Oys of Easter Wealth of flowers and song in city churches
An Easter from the city with blue skies and bright sun set the scene for joyous church services. Ornate Catholic cathedrals offered imposing rites while lilies and colored glass framed hymns. Passover ends in Hebrew temples as Easter parades glow with gowns and bonnets on Boston's Back Bay streets. Children received eggs cards and flowers as church bells rang again last night to retell the risen Lord's story.
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Boston
Fault of the Cutter and Easter Sermon at Temple Event
A clothing firm touts high grade cloth and style pricing with a note on good cutting. A brass lectern displaying piece from England, 5 feet 6 inches tall, was presented to the temple by De Molay Commandery, K. T. H. K. Dunton spoke. Rev. Dr. Lorimer and Deacon Harris commented. Lorimer delivered the Easter sermon titled What shall the receiving of them be but life from the dead.
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England
de Molay Commandery
K. T
H. K. Dunton
Lorimer
William G. Harris
Dr. Lorimer
Easter Blessings Reach City Hospitals in Joint Choir Tour
A Conservatory of Music choir led by O E Mills toured hospitals and distributed flowers to 4000 Easter inpatients. The Rev D W Waldron circulated Easter cards and flowers at multiple institutions, including Home for Aged Women Roxbury and City Hospital, brightening residents and staff. Cards were also sent to many homes and societies, with warm memories promised for donors and recipients alike.
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Conservatory of Music
O. E. Mills
D. W. Waldron
Consumptives
City Hospital
Children’s Friend Society
Home For
Channing Eome
House of the Good Samaritan
Bethany Home
Liversidge Institute of Industry
Martin Luther's Orphans
St. Luke’s Home
New England Hospital
Windsor Street
Moral Reform Society
Massachusetts School For
Church Dedication and Ordinations in Lawrence
The April 6 morning service at the First Church started with a love feast led by Rev. C. V7 Dunning and a sermon by Bishop Fowler. After the service four elders were ordained: William A. Prosser Hampton Charles N. Tilton Enfield Clarence B. Reed Peterboro and B. J. Judd Henniker. In the afternoon St Pauls MFE Church was dedicated with prayers by Rev. C. S. Keeler and other clergy, including Bishop Fowler and Rev. Upham of New Jersey.
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O. &Baketel
C. A. Dunning
C. W. Dockrill
G. W. Norris
Fowler
Upham
New Jersey
Knights Easter Service Held by Boston Templars
The Knights Templars of Boston and vicinity gathered at Music Hall for Easter services invited by Rev. George Lorimer D D. Commanderies in uniform attended including Khosten Palestine Hugh De Payens and others. Right Eminent Grand Commander Eugene Richards presided with church committee members present. Clergy included Rev. Lorimer Dudley Street Baptist Rev. Gumbart and others. The service opened with congregational hymn Inward Christian Soldiers.
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Knights Templars
Boston
Music Hall
George* Lorimer
D. D
United Fir
Khosten
Palestine
Hugh de Payens
Joseph Warren
South Shore
Coeur de Lion
Olivet
Cypress
Cambridge
de Molay
Winslow Lewis
St. Omer
William Parkman
Natick
Gethsemane
Bay State
Beauseant
Eugene Richards
D. D. Dunklee
T. E. Sharpe
BE. L. Rhodes
A. A. Rutherland
M. K. Pettingill
J. M. Hilton
George C. Lorimer
Tremont Temple
A. S. Gumbart
Dudley Street Baptist Church
A. A. Berle
Brighton Congregational Church
L. W.arimes
Immanuel Church
A. A
Easter Oratorio The Creation At Music Hall Review
Handel and Haydn Society presented The Creation as Easter offering at Music Hall last night in its sixty sixth performance of the oratorio. Albaul was prohibited from singing by her physician and replaced by Mrs Georg Henschel to the audience’s evident approval. Ben Davies sang tenor solos with warmth and range. Myron W Whitney offered bass numbers with uneven results. Lang conducted a capable but imperfect chorus and I Schnitzler led a solid orchestra for a thoroughly satisfactory instrumental run.
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Handel and Haydn Society
Music Hall
Mme. Albaul
Georg Henschel
Myron W. Whitney
Easter Observances In Brookline Churches
Easter was observed across Brookline with special services at all churches. St. Mark's M E Church held morning prayer at 7, Easter sermon at 10 45 by Rev William S Haven, and 4 o clock dedication of Sunday school rooms led by Rev Joseph H Mansfield D D. A Boston official spoke on an Old fashioned Methodist Sunday School. Harvard Congregational Church featured Easter lilies hyacinths and palms. Rev Reuen Thomas preached in the morning with 4 30 pm children’s services and no evening service.
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Brookline
St. Mark’s M. E
Park Street
William S. Haven
Joseph H Mansfield
D. D
Edward H. Dunn
First Methodist Episcopal Church of
Boston
William Nast Brodbeck
Harvard Congregational Church
Reuen Thomas
The Practical Value of a Belief in a Future Life
Reverend Minot J Savages Sunday sermon argues death is not final and a future life proves practical benefits. He asserts eternal existence aids sorrow, strengthens conduct, and frames earthly life as a moral and spiritual gymnasium for character growth.
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Parker Memorial
Minot J. Savage
Festival of Master Day at Old North Church Chimes
Joyous chimes rang three times to mark Master day with morning afternoon and evening services. Historic North End attendees from Beacon Hill and Back Bay gathered to hear the bells. Rev. Duane led services. Sunday school held a public recital with flowers given, and Martha Christenson won a gold medal for bringing the most members to Sunday school.
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Old North Church
Easter Vesper Service By The Y M C A Union
An impressive Easter vesper service was held at 48 Boylston street by the Young Men's Christian Union. The program featured An Easter German by Rev Stopford W Brooke of the First Church Boston a brief address by Robert W Taylor a talk on How Easter Is Observed by the Colored People in the South and a Ha music program conducted by Mrs F P Eminy Flora E Barry assisted.
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Young Men's Christian Union
Boylston Street
Stopford W. Brooke
First Church
Boston
Robert W. Taylor
Tuskegee School
Alabama
Booker T. Washington
South
F. P, Mney. Sansana
Mra
Flora E. Barry
Raid Targets Turkish Smoking Parlors In Boston Nightlife
Police raided three Turkish smoking parlors in Boston amid revelry and indecency suspicions. Observers noted crude behavior, cigarette smoke and liquor, with Harvard students among patrons. A cleaner Tremont Street venue showed more decor and crowds, while others remained shabby and noisy, and authorities closed one on Dover Street after the raid.
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Eldredge
Warren
Post
Boston
Turkey
Mahomet
America
Avery Street
Tremont Street
Rcom
Harvard
Washington Street
Kouta Kouta
Bis
Boylston Street
Dover Street
Contralto and tenor soloists named for upcoming concert
Miss Alice M. Sibley and Miss Emma Margaret Becker are contraltos, Harrington Barker is a tenor, Wiley Ball a baritone, Nathan F. Lincoln a bass, Mas ter Henry Donlan a key soprano, Frank A. Kennedy a violinist, with George Mendall Taylor as musical director.
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Tralte
Alice M. Sibley
Emma Margaret Becker
Harrington Barker
Wiley Ball
Nathan F. Lincoln
Henry Donlan
Frank A. Kennedy
George Mendall Taylor
Easter Sunday Observed Across Somerville Churches
Easter Sunday was observed in Somerville with large congregations across denominations. Emmanuel Episcopal Church held four services and a children's festival at 3 pm while St Joseph's Catholic Church conducted morning and afternoon Masses.
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Somerville
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Easter at Immaculate Conception Church
Easter services at the Church of the Immaculate Conception were solemn with flowers, altar lights, and white and gold robes. Rev. Father Fargis officiated. deacons were Rev. Michael E. Byrnes and M. W. Duane. Mass was by Cherubini and John E. Whiting. soloists Herrick Lon Brine Maguinness and Westervelt entertained.
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
Father Fargis
Michael E. Byrnes
St. Mary's
M. W. Duane
Boston College
Cherubini
Immaculate Conception Choir
John E. Whiting
Messrs. Herrick
Lon Brine
Miss Maguinnes
Miss Westervelt
George J Gould Hurt In Hunt Club Accident
George J Gould nearly escaped death during a morning ride with the Ocean Hunt Club near Greenvil. Dr L Lindley dislocated shoulder and Willie Dyer sprained arm in a crash when Lindley's horse Shamrock fell on a stiff fence. Gould, four lengths behind, fell headfirst and escaped under the horse as Turk slid clear. Gould suffers a sprained leg but hopes to return to work Monday.
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New York
George J. Gould
Ocean Hunt Club
Turk
L. Lindley
Mr. Gould
Willie Dyer
Herbertsville
Lee Surrender Celebration Planned in Waterbury
Waterbury will honor the surrender of Lee with a War veterans event at Jacques auditorium next Thursday evening. Governor Coffin and staff will arrive by special train from Hartford at 8 o'clock, escorted by local troops. Edward C. Lewis presides, Edward Kilduff greets, A B Beers of Bridgeport responds, Coffin speaks for Connecticut. Poems and readings followed by city clergy.
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Waterbury
Conn
Lee
Wadham Post
Death of Cambridge confectioner John L. Smith
John L. Smith, a longtime Cambridgeport confectioner, died of apoplexy at his home at 8 Pleasant Place. He was 53, born in Sandwich, New Hampshire, a veteran of the Civil War era, and survived by a wife and two children. Funeral likely Wednesday morning. Brigadier Brewer of the Salvation Army spoke at North Avenue Baptist Church on the army’s work to a large audience.
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John L. Smith
Pleasant Place
Cambridgeport
Mr. Smith
Sandwich
N. H
Brigadier Brewer
Galvation Army
North Avenue Baptist Church
Army
Strife at St Pauls Baptist Church Over Easter Services
Tension lingered at St Pauls Baptist Church on Easter as police kept watch amid rumors of a rival minister. Pastor Franklin sought protection while deposed deacon Braxton urged a Wednesday meeting for those who fund the church, and threats toward reporters and police were raised during a tense afternoon.
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St. Paul’s Baptist Church
Joy Street
Franklin
Post
Brixton
Frank Brown
B. A. Franklin
Braxton
Wescott
Station 3
May Plead Insanity In Fire Theft Case
Waterbury Connecticut April 5 David J Corwin of Bristol a billing clerk for the New England railroad here is still at the police station charged with setting fire to the lumber yard and meat refrigerators March 28 and creating losses amounting to 2500 dollars It is believed he is insane The prisoner has been unable to obtain bail of 2500 dollars It is learned Corwin was once sent to an insane asylum from Boston for arson
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Waterbury
Conn
David J. Corwin
Bristol
New England Railroad
Corwin
Boston
Doctor Signaled Aboard Katherine D. Perry Near Nauset
A schooner believed to be the Katherine D. Perry sent signals for a doctor from off Nauset this morning. A gale prevented life savers from boarding initially, and as wind moderated the vessel headed northward.
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Highland Light
Katherine D. Perry
Nauset
Quincy Councilman Louis Rinn Dies at 48
Quincy City Council member and IL Rinn & Co. architect and decorator Louis Rinn died at Quincy City Hospital at age 48 after two months illness. Born Oct 2 1848 near Frankfurt, he came to Boston area in 1853, later settled in Quincy in 1890. Survived by wife and several children. council to act Monday.
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Quincy
Louis Rinn
Quincy City
Rinn & Co
Boston
Quincy City Hospital
Mr. Rinn
Merenbern
Frankfort-on-the-Rhine
Cambridge
Spear Commercial College
L. Rinn & Co
Ware
Lawsuit Challenges Rosekrans Estate Over 509000
Elizabeth Rosekrans files in Circuit Court claiming she is the widow of Selin Grant Rosekrans who died in Orlando Florida. The estate is valued over 509000. She alleges a sister posed as his wife after a divorce and marriage, seeking a share of the estate.
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Chicago
Elizabeth Rosekrans
Selin Grant Rosekrans
Board of Trade
Orlando
Fla
St. Rosekrans
Mr. Rosekrans
Rosekrans
Margaret Victoria Rosekrans
S. G. Roskrans
Boston Passengers Hy Concord Train Wreck Injures Several
A south bound Montreal press near East Andover, April 6, reports a train wreck seriously injuring a Boston woman about 50 who is lame and other passengers with injuries including a shoulder wound and bruised faces. Thirty aboard, the near miss was due to vestibuled cars preventing a worse crash.
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Concord
N. H
Montreal
Andover
Dent
Boston
Clergyman Indicted In Bank Failure Scandal
Perry April 5 The Rev C Berry a leading Presbyterian minister owned the Bank of Commerce which failed four months ago for nearly 50000 dollars. When the vault was opened only 50 dollars remained. A mob once tried to lynch him. He has been arrested and placed under 5000 dollars bond.
Prowament GDB Fellow Dies at Cambridge Home
Funeral held for Charles D. Cole past grand secretary of the Odd Fellows of this State. Service at his Highland avenue home in Cambridge with Rev James M Gray of Boston officiating. Cole served as grand secretary 186 to 18% and grand scribe of the Grand Encampment thirty seven years between 1856 and 1893. He belonged to Montezuma Lodge 33 and Massachusetts Encampment 2 and was tied to Middlesex Lodge 17 of Malden.
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Charles D. Cole
Odd Fellows
Highland Avenue
Cambridge
Tice
James M. Gray
Boston
Franklin Street Congregational Church
Somerville
Gale
Montezuma Lodge
Massachusetts
Middlesex Lodge
Malden
Saas
Ram Katahdin Preparations For Sea Near New London
New London Conn April 5 The trial board for the Ram Katahdin arrived this evening at 8 o clock. It is likely that tomorrow will be devoted to inspection and fire drill with the vessel at sea on Tuesday.
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New London
Conn
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