New England Conference Sustains Dr Burt Missionary at Rome
The 104th New England conference closes with resolutions of thanks to Bishop Joyce and others. An implicit confidence resolution in Dr Burt the Rome missionary is adopted. Several clergy assignments and replacements announced including Johnston Patterson and others. The Rev Charles W Holden and Rev Frederick H Knight receive new postings in the Boston area after long service across New England.
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Burt
Rome
Fitchburg
New England
Joyce
Boston Pulpit Appointments Read by Bishop
In Boston a bishop reads church assignments with fragile good will among ministers. The list includes Willard Perrin as Presiding Elder and numerous pastors assigned or to be supplied across Dorchester Mount Bowdoin Dorchester St John’s etc.
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Tralville
John Patterson
French Church
Wepands
G. M. Spitey
Worthen Street
J. FB. Allen
H. Dalrymple
F. H. Ellis
Newton
R. Grose
Newton Upper Pale
J. P. J.dale
S&s
Myrick
Princeton
Serban
Walt i
Higgins
West Shelma
Guth
Weston
R. B. Miler
Winchester
Edward Higgins
Willard T. Perrin
L. Wrick
Bakeree
Beomield Street
A. A
W. Holden
Dorchester
Brand
Bowdoin
Soreth
Jerome Wood
John’s
Davis
Cory T
F. A. Cook
H ‘Grafton
W. Delano
O “Wright
Atlantic
Walter ‘Heath
Walter Ey. Jerery
Crosbythbridge
J. Birney
Walpole
A K. Byrn
West Medway
J. A. Chadbourne
Wittneville
Williem M. Caesidy
Clergy Assignments and Biographies From 19th Century Boston Area Churches
The passage outlines ministerial careers of several pastors including Rev Charles E Davis born 1853 in Dudley who served at Natick People's Church St Pauls Lowell Melrose First Church Lynn Common and others. Rev H W Ewing from Cecil county Maryland trained at Drew Theological Seminary and held various pastorates culminating in Covington Kentucky.
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iYersity School of Theology
University of Berlin
Germany
Charles E. Davis
Lynn
Boston
Amasa Davis
Sterling Camp Meeting
Dudley
Webster High School
Natick
People’s Church
St. Paul's
Lowell
Melrose
First Church
Lynn Common
H. W. Ewing
New England Conference
Winthrop Street
Cecil County
Maryland
Drew Theological Seminary
Madeley
Church
Lmington
Del
Cresfield
Port Deposit
Mt. Salem
Wilmington
Union Methodist Episcopal Church
Covington
Kentucky
Shoo Arrested for Running Lottery at Oxford Street
Police from Station 4 arrest M Shoo age 4 after revisiting 19 Oxford Street. Charged with running a lottery. Also taken into custody Sook u Wah 42 and Leeing for being present. Police report tickets and books involved in the operation.
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Shoo
Station 4
Oxford Street
M Shoo
Sook U Wah
Leeing
Roxbury Youth Fractures Leg in Fall at Home
A 16 year old boy, Wranklover, was at 13 Sodville street when he fell and fractured his leg. He was taken to City Hospital later in the day for treatment.
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Wranklover
Lay
Sgoee
Sodville Street
Ottee
Explosion destroys mill at Columbia City
The flouring mill of R. Tuttle & Co. in Columbia City was wrecked by an explosion. Henry Landon and O. Young were killed. Several others were injured. Officials suspect a natural gas leak caused the blast.
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Columbia’ City
R. Tuttle & Co
Henry Landon
O. Young
The Campaigners at Harvard Triumph in Stage Burlesque
Harvard Pi Eta presents The Campaigners a large cast of sixty five performs a musical burlesque about the Battle of Santiago. Music by Gulick Chipman and Stensland with Brent Taylor and Theodore Stensland leading, with many notable roles and a golf specialty. Performances listed for April at Lynn Tremont Temple Hall Newtonville and club house with full cast details.
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Harvard
Belles of
Bellesley
F. C. Gulick
J. S. Chipman
W. H. Taylor
Bessie Bullett
A. W. Hollis
Prudence Pipp
Shifter
C. C. Brayton
Chipman
Kimball
Ristine
Vincent
Club House
Lynn Theatre
Tremont Theatre
Temple Hall
Newtonville
Utopian Club Minstrels Delight with Smooth Performance
The Utopian Club held its annual minstrel show last evening before a large hall crowd. The program stayed at a high standard with continuous merriment and many vocal solos. The evening ended with dancing and a repeat performance planned for tonight for members and friends.
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Utopian Club
J. Wyman
L. E. Goldman
A. Todman
Maurice Agenoehy
Mark Abraham
Bones
L. Myers
N. Sumaisky
J. M. Glassman
T. Seckel
William Phillips
L. Birnbaum
J. Ascher
Star studded Easter benefit at Boston Theatre
An Easter charity concert for the Actors Fund of America promises a star filled program. Lawrence McCarty will direct the show with many performers including Francis Wilson Pauline Hall Marshall Wilder Marie Tavary Josephine Hall George Boniface Harry Kelly and others from across the theatres. Seat sales are underway at the Boston Theatre.
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Actors’ Fund of America
Boston Theatre
Lawrence McCarty
Francis Wilson
Pauline Hall
Marshall P. Wilder
Marie Tavary
Josephine Hall
George C. Boniface, Jr
Harry Kelly
Charles Danby
William Armstrong
Snitz Edwards
Beaumont Sisters
Lydia Yeamans Titus
Banda Rossa
Maggie Cline
Billy van
Cupid in Jam James Brown Potter to File Divorce Suit
In Jefferson City Missouri on April 10 the tale of Maud Mallet and George W Wilson unfolds a romance ending in a pardon and marriage at the Governor’s mansion. After Wilson’s five year sentence for eloping with Maud the girl campaigned with hundreds of supporters and the governor granted clemency enabling a wedding at the executive mansion.
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Jefferson City
Stephens
Executive Mansion
George W. Wilson
Maud Mallet
Clay County
Wilson
Potter becomes Rhode Island citizen seeking divorce
James Brown Potter was admitted as a Rhode Island citizen by the Common Pleas Division after his attorney Colonel Samuel R. Honey filed the petition. He cites taxation in New York as a factor and Rhode Island as a preferable place to pursue a divorce from his wife Cora Urquhart Potter. local belief holds a divorce suit may follow, though reports of an existing divorce and engagement are not believed.
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Newport
James Brown Potter
Rhode Island
Samuel R. Honey
Common Pleas Division
Supreme Court
Potter
New York State
New York
Cora Urquhart Potter
Peruna praised by doctors for catarrh cure claims
A series of doctor endorsements from Brooklyn Newark Mokena and Washington DC tout Peruna as effective for catarrh and mucous membrane diseases. Dr Hartman’s free catarrh book is offered by The Schlegel Medicine Company of Columbus Ohio for readers.
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F. H. Brand
Mokena
Peruna
Llewellyn Jordan
Wash
D. C
U. S. Treasury
Feruna
8. B. Hartman
Echeg Medicine Company
Columbus
Ohio
Privileged Slave of General Lee Recalled in New Bedford
The article profiles Jerry William Smith of New Bedford, once a resident in Lee’s great house during the Civil War. Born September 187, he recalls being a body servant to General Robert E. Lee, with his mother serving as Lee’s chambermaid.
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New Bedford
Robert E. Lee
Duck
Lee
Jerry William Smith
Smith
Robert BD. Lee
Boston Theatre Notes and Theatrical News
The piece reports on Alice Nielsen missing a Boston appearance to rest in New York amid Holy Week rumors. It covers New York productions of Quo Vadis and The Singing Girl at Museum benefit, W H Crane in David Harum at the Lyceum Rochester, The Viceroy by The Knickerbockers, and health troubles of Mansfield Carter and Arthur in Cleveland. Newark license officials plan to censor The Degenerates, prompting Mrs Langtry to cancel.
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Alice Nielsen
Opcer
Museum
Boston
New York
Avoirdupois
Messrs
Newark
N. J
Pastor Rebukes Choir Over Reading At Service
Hartford April 10 Rev Harold Pattison halted his sermon to order the choir to stop reading books during the service saying it was very annoying and demanded proper reverence in the house of worship. The rebuke stunned the congregation and choir members defended the pastor saying he acted too hastily.
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Hartford
Harold Pattison
First Baptist Church
Horse Buried With Honors In New Brunswick Estate
Mrs. R. W. Latham buried her twenty five year old family horse at her New Brunswick residence under a large farm tree after the animal was shot following a leg injury during a drive to St Peters Church. The funeral mirrored a human ceremony without a casket or preacher.
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New York
R. W. Latham
New Brunswick
St. Peter’s Church
Lee and Grant meet at Appomattox in Civil War surrender
Smith recalls Lee's disciplined private life and daily prayers as he accompanied the general since youth. He describes Lee's march routines, care for wounds, and modest meals with wine. The scene at Appomattox Court House shows Grant accepting the sword, surrender papers signed, and cheers from soldiers ending decades of conflict.
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Lee
Smith
Appomatox Court House
Grant
Sneak Thieves Target Harvard Dormitories
A rash of break ins at Harvard dormitories over recent weeks is linked to a single suspect. The thief reportedly enters rooms via transom openings and robs students of clothing, neckwear, and other valuables while residents sleep.
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Harvard
Fire alarms respond to brush fire on Commonwealth Avenue
Box 818 sounded at 6 30 for a brush fire on Commonwealth avenue. A second box at 650 evening due to a fire in the hotel Pelham well area owned by James Itle. Cause damage described as slight.
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Commonwealth Avenue
Pelham
James Itle
Boston Theaters Show Big Audiences for May Week Acts
Holy Week crowds pack Hollis for Annie Russell in Miss Hobbs. Francis Wilson set for Cyrano de Bergerac after The Runaway Girl at Tremont. Park Theatre hosts Coralie & Co then Make Way for the Ladies. Keith's features Cissy Loftus Wilder DArville. Bowdoin Square sees The Pulse of New York. Grand Opera House presents Over the Fence with John C Rice and Sally Cohen. The Only Way ends at the Museum. Mamsselle Awkins continues at the Columbia. The Midnight Alarm vaudeville bill at Grand Theatre includes George Bexander belting The Blue and the Gray. Maggie Cline headlines at the rea revenue show with Celtic songs. Austin Stone dancing girls finish their run.
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Hollis
Annie Russell
Marshall P. Wilder
Camille D’arville
Keith
Grand Opera House
Henry Miller
Museum
Boston
Mam’selle ‘Awkins
Columbia Theatre
Grand Theatre
George Bexander
the Howard
Maggie Cline
Austin & Stone
Man burns hands at work in Essex Street cleaning firm
Daniel Marrison of 8 Essex Street had a petr of badly burned hands treated at the Emergency Hospital last night. He was at work in a cleaning establishment when he became tangled with a naphtha lamp which upset on his hands.
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Daniel Marrison
Essex Street
Daniel
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