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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1908
Page
3
Boston readers observed a rainy Easter bonnet display at Cathedral and Immaculate Conception churches. Hats varied in size with waterlogged rims, birds and flowers in bright but wilted form. Experts predicted more moderate styles later, while men kept to winter attire.
Crowds filled Trinity Church on Copley Square for Easter services as lilies and palms formed a flowered cross behind the 48 member choir. Fire officials barred standing due to seating limits while ushers managed the packed galleries and sermon noted a balance between faith and science.
Easter services at Immaculate Conception Church drew vast crowds from Back Bay Cambridge and Newton. Rev Thomas I Gasson and Rev James Mullen led the mass with a regal altar display and Gregorian chant while Rev James Mullen preached on The Resurrection urging followers to imitate Christ and trust in immortality.
Eminent clergy joined Archbishop O Connell at a solemn pontifical Mass in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. Revered priests, seminarians from St Johns Brighton, and choral musicians accompanied the service with a grand procession. The archbishop gave papal blessing and benediction later in vesper hours.
London April 19 Mrs Lily Langtry reappeared on stage last week at the Haymarket Theatre in a new Sydney Grundy play A Fearful Joy an adaptation of a broad French comedy by Arthur Bourchier.
Festivities mark the 133d anniversary with 21 gun salutes at Concord and bells tolling in cities. Color guard and Sons of the American Revolution events in Lexington and Boston, followed by dinners, exhibitions, masses, lectures, and temperance rally across multiple venues.
Worcester April 19. Dr Max Baff cites dangers in medical talks to mothers at city school meetings arguing that partial medical knowledge leads to misdiagnosis and mistreatment. He urges shifting focus to nursing diet and child upbringing rather than clinical diagnosis. He questions public benefits of such sessions.
William Jennings Bryan visited Albany for a luncheon with State Comptroller Martin Glynn. He refused a cocktail after being told of a presidential nominating hopeful who was sidelined by cocktails.
In Marion Colorado April 19 a double marriage was arranged after Lulu Craner agreed to wed with Lloyd Moyer to satisfy her mother's insistence that Lulu join her twin sister Lela in marriage to Ralph Denzer and Lela.
Advertises Brown's Bronchial Troches as a prompt relief for bronchial troubles caused by sudden weather changes. Claims the treatment contains nothing injurious.
In Worcester on April 19 debate surrounds Newport's old stone mill replica in Institute Park. Albinus Hasselgren argues it was built by Norsemen in the 12th century while Sidney S. Potter contends Benedict Arnold built it after 1675 as a grist mill with no Viking baptistry. Hasselgren offers records to support his claim.
Ben Coolbrith of North Saco Maine reports four letters from his four married children in Massachusetts, each announcing the arrival of a granddaughter on Monday.
At Our Lady of Pompeii Church on Harrison Avenue the vestments chalice veil and hurse gifted by Pope Pius X were worn by Rev. Pasquale de Milla for the first time. The pastor expressed heartfelt gratitude noting the honor and invited the congregation to pray for the holy father. A large crowd viewed the display after the final mass declaring the set exceptionally beautiful.
San Francisco on April 19 reports a plan to have every woman in the city bake one pie and a cake for the sailors on the battleships. If carried out, each sailor would receive a pie daily for a week, ensuring the fleet remains in Pacific waters. It highlights a prize for cooks and community support.
Mrs. Janet Low Wilson daughter of ex Representative Philip Burrill Low of Brooklyn died of pneumonia at Bridgeport Hospital. At about 85 she was private secretary to her father in Congress and had a recent life of culture, piano performing and escapes from sanatoriums. Her body to be transported to New York City.
In Asheville North Carolina a joint petition by white and Black inmates asks jail officials for protection from alleged haunts in the county jail. The prisoners report an evil spirit swung along cage gratings from midnight to 2 or 3 AM. Bob Boone and Will Miller fainted while others hid under blankets.
In a Paris salon aboard a Côte dAzur bound train, financier J P Morgan refuses to show a ticket after three confrontations with a conductor at Avignon. The conductor demands payment or ticket, Morgan resists, claimants say the penalty for fare refusal is 3.20 dollars.
A five ton three horse engine from New York, Engine 30, overturned en route to a small fire at Spring and Hudson streets. Driver John Rieffler, with Captain Roxbury and Engineer Dan Sullivan, survived as the machine was practically demolished.
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