James Russell Lowell the Poet Reformer and His Faith
The Boston sermon honors James Russell Lowell as a spiritual warrior and poet preacher of Puritan ideals. It highlights his sympathy for common people, social reform zeal, and faith in God, noting his works like the Biglow Papers and Fatherland as expressions of duty and humanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Albert Banks
St. John’s Methodist Church
South Boston
James Russell Lowell
New England
Lowell
Biglow Papers
Boston
Local Police Briefs From Boston Detailing Incidents
Headquarters man reports minor items across Boston with Inspector Joe Knox heading to Bennington Vermont for the celebration. 120 prisoners were discharged for drunkenness, amounting to over $600 in fines. Liquor officer Dave Felt raided an unlicensed tavern at 31 Shavings Street, seizing thirteen gallons of lager. A 12 year old found a loaded cartridge on Rockland Street, causing three fingers to be blown off. A man named Joan Hill fell from a third story window at 9 Gold Street, left severely injured. Henry P. Brown was found unconscious at 2 Wyman Place, suspected suicide attempt. he was hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe” Knox
Boston
Bennington
Dave
Division 4
Catherine Riley
Shavings Street
James
Sergeant Houghton
Division 16
Rockland Street
City Hospital
Joan Hill
Hill
Gold Street
Henry P. Brown
Wyman Place
Brown
Poet preacher marks death of a Boston poet
The Rev. W. E. C. Smith preached at Trinity Church on Acts chapter 17 praising the late Boston poet Lowell. He noted Lowell’s worldwide yet local relevance and argued that true poetry awakens pure feelings and moral lessons as the poet’s death makes his words resonate again with the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E.C. Smith
Trinity
James Russell Lowell
W. E. C. Smith
Trinity Church
Boston
Lowell
Biglow
Lounfal
Christ
Tribute Cable From Amelia B Edwards to Winslow Egypt Fund
Miss Amelia B Edwards of the Egypt Exploration Fund cables to Rev W C Winslow the vice president a tribute. The message reflects gratitude and support for ongoing Egypt exploration efforts and fund raising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia B. Edwards
The
Egypt Exploration Fund
W. C. Winslow
Boston Flower Mission bulletin and city notices
The bulletin covers the Children's Flower Work week ending Aug 15 with 340 distributors 25 towns 2230 bouquets to private homes and 14030 total to date. It notes florists’ convention in Toronto and lists funeral services for Sergeant Albert Swan, burial at Forest Hills, a boy's accident at Tremont Street, and a broad weekly death tally. It also reports a prison suicide of Thomas Gaughan roxbury and horticultural exhibits with awards by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Flower and Fruit Mission
Boston Florists
Society of American Florists
Toronto
M. H. Norton
New England
Albert D. Swan
The
National Lancers
Allen Street
Major Slade
A. D. Nichols
Emerson
Warren Richardson
George Redding
J. H. Rust
Forest Hills
William Fe.turns
Tremont Street
Board of Health
United States
Thomas Gaughan
Robert Goodwin
Prentice Street
Roxbury
Alfred Willams
Gaughan
Atlantic Avenue
Massachusetts Horticultural Society
W.C. Strong
Immortality and In Memoriam Hearings at Lake Pleasant Camp
August 16 service crowds reach about 6000 as trains and carriages pour in. Brooklyn pastor Rev. John W. Chadwick speaks on Man's Immortality while Hon. A. H. Dailey delivers an In Memoriam address. Mediumship by John Slater and Battery B Band concerts fill the day with further lectures scheduled, including Dr. Fred L. H. Willis next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Pleasant
John W. Chadwick
Brooklyn
A. H. Dailey
John Slater
Battery B Band
Fred L. H. Willis
New York
City of Panama reaches safety after confiscation notice
Washington telegram reports United States Minister Pacheco says Pacific Mail steamer City of Panama weighed anchor at Libertad Salvador after confiscation notice was served to Captain White. The vessel arrived that evening, all passengers disembarked and cargo being discharged at San Jose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panadia
Washington
State Department
Pacific Mail
City of Panama
United States
Pacheco
Guatemala City
Libertad
Salvador
White
San Jose
Nelson Makes a New Record in Independence Mile
The Independence track hosted a new record effort as Nelson ran an easy mile in 2 10 4, last quarter 30. He previously clocked 2 10 4 last season and has impressed with recent work, despite no prior effort eclipsing his 12 months ago. Other notes include a Norwich croquet title, crews heading to Washington for national oars, and U S National Lawn Tennis action with Campbell as top seed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Amateur Athletic Union
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Independence
Nelson
Maine
Williams
Axtell
Allerton
Norwich
Conn
Charles Smith
Cottage City
Washington
Boston
William Caffrey
Lawrence Canoe Club
Lawrence
Portland
Worcester
Arlington Boat Club
Walter S. Simpson
Messrs
Stevens
Libby
Allen
Flanders
Homer
Gay
Doughty
Keefe
Crescents
James
R. Davie
Fox
W. Dyer
James Kelleher
John Kelleher
Fleming
J. D. Walters
Billy Caffrey
Campbell
A. R. Aines
G. P. Herrick
S.T. Chase
W. B. Lane
Huntington, Jr
W. H. Barnes
Hugh Harrison
Daniel Kimball
W. P. Knapp
F. H. Hovey
L. R. Parker
Stanley Henshaw
J.N. Nichols, Jr
E. M. Church
N.H. Emmons
H. G. Bixby
H. A. Colby
E. K. Rowland
F. J. Bentley
F. U
F. U. V. Hoppin; E. L. Hall Vs. M. Fielding
N. N. Hooper
Stanley McCormick
Woodward
W. F. Johnson
C. Hobart
T. P. Borden
J. A. Hovey
C. M. Bunting
M. L. Pratt
J. A. Ryerson
C. T. Lee
Satterlee
D. FE. Tarrill
W. P. Jencks
J. Carroll
Everett Colby
Harold McCormack
W. A. Larned
W. G. Hall
Pile
B. B. Lamb
Richard Stevens
Deane Miller
P. S. Sears
N. D. Orcutt
E. W. Gould, Jr
W K. Fowter
H. J. Wilcox
C. R. Bualong
Rushmore
A. W. Post
George Scott
G. R. Fearing, Jr
Rhode Island Game Prospects Boosted By Reports
Special to the Post from Providence notes reports across Rhode Island on game conditions. A. L. Andrews, society president, says fall shooting should be better than recent years with abundant quail and unusual partridge numbers in some localities. Upland plover and woodcock are plentiful. season openings are September 1 for partridge and woodcock, October 1 for quail. Trout season closed Saturday. streams near Coventry show poaching of young trout, with wardens monitoring as offenders move fish to private waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island Society For the Protection of Game and Fish
A. L. Adrews
Rhode Island
Coventry
Newport Tennis Tourney Draws Record Entries
Seventy two players entered the Newport tennis tournament the largest entry list in association history. First round matches include N A Colby vs E K Rowsiand F J Bentley vs F W Hoppin E L Hart vs M Fielden W W Hopper vs S McCormick 8S Woodward vs WF Johnson C Hobart vs IP Bor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport
R. I
Association
N. A. Colby
E. K. Rowsiand
F. J. Bentley
F. W
Fires Strike Multiple Norfolk Warehouses and Other Cities
A series of Aug. 16 fires cause extensive losses in Norfolk Virginia with eight warehouse and factory buildings burned. Estimated peanuts and building losses total about $255,000 with heavy insurance. Other fires hit Terre Haute Worcester Plainville Saranac Lake Malden and Gloucester, causing varying damages and ruined contents but no lives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WaAsnincTon
Norfolk
Norfolk Storage Company
Water Street
American Fertilizer Company
Merchant & Farmers’ Peanut Company
Field & Co
Etna Corn Works
Marshall & Greener
George W. Taylor & Co
Rawlins, Whitehurst & Co
Terre Havatt
Ind
New Pittsburg Coal & Coke Company
Alum Cave
Worcester
George A. Thayer
Plainville
Arlen Smith, Jr
Platysburg
N. Y
Saranac Lake Club
Saranac Lake
Malden
Cochrane
Turkey Red Works
Mountain Avenue
Gloucester R
Arbert Fears
Fire alarms report two blazes at Hartford street and India street
A still alarm at Hartford street reported at 2 pm yesterday led engines 21 and 26 to a fire caused by spontaneous combustion in a barrel of oily rags and ground emery, extinguished with no serious damage. At 11:29 pm Saturday a fire on the fourth story of a five story building at 3 India street damaged stock by about 1000 dollars from hot ashes and coal moved from the boiler onto a floor zinc. The first floor houses J E Sopher and the second W N Proctor. the building at Hartford street is occupied by N Barris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford Street
Erris
India Street
Thomas Dana & Co
J. E. Sopher
W. N. Proctor
Labor Parade Plans and Labor Disputes Highlight Union Activity
Park Assembly 7576 Knights of Labor will parade Labor Day with 300 members under marshal John P. Leach. Gas house division adds 160 in line with District 20. Mystic wharf workers struck over pay at 3 dollars per day. Gas house faction denounces strikers’ substitutes and backs organizing efforts. Central Labor Union discussed a split with Clothing Pressmen's Union and Amalgamated Building Trades Council reviewed Labor Day route planning and marshal election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Assembly
Knights of Labor
Assembly
John P. Leach
District Assembly
Gas House
Mystic
Gas House Assembly
Central Labor Union
Clothing Pressmen’s Union
McCarty
Amalgamated Building Trades Council
Jewish Wedding in Lynn Unites Zaramby and Harris
Max Zaramby of Boston wed Annie Harris in Lucerne Hall Lynn at 8 pm. Rabbi Sheinberg of Pleasant Street Synagogue Boston officiated with Simon Alexander and wife Boston as attendants. Guests came from Boston Everett Salem New York Brooklyn Hartford Providence Chelsea Roxbury and Everett. City Marshal Wells halted dancing. reception followed. couple left for Boston on the late train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Specrat
Lucerne Hall
Central Avenue
Max Zaramby
Boston
Annie Harris
Selman Harris
Sheinberg
Pleasant Street
Simon Alexander
Everett
Salem
New York City
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hartford
Mrs. Zaramby
Argonaut Boat Club Delayed by U S Customs Duty Demands
Information from Washington reports the Argonaut Boat Club of Toronto en route to a Washington regatta was stopped at Suspension Bridge New York by the customs collector who demanded boat duties. A telegram from the Columbia Boat Club urged payment under protest or a land security, with word that Treasury Department action to resolve the matter is expected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Argonaut Boat Club
Toronto
Canada
Suspension Bridge
N. Y
Collector of Customs
Columbia Boat Club
Treasury Department
Estates Under Land Purchase Act In Ireland Buy Plan
Loxpon August 16. The first large Irish estate under the land purchase act is Lord Lurgan’s holdings in Armagh and Down. An agreement with 806 tenants plans sale under the act, with a total price set at 1,176,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loxpon
Ireland
Lord Lurgan
County Armagh
County Down
Curious Imperial Cruise Triggers Calamitous Incident
Paris papers recount a sensational tale of the Kaiser on the Hohenzollern aboard his yacht returning from England. Allegedly a midnight altar with Testaments, a sermon on sovereignty, and a mutinous altercation on the bridge ended with the Emperor injuring his knee in a struggle and being restrained by officers and the Empress for a three day cruise marked by chaos and madness rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Experimental community on Mt Penn planned near Reading
A Reading experiment outlines an ex perimental community on Mt Penn atop a 60 acre plateau. Twenty five families would hold shares and receive fee simple deeds to individual lots arranged in a circular pattern with a central dining hall library and pavilion. All cooking laundry and grounds upkeep to be shared by the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Penn
Bellamy
Mt. Penn
Tried to Kill All of Them Palmer Farm Assault
Michael Woods just released from jail attacked his father in law his wife and mother in law on a Thorndike road farm at dusk. He used stones and fled to the hills after police were called. The dispute began when Woods abducted and married his 14 year old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer
Michael Woods
Thorndike Road
Woods
Farmer Moses Pollard Found Dead on Long Lane
Aged farmer Moses Pollard was found dead in the road near Long Lane on the Grafton road outside Westboro. He had led cows to a pasture and reported trouble from the animals which may have caused a stress episode. Officials consider death possibly due to rupture of a blood vessel or heart failure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weestboro
Moses Pollard
Grafton Road
Charter Oak Stakes Entries From Hartrorp Conn Aug 16
The Charter Oak $10,000 stake list names Sprague Gold Dust Prodigal Viking Bellman Pocahontas Prince Abbie Nightingale Fanny Wilcox Frank E Little Albert Miss Alice with times 2:16% 2:1744 2:1914 2:22%4 2:21 2:21% Nightingale 2:1914 2:1914 2:21 for pacers Saladin Bob Taylor Surpass Chester field Frank Dortch Blanche Thistle Lady Sheridan Cesar in the Insurance $4000 stake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartrorp
Conn
Charter Oak
Sprague Gold Dust
Prodigal
Viking
Bellman
Abbie
Nightingale
Fanny Wilcox
Frank E
Little Albert
Miss Alice
Pacers
Saladin
Bob Taylor
Surpass
Chesterfield
Frank Dortch
Blanche
Thistle
Lady Sheridan
Cesar
Famous Japanese wrestler Matsuda Sorakichi dies at 32
New York reports Matsuda Sorakichi, famed Japanese wrestler, died last night after a period of consumption. He had recently dissipated, hastening his death. Sorakichi, 32, came to the United States years ago and wrestled in major cities nationwide. In Japan he was regarded as a phenomenon and called the strongest man in the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Matsuda Sorakichi
Sorakichi
Japan
Death of Charles Watrous in Saratoga
Charles Watrous, a prominent figure in New York political and commercial circles, died in Saratoga yesterday of pneumonia. Born in 1826 in New London, Connecticut, he was long associated with San Francisco in earlier days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Watrous
New York
Saratoga
New London
Conn
Business Movements in Concord
Concorp Aug 16 George Booker leased the Abbott House and will operate a first class hotel. A B Black sold his carriage factory to A H Harrington. This factory is the largest in Middlesgh county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Concorp
George Booker
Abbott
A. B. Black
A. H. Harrington
Middlesgh County
Hyppolite cabinet resigns over telegraph concession
Port au Prince reports the cabinet resigned after the Chambers rejected a telegraph line concession. President Hyppolite will select new ministers as he surveys the situation and insists the resignations will have little political effect. Port au Prince remains tranquil amid speculation on a new ministry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Au Prince
Hyppolite
Port-au-Prince
Germany Delays Corn Duty Reduction Despite Cabinet Meeting
Aug 16 report notes that the cabinet planned to decide on corn duties, but Reichsanzeiger reveals the government will not reduce duties unless forced. Deliberations result in modified but unchanged policy.
Miners Strike In Aberdare District South Wales
Ten thousand miners in the Aberdare district, home to extensive collieries and iron and tin works, have quit work in a widespread strike. The British capital reports the strike affecting numerous pits and related industries in South Wales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aberdare
South Wales
London
Serious railway collision in Wales injures fifteen
London reports a serious rail accident in Wales last night when a passenger train collided with a stationary special between Pont-y-Pridd and Cardiff. Fifteen people were hurt, some fatally, and the rear of the special is wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
London
Pont-y-Pridd
Cardiff
Czarewitch Arrives Home After East Tour and Escape
The Czarewitch returns to Moscow from the East after escaping an assassin in Japan. He is greeted with a hearty welcome by all classes of the populace and thanks principal churches for their role in his safe return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Czarewitch
Moscow
Japan
Boston Diamond Dealer Dies by Gas in Baltimore Hotel
Maurice Frank, a Boston diamond dealer, was found suffocated by gas in a Baltimore hotel room. He resided at 36 Bradford Street, left a wife and two children, and had been away ten months on his trip. Police and coroner were alerted. family doubts suicide, suggesting accidental death. Funeral arrangements to be handled by Bay State Lodge, Sons of Benjamin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Frank
Baltimore
Boston
Frank
Bradford Street
South
A. A. Porcelain
Dover Street
Brandford Street
Jacob Pty
Natural Gas Eruption Near Flat Rock River, Indiana
Residents of Connersville area report a renewed natural gas eruption near the Flat Rock river headwaters on the Bartolomew county line. A fissure in the riverbed has been ejecting water and stones while gas remains unignited. Authorities note the event follows a year of quiet since a fire set by a burning fishing fire last erupted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conumbus
Ind
sSheby
Bartolomew County
Flat Rock River
Corner Stone Laid for Worcester Parochial School
In Worcester on August 16 the cornerstone of St. John’s parochial school for boys on Winter street was laid by Bishop O’Reilly of Springfield with Rev J J Power D D. The sermon by Rev W J County D D explained Catholic schooling. Thousands attended as the brick building with brown stone trim costs about 50000 dollars and will house 700 to 800 pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
Winter Street
St. John’s
O'Reilly
Springfield
J. J. Power
D.D
Vy. J. County
Death of Reverend Samuel Kramer Dies in Washington
The Rev Samuel Kramer an aged and renowned Methodist preacher in Washington died today of heart failure He was 82 born in Baltimore where he aided the Sixth Massachusetts regiment in 1861 He served as a navy captain and was a major in the army during the late war
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Kramer
Washington
Forger Edwin Stoddard Identified in Jersey City Case
A Springfield report identifies Edwin Stoddard of Chicopee as the man arrested in Jersey City for forging John S Wolfe of Pittsfield. Known aliases include Hamilton Tenney Woods and Wolfe, with prior jail terms in Joliet and Tennessee. He operated under various names and attempted a telegram fraud on F H Norton of the Dwight Manufacturing Co Chicopee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Jersey City
John S. Wolfe
Pittsfield
Edwin Stoddard
Chicopee
John 8. Woods
Rockville
Wood
Boston
West Springfield
Stoddard
Ames Manufacturing Company
Butler
Hampshire County
Hamilton
Ill
Tennessee
Bloomgton
F. H. Norton
Dwight Manufacturing Company
New York City
J. W. Cumnock
Mills
Wolfe
Cumnock
Fatal carriage accident in Boothbay injures Hodgsdon couple
Booth Bay Harper reports Captain Owen Hodgsdon and his wife were thrown from their carriage during a late night drive. Mrs. Hodgsdon died after a few hours and Captain Hodgsdon sustained severe bruising. The incident occurred in Booth Bay Me on August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
Booth Bay
Harper
Owen Hodgsdon
City of Carlsbad v Tibbetts enjoins Carlsbad pill case
United States Circuit Court Aug 165 reports a motion to vacate a restraining order in the dispute over the Carlsbad pill. Plaintiffs allege exclusive right to the Carlsbad name for the medicine made from Carlsbad Springs waters. Court vacates the order, noting trade name rights and potential business impact.案supreme judicial report notes Haverhill Aqueduct Co. v City of Haverhill set for Aug 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Circuit Court
Nelson
Carlsbad Et al
Tibbetts Et All
Carlsbad
Austria
Carlsbad Springs
W. Kk. Richardson
S. H. Tyng
Supreme Judicial Court
Patrick Tracy Found Dead in Charlestown Home
Patrick Tracy aged 62 was found dead in his bed at No 13 Fail Street Charlestown at 10 15 last evening. He was married and the death is reported from his residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Tracy
Fail Street
Charlestown
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AmeEbIa B. Epwards
Robert T. Lincoln
Canon Farrar
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Sporting World
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W. K. Fowler
H. S. Wilcox
E. Kk. Budlong
G. A. Scott
GA. Fearing
C. A. Brown
M. D. Smith
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B.S. de Garmendia
G. F. Brown, Jr
Burdette O
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Argonaut Boat Club of Toronto
William
Mutual Life Endowment
Edwin J. Morse
Sup
Germany
Johnson & CO
Chas. Winfield Scott, M.D
Union Park
Col. Tremont St
Joan Wiseman
Chancery Division
High Court of Justice
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Walcot
John Wiseman
Nother
Elizabeth Clarke
Joan Wiseman Clarke
Spooner Clarke
Anne Clarke
John Wisema Clarke
Justice North
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Boton
United States of America
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