Sure of acquittal as Thaw trial nears verdict
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw, in New York, declares belief her husband Harry Thaw will be acquitted of Stanford White murder. She laments press falsehoods, recounts health strains, and notes photos or interviews she denies. The Thaw visit to Sing Sing includes a mat for the cell and a note on estate payments from H. W. Longfellow.
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New York
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw
Stanford White
Harry
Harry Thaw
Thaw
Epitaph Accuses Widow of Poisoning in Pelham Graveyard
In Pelham a historic graveyard marker tells a bitter feud tale Warren Gibbs died of arsenic in 1860 at 86. Mary Felton, his wife, is named as the poisoner in an epitaph carved on the headstone. The feud, sparked by his death after oysters, led to threats of prosecution and repeated stone replacements.
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Pelham
Warren Gibbs
Mary Felton
Wm. Gibbs
Hardwick
William Gibbs
William
Boston Guests Invited to Splash Party in Bathhouse
Boston socialites of the city to attend a gala Splash Party hosted by Robert Lindenberg in a Columbus bathhouse. Guests, dressed as mythic figures, will participate in a promenade in costume and a two hour water event following the wedding ceremony, with music and scents enhancing the affair.
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Bathhouse
Boston
Smart Set
Robert Lindenberg
Columbus
Lindenberg
Andover
Adele Woodworth
King’? Kelley
East State Street
Dowry Fails to Reunite Duke of Marlborough and Consuelo
In Paris on Oct 21 reports say the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough to permanently separate after 18 months of estrangement. Consuelo Vanderbilt, father W K Vanderbilt, and children seek reconciliation at Blenheim. Dowry of 5 million dollars cited as insufficient for the duke's demands, amid tensions over money, status, and plans for estates and politics.
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Duchess of Marlborough
Consuelo
W. K. Vanderbilt
Blenheim Castle
Sunderland House
Marquis of Blandford
Lord Ivor Spencer Churchill
Miss Vanderbilt
William K. Vanderbilt
Mrs. Rutherford
Vanderbilt
Lord Curzon
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Marlborough House
London
Prince of Wales
Duke of Marlborough
Conauelo Vanderbilt
Spencer House
Duke
O. H. P. Belmont
Queen Victoria
King Edward
John Albert Edward William
John
William
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Earl of Marlborough
Earl of Sunderland
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Wormweighton
Churchill of
Irate Russian Traces Eloping Wife Across Continents
General Alexander Oudchakoff searches Europe for his wife Mrs A Oudchakoff who eloped five months ago with Gabriel Essipoff a young Russian student. The pair fled Berlin Paris Naples and Gibraltar then crossed to New York before a cable blocked their landing and they returned to Europe ending in London where they departed again.
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London
Alexander Oquchakoff
Gabriel Essipoff
Attempts to refloat schooner on Hog Island
MACHIAS Me Oct 21 Attempts to float schooner Horace G Morse ashore on Hog Island have been unsuccessful and further attempts will be made on Monday.
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Machias, Me
Horace G. Morse
Hog Island
Last Service at Old St Andrews Church Ends Era
The last service at St. Andrews parish Episcopal Church was conducted yesterday at the old Chambers street church. Members will attend Trinity services going forward as the parish dissolves its historic church body, with past ministers named and the church building history traced to 1888. The parish house will continue industrial activities through spring.
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St. Andrew’s
Episcopal Church
Chambers Street
Trinity
B. B Killykelly
Vinton
Charles Street
Charles Bank
Kid
St Louis Husband Pelting Wife With Cash Bills
Mrs. Fannie Eberson testified in a divorce suit that her husband A A Eberson, a St Louis capitalist, formerly pelleted her with rolled bundles of $50 and $100 bills. He urged her to wear fine dresses to outshine neighbors, and they remain at the Washington Hotel with separate apartments. Her hotel tips cost eight dollars a month. witnesses note his lavish spending, including $16 shoes, $75 suits, and $80 underwear per suit. The court granted Mrs Eberson $175 a month pending the case. Eberson told her brother his household expenses ran about $12,000 yearly.
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ST. Louis
Fannie Eberson
A. A. Eberson
Edison Finds New Battery Metal in Revolutionary Development
Edison, after years of study, reports a cobalt-based battery metal enabling a lighter, longer lasting cell. The 30 pound battery outperforms a 100 pound lead battery by lasting three to six times as long, with safer operation and lower costs. Edison also mentions a stronger cement material for construction and hints at future airship ideas while acknowledging vast unknowns in science.
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Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Hidison
Mr. Edison
Edison
Pair of Storks Sent to Pres Roosevelt For Fun
Two storks in a handsome cage arrived in New York from Hamburg aboard the steamship America. The cage bore THEODORE ROOSEVELT Washington D. C. A Berlin firm likely sent them possibly for a Roosevelt relative. A note warned ladies the birds are dangerous. The birds will be sent to Washington at once.
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Pres. Roosevelt
New York
America
Hamburg
Berlin
William Loeb
White House
Loeb
Washington
Portuguese Bishop Confirms Many at St John the Baptist
The Rev D Henrique P de Silva, bishop of the Portuguese Catholic Church, confirmed a large number of boys and girls at 10 o clock services in the church of St John the Baptist on North Bennet street yesterday morning. In the afternoon he assisted at a solemn vesper service in St Anthony's Church, Portland street Cambridge. Next Tuesday evening he will be given a reception by Portuguese residents in Lyceum Hall, East Boston.
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D. Henrique P. de Silva
Church of
St. John the Baptist
North Bennet Street
St. .Anthony’s Church
Portland Street
Cambridge
Lyceum Hall
Boston
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