wentworth after a two day trial. The dismissal centered on whether Officer Fay, the government’s chief witness, was a Colonial Club member, and showed he only completed membership steps the night before the raid.
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Colonial Club
Brookline Street
Wentworth
Municipal Criminal Court
Fay
Bryan in Boston at Faneuil Hall Reception and Speech
The Bryan reception committee seeks use of Faneuil Hall on January 30 with a dinner and speeches by William J. Bryan. Mechanics' Hall is secured for the evening public reception and address with galleries for ladies and floor open to all.
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William J. Bryan
Faneuil Hall
Mr. Bryan
Mechanics’ Hall
Bryan
Boston Chamber Protests New England Rate Classification
Boston chamber transportation officials plan a vigorous protest at a New York hearing on January 22 where trunk lines will discuss a new rate classification. Over sixty roads north of the Ohio River join in opposition, with A S Crane H S Chapin W F Berry and W L Winlock named to advocate for New England’s business interests.
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Boston Chamber of Commerce
New York
Ohio River
Chamber of Commerce Transportation Committee
New England
Transportation Committee
A .S. Crane
Witchburge Road
New York, New Haven & Hartford Road
Lieutenant Gilmore Assigned for Temporary Duty on the Glazier
Lieutenant Gilmore formerly of the Yorktown and a long period a prisoner of the Tagals has been assigned to temporary duty on the Glazier in Washington reporting Jan 12.
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Washington
Gilmore
Yorktown
Tagals
Glaeier
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Mrs. Riley
MeGrith
Mie Riley Libellee
M.E Reist
Annie M. Hocix
Catherine Sullivan
Theresa Quinn
Rileys
Eliot Street
Charles N. Christian
Peter Gill
Mr. Riley
Daniel O’leary
Castle Square
Providence
Gill
Annie M. Hock
Saratoga Street
Young's Heel
Europe
William H. Blodgett
Joel Goldthwait & Co
Lucania
Blodgett
Messrs. Goldthwait & Co
Mrs. Boggs of
Rademacher
Rochester, N. H
Fullerton and Sargent
Prank Sargent
Mr. Preston
Henry
D. Menacov Everett
Oliver
Everet
Eva
Ireland
Pawtucket
Lieut. Gillmore
Next Sunday
Robert B. Brigham
James Stevenson
Grace
Mr. Hart
Martin
Melvin O. Adams
John R. Murphy
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