Greater Literary Fame Triggers Frances Hodgson Burnett Divorce
Frances Hodgson Burnett the novelist filed for divorce from Dr. Swan M. Burnett of Washington. Attorney William H. Dennis secured a court order to file the petition in a steel safe, delaying publication of the bill. Friends say domestic relations had been strained for years due to clashing views on w ifes duties and women's rights.
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Washington
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Swan M. Burnett
William H. Dennis
Burnett
London
Refund Offer for Cough Syrup Across Multiple Retailers
Classified notice listing refunds and guarantees for Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tarif and a 25 cent bottle. Signatories include Emery Souther and firms such as Rust & Richardson Drug, D. Knowlton, Adams & Co., and J. Parker with addresses across Boston and nearby streets. Other named buyers and merchants promise money back if cures fail.
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Greene
Emery Souther
Green St. Rust & Richardson Drug
George C. Goodwin & CO
D. BE. Woodward & CO
Bromfield
Joseph L. Parker
Tremont
W. A. Demerist
30,000 Miles for Divorce Ends in North Dakota Decree
Mrs Leontina Wessel traveled from New York starting September 18 to locate her husband in Mexico. She served him with divorce papers on February 21 and learned a decree was granted in North Dakota the day before. She intends to marry a Brazilian trader and return to Brazil.
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New York
Leontina Wessel
Mexico
North Dakota
Brazil
Wesse Took Pet Monkey On Long Journey
A woman named Wesse traveled a long distance with a pet monkey in her care. The detail emphasizes her unusual travel companion and the social setting of her voyage.
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Wesse
Wealthy Apple Dealer Aids Elopement Plot in Honesdale
In Honesdale Pennsylvnia Edward Cook a six year old apple dealer is said to be wealthy Nellie Hudson a 20 year old servant at the Connors farm near Pleasing appearance wore men's clothes and labored in fields She eloped with Cook planning a trip to New York State Mrs Connors recovered the girl and she was jailed Cook waited at the courthouse steps with a team in front when Hudson arrived he rushed to her side but the horses were halted The girl was jailed and Cook declared he would take her by force or law to the Klondike after the arrest Allison and Mrs Royleston announced they would wed the next day.
Haste to New Nuptial Knot in Missouri Divorce Court
Edith Royleston and Elmer Allison, strangers three days earlier in a divorce court, wed within a day after their separations were granted. Royleston’s former husband was a drug clerk and actor who drank heavily. Allison, a grain merchant, was also unhappily married. Both divorces were granted.
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ST. Joseph, Mo
Edith Royleston
Elmer Allison
Boyleston
Allison
Daggett longtime Fitchburg ticket agent dies at 73
Coolidge C Daggett longtime Fitchburg railroad ticket office worker dies at his Somerville home age 73 He was born in Charlestown and served 42 years as ticket agent with a six year period as general ticket agent The funeral is at 2 this afternoon from 1383 Summer St Somerville with interment at Mt Auburn Cemetery
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Coolidge C. Daggett
Fitchburg Railroad
Summer Street
Somerville
Mr. Daggett
Charlestown
Union Station
Daggett
William H. Pierson
Highland Avenue Unitarian Church
Mt. Auburn
Harvard Notes and Debuting Debates at Sanders Theatre
The Pyerean Club of Harvard hires a second violinist for coaching as it marks its ninety fifth birthday. Agassiz Museum Adds glass flowers more beautiful than earlier pieces. Harvard Princeton debate set for May 6 in Sanders Theatre with new intercollegiate rules. Debate topic: Resolved That the Present Restrictions for Immigration Into the United States are Insufficient.
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Pyerean Club
Harvard
Agassiz Museum
Sanders Theatre
United States
Labor delegates back Maine monument fund and 54 hour mill law
Boston Central Labor Union delegates upheld returning Maine monument fund blanks without union label. They urged abolishing contract system on public works, investigated long hours and low pay, and sought to empower unions to pay death benefits under revised insurance laws.
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Maine
Boston Central Labor Union
Central Labor Union
Allied Printing Trades Council
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department
West Roxbury
Electrical Workers’ Union 35
Gold Beaters
South End
American Federation of Labor
Lattimer
Penn
Cigarmakers’ Union 97
Engineers’ Protective Union
Web Pressmen’s Union
Along the Water Front in Yarmouth and Nearby Lifts
Captain Samuel F. Stanwood of the steamER Boston from Yarmouth arrived with 68 crates of live lobsters and 161 passengers. Notable travelers included ex-Mayor David McPherson and Premier Murray cabinet member Jacob Bingay. A large crowd watched Quincy cold storage workers set a 30 ton boiler derrick. Scythia’s return voyage plans and Cunard service shifts are noted amid harbor activity.
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Samuel F. Stanwood
Boston
Yarmouth
Richmond Street
Antic Avenue
Frank Lowe
Philadelphia
May G. Powers
Edna Perry
Mary L. Harty
Sylvia M. Nason
Cunard
Scythia
Pritchard
Carinthia
Liverpool
Klondike
Irwin
See
N. B
Down
Old-timer Polly Privateer Ready for New War Service
The east coast schooner Polly, Captain McFarland, built Amesbury Mass. ninety three years ago, now strengthened and ready for possible powder transport between forts in the harbor. The Commercial outside rowboat George M Winslow, with Captain Dan Nutty, heads to New York with two barges.
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McFarland
Amesbury
Mass
Atlantic Works
Boston
George M. Winslow
Commercial
New York
Dan Nulty
Scranton
Prince Edward
Long Wharf
Yarmouth
Herbert Fuller
Cormorant
Governor Russell
McKie
Border Street
The
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Bar Harbor
Maine
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Del
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Ned Evans
Kate Jones
Edward O'Brien
Philippine Islands
Chichester
Pawnee
Lewis Wharf
Jacksonville
Charleston
S. C
Minot's
Race Point
Ape Jones
Ebe
Nielsen
Melebourne
Camilla
Brittain
Governor Ames
Harebor
Northwester
Iris
National Dock
Iondike
North End Park
William H. Clark
Liverpool
London
Chicago
Hull
Gardiner
Frank A. Palmer
Henry Lippett
Eperience
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Lippett
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Portland
Ortlana
I. A. Stuart
Catain Morris
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