Lodged in Wormwood Prison Infirmary
Fragment reads a prisoner identified as Mrs Castle with a price-like note and discharge status, indicating lodging in the infirmary within Wormwood Prison. No further context or names are clearly legible.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1896
Page
8
Fragment reads a prisoner identified as Mrs Castle with a price-like note and discharge status, indicating lodging in the infirmary within Wormwood Prison. No further context or names are clearly legible.
London follows the Castle case where Mrs. Castle faces jail or insane asylum as the law shifts to guilty but insane. The article notes medical worries over kleptomania as a genuine disorder and critiques English judiciary bias favoring the wealthy, with Mrs. Castle reportedly in Wormwood Scrubs infirmary and unlikely to recover fully.
Mrs Fannie B Ames Massachusetts inspector of factories spoke to the Union for Industrial Progress on Why women workers should be classed separately from men workers She argued machinery alters women's social status brings home life risks and wage competition with men. She noted census figures and urged thrift mutual aid and increased awareness of working conditions. New union delegates admitted and non union labor criticisms aired as efforts to enforce resident and union employment for public school projects. An upcoming ball fundraiser for the union was announced with proceeds to a benefit fund.
Two Harvard students in Cambridge reported burglaries yesterday. C. W. Dayton Jr of Holyoke Street lost a $69 overcoat and R. C. Perkins of Perkins Hall lost a mandolin.
Division 10 A O H Everett will host a basket party and dance in Everett Hall on November 20. The event will determine the final tug-of-war between Division 28 A O H Revere and Division 19 Everett, with both sides boasting a prior victory. The winners claim the championship and invite challenges from any Hibernians team.
In Union Hall at the Y M C A building yesterday Curtis Guild Jr delivered an emphatic address on the recent Republican victory. He praised McKinley, cautioned about opposing parties, and spoke of the nation facing a republican test like those in history. He asserted McKinley’s large majority signals honest citizens and growing business.
A circulating report claims Emperor William I summoned Prince Bismarck to Berlin to confer with Prince Hohenlohe on state secrets disclosed by Bismarck through Hamburger Nachrichten. The controversy risks weakening the dreibund and strains Hohenlohe’s health as he acts as peacemaker between the Emperor and Bismarck.
Miss Lizzie Chaloff wed Mr. Moris Solomont in a 4 pm ceremony at Union Park Street Temple Dorchester. The bride wore duchesse satin with lace and orange blossoms. maid of honor and bridesmaids wore pale blue and pink chiffon. The Rev. Dr. Lasker officiated. reception followed at the bride’s parents on Oakley street. couple to visit Washington and Canton before settling on Dudley street.
Robert Treat Paine the second is involved in a Marlboro dispute with William Houghton over a $200 property mortgaged by Paine. Williams allegedly deceived Paine and hid the property. Police captured William and jailed him in the Tombs, with an eventual court appearance expected for Paine.
Despatches report a remarkable early snow from 12 to 14 inches across parts of South Dakota. The heavy fall blocks railways and worsens farm conditions as thousands of acres of corn lie uncovered and unthreshed. Settlers face winter suffering with stock losses and transportation disruption.
The body of Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt was returned from Woodlea Scarborough to New York. Attending were Mrs. Bromley Elliott F. Shepard the Sheldon family and other relatives. Funeral plans await decision with interment at Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp.
A 1896 Boston filing by the New England Trust Co details assets and liabilities including United States Bonds City and Town Bonds Railroad Stocks and Mortgages, with notes on cash deposits and trust accounts. Directors sworn to the truth before Justice Nathaniel Hurd Henchman, Suffolkk.
Archbishop Williams announces Rev. Thomas B. Lowney as rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Malboro succeeding the late Rev. P A McKenna. In Medway over nine years Lowney freed St. Joseph's debt, split the parish into two and built St. Brendan's at North Bellingham. Born in Ireland and ordained 1874 by the Sulpitians, he previously served at St. James's on Harrison Ave in this city and is a well known diocesan priest. He will assume duties immediately.
The liquor squad yesterday seized alcohol from several individuals including Paul Young at 50 South Margin street with 6 gallons beer and 2 quarts whiskey and Mary Goldstein at 10 Wall street with 9 gallons beer and 1 gill whiskey. Additional seizures list Glacinto Russo 34 Clark street 11 gallons beer and others on Fleet street, Garden Court, Washington Place, and Washington Street. Division 10 officers led by Mary Gately recovered 38 gallons beer and 2 quarts whiskey among the arrests.
In Yorkville Police Court a frail mother with a month-old daughter Nellie faces disorderly conduct charges. The Gerry Society intervened after a neighbor warned of a starved infant. Magistrate Cornell committed both mother Rose Carter and baby Nellie to the workhouse.
New York magistrate hears final examination in Hartman abandonment case brought by Dorothea Nigrin Thea Hartman declares nine years as common law wife alleging desertion on April 8 Hartman identifies telegrams from 1890 1891 to the West Forty Sixth Street address saying he sought to aid her and begin an honest life Magistrate Flammer reserves decision
London reports the Duke and Duchess of York plan a Toronto visit in the fall to open the municipal buildings. The tour may extend to Australia and return via India, with government consideration ongoing.
Dozens wagered on McKinley or Bryan with public payoffs. Men wheel rivals in sulkies, wives wear hats, and crowds cheer as figures like Leo Brien Mark Haggett and James Ross lead processions in Roxbury and Cambridge. New York bets drain funds while a man jumps a river to settle a score.
Naugatuck CT held its biggest political demonstration last evening as sound money supporters paraded over a mile long. Connecticut towns including Naugatuck voted for free silver. Local clergymen commented on the election with Rev Dr John G Davenport predicting national welfare gains from the people’s verdict and a warning to those pleased with a different outcome a year hence.
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