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Jane Toppan was a trained nurse from 1892 to 1901, reputed the best in Cambridge. Her specialty was poisoning. Her first attempt, upon a fellow nurse in Massachusetts General Hospital in 1886, was unsuccessful. Thereafter she seldom failed. Born Honora Kelly, daughter of a loony sot called "Kelly the Crack," she poisoned Captain & Mrs. Abner Toppan of Lowell, who had adopted her. She poisoned Mrs. Myra Connors, matron of Episcopal Theological School in 'Cambridge, in order...
...Honora Munroe Bruere, 20, daughter of Henry Bruere, president of Manhattan's great Bowery Savings Bank, made her debut in Broadway with a short bit in Post Road. Morning before she told newshawks: "I know that it is not myself attracting attention but it's the fact that I am my father's daughter...
...Sophomore and Junior classes yesterday divided honora for first place in the annual University Fall Handicap Track Meet, seven events of which were run off. Charles Jenney '26 won the high jump, and F. P. Kane '26, won the 140 yards low hurdles. J. S. Malick placed first both in the 100-yard dash, and the 440-yard run. The other events completed yesterday were the broad jump, the pole vault, and the two-mile run. The times in the running events were not given...
Sued for Divorce: Mrs. Sara Carroll Field, sister of Mrs. Honora Palmer, by Stanley Field, nephew of the late Marshall Field. He charges wilful and persistent desertion...