Dominion Judges Back Dominion Divorce Court Plan
Ottawa reports Sir William Ritchie and Chief Justice Armour support a Dominion Divorce Court modeled on the American system. They note low filing, high costs, and limits on causes, but favor broader grounds including drunkenness and cruelty with liberal remarriage rights. They urge Canada to recognize valid American decrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Sprecrax
William Ritchie
Supreme Court of Canada
Armour
Court of Queen’s Bench
Dominion
Dominion Senate
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
United States
Canadian Senate
Canada
Fire losses mount in Louisville and Exposition blaze
Fire damage across several Louisville businesses totals about 1.263 million dollars with Bamberger Bloom Co suffering the largest hit. Insurance coverage includes Royal, Niagara and London Lancashire among others, while additional losses arise from St Louis Exposition building fire at 250 thousand dollars and a fatal cereal exhibit death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Bamberger, Bloom & Co
Grauman & Co
L. Bretztelaer & Co
W. C. Cave & Co
Royal
Niagara
London & Lancashire
American
Hartford
Falls City
Oakland
Home
Paradelphia
Anglo-Nevada
Newampshire
Knoxville
Imperial
London
New York
Bretzfelder & Co
W. J. Norton
Wright & Co
Citizen’s of
Liberty of New York
Standard of New York
Western of
Toronto
Springfield
St. Josarx
Foster
Art
Waterbury
Stowe
D. M
Ambler
Death by Own Action on Commonwealth Avenue
A man about fifty years old died from a self inflicted gunshot on the Commonwealth avenue mall between Dartmouth and Clarendon at 11 30 last evening. A 32 caliber revolver lay beside him and a note cited insomnia as the cause and identified him as David Levy Arnot a member in good standing of the Columbian Society of New York. Undertaker Jones took charge and the Medical Examiner was notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fichorn
Lynn
Commonwealth Avenue
Dartmouth
Clarendon
Temple
Columbian Society of New York
David Levy Arnot
Jones
Draper
Paine Family Descendant Dies. Other Obituaries Noted
William C Paine a great grandson of Robert Treat Paine and brother of General C J Paine lived at 46 Mt Vernon street Boston. He graduated Harvard 1854 and West Point 1858, served as engineer in fortifications and Civil War duties, and left a widow and several children. Also death notices: Spencer Matthews of Belfast died on Maine Central train of possible heart disease. Edwin Fewkes florist of Newton Highlands died of cancer at 68 leaving a widow and children. Rev J W Blincoe prominent Methodist Episcopal South minister died in Ashland Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Paine
Beverly Farms
Robert Treat Paine
C. J. Paine
Mt. Vernon Street
Boston Latin School
Harvard College
Harvard
West Point
Clark’s Point
New Bedford Harbor
Fort Schuyler
New York
Department of Pennsylvania
Washington
Corps of Engineers
Portsmouth
N. H
Spencer Matthews
Belfast
Maine Central Railroad
New Gloucester
Edwin Fewkes
Newton Highlands
J. W. Blincoe
Methodist Episcopal Church South
Ashland
Sunay
Nashua caucus nominates postmaster candidate
Nashua Republicans held a City Hall caucus to nominate a postmaster. R. W. Hooper received 518 votes, E. O. Blunt 315, E. M. Gowman 3, Robert Emerson 10, James H. Hunt 2, and Charles McGregor 1.
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Nashva
N. H
R. W. Hooper
E. O. Blunt
E. M. Gowman
Robert Emerson
James H. Hunt
Charles McGregor
Disappearance of Beverly Produce Dealer Scruton
Herbert E. Scruton, formerly a Beverly produce dealer, has been missing from his Arthur street home since last Thursday. He recently failed in business and has since worked as a drummer for the cigar firm Fieseler & Co. in Boston. The disappearance is tied to his financial dealings with the firm and others in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bevery
Herbert E. Scruton
Arthur Street
Beverly
Fieseler & Co
Oston
Blaine Wedding Travel Plans From PortLane to Richland Springs
Mr and Mrs Blaine depart Bar Harbor for Richland Springs to attend Emmons Blaine’s wedding and then proceed to Washington. Their Bar Harbor cottage remains open as the newlyweds will occupy it during part of their honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PortLane
Spreran
Blaine
Bar Harbor
Emmons Blaine
Richland Springs
Washington
Sale of Symphony Seats at Boston Music Hall Auction
The Boston Symphony Orchestra held a daylong seat auction at Music Hall for the ninth season. About 1000 people attended as seats for twenty four rehearsal afternoons sold, with bidders including J Connelley Adams House and C H Thayer Parker House. Prices ranged widely and overall premiums exceeded last year, with top prices reaching 107 dollars for a season seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Music Hall
J. Connelley
Adams House
Charles H. Thayer
Parger House
Frank C. Herrick
Brunswick
Charles M. Cashin
Young’s Hotel
George W. Stewart
Germania Band
George F. Wadsworth
Lee, Higginson & Co
Joseph I. Fox
Professor Royce
Joshua P. Boufish
Canton
Samuel Johnson
C. F. Hovey & Co
Walker
Worcester
Benjamin Kimball
Jackson
Connelley
Messrs. Connelley
Thayer
Parker ‘House
Johnson
F. Hovey & Co
Mr. Thayer
George F. Stewart
Germania Orchestra
Herrick
Brunswick and Vendome
Father Bodtish
Boston
Joseph Walke
Stewart
Wadsworth
Senators Visit Cambridge and Nearby Towns
Senators Hoar Pugh Butler and Eustis of the United States Senate committee visiting Boston area toured Cambridge Watertown Lexington and Concord yesterday They dined at Concord as guests of Judge E R Year and Samuel Year before returning to Boston late in the afternoon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoar
Massachusetts
Pugh
Alabama
Butler
South Carolina
Eustis
Louisiana
United States Senate
Boston
Cambridge
Watertown
Exington
Concord
E. R
Samuel Year
Clubs discuss Coming Campaign at Young's Hotel dinner
The Chickasawbut Club met at Young's Hotel with W F Whitcomb presiding and debated candidate preference for Crapo or Brackett without a formal decision. The Thorndike hosted private gatherings of doctors mattress makers and a Democrats' informal press free event while numerous dignitaries registered at Tremont House.
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Chickasawbut
Young’s Hotel
W.F. Whitcomb
Messrs
W.F. West
H. B. Blackwell
Crapo
C. A. Young
T. W. Bickwell
Brackett
Thorndike
Suter
Gift to Boston Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association
Treasurer O W Dimick reports a $1000 gift from Mrs Mary Hemenway of Boston to the Boston Teachers' Mutual Benefit Association. The funds will support annuities for teachers retiring due to ill health or long service with limits of 40 percent of former salary and a maximum of $600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teachers’ Association
Boston Teachers’ Mural Benefit Association
O. W. Dimick
Mary Hemenway
Boston
Tragic Town Death After 10:40 Train Collision
Thomas McFarland of 18 Erie avenue Roxbury was struck by an outward-bound New York and New England train last evening. He was taken to City Hospital where he died thirty minutes after arrival. The body lies in the hospital morgue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McFarland
Erie Avenue
Roxbury
New York & New England
City Hospital
New Church Theological School Opens in Old Cambridge
Six months after securing the Sparks estate on Quincy Street, Old Cambridge, the New Church Theological School directs adaptions for campus use. The opening is set for Thursday September 26, aligning with Harvard year. Faculty include John Worcester president and theology chair, Timothy Otis Paine emeritus of sacred languages, Samuel F. Dike professor of ecclesiastical studies, Jacob E. Werren professor of sacred languages, Theodore F. Wright secretary and homiletics pastoral duties. The secretary Professor Wright will be the resident professor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparks
Quincy Street
Old Cambridge
New Church Theological School Corporation
Harvard Universi
John Worcester
New Church Theology
Timothy Otis Paine
Brorenens
Samuel F. Dike
Jacob E. Werren
Theodore F. Wright
A.M
Wright
Snake Charming Hen Reported in Galena Illinois
Major Schuelerde Buol of Galena Illinois found a hen that stood still tremb ling while a rattlesnake lay nearby and appeared to charm the bird. He carried the hen to the barn and the next day the hen laid an egg with a shell coil resembling a snake, a phenomenon repeating on subsequent days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schueler‘de Buol
Galena
Lll
Burglary Reports Across City Ends With Theft Totals
A thief stole Mary McKenna's gold watch and plated chain worth 40 dollars from 102 Hampden Street yesterday afternoon. The Daly residence at 43 Rockland Street was entered last evening with 12 dollars in cash taken. George L. Caldwell's store at 177 Salem Street was broken into Monday morning with a small amount of goods stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary McKenna
Hampden Street
A. Daly
Rockland Street
George L. Caldwell
Salem Street
Pope stays faithful to Rome says bishop
A London bishop dismisses reports that the Pope plans to flee Rome. He argues the Holy Father has faith in the church and would not abandon its mission, warning that flight would erode authority and history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Rome
Charles L
James II
Napoleon
St. Peter's
Saint Villiers de l Isle-Adam Poet of Montmartre Dies in Poverty
Saint Villiers de l Isle-Adam the French writer died in Paris after a life of bohemian poverty. He descended from the last grand master of the Knights of Malta and was linked to legends about Napoleon II and the kingship of Greece. His works show Poe influence, notably Contes Cruels and Amour Supreme. He married his housekeeper Mme Bregeron shortly before death and spent his final years in Montmartre chatting with young followers and playing improvised piano fantasies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saint Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Paris
Knights of
Malta
Napoleon II
Greece
Villiers, de l’Isle-Adam
Innocent
Allan Poe
Mme. Bregeron
Barbey d’Aurevilly
Montmartre
Peterboro and Jaffrey Travel Tale of New England Life
A summer journey from Peterboro to Jaffrey reveals town country lines, water power on the Contoocook, a quiet saw mill, and a deacon farmer amid New England thrift. The trip contrasts rural calm with village curiosity shops, antique barns, graveyards on hilltops, and genteel social shifts between locals and visitors.
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Peterboro
Newport
Peterboro Hills
Mt. Monadnock
Contoocook
Adam Bede
Adam
New England
Locke
Deacon
Concord
Jaffrey
Notable Literary and Cultural Notes Across Europe and America
A roundup reports Dion Boucicault at work on an Irish drama. Senator Evarts may regain sight. Browning travels to Asclo then Venice. Viola Rosamond named at Stratford. gossip links Margaret Blaine to Walter Damrosch. Burleigh misses Maine Cavalry reunion. British consul MacDonald jailed briefly in Servia. Paul Frothingham to teach in New Bedford. Burnett buys Surrey home. Archbishop Ryan back in Philadelphia. Rachel Lloyd elected AAAS Fellow. Spencer's autobiography nearing completion. Kamensky to permanent U.S. residence. German Emperor Frederick William to review Saxon troops. Albert Festival in Dresden amid costs. De Quincey becomes New Zealand sergeant-at-arms. a bronze statue of King John debuts in Dresden with critique of likeness.
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Senator Evarts
Browning
Asclo
Palazzo Rezzonico
Venice
London
William Winter
Shakspere
Stratford On Avon
Viola Rosamond
New York
Mr. Blaine
Margaret
Walter J. Damrosch
Leopold Damrosch
Burleigh
First Maine Cavalry
Boston
Sprague
MacDonald
Niseh
Servia
Paul R. Frothingham
Harvard Divinity School
William J. Potter
Unitarian Church
New Bedford
Frances Hudson Burnett
Surrey
England
New England
Baltimore
Rachel Lloyd
University of Nebraska
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Toronto
Herbert Spencer
Atlantic
Theodore Kamensky
Russia
American Art School
New York City
Liberty
Germany
Frederick William
Dresden
Rudolph of
Austria
Albert
Saxony
Grosse Garten
House of Wettin
Paul Frederick de Quincey
New Zealand
Leslie Stephen
de Quincey
Dictionary of National Biography
Paul Prederick
Seventieth
Sobraon
Lord Strathairn
Ministers Gather for Interdenominational Meetings
On Monday morning ministers met at Tremont Temple Bromfield street Wesleyan Hall and Pilgrim Hall to discuss timely topics. Next Monday Rev Alexander Blackburn of Lowell will address the Baptists on outreach to the foreign population. Rev Dr A J Patterson will speak to the Universalists on the missionary enterprise. Rev Dr Frederick Woods will address the Methodists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremont Temple
Universalists
Bromfield Street
Wesleyan Hall
Pilgrim Hall
Alexander Blackburn
Lowell
A.J. Patterson
Frederick Woods
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Plans Fall Field Day
The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company met at their Armory in Faneuil Hall last evening with Captain Edward E. Allen presiding. The group voted to visit Albany and Troy New York and return via Hudson River and New York City for the Fall Field Day on Monday September 30.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company
Faneuil Hall
Edward E. Allen
Albany
Troy
N. Y
Hudson River
New York City
Notable Shoe Firm Representations Across U S Regions
A consolidated list shows agents and firms tied to major shoe companies across cities including Birmingham Corpus Christi Charlotte Cincinnati Chicago Green Cove Springs Indianapolis Memphis Norfolk Ocala Omaha St Louis Savannah Rochester Xenia and more. Names include Butterworth Greensfelder Meany Meinhard J Rosenheim and Lytle among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsbery
Baves
Kingsbery & CO
Birmingham
Ala
A . van Dergrift
Corpus Christi
Tex
Lichtenstein
Charlotte
Asies
Wittkowsky
Cincinnati
Butterworth
Crawchicago
Goodbar & Co
Memphis
Tenn
J Goodbar
Goodbar Shoe Company
Tre
Tenan
C I Vogel
Till & Sons
Norfolk
JD Thomas
J D Thomas & Co
Ocala
Fla
Jd A Rowell
Omaha
K Mekoue
W V Morse & Co
G Mart
Portsmouth
H R Tracy
C P Tracy & Co
Rochester
Homes of Our Forefathers in Boston and New England review
A critical look at Whitefield's Homes of Our Forefathers, praising the detailed colored plates and drawings of historic Boston landmarks, old England homes, and newer Boston structures. The essay commends the book for its architectural focus, noting its value to antiquarian interest and inviting deeper study.
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Noble “Memorial History of
Boston
Old England
New England
St. Botolph
Whitefield
Edwin Whitefield
Camrell & Upham
Price
The Last American and Other Antiquarian Assessments
A review essay critiques The Last American a fragment from Khan Li’s journal as weak satire lacking Bellamy, with praise for its dedication and illustrations. It surveys Ducoudray based Ancient Civilization handbook translations, praising accuracy and clarity though not outstanding visuals, and notes Mme. Gagnebin’s A Happy Find as an insipid juvenile French tale in translation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellamy
Khan-Li
Prince
Dimphyoochur
J. A. Mitchell
New York
Frederick A. Stokes & Bro
Boston
W. B. Clarke & Co
Ducoudray
Egypt
Assyria
Babylon
Phoenicia
Parthans
Rome
Greece
M. Gustave Ducoudray
J. Verschoyle
M.A
Appleton & Co
Mme. Gagnebin
EK. V. Lee
New Po T
Crowell & Co
Publishers Notes Preview New Translations and Stories
A. C. McClurg & Co of Chicago announce a translation of Job by Dr George H Gilbert with an explanatory index. They also plan a novelette Alexia by Mrs Mary Abbott, and an inexpensive edition of Sesame and Lilies by John Ruskin. Harper's Young People will serialize The Red Mustang by William O Stoddard with illustrations by H F Farny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C. McClurg & Co
Chicago
Job
George H. Gilbert
Chicago Theological Seminary
Gilbert
John Ruskin
Professor Swing
Harper's
William O. Stoddard
H. F. Farny
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Dominion Divorce Court
Washington Street
Prince EB. Sattoon
Nashua
Blaines
Senate Committee
Philadelphia Baseball Club
Tremont House
Vendome
G. W. Harding
Misses Harding
Washington, D.C
Leade
New Orleans
T. P. White
S. Wilson Moran
K. 1
FS. Chadbourne
San Francisco
Cal
Jay A. Hubbell
Houghton, Mich
Edward Patterson
George H. Inne
A. Palmer Dudley
John F. Dryven
Newark
N. J
Thomas A. Emmet
Robert G. Emmet
Vergil C. Harden
Atlanta
J. L. Johnson
Ashington
D. C
W. P. Wadsworth
Clarence M. Hyde
Fordyce Baker
A. F. A. King
Washington, D. C
W. E. Moseley
B. B. Browne
T. A. Ashby
Tremont
E. R. Noble
Muncy
Penn
W. A. Schrever
Milton
Petersburg, Val
Charles S. Denison
Ann Arbor
Mich
R. W. Taylor
A. B. Thomas and Wife
A. G. Barker
F. A. Johnson
A. C. Johnson
Glen Falls
Edward
H. Watson
John W. Cocoran
Clinton
A. J. Waterman
Pittsfield
Horace Bumstead
H. J. Tottingham
Syracuse
P.L. Clark
Kansas City
W. W. Hayden
Charles H. Fitch
Quincy
J. M. Hays
R. W. Gray
Conn
G. H. Eaton
Calans
D. M. Miles
Barre
G. H. Sanger
Wife
Portland
G. Peyser
Page
Hyde Park
H. R. Read and
Arty
New_York
Blanchard
Richmond
Ice
F. B
Brooklyn
N.Y
J. R. Jordan
E. F. Goss
FL. Beals
Auburn
J. W. Butterworth
H. F. Lamb
John A. Delap
Annapolis
John L. Hoffman
B. F Clark
Gardner Greene, Jr
Norwich
Adams
J. F. Swords
RK. W. Burke
Alice Burke
A. W. Scheel
E. L. Lincoln
Gardner, Me
J. Fl Robinson
Young’s
N. A. Hyde
Doughter
Indianapolis
Ind
Charles A. Terry
Pittsburg
F. G. Bently
Samuel T. Peters
L. Stone and Child
Clement R. Wainwright
Philadelphia
Phelps
NEW Church Theological School
New Hampshire
Georgia
Dion Boucicault
John
Grand Square
Philostrates
NEW Books
Publishers’ Notes
Ritson Company
Royal Singer
Emerrson
Emeerson
L.O. Emerson
Macy
Hutchins
Emerson
Tenney & Hoffman
Oliver Ditson Company
Snow & CO
North Market St
Faltea St
Ayer
T. Munday
Sharon Grove
Mary A. Jackson
Salem
Mass
Eaton Rapids
J. W. Bowen
Elitor
Enquirer
McArthur
Ohio
P. J. Cullen
Saratoga Springs, N. Y
Dr. J
Totion Sales
L. Foster Morse
Ommce
Warren Street
Columbia Street
Magnolia Street
Hamilton Avenue
Barry and
Clark Streets
Ward 24
Bird Street
Lawrence Avenue
Columbia
Atlantic Avenue
Isaac Fenno
Samuel K. Hamilton
Knights & CO
Main Street
Cambridgeport
Reed
FE. B. Mayo
Albany Street
W.d. Robinson
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
California Fruit
George
Ates
Crates Spanian
Edwin FA. Futz
Charles V. Grimmer
Middlesex
Ibro
Wakefield
County of Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Francis Street
New Street
Amelia Street Court
Hart
Francis
Buckman
Middlesex Sc
School St
Charles
Grimmer
A. . Richards & CO
New Lork
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