New England Conference Opens in Malden at Centre M. E. Church
The 110th session of the New England conference arrives in Malden with 250 churches and about 50,000 members. Bishop David H. Moore presides as ministers, guests, and local clergy fill preparations for four days of sermons addresses and society anniversaries. The programme spans April 4 to 9 with love feasts ordinations and business meetings.
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Malden
Centre M. EB
Leonard W. Coker
Eugene Tufts
Centre Church
David H. Moore
de Portland
Ore
Summer Street
Boston
New England
Joel M. Leonard
Lynn
Leonard
Epworth League
Vincent Ravi
Winchester
W. H. Powell
Dorchester
William B. Oliver
David G. Downey
D. D
St. John’s Methodist Church
Brooklyn
Faulkner Church
Josephine Wing
Blanche E. Webb
John Reid Shannon
John T. McFarland
New York
W. F. Anderson
Robert Forbes
Philadelphia
M. C. B. Mason
Cincinnati
S. O. Ben
Samuel M. Dick
Trinity Church
Worcester
W. F. Mallalleu
John D. Pickles
Massachusetts Sunday School Association
Standay School Union
Sp. m.—Brotherhood
James W. Higgins
W. H. Lawrence
Richmond Hill
N. Y
W. A. Wood
Laurel Street
City Evangelization Union
E.T. Gcarnick
Charles A. Crane
People’s Temple
Conference Educational Society
Franklin Hamilton
Board of Education
Sp. Mn
N. T. Whittaker
Daniel A. Goodsell
David A. Moore
Women's Home Missionary Society
Edward M. Taylor
Cambridge
Mae Leonard Woodruff
Bloomfield
Porto Rico
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
John Legg
Washington Street
Bishop Moore
E. S. Best
Conference Missionary Society
S. O. Benton
Secretary of Missionary Society
Pitts-Kimball Co Initiates Welfare Manager and Co‑op Plan
The Pitts-Kimball Company introduces a welfare manager Miss Marion W Low to improve employees lives through talks on salesmanship daily classes and personal hygiene The firm also renovates facilities and launches a mutual aid and store association to strengthen cooperation between workers and management The overhaul aims to elevate working conditions and benefit the public
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Pitts-Kimball Company
Marion W. Low
Miss Low
Wellesley College
Hducational Union
Pitts- Kimball Company
Alice I. Whittemore
Petition drive for Tucker clemency nears 100000 mark
Lawyers report growing public support as Tucker appeals for clemency to Governor Guild. Officials count over 20000 signatures already with thousands more waiting to be listed, as volunteers from Roxbury to Somerville sign petitions.
Death piles mystery as body from Merrimack River found
In Lowell on April 3 the body of Mrs. Sarah Wilson, once found comatose at the Normal School steps, retrieved from the Merrimack River, carries no clue to origin or relatives. A crumpled note to Maggie Kelly of Fitchburg hints at mill work but does not clarify her identity or past.
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Lowell
Merrimack River
Sarah Wilson
Normal School
Saugus
Maggie Kelly
Fitchburg
Wilson
Merrimac River
Sperry to Represent U S Navy at Hague Conference
Newport R I April 3 It was announced that Captain Charles Sperry president of the Naval War College at Coasters Harbor Narragansett Bay would shortly be detached to act as United States naval representative at the Hague conference
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Newport
R. I
Charles Sperry
Naval War College
Coasters Harbor
Narragansett Bay
United States Naval
Sughrue and Drum Appointed Directors of Child Protection Society
Ex District Attorney Michael J Sughrue and John Drum were named directors of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children at yesterday’s meeting. Sughrue currently serves as a trustee of the Home for Destitute Catholic Children. John T Lowell elected advisory counsel to succeed Hon. John C Gray, who resigned.
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Michael J. Sughrue
John Drum
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Sughrue
Home For
John T Lowell
John C. Gray
Shea Granted Full Pardon After 19 Years In Prison
Providence April 3 The State Senate approved a full and unconditional pardon for William H Shea who served 19 years in state prison for the 1884 murder of Newport Patrolman Albert Baker He has been on conditional parole since 1903 and is now free.
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Shea
Providence
State Senate
William H. Shea
Albert Baker
Newport
Governor Bell seeks Congress seat in Vermont district
Burlington April 3 Governor Bell announces his candidacy for Congress in Vermont second district to succeed Kittredge Haskins. Reports say Frank Plumley of Northfield may also run but Plumley declines to discuss the matter.
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Tucker
Burlington
Bell
Kittredge Haskins
Frank Plumley
Northfield
Furniture Dealers Gather For State Convention And Banquet
The Home Furnishers Association plans an April 18 convention and 6 PM banquet at the American House Boston. About 450 dealers from across Massachusetts are invited to join, with many prominent officials expected to attend. A 2:30 PM business meeting precedes the dinner and a select entertainment, including W B C Fox and Poole's Orchestra.
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Home Furnishers’ Association
Boston
Curtis Guild, Jr
John F. Fitzgerald
Charles W. Bartlett
Daniel W. Lane
William A. Morse
William N. Olin
E. A. Horton
Harvard Professor Dean Shaler Improves After Illness
Doctors attending Professor Dean Shaler of Harvard reported renewed improvement as he held his own all day. He rested comfortably and his temperature stayed steady, signaling no relapse and a distinct gain for the day.
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Shaler
Harvard
Fusilier Veterans Anniversary Plans
Major W. E. Martin, commander of the Fusilier Veteran Association, requests all members to attend tomorrow evening’s meeting for important business. The 119th corps anniversary on Friday May 11 is expected to surpass all previous events. Veteran organizations from Manchester New Hampshire Providence Rhode Island and other locales will be in line.
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W. E. Martin
Fusilier Veteran Association
Manchester
N. H
Providence
R. I
Police crackdown on policy men in city aims arrests
Chairman Cole orders police to arrest all those engaged in policy selling after a man provided proof of widespread activity within city limits. Ten lottery slips and a Boston agent drawing sheet were shown, and Deputy Superintendent Coulter has been locating policy and lottery promoters in recent days.
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Cole
Police Department
Boston
Coulter
Pierce
Four Women Arrested for Shoplifting by Inspector Knox
Four well dressed women named Ada Wiles Somerville 45 Manning Quincy 42 Nellie McDonough Dorchester 25 and Emma Storty New York 40 were arrested yesterday by Inspector Knox on shoplifting charges.
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Ada Wiles
Somerville
Manning
Quincy
Nellie McDonough
Dorchester
Emma Storty
New York
Knox
Perry Wins Slander Suit Against Domestic at Beaconsfield
John E. Perry the millionaire railroad magnate, guest at the Beaconsfield Hotel Brookline, defeated Eilen Noon in a Brookline Municipal Court slander case before Judge Perkins. The suit arose from Perry’s January complaint about Miss Noon who was later discharged. Ruling favored Perry by agreement with potential transfer if new evidence appears.
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John E. Perry
Beaconsfield
Brookline
Eilen Noon
Perkins
Perry
Paine
Miss Noon
New Minister Accepts Call to First Presbyterian Church
Newport reports the Rev. Hr. Aquilla Webb, pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Middletown New York, has accepted a call to serve the First Presbyterian Church of Newport Rhode Island.
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Newport
R. I
Hr. Aquilla Webb
Second Presbyterian Church of
Middletown
N. Y
First Presbyterian Church
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Ef, L. Eaton
Madison
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Trexler
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Radway Square
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Stoneham
Philip Mansfield
Vahey, Innes & Mansfield
Charles J. Tucker
Governor Guild
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East Cambridge
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Roxbury
Greater
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Estella Colbert
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G. H. Perreault
Batavia Street
G. W
Main Street
FE. S. Newcomb
Massachusetts Avenue
A. T. Cann
Charlestown Navy Yard
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Hague
NEW S. P. C. A. Directors
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American House
Boston Dealers’ Committee
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Arthur McArthur & Co
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Plimpton Hervey Company
Frank Ferdinand
Atkinson Company
J. A. Hedin
Eldridge & Peabody
James Ellis Company
N. L. Kincaid & Co
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C. B. Moller
Phillips
Judkins & Kreutz
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Phillips Bros. & Co
Dean Shaler
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Carters
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