Kentucky Judges See Marriage Like Buying a Cow
In Louisville on July 8 the Law and Equity Court judge argues that marriage in Kentucky is a lifelong contract not to be entered lightly. Other judges call for reforms but insist the fault lies in the laws, not the people, with many cases going across the river for divorce.
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Louisville
Sterling B. Stoney
The
Law and Equity Court
Kentucky
Miller
Common Pleas Court
Field
Chancery Court
Jeffersonville
Indi
Judge Field
Stoney
Smith
Defeat of Winston Churchill’s ally in Oldham by election
In Oldham two Liberal victories topple Mawdsley and trim Conservative strength. Lieutenant Churchill cites organization failures and anti-clerical policy among causes, while Lady Churchill canvasses the voters deeply. The Liberal surge signals a potential sweeping majority at the next dissolution.
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London
Winston Churchill
Lady Randolph
Oldham
Mawdsley
Lancashire
Churchill
Doles
St Clair’s Strange Defence Sparks Courtroom Saga
Rochester July 9 Henry F St Clair arrested on petit larceny charges for a watch taken from his wife Katherine Barry St Clair and rearrested as he left court after being acquitted of bigamy He awaits grand jury action bail set The case reveals multiple marriages with two wives living abroad and a defense arguing bigamy not valid where not in New York Judge Ernest ordered the defendant held and to plead.
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Rochester
N. Y
Henry F. St. Clair
Montagu
Katherine Barry St. Clair
St. Clair
Ward
Canada
New York
Ernest
Seven year old burglar held by Charlestown police
A 7 year old boy was grabbed by Charlestown officers after attempting to break into a Boston and Maine freight car. He claimed the name Johnnie Stack but officers later learned his correct name was James McDonough of Austin Street. He was kept at the station until his parents were found and advised to discipline him.
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Charlestown
City Square
Watts
Boston & Maine Railroad
Keefe
Johnnie Stack
Chatham Street
Johnnie
James McDonough
Austin Street
Jimmy McDonough
John Stack
Investigating Immigrants At Long Wharf Hearings
Immigrant cases are being reviewed by Colonel Billings and inspectors after the Dominion Line Canada carried passengers from Liverpool and Queenstown. Decisions at today’s hearings could return the parties to their homeland, with steamship lines bearing extra costs and responsibility for safe keeping. A Finnish family bound for Rockport, Massachusetts, seeks to reunite with a paralyzed 12 year old, requiring a $500 bond to protect the youth if kept by the government. A 35 year old Irish woman described as slightly demented may be allowed to land to avoid splitting the family, though bond requirements hinge on law.
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Colonel Billings
Long Wharf
Dominion Line
Canada
Liverpool
Queenstown
Rockport
Mass
United States
Noted Addresses Mark A I I Convention Expansion Theme
At Bar Harbor Maine the American Institute of Instruction opened with two major talks. Colby University President Nathaniel Butler spoke on Higher Education and American Life linking national destiny to educating and liberating Filipinos and Cubans. Bishop William Lawrence discussed Ab normal Means to Attain Normal Ends. Henry Chase of the Watch and Ward Society read on One Phase of Moral Evolution. Butler also touched on imperialism and a spiritual university life influenced by athletics and gymnasia. The meeting closes tomorrow with Harvard President Pitot delivering the final address.
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Bar Harbor
American Institute of Instruction
Nathaniel Butler
Colby University
William Lawrence
Massachusetts
Henry Chase
Watch and Ward Society of
Boston
Butler
United States
Pliot
Harvard
Despondent man commits suicide by gas in New York
Bernard J. O'Ray, 30, killed himself this morning at his boarding house by inhaling illuminating gas. Despondency over unemployment is cited as the cause. He served in the First Pennsylvania Volunteers during the late war and left behind two sisters in New York.
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New York
Bernard J. O’ray
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Tests of 22000 Children Surprise Studying Scientist
A United States Bureau of Nation study examined 22 000 school children from Washington public schools to evaluate how parentage surroundings nationality and body measures relate to conduct intellect and health at different ages. Data collected by teachers used precision instruments to assess senses pain breathing and circulatory changes while avoiding phrenology. Findings suggest broad headed children tend to be brighter than long headed ones and that children of laborers have smaller heads and body measurements than children of brain workers. Mixed nationalities in parents associated with lower head circumference weight and overall mental development. The report notes gender differences and cautions against overinterpreting results amid complex social factors.
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United States Bureau of Nation
Washington
Arthur MacDonald
Bureau
Onye
Mayor Quincy Condemned Over City Lighting Contract
Friction within New Haven circles after Building Trades Council denounces mayor for letting a private lighting firm handle street illumination despite city facilities. Water Workers Union elects officers amid praise for strong finances and membership. Annual picnic set for August 3 at Lake Walden.
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Quincy
Building Trades Council
Bennet Street
National Building Trades
Water Workers’ Union 6656
A. F. of L
Dexter Hall
W. J. Trainor
M. Farrell
L. E. Murphy
John Sheehan
Charles Parks
M. McCarthy
Lake Walden
Freight Handlers Demand Wage Restore at Boston Terminal
Indignant freight handlers at the Boston terminal of the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail line push for wage restoration from 1.75 to 1.85 per day. They cite prior promise after 1893 cuts and warn of joint union action with the Freight Handlers' Protective Association if delays continue.
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Boston
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Warner
Teamsters’ Union
Teamsters
Converted Minstrel and the Stove Pipe
The article reports a yesterdays Congregational meeting led by the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches with Rev J H Applebee and Rev John W Day as speakers. A convert known as Matthews described his change from profanity after installing a stove pipe, whose praying rather than cursing impressed his wife. Another speaker defined heaven as a place where all pull together and urged unity on earth.
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Benevolent Fraternity of Churches
J. H. Applebee
John W. Day
Matthews
Heaven
Earth
Boy Grover Fitzgerald Injured After Fall From Tree
Grover Fitzgerald a 10 year old resident of 259 Eighth Street fell from a tree about 15 feet onto the ground near G Street yesterday. He sustained a fracture of the nose several lacerations of the face and bruises to the head.
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Grover Fitzgerald
Eighth Street
G Street
Miss Julia Grant Offered by Two Princes Then Marries Cantacuzene
New York July 9. Miss Julia Dent Grant received two marriage offers from princes, including the Prince of Turin who would have needed to renounce the Italian throne. Colonel Grant refused due to a potential morganatic marriage, and Miss Grant later wed Prince Cantacuzene of the czar’s realm, avoiding any renunciation of titles.
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New York
Julia Dent Grant
Turin
Miss Grant
Italy
Humbert
Washington
Legation
Hengenmuellers
America
Julia Grant
Colonel Grant
Grant
Prince Cantacuzene
Italian Shoemakers Fight in Court Rear of 282 North Street
In a rear court of 282 North Street last evening, about fifty Italians fought. Giuseppe di Guardi suffered serious head wounds, while Paolo de Paolo had facial cuts. De Paolo and Di Guardi, both 20s–30s shoe makers, were arrested after De Paolo used a pitcher, injuring Di Guardi and leading to a police intervention.
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North Street
Guisseppe di Guardi
di Guardi
Paolo de Paolo
de Paolo
Cleveland Place
Clark Street
New Cambridge Bridge Takes Main Street South Side
Cambridge bridge commissioners select the south side of Main street for the new bridge with a map filed at the registry of deeds and city engineer. Kendall Boiler and Roberts Iron Works will be affected as work to access the bridge begins immediately. Damages totaling 52176 awarded to Mrs. Josiah Mason William Fiske Edward Kendall George B. Roberts H O Bright and William Danehy.
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Cambridge Bridge
Main Street
Registry of Deeds
Kendall Boiler and Roberts Iron Works
Josiah Mason
William Fiske
Edward Kendall
George B. Roberts
H. O. Bright
William Danehy
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Randolph Churchill
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Lisle
Ath
Nic
Reed
Jean Drawers
B. F. Larrabee & CO
Boston & Maine Yard
Butler of
Colby
National Bureau of Education At
the Pair
Bernard M. Wolf
Hanover and
Portland Streets
NEW Haven
Caulo
Royal Exeter
Palmer
Irke
Kipling
Richard Carvel
Oxford
Princes
Vienna
Ts Plein
Fragas
Roxbury
Oredit
Quant Furniture Co
Tremnt St
Dr. Seth
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