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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1896

Page

8

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.

Startling Discovery in Castle Case Sparks Debate on Kleptomania

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.

London Byles Wormwood Scrubb Prison England

Women Workers Discuss Classing and Labor Roles

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.

Union For Industrial Progress Perkins Hall Fannie B. Ames Massachusetts Chicago Palmer Rhode Island Building Trades Council N. Y St. Stephens’s Wall Cotillon Hall

Harvard Studentsrobbed in Cambridge Rooms Entered

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.

Harvard Cambridge C. W. Dayton, Jr Holyoke Street R. C. Perkins Perkins Hall

Basket Party and Dance Sets Date for Everett Tussle

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.

Everett Everett Hall Revere Hibernians

Par liament of Man hears Curtis Guild Jr on Republican victory

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.

Union Hall Pariament of Man Charles Logan Gordon Boston Curtis Guild, Jr McKinley America United States of America Abraham Lincoln General Grant Bryan

Ex-Chancellor Bismarck’s State Secrets Stir Berlin Talks

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.

Berlin Prince Bismarck Prince Hohenlohe Hamburger Nachrichten Europe Munich Carlsruhe Bismarck Dr. Hoffman Hoffman Count von Arnim Professor Geffcken Dreibund Cologne Russia Austria Germany France Italy Tageblatt Vossische Zeitung England

Sunday Wedding in Hebrew Society at Union Park Temple

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.

Lizzie Chaloff S. Chaloff Pauline Chaloff Lottie White Ray Klatchkin Sarah Klatchkin L. P. White Charles Yeretsky Bernard Chaloff Charles Lowenberg Gabriel Sanger R. Lasker S. Hirshberg I. Chaloff Oakley Street Dorchester Solomont Washington Canton McKinley Dudley Street H. Crine P. Spitz M. Klatchkin I. Rosnosky I. Cohen Wax N. B. Busch

Paine in Court Battle Over Hidden Property

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.

Robert Treat Paine Robert Marlboro William Houghton William Glidden Officersden Kelly

Severe early snow blankets South Dakota towns

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.

ST. Paul Minn South Dakota Chamberlain and Miller

Vanderbilt grieving family brings body home to New York

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.

New York William H. Vanderbilt Woodlea Elliott F. Shepard Scarborough N. Y Bromley Vanderbilt Eliott F. Shepard FE. W. Vanderbilt William Douglas Sloane W. Seward Webb Mrs. Vanderbilt Mrs. Twombley Morristown Mrs. Webb Sloane F. W. Vanderbilt George W. Vanderbilt Baltimore Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt Newport Gladys Alfred St. Bartholomew's Church Moravian Cemetery New Dorp 8. I W. H. Vanderbilt

Statement of the New England Trust Co Bonds and Trust Funds

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.

United States Commonwealth of “Massachusetts Manufacturing Co General Trust Fund Boston The New England Trust Co Nathaniel Hurd Henchman Suffolk

Reverend Thomas B Lowney Named Rector At Malboro

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.

Archbishop Williams Thomas B. Lowney Church of the Immaculate Conception Malboro P. A. McKenna Father Lowney Medway St. Joseph's Church St. Brendan’s Church North Bellingham Ireland Sulpitan Fathers Grand Seminary Montreal St. James’s Church Harrison Avenue

Police Seize Liquor From Multiple Suspects

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.

Paul Young South Margin Street Mary Goldstein Wall Street Glacinto Russo Clark Street Dominico Cicildno Fleet Street Guisseppi Rosa Guisseppi Savio Garden Court Street

Mother and infant held after Yorkville disorderly case

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.

York Gerry Society Yorkville Rose Carter East Forty-third Street Nellie Mary Charles Seazer Seazer Wattson Cornell

Hartman Known Not Love In Abandonment Case

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

New York Hartman Dorothea Nigrin Flammer Morrisania Thea Hartman West Forty-sixth Street Rochester N. Y Buffalo James McCarthy East One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Street Second Avenue Harlem River McCarthy W. O. Holden Runyon Stephen McDermott Chapman Atlas Holden McDermott Raymon Hitchcock Amelia Bingham McKinley Hitchcock Mt Morris Park Miss Bingham

Duke of York Plots Toronto Visit in Fall Next Year

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.

London Duke and Duchess of York Toronto Dominion Australia India

Election bets spark parades and dares across cities

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.

Roxbury Leo Brien Mark Haggett McKinley Brien Warren Winthrop Street Egleston Square Joseph T. Lyons James Ross Campridge Ross Bryan Bolger Cambridge Common Boylston Street Massachusetts Avenue Garden Street New York E. Hedges Strong Hedges New York City James O’brien Oine Ek

Naugatuck Celebrates Sound Money Victory Parade

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.

Waterbury Conn Naugatuck Connecticut John G. Davenport Second Congregational Church

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