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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1914
Page
15
Arthur L. Stevens of 6 Harvard Place Brighton and his family were guiding a runaway horse through Brighton streets when the carriage tipped at the Washington and Tremont junction. Stevens was severely injured after being thrown onto car tracks.
Mr Stevens and his wife and three children escaped injury when a livery horse bolted on Hunnewell Hill and overturned near Washington and Tremont Streets Brighton. Mr Stevens suffered a severe scalp wound and facial injuries while the horse remained unharmed and returned to the stable.
Jane Est, a young sympathizer with the Industrial Workers of the World, interrupted the Madison Square Presbyterian Church morning service. She rose from a seat in a parishioner’s pew and attacked Rev. Dr. Charles H. Parkhurst in the gallery, then was arrested.
A young woman interrupted a church service by waving a newspaper and accusing the minister of repudiating Christ. The organist amplified the clash as she attempted to speak, and she was escorted out and charged with disturbing public worship. At police arraignment she complained the organ drowned her voice. Dr Parkhurst was not present.
Frank G. Hohl alias Frank Wilson, prisoner awaiting sentence for Union Bank robbery, escaped Holidaysburg jail by rope made from a mattress. An on duty guard at 5:30 a.m. found the rope dangling from the roof and his cell empty.
Bishop Law rence delivered a private Easter service to the De Molay Commandery Knights Templars at Christ Church North End. He urged individuals to seek their own religion rather than relying on spouses.
More than twenty knights formed in-line at 3 o clock and marched through the financial district to Christ Church for a sword salute and a packed service. Bishop Lawrence led a sermon on Christianity as the life of civilization. Commander Edward E. Jamison led the knights with color bearers Leon Allen William W. Smith and Charles Campbell.
In Roxbury on Thornton Street a stray mongrel behaved aggressively prompting a mother to call police. A patrolman arrived with orders to shoot, but the dog died in a fit before he could fire.
Dr Frederick Llewellyn Hovey Willis died in Rochester New York at his daughter’s home age eight He was an intimate of Longfellow Emerson Hawthorne Thoreau and the Alcott family Louisa May Alcott used him as the model for Laurie in Little Women He also aided the Fruitlands altruistic colony project tied to the New England literary circle
Rome April 12. The army and entire fleet will be used to ensure communication and keep order if railway workers strike next Wednesday. The government aims to deter the strike or lessen its impact.
Dr. Thomas C. Hall of New York argued religion is a social force beyond church forms and predicts Muslims and Christians may live as brothers. He linked Easter to spring wonder, praised Bible study as literature in schools, and faced applause on questions about missionary funds vs domestic relief.
A speaker argues that impatience should fall on churches not religion, noting religious life creates rites and dogmas while institutions seldom embody its full force. He warns against undermining broader social progress and urges careful critique rather than sweeping attacks.
He denounces religious wars as driven by selfish class aims and urges social needs for individual and economic freedom. He notes his Ulster origins but doubts unanimous support for home rule there, amid sharp criticisms of egoism.
George Newman aged 28 leaped from the Driving Park avenue bridge into the Genesee River rocks 212 feet below after losing his job at a local dental manufacturing company. He suffered fatal injuries with every bone broken.
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