Wild Rose of Wilton dies with three husbands
Minnie Dauchey known as The Wild Rose of Wilton dies in Norwalk Hospital at a young age leaving three husbands and four children. She had a checkered career with three marriages in one week five years ago and two weddings voided due to her age. Howard Dauchey, her third husband, married her with parental consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sch
Norwalk, Conn
Minnie Dauchey
Wild Rose of
Wilton
Norwalk
Minnie Brotherton
Howard Dauchey
Quiet 1900 Boston wedding shocks high society
Francis Skinner Jr., heir to a prosperous family, quietly married Miss Sarah Carr a shop girl from Boston in June 1900. The match, born of romance in Marblehead, drew commentary on social class as Cambridge and Gardner Peabody lineage factions frowned while Mrs. Skinner reportedly delighted in the union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Skinner, Jr
Jack Gardner
Sarah KE. Carr
Boylston Street
Boston
New England
Miss Carr
Patrick Carr
St. Germain Street
Sarah Carr
Back Bay
Frank Skinner
Sadie Carr
Marblehead
Eastern
Corinthian Yacht Clubs
Beacon Street
Old Country Place
Dedham
Young Skinner
Eliza Gardner
John L. Gardner
Old School
Gardner
Salem Peabody
George Peabody
Somerset and Country Clubs
Mr. Skinner, Sr
Gardner and
Peabody
Jack” Gardner
Pleads for Clean City Rule at Boston Dinner
Edwin D. Mead urged Boston citizens to keep school committee politics out of local government and strive for a clean city in the two weeks ahead. He defended the Hague peace conference as having reduced a war cloud and praised the event attended by 350 people at Wells Memorial and People's Institutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Sam Adams
Charles Sumner
Edwin D. Mead
Wells Memorial
People’s Institutes
Tremont Street
United States
Mead
The
Hague
Yellow Journals
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Thomas Burdett
Edmund Billings
Turner
Dudley Prescott
Zaugeg
Paine
James Murphy
People’s Institute
Scientists' Service at Falmouth Church Draws 8000
The Christian Scientists of this city gathered at the church on Falmouth and Norway streets where 8000 listened to testimonials of healing and intellect appeal. A woman claimed a 16 year old broken limb disability was cured through Mrs. Eddy's teachings. The meeting was led by first reader W. D. McCracken with special music by Mrs. Helen Hunt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Scientists
Falmouth
Norway
Christian Science Faith
Mrs. Eddy
W. D. McCracken
Helen Hunt
Thanksgiving Dinner At Norfolk County Jail Delights Inmates
Sheriff Samuel H. Capen provided 300 pounds of turkey for the inmates of the Norfolk County House of Correction at their Thanksgiving dinner. Plum pudding and other delicacies were served. Yard leave was granted and football and games entertained the inmates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dedham
Samuel H. Capen
Norfolk County House of Correction
Labor unions and democracy at Thanksgiving service
In a Temple Israel and Second Church joint service on Commonwealth avenue, sermon by Rev. Thomas Van Ness framed labor unions as a democratic force. He argued organized workers seek a real share in industry, not mere higher wages or shorter hours, amid calls for virtue in business and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple Israel
Second Church
Commonwealth Avenue
Thomas van Ness
United States
Colorado
State Comptroller Powers Debate Hinges on Ways and Means
The Ways and Means committee, led by Rep Joseph Walker of Brookline, weighs a proposal for a powerful state comptroller. A comprehensive report on state finances is near completion, with focus on comptroller authority and management of funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State House Committee On
Ways and Means
House
Joseph Walker
Brookline
Mahogany and Oak Boardroom Furnishings Catalog
Item list describes mahogany and quartered oak dining and living room pieces with bevelled French plate mirrors and carved stands. Included are a mahogany sideboard with mirror and shelves, an extension table with five tapered legs, a leather seated dining chair, and a green velour rocker, with prices ranging around 14.50 to 48.00.
Savoy Couple Celebrates 60th Wedding Anniversary
North Adams is the scene as Seneca T. Cain and Melissa Bliss Cain mark six decades of marriage. The Savoy couple, among the town’s oldest residents, were joined by three children and several grandchildren at their lifelong home, with Cain aged 83 and Bliss 79.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Adams
Savoy
Seneca T. Cain
Cain
Mr. Cain
Moses Cain
Down
Cape
Melissa Bliss
Amos Deming
Miss Bliss
I. A. Burnette
Florida
Russell B. Tower
Adams
Mark Cain
World News Nuggets From Major Centers
A digest of brief items from cities worldwide dated November 28. Notables include Lord Fairfax returning to New York as a banker, Baron Edmundo Mayor Des Planches with the Italian ambassador to the United States, and author Robert Barrie aboard the Adriatic. Montreal firm A W Grant & Co suspends payments. Tittoni presents the Italo Mexican treaty to the Chamber. In Victoria Jewish students’ actions lead to deportations. In San Francisco troops sail for the Philippines. Captain Thomas O Leary of Tyrian killed in Halifax accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lord Fairfax
England
Baron Fairfax
Baron Edmondo Mayor Des Planches
United States
Des Planches
Robert Barrie
Cherbourg
Boston Merchant George E. Wood Dies at 82
George E. Wood of Sands Taylor Wood Company died at his South Main Street home after a pneumonia illness. He was 82 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleboro
George E. Wood
Boston
Sands, Taylor & Wood Company
South Main Street
Wood
What New England People Are Doing
BRISTOL Vermont November 28 Melvin A Varney a leading business man died today aged 71 He had held many town offices Madison Maine November 28 The Madison Woolen Company mill shut down for repairs will run full time Monday Francois Deschane aged 52 fell down a stairway entering the wrong doorway breaking his neck Brunswick Maine November 28 Francois Deschane aged 52 died after a fall Stamford Connecticut November 28 Walter M Smith long associated with the wholesale dry goods trade in New York City died today
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Melvin A. Varney
Madison
Madison Woolen Company
Brunswick
Francois Deschane
Stamford
Conn
Walter M. Smith
New York City
George C. Richardson & Co
Five Score Wanderers Dine at New England Home
About 1000 small hands and 100 little wanderers enjoyed a Thanksgiving Day event at the New England Home for Little Wanderers on West Newton Street. The dining room glowed with holly and red fans as five score children savored a festive meal and a citywide celebration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Little Wanderers
West Newton Street
Solemn Memorial Mass for St Patrick's Society Members
A solemn requiem was sung yesterday at St Patrick's Church Roxbury for deceased members of the St Patrick's Total Abstinence and Literary Society. Rev Maurice F Flynn led the service with Fr John Reagan as deacon and Fr Joseph Gallagher as sub deacon. Officers named include Sullivan Walsh McDonald Healy Crowley Tannon Foley and Phelan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Patrick's Total
Patrick J. Foley
Thomas F. Phelan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Unil
Juliette
Washington St
Hermsdorf
Boys’ Books
Alger
Try and Trust
Paul the Pedler
Store
Choice
Mrs
Francis Skinner
Scientists’ Service
Turkey
Paine Furniture Co
Canal Street
North Station
Haymarket Square
Montreal
A. W. Grant & Co
Rome
Signor Tittoni
Chamber of Deputies
Victoria
B. C
Vladivostok
San Francisco
First Cavalry
Sixth Cavalry
Philippines
Thomas
Halifax
N. S
Thomas O'Leary
LoyDs
Andrew J. Lucyp Co
Down Town
Boylston
McDonald's
Tremont St
St. Patrick’s T. A. & L. Society of Roxbury
Cornhill
Lewis’ Drug Store
Adams Square
Alaska
Ceylon
Assam
Japan
St Goffees
Gazaar
Essex St
Salem
Main St
Gloucester
Nage
Sirean
Houghton & Dutton
Tremont & Beacon Sts
John T. Connor
Greater Boston
W. E. Merrill
Mass. Ave
Camb
Orderey
Gilchrist Co
Washington & Winter Wm. H. Brine Co
Murphy's Ranches
Walcott & Co
Central Sq
E. Boston
H. A. Skidmore
Broadway
Chelsea
Wolf’s
My Clothier
Hanover & Portland
Sts
Merchants’ Legal Stamp Co
F. N. Joslin & Co
Maiden Sq
H. H. Chandler
Charlestown
R. J. Farrell
Union Sq
Somerville
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!