Ugly skeletons among leaders of the 400
New York gossip column notes a trend of divorces among New York's top families. It lists prominent marriages and divorces, including Mrs. Perry Belmont and Henry T. Sloane, and suggests a moral decline in Gilded Age society among the Four Hundred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry T. Sloane
Perry Belmont
Coleman Drayton
Astor
Elliott Zborowski
Cary
John Jacob Astor
Baron de Stuers
Princess Troubetskoy
Rives
John Armstrong Chanler
Haig
William Astor
Elliot Hargous
Duncan Filiot
Hargous
Sepa
Contested divorce case continued before Judge Fessenden
Mary F Lamphier sues John E for separate maintenance and child custody in an appeal from Probate Court. She alleges jealousy, alleged assaults, and infidelity. he claims she unsettled home life with drinking parties. Case postponed to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fessenden
Mary F. Lamphier
John E
Probate Court
Maud Adams Stars as Juliet in Shaksperian Debut
Maud Adams made her Juliet debut in Shakespeare’s play with Romeo performed by William Fa Versham. The 15 year old actress relied on girlish simplicity with slight coquetry and won applause from a crowded New York house. Advances surpassed $30 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Maude Adams
Juliet
William Faversham
Romeo
Antonio Navarro
Mary Anderson
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Hackett Wins Suit for Separate Support in Probate Court
In Suffolk Probate Court Judge McKim grants Mrs Isabel Hackett separate support from her husband Frank W Hackett retired businessman of Boston. The case named witnesses including their son and daughter and noted the girl’s fear of the father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
McKim
Isabelle Hackett
Frank W. Hackett
Hacketts
Bandit Hunt Ends in Quiet Province Visit
Major General Wilson, military governor of Matanzas Santa Clara, visited all railway points in Santa Clara province meeting alcaldes judges priests teachers bankers and planters. He held receptions for investigations until late then danced past midnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Wilson
Department
Matanzas-Santa Clara
Santa Clara
Dorchester Centre Improvement Association Banquet Highlights
The third annual banquet at the United States Hotel drew officials including the Attorney General and a candidate for office. The speech touched on the gas situation and reflected on the Manila battle aftermath with Dewey’s absence noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorchester Centre Improvement Association
United States
Hackett divorce case reveals alleged affair at Roxbury home
In a Boston court Mrs. Hackett testified of her husband’s alleged relations with their servant Mina Brown and said she separated in February after years of alleged mistreatment. The court ordered Hackett to provide support and grant custody of their daughter Florence to Mrs. Hackett. The case includes testimony from Mina Brown and the Hackett children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Canton Street
Belmont N
Miss Brown
Miss Hackett
Witness
Italy
Mina Brown
Karl Hackett
Chicago
Hackett
Florence
Yale handicap trials reveal sprint pace and hurdle upset
At Yale New Haven Conn May the handicap trials showed Boardman push Captain Fisher in the 190 yard dash finishing within three inches. H S Mead won the 120 yard hurdles in 1615 seconds with a ten yard handicap. Finonea was second. Anticipation builds for next Saturday’s dual with Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Coveland
Boardman
Fisher
H. §&S. Mead
Hallrale
Finonea
Harvard
Scottish Prince Aground Near Long Beach Island
Dense fog at 5 30 am silenced Long Beach life savers as a steamship ran ashore off New York. The vessel identified the Scottish Prince Captain Dodson, a 198 ton gross steel schooner built 1888 at Sunderland with 1245 ton net, registered Newcastle England and owned by J Isnott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Long Beach
IL. I
Prince Line
Dodson
Santos
John C
Sunderland
Newcastle
Eng
J. Isnott
Somerville Pastors Honored At Local Churches
In Somerville last evening the Prospect Hill Congregational Church and Flint Street M. B. Church celebrated new pastorates. Rev. George F. Tuirgin began his duties at Flint Street, and Rev. Edward Sampson Tead completed fifteen years of ministration at Prospect Hill, where George A. Kimball presented a $300 check in a witty speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint Street
M. Kb
Somerville
George F. Tuirgin
Prospect Hill Congregational Church
Edward Sampson Tead
George A. Kimball
Mr. Teiud
Public Figures Debate Gas Power and Reform in Legislature
Speakers including Senator Lott and Representative Tolman urge public control of utilities, warn against monopolies, and call for legislative action. Charles W. Bartlett recounts the Buchanan gas suit and calls for transparency on investments while Charles R. Cutter speaks on sewer issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hosea M. Knowlton
New Bedford
I.snowlton
Charles W. Bartlett
Knowlton
Tiger
Foster
Arief
Aaron Wolfson
Dorchester
Manila
United States
America
Lott
Improvement Society
Ses
Addicks
Tolman
Buchanan
Charles R. Cutter
Sewer Department
Vanderbilt lines poised to form Boston to Chicago rail trust
A Cleveland report says a big railroad trust will consolidate lines from Boston to Chicago within weeks. The plan would allocate routes among the Pennsylvania company, Vanderbilt interests, and Baltimore & Ohio, with control over New England and Buffalo to New York corridors shifting among them. The Erie, Lehigh Valley, and other routes are mentioned as potential reassignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, O
Vanderbilt
Boston
Chicago
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Pennsylvania Company
Baltimore & Ohio Company
Vanderbilts
New England
Boston & Albany
Buffalo
Erie
Lackawanna
Lehigh Valley
Morgans
Baltimore & Ohio
Downey-Sweeney Five-Star Fight Ends Under Police Interruption
In Brooklyn at Greenwood A. C. a twenty round bout drew fierce exchanges between Jack Downey of Brooklyn and Patsey Sweeney of Manchester New Hampshire. Downey was halted by police as he grew helpless. Referee Sam Austin ruled Sweeney the winner after Downey suffered a damaged eye and mounting punishment culminating in the seventeenth round.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jack Downey
Brooklyn
Patsey" Sweeney
Manchester
N. H
Greenwood A. C
Downey
Sam Austin
Sweeney
Marquis of Queensberry
Untitled List of Names and Mentions From Beamed Text
A garbled excerpt lists individuals and fragments such as Miles Lans, Artur Rag, Rabin, Geary Sava, Tracey, and others, interspersed with unreadable OCR junk. No coherent event or outcome is clear from the readable material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miles
Lans
Geary Sava
Elcais
Ngpociniag
Farrel allegations stir divorce case with child support dispute
In a heated exchange, Mary McGuiggan accuses Farrell of neglecting their child and seeks substantial support, while Farrell counters that a 25 000 claim is baseless and notes a 1893 release he paid 160 to settle paternity questions. He says no marriage was contemplated and warns of further legal steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I.snowlton
Sousa
Turtle
Pagerell
Farrell
Mr. Farrell
Variou Reed
Mary McGuiggan
Mary Mullen
Rself
Yourgegan
Gargan & Keating
Boston
Garegan & Keating
Fire damages Somerville home. photographer injured staging lamp blaze
A two and a half story wooden dwelling at 44 Hathorn Street Somerville suffered 800 dollars in fire damage and furnishings were equally harmed. Fire started in attic rooms where John Yunglund a boarder was developing photographs when a lamp upset ignited chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hathorn Street
Somerville
Anattic Rooms
John Yunglund
Two Burglars Sentenced in Manchester Robbery Case
In Manchester New Hampshire May Arthur Archambeault and Adelard Perreault were sentenced to State Prison for the attempted robbery of William F. Farmer's store. Archambeault received twelve years and Perreault ten. both have prior criminal records in Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester, N. H
May
Arthur’ Archambeault
Adelard Perreault
William FP. Farmer
Archambeault
Perreault
Canada
Chamblet's Horses Headed for Brook Line Grand Meet
Mr. Chamblet, noted promoter of cross country racing, rides Diver sion to a Morris Park victory and plans to bring his stable to Brookline for the Country Club races on May 27 and 30. Final entries close May 15, with George T. Dexter in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamblet
New York
Morris Park
America
Brookline
Chambler
Brookline Country Club
Country Club
George T. Dexter
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nien
Mr Cata
Hanover
Portland
Duncan Elliot
Eliot
Havemeyer
Bloodgood
Ann S. Stephens
William Havemeyer
Belmont
George Rives
Whiting
O. H. P. Belmont
W. K. Vanderbilt
Yznaga
Zichy
Wright
Vanderbilt Allen
Commodore Vanderbilt
John C. Wilmerdine
Bloomingdale Asylum
O. H. PP. Belmont
Smith
William K. Vanderbilt
Tiffany
Vanderbilt-Belmont
Fernando Yzanaga
Houghton & Dutton
General Food Emporium
North Pacing & Provision Company
Maine
India
Per Galialon
Cushing Medical Supply CO
Washington St
Maud Adams
Byron, Ga
John and
Mary Odem
Sanford Spinning Company
Globe Yarn Mill
Fan-Tan
Oxford Street
Massillon
Russel & Co
Thresher and Engine
Theosophists
Mme. Blavatsky
Alpha T. S
Theosophical Society
Theosophical Society In America
T. 8
Belknap Bank
Laconta
Belknap Savings Bank
Wakefield
W. W. Gooch
Mass
Dartmouth
Lieb Parker
Crawford Street
Hobart
Washington
Mao
Matanzas
DODGE
M’kinley’s Bank
Dewey
C. W. Bartlett
Pofeks
Calabansa
Los Angeles
McCullogh
Unidos
Constancia
Mercoa
Ezquerra
Puerto
Principe
Enrique Puig
McKinley
Corbin
Brooke
North American Trust Company
Custom House
Francisco Dieguez
Nicholas Martinez
Lorenzo Matamoro
Pedro Diaz
Teofito Chacon
Antonio Ope
Damon Rodriguez
Washington At
Eliot Or
Kneeland Sts
Jhawmut Furniture CO
Tremont St
At & Center
Boston and Vicinity
Co-Operative Banks
Cor
Railroad Trust
Ogloge A. OM
Edward
J. Dwyer
Benjamin IX
Bates
Flavel Land & Improvement Company
Nathaniel G. Read
Duchess of
Castelluceia
Florida
Revere
Town Meeting
Board of Selectmen
Lynn & Boston Railroad
Winthrop Avenue
Beachmont
Bellingham
Endicott, Crest and
Atlantic Avenues
Graham
Bowdoin
John Graham
Bowdoin College
B. A. A. Board of Governors
Brunswick
Raleigh
Wilmington
N. C
Raleich
Charleston
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!