Mrs Howe Free After Two Years In Hartford Jail
Hartford dispatch recalls the case of Mrs. Howe freed after a two year confinement for a swindle plotting against Harvard graduates. The duo posed as relatives of alumni and cashed forged or misplaced checks while her husband cited as the partner in the elaborate ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Howe
Harvard
Edward Robbins Howe
Boston
Robert T. Lincoln
J. Murray Howe
Cambridge
California
Owas
Jean
Chicago
Yale
Bullet in Her Heart in New York Woman Found Dead
Yetta Stern was found dead at her home with a bullet in the heart. The death was recorded as self inflicted with no clear motive. She was young, attractive, and described as bright and vivacious with a loving husband and a three year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mars Southgate's Story In Court Over Affection Suit
Mrs Ella S Southgate testifies in New York court about troubles with husband Henry son of the late Bishop Southgate. Henry Southgate sues Arthur Leffingwell for 50000 dollars claiming alienation of his wife's affections. The case features motions and testimonies including a Port Chester reference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ella S Southgate
Henry
Bishop Southgate
Arthur Leffingwell
Hummel
Port Chester
Thought she was his wife Palmer arrested for third time
Clarence H. Palmer was jailed after a third arrest in two weeks with charges of false pretences and misbehavior. His accuser, Mrs. Palmer, believed they were married and partners in a soap business, aided by a document he claimed was a marriage certificate. She had given him $400, and Palmer’s wife in Manchester, New Hampshire, has since informed police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence H. Palmer
Palmer
Manchester
N. H
Farmer goes raving mad and destroys home fire kills child
Suohomish Washington on November 13 John Fook a wealthy farmer returns from a fishing trip and discovers his wife’s infidelity. He becomes a raving maniac and destroys the house with an axe before setting it ablaze trapping his youngest child who dies in the flames. He is captured and later sent to an asylum. The wife and her lover flee with the other two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suohomish
Wash
John Fook
Fook
Corinne Sets Up Will for Corinne Home for Actresses
Corinne the actress in San Francisco executed her will listing jewelry real estate costumes and all personal property to be sold. The lump sum is estimated at 760000 and a tract of land near New York will host the Corinne Home for Aged and Unemployed Actresses to aid girls in finding work and avoiding vice.
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San Francisco
Cal
Corinne
New York
Boston invites proposals for grammar schoolhouse HVAC plant Dorchester
The city invites proposals for a heating and ventilating plant for a grammar schoolhouse in Dorchester. Proposals and plans are available at architect T. M. Clark 22 Congress Street. A bond of 3000 dollars with satisfactory surety will be required to guarantee the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Dorchester
T. M. Clark
Congress Street
Foremen Honor Shay With Clock on Homecoming
Mr Thomas J Shay foreman of the West Roxbury street paying division returned from a bridal tour with his wife and was greeted at No 41 Orchard Street Jamaica Plain by division foremen who presented a handsome hall clock. Foreman Michael O Neil gave the speech and guests then shared supper. Beechams is advertised as the King of Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Shay
West Roxbury
Orchard Street
Jamaica Plain
Michael O'Neil
Money fight over fallen daily paper ends in adjourned meeting
An adjourned stockholders meeting at Pilgrim Hall debated the management of the Daily Standard and raised funds for legal action to investigate the receiver and former directors. Disputes over finances and alleged mismanagement led to heated exchanges, a minor injury, and the session adjournment. Separately a steamer Sea Bird ran aground near Boston, sinking after striking a mud bank while cargo valued at about 1800 dollars was to be salvaged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Standard
Pilgrim Hall
C. H. Lincoln
C. J. Freeman
Freeman
Standard
Superior Court
Sawyer
A. F. Houghton
John Moore
Mr. Sawyer
Em Voy
Ock
Portland
Sea Bird
Parsons
Keyport
N. J
Fiske, Holmes & Co
K Street
South Hoston
L Street
O. M. Parsons
H. M. Sargent
New York
Fire at Fitchburg shanty at Prison Point near Boston
A noon blaze originated in oil and waste at a Fitchburg railroad shanty at Prison Point near the Charles River gutted the structure. Nearby vessels loaded and unloading coal, with the P Co Merryman and Maude Sherwood at risk. tug Vim aided by extinguishing the fire. River men Haggerty and Bishop encountered hawser slips during docking at Grand Junction docks.
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Fitchburg
Prison Point
Charles River
Maude Sherwood
P. Co. Merryman
Boston Towboat Company
al Melvin
Tug Vim
Robert McMurray
Provincetown
Longfellow
Charles J. Stoddard
City of
Quincy
Nantasket
Lockwood Manufacturing Company
Colby
State of Maine
International Line
Portland
Thompson
Haggerty and
Bishop
Grand Junction Docks
Boston
Johnston Line
Baltimore
New York
New England
Smouldering Disease Flares With Minor Illness Warning
A historical column warns that lingering disease remains in healthy men, breaking out with minor sickness. It blames overuse of suppressive medicines and promotes a universal remedy as the cure to eradicate disease and purify the blood.
London social queen Mrs. Paget draws sharp American interest
London Nov 13 Mrs Arthur Paget daughter of the late Mrs Paran Stevens of New York is lauded as a brilliant society leader. Her Belgrave Square home hosts fashion art and wit with a three strung necklace of pearls and a famed jewelry collection. Colonel Paget her husband and the Scots Guards officer figure in a family noted for social influence and lineage.
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London
Arthur Paget
Paran Stevens
New York
Paris
Paget
Angelica Kauffmann
Princess of Wales
Duchess of
Isabel
France
America
Eton
Marquis of Anglesey
Scots Guards
Gifts to the Library Add Ten Thousand Dollars in Trust
The Public Library trustees accepted a 10000 gift from an unnamed Chicago woman to fund rare editions for the Longfellow Memorial Collection. A larger prior offer with conditions was rejected, and another was deferred. Manuscripts by Walt Whitman and Ticknor’s library table were accepted. no decision on the Bacchante statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Library
Chicago
Walt Whitman
Gorge Ticknor
Bacchante
Plays Next Week Highlight Boston Theatre Lineup
The Tremont Theatre opens an American tour for English actor E. E. Willard with The Rogue's Comedy. Olga Nethersole presents Denise and Camille. Chimmie Fadden enters its third week at the Park. Frank Corbett and other acts plus novelties headline weekly listings across Boston venues.
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Tremont Theatre
E. 8. Willard
Henry Arthur Jones
Castle Square
James J. Corbett
Columbia
Dicksons
Keith's
Austin
Bootblack
James I. Hoey
Dixon
Bowers
George H. Wood
Haines and
Pettingill
Lottie West Symonds
Emily Hdwards
Wills
Barron
Georgie Bryton
Arline Sisters
Andersons
Brown and Harrison
Maxwell
Wright
Ozay
Lizzie B. Raymond
Katherine Rober
Boston
New Grand Theatre
Iza
Clemenceau
Lettie le Vyne
Iola Pomeroy
Grand Opera House
Stock Company
Life
Ward
Curran
Heely
Martha
Matt Farnan
Ida Russell
Miss Vera
W. H Burke
Trocadero
Eden Usee
Sunday Religious Listings in Tremont and Adjacent Churches
The Sunday schedule features worship at Tremont Temple led by Rev. George C. Lorimer with sermons on Obedient Unto Death and Motives in Religion, plus 3 p m and 7:30 p m events. Other venues include Old South Church, Church of the Ascension, People's Temple, Tremont Street M B Church, Bromfield Street M E Church, St John’s M E Church, Roxbury Presbyterian, and Spiritualist and union activities with speakers such as Hon. John G Wooley and Rev. James Boyd Brady, plus notes on lectures, concerts, and special religious conventions.
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Tremont Temple
George C. Lorimer
D. D
John G. Wooley
People's Temple
Cor
Columbus Avenue
Berkeley Street
James Boyd Brady
S. Co. E
James Burgess
Boston Masonic Chorus
Apollo
David Walker
Tremont ST. M. B
Tremont
Concord Streets
John D. Pickles
Epworth League
Bromfield Street
M. BE
L. B. Bates
ST. John's M. E
Boston
W. T. Perrin
Pleasant Sunday Afternoon Church Meeting and Recitals
Rev Dr Henry Powers speaks on The Patriotic Orders in the Campaign. Miss Mozart and 2 p Walker sing. Free seats at Every Day Church 397 Shawmut Avenue 4 PM. Organ recital 3 45 PM by Clarence E Reed Asbury Temple. Choir Carol Club performs. Dr C W Biddle offers Make the Most of Yourself. Lecture Washingtonian Home Chapel John James Moore Poverty Law Liberty 3 PM. gospel temperance at Walter Baker Mansion 464 Washington Dorchester 3 30 PM Rev William Moore speaks. Christadelphians Arcade Hall 7 Park Square 3 AM Destiny of the Wicked lecture. All welcome. No collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawmut Avenue
Clarence E. Reed
Asbury Temple
Mendelssohn
Carol Club
New England
C. W. Biddle
Brookline
Mabel Sawyer
Washingtonian Home Chapel
Waltham Street
John James Moore
Geannette Russo
Christadelphians
Arcade Hall
Park Square
Weather Advice For Those Outdoors In Cold Conditions
Advice urges people exposed to the weather to keep a bottle of cough syrup on hand. It emphasizes staying warm and monitoring health during chilly conditions.
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Bischoff, Adler & CO
New York City
N.Y
Carrahar
Bischoff & Adler
Broadway
National Park Bank
Gretchens
Thos
O’callaghan & Co
Carns Bove
Washington Street
Mrs. Howe Free
Wadler
Mars
Southgate
Salvation Oil
CITY
Beecham
Bedcham
Standard Stockholders
Ayer
Dociety
Willard
Baptist
Old South Church
Third Church
George A. Gordon
Episcopal
Church OF the Ascension
Edward L. Atkinson
Presbyterian
Roxbury Presbyterian Church
Warren and
Woodbine Streets
J. S. Edenburn
Hamilton, O
Minnie M. Soule
Gospel of Spirit Return Society
Hiawatha Hall
Tremont Street
First Spiritual Temple
Newbury and
Exeter Streets
O. L. Concannon
W. J. Colville
B. Y. M. C. Union
Union Hall
Boylston Street
George Hodges
Episcopal Divinity School
Enatenk
Bertha Ll. Dillaway
B. B. Osthues
Caleb P. Fox
T. Milton Dillaway
George Mendall Taylor
Parliament OF Man
James Logan Gordon
Gordon
Jude
Sanford Keith Gurney
Mr. O. J. Hackett
Mr. Harper
Mr. Gurney
Parker C. Marsh
Baird Sisters
Herbert C. Casson
Evangelist Rush
People’s Temple
OLD Howard
ATHEN
Howard St
Vauiteville
CLIO
Teibatre
Col
Washington and
Dover
Katherine Rober Astiza
Dumas
Land
ROBER
Boston Theatre
The
T. A. Union
of the Archdiocese of
Michael J. Dwyer
Josiah Quincy
Mary Louise Crowley
Teresa F. Maginnis
Joseph
Long F. Brine
Henry Donlon
Patricia Olden
J. T. Whelan
ING
George A. Fox
Kroneflell St
Rogramme, Roft
J. B. Pond
Model Playhouse
Huth
Clifford
Burke and Forest
Billy Emerson
Aubers
Castle Theatre
Trem
St. Tel
Tremont St
Bowdoin Ctnestre
Charles F. Atkinson
Shannon
Henry Powers
Mozart
P. Walker
OPERA
Eugene Tompkins
Evans
Hoey
Annaheld&autom
Harles Hopper
Hollis
Isaac
Olga Nethersole
Camille
Giacosa
Scarli
Miss Nethersole
Denise
Abbey, Schoeffel & Gray Co. (Ltd
Mr. E
Boston Museum
Wena Rice
Blowvass CO
R. A. Barnet
OLD Public Library
Chiquita
Millie Christine
Masonic Temple
Cor. Boylston and Tremont
Columbia Theatre
Mats
Peer Girls
Congo
Vishnu
Christ
Pratorium
Ndothr Dore
Copley Hall
Clarendon
Bay State
Portland Sane India
G. F. Williams
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