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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1899
Page
2
A brisk 32 degree morning and strong west wind dampened Boston’s fashion parade mood as high gale and cold clouds discouraged shoppers. Despite the chill, hats and bonnets in electric blue and vivid violet remained visible, with warmth failing until sunset.
An 1900s newspaper fragment mixes an advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla claiming to cure bad blood with parish notices. It notes solemn masses at St. Matthew's Church Dorchester and a Norfolk Street church service with choir soloists and an organist leading Gregorian conduct and liturgical offerings.
Large Easter congregations filled churches from Trinity to Old South with ornate floral decorations and impressive music. The article details sermons by Rev. Dr. E Winchester Donald and others, observations on immortality, and extensive flower arrangements led by Mrs. John L. Gardner as well as decor at Emmanuel, Messiah, Saint Paul’s, and several other houses of worship.
Easter Sunday brought happiness to city hospital inmates as the New England Conservatory of Music under O. E. Mills and volunteers distributed flowers and sang carols. A second visit included Homeopathic, Vincent Memorial, Good Samaritan, Channing, and Massachusetts General hospitals with a vocal quartet and instrumentalists. A separate notice records the funeral of Private Patrick J. Monahan with A. O. H. delegations, military escort, and burial at Calvary Cemetery.
Easter Sunday crowds fill city churches as ornate decorations and grand music unfold. Reporters note vivid bonnets and winter coats beneath brilliant floral canopies at the Cathedral and Holy Cross with the Boston Festival Orchestra leading the high mass and solemn pontifical vesers.
Samuel Haller, a Buffalo Bills Wild West Show ticket seller, was fatally wounded in a West Fifty Ninth Street saloon. The shooter, 33 year old William Kand, a St. Cloud Hotel guest and Montreal bookmaker, escaped. Haller was rushed to Roosevelt Hospital in grave condition with an abdomen wound and intestinal laceration. coroner Zucca filed an ante mortem statement.
Last rites were conducted for Private Patrick J Monahan by Rev. D F Regan at St Patrick’s Catholic Church Roxbury near the corner of Dudley and Magazine streets at 3 30 p m yesterday.
Manila April 2 American troops under General MacArthur rest at Malolos as skirmishes wane elsewhere. Insurgents and U S lines from the waterworks to Salonia exchange shots, while rumors spread of insurrection weakness. Civilians return home with flags, some fleeing with goods as Americans seek trust and peaceful work.
A Tremont Temple service featured splendid flowers and plants arranged around the interior. The display included calla lilies and other potted plants enhancing the edifice as a large crowd attended the morning service and Lorimer led a sermon addressing the scene.
Friends and comrades escorted the funeral procession for Leo J Brady of the Ninth from 166 Dorchest er Street to Lyhood Cemetery Brookline. The service featured taps and a firing salute with a large crowd along Swett Street and at the grave. Pallbearers included James Talbot Edward Kilcourse Fred Brown Fred Hood Pierce Phelan and John Coulton.
In April 2 dispatches from Aguinaldo's vicinity in Manila report American scouts failing to locate rebel forces as they scour the countryside toward Calumpit. An imminent advance toward Calumpit is anticipated to secure the area.
In a long letter from Havana dated April 2, General Maximo Gomez claims Cuban courts remain ruled by bribery and fraud under the Spanish regime. He recounts meetings with Robert Porter and General Brooke, rejects a $3,000,000 US loan, denounces assembly pressure, and says he was deposed and wishes to return home.
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