New Plans At Detroit Meeting Shape Christian Endeavor
General Secretary Baer outlines Detroit decisions on board makeup electing two African American trustees a new vice president and a council to coordinate with state unions. The 1896 Washington convention will use three tents for popular meetings while most sessions occur in churches with ticketed access to nondelegates. Affiliation with Epworth League discussed. no political move planned.
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United Society of Christian Endeavor
Detroit
John Willis Baer
Christian Endeavor
B. W. Armett
Wilberforce
M. E. Church
Alexander Walters
D. D
Jersey City
M. E. Zion Church
Board of Trustees
Clark
Christian Endeavor Union
H. B. Grose
Worcester
Main Street
United Society
Washington
Christian Endeavor Movement
Boston
Christ
Ieminenic
Matonary
Cefarin
Christian
Epworth League
Chicago
Cambridge Woman Arrested Over $400 Theft Claim
Aram Bevoltski of Cambridge accused his wife of stealing $400, first met in Russia. The woman, found in New York with her brother, was arrested by Division 8 officers and brought to Cambridge. She claimed the money was hers and will be arraigned on larceny charges.
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Aram Bevoltski
Cambridge
Murray
Station 2
Division 8
Boston
Cambridge Police
Aram
Russia
New York
Broadway
Dors& Harris
Farmer bitten by pig in Lyons New York
Henry Wellett, a farmer, was bitten on the right knee while killing pigs two weeks earlier. The wound festered, leg swelled, turned black, and after cold exposure worsened. Blood poisoning developed and convulsions began hourly. Dr. Horton fears lockjaw and treats to prevent it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. B. Horton
Red Creek
Dickens Booth and Fezziwig Dance Props Ad
Dickens quotes Fezziwig dance steps as a playful scene then notes A. Shuman & Co. offers Christmas items playful suspenders gloves handkerchiefs dress shirts jewelry juvenile clothing and thousands of useful articles for holiday gift giving by Christmas at A. Shuman & Co.'s store.
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Fezziwig
Fezstwig
Pezziwig
Dickens
A. Shuman & Co
Sit Witaat boat Pelvetieg healing plan announced
A local report notes Sit Witaat boat Pelvetieg will undergo healing measures. Officials outline steps and timeline for recovery, with emphasis on safety and community support. No injuries or cause details provided in available text.
Work of Congregational Church Building Society Described
Rev George Hood of Boston outlined the Society�s work at Second Congregational Church Dorchester and Shepard Memorial Cambridge. He urged aid to fund church buildings to attract settlers, noting grants loans and parsonage support, with fast payback and high impact on town life and conversions.
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George A. Hood
Boston
New England
Congregational Church Building Society
Second Congregational Church
Dorchester
Shepard Memorial Church
Cambridge
Tabernacle
Congregational Home Missionary Society
American Missionary Association
Home Missionary Society
Church Building Society
Home Missionary
Minnesota
What am I before the face of God asks sermon
The Rev. Juan K Smyth preached to the Young Men's Christian Union on manhood and spiritual power. He urged youths to answer for themselves what they are, to seek sight to understand spiritual truth, and to accept responsibility for their future beliefs and ideals.
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Juan K. Smyth
Swedenborgian
Roxbury
Young Men's Christian Union
Garfield Stone
Sopano
Semen Barker
Samuel W. Bibaritone
Mr. Smyth
Christ
Open Thou Mine Eyes to See Truth in Law
The text urges coming of age to seek self spirituality and confront God. It speaks of anointing eyes to perceive the true nature of things as a spiritual being, aiming to discern underlying truth beyond appearances.
Marriage ideals and the Hebrew race in 19th century vision
James Kogan Gordon addressed about 1800 at Parliament of Man, extolling marriage as divine, the family as core of civilization, and praising the Hebrew people for enduring persecution. He elevates marriage as life partnership and lauds Charles H. Parkhurst as a symbol of manly rectitude and aggressive virtue.
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James Kogan Gordon
Parliament of Man
Atlantic
New England
Martin Luther
Jonathan Edwards
John Knox
John Wesley
Charles H. Parkhurst
Liberty
Converts in Eddyville Shun God as Ingersoll Draws Crowds
In Eddyville Iowa the unbelieving populace reportedly shuns gospel efforts with few attending Moody and other evangelists. The town with about 1500 residents sees major interest only in Bob Ingersoll lectures where men abandon duties and stores close. Previous revivalists like Billy Sunday failed to convert. Local officials even hesitate to take oaths invoking God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
Dwight L. Moody
Wapella
Eddyville
Satan
Billy Sunday
Broderick
Dedham Pastor Obed Eldridge Dies at Home
The Rev Obed Eldridge pastor of the Third Parish Unitarian Church West Dedham died at his High street home. Born December 6 1838 in Sandwich he was a nailer by trade who studied for the ministry in evenings. Ordained 1880 in Dighton he preached in that town Northboro and West Dedham and was active in temperance and fraternal orders. He leaves a widow four sons and a daughter. Funeral Wednesday.
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Dedham
Obed Eldridge
Third Parish
Unitarian
West Dedham
High Street
Isaac
Abigail (Snow) Eldridge
Sandwich
Mass
Dighton
Northboro
Constellation Lodge
A. M
Death of James R. Carmichael Compositor in Somerville
James R. Carmichael a well known compositor died at his Somerville home after a brief illness from pneumonia. Born in Inniskillen Ireland he worked at the New York Tribune Boston Post Advertiser and Herald rising to foreman roles. He lived in Charlestown most of his life and later moved to Somerville. He belonged to Franklin Typographical Society Boston Typographical Union No. 18 and the Boston Press Rifle Association where he chaired the executive committee for ten years. Funeral from his Somerville residence will be private.
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James R. Carmichael
Heath Street
Somerville
Mr. Carmichael
Inniskillen
Ireland
New York Tribune
Navy
Boston
Boston Post
The
Advertiser
Herald
Charlestown
Franklin Typographical Society
Boston Typographical Union No. 18
Boston Press Rifle Association
Somervikie
Joseph C. Lindsley Dies in Orange New Jersey
Joseph C. Lindsley a Boston boot and shoe executive and abolitionist dies at his son in law Everett Frazer home in Orange New Jersey He was born in South Orange in 1818 and rose to head the shoe house of Lindsley Shaw Co in Boston Remains to be taken to Boston for interment on Monday.
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Orange
N. J
Joseph C. Lindsley
Boston
Everett Frazer
Mr. Lindsley
South Orange
Machinist killed by falling beam at Bridgeport Brass
Herbert E. Holmes aged 33 master machinist at Bridgeport Brass Company was killed when a heavy beam fell on him during repairs on large rolls. The mishap followed a Saturday breakage. He leaves a wife and close relatives and was a member of Rostance Lodge F and A M. Funeral arrangements are set for Spring.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Herbert E. Holmes
Bridgeport Brass Company
Rostance Lodge
A. M
Clubber Williams Quelled Bunco Steerer Tom O'Brien
In New York a dramatic police station confrontation ends with Captain Williams subduing bunco man Tom O'Brien after a violent exchange over a revolver and insults. O'Brien later appears in Jefferson Market Court where the case is dismissed amid conflicting testimonies and vanished witnesses. Diamonds from a gold chronometer figure in the tale of the Paris murder link.
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New York
Tom O'Brien
Bunco
Waddell
Paris
West Thirtieth Street
O'Brien
O’brien
Williams
Aleck Williame
Jefferson Market
Ghsey House
Amet Gaid
Captain Williams
Jersey City
Cambridge Tammany Club Elects Twenty Eight New Members
A largely attended meeting of the Cambridge Tammany Club was held at their hall yesterday afternoon. Twenty eight new members were elected. The club endorsed the ball committee action and will hold a grand ball on Monday evening February 17 at Union Hall. Members vow to make the ball both a social and financial success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge Tammany Club
Union Hall
Raids Find Bars Operating in Haverhill
Police raided the Granite House on Emerson street uncovering a bar in full operation and seized hard liquors. Officers also visited Spear's at River and Ayer streets, capturing additional alcohol as Marshal Rand vows to curb illegal selling.
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Haverhill
Granite House
Emerson Street
Spear's Place
River
Ayer Streets
Marshal Rand
Plays Tonight in Boston Rich Mix of London Style Shows
A Boston bill of entertainment features Nat Goodwin in Ambition at the Hollis and Charley Hoyt’s A Contented Woman at Park, with a South Before the War production at the Columbia, In Old Kentucky at the Boston, Rip Van Winkle at the Boston Theatre, and Fleur-de-Lis celebrations at Tremont. Prolific performers and novelty acts fill the venues, including the Sheik Hadj Tahar troupe, Cyrene at the Palace, N.S. Wood at the Grand Museum, and Elephant parties at Keith’s, with varied vaudeville and musical acts throughout the week.
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Columbia
Old
Kentucky
Boston
Castle Square
Nat Goodwin
Obediah Beck
Mr. Goodwin
Mr. Carleton
Hollis
Howard Atheneum
Sheik Hadj Tahar
Royal Arabs
Son
Frrd
Montague and West
Isabella Carlini
al Wilson
O’brien
Havel
McCarthy
Reynolds
Graces
Gertie Harrington
Fanny Leslie
Drawee
Lizzie B. Raymond
Ed B. Evans
de Vene
Munroe
George Shannon
Ada Jones
Mike Callahan
Campania brings Canadian dignitaries. Tupper to Ottawa
Sir Charles Tupper high commissioner of Canada, with his wife and son Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper, arrived on the Campania. He plans to confer with government officials in Ottawa about a proposed fast line of passenger and mail steam ships between Great Britain and Canada. The line would be subsidized by Britain and run to Halifax in winter and Quebec in summer.
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New York
Campania
Sir Charles Tupper
Canada
Sir Charles Hibbert Tupper
Ottawa
Great Britain
Haliax
Quebec
Schooner Joseph Garland Reports Severe Weeklong Storm
Gloucester dispatch says the schooner Joseph Garland arrived from Georges today and describes a week of very strong storms. The vessel was struck by a heavy sea, decks swept, boat davits and fishing gear lost, a leak developed, and she was kept afloat with difficulty to reach port.
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Gloucester
Joseph
Garland
Georges
New Electric Line Demonstrated in Haverhill
Electric cars ran over the Bradford section of the Lowell Lawrence and Haverhill Street Railway for the first time this afternoon. The West Newbury section remains the sole section of the line powered by horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haverhill
Bradford
Lowell, Lawrence & Haverhill Street Railway
West Newbury
Benefit to Charles Guild at Webster Hall
Friends of East Boston resident Charles Guild stage a benefit at Webster Hall this evening to aid him as he has been an invalid for two years with paralysis. The event aims to raise funds for his care and support amid ongoing illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Guild
East Boston
Webster Hall
Guild
The Cham's Pills For Constipation 10 And 25 Percent
A brief note advises readers to obtain The Cham's pills for constipation from a druggist and follow the package directions.
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Tremont ST
Woney
NEW England Piano CO
Baer
Council
Aram Bevotski's
Dickens’ Booth
AIM
Congregationalist Society
George Hood
Gordon
J. K. Smyth
Julian K. Smyth
Young Men’s Christian Union
Nervease
Mervease Co
Mr. Gordon
Iowa
Bob Ingersoll
Ture
Bunco Steerer
Charley Hoyt
the Park Theatre
Rat Goodwin
the Hollis
the Park
Caroline Miskeloyt
South
Columbia Tonight
Boston Theatre
William Wolff
the Tremont
Johnson
Mr. Gillette
B. H. Sothern
Eleanor Duse
Keith's
Austin & Stone
Cyrene
Palace Theatre
NS. Wood
Grand Museum
Providence
N. 8
Wood
N.S
Crystal Maze
Baron Ven Hylm
Dunn
Nickelodeon
NEW Line Steamships
Todat
OLD Howard
Howard
Sheik Hadi Taher
Lizzie B. Raxmond
Filson
Errol
Binns
Lydia Dreams
Montague
West
eCarty
Grace Cleveland
Waebbington
Dover Sta
Handel & Hayon
B. J. Lang
Boston Music Hall
the Messiah
DE Vere Sapio
Bloodgood
Beresford
Arthur Foote
Aideot Chorus
Eugene Tompkins
Moat Magnificent
Amerion
Della Fox
Tremont Theat SS. Abbey
Schoeffel & Grau
Boston Museum
Skorbarars
Seas
Peparate Sq. Pera Co
Planquette
Rip van Winkle
Park Theatre
Caroline Miskel Hoyt
Bowdoin SQ
Henager Charles F Atkinson
Lotta
Wight
Roepe Tine
Danoss
S. Matinees
SEA
Columbia Theatre
Joseph MU
Strawers BA Iy
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