Hypnotized Her and the Divine Right to Love
Elizabeth L. Smiley seeks a limited divorce from Charles W. Smiley alleging seven years of hypnotic control and coercive influence over her actions and property. She claims his authority extended to meals and speech, with him urging the undoing of a cousin marriage. He counters that she is mentally ill and fabricates claims. Dr. Smiley is noted for occult experiments. Colonel Tomlinson pursues Mrs Callias Bey and plans travels to England if no response.
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Washington
Elizabeth L. Smiley
Charles W. Smiley
Dr. Smiley
Smiley
Court of Appeals bars Elsa Forster from suing Cantoni estate
In New York the Court of Appeals granted a perpetual injunction preventing Elsa Forster from pursuing $170,000 claims against the Cantoni estate for services and wages. Her long saga began in 1884 as the wife of Dr. David C. Brennan, ended with Cantoni's death, and leaves Forster running a Brooklyn boarding house after a history of suits, settlements, and scandal.
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Albany
Court of Appeals
Elsa Forster
Salvatore Cantoni
David C. Brennan
Brooklyn
Brennan
Wall Street
Italy
Order of the Crown
Salvatori Fortuny
Cantoni
Fortuny
Bayside
L. L
Forster
Must Leave Hanley Alone in Imperial Theatre Row
Mary Downs, denied a ticket to a box seat at the Imperial Theatre, was sharply lectured by manager Gumpertz for her devotion to Lawrence Hanley now a stock company star. He warned such flirtation harms his career and her reputation and noted Hanley's wife and two children in California. Downs cried and bought a parquet seat.
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ST. Louis
Mary Downs
Imperial Theatre
Gumpertz
Lawrence Hanley
Barrett
Hanley
Miss Downs
California
Suitor of Mrs. Demetrius Bey in Bridgeport Declares Love
Colonel Oliver Wendell Holmes Tomlinson of Bridgeport announces he is courting Mrs. Demetrius Callias Bey widow of P T Barnum and Bey. He says he has written several letters expressing affection and asks her to marry him. He notes his sacrifice of shaving his mustache as proof of devotion and resembles the late Barnum more closely without it.
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Tomlinson
Mme
Callias
P. T. Barnum
England
Bridgeport
Conn
Oliver Wendell Holmes Tomlinson
Demetrius Callias Bey
Bey
Mr. Barnum
Woman foils burglar at Courtney home in New York
Mrs Courtney, daughter of Hugh Mc Laughlin of Brooklyn, faced a burglar armed with jimmies chisels and dynamite. He seized a 2000 diamond necklace from her dressing table but dropped it in the cellar coal bin as police closed in and arrested him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William J. Courtney
Hugh McLaughlin
Brooklyn
Courtney
Gen Cassius M Clay still waiting in White Hall
In White Hall Kentucky on November 24 General Cassius M Clay denies asking Rev Owen Young of Buffalo Church to persuade his wife Dora to return home. Multiple friends tried to urge her to come back without the old husband’s knowledge. Clay worried over why Dora failed to come Sunday or Monday and feared enemies might burn his residence, having workmen seal doors with sheet iron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Hall
Cassius M. Clay
Owen Young
Buffalo Church
Dora
Mrs Ross Enjoined From Claiming Heir of King Fortune
Justice Beekman in New York Supreme Court today forever barred Mrs Eugenia Alethia Webster Ross from asserting she is the heir of the late Millionaire William Henry King. The ruling prevents any further claims to the estate by Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Justice Beekman
Supreme Court
Eugenia Alethia Webster Ross
William Henry King
Davenport Laws Wed at Grove Hall Universalist Church
Miss Georgia C Laws daughter of Mr and Mrs H C H Laws and Oliver F Davenport a Dorchester socialite were wed yesterday at Grove Hall Universalist Church Roxbury Rev Charles R Tenney officiated with a bridal party including Dorothy Fletcher Mary O Baker Blanche Smith and best man Walter Allen Clapp A reception followed at 3 Wheatland Avenue The groom has served as fleet captain of the Dorchester Yacht Club and represented Ward 16 in the Common Council this year.
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Grove Hall
Universalist
Walter Allen Clapp
Buffalo
N. Y
Edward H. Willett
J. Howard Leman
Marshall
P. Smith
Franklin I. Smith
Wheatland Avenue
Mr. Davenport
Dorchester Yacht Club
Holiday Brides: Bond and Goldsmith Wedding
Miss Sara Augusta Bond wed Delos Edward Goldsmith in a Thanksgiving Eve ceremony performed by Rev. Thomas Van Ness. The couple, attended by J. Wallace Goldsmith, hosted a large reception at the bride’s home with family and friends, then departed for a brief wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Augusta Bond
Delos Edward Goldsmith
Thomas van Ness
J. Wallace Goldsmith
Commonwealth Avenue
Brookline Golden Wedding Honors Forty-Nine Years of Marriage
Mr and Mrs Austin Goodrich of Clinton Road Brookline celebrated their fiftieth anniversary at home with twenty five relatives and neighbors sending congratulations. The couple married in Woonsocket Rhode Island on November 27 1847. he 73 she 69.
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Austin Goodrich
Clinton Road
Brookline
Woonsocket
R. I
Mr. Goodrich
Westminster
Vermont
Goodrich
Mrs. Goodrich
Spectacular Kirmess Opens at Mechanics Building
The Woman's City Relief Association presents a national dances kirmess staged at Mechanics Building in Boston. Five hundred young performers, elaborate scenery, and varied tableaux from Sweden Japan Russia Spain and more impressed a large audience. Proceeds aid the city poor for winter. The show runs nightly through Tuesday November 30 with potential program changes.
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Mechanics’ Building
Woman's City Relief Association
Boston
Savage
Sweden
Japan
Russia
Spain
Italy
Orient
Bohemia
Scotland
England
Ireland
America
Missing Melrose Umbrella Manufacturer Charles Foss
Charles E Foss an established umbrella maker from 9 Temple Place Melrose disappeared after leaving home Sunday forenoon. He faced debts rumored at 30000 dollars and left checks pending payment. his store is run by a trustee as detectives probe his finances and disappearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Foss
9 Temple Place
Melrose
Rumnor
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Saint Cantoni
Traiser
New England
Traiser & C0
Mas
Mrs. Courtney
Gen. Clay
J.H. Goldsmith
Union
Sumatra
Cor
Washington and
Dover Sts
Billdick
Downs
North American
Boyle Bros
NoTon & Pen
South End
Mrs. Ross
Davenport
LAWS
Holiday Brides
Goldsmith Bond
Mamia Murphy
Charles Harrison, Jr
Gilchrist
Izes
Soc
Henry W. Bates
Wareham
Rockland
Mechanics
Booth
Shepard, Norwell & Co
John C. Abbott
Carter
E. C. Ramsdell
Eben H. Bailey
Margaret B. Bellamy
Anna W. Kelly
Ruth M. Ayers
Dora A. Reid
Mary Taylor
Gertrude M. Haskins
Bessie I. McBain
Elizabeth B. Babcock
Grace D. Upham
Lena G. Adams
Amy K. Wilkinson
Bella M. Derby
Helen J
Harriet R. Ryder
Winnie Bingham
Cora A. Jones
Wilma A. Browne
Edith W. Clement
Marion Babcock
Edith Wilkinson
Messrs
F. Lloyd Hoey
Robert E. Webb
Frank B. McArthur
A. Edward Wilkinson
Wesley W. Morse
Frank Bingham
Hedvig Lidstrom- Boynton
Royal Japanese
Emily Harmon Copeland
Laura Wood
Florence Howe
Mary Locke Wiggin
Ciara E. Ryder
Bertha Lawrence Smith
Herbert H. Holton
Matt. Julien Tobey
Brainerd Taylor
Martin van Buren Dunning, Jr
Harvid Taylor
E. Webster Hadcock
Lena M. Crane
Lincoln
McKinley
Goldie Klondike
John Ritchie
Johnny
Foss OF
Mr. Foss
Post
Gross & Strauss
Winter Street
Vinal
Foss
First Baptist Church
A. E. Keen
Upham Street
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