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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1903
Page
10
Boston celebrated Easter with fine weather and abundant church services especially in Catholic and Episcopal sects. The Commonwealth Avenue fashion promenade drew large crowds as ornate carriages filled boulevards and parks reflecting the citywide outdoor revelry.
Easter in Boston Catholic churches drew large crowds as Immaculate Conception and Cathedral of the Holy Cross featured lavish decorations. Masses attracted about 200 at Immaculate Conception and 3000 at Holy Cross with archbishop Williams presiding. Music, choirs, and sermons enhanced the day across city parishes.
A list of Easter sermon topics from Boston pastors yesterday includes Rev. John Robertson on Easter Confession and Rev. J S Durkee on In the New Life. Other preachers spoke on The Risen Christ, The Power of the Resurrection, Jesus the Life, Oh Death Where Is Thy Sting, The Resurrection Body, The Glory of the Cross and more drawing on Easter themes.
A lavish Commonwealth Avenue display showcased Easter gowns hats and bonnets noted as the most elaborate in years. Designers featured velvet suits silk and velvet fabrics in black white lavender and pale hues with imported gowns and a record millinery show highlighted by Leghorn and Tuscan hats.
One hundred thirty patients in 17 wards received Easter cheer from music and flowers under O KE Mills of the New England Conservatory. Roses lilies jonquils and other blooms brightened beds while a Conservatory quartet including Miss Margaret Wither Mrs Lois Sampson Elisha P. Perry and Robert A. Seaman performed for the ill.
A vacant two story wooden house at Sumner street and Wilbur court in East Boston was torn down by a crowd after owner Patrick Doherty refused to remove the dangerous structure. For years youths and others swarmed the site stealing doors floors and boards while the crowd urged the looting until only a frame remained.
William O Brien, Nationalist MP for Cork, writes in support of John Redmond and denounces mere nagging and petulant denunciation as the land bill goes before the National convention in Dublin.
St John New Brunswick April 12 The steamer Lake Manitoba carrying the Barr party of all British immigrants arrived and baggage was unloaded all day The first two immigrant trains left for Saskatoon with two more to follow The Rev Mr Barr leader says no Americans are desired and three townships will be formed He predicts 1500 more settlers next month and 10000 next year all bound for the same site as the pioneer party
Militia officers awaited a law to commission retired officers and a Salem Trust Company measure face gubernatorial vetoes. The governor plans to veto the militia bill, saying it would interfere with militia service, while a veto on the Trust Company bill may follow.
Grafton officials led by Superintendent A G Silas and Assistant Superintendent Samuel C Cenwood with tree warden William H Moody inspected the electric system to prevent tree damage. Wires had burned shade trees when insulation wore thin and an elm on Millbury Street shed a limb. Moody reports overall good condition and a commitment to safeguard trees.
Salt Lake, April 12. Colonel Bill Root a frontiersman and longtime partner of Buffalo Bill is dead at about 60. A Laramie settler he helped establish the Laramie Boomerang and mentored Bill Nye, aiding his rise as a famed writer. Root gained international renown as a catcher of wild animals.
In Fall River on April 12, 12 year old William Mer man drowned after falling from a small boat near the wharf. He could not swim and the body was recovered.
Stephen Hemenway, 29, a colored janitor, was arrested by Inspectors Cleary and Pierce on an indictment warrant charging him with receiving 300 dollars worth of stolen property. He is the husband of Alice Hemenway, who was arrested with Ida Rolich alias Richards on similar charges.
Two women employed as servants at Mrs. Mattie G. Brown’s Newbury Street house allegedly stole thousands in clothing jewelry and bric-a-brac. About 2000 dollars worth was found in their Harwich Street rooms while Mrs Brown says nearly 2000 dollars remain missing. The husband Hemenway was later arrested and admits carrying bundles home. Police aim to recover missing items likely sent to North Carolina.
In a tenement at 8 Salem Street a quarrel between Vetrinella Sykes and Michael Botofsky escalated to a wild brawl using a milk bottle and a lamp. They fought, fell down stairs, and suffered multiple injuries before police arrested them. no fire occurred despite alarms from nearby fire apparatus.
The schooner Elsie S. Rowe from Boston on a fishing cruise ran aground near Little Beach. The Little Egg Harbor life saving crew rescued the crew, and the vessel later floated off without help and is reported in good condition.
The market and commission team drivers of Boston were organized yesterday afternoon in Monument Hall Charles town by President Young of the National Team Drivers Union T J Minihan of Union 25 and President Crozier of the State branch of the American Federation of Labor. Fifteen candidates were initiated.
The Euterpe Orchestral Club led by H. S. Odell and W. N. Rice performed for patients with participation from 8. B. Levy and Irving Wakefield. A group of young performers from the conservatory including Miss Escalene Rowland Miss Julia Eiler and Miss Carrie Linekin shared Easter cards and flowers as Gratitude shone on the unfortunates. The hospital staff joined in as the quartet and an orchestra of skilled musicians from Mr. Mills's circle brought uplifting entertainment on the ward-to-ward tour.
Easter Sunday was observed in the North End with large crowds at Catholic churches including American Italian and Portuguese parishes. Thousands filled the streets of the North Ind district during the celebrations.
Afternoon crowds in new master suits assemble at North End Park and North Square. Last evening the exterior of the Italian Church of the Sacred Heart on North Square glowed with hundreds of electric lights.
A large chorus at St Marys Catholic Church Dedham presented Gounods St Cecilia Mass with soloists Miss Alice Crawford South Boston Miss Katie Maloney soprano Lulu Sullivan Cassie McManus contralto William Healey tenor Hartnett Shelvie basses violin solo Edith Christie Miller and organist director H A Shedd plus Boston singers contributed to the program.
Easter Sunday in Rome featured beautiful weather and a private Vatican Mass attended by Pope Leo but he did not officiate personally for the first time in his pontificate. The absence sparked rumors about his health though he later received many Hungarian pilgrims.
The Rev. Chester Gore Miller of St. Paul's Universalist Church Jamaica Plain gave an address titled The Problem of the Highest Good supported by tenor George A Woods a bass George Mendall Taylor and musical director.
New York, April 12. Captain Tom Miller, aged 79, left all he possessed at death to his friend of many years Miss Joanna Mills. Miller died March 29 after a long, amicable bond with Mills begun 50 years ago when he proposed to her. Mills, now 70, shares a comfortable life with her sisters at 60 St Nicholas Avenue.
Moody expected to arrive in Washington from Charleston South Carolina after a telegram from Secretary Moody said he reached Charleston and would be in the capital tomorrow.
Captain Hamilton of the Allan line reports the Livonian battered by a westward hurricane off Grand Banks. The Glasgow bound steamship carried 2210 tons coal and 1000 tons general cargo. A lifeboat was destroyed and several fittings torn as the vessel fought a monstrous sea before sighting Arctic ice nearby.
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