Milliner’s daughter reshapes Earl of Dudley into a new man
London reports detail the transformation of the Earl of Dudley after marrying Rachel Gurney, a milliner’s daughter. The upheaval includes a shift from profligacy to diligent estate management, political engagement, and a calmer personal life attributed to his wife’s influence. The story notes his vast estate and a London society captivated by this extraordinary change.
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Deland
Earl of Dudley
England
New York
London
Paris
Dudley
Prince of Wales
Earl
Rachel Gurney
Presto
Regent Street
Miss Gurney
Westminster Hall
Worcestershire
Mme. Valentine
Crurney
Mme. Gurney
Duchess of Bedford
Miliner
Duke of Bedford
Italy
Jfe
Woman with twenty four children presides over lively mountain top home
Mrs. Samuel P. Swartwood of Mountain Top, mother of twenty four, describes married life as one grand, sewer song. The 40 year old wife and mother recounts her large brood, two sets of twins, and her engineer husband, with pride in their bustling household.
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Mr. Swartwood
Central Railroad
Grover Cleveland
Treasure Not Found in Cairo Report Debunked
Cairo October 9 report dismisses rumors of the Khalifa treasure worth 50000640 dollars being found and sent to Cairo. The claim that General Kitchener will resign as sirdar is also said to be baseless.
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Cairo
Khalifa
Kitchener
Was She His Wife Probate Fight Looms Over Cox Will
An impending probate battle over George F. Cox's will reveals he left all possessions to a young woman described as his only true friend, disinheriting Mary E. Cox and her children. The document, signed a day before his death, also bequeaths James Wood Jr. a gold watch and locket.
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New York
George F. Cox
Cox
Mary E. Cox
George F. Cox, Jr
Fdith
Augusta Cox Oppenheimer
Fanny Elizabeth
Ox Hardy
Emma Cox
William Savageux
Lillian F. Cox
Stolen Dutch Crown Jewels Restored After Long Heist Tale
The article recounts the Brussels theft of crown jewels before the Belgium upheaval, the Dutch embassy escape plot in Washington involving Romage and Polari, and the 1881 recovery. It notes the jewels, including diadems and bracelets, from Princess Orange and portraits of Russian royals, plus ensuing legal and customs issues.
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Brussels
William Tr
Jean Romage
Washington, D. C
Orange
Russia
Netherlands
Paul
Maria
Nicholas
William I
Holland
Alexander
Constantine
Michael
Romage
Polari
Custom House
Will dispute shadows late New York widow case
The will leaves one dollar to Mary E. Cox and her children as final rebuke for alleged disrespect and ingratitude. The residuary estate goes to Alicia Fallon of Rondout Ulster County NY for long-time kindness. Executors are lawyers William F. Burr and George De Lacy. Contested probate possible. question may arise if Cox was married to the so called widow.
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Mary E. Cox
Alicia Fallon
Rondout
Ulster County
N. Y
William F. Burr
George ©. de Lacy
Burr
Cox
Unidentified man found dead in South Boston cellar
Dr. Draper the medical examiner said no identification or new disclosure had arrived in the case of the young man found dead in a cellar at 221 West Fourth street South Boston.
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Draper
West Fourth Street
South
Boston
Price list request by mail and phone
Readers are invited to order price lists by mail telephone and express from ASO Washington Street Boston and Fulton Street New York 6th Avenue New York.
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Aso
Washington ST
Boston
Fulton ST
N.Y
6Th Ave
Women Building Trades Council Moves to Defeat School Board
The Building Trades Council condemned the school committee as hostile to organized labor and urged defeating its members at the polls this fall. They plan to enlist wives and daughters to register and vote, with a 25 member committee to drive the effort and labor unions urged to cooperate. A new meeting time and several committees were announced, including Ways and Means, Legislative, Credential, Finance, and Municipal panels with named members.
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Building Trades Council
Ways and
L. ©. Powers
John McDonald
J. Reed
J. Murphy
BP. J. Gorman
William Welch
Ichael Maher
Mark — B. Mulvey
Fred J. Kneeland
David D. Sheehan
George E. Wike
KR. J. Godfrey
J. On. Sullivan
PB. McGrath
Edward O'Connor
James O'Neil
James J. Paine
Glaziers
William B. McIntosh
James Rehill
J. Kinder
Hough McKay
Carpen
Union Names and Trades in City Labor Committee
An organizing list names members across trades including plasterers Joseph J. Post wire workers David B. Flynn electrical workers James White gasfitters A Murphy painters Joseph I. Gilchrist sheet and metal workers and other crafts. The organizing committee includes Thomas Flood Dennis Scamell George M. Gunther J E Kelly tanks makers Joan Brophy steamfitters John White pipe coverers and Daniel Leary machinists.
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Ters
Thomas F. Riley
Joseph J. Post
David B. Flynn
James White
A. Murphy
Joseph I. Gilchrist
Thomas Flood
Dennis Scamell
George M. Gunther
J. E. Kelly
Joan Brophy
John White
Daniel Leary
Natick Man Found Ill on Street Near Beacon Street
Samuel Webster a 24 year old resident of No 9 Saspate court Natick was found in Somerset street near Beacon street yesterday morning by Division 2 officers. He was taken to City Hospital.
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Samuel Webster
Saspate Court
Natick
Somerset Street
Beacon Street
City Hospital
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