Duchess of Aosta Looses Love and Move to Separate Rooms
Rome dispatch reports the Duchess Helene of Orleans, wife of the Duke of Aosta, has separated from her husband. She moved to separate apartments while still under the same roof, and has spoken with sarcasm of royal marriage duties. The couple’s troubled union stems from her past loves and ambitions.
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Rome
Duchess of
Aosta
Duke of
Humbert
Helene of
Orleans
Paris
Kingston On the Thames
Duke of Clarence
Avondale
Helene
Clarence
May of
Teck
Vatican
Naples
Montenegro
Europe
Italy
Bonaparte
England
St. Petersburg
Helen
Ex Queen Liliuokalani Visits President Cleveland at White House
Ex Queen Liliuokalani and companions visited the White House in Washington in a formal 6 o'clock call. President Cleveland greeted her warmly and discussed Minister Willis's death and the treaty withdrawal. No restoration talk. future moves uncertain.
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Liliuokalani
Kia Nahaolelena
Joseph Meleluhe
Julius WN. Palmer
Boston
White House
Mr. Cleveland
Willis
Senate
Harrison
Mrs. Cleveland
Kapeolani
Kalakaua
United States
Cleveland
Mr. Morgan
Morgan
Dominis
Still Loved Each Other Seventy Years Later
In La Porte Indiana J E Conklin aged 83 married Sarah R Bennett aged 86 of Ber r ien Michigan. This sequel to an old romance recounts Conklin's first marriage at 22 to Mrs Bennett, their divorce, both remarrying, and after many losses they reunite as a third wife and widower four score years later.
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LA Ports
Ind
J. E. Conklin
Union Grove
N. Y
Sarah R. Bennett
Berrien
Mich
Conklin
Bennett
New York
Estella Gordon Linked to Ring Pawn and Suspected Suicide
Police infer Estella Gordon took drastic action after pawn of Henry Walker's valuable three stone ring. Walker allegedly pressed for return and threatened prosecution, leading to Gordon’s suspected attempted death off Nahant Beach. Local inquiries note her family ties in Haverhill and prior marriages. currently married to Arthur Adams of Townsend.
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Lynn
Estella Gordon
Nahant Beach
Henry Walker
Dorchester
Gordon
Haverhill
Arthur Adams
Townsend, Mass
All AFLAME Rose Toothacher Burned In Naphtha Lamp Explosion
A 25 year old woman, Rose Toothacher, was seriously burned when a naphtha lamp ignited at her home at 88 West Springfield Street. The blaze damaged the four story brick house owned by Daniel Bagley and occupied by Daniel McKay and family. Elsie McKay carried ill with pneumonia was moved to a neighbor’s home. Toothacher was taken to City Hospital with burns to the face neck and chest.
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Rose Toothacher
Springfield Street
Daniel Bagley
Daniel McKay
Elsie McKay
Daniel
Ward fortunes and Ward family downfall in Michigan
Joseph Ward recounts the Ward dynasty from Ontario to Salina and Marine City. He portrays Eber B Ward as ambitious and unscrupulous, detailing Clara Ward's inheritance and the dispersal of a vast fortune after Captain Ward's death. The piece notes the family’s decline and the homesite becoming a shelter for fallen women.
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Detroit
David Ward
Wber B. Ward
Chimay
Paris
David
Samuel
Ontario
Salina
N. Y
Betsy
Newport
Mich
Marine City
Eber B. Ward
Eber
Clara
Michigan
Captain Ward
Miss Cameron
Griswold Street
Cameron Ward
Ward
Mary
John
Henry
Charles
Cuba
Sisters of the Good. Shepherd
New Strike Hits Barry & Co Shipyard Laborers
Fourteen edge setters trimmers welters and stitchers at I D Barry and Co in Brockton walked out after the Sole Fasteners and Hogemakers Union demanded 12 1/2 cents per pair while Barry offered 3 1/2 dollars per day. Barry says workers elsewhere on piecework are to blame and a late afternoon union reply is still awaited.
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Barry
Poster Censor Tightens Rules on Theatrical Posters
The licenses committee now requires prior committee approval for posters displaying the human form before posting. A city notice was sent yesterday to theatre managers reminding them of the existing ordinance and enforcement.
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Committee On
Everett Aldermen Clash Over Paterson Confirmation Move
At a Board of Aldermen meeting in Everett the legality of delaying the confirmation of F A Paterson was challenged. Alderman Hatch ruled the board acted legally placing the matter on the table with no time limit. A motion to remove the item from the table failed 4 to 3 amid factional split.
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Everett
Board of Aldermen
F. A. Paterson
Orman Marshall
Alderman Hatch
May Be Chairman: Swallow Backed by Local Republicans
Prominent Republicans in the city press for a strong chairman candidate and have urged ex Senator George N. Swallow to let his name stand. Swallow served in the House in 1889 1890 and 1891 and in the Senate in 1894. He has long been on the Republican State committee and the city committee for nine years.
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William D. Sohier
Beverly
Elihu B. Hayes
Lynn
A. Lithgow Devens
Hamilton
Dana Malone
Greenfield
Albert D. Nason
Springfield
Josiah M. Lasell
Whitinsville
James Phillips, Jr
Fitchburg
Edward D. Hayden
Woburn
George von L. Meyer
Stephen O’meara
Boston
John Read
Cambridge
Orlando HE. Lewis
Winthrop
Edward Everett Hale
George A. Draper
Hopedale
William H. Bent
Taunton
Leontine Lincoln
Fall River
Mr. Sohier
Young Men's
Democratic Club
Republican Party
Massachusetts
George N. Swallow
Swallow
House of Representatives
Senate
Republican State Committee
Charitable Irish Society to Hold Twelfth Ball at Music Hall
The Charitable Irish Society, America’s oldest such group, stages its twelfth annual ball tonight at Music Hall. The event promises grand spectacle with a grand march led by President John F Cronan at 9 o clock. Tickets for gentlemen and ladies are $3 and still available.
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Irish Society
United States
Music Hall
John F. Cronan
How Was Feene y Shot
Michael Feeney of 54 Decatur Street Charlestown was shot in the right leg while cleaning a revolver after a wake in the North End. He says the discharge was accidental but blood poisoning is feared. No one in the house heard the shot and police suspect he was shot in the North End.
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Michael Feeney
Decatur Street
Charlestown
Feeney
North End
President Cleveland Removes Dowling From Office
Cincinnati January 25 President Cleveland removes Dowling Internal Revenue Collector and Democratic leader of Montgomery county for civil service violation and political activity. Dowling refuses to surrender and retains Campbell of New York McMahon and James E Campbell and may seek Senator Foraker to contest in U S courts.
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Cincinnati
Internal Revenue
Dowling
Montgomery County
Cleveland
Timothy Campbell
New York
McMahon
James E. Campbell
Foraker
United States
Smith Withdraws From Chelsea Aldermanic Contest
At an evening meeting in Chelsea the Smith Tilton aldermanic race appears settled as Mr Smith withdraws from the seat now held by Alderman Tilton of Ward 8. The move follows a hearing held Thursday evening with the citizens committee representing Tilton and lawyers Moran and Coakley for the opposing side.
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Smith-Tilton
Chelsea
Smith
Tilton
Citizens’ Committee
John B. Moran
Division 2 Hibernians Ball Opens with Big Boston Crowd
Success marked the first concert and ball of Division 2 Ancient Order of Hibernians in Coulton Hall Boston last evening. President Michael P. O Connor served as floor marshal with Joseph P. Quigley as floor director and aides J. J. Manning and E. J. McCauley. Over 800 attendees, including leaders from 38 county divisions, attended a tastefully decorated event praised as a complete success.
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Hibernian
Ancient
Order of Hibernians
Boston
Coulton Hall
Michael P. O’connor
Joseph P. Quigley
J. J. Manning
E. J. McCauley
Lynn School Committee Considers Adding Cooking to Curriculum
The Lynn school committee discussed introducing cooking as a regular grammar school subject and agreed to try it. A special committee proposed establishing two kindergarten schools with a budget not to exceed 2500 dollars.
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Lynn
Patent ideas spark interest in simple inventions
Readers are urged to consider easy patent opportunities as firms offer quick deals. A former firm advertises a low price service and promises new invention avenues, encouraging exploration of basic concepts for potential protection.
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OHN Wedderburn & CO
Washington, D. C
Globe Social Club Hosts Eighth Annual Berkeley Hall Masque
In Berkeley Hall last night the Globe Social Club held its eighth annual bar masque with over 150 couples. The grand march began at 9 led by J. P. Ranagan and Mrs Katie Ranagan, followed by John H. Moody and Pearl Ben Yusuf. Notable costumes included Ranagan as a seventeenth century gentleman and Ben Yusuf as Red Riding Hood. Unmasking occurred around 10 30 amid familiar surprises.
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Berkeley Hall
Globe Social Club
J. P. Ranagan
Katie Ranagan
John H. Moody
Pearl Ben Yusuf
Ben Yusuf
Mrs Dupont's Case Discharged by Judge Brown
Mrs Annie M Dupont was discharged by Judge Brown yesterday. The validity of the requisition papers will be reviewed by the Supreme Court this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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Annie M. Dupont
Brown
Supreme Court
Stage Struck and Orphans of New York at New Grand
The dancing stage show continues with Lettie LeVyne and Adella Weston in Stage Struck. The New Grand hosts The Orphans of New York with Nick Wood and a large cast led by James Macy and James McElroy plus ten vaudeville acts including Ammons Clerise trio and Mamie Whiting Shepard.
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Lettie LeVyne
Adella M. Weston
John N. Phillips
Willie Russell
May Howard
Howard
Raymon Moore
Troja
New England
Lothrop
New Grand
New York
Nick Wood
Boy Star
Messrs
James Macy
James E. McElroy
Joseph Walsh
Lawrence Merton
Harry Leslie
Harry Barrymore
Frank Walsh
Walter Dale
George Carleton
Laura Addison Clift
Marie Warren
Una Clayton
Virginia Melville
Little Viola McNeill
Mr. Wood
Percy Atwood
The
Shiner
Mr. McElroy
Dennis Ryan
New
Elsie
Alio
Ammons- Clerise
Mamie Whiting Shepard
Orvilles
Cogan and
Bagan
Helen St. Clair
Freeze Brothers
Goldie Reinhart
Ted Breton
Don Leno
H. Victor Barraeil
Concannon
Grand Opera House week program features The Romany Rye
Manager Hill presents a strong bill at the Grand Opera House with Wallace Campbell and Nadine Winston in The Romany Rye and a lively olio. Kate Davis leads Miss Helyett with Walter Gale in a vaudeville sketch. Boston newsboy tenor John J. Quigley shines with Don't Send Her Away and He Fought for the Cause He Thought Was Right. Diamond Quartet, Dolly Theobald, and Dilks and Wade also perform. To meet demand, lower floor seats will be reserved starting Monday.
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Hill
Grand Opera House
Wallace Campbell
Nadine Winston
Alio
Kate Davis
Miss Helyett
Walter Gale
Diamond
Dolly Theobald
Dilks
Wade
Gaiety Extravaganza Opens at Palace Theatre Amid Strong Reception
Two large audiences greeted Rice and Barton’s Gaiety company at the Palace Theatre opening. The nautical sketch A Trip to Boston launches the show, followed by top vaudeville acts including Clara Lawrence Mildred Phillips Ruth Robinson and others. The finale Naughty Coney Island and living pictures cap a lively program praised for snap and variety.
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Palace Theatre
Rice
Barton
Boston
Clara Lawrence
Mildred Phillips
Ruth Robinson
Frankie Haynes
Washburn Sisters
Crawford and
Manning
Eckhoff
Coney Island
Beanpole Billy towers over museum crowd in Boston exhibit
The Boston museum hosts a homey schoolroom setup to display Billy Baker from Toronto, famed as the tallest youth his age. At 7 feet 4 inches he draws attention while a parade of performers and acts fills the hall, including the Craig trio and the Vaughan brothers.
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Museum
Billy Baker
Beanpole Billy
Toronto
Can
Boston
Billy
Beanpole
Fred Howe
Fatty Langtry
Gannellean
Marguerite
Alice Sablon
Chief Whirlwind
Craig Trio
Fannie Leslie
Serpentine Beauty
Four Follette Sisters
Bo-Homes
West and Fowler
Harry Dryden
Fenton Brothers
Jessie Herworth
Gleasons
John L. Manning
Dollie Howe
Lew Palmer
Raymond Sisters
Eddie Clark
Vaughan Brothers
Billy Burke
West Newton roller rink draws season’s largest crowd
Professor Franks headlines a packed West Newton street rink audience with expert ladies skaters praised for grace. A competitive centre work shows Franks as an unmoved force. The new programme features the Olympian Promenade by Fred G. Binns dedicated to manager Raymond. Bicycling on mornings, roller skating in afternoons and evenings this week.
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Professor Franks
West Newton Street
Franks
Fred G. Binns
Raymond
Bradley Martin Ball Sparks Outcry From Wealth Critics
The Rev Dr Rainsford of New York joins critics in denouncing Mrs Bradley Martin's proposed $240000 dress ball at the Waldorf on February 10. Russell Sage denounces extravagant spending while Henry George notes the era of overt displays of wealth. Mrs Bradley Martin declines to respond to Rainsford's attack.
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Dr. Rainsford
New York
Bradley Martin
Madison C. Peters
Russell Sage
Henry T. Martin
Mr. Sage
Lucullus
the Waldorf
Rainsford
Bogus Ball At Arlington Hall Promises Postal Operators Dance
About 100 visitors attended Arlington Hall for a forged Postal Telegraph Operators ball. Tickets costing 1 dollar proved worthless, as fraudsters sold them for a Boston event dated Monday evening January 25 1897. Police pursue several names tied to the scam and a secret society meeting was disrupted.
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Arlington Hall
Boston
Mass
Mayor Perry Escapes Collision During Somerville Fire
A fire at 16 Montrose street Somerville caused by thawing pipes damaged the two story home of J J Hurley and used by Edwin D Bethel and family. Steamer 1 from Central House on Highland Ave rushed to the blaze as Mayor Perry in his Goddard buggy passed nearby. The steamer swerved to avoid a collision after a warning from the Mayor.
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Somerville
J. J. Hurley
Edwin D. Bethel
Highland Avenue
School Street
Perry
Goddard
City Hall
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