Carrie Huntoon committed to New Hampshire asylum
Mrs. Carrie Huntoon faced police court charged with conspiring to kill her divorced husband. After a night of distress she confessed to possessing poison. Dr. Bancroft deemed her insane and recommended asylum commitment amid court orders and legal maneuvering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
N. H
Carrie Huntoon
M. A. Randall
Dutton
John M. Mitchell
Harry G. Sargent
Benjamin E. Badger
C. P. Bancroft
New Hampshire Asylum
Huntoon
William M. Chass
Supreme Court
Blodgett
Peassee
Wallace
Manchester Detectives and Mrs Huntoon Plot to Harm Husband
Mrs Carrie Sinclair Huntoon, facing insanity declared after esca ped efforts in Concord, attempted to hire a Manchester detective firm to drug her husband, offering 65 and 25 in cash in exchange for a disguised assailant and a meeting. She planned to marry a wealthy New Yorker and to reclaim her property via the plot, writing several detailed letters. Detectives reported the proposals to police and refused involvement.
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Manchester
N. H
Carrie Sinclair Huntoon
Concord
Huntoon
Nagle Trial Opens In Suffolk Court Over Fatal Blow
In Boston H Wm H Nagle faced manslaughter charges for a fatal blow to Hon John J Hayes on July in Washington Street near the Hotel Savoy. Trial began in Suffolk criminal court before Judge Bond as government witnesses testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wm. H. Nagle
John J. Hayes
Julie
Washington Street
Hotel Savoy
Suffolk Criminal Court
Bond
BE. H. Cook
Comee
Hayes
Nagle
Boston links Crowe to Cudahy kidnapping on ship
Boston police believe Pat Crowe and an accomplice may be aboard a steamship to Liverpool after they obtained a cable to Scotland Yard. A watchman at Nantasket Beach reported a stranger matching Crowe’s description seeking a passage to a foreign port, then vanished. Police have dispatched cables worldwide.
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Boston
Pat Crowe
Omaha
Cudahy
Liverpool
Scotland Yard
Hoosac Tunnel
Wolcott Estate Bequests Include Harvard 20000
Boston December 27 The will of former Governor Roger Wolcott filed at Suffolk probate sets Harvard College to receive 20000. Other public bequests include Massachusetts General Hospital 5000 Boston Museum of Fine Arts 5000 Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute 1000 Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute 1000 and library trusts 1000 2000. The will dated March 3 1900 names trustees Francis C Welch Phil Dexter and Roger Wolcott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Wolcott
Suffolk
Harvard College
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute
Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute
Walcott Library
Litchfield
Commonwealth Avenue
Milton
Roger Wolcott
Springfield man released on $5000 bail in gold brick case
Produced $5000 bail by Frank L. Smith alias Thomas Pruitt, indicted for larceny in a gold brick swindle with James Blackwell. Smith released. Blackwell still in jail with trial set for tomorrow. Farmer Leonard of Feeding Hills was the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Frank L. Smith
Thomas Pruitt
Jas. Plackwell
Leonard
Feeding Hills
Blackwell
Boston Appropriation Bill Passes City Council
In Boston on December 27 the municipal appropriation bill cleared the common council in concurrence by 60 to 6. It totalled 3,943,301 dollars, about two and a half million less than Mayor Hart’s original proposal, after weeks of revisions by both city boards.
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Boston
Common Council
Board of Aldermen
Hart
Lost in Boston Armenian Seeks Sister Krakorian Vanishes
Reston police search for Krakorian, an Armenian girl about 14, last seen at South Terminal station. She arrived from Yarmoul in New York, then to Lowell where her brother Jacob Krekorian resides. She traveled to Boston via Fall River line. brother notified authorities.
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Reston
Krakorian
South Terminal
New York City
Warpool
Armenia
Lowell
Maes
Jacob Krekorian
Boston
Fall River
Mills Will Close In Lawrence Century Celebration
Lawrence plans mark the new century with closures around December 27. The Washington-will elone next ee andsay, andLeonard's 20th July holiday proclamation is cited. Mills have not announced totals. many will shut down on Tweeday at Tell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Washington
Leonard
Thers Mille
Tweeday
Secretary Long Says No Battleship Contracts Yet
In Boston Secretary John D. Long of the Navy confirms no battleship contracts have been awarded. He notes bids mostly exceed the government limit, Fore River Engine Co. bid within the limit and will win after incorporation. He discusses China, the Philippines, and a separate domestic case involving a woman and a man named White amid illness and legal trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John D. Long
Navy Department
Commercial Club
Fore River Engine Co
Long
Fore River Co
China
Conger
Secretary Long
Philippines
United States
Colorado
Navy Secretary John D Long to Head Algonquin Club Dinner
Boston December 27 The Hon John D Long secretary of the navy will be guest of honor at a dinner by the Commercial club at the Algonquin club tomorrow night L G Burnham to preside Senator Hoar cannot attend but will send a letter Speakers include George H Lyman Treut Gen Bates Mayor Hart Bishop Lawrence Rev Van Ness George von I Meyer Samuel W McCall and David J Hill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
John D. Long
Secretary of the Navy
Algonquin Club
Commercial Club
L. G. Burnham
Senator Hoar
George H. Lyman
Johnl. Bates
Thomas N. Hart
Willam Lawrence
Thomas van Ness
George von I.meyer
Italy
Samuel W. McCall
David J. Hill
Abduction case delays as Sophie Maloof case moved
In Boston, the alleged abductors of 15 year old Sophie Heykel Maloof appear in municipal court for a second session. A continuance extends to February 18 1991 with a plan to pursue divorce court action for nullity over underage marriage without guardian consent. All remain on bail as details unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Sophie Heykel Maloof
Dewey
Municipal Criminal Court
Senator Tolman Weds Miss Jennie Pease at Lee Church
Senator William Tolman of Berkshire district married Miss Jennie M. Pease in St. George's church Lee. The ceremony featured Christmas decor and a large crowd. Bride attended by maid of honor Mary Rambo. groom’s brother Edward Tolman served as best man. gifts included a Dresden clock. The couple will reside in Boston this winter.
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Pittsfield
William Tolman
Berkshire
St. George’s Church
Lee
Jennie M. Pease
Frank M. Pease
Mary Rambo
Edward Tolman
Ecroom
William B Wert
Fred Francis
James Rice
John Bosworth
Frank Aitken
St. George's
Frank R. M. Pease
Tolman
Boston
Rathresd Committee
Runaway Wife Returns With Husband to Allston
In Fall River December 27 Arthur White of Allston and Mrs Sarah J Hartwell faced district court. White jailed for grand jury $500 and Hartwell released with White as surety until next superior court session. Neighbors in Alliston both married, White living apart from his wife, Hartwell tied to a Boston factory worker and five children. One of the details remains unclear due to fragmentary text.
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Fall River
Arthur White
Allston
Boston
Sarah J. Hartwell
Superior Court
Alliston
White
Hartwell
Goodyear
Lawson Cup Defender Haff Chosen as Master?
CAPTAIN HAFF is favored as sailing master for the Lawson cup defender with approval expected from Mr. Lawson. Gen. Charles J. Paine backs Haff, who has steered the Puritan, Mayflower, Volunteer, Vigilant, and Defender in major cups, while the advisory board seeks an assistant and possibly brings Haff’s son Harry to the crew. The crew plan leans toward Swedish or Norwegian experienced hands, with over thirty hands to be chosen from Deer Isle or elsewhere.
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Boston
Hank Haff
Lawson
New York
Hart
Daigner Crowninshield
Yachtsmen
Haff
Charles J. Paine
Capt. Haff
America
Lawson Advisory Board
Harry
Deer Isle
East
Praised by Gen Butler Civil War Captain Dies in Peabody
Capt George W Taylor a Civil War veteran of Peabody died at his West Peabody home of malignant fever at about 68. Enlisting in 1861 in the Fourth Massachusetts Light Battery he rose to captain, fought in many battles and earned meritorious conduct mentioned at Baton Rouge. He was publicly complimented by Gen Butler in 1862. A member of the G A R and Masons, he served as street surveyor health commissioner and Peabody selectman, and spent 25 years in railway mail service. He leaves a widow a son and two daughters.
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Boston
George W. Taylor
Peabody
West Peabody
Taylor
Battle of
Baton Rouge
B. F. Butler
Carrolton
Masonic Order
Blanchard Churn Co Plant Closed for Poor Business
Nashua New Hampshire December 27 The Blanchard Churn Co dairy implements plant which has operated ten years and employed many men has closed due to poor business. Hall Brothers West Acton Massachusetts have purchased the stock and machinery and will use them to enlarge their business in that place.
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Nashua
N. H
Blanchard Churn Co
Hall Brothers
West Acton
Mass
Harvard Society and Local Entertainment Notices
The Harvard Historical Society will hold a meeting on Tuesday January 1 at the public library at 2 30. The Unitarian ladies plan a farce entertainment on Thursday January 3 with Ed Murphy and Mrs H F Whitney in charge. candy for sale, doors open 7, show at 8. Rev George W Kent spoke on In Shakespeares Country on Friday December 21, late by lantern delay. it was an hour late but well received. On Sunday December 2 Mary W Beane and Francia A Gardner were married. Gardner to reside in East Braintree. Christmas exercises were held Christmas Eve at both churches with satisfactory programs despite widespread whooping cough keeping some home.
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Harvard Historical Society
The
Unitarian Society
Ed. Murphy
H. F. Whitney
Geo. W. Kent
Warner
Scranton Strike Enters Fifth Day With No Change
Dec 27 in Scranton Pa the street railway strike shut off all electric line service on the Scranton Railway. On the fifth day six cars operated in the morning three in suburban mail service. No passengers were carried and there has been no violence by strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Scranton Railway Company
Lackawanna Valley
National Feder ation of Graduate clubs meet at Penn
The sixth annual convention of the National Federation of Graduate clubs opened at the University of Pennsylvania with graduates from 17 institutions. Dr Horace Howard Furness of Penn delivered the welcome. Morning talks covered reports and nutrition. An advertisement touts Maryland Malt Whiskey as aiding digestion and blood formation, urging readers to buy from Chester A. Graves & Son's and local dealers via A. W. Dow Dow & Co, Lowell.
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Philadelphia
National Federation of Graduate Clubs
University of Pennsylvania
Clark, Brown
Yale
Harvaal
Barnard
Horace Howard Furness
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Eignature
Chester A. Graves & Son's
Druceiets
Erocere
A. W. Dow
Christmas Week in Town Brings Services and Plans
Holiday events included Christmas sermons and music at local churches. Phillips Academy instructor George C. Fiske takes a new Latin post at the University of Wisconsin. Christchurch held a large Christmas forenoon service with a strong choir. Christmas Sunday school concerts and dances occurred, and the Lawrence Reading electric railroad route was laid through Main Street. Phillips Academy to build a new gym near the old site facing Salem Street by Prof Graves.
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Exercinea
George C. Fiske
Phillips Academy
University of Wisconsin
Christchurch
Thomas Orchestra
Lawrence and
Reading Electric
Main Street
Salem Street
Graves
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Roston
Lowell Armenian
Courier
Sophie Maloof
Moriimack and
Kirk Streets
Sale
Clark
Marseilles
Elizabeth
Dennison
Jardinieres
Army and Navy
Captain Haff
Gen. Butler
J. W. Taylor
Harvard
Harry Richardson
Merrimack Square
Andover
Norway
Coburn & CO
Market Street
Choice Turkeys
Banner Market
Prescott ST
Hso Per Ib
Caleb L. Smith
Middlesex Street
Snyder Bros
Merrmack Strent
Aia
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