Durgin Leaves Bromfield Street Pastorate for Maine Seminary
The Rev. Dr. George F. Durgin, five years Bromfield Street Methodist pastor and former New England conference member since age 21, resigns pastoral work to become assistant to the president of the East Maine Conference Seminary in Bucksport Maine. He will focus on student recruitment and education outreach.
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George F. Durgin
Bromfield Street Methodist Episcopal Church
East Maine Conference Seminary
Bucksport
Durgin
Burt
Maine
Bromfield Street
Pepperell
New England
Ludlow
Asbury First Church
Springfield
Conference Seminary
Bank cashier admits plan to hire burglars for $350000 theft
In New Berlin New York on April 14 cashier Frank T Arnold confessed to looting the First National Bank for 350000 dollars and to recently seeking a band of safe blowers from New York to raid the vaults and destroy records of the defalcations to pass the shortage to the burglars.
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New Berlin
N. Y
Frank T. Arnold
First National Bank
New York
New Berlin Bank Scandal Ties to Arnold Downfall
Arnold’s blackmail scheme collapsed after failing to raise a second 10 000 demand, leading to Holland’s arrest and a wider police hunt for Holland and Brooks. The First National Bank closure spurred a bolstered town police force as Treasury investigators examine the bank, while Arnold’s lavish estate and social circle in New York and Washington drew sharp local scrutiny.
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Arnold
Holland
A. C. Brooks
New York
Brooks
First National Bank of
New Berlin
Troubled Wollaston Pastor Faces Church Trial
The Rev. William B. Ayers of Park and Downs Congregational Church in Wollaston is reportedly on trial by the New England Congregational conference trial board on charges raised by church members. Officials in Boston acknowledge action is under way but refuse further comment. The case stems from choir friction at the church and Ayers allegedly conducting a service resembling an Episcopal one with a large mixed choir.
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William B. Ayers
Beach Street
Wollaston
Park and Downs
Congregational Conference of New
Trolley victim identified in Charles Town bridge death
Mark Carroll, 82, of 39 Charles Street, Charles Town, was identified by his sister as the man killed last Thursday night when struck by a Bunker Hill trolley on the Charles Town bridge.
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Mark Carroll
Bunker Hill
Charlestown
Charles Street
City
Redistricting Replaces Cambridge With Worcester District
At the New England conference of the Methodist Episcopal church Cambridge will lose prestige as the fourth district is renamed the Worcester district. Superintendency remains with Rev. George H. Spencer. Also notes an industrial turn toward stability in New England cotton mills. A boy loses a thumb in a cap explosion at Haymarket Square. In Lawrence a woman is found burned to death, likely from a gas heater accident.
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Springfield
New England
Methodist Episcopal Church
Cambridge
Worcester
George H. Spencer
Colby
Real estate broker fined for mashing in Night Police Court
Robert A. White a 12 year Seventh Regiment lieutenant and broker living at 117 West 227th Street was fined $10 by Magistrate House in Night Police Court for mashing. The charge was made by Mrs Evelyn Boyd the young wife of Edwin Boyd a civil engineer visiting New York.
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New York
Robert A. White
Seventh Regiment
West Two Hundred and Twenty-seventh Street
Evelyn Boyd
Edwin Boyd
Florida Coast Line
Boyd
Magistrate Fines Offender For Insulting Woman In Public
Mr and Mrs Boyd reported an insulting remark by a man and another with him at Twenty-ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. The magistrate fined the offender ten dollars, warning of a heavier sentence on a future offense.
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White
Hill
Park Avenue
Boyd
Seventh Regiment
New England Methodism Holds Historic Conference in Boston Area
Cambridge churches join Boston district under Rev. Dr. Dillon Bronson with Worcester HQ for transfers. Bishop Burt presides as ordination and memorial services mark one of the largest classes, naming deacons and elders, including Miles, Lee Page, Sutherland, and Gorst. Bishop Mallalieu honored. First Church remains with L W Mills. Overnight session teases future Boston minister appointments.
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Cambridge
Boston
Dillon Bronson
Newton
Worcester
New England
Burt
William Burt
Willard F. Mallalieu
Charles E. Spaulding
Roy C. Crawford
Lester A. Jones
Thomas J. Johnson
William Koonsen
Clarence H. Larue
John KE. Lee Page
Samuel M. Lee Page
George C. Dell
Alexander Dixon
Albert A. Felch
Henry E. Leech
Robert M. Pierce
Paul Smith
Albert C. Stroud
Harry C. Wilson
Charles Gorst
Zilla J. Dower
Mabel Spencer
Lydia Stanley
Ida M. Sweett
Conference Board of Foreign Missions
George Heber Jones
Korea
Temple Street
L. W. Mills
Hedgehogs and Wrath Theme in Easter Sermon
The Rev. Cortland Myers of Tremont Temple warned that some lives resemble hedgehogs filled with wrath and hatred. He said Easter life requires shedding wrath and living truthfully in every aspect, calling attention to differing Easter meanings among listeners.
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Cortland Myers
D. D
Tremont Temple
Wage Advances Across Cotton Mills Reported in New England
About 150000 cotton mill workers in the region received roughly a 10 percent wage increase and better conditions. Lowell mills, closed recently, are set to reopen soon with 10 percent raises as workers plan to return. New England cotton firms plan further modest boosts. Woolen mills also raised wages about 5 to 6 percent, benefiting some 100000 operatives, while cloth prices edged up 1.25 to 1.5 cents per yard.
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Lowell
New England
Mayor urges practical training in Cambridge schools
Mayor Fitzgerald urged curriculum changes at a Cambridge Theatre charity event for the Cambridge Nursery. He noted few students graduate high school and called for more vocational training in elementary schools to prepare children for life after school.
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Fitzgerald
Cambridge
Cambridge Nursery
Father John's Medicine Promotes Flesh and Strength
An old advertisement touts Father John's Medicine as a safe tonic to build up strength and flesh. It claims the product is composed of pure nourishing food elements, free from stimulants, helping weak individuals regain vigor.
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Father John
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