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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1916
Page
7
The Melrose crowd gave a hearty ovation as the audience watched “Rody” distribute gifts to Billy Sunday and companions. Boots, brooches, an apron, suspenders, garters, and bread and pudding were presented amid laughter and good will from local supporters.
The Sunday meetings drew 5 000 afternoon 10 000 evening totaling 616 conversions after an evangelist urged quick surrender to Christ. A barber from newspaper row joined the trail alongside several others as ushers collected nearly 700 dollars for revival expenses.
The piece reports on Sunday collections totaling $241.85 to $421.70 with day’s total $65 552.88 and compares first 39 days of Boston campaign to other cities. The sermon argues true conversion can be instant and quiet, citing Nicodemus and the pool of Bethesda as models, urging personal response without ritual excess.
Boston lady Nellie Beckwith describes years of indigestion dyspepsia and related symptoms. She credits Plant Juice with complete recovery and better sleep and digestion after using the herbal stomach remedy sold at Houghton & Dutton Drug Department.
Yesterday converts total 32765 and 618 added today. The article compares trail hitters in other cities with Boston for the 30 days of Sunday campaigns, noting numbers accumulated to date.
Billy Sunday preached last night on swift inward change and the need to submit to a religious account. He spoke of sufferings endured by believers and the importance of personal faith in daily life.
The funeral of the Rev Brother Eme bert of the Brothers of Charity at the House of the Angel Guardian Jamaica Plain will be held today at 8 30 am. A solemn high mass for his soul will be celebrated in the institution chapel at 11 Perkins Street.
Union Pacific trains halted across Wyoming for the first time in two decades. No passenger service on the Laramie to Rawlings corridor as nineteen trains were held at multiple points amid heavy snow.
Bouck White the Harvard graduate and Church of the Social Revolution pastor was formally expelled by Socialist county headquarters for urging candidate support on other tickets in the recent national election. Julius Gerber executive secretary said further actions were planned against Frank Tannenbaum and hinted at investigations of Max Eastman and others. The move is described as a house cleaning by the party.
A reunion of 27 men named to the Boston police on December 27 1900 was held at Castle Square Hotel. Eighteen attended, most still in the department. Judge Edward L Logan spoke on Police Duty on the Border and Texas tour, with guests and attendees listing several officers across multiple stations.
Samuel J. Elder of the League to Enforce Peace told the Cambridge Board of Trade that the world is blood sick from war and that an international enforcement system will secure lasting peace after the conflict. James Mott Hallowell backed the push for an early international peace pact.
A Malden reader writes to the Post praising Billy Sunday’s What Christmas Means to Me and likening it to passages in Eudorpha The End of the World. He argues the piece deserves publication and includes a clipped excerpt showing Christmas’s spirit.
Edison Electric Advertising chief Louis Gibbs in disguise as Satan warns Pilgrim Publicity Association members that Billy Sunday’s fiery gateway sign will not come while ad men exist. Santa George W. Coleman hands out gifts to readers and managers as boxers and comedians entertain at the Boston Yacht Club party.
An ad claims with 2 and a half ounces of Pinex mixed with sugar syrup makes a pint of cough syrup cheaper than store bought. It promises rapid relief for coughs and throat or bronchial conditions, and includes a money back guarantee from The Pinex Co. Ft. Wayne Ind.
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