Whipping Post as Punishment Considered in Massachusetts
A public debate on using the whipping post for wife beaters is discussed with reference to President Roosevelt support and a Massachusetts bill. The piece surveys Delaware practice, noting public shame and mercy in 20 lash sentences, pillory experiences, and the harsh, tall New Castle county whipping post as a cautionary example.
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Post
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Castle County
Delaware County
Commonwealth
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
Sussex County
Georgetown
Kent County
Dover
Criminal Court
Del
Dentist Stone Under Arrest and Impeachment Proceedings
Impeachment in the Senate centers on Judge Charles Swayne of the northern Florida district with a Feb 10 trial date set after a brief appearance via counsel. Separately, Dr. Henry N. Stone of Newburyport faces federal charges for filing a false bankruptcy schedule with $8745.16 liabilities and $400 assets, held on $1000 bond. offices listed in Newburyport Gloucester and Ipswich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Anthony Higgins
John M. Thurston
Arma Ransdell
Judge Swayne
Ransdell
Charles Swayne
Northern District
Florida
Henry N. Stone
Newburyport
Fiske
Marshal Bancroft
District Attorney's Office
Garland
Stone
C. W. Phelps
G. B. French
Nashua
N. H
Gloucester
Ipswich
Louis F. Barton
H T Bailey to Lecture at Temple Adath Israel
Henry Turner Bailey state supervisor of drawing will lecture at Temple Adath Israel Sewall Hall Century Building 177 Huntington Avenue on Sunday at 1130 am topic Beauty in Common Things all are welcome
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Adath Israel
Sewall Hall
Century Building
Huntington Avenue
Henry Turner Bailey
Misses High Cut Overshoes at Lowest Prices Auction
Misses high cut overshoes and child’s rubbers offered at low prices. Obscure OCR shows price indications 40c and 29c in listing. Readable portion notes sale of weatherproof footwear with various sizes and styles.
Vaderland Cleared of Contagion After Pneumonia Deaths
New York health officer announces after bacteriological tests there is no contagion aboard the Vaderland. Passengers who died are said to have succumbed to pneumonia and the ship will be released from quarantine with steerage travelers sent to Ellis Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaderland
New York
A. H. Doty
Port of New York
Ellis Island
Mrs Duke Held in New York on Texas Warrant
Mrs Brodie L Duke, held to await a Texas warrant, was arraigned in New York court and bail cut from 3000 to 1500. A February hearing was set in her case on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses.
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Duke
New York
Texas
Brodie L. Duke
Russian Sympathizers Meeting At Faneuil Hall
A mass meeting on the Russian freedom struggle will be held tomorrow at 2 30 p m in Faneuil Hall. The Russian Socialist Bund and Boston Socialist party organize with Abe Cahan as principal speaker. Antoinette Konikow will preside with M W Wilkins invited to speak.
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Faneuil Hall
Russia
Russian Socialist Bund
Social Democrats
Boston Socialist Party
Abe Cahan
New York
M. W. Wilkins
California
Socialist Party
Antoinette Konikow
Boston Socialist Women’s Club
Chelsea artist Alonzo Fuller attempts suicide by gunshot
Alonzo W. Fuller, prominent Chelsea citizen and artist, attempted suicide yesterday morning by shooting himself in the head. He is hospitalized at Frost Hospital with wounds not believed to be serious. Fuller is a former commander and chaplain of Theodore Winthrop Post 3, G A R, Chelsea, and authorities cite temporary aberration and ill health as factors.
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Alonzo W. Fuller
Chelsea
Frost Hospital
Fuller
Theodore Winthrop
Verdicts Awarded Against L Company In Charlestown Case
Five hundred dollars for personal injuries awarded to James A. Ronan a minor and two hundred fifty for loss of services to his father Patrick Ronan against the Boston Elevated Railway Company in the Superior Court before Judge Bond. The suit claimed ten thousand dollars for injuries when the boy was run down by a car crossing Main street Sept 4 1901.
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L” Company
James A. Ronan
Patrick Ronan
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Superior Court
Bond
Rowan
Main Street
Charlestown
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Roosevelt
Setts
Bay State
Diamond State
Pillory
Wells
T.e.moseley &Co
Tremont Street
Boston Talking Machine
Emmet J. H. Ormsby
Summer St
Parker’s
Swayne
Senate
Dentist Stone
H. T. Bailey
Temple Anath Israel
M ! Vive
Ress
Uncle Sam
Brockton
U. S. Army
Child
Ean
Baltimore
Runkel’s
Baker’s
Brighton
Spiegel
Axle Works
Mount Carmel
Conn
Boston & Maine
Mary A. Monaghan
Boston & Maine Railroad
Walt
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