Lovers reunited after years in three marriages
In Lowell, Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes and John J. Burbank, once youthful sweethearts, remarried after long separations. Their legal missteps led to three ceremonies conducted by different justices of the peace before finalizing a third, now affirmed marriage. At 75 and 70, they pursue life together in a cottage by the Merrimac, sharing memories and renewed happiness.
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John J. Burbank
Lowell
John Burbank
Elizabeth Barnes
George C. Osgood
City Hall
Mrs. Burbank
Pine Grove
Merrimac
Lizzie Carey
Haverhill
N. H
Young Burbank
Lizzie
Lfe
Henry H. Barnes
Eighth Street
Burbank
Mr. Burbank
Mr. Osgood
Casey Cottage
Ivernia Sails From East Boston with Notable Passengers
The Cunarder Ivernia under Captain J B Watt departs East Boston at 8 30 a m for Queenstown and Liverpool with a second cabin and 250 steerage passengers. The first class saloon carries 43 people including Vice Admiral G D Bedford's wife and family and other listed officers and passengers.
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Europe
Ivernia
J. B. Watt
Boston
Queenstown
Liverpool
G. D. Bedford
Colored Orphans Concerts by Jenkins Company in Charleston
The Jenkins Orphan Concert company and Rev D J Jenkins spent a day at Mrs Anna Phillips’s North Beverly farm. Children performed on the lawn and sang with the band. They will sing at Tremont Sunday school tomorrow and at 7 PM, 4 PM?. a Monday Morning Star Church recital is planned. They depart Thursday to serenade friends and raise funds for the cause.
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Jenkins Orphan Concert Company
Charleston
S. C
Anna Phillips
North Beverly
D. J. Jenkins
Morning Star
Church Street
Orne
Down South
Connecticut Man Whips Wife Over Bloomers Publicly
Charles Redman horsewhipped his wife in Washington Connecticut after she and Miss Anna Dickerson pledged to wear bloomers by day. Redman arrested, pleaded guilty, and was fined for wife beating as the two women faced crowds near the post office.
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Washington, Conn
Charles Redman
Redman
Miss Dickerson
Burgess’s
Recluse Rebecca Newcomb Buried After 20 Silent Years
Bridgeton New Jersey reports the burial of Rebecca Newcomb, a lifelong recluse who avoided male gaze since a failed Philadelphia romance. The article links her isolation to alleged marital strife, with Rebecca accusing her brother in law and a milliner of aiding her estranged husband, amid a broader acrimony.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Rebecca Newcomb
Newcomb
Philadelphia
Wife Sues For $50,000 In New Haven Case
Mrs. Eager filed a $50,000 suit against her brother in law Professor G in New Haven after conflicts involving FE Louis K Eager and the couple who once lived on Orange Street. The action adds another chapter to ongoing family troubles.
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New Haven
Conn
Louis K Eager
Orange Street
Eager
Woman on the stump in Connecticut 1904 campaign begins
Mrs. Elizabeth Sheldon Tillinghast of New Haven, daughter of ex Judge Joseph P. Sheldon, will again stump Connecticut this fall. She opened with a speech at Thompsonville during a Democratic rally and has met with Alexander Troup and other leaders while planning engagements.
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New Haven
Conn
Elizabeth Sheldon Tillinghast
Connecticut
Bryan
Tillinghast
Joseph P. Sheldon
Thompsonville
Alexander Troup
Houghton arraigned in New York for alleged theft from benefactor
Herbert Houghton, about 50, denials charges of robbing his benefactor W E D Stokes who says he has supported Houghton since last November for Auld Lang Syne. Houghton was committed to a sanitarium by his brother with Stokes concurrence while claiming a conspiracy against him. Stokes calls Houghton a kleptomaniac and cites threats against his brother.
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Fierbert Houghton
W. E. D. Stokes
New York
Herbert Houghton
Mott
West Side
Stokes
Houghton
Loughton
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