Divorce Court Hears Two Cases in Incident Packed Session
Judge Maynard presided as only two divorce cases were tried yesterday yet proceedings were dense with detail. Edwina Stafford’s decree absolute followed an alleged adultery with Mary Wentworth Cook, while Alice Eaton was freed on grounds of habitual drunkenness.
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Superior Court
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Edwina Stafford
Orrin M
Mary Wentworth Cook
Alice B. Eaton
George H
Michael Chiring
Dora
Ella M. Burtiss
Howard
Dominic Magg
Augustina
Nisi
Magg
Maverick House
J. J. Jarvis
Lynn
Julia Murdock
Echoes Far and Near Conqueror Praise and Kidney Pills
A bustling home front report praises a local success and endorses Doan’s Kidney Pills after Mrs N W Poppy of Dorchester recounts relief from kidney trouble and her daughter's improvement. The advertisement lists Bradbury’s Drug Store and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as distributors for US customers at 50 cents a box.
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Dorchester
Miller Street
Dean
Bradbury’s
Bradbury’s Drug Store
Washington Street
Doan
Foster- Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Court Records Break Off After Domestic Row
A court heard a case involving a woman denying ownership of papers and bills from a man, with both parties resuming a husband and wife relationship. She described a room scene on Chardon Street in detail, and the court adjourned to resume today.
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Chardon Street
Balloon Voyage Promises Spectacle Over Boston Grounds
Professor Strickland plans a 3 PM ascent from Congress Street ball grounds with a large balloon and a trapeze exhibition followed by a parachute jump by Cesar Scipio Strickland known as Prince Mustasse. He has a history of daring midair escapes including a near fatal fall in Chicago and a sea rescue near San Francisco.
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Earth
Congress Street
Cesar Scipio Strickland
Prince Mustasse
Obi
Sir Harcourt Vernon Strickland
Africa
Sir Harcourt
Cesar Scipio
England
Boston
Chicago
San Francisco
Granite strike ends as cutters join union
The Granite strike in Barre Vermont ended today when non union cutters voted to join the union, resolving the labor dispute. The action, announced May 21, marks a shift in local labor relations as workers align with organized labor.
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Barre
John E Russell Speech at Free Trade Club Leaves Audience in Roar
The Hon. John E. Russell addressed the New England Free Trade League at the United States Hotel, delivering a polished talk on American finance from Andrew Jackson’s era to McKinley. He read much, spoke with wit, and drew laughs with a satirical piece by "Sol Klein."
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John E. Russell
New England Free Trade League
United States
Andrew Jackson
McKinley
Samuel W. Menchum
Sol Klein
Henry W. Lamb
Winslow Warren
Harvey N. Shepard
William Lloyd Garrison
Henry C. Thacher
D. C. Heath
Surprised Court Hears Kidnapping Plea in Lynn Case
In Superior Criminal Court Judge Richardson heard Etta A. Killham plead guilty to kidnapping and falsely imprisoning Celia Leonard, a 38 year old from the South End. Testimony showed a good reputation and that the child was with Killham in Lynn and Boston for six months. The court will decide sentence. indictment against Westerly W. Killham was not pressed.
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Lynn
Harrison Avenue
Westerly W. Killham
Sarsaparilla Purifier Ad From Historic Drugstore
An old advertisement touts Sarsaparilla as the One True Blood Purifier or all purpose drug. It proclaims it as the cure here with druggists selling it for 25 cents. The terse copy hints at health claims and a single product pitch.
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Hood
Meanest Man Found Dead in Jersey City Estate Case
New York May 21 The meanest man has been discovered after death Stephen Greischeiner of Jersey City drew out $3500 of his wife and children's savings before killing himself He burned the money and left a note to bury him with a $100 bill The wife found his body and the ashes in the stove revealed the missing funds and the bereaved family faces a legal battle over the estate
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New York
Stephen Greischeiner
Noble Street
Jersey City
Greischeiner
Griescheiner
Alfred Schmidt
Weehawken
Henry Schiebel
Schiebel
Eleventh Avenue
Old Editor Dead Ebenezer Nelson dies at Cambridge
Mr. Ebenezer Nelson senior editorial writer for the Transcript died at his Cambridge home at 10:30 am from a paralysis stroke. Born 1824 in Plymouth he joined the Transcript in 1852 as compositor and proofreader, later became reporter city editor editorial and political writer, and served in the General Court in 1857 and Boston Common Council in 1868 69.
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Ebenezer Nelson
The
Transcript
Cambridge
Nelson
Mr. Nelson
Plymouth
Mass
Haskell
General Court
Boston Common Council
Teachers Institute Ayer May 21 Hosts 120 Educators
A state supervised teachers institute was held at the Town Hall in Ayer with 120 teachers from across the state attending. The program featured Mind Training by Miss Aiken, Reading by A K Whitcomb, Drawing by N L Berry, Geography by F F Murdock, Nature Studies and Language by Sarah I Arnold, and What the Pupil Taught the Teacher by William C Bates, all prominent local education leaders.
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F. F. Murdock
Bridgewater Normal School
Sarah IL. Arnold
Boston
William C. Bates
Fall River
Blacklisting of Eppler men in Brockton shoe strike
In Brockton on May 21 reports say Eppler company workers who refused to join a strike at the W L Douglas factory will be blacklisted by their union. Sole Fasteners' Union members in this branch will not work with those who crossed the picket line. Officials say the union and through it the American Federation of Labor will be asked to intervene against the firm.
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Senate
Calhoun
Albert Clarke
Henry Clay
Washington
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Clay
Jackson
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Chambers of Commerce
Congress
New England
American Federation of Labor
T. U
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Waltham
Boston Manufacturing Company
Bailey
Judge questions divorce case after suspicions arise
In New York on May 21 Annie Cohn asked Judge Smyth for an absolute divorce from Morris Cohn, citing his conduct. Henry Rosenthal testified Cohn lived with Mamie Miller at the Hotel Saratoga in Havana, and the judge questioned the propriety of such arrangements. The judge said he would examine the case carefully before granting the decree, noting prior skepticism toward the testimony.
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New York
Annie Cohn
Morris Cohn
Smyth
Supreme Court
Henry Rosenthal
Cohn
Havana
Cuba
Saratoga
Mamie Miller
Judge Smyth
Rosenthal
Coln
A. H. Hummel
Canning
David Cohen
Juror Excused as His Wife Lies Dying in Avon Case
In Dedham Superior Court a telegraph announced the wife of juror Henry F. Abbott of Quincy was dying. Abbott was excused from serving in the damages suit by Marcus M. Porter and William H. Luther against Avon over land taken for the town water supply.
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Dedham
Bishop
Marcus M. Porter
William H. Luther
Avon
Henry F. Abbott
Quincy
Cambridge School Committee Confirms Several Teaching Nominations
At last evening's meeting Mayor Bancroft presiding, nominations confirmed for Maud L. Parker Gore School Corey F. E. Laskey Lasell School A Maud McLean Cecilia F. Leahy Mary F. E. Leland Taylor School Alice V. Currier Corlett School Grace C. Stedman nominated and Alice Clark Stewart resigned. Joint convention with Board of Aldermen set for June 9 to fill vacancy.
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Cambridge School Committee
Bancroft
Maud L. Parker
Gore School
Corey FE. Laskey
Lasell School
A. Maud McLean
Cecilia F. Leahy
Mary FE. Leland
Taylor School
Alice V. Currier
Corlett School
Grace C. Stedman
Alice Clark Stewart
Board of Aldermen
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