Boston Society in Turmoil Over Dual Shopgirl Romances
A Boston World correspondent recounts a cascade of blue blood and shopgirl marriages. Harvard men and Adams family ties collide with Jordan's and Marsh brides as two romances culminate in a Providence wedding, shaking Back Bay society.
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Boston
Reise’ Sisters
Jordan’s
Fifth Avenue
Bigelow
Norwich
Samuel G. Adams
Mrs. Bigelow
Jordan & Marsh
College
Zarn
Young Clapp
Bigelows
Ellen Reice
Harvard
State Street
New England Telephone Company
Taunton
Eilien w&Strude Relae
Sordan Ty Sarah’s
Providency
Clapp
Revelations by an Ex-Operarer on Lobbyists and Vote Buying
A former legislator exposes how lobbyists build files on new members to influence votes. He recounts the “glad hand” method to win over doubtful lawmakers, the use of social pressure and threats, and cases where past misdeeds are leveraged to secure or block legislation without cash payments.
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Joseph _B_Rowles
Magney
House
General Assembly
Dunn
Bradstreet
Delonge
Hingila
Inter-2r
Éane
Wit of a Woman Outsmarts Robbers on a Western Coach
A lone traveler hides $1,000 with a woman on a coach bound west. Four masked robbers seize all the money, but the woman reveals she also has $20,000 hidden in her gown. The traveler berates her, yet the host later returns the loaned sum as thanks for the ruse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
Duty to Make a Will for All Property Levels
A 1905 essay argues that everyone should draft a will, regardless of estate size, to prevent disputes and ensure proper support for survivors. It urges frank spousal discussion, skilled legal help, and clear bequests, noting risks when wills are secret or poorly worded. It cites Samuel J. Tilden’s contested library bequest as a cautionary example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret E. 5Angster
Joseph B. Bowles
Ciety
Miesons
Jane Smith
Amtterrour
Proposed age limit for removal in Britain shocks readers
The New York Tribune reports a learned proposal to end lives of those over sixty as society deems useless. It speculates that King Edward VII and other royals, judges, sailors, soldiers, church leaders, scientists, writers, and journalists would be among the first to depart, with only a few remaining beyond five more years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cupid
Archer
Boston G Society
Back Bay
Harvard
State Street
Puritan Club
Somerset
Has-Gore
New York World
Harrison Grey Otis
Jordan’s
White’s
Oughtons
Marlborough Street
Adams
Clapp
William F. Clapp
Samuel Q. Adams
Ellen Gertrude Reise
Government Arsenal
Watertown
Miss Reise
Mary J
Billen Gertrude Reise
San Francisco
New York Tribune
Edward VII
Alexandria
Christian
Henry Irving
Charles Wyndham
Mme
Sarah—Bernhardt
Patti
Charles Santley
England
John Fisher
Admiralty
Ossler
Seymour
Fremantle
Hay
Lord Roberts
Lord Welseley
Evelyn Wood
Redvers Buller
French
Kitchener
Bath and Wells
Carlisle
Chichester
Gloucester
Chester
Ely
Hedeford
York
Science
Edison
Hiram Maxim
Lord
Avebury
William Crookes
Count Tolstoi
George Meredith
Clark Russell
Algernon Swinburne
Alfred Austin
Mark Twain
Frederic Harrison
W. L. Alden
Thomas Hardy
Justin McCarthy
Baring Gould
Francis Burnand
Miss Braddon
Oulda
Mr. le Sage
The
Daily Telegraph
William Howard Russell
Thomas Castling
Marquis of Lansdowne
Joseph Chamberlain
Cradle of Sorrows at a New York Institution
A feature describes a plain white cradle at a major New York institution, draped in white and endlessly used for foundling infants. For 36 years it has received thousands of babies, with mothers sneaking in to abandon them amid cycles of grief and social shame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tom Watson
Great Warships in Brasseys Naval Annual 1908
Brasseys Naval Annual 1908 lists the five great powers with ship totals. Great Britain shows 178 all ships and 66 battleships, France 93 all ships and 36 battleships, and other powers follow with respective totals.
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Brassey
Great Britain
France
Sae
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Boston Society
Mary Reise
Horatio
Young Bigelow
Horatio Bigelow
Al 8
Mary
Jordan
Watertown Arsenal
Dexter Avenue
Romance
Marah 'S Co.s
Mary Relse
Othels
Aliss Reise
Fear
Roxbury
Edward L. Atkinson
Mr. Atkinson
Transcript
Newport
Japan
Mrs. Bigelow, Jr
Reises
Mrs
Can Francisco
O. K
Senate
Foor
Rich
Minnor
Samuel J. ‘Tilden
Osler
Britain
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