Christmas Day Observances Across Boston Churches and Public Festivities
Christmas Day featured unusual weather with clear skies and higher temperatures, plus a mix of religious services and civic events. Churches like St Marys Episcopal Trinity King's Chapel and Holy Cross held special services. charitable institutions hosted meals and gifts. theaters offered matinees and concerts including Yale Alo and Banjo clubs.
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Boston
Charles Street
New England
St. Mary’s Church
Episcopal
Cushing Avenue
Mt. Bowdoin Street
L. W. Saltonstall
Trinity Church
Brooks
Mr. Frisby
King’s Chapel
Francis G. Peabody
Harvard University
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
John J. Williams
Church of the Immaculate Conception
St. Paul’s Eee
Baldwin Place
Cin
King’s Daughters
Young Women’s Christian Association
Faneuil Hall
Charlestown
City
Mt. Olivet
Rose Croix
Masonic ‘Temple
Temple
Hollis Street
Yale University Alo
Banjo Clubs
Serious Accident At Saugus During Fire Ladder Trial
In Saugus this morning during a test of a new forty five foot extension ladder by Fox McDermand Co. Somerville three men began to ascend when the ladder broke sending O. W. Lewis Oliver Cook and Charles Putney to the ground. Lewis suffered a compound fracture of the right leg a dislocation of the left arm and internal injuries. Cook had an arm broken and was shaken up. Putney was unhurt.
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Lynn
Specta An
Saugus
Fox, McDermand & Co
Somerville
O. W. Lewis
Oliver Cook
Charles Putney
Lewis
Cook
Putney
Swampscott Engine Overturns During Trial Call
In Lynn on December 25 a Swampscott steam fire engine overturned during a trial run. Firefighter Charles E. Reed was thrown to the street and sustained severe injuries.
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Lynn
Speciau J
Swampscott
Charles E. Reed
Horse Is Euthanized After Runaway Collision
A valuable horse owned by Francis Peabody of Danvers ran away on School street and struck a tree, suffering injuries so grave it was killed. The incident occurred Saturday, December 25.
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SatEem
Francis*Peabody
Danvers
School Street
Lowell Police Misidentify Man in Shoot at Officer
Saltedam December 25. Lowell police briefly misidentified Hugh Mullen as the shooter at Officer Allen’s incident. Mullen is confined in the Concord reformatory, not the suspect.
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SaLtem
Sipucrau
Lowell
Hugh Mullen
Allen
Mullen
Concord Reformatory
Death of Jere J. Sullivan in South Bosom saloon
Yesterday afternoon Jere J. Sullivan aged 29 of 606 East Sixth street South Bosom fell dead in a saloon on East Sixth Street opposite the street.
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Jere J. Sullivan
East Sixth Street
South Bosm
East Sixth
Accidents Reported Across Boston Area
Edward Morton of 866 Brennan street East Boston was crushed between train cars at Porter street suffering rib fractures and taken to City Hospital. Stephen Flanagan of 189 South street had both legs crushed by a train on the Boston & Lowell line and limbs were amputated at Massachusetts General Hospital. Thomas Higgins, Old Colony flagman at Middleboro, was run over and his arm crushed, to be amputated. Multiple other incidents include assaults, vehicle collisions, and a woman fracturing her leg at 92 Brighton street.
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Edward Morton
Brennan Street
Boston
Boston & Maine Railroad
Porter Street
City Hospital
Thomas Carney
Troy Street
S. H. Marsh
Washington Street
Brighton
Michael Shea
Eliot Street
Shea
Stephen Flanagan
South Street
Boston & Lowell
Massachusetts General Hospital
John McDonald
Brighton Street
Edward Kelly
Lenox Street
Kelly
Thomas Higgins
Old Colony
Middleboro
Acts of the Wicked Lead to Christmas Bars
Officer Frohock arrests Eliza Brown for a $50 larceny at 57 Pleasant Street. Mary Sawyer is held after striking her son in law Edward O Donnell with a heavy kettle, causing a dangerous head wound. O Donnell remains in critical condition. Other arrests include Timothy Scanlan for breaking and entering the Martin Gaffney store at 37 South Margin Street, $54 in goods stolen. Watches and money are reported stolen from Samuel Levine and his brother at 66 Salem Street and 23 Prince Street respectively. Several suspects, including John Lydon and J A McCarron, are arrested for breaking and entering 5 Smarkowetz stores at 36 and 88 Prince Street.
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Frohock
Eliza Brown
Patrick Maglone
Pleasant Street
Mary Sawyer
Edward O'Donnell
O’donnell
Foss and Glosson
Martin Gaffney
South Margin Street
William H. Arkley
Lynde Street
Cambridge Street
Henry Hanson
Prince Street
Samuel Levine
Salem Street
Max
Sullivan and
Hines
Station 1
John Lydon
J. A. McCarron
William Mathews
William J. Robinson
Smarkowetz
Yarmouth Line to Start Winter Service Next Tuesday
Beginning next Tuesday the Yarmouth Line of Steamships will enter winter service with the Dominion leaving Lewis wharf at 10 a m each Tuesday for Yarmouth. The Yarmouth to Boston run is every Saturday. connections to rail and stage are planned.
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Yarmouth
Dominion
Lewis Wharf
Boston
T. D. Roberts
Santa Claus
Grand Opera House
Casper
Proctor & Mansfield
John A. Fynes
Charles A. Wing
Christmas at the hotels sparks gifts and dinners
Christmas at area hotels brought clerks gifts from guests, including rings and opals, with gloves and pins. Hotel Oxford served a formal dinner to about fifty employees, while Brunswick and Vendome menus featured hand painted festive covers. Prominent arrivals and dinners marked the holiday, with guests from Cambridge, New York, and beyond dining at Thorndike, Parker's, and others.
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Parker's
Norman
S. Mingnault
Vendome
Santa Claus
Brunswick
Quincy
Hotel Oxford
Gaskell & Moring
Thorndike
Edward Abbott
Cambridge
United Lines Telegraph Company
Crawford
June Lok
Joan Noyes
Butte
Jlont
J. M. Hill
H.E. Abbey
New York
Henry
Taber
New Bedford
Poor
Auburn
H. L. Briggs
W. T. Davis
Plymouth
Young
S—A. EK. Converse
Cleveland
E. P. Smith
Toledo
Revere
J. D. Herbert
C. M. Deming
Amos Smith
Parker’s
A. W. Spanhoofd
St. Paul
Concord
Greenshield
Pitcher
Montreal
Can
William K. Davis, Jr
Toronto
Drowned Boy in Back Bay Park Pond
William Kendall a 15 year old resident of 22 Kendall Street drowned yesterday at 2 30 p m after skating on the pond in Back Bay Park when the ice broke. The body was recovered.
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Back Bay Park
William Kendall
Kendall Street
Body Recovered in Jamaica Pond Tragedy
The body of Darwin Vaughn, who drowned with his sister Monday evening in Jamaica Pond Jamaica Plain, was recovered early yesterday in the creeroon by officers from Station 13. Burial will take place Friday.
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Darwin Vaughn
Jamaica Pond
Jamaica Plain
Creeroon
Larial
Christmas dinner at Parker Mission in Faneuil Hall draws 300 men
A large crowd gathered yesterday at Faneuil Hall for the Parker Mission Christmas dinner for the city’s poor and unredeemed. About 300 hungry men ate turkey, heard speakers including C. W. Parker, Waldo Adams, Rev. O. P. Gifford, and Rufus S. Frost, and joined in the hymn Sweet by and by as meals and stories unfolded.
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Parker Mission
Faneuil Hall
Grace
C. W. Parker
Waldo Adams
Adams Express Company
O. P. Gifford
Rufus 5
Frost
Young Ladies Christmas Event at YWCA
The YWCA on Warrenton Street held a Christmas entertainment with about 200 resident members attending. The program featured vocal solos by Misses Westernar and others, readings by Miss Leona Murray, Christmas tree rituals, gift exchanges, and games ending near midnight. Members represented many nationalities, including Swedish participants in native dress.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Warrenton Street
Westernar
Reiche
Sandali
Sehelin
Otis
Leona Murray
Working Girls Club holds Christmas for neighborhood children
The Working Girls' Club at 401 Shawmut Avenue hosted a Christmas event for about fifty local children. The King's Daughters led the entertainment, with Misses Chase Tilton Strauss Roghaar McGrady and others. The club, now with 150 girls, runs a non-sectarian program with a kinder garden for under five and paid classes in cooking, plus an active social scene. An employment office aids placement under supervisor Miss Gardner, with M. J. Allen as president Edith Howes secretary and Sarah Crocker treasurer.
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Working Girls’ Club
Shawmut Avenue
King’s Daughters
Misses Chase
Tilton
Strauss
Roghaar
McGrady
Louise Brozell
Mary Fandel
Mary McCarthy
Gardner
M. J. Allen
Edith Howes
Sarah Crocker
Working Boys Home Holds Turkey Dinner After Gymnasium Exercise
The Working Boys' Home yesterday held simple morning chapel services followed by a basement grab contest for the boys. Each youngster received clothing and other gifts before a noon turkey dinner for eighty, led by Father Ford with Dr. Dorsey and H C Parker assisting.
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Father Ford
Dr. Dorsey
H. C. Parker
Baldwin Place Home Receives Christmas Gifts
Little Wanderers remembered by Santa Claus as measles cancel public exercises. Assistant Superintendent C. H. Miner and teachers distributed gifts from New England and beyond. Rev. W. A. Cooper and Rev. S. Cummings led a 3 PM program with Mrs. Miner directing music.
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Baldwin Place
C. H. Miner
W. A. Cooper
S Cummings
Miner
New England
Christmas Letters From Children Foretell New Home Plans
A child explains saving pennies for a present to gift via Mr Cooper and asks the recipient to write back. Another note includes a dollar marked Merry Christmas from Margaret and Jack. The old home’s last Christmas is noted as the family anticipates moving to a new West Newton Street residence by March 1, 1889.
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Cooper
Margaret
Jack
West Newton Street
Convicts' Christmas Feasts at Charlestown Prison
Christmas was observed at Charlestown State prison for 570 inmates with mass by Father Moriarity, a concert by the Park sisters and Professor Fry, yard time, and a modest Christmas dinner of roast beef plum pudding and coffee. At the Tombs 113 inmates joined in, 87 men and 26 women, noting the restrained desire to be home with family.
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Charlestown
Father Moriarity
St. Mary’s Church
Park Sisters
Fry
Buswell
House of Correction
East Cambridge
Sanem
Sprerau
Messrs
Kent
Dedham
County
Fidelia Club
West Roxbury
Rockland Street
Peters
Danvers
Danvers Lunatic Hospital
South Framingham
Sherborn Reformatory
Charles Bickford
Boston
Elsie Russell
Bickford
Mt Olivet Rose Croix Holds Christmas Social at Masonic Temple
Mt. Olivet Chapter Rose Croix of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite celebrated Christmas in a sociable at the Masonic Temple. About 500 members attended from among 800 to 900 in the chapter, with a noon toast to Charles H. Roome and music by the Temple quartet. The event featured informal remarks by Frederick H. Spring and grace by Henry W. Wilson, with Fred Clinton Fairbanks having composed a Rose Croix poem. Next year’s observance will again involve the ladies.
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Mt. Olivet
Church of the Unity
Masonic Temple
Maine
New Hampshire
New York
Temple Quartet
Charles H. Roome
The
Templars of the
United States
American Templars
Rose Croix
Yesterda
Frederick H. Spring
Henry W. Wilson
Lawrence Chapel
Worcester
Fred Clinton Fairbanks
Wisconsin Senator Sawyer Sees Cabinet Favored Blaine Choice
Senator Philetus Sawyer of Wisconsin visits General Harrison to discuss cabinet appointments. He says Blaine is the country’s choice for Secretary of State and notes two Wisconsin candidates, Governor Rusk and Henry C Payne, could be considered for other posts. Sawyer reports Harrison as a good listener and predicts the Senate tariff bill will pass in the next Congress.
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Indianapolis
Philetus Sawyer
Wisconsin
General Harrison
Senate
Washington
Blaine
Harrison
Payne
Interior
Agriculture
Mr. Blaine
Rusk
Sherman
Allison
Sawyer
Congress
House
Christmas Services at Advent and Trinity Churches
The Church of the Advent held seven Christmas services with a large music program. Rev. Alden Welling led the service, aided by acolytes, with a 15-piece Symphony Orchestra under Franz Kneisel. Frb Frisby preached on the incarnation, stressing the Word made flesh and Christians’ renewed life.
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Alden Welling
B. Whitney
Royal David's
Frisby
God
Immanuel
St. John
Mr. Frisby
Earth
Heaven
Veteran Newport boat man Henry Tafft dies at 87
Henry O. Tafft, long time Newport boat man at the custom house, aged 87, died Monday night. Appointed by William Ellery, he served the United States about seventy years until last year’s discharge. Also, Rev. John M. Grady, head of the Catholic Young Men's National Union, died yesterday at St. Cecilia's rectory New York after a month battling typhoid fever.
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Henry O. Tafft
Newport
Custom House
William Ellery
United States
John M. Grady
Catholic Young Men’s National Union
St. Cecilia's Church
New York
Christmas services at Trinity Church feature sermon on poverty
At Trinity Church the 11 o'clock Christmas service included communion with Rev Dr Brooks and assistants Rev R C Smith Rev W D Roberts and Rev E F Slatter. A Handel program conducted by organist J C D Parker opened with a cantata style feast. Brooks preached from Luke 2 7 on poverty as a test of life and the use of wealth for good, urging the rich to aid the poor and noting wealth is not essential for happiness.
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Trinity Church
Brooks
R. C. Smith
W. D. Roberts
E. F. Slatter
J. C. D. Parker
Chadwick
Barker
Christ
Jesus
Immaculate Conception Church Decorated For Early Mass
Hundreds of worshippers trod to the Church of the Immaculate Conception at dawn as the edifice gleamed with cedar garlands and gas lit altars. The chancel featured three arches with multicolored lamps, calla lilies, and pyramids of flowers framing biblical scenes for a grand visual display.
First Service Held at New St Marys Episcopal Dorchester
A nearly 300 seat wood church in Dorchester on Cushing Avenue hosted its first service yesterday. The building cost about 20000 dollars with 3000 dollars in furnishings including a 2000 dollar organ. The rector spoke on faith and incarnation as the organist Mr. Ernest Douglass played, with thanks given to building committee chair F. H. Warner.
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St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Cushing Avenue
Dorchester
Upham’s Corner
Mt. Bowdoin Street
Ernest Douglass
F. H. Warner
Henry Vaughan
L. W. Saltonstall
Christmas Service at King's Chapel Featured Peabody
The interior of King's Chapel glittered with evergreen for a special Christmas forenoon service. Harvard's Professor Francis G. Peabody delivered a sermon on Christ's grace guiding daily duties, ending with the Lord's Supper led by Peabody and Rev. Hears W. Foote.
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King’s Chapel
Francis G. Peabody
Harvard University
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
Professor Peabody
Hears W. Foote
Cathedral Choir Delivers Special 90-Voice Programme
At the Cathedral of the Holy Cross a special programme featured a ninety-voice choir with a solo quartet. Beethoven's Mass in C opened the morning service before Adeste Fideles and Gounod's Hymn to the Pope after mass. A 4 p.m. vesper included Psalms chanted by the Cathedral and sanctuary choirs, with Archbishop Williams as celebrant.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Beethoven
Novello
Gounod
Archbishop Williams
Christmas at the Cambridge Almshouse Observed
In the suburbs Christmas at the Cambridge almshouse featured the usual tree exercises with the overseers of the poor and Mayor in attendance. Mayor Russell presented each inmate with a use
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Cambridge Almshouse
Russell
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