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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1916
Page
4
The Tabernacle crowd laughed and wept as Evangelist Billy Sunday mixed humor and sermon in a Zaccheus tale. He urged curiosity seekers to seek Christ, recounting Zaccheus in Jericho and urging immediate conversion for 669 total converts by nightfall.
A sermon urges moral action and faith as workers face a looming strike amid railroads. It cites Zacchaeus and the Bible while detailing a 1917 eight hour day controversy and injunctions delaying a government inquiry. Warren S. Stone states the circular informs members without recommending action.
Billy Sunday preached on Zaccheus in Jericho at the Tabernacle last evening. He read Luke nineteen eight and spoke of Bartimeus the blind man who sought Jesus and received sight, illustrating faith and salvation.
The piece compares the first 41 days of Sun day campaigns in Boston Philadelphia Detroit Kansas City Baltimore Syracuse, noting city by city collection differences and highlighting regional campaign activity.
After a conference of federal district attorneys from Maine to West Virginia, George W. Anderson of the Boston office issued a statement accusing business men who detain cars unfairly of being under suspicion. He said the high price level is beyond the Justice Department’s reach and urged housekeepers and women’s clubs to perform their duty. He praised the Agriculture and Commerce Departments for fundamental work in promoting economy and substitution of cheaper foods during these times.
Announcement reveals the engagement of Mrs Irene Mac Mullin of Malden to Warren Henry Bennett of Everett. The couple’s families, addresses, and social standings are detailed, with prior engagement announcements involving Mrs MacMullin’s sister Myrtle Gass and other Day family connections referenced.
Baltimore jurors found mining engineer John Hays Hammond liable for 288700 in damages for failing to see stock in General Cotton Securities Co returned to Addison C. DuBois and Willard Doremus. The ruling followed testimony by Daniel L. Sully alleging bad faith in negotiations over foreign rights to a Doremus invention.
Boston newsboys, busy selling papers, will hear Billy Sunday speak at Tremont Temple this morning at 10 o clock. Sunday arranged the early hour to reach boys between morning paper rounds and afternoon editions. any licensed newsboy with badge may enter.
Mrs. Billy Sunday led a family pilgrimage to Plymouth Rock with her children and Paul Sunday, Billy Jr, and Mrs. Helen Sunday Haines. Mark Haines, husband of Helen, accompanied them. The group will return to Boston pending their move to Sturgis Michigan where Haines edits a local paper.
A group of lawyers reported evidence of combinations that may violate the anti trust act and drive up prices. They described discussions on enforcing the law in the public interest and noted cooperation with railroads in New England to identify responsible parties for car detentions and unloading delays.
Word reached Ralph A. and Lloyd Patrick of 211 Winthrop Street Winthrop that their brother George Patrick died in the French trenches on December 6 He enlisted about three years ago in a Canadian division of the British Expeditionary Force rising from private to sergeant major at his death He served honorably in the war effort and held the senior rank at death
An 18 year old girl, Phyllis Campbell, fell through thin ice on the Charles River near the Prospect Street Bridge in Wal tham yesterday. She was dragged to shore by 21 year old Harold Landry who heard her cries, while park police Superintendent Gilman took her to her home. The water there is 12 feet deep.
The Rev Philip J O'Donnell rector of St James Church Harrison avenue announces a Mass at 3 30 am next Monday for night workers and all who wish to attend. It will be one of the first religious services on New Year's Day and a large turnout is expected.
Cornelius Crowley aged 62 of 188 Main Street Charlestown was killed yesterday while driving a team across Prison Point bridge. He fell from the wagon seat and both right wheels passed over his chest. Crowley worked as a driver for the Eastern Salt Company at 186 State Street.
In Haverhill on Emerson Street 18 a shoe worker named Robert LeMay, 35, was found with a fractured leg after jumping from a second story window. He was taken to Gale Hospital for treatment.
The M. S. P C. A. warned horseowners and drivers yesterday about azoturia or black water. The illness affects horses kept idle for two or more days with normal feed, with many cases reported around double holidays.
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