Hartford Streetcar Wedlock Linked to Ellsworth Line
May 30 Hartford notice of the marriage between Emily Webster Ellsworth of Ashleysr and Julius Anderson, a Hartford street railway motorman, occurred nearly two years after a long rumored romance. Ellsworth, descendant of Oliver Ellsworth and related to Gov Oliver Wolcott, kept the affair private until a recent confession. They wed August 23, 1900, and reportedly have left on a extended wedding tour, with plans to return to Hartford.
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Hartford
Conn
New England
Hartford Street Railway Company
Emily Webster Ellsworth
Ash- Jey-sr
Pinkey ‘W. Ellsworth
Julius Anderson
Anderson
Oliversworth
Ted States
Northwater
Oliver Wolcott
Leicester Ford
Hartford Street Railway
Ellsworth Co
Mock Funeral Shocked J. P. Morgan's Daughter
In Highland Falls a pranksters’ coffin stunt escalated into fright and near lynching. Mrs. Herbert Living ston Satterlee, daughter of J Pierpont Morgan, witnessed the scare and condemned the act as outrageous. Local police moved to halt the display as townsfolk debated punishment.
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Highland Falls
Herbert Livingston
Satterlee
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mra. Satterlee
Boy found starving in push cart in Brooklyn tenement yard
A 13 year old homeless boy named Jacob Schneider was found starving and crippled by rheumatism in a push cart in Williamsburg Brooklyn. His mother died years earlier and his father disappeared after a quarrel. He had been living in the cart near Manhattan Avenue and Moore Street, then hospitalized at St Catharine's after signs of starvation. The tale includes stray ads and local notices amid the clipping.
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New York
Jacob Schneider
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Lebanon Hospital
Manhattan
Manhattan Ave
Moorest
Schneider
Gale
St. Catharine’s Hospital
Mrs Lease Divorced In Wichita After 15 Minute Trial
Mrs Mary Elizabeth Lease noted campaign orator and author has been granted a divorce from Charles Lease in Wichita Kansas after a 15 minute trial with no objection. Custody of the minor children awarded to Mrs Lease who testified to neglect and lack of support and said she will not remarry. She married in 1873 and supported herself through washing writing and politics and currently resides in New York.
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Wichita
Kas
Mary Elizabeth Lease
Charles Lease
President Roosevelt Asked to Name Ohio Triplets
Toledo dispatch reports Patrolman William E. Rausch sent a letter and photo to President Roosevelt praising his newborn triplets. The weight of the three boys adds up to 25 pounds combined, and the parents request names for the remarkable siblings.
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Toledo
Roosevelt
Ohio
Mrs. Rausch
Indiana Dental College Seeks Patients and Teething Syrup Ad
Indiana Dental College and Ss. W. Cor Delaware and Ohio advertise accepting patients from 8 a m to 8 p m for all dental work. An old nurse for children and Mrs Winslow's soothing syrup for teething are promoted, claiming soothing gums easing pain curing wind colic and diarrhoea. Bottle price twenty five cents.
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Indiana Dental College
Ss. W. Cor
Delaware and
Ohio
Bargains In Upright Planes At Baldwin's Price Book
An advertisement offers slightly used price book covers from Baldwin’s Loose Leaf, noted by WM. B. Burford of Indianapolis. The copy then shifts to a travel piece about Trenton Falls in the Adirondacks, describing the falls, gorge, and illuminated scenery after recent improvements, with directions to Utica and a prompt to read the New York Central Four-Track series No. 6, sent free with a stamp to Geo. H. Daniels at Grand Central Station.
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Trenton Falls
West Canada Creek
Adirondacks
Utica
N. Y
New York Central
Adirondack Mountains
Grand Central Station
New York
Four Bakers Elope in Connecticut Family Tale
In Bridgeport Connecticut Percy L Baker eloped with Margaret Stone following the example of his three older brothers Arthur Thomas and Chilton. Parents objected to the match but the couple left home claiming to work and found reconciliation at Chilton Bakers home in Holyoke Massachusetts.
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Bridgeport
Cons
Percy L. Baker
Margaret Stone
Arthur
Thomas
Chilton
Baker
Doing Business In Over 400 Towns On a Capital
An old classified note hints at broad advertising reach with a 45 cent rate, urging readers to place Wanted and Miscellaneous ads in the Sun publication. It frames ad pricing and scope across many towns, reflecting the era’s shopping and notice culture.
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A. Sun
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Hazel Prentis
May Prentis
St. Pierre
Martinique
Consul Prentis
J. P. Morgan
Wheeler
Lad
Burdock
Julia Filbridge
West Cornwell, Conn
E. Wash
Baldwin’s
WM. B. Burford
Indianapolis
Ind
Detroit
Lake Erie & Western
Wabash Roads
Capitol Cleaning Works
Massachusetts-ave
DIVAN
Brussels
ICE
RS & CO
Lease
For All
Bilious
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Eng
Ganal St
United States
Baldwin
WM. B.burford
Trenton Falls, N. Y
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