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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1895
Page
5
Separate concerts drew wide praise with pieces like Au Revoir Take Back That Ring and Sally in Our Alley performed by a quartet of George McKenna David Valentine Walter Goddard and James Horner The Kronbergs will give a concert with other eminent artists at the hotel Thursday evening marking Mrs Kronberg s East debut Also notes on Catholic concessions and Redmondite charges amid general aid to Orange men.
A bustling Sunday along the North Shore saw crowds flocking to Beachmont with many returning cars packed into the evening. Reports note 40,000 visitors to Crescent, plans for reunions at Nantasket, Wharf location talks, a clam diggers strike, and varied local religious and civic events with visits by notable speakers.
Washington reports a Navy Department struggle to enlist seamen machinists and firemen as 1900s private yacht work lures them away. Even Texas and Maine may miss drill offs. apprentices receive education and training but four fifths leave after graduation for better shore prospects.
Men seek ready work in the merchant service or with electrical telegraph and telephone firms at higher pay than the government offers. Those who stay in government posts are promoted as fast as possible given conditions.
Ocean Grove hosts the People's Mission summer camp meeting led by Rev. J. F. Hazel with daily gatherings for 60 to 3000 attendees. Notable speakers include Rev. John Weston and Rev. Mrs. J. F. Hazel, with concerts by D. C. Wright and John Hawk. More than 40,000 visit Crescent Beach as crowds enjoy the sea and park concerts.
The fourteenth National Universalist Society summer gathering at Weirs, New Hampshire, closes with record attendance. The day features a devotional, sermons by Rev. C Elwood Nash and Rev. J M Pullman, memorial tributes to Rev A A Miner, music by the Schubert Quartet, and a mountain excursion planned for tomorrow.
The Greenwood grove hosted open-air services yesterday afternoon with favorable weather and large attendance. W. W. Mason of Melrose presided as Rev. W. H. Lannin of Somerville delivered the sermon. Deacon Sweetser of Wakefield gave the introductory prayer and H. H. Brandt of Greenwood offered the closing. George B. Cutter and C. E. Ashman sang solos.
The Massachusetts State Temperance Reform Club schedules its seventy first annual convention at Downer Landing on August 13 starting at 11 AM with an afternoon mass meeting and a list of prominent speakers ready to appear.
Large crowd attends Spiritualist gathering despite heat as speakers Colville Bepper and Twing present. Announcement that Colonel R. G. Ingersoll will lecture August 23 24 and 25 marks first appearance here.
On a sunlit Sunday at Mantasket Beach thousands flocked from Surfside to Atlantic Rocks seeking rest and fresh air. Families set up along the shore while a 60 000 strong audience gathered for an Auditorium concert. Bicycle clubs and Myles Standish Band concerts added vibrant activity as Madame E Byron Addington impressed with Sta bat Mater selections and lighter songs.
Advertises Sea Moss Farine as nutritious economical, a 25 cent package yielding 16 quarts for various desserts. Mentions receipts with each package and claims from all grocers.
Guests of A B Stearns sum mar at Allerton cottage while Hugh de Payens Commandery Boston reserve 150 at Ocean View for Aug 28. Leon Floren stan to perform at Rockland House Monday evening. Little Wanderers success nets 50. Atlantic House banquet honors visiting Knights of Honor to Boston later month. Sidney Hodges visits Professor Wilbur Scoville at Allerton.
The Bass Point resort drew over 10 000 visitors with a long continuous concert by the Naval Brigade Band, Verdi Male Quartette and Gounod Ladies Quartette from 1 30 PM to 9 PM. Soloists Lafricain Senia Gibbs and Wedge highlighted a varied program of operatic and classical pieces to enthusiastic crowd.
At Winthrop Crest avenue near Nevada street a runaway horse drew the Aldrich carriage apart. The 18 year old Abram Aldrich and 11 year old Charles Ellis were involved. Ellis escaped injury while Aldrich suffered thigh and leg bruises. Daniel Walsh, riding a bicycle, was bruised and his bike wrecked. The horse was cut and the carriage destroyed. the team valued at 300 dollars. E C Spring, superintendent of the North Shore Electric Light Co., escaped injury.
A Holyoke Democrat note describes a Boston girl of 32 who is a grandmother. Her daughter is 17 and she has an eight month old granddaughter. They all live in Boston and were interviewed by a Post reporter who saw them Friday. The baby did not speak. The piece hints the baby will become a new woman later.
Whittenton Manufacturing Company issues a small artistic book titled The Story of Cinderella as an advertisement for the new Cinder Ella flannelette. Faulkner, Page & Co are noted as the selling agents.
Mrs Charlotte Smith president of the Boston Women's Rescue League met New York Commissioner Grant and urged official toleration and licensing to curb street prostitution. She questioned the fate of 20000 lost women and pressed for police and legislative action to regulate and colonize the trade. Grant said the full board would consider her request.
In Cottage City on August 11 a large Baptist gathering heard speakers Rev. W. L. Pickard of Louisville Rev. S. Gifford Nelson of Mount Holly and Rev. H. Francis Perry of Hyde Park. A patriotic service is set for Monday evening in the temple with address by Rev. J. Q. A. Henry of Chicago.
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