Deacon affair sparks French view on American divorce laws
Special correspondence from Paris analyzes how French media and Henry Haynie of the Chicago Herald misframe U.S. divorce law in the Deacon case. It clarifies New Yorks strict grounds for divorce, the concept of dower, and fraud's impact, contrasting American practice with French law while noting the century’s social mood and public fascination with the affair.
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Paris
le Divorce
the Figaro
Henry Haynie
America
Deacon
Haynie
Figaro
New World
Chicago Herald
Free America
Nive
M. Morie
Monsieur
Mr. Haynie
New York
United States
Broadway
Judiciary
Newshire
Une
New Hampshire
Tompkins
Truax
France
G.O.P. Falls Silent on Harrison Nomination
A collection of despatches from cities like Columbus Indiana Tacoma and Chicago shows Republican leaders and voters disheartened by Harrison's renomination. Many preferred Blaine McKinley or Cleveland with dissent over the silver plank, predicting weak campaigns and possible Democratic gains.
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Columbus
Ind
Harrison
McKinley
Tacoma
Wash
Ozymru
Jin Sama
Houston
Tex
Blaine
Anyony
Fireman's Memorial Day Observed at Forest Hills Cemetery
Fire associations and veterans honored Boston firemen buried at Forest Hills Cemetery with a morning gathering at Veteran Fireman's Hall 1019 Washington street. The procession moved to Morton street then to the firemen's lot for services led by L Edward Jenkins and music by Missud's Unknown Heroes Funeral March and Crown of Immortelles. The cemetery lot, bought in 1857, covers 13 594 square feet with seventy four graves, forty of which are unknown.
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Boston
Forest Hills
Veteran Fireman's Hall
Washington Street
Salem Cadet Band
Jean M. Missud
George T. Demary
Old
Missud
America
L. Edward Jenkins
Rossari
Graduation Exercises of Young Women Kindergarten Teachers
The Chauncy Hall program featured twenty seven graduates from the department for training kindergarten teachers. Miss Lucy Wheelock’s guidance was praised as each student presented essays and scenes such as Froebel's Mother Play and The Family Festival, with remarks by Miss Wheelock and others highlighting the strong training and promising outcomes of kindergarten education.
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Department For Training
Chauncy Hall
Lucy Wheelock
Eelock
Maggie O Neil Found After Arrival in Cambridgeport
Maggie O Neil, recently from Ireland aboard the Pavonia, arrived in Boston and found her way to 256 Franklin Street in Cambridgeport. After misplacing her sister Nora’s address, she stayed with Mrs Carroll in East Cambridge for three days before returning home. She said she liked East Cambridge but preferred being with her family again.
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Maggie O'Neil
Ireland
Pavonia
Nora
Franklin Street
Cambridgeport
Maggie
Boston
Old Colony train schedules add many changes for summer
The Old Colony railroad unveils summer service changes with limited new trains and time adjustments. Highlights include the Cape Cod and Vineyard connections, a new Plymouth service train, revised Newport connections, Shawmut branch additions, a Vineyard express link, a late night Plainville express, Fall River to Providence service, and a new Sunday Nantasket Beach train, plus unchanged boat timings for New Bedford and Martha’s Vineyard.
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Old Colony
Fall River
Park Square
Boston
New York
Newport
Plymouth
South Duxbury
South Shore
Shawmut
Mattapan
Vineyard
Tremont
Marion
Mattapoisett
Fairhaven
Providence
Plainville
Dedham
White Mountain
Lowell
South Framingham
Fitchburg
Marlboro
Bridgewater
Nantasket Beach
New Bedford
Martha’s Vineyard
Nantucket
General Cogswell Named as Possible Harrison Cabinet Figure
General William Cogswell, a Massachusets figure and ally of President Harrison, is repeatedly discussed as a likely future cabinet member if Harrison is re-elected. A veteran with Civil War service, Cogswell later held mayoral, state and congressional roles, earning prominence from the credentials committee work at the 1880 convention.
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Harrison
General Cogswell
Massachusetts
Cogswell
Quay
William Cogswell
George
Abigail
Parker) Cogswell
Bradford
Essex County
Bradford Atkinson Academy
N. H
Kimball Union Academy
Meriden
Phillips Academy
Andover
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth
Dane Law School
Harvard University
Haverhill
Emma Thorndike
United States Volunteers
Army of the Potomac
Thomas and
Sherman
Salem
House of Representatives
State Senate
Nahant Nuptials Join Gardner Lodge Wedding Planned
The June Nahant church ceremony unites Augustus Gardner and Constance Lodge with Boston society, Myopia Hunt, Country, and Somerset acquaintances expected to attend. Gardner’s munificent gift honors the couple as relatives and circles celebrate at a reception at Mr. Lodge’s Eastern Point villa following the ceremony.
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Lodge
Hub
Constance Lodge
Boston
Washington
Little Sea Side Church
Mr. Lodge
Eastern Point
Small hall furnishing prompt for tiny apartments
A note on furnishing small halls emphasizes that space, not just room size, matters. Paine's Furniture Company at 48 Canal Street offered a full line of compact pieces and multi purpose combos, enabling stylish layouts even in the smallest flats.
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House of Paine
Canal Street
City Grand Jury Slams Public Institutions Condition
The Suffolk county grand jury reported severe neglect in South Boston Insane Asylum Austin Farm Charlestown Almshouse and other city institutions. They cite warped floors overcrowding vile ventilation and inadequate fire escapes and urge expert investigation and $287,000 for new hospitals. Mayor Matthews backs action. City Council refused funds.
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Suffolk County Grand Jury
Dunbar
South Boston Insane Asylum
Austin Farm
Charlestown Almshouse
Fisher
South Boston
Kemp
South Boston Institution
Matthews
South
Boston
Board of Commissioners of Public Institutions
Charlestown
Long Island
Austin
A Woman's Wit at Massillon Pole Incident
Mrs. Jacob D. Bruny of Massillon blocked an electric pole installation by lying in the open trench in front of her Grant street home. Workmen moved the pole eight feet away, while she guarded both sites with determination. The encounter shows a resourceful, determined local reaction to utility work.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Jacob D. Bruny
Massillon
Electric Light Company
Grant Street
Leigh
What the modern pallium looks like
The pallium, linked to Dr Vaughan’s Westminster appointment, will be dispatched from Rome at the June Consistory. It is a narrow ring like band around the shoulders with two vertical pieces down the chest and back, decorated with crosses and three gold pins, attached by loops to the chasuble.
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Pall Mall Gazette
Vaughan
Westminster
Rome
Harrison Support Boosts Republican Unity in Boston Club Dinner
At a Massachusetts Reform Club dinner in Boston, speakers endorsed Harrison’s nomination, arguing Democrats must field their strongest contender Grover Cleveland. The Republican Editorial Association banquet echoed ratification, with remarks from Lodge and Long among others. Two New York claimants, Louis Weinberg and Israel Croger, were arrested for purse snatching after police spotted them pushing a woman into a doorway.
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Cleveland
Massachusetts Reform Club
Atkinson
Harrison
Grover Cleveland
Republican Editorial Association
Henry Cabot Lodge
Long
Barrett
Beard
Baile
J. Whitelaw Reid
Louis Weinberg
Israel Croger
New York
Joe Knox
Police Headquarters
First Season Sail for Portsmouth Steam Ship Co Motive Party
John Brooks of the Portsmouth Steam Ship Company led a festive harbor trip on Saturday for railroad and newspaper men. The complimentary voyage drew over five hundred attendees and the steamer resumes daily trips starting today.
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John Brooks
Portsmouth Steamship Company
Imposter Seeks Funds for Free Home for Consumptives
A woman with a persuading manner travels Dorchester collecting funds for the Free Home for Consumptives. she is identified as an impostor. The Society of the Sons of the American Revolution has asked Governor Russell to declare April 19, anniversary of the start of the American independence struggle, as a substitute for Fast Day as a state holiday.
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Dorchester
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Russell
Unity Church committee backs Back Bay site purchase
At a private Unity Church corporation meeting the committee on the new church reported unanimous approval to buy a premier Back Bay location and said funds would be raised promptly to erect a commodious church edifice.
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Unity Church Corporation
Two Enterprising Newsboys Rise in Boston Jewelry Trade
John and Ed Wilson, once West End newsboys, expanded Tremont row shop to 9350 square feet with forty staff, turning savings into one of New England’s largest jewelry establishments. They credit newspapers for reaching the public and used rivals’ jibes to boost watch repair business, with their “Big Clock” on Tremont row becoming a local landmark.
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Ed Wilson
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Tremont Row
West End
Wich
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Eve
Bostonian
Wilson Brothers
Rival
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