Mrs Blackwell details alleged flirting and abuse in divorce hearing
In a divorce hearing before Judge Harris Mrs Mary J Blackwell described her husband Blackwell as flirtatious with women and sometimes cruel. She recounted incidents including calling her ignorant and ill bred and noted jewelry gifts while admitting to a heated argument and a flat iron incident. Other testimonies mention plans to separate and a separate case of Pauline Strater seeking divorce from Frederick J, a theater producer, with a decree nisi granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Blackwell
Harris
Pauline P. Strater
Frederick J
Unhappy Leap Year Marriage Ends in Court
The Manhattan Avenue Police Court heard an abandonment case by 21 year olds James and Mrs. Burke after a quarrel on Oct 15. The judge ordered Burke to pay Mrs. Burke five dollars a week, noting his earnings vary and warning of penitentiary if he fails to save.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan Avenue
James Burke
Haster
Grace May Elliot and Hervey Judson Skinner Wed at Wakefield Home
Miss Grace May Elliot and Mr Hervey Judson Skinner married at the bride’s mother’s Wakefield home. The Rev. Hugh A Heath officiated the 7 PM ceremony with a reception to follow. The couple will reside at 15 Chestnut Street Wakefield amid many congratulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace May Elliot
Hervey Judson Skinner
Flora
A. Billiot
Eaton Street
Wakefield
Hugh A. Heath
First Baptist Church
Jennie Wilson Richards
New Haven
Elliot
Isabel M. Elliot
Ruth W. Boardman
Clifford M. Swan
Brookline
Miles
Sherrill
J. Frank White
Amherst
Warner D. Taylor
Yale
Richard Dutton
Harvard
Flora A. Eliot
Thomas J. Skinner
Mrs. Skinner
Chestnut Street
Pugilist Hired to Bar Husband at Wife's Home
In Philadelphia Elizabeth Sipps seeks divorce from George L Sipps accusing cruelty. Her lawyer hires a big husky prize fighter to receive Sipps at 749 South Twenty second street and to collect bouquets Sipps has sent daily since the suit began. The proceedings have been paused due to the respondent's illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Elizabeth Sipps
South Twenty-second Street
Big
Husky
Sipps
Driscoll Questions Will Testimony Over High Heels
In Syracuse on October 26, Congressman Michael E. Driscoll questioned the competency of Mrs. Garret Hotaling in a will dispute. The witness acknowledged wearing French-heeled shoes at age 73 and suggested she wore them as a personal habit, while asserting uncertainty about how long she would keep wearing them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Michael E. Driscoll
Supreme Court
Garret Hotaling
Norton
Telephone Girls Stowed Away After Midnight Hubbub
At the Hotel Martha Washington in New York the hotel storage rooms hold the telephone operators after a disruptive night. A transient confronted Miss Permanent in a nightgown, accusing her of improper calls, while residents complained of late night chatter. Manager Caldwell moved the receivers to the storerooms to quiet the disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Martha Washington
Miss Permanent
Tom
Harry
Caldwell
Armless sharpshooter marries 21 year old in Cape Girardeau
Albert A. Pilgrim, 23, armless and legless, married Emma Fry, 21, daughter of a Salina ranchman. Pilgrim from Shippensburg, Penn., was with a Pike street company, joined a traveling Wild West show, and the bride came from Kansas. She wheeled him to the justice's office. a $100 purse was given as a wedding gift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Girardeau
Albert A. Pilgrim
St. Charles
Justice’s Office
Pageal
Murat Halsted Named President and Editor of Newsboy Magazine
Washington report says Murat Halsted, veteran Cincinnati journalist, elected president and editor of the American Newsboy Company created to publish the American Newsboys Magazine. He will move to New York to start duties around November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Murat Halsted
Cincinnati
American Newsboy Company
American Newsboys
Illustrated Proverb Contest Offers $2000 in Gold
The Daily Post will print one illustrated proverb each morning and two on Sundays. The Boston Post offers four prizes of 10 in gold each and twenty five prizes of 25 in gold each, totaling $2000 in gold for correct or nearest correct proverb solutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Post
Sunday Post
The
Boston Post
Proverb Contest Rules and Submission Procedures
The Boston Post announces a proverb contest with postpaid coupon answers. One per coupon, numbered and mailed to Proverb Editor, P O Box 5276 Boston MA. Duplicates allowed. only Boston Post employees barred. Proverb Book advised though not required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
P. O
Boston
Mass
The
Office of the Post
Holmes Marries Miss Jennie Ogston in Everett Church
Everett news reports Harry Emery Holmes son of Medford police Chief Emery D. Holmes wed Jennie McCulloch Ogston at Mystic Side Congregational Church. Rev Charles H Percival officiated in a formal ceremony tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett
Mystic Side Congregational Church
Harry Emery Holmes
Emery D. Holmes
Medford
Reed and Maxwell Everett Wedding At Everett Home
Lewis A. Reed and Miss Alice Maxwell wed at 7 Shute Street Everett in a Glendale Methodist ceremony conducted by Rev. J. M. Sheplen. Best man Fred W. Small and bridesmaid Eva M. Gregg attended.
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Everett
Lewis A. Reed
Alice
Maxwell
Henry Dougap
Shute Street
J. M. Sheplen
Glendale Methodist Church
Fred W. Small
Lynn
Eva M. Gregg
Mother Jones Declares Harsh Advice to Miners Wives
In Mahanoy City Pennsylvania Mother Jones addressed a miners and wives meeting urging drastic action against husbands over 35. She attacked Congress for funds to wine a foreign prince while miners faced starvation, asserting Andrew Carnegie as a cannibal and condemning employment restrictions based on age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahanoy City
Penn
Jones
Andrew Carnegie
Skibo Castle
Auld Reekie
Congress
Boston man advertised love potion scam arrested
A Boston man identified as George Adams of 609 Harrison Avenue was arrested at Station A on a charge of using the mails for improper purposes. Inspector Snow traced Adams to alias Professor George Rupert, former College of Astrology, linked to a fraud order and a magic love potion advertised to win a man's affection for 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Postoffice
George Adams
Harrison Avenue
Postoffice
Snow
Adams
George Rupert
College of Astrology
Court Street
Post Office Department
Prominent Passengers Sail for Jamaica This Winter
Tourist traffic to the tropics begins early as the United Fruit Company steamship Admiral Farragut sails from Long Wharf for Port Antonio and other Jamaican ports. Saloon passengers include Captain E R Atwood and wife Miss Estelle P Tilden, Mr and Mrs Mark Hollingsworth, J J Moran, G D Sutherland, J P Lewis, and many others from Arlington Amesbury Providence Malden Fall River Somerville. Farragut to reach Port Antonio next Monday.
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Tropics
Jamaica
United Fruit Company
Admiral Farragut
Henshaw
Long Wharf
Port Antonio
Jamaican
E. R. Atwood
Atwood
M. Tilden
Estelle P. Tilden
Arlington
L. Patten
Mark Hollingsworth
G. ©. Jopp
Providence
W. L. Weedon
Malden
James A. Riley
Fall River
J. H. Barry
Richard Rorke
George Jackson
Edward Dorinfield
J. D. McKim
J. A. Fuller
Amesbury
John McDougall
A. F. Armstrong
Somerville
J. H. Havey
H. M. Shea
Fred L. Carpenter
Thomas Farley
J. J. Moran
G. D. Sutherland
J. P. Lewis
R. B. McPherson
George H. Livingston
W. C. Moran
O. C. Higgins
Cutler Titus
Farragut
Officers of Provident Association Elected
The Boston Provident Association held its annual meeting at Chardon street offices and elected officers: President Hon. Charles R. Codman. vice-presidents Algernon Coolidge M D Emery Souther Thornton K. Lothrop Henry B. Grew E Frothingham. treasurer P T Jackson. secretary William Hedge. auditor Frank E. Bradish. Managers named include Theodore H. Tyndale John D. Williams J J Putnam M D Robert J. Gove Frank L. Coolidge Russell G. Fessenden. The year’s work shows relief to 6330 people, 2566 visits were made and cash distributions valued at upwards of $12,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Provident Association
Chardon Street
Charles R. Codman
Algernon Coolidge
M. D
Emery Souther
Thornton K. Lothrop
Henry 8. Grew
E. Frothingham
P. T. Jackson
William Hedge
Frank E. Bradish
Theodore H. Tyndale
John D. Williams
J. J. Putnam
Robert J. Gove
Frank L. Coolidge
Russell G. Fessenden
District Deputy and Suite Visit Robert Lash Lodge
District Deputy Grand Master Edward G Graves and suite visited Robert Lash Lodge in Chelsea. The group witnessed exemplifications of the first and third degrees and hosted a grand officers reception. A large turnout of visitors from Boston and nearby cities attended the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lash Lodge
Edward G. Graves
Masonic
Grand Lodge of
Massachusetts
Chelsea
Boston
No Sin to Dance Says Stroudsburg Pastor
Stroudsburg Penn Oct 26 The Rev O H E Rauch pastor of Zion s Re formed Church defended dancing saying it cannot be a sin to skip to music when one is happy and that the church with no dancers should throw the first stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stroudsburg
Penn
O. H. E. Rauch
Zion’s Reformed Church
Dedication of Baker Memorial Congregational Church
The dedication service for the Baker Memorial Congregational Church at East Boston featuredInvocation by Rev. Paul A. Rader Dorchester scriptural lesson by Rev. George W. Flint Dorchester presentation by Henry E. Cobb Newton and messages from Rev. D. W. Waldron Arlington Rev. F. E. Emrich Portland Rev. Smith Baker Portland Me dedication prayer by Rev. Samuel C. Bushnell Arlington with choir and a solo by Mrs. Anna Wells Gilmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Baker Memorial Congregational Church
Saratoga and
Byron Streets
East
Boston
Paul A. Rader
East Boston
George W. Flint
Dorchester
Henry E. Cobb
Newton
Congregational Church Union
D. W. Waldron
City Missionary Society
F. E. Emrich
D. D
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Strater
John J. Scully
Catherine E
Sarah B. Sawyer
Stephen A
Edith H. Perry
Henry W
David J. Ingraham
Winter St
Ocusiste
Opticians
Skinner—Elliot
Raul Atan Korai
Bright Minds
Capital Prize
Acre
Holmes—Ogston
Reed—Maxwell
Rydge
Hood
Hood Co. Powell
J. S. Waterman & Sons EC
Ueral Undertakers
Wachington St
Dudley Street Terminal
Pel
Morrell
Roxbury
Molonson
Charlestown
Margaret
William Molonson
Main Street
Warren Street
Lowell
Moirer Gjones
Provident Association
Mrs. Cameron
Maritime Provincial Club and Ladies’ Auxiliary
University Hall
Union Park Street
Colin Cameron
Antigonish
N. C
Massachusetts General Hospital
King’s Bohemian Beer
Baker Church
Bai
Janos
White Dental
Washington ST
R. H. White Co
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Kennedy
Ee Kuppenheimer
Carpaid
Rebiaf
Bremner
School St
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