Easter day observances in Boston churches
Easter Sunday brought bright skies and warm air as crowds packed Catholic and Episcopal churches. Cathedral of the Holy Cross, Immaculate Conception, Trinity German Church, and Advent each featured elaborate ceremonies, choral works, and festive floral decorations. Masters and choirs performed Handel, Gounod, Haydn, and more while sermons urged immortality and rejoicing.
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New England
Boston
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Archbishop Williams
J. P. Bodfish
Father Boland
Father Corkran
Fathers Welsh
Sullivan
Father Welsh
St. John’s Seminary
Father Bodfish
Father Talbot
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Father Boursaud
Boston College
Father Cahill
Quirk
St. John’s
Fordham
Condon
S. J
Dennon
Father Halpin
MaeGoldwick
Lewis
Donovan
Alfred Wilkie
Jon Brine
St. Paul
Gounod
Haydn
Cherubini
Lachner
Handel
Harrison Avenue
Boursaud
O'Reilly
Mr. Stanton
St. Joseph’s Church
Chambers Street
William Byrne
Dennis Wholey
William H. O'Connell
Thomas Flanagan
Father Wholey
Angus
John A. O'Shea
Miss Danforth
Miss Foley
Dilworth
John O’brien
Father Byrne
Fathers O'Connell
Edward Moriarty
Whiting
Ather Flanagan
Shawmut Avenue
Father Schleuter
Nopper
Bellwalder
Kreig
Beekman
Katie Brahm
Francis Funke
Messrs
George
Michael Mischler
Funke
Wiegand
Falkenstein
Trinity Church
Agnes Black
C. W. Galloupe
Dean Stanley
Birs
Hitchcock
Easter Vesper Service Impresses At Union Hall
The Easter vesper services at the Young Men's Christian Union were conducted by Rev S H Winkley in Union Hall last evening with Mrs Abbie F Hervey soprano Mrs Flora E Barry contralto Mr Percy J Cooper tenor Mr Byron A Robinson bass and George Mendall Taylor accompanist. Winkley spoke on Easter and the regular choir was augmented with fine selections.
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W. E. Doyle
Charles E. Chester
Fansworth
Brooks
Dr. Brooks
C. A. Bartol
West Church
Cambridge Street
Moses
Solomon
David
Confucius
Mohammed
Apostle
Germany
Italy
India
Providential School
Jesus
Church of the Advent
Brimmer
Mt. Vernon
Guardians of the Peace
C. C. Grafton
Christ
Patterson
Providence
R. L
F.F. Sherman
Whitney
B. Frank Young
S. B. Whitney
Messrs. Grieves
Swindlehurst
Entwistle
Beeching
Clemens
Smith
Delahanty
Lyon
Bullock
Merrifield
J. Montgomery Sears
Copley Square
E. Horton
Horton
Howers
Old South Church
George A. Gordon
Father Hall
Church of the Unity
Young Men's Christian Union
S. H. Winkley
Union Hall
Abbie F. Hervey
Flora E. Barry
Percy J. Cooper
Byron A. Robinson
George Mendall "Taylor
Winkley
No More Races at Beacon Park Closed Track and Stables
The firm Jordan Marsh Co decides to close Beacon Park for the year. Occupants of the stable are ordered to leave and the track will be boarded up to remove all horsey features and prepare the property for sale at $1 per foot for building improvements. Colonel Long notes past struggles to collect rents from occupants.
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Beacon Park
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Marsh
Jordan
Colonel Long
Appointments and Transfers Made by the Police Board
The police board issued four general orders Saturday naming promotions and transfers. Frederick G. Hoffman from Division 4 to sergeant in Division 7 fills the vacancy from Sergeant Benjamin Brown. Several officers including Captain Paul J Vinal and Sergeant George F McCausland were commended for Roslindale disaster services. New probationaries listed include William Ready and five others for six months. Multiple transfers are enacted among divisions with effect today.
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Board of Police
Frederick G. Hoffman
Benjamin Brown
Paul J.vinal
George F. McCausland
James H. Atwood
Benjamin May
Michael
Frank Dudley
William F. Moore
Patrick A. Gaddis
Thomas Neal
Michael Kelly
James F. Cunningham
Robert L. Smith
William J. C. Spear
William F. Cunningham
Three Acres and a Cow in Mr Collings's Edgbaston Home
In Edgbaston the writer tours the Collings residence, noting a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, a bookcase described as a poem in oak, and a study crowded with papers. The piece frames Jesse Collings as ex-political secretary and a key advocate of three acres and a cow, shaping a portrait of the Birmingham political scene.
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London World
Edgbaston
Harborne
Abraham Lincoln
Jesse Collings
Devonshire
Bordesley
Southfield
Local Government Board
Birmingham
Gladstone
Collings
John Henry Chamberlain
Joseph Chamberlain
Moat
Round Table
Temple Israel approves $800 Beecher monument fund pledge
In St Louis on April 10 members unanimously adopted a motion to subscribe 800 to the Henry Ward Beecher monument fund. A telegram to Plymouth Church Brooklyn N Y announced Temple Israel’s pledge of 300 toward the monument, signed by Rabbi S H Sonneschein.
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St. Louis
Temple Israel
Henry Ward Beecher
Board of Trustees
Plymouth Church
Brooklyn
N. C
Temple Israel of St
Cleveland's firm tone in reply to fisheries union
In President Cleveland's letter to the American Fishery Union he shows dignity and firmness, accepting Congress's retaliatory duties toward Canada. He endorses the justice of the U.S. position on fishing rights and signals readiness to apply retaliation as needed to vindicate national dignity.
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N. S. Times
Cleveland
American Fishery Union
Congress
Canada
Interstate Commerce Act Shuts Junction Iron Works
The act triggers a plant shutdown at Junction Iron Works in Mingo, Ohio Valley, leaving 150 workers unemployed after owners fail to secure satisfactory freight rates with a Pennsylvania company. A broader mill shutdown in the Ohio Valley is forecast. Pyle's Pearline is noted with claimed purifying power.
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N. S. World
Junction Iron Works
Mingo
Pennsylvania Company
Ohio Valley
Illiteracy focus dominates high school teachers meeting
The twentieth annual meeting of the Massachusetts Association of Classical and High School Teachers featured officers elected for the coming year. A key resolution urged compulsory education for illiterate minors, citing large numbers of nonreaders in Fall River Boston Ward 6 and 13 Provincetown Spencer and related areas, and calling for remedial legislation to promote literacy and citizenship.
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Massachusetts Association of Classical and High School
John Tetlow
Charles M. Clay
Roxbury High School
J. W. MacDonald
Stoneham High School
Samuel Thurlow
Milton Academy
A. L. Goodrich
Salem High School
Byron Grace
Latin
New England Association of Colleges and Preparatory Schools
Commission of Colleges In New England
Frank A. Hills
Cambridge
Brunswick
E. C. Carrigan
State Board of Education
Fall River
Boston
Mr. Carrigan
Provincetown
Portugal
Spencer
Chicopee
Webster
Southbridge
Hagar
State Normal School
Salem
Commonwealth
Anniversary of Appomattox Celebrations Planned in Baltimore
The organizing committee for April 19, marking the Appomattox anniversary and the Sixth Regiment’s Baltimore passage, has set arrangements. Carter's full band, Dahlgren Post drum corps, Chelsea male quartet, and numerous officials and guests including Henry Cabot Lodge and Mayor O'Brien are invited. The Sixth Regiment is asked to attend with colors and department officers of the Grand Army.
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Appomattox
Baltimore
Carter
Dahlgren
Chelsea
Woman's Relief Corps
E. A. Knowles
Keogh
Nash
Henry Cabot Lodge
George H. Patch
James Burrows
K. A. Horton
Robert R. Meredith
Agnes Parker
Richard F. Tobin
O’brien
Grand Army of the Republic
Aids
Business troubles in Boston shoe trades hit insolvency
Creditors of L., Hamilton & Co. and Robinson Bros. refuse to settle at 25 cents on the dollar. Hamilton & Co. will liquidate in insolvency while Robinson Bros. appoints a committee to probe the failure. The report lists multiple assignments across several states including Caseyville Kentucky, Snow Creek Virginia, Rocky Mount Virginia, and Philadelphia.
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Hamilton & Co
Boot
Boston
Robinson Bros
Thomas Keylor
Newton
L. C. Baldwin
Acton
Warner & Luce
Flora
Quincy Yacht Club elects officers at annual meeting
At the annual meeting the Quincy Yacht Club elected Commodore C. F. Adams 3d vice commodore H. H. Sheen fleet captain C. F. Colby secretary treasurer H. M. Faxon measurer A. B. Lelois regatta committee E. W. Baxter J. M. Faxon G. G. Saville W. F. Page ex-officio commodore. An open regatta and a combined cruise and ladies day were noted for the coming season. Tickets are selling rapidly for a minstrel performance for the Corinthian Yacht Club in the Boston Theatre featuring the Longwood Club.
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Quincy Yacht Club
C. F. Adams
H. H. Sheen
C. F. Colby
H. M. Faxon
A. B. Lelois
E. W. Baxter
J. M. Faxon
G. G. Saville
W. F. Page
Homeopathic Festival Opens in Mechanics Hall
The Governor and staff will attend the opening of the homeopathic festival in Mechanics Hall on Tuesday evening. Colonel Charles R. Codman will preside at 7 a.m. and introduce Dr Selden H Talcott of Middletown New York who will speak on homeopathy. A Germania band concert directed by Carl Zerrahn will accompany the event with decorations and a large turnout of homoeopathic physicians from New England expected.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Charles R. Codman
Selden H.talcott
Middletown
N. Y
Germania Band
Carl Zerrahn
New England
Train fall kills Malden man at Bell Reach station
William Shepherd of Malden died after stepping back toward a moving Boston & Maine train at Bell Reach station on Saturday. The 63 year old left a widow and three daughters.
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William Shepherd
Malden
Boston & Maine Railroad
Bell Reek
Shepherd
The New Sub Treasurer Assumes Duties in Boston
The Hon. 8. N. Aldrich will take the duties of United States sub-treasurer at Boston this week. A Treasury Department delegation will arrive to count the money in the sub treasury, with about 11,000,000 in gold and sixty tons of silver plus coins to tally. Carpets are selling at lower prices than at any time since 1861, and John H. Pray, Sons & Co. urge friends to take advantage of current low values and make early purchases.
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8. N. Aldrich
United States
Boston
Treasury Department
John H. Pray, Sons & Co
The New Athletic Club Faces Membership Surge
The Boston Athletic Association sees rapid member growth with 1200 cap reached after 200 new names last week. Officials consider raising the limit to 1500 or 2000 as building plans progress. Estimated cost of land and facilities is 240000 dollars with 40000 from entrance fees and 100000 from a mortgage. bonds at 5 percent for twenty years may cover the balance.
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Boston Athletic Association
City Notes Chronicle Health, Naval, and Civic Happenings
Edgar Fawcett hosted informally at St Botolph Club on Boylston Street. Last week Boston board of health logged 205 deaths, 5 from violence, 47 under 1 year, 75 under 5, and 35 over 60, oldest 92. W H L Jones retires from Daily Advertiser with gold headed cane. Naval architecture class exhibition open at Bird School rooms Fourth Street Dorchester to G today and tomorrow. Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society to meet at 36 Bromfield street Room 3 Wednesday at 10:30. Policeman O Neill, shot at Dorchester a month ago, left hospital and will be home in a few days. Noonday prayer at Boston Young Men’s Christian Association on Tremont Row this week with various pastors scheduled.
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Board of Health
W. H L. Jones
Daily Advertiser
Bird School
Fourth Street
Dorchester
Massachusetts Total Abstinence Society
Bromfield Street
Policeman O'Neill
City Hospital
Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Tremont Row
Brighton man attempts suicide at river near abattoir
About 1 PM yesterday James Leary aged 63 of 192 North Beacon Street Brighton attempted self harm by leaping from a board into the Charles River near the abattoir. He was rescued by Joseph Osgood and Officer Curry of Station 14 and taken home. He had been drinking heavily.
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James Leary
North Beacon Street
Brighton
Charles River
Joseph Osgood
Officer Curry
Station 14
Amateur Theatricals For Home For Incurables Aid
Private performances at Union Hall on Tuesday and Wednesday attract a fashionable audience for a worthy cause. Tickets available at Doll and Richards store.
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Union Hall
Messrs. Doll & Richards
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J Board
P.P. P. P. P. BP Pyle’s
City Notes
Edgar Fawcett
St. Botolph Club
Boylston Street
Boston Post
Columbia
Franklin ST
Calder
Washington St
American Supply CO
WM. A. Smith
Franklin
Water St
Victor
Overman Wheel Co
Don
National Supply CO
Temple Place
Tricycles
Columbus Ave
New
Wm. Read & Sons
Washington Street
William E. Doyle
Tremont Street
Ray’s
Col. West and
Washington Streets
Hotel Vendome
Mass
Gas Lighting Co
A, Richards & CO
Chandlery
State St
Atlantic Ave
Commerce St
Chas. L. Bly
Pearl ST
Roxbury
William and Edwin Sheare
Dr. Heres
Eel
W.D. Sevin
American Clothing Supply
T. F. Swan
Cornhill
Sage
Trunk Depot
G. F. Washburn
Austin
Aryar Iee
Barnard & CO
Austin & Graves
Commercial Street
Gracker & Biscuit Bakers
Columbus
Ava
Woodward's Blue
Keystone Saddles
England
America
W.d. Newman
Gettysburg
BEN Levy & CO
West Street
Bostoild
Ol' Soureoy
G. O. Taylor
Chester II
Graves & Sons
Mutual Life Ins. CO
Ben J. F. Stevens
Jos. M. Gibbens
Massachusetts
Post Office Square
Fire Insurance
North American
Kilby St
Fee
Patridge
Albert Bowker
Boston Ofice
Spring Garden Ins. CO
Philadelphia
the Exchange Fire Ins. CO
New York
and the Traders’ Insurance CO. OF
Chicago
Boylston
Kilby Street
J. W. Balch
W. Glover
Henry F. Miller Pianos
Miller Mall
Tremont St
Boston Association
Chestnut Street
Health Food CO
New England Agency
Perfect Food
Warren
W. Sha Warren
Winter Street
Levengston
Hammond the Hammond
Ak Grove Farm
Price
The
Cross Pen Co
Oak Grove Farm
Ayo Rae Pete
Bent & Bush
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