Relief for the poor at fast day discussion
The Rev Dr Hale led a service on relief of crowded urban populations citing social settlement work and charity groups. Speakers urged personal involvement across classes to combat pauperism and poverty, with emphasis on democracy, beauty in aid, and university outreach through Harvard students.
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Hlale
Hale
Wood
Andover House
Mead
North End Union
Miss Cotman
Benson House
Associated Charities
Ely
Prospect House
Cambridge
Harvard
Locke
Parker Memorial
Dorothea Dix
Channing
Kleptomaniac Escapee Nabbed by Boston Police
Francis J. Holland, 28, described as the citys slick thief and a former Bridgewater Insane Asylum inmate, was arrested by Inspector Cogan after escaping the asylum on March 13. He had been linked to break ins at Glover Willcomb Hyde Park and later jailed in Norfolk, then recaptured yesterday in Hanover Street. He refused to discuss his activities since escape.
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Francis J. Holland
North End
Cogan
Bridgewater Insane Asylum
Holland
Pembroke Street
Harvard College
Glover & Willcomb
Hyde Park
Boston
Norfolk County
Bridgewater Thzane
Hanover Street
Parmenter Street
A Dangerous Lad Tale From Woburn to Boston
Herbert Field, 19, of Woburn, was sent to pay a milk bill with over 80 dollars. He vanished leaving the horse and wagon, later reappearing in Boston after spending most of the money. Field has a prior reformatory term.
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Woburn
Herbert Field
Joseph P. McKay
Boston
Young Field
Reformatory
Yale Harvard debate to be presided by Chauncey Depew
W G Brownson of the Yale Union secured Dr Chauncey N Depew to preside at the Yale Harvard intercollegiate debate to be held May 2 at the Superior Theatre New Haven The Yale Union will soon announce the judges and select speakers at a competitive debate next Monday night
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New Haven
W. G. Brownson
Yale Union
New York
Chauncey N. Depew
Superion Theatre
Yale
Methodists Lay Corner Stone for Elm Street Church
In Northampton on April 6 the corner stone of a new Elm Street Methodist Church was laid. The $20,000 building has $12,000 already raised. the old church stood on a narrower street nearby. Rev. W. W. Ramsay of Boston’s Tremont Street church gave the address. the congregation organized in 1840.
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Northampton
Elm Street
W. W. Ramsay
Tremont Street Methodist Church
Boston
Gladstone’s Home Rule Speech Draws Irish Wariness
London April 6 Gladstone moves second reading of the Home Rule bill noting no major amendments, tracing Irish demands and union history. He argues forceful unions fail and cites US and European examples as contrast. Opposition leader Hicks-Beach retorts with Irish disapproval and northern protests.
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London
House of Commons
Gladstone
Ireland
Mr. Gladstone
Michael Hicks- Beach
United States
Holland
Belgium
Austria
Hungary
Russia
Poland
America
Treland
Great Britain
Michael Hicks-Beach
Board of Trade
Beverly Ends Fast Day Tradition as Clergy Align with Governor
In Beverly on April 6 ministers from the town's association met and agreed with Governor Russell to abolish Fast Day. They stated they would maintain the stance until public opinion shifts. A prayer meeting was held at the Baptist Church this morning.
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Breverly
Beverly
Ministers’ Association
Russell
Baptist Church
Downer Landing
J. D. Scudder
Melville Garden
Nantasket Beach
The
Atlantic
Damon Brothers
Rockland House
Sterling Colby
Brook
Military Band of
New York
Hull Electric Light and Power Company
Hull
Pemberton
Cohasset
Minstrel Show Stirs Parish Hall Crowd
A packed St Francis de Sales School hall hosted a Father Daly parish Ladies Aid and Father Mathew T A LL society minstrel event. Nineteen young men and several young ladies performed with James E Hayes of Charlestown acting as interlocutor. The program featured songs Irish specialties and humorous end men routines ending with a farce.
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St. Francis de Sales
Ladies Aid
Father Mathew T. A. and
LL. Society
Father Daly
James E. Hayes
Charlestown
Thomas Crowley
Mr. Howard
Ex-President McLeod En Route to Boston Stay
Ex-President of Reading McLeod arrived in Boston Wednesday night and is staying at Youngs. A Post reporter found him unavailable and was referred to his private secretary Mr Desmott who said there was nothing to say about resignation or future plans. His actions speak for him, the secretary added.
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The
Reading
McLeod
Boston
Young’s
Post
Desmott
Philadelphia
A. A. McLeod
Reading Road
Isaac L. Rice
Philadelphia Trust Company
Rice
Boston & Maine
New England
New York
John Lowther Welsh
Joseph 8. Harris
Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company
Welsh
Paxson and Wilber
Lewiston confession sheds light on 1875 schooner murder
The Lewiston Journal publishes George Miller's confession from Thomaston where he sits for life for killing the mates of the Jeffer son Borden in 1875. He says George Clark and John G Lew planned to kill officers aboard. Captain Patterson missed deck. Miller argues officers’ cruelties pushed them to the deed.
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Lewiston
Lewiston Journal
George Miller
Thomaston
Jefferson Borden
George Clark
John G. Lew
Patterson
Miller
Greer May Not Accept Massachusetts Bishopric
New York April 6 Special to the Post. Ep1s copal clergy doubt Dr Greer will accept the Massachusetts bishopric if chosen. He currently leads a prominent parish with a $15000 salary and a house. Vanderbilts and other wealthy families attend. Greer was born 1844 in Wheeling West Virginia and ordained in 1866. He served in Alexandria Covington Providence and since 1888 has led St Bartholomew's in New York.
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New York
Phillips Brooks
Massachusetts
Trinity Church
Boston
Greer
Dr. Greer
Wheeling
W. Va
Washington and Jefferson College
Pennsylvania
Theological Seminary
Gambier
Ohio
Clarksburg
Alexandria
Covington
Providence
Grace Church
St. Bartholomew’s
Naval Board Arrives for Detroit Cruiser Speed Trials
Newport April 6 The Naval Board assigned to oversee the Detroit speed trials has arrived. Trials likely start Monday and run through much of next week with potential low speed tests Saturday if weather allows. The ship is ballasted with water tanks and scrap iron to alter its appearance and reportedly reached over twenty knots in Chesapeake Bay, making nineteen knots on a four hour run likely, two knots above contract speed.
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Newport
Naval Board
Detroit
Tomerow
Chesapeake Bay
Engagement Rumor Ties Miss Mack to Italian Singer
New York April 6 reports a rumored engagement of Miss Pamela Mack daughter of John Mack of 96 Park Avenue to Enrico Mario Scognamillo an Italian singer who has appeared in fashionable drawing rooms. Financial objections and family connections are noted while Mr Mack declines to comment.
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New York
Pamela Mack
John Mack
Park Avenue
Enrico Mario Scognamillo
Miss Mack
W. Bourke Cochran
Signor Scaonamillo
Italy
Union Meetings Reported Across Local Trades
In Forester Hall the boiler makers union held a large gathering and arranged for another meeting next Sunday. Twenty five new members were admitted. Labor Notes and News covers the Marble Polishers at 53 Hanover Street and Pavers Union No. 1 electing officers in St Andrew Hall. The Boston Plate Printers Assembly plans a Cotillion Hall session on April 21.
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John Boyle O'Reilly
Irish National Federation
Cambridge Street
Music Hall
Forester Hall
Union of Boiler Makers
Marble Polishers
Hanover Street
Pavers’ Union No. 1
St. Andrew Hall
Boston Plate Printers’ Assembly
Cotillion Hall
Hood's Sarsaparilla Marks a Sleep Restoring Cure
In Albion Erie County Pennsylvania on February 18 1893 a local reader shares a testimonial on Hood's Sarsaparilla after fourteen years of kidney trouble back pain and sleepless nights. Four bottles brought relief enabling restful sleep improved appetite and renewed energy with a strong new outlook.
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Albion
Erie Co
Hood
Official Programme of Naval Review in New York Harbor
The Navy announces the official program for the naval review in New York Harbor on April 27. The Dolphin carries the President and passes between two ship columns. traffic is halted in the river segment. Invitations issued for U S officials and diplomats. press transport limited to one vessel via associations. no extra permissions.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
United States
New York Harbor
Twenty-sixth Street
North River
New York
New Jersey
Dolphin
Coast Survey
Blake
Monmouth
Diplomatic Corps
Supreme Court
State Department
Jampton Roads
Press Association
1680 Guns to Be Fired
Fort Monroe reports preparations for a major naval review on April 27 with 1680 guns to be fired in national salutes. Admiral Gherardi nurses flu symptoms but plans a drive, while Emperor Nicholas II orders six Russian ships to join the New York gathering. The President will pass the fleet aboard the Dolphin as heavy-caliber volleys shake New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fortress
Monroe
Philadelphia
Gherardi
Walker
Naval Review
Annapolis
New York
New York City
Dolphin
H. M.S. Blake
Beverly Plans New Universalist Church
At a special meeting the Beverly Universalist Church voted to build a new church costing up to 11 000 dollars. Parish committee members C R Bonney and Fred A Wallis were chosen to locate a site. Plans were shown for a church on the Cabot and Judson streets lot. Meeting adjourned for one week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Universalist Church
C. R. Bonney
Fred A. Wallis
Cabot and
Judson Streets
Factory Workers Strike Over New Price Scale
In Auburn the lasters and cutters rejected the new price scale offered by manufacturers. A strike followed as workers pulled out their tool chests in protest, paralyzing local factory work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
Auburn
Chinese in Vermont Register Under Geary Act
Bennington Vermont April 6 Charles L Yorn a Bennington Chinese laundryman registered under the Geary act the second in Vermont to do so There are twenty six Chinese men in this State one naturalized resident at Fair Haven Forn has been here since 1880.
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WaAsHinaTton
Foreight
Rio Janeiro
Rio Grande Do Sul
United States
Arta
Alegrete
Soecta Siliary
Twenty-eighth
Bennington
Charles L. Yorn
Vermont
Fair Haven
Forn
Nineteenth Annual Festival For Children in Cambridgeport
David Wilson organized the event at Union Hall Cambridgeport yesterday with large turnout. The program included running races dances by Mabel Pierce Aimee Barbier Baby Lou Kivlan and a Sailor's Hornpipe by seventeen young maisses and lads. Eben Noyes won the prize. Floor attendants included Theodore R. Bird Cyrus B. Morse Bill Nye John Doane Herbert Wilson J. W. Stone and A. Kayden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Wilson
Union Hall
Cambridgeport
Mabel Pierce
Aimee Barbier
Baby Lou Kivlan
Eben Noyes
Theodore R
Two Lives. Kernr N H. Ashuelot Double Fatality
A March 18 barroom fight at A N Kingsley’s hotel in Ashuelot ended in a double fatality. Fred Fuller who was intoxicated attacked Walter Tufts with a razor, severing Tufts nose and injuring him, then Cut his own throat with a razor when arrested. Tufts died from injuries days later and Fuller killed himself 20 minutes after being found. Tufts was reputed peaceable. Fuller was quarrelsome when intoxicated.
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Kernr
N. H
A. N. Kingsley
Ashuelot
Fred Fuller
Walter Is. Tufts
Tufts
Leonard
Horsey
Leonard Wellington
Tuttle
Keene
Winchester
Fuller
Senate elects officers of the Fifty-third Congress
After reading the journal, the Senate adopted a substitute for immediate officer elections and then elected William R. Cox as secretary, Richard J. Bright as sergeant-at-arms and doorkeeper, and William H. Millburn as chaplain. The chamber adjourned until tomorrow.
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Washington
Gorman
Senate
Sherman
Hoar
William R. Cox
North Carolina
Richard J. Bright
Indiana
William H. Millburn
Ivinois
George Riddles Reading Series Opens With Faust
George Riddle drew a full hall for the first of six readings at Association Hall using Bayard Taylor’s Faust. The Boston Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Bernard Listemann accompanied with Berlioz Schumann and Gounod selections. Next readings feature Victor Hugo plays including Ruy Blas Hernani Lucrezia Borgia and The Fool’s Revenge with dates in April.
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George Riddle
Association Hall
Bayard Taylor
Goethe
Valentine
Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Listemann
Faust
Berloiz
Schumann
Gounod
Riddle
Victor Hugo
Ruy Blas
Hernani
Angelo
Lucrezia Borgia
S Revenge
Rescue at Dorchester Bay by Mosquito Fleet Captain
Captain F D Perkins of the Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club swam to a capsized small sailboat in Dorchester Bay about 3:30 PM. He pulled the unnamed man to Tantrum, brought him ashore, where the man dried and left without giving his name.
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F. D. Perkins
Mosquito Fleet Yacht Club
Dorchester Bay
Perkins
Resignations and removals drive fourth-class post office cares
Washington reports 131 appointments to fourth class post offices today. Seventy two fill vacancies from resignations and deaths, fifty nine fill removals. Of the removed postmasters, twenty six served four years and over, thirty three over three years.
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Washington
Grand Lodge Knights of the Golden Eagle Meet in Auburn
The Grand Lodge of Maine Knights of the Golden Eagle held its annual meeting in Auburn on April 6 with large attendance. The grand master of records reported total membership of 596, a net gain of 220, and totals for initiations, dues, and sick benefits of 1558 40 dollars and 2233 dollars paid, respectively.
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Auburn
Grand Lodge of
Maine
Knights of the Golden Eagle
Grand Master of Records
A Glorious Truth About a New Hope for Women
Mrs. Amos V. Dell of Jersey City Heights reports complete recovery from prostration and womb disease after using Dr. Greene's Nervara remedy. She says she woke with energy, stopped leucorrhoea, and can work without fatigue. Another testimonial is from Mrs. J B Swift of Boston describing severe nervous prostration and digestive distress improving after treatment.
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Amos V. Dell
Hancock Avenue
Jersey City Heights
N. J
Dr. Greene
Greene
Temple Place
Boston
Mass
Swedish Scandi club stages gymnastic exhibition in Posse gym
The Scandinavian Club showcased a mixed program at Posse gym on Irvington street. Children performed precise moves, followed by a fencing drill for ladies and gymnastic routines for men. Baron Posse and Baron Nils Fosse led instruction, with Baron's royal endorsement noted.
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Sweden
Baron Nils Fosse
Royal Institute of Sweden
Posse Gymnasium
Irvington Street
Baron Posse
Oscar IT
Royal Institute
Baroness Posse
Charlotte Maxwell
Torrey
Eleanor R. Dean
Commencement honors listed for St Johnsbury Academy graduates
Valedictory goes to Sentambi T. Marshall of Boston salutatory to Richard Lamson of St Johnsbury class essay by Carrie M Griswold of East St Johnsbury honorary essay by Emma G Ritchie of West Barnet orations delivered by Herbert A Hawley of St Johnsbury and Ney Ward of Johnson essays by Laura A Hatch of Strafford Ivy Hopkins of Franklin Ida M Miles and Mabel A Miles of Barton
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St. Johnsbury
St. Johnsbury Academy
Sentambi T. Marshall
Boston
Richard Lamson
Carrie M. Griswold
East St. Johnsbury
Emma G. Ritchie
West Barnet
Herbert A. Hawley
Ney J. Ward
Johnson
Laura A. Hatch
Straf
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Mary Schubert
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Kleptomaniac
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Cor
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Fadward
Beckett
Daniel D. Lea
Wilbert Soule
Wation
Great Britain and Ireland
John P. Squire & CO
Rank O. Squire
Prest. Treas
Oil Hall Market
North Market Street
Brazil
Mystic Camera Club
Meprorp
Medford Art Club
Riverside Block
Bie
Manufacturers’ Association
Charles Waugh & Co
Joseph H. Pray
Joseph H. Pray & Co., A. ©. Judkins, Hugh Stewart & Co
Hiram Nash
Chauncey Thomas & Co
Charles Thomas
Lynn
J. Duffy
William Swett
Labor Notes and News
NION
Behring Sea Court of Arbitration
J. C. Carter
Sir Charles
E. J. Phelps
J. A. Carter
Sir Charles Russell
West Winsted
Conn
Jane Mannering
Roxbury
Oda
Cherryfield
Lucy P. Miller
Southwest Reef
Petit Manan
Milbridge
Buchanan
Gene P. Loomis
Greenwood Cemetery
Brooklyn
Dr. Loomis
Mrs
Theresa Hartson
Albion, Pa
Tam
Herbert
Beverly's New Church
Captain Bates
Thomas Bates
Massachusetts General Hospital
Reading Developments
Chicago
Catholic Knights of America
New South Wales
Catholic Education
Nevada
Travellers’ Protective Association
North Dakota
Board of Control
Davis
Golden Eagle Knights OF Honor
Baron Nils Posse
Charles Wiley
Chelsea
General Hospital
Erling
Johnson & CO
Mane
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