Mackinac Shelters Nantucket Mail From Ice Blockade
The Mackinac under Captain J F Wilde rescued Nantucket from 12 days of isolation by delivering 105 mail sacks and eight sides of beef. The cutter landed at Quidnet amid cheers, ferried 13 marooned passengers and 28 mail sacks, then returned to Woods Hole through heavy ice with a 60 mile run and a 4 hour crossing.
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Woods Hole
Mackinac
J. F. Wilde
Nantucket
Wilde
Taylor
Fish Commission
Quidnet
Wood's Hole
New Southeast Storm Threatens Vessels in Ice at Vineyard Haven
Feb 12 report from Vineyard Haven describes a fresh southeast storm flooding the harbor area with snow and light rain. By 9 pm the ice field at the head of the harbor was loosened and endangering a dozen vessels trapped in ice, with a risk of outbreak into the sound and possible voyage to West Chop if it breaks away.
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Great Point
Vineyard Haven
West Chop
Ice swallows lightship. rescued to station at Saybrook
SAYBROOK Conn Feb 12 A large ice mass carried away the Cornfield Reef lightship and after drifting six miles east she wedged in the ice field. The lighthouse tender Cactus rescued and returned her to her station marking the second breakaway in a week.
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Saybrook
Conn
Cornfield Reef
Cactus
Wild Runaway Engine Ends Near Jamaica Plain Medal Awaited
Engineer Wright recalls a runaway fire engine driven by five unleashed horses from Box 223 through Centre street Amory and Jamaica Plain. Lieutenant Richardson was thrown, Wright crawled along the pipe to reach the seat, and two policemen plus the horse Jerry guided the halted team to safety.
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Engineer Wright
Wright
Big Black
Jerry
Post
Richardson
Box 223
Centre Street
Columbus Avenue
Amory Street
Jamaica Plain
Boylston Street
Boylston Avenue
Cromwell Street
Brookside Avenue
Green Street
Religion in Schools Promotes United Educational Effort
A convention opening in the city highlighted religious education as essential to school life. Leaders from Harvard and YMC A voiced a united movement linking religion with intellect and home church collaboration. They urged inclusive efforts across creeds to extend religious influence into communities and personal conduct.
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Association
Francis G. Peabody
D. D
Harvard University
Peabody
L. Wilbur Messer
Chicago Y. M. C. A
Christ
Jesus
God
Religious Education Association
Edward C. Moore
Harvard
Moore
NY Ice Floe Rescues Seven In East River Drift
A large ice floe carried seven people including women and children down the East River toward Hell Gate. It broke free from moorings at One Hundred and Thirty Ninth Street, dragging two coal barges, the James D. Perkins and the Eureka, from their pier. Rescue came when Captain Henry Flood, his wife, and child, and Captain John Krataner with his family signaled with red lanterns. The Franklin Edson, a steel steamer of the Department of Charities and Corrections, located and saved them.
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New York
East
Hell Gate
North Brother Island
Bronx
James D. Perkins
Eureka
Franklin Edson
Department of Charities and Corrections
Czar backs ancient land parliament revival in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on February 12 the Emperor Nicholas endorsed reviving the zemsky zabor ancient land parliament once convened in crises. A joint commission of masters and workmen will investigate worker discontent with Senator Chidlovski presiding. The move aims to calm unrest and prevent future discontent.
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ST. Petersburg
Nicholas
Chidlovski
Council of the Empire
Religious and secular education unite for children
Professor George A. Cole of Northwestern University argues for religious instruction alongside secular schooling as delegates observe social day and plan visits to promote the education association.
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Association of Religion and Education
George A. Cole
Northwestern University of Illinois
Sunday School Exhibit Opens at Gilbert Hall
At 10 a.m. opening of a Sunday school exhibit in Gilbert Hall continues until Thursday. At 11 a.m. services held at Wellesley College chapel with President Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall presiding. In the afternoon Harvard University officers host a reception at Sanders Theatre followed by campus visits and a reception at Phillips Brooks House. In the evening an official reception is planned in Faneuil Hall.
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Gilbert Hall
Wellesley College Chapel
Charles Cuthbert Hall
Sanders Theatre
Cambridge
Harvard University
Phillips Brooks House
Faneuil Hall
Major Higginson Scars Mark Harvard Legacy at Cambridge Service
In Cambridge yesterday at the First Unitarian Church a service honored Major Henry Lee Higginson. Col T W Higginson recounted his cousin’s courage in the war and the two sabre scars that remained as mementoes. The event included remarks by John Read and Rev. George Batchelor.
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Lincoln
First Unitarian Church
Cambridge
T. W. Higginson
John Read
George Batchelor
Higginson
Henry Lee Higginson
Harvard Union
Harvard College
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Massachusetts
Harvard
Boston
North
Batchelor
Lincoln anniversary sermons across Boston area pulpits
Across Boston and nearby towns on Lincoln's 96th birthday anniversary, multiple churches held services with sermons honoring Abraham Lincoln. Pastors at Parker Memorial Winthrop Street M E Church and Trinity Charlestown preached on Lincoln and the Civil War, while other congregations spoke on Lincoln’s life, race relations, and religious insight.
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Boston
Abraham Lincoln
Parker Memorial
Charles W. Wendte
Lincoln
W. H. Scott
Winthrop Street M. E
Harvey W. Ewing
George F. Pratt
A. A. Berle
Cromble Street
Salem
A. S. Grant
Melrose
Sons of Veterans
Congregational Church
Dr. Sims
Train Wreck Near Creston Kills One, Injures Three
Passenger Train 3 on the Chicago Burlington & Quincy line was wrecked twelve miles west of Creston Iowa. One trainman was killed and three other trainmen injured when two engines left the track and rolled down an embankment. Passengers were unhurt. Cause cited as a broken rail.
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Creston
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Here
Matrimony as a Sacrament Tied to Christ and Church
The text argues that first marriage is apostolic in origin and a sacrament, citing St Paul’s Ephesians passage. It emphasizes the headship of the husband and submission of the wife as a model of Christ and the church, demanding lasting, sanctifying love and mutual consent as grace.
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United Church
Christ
Roosevelt for Lincoln's Day in New York
President Roosevelt will travel from Washington to New York for Lincoln day events at the Waldorf Astoria and a Press Club banquet at the Hotel Astor. He will be accompanied by Mrs Roosevelt and several officials, with a schedule including University Club luncheon and a Hungarian Republican Club dinner at Little Hungary.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York
Lincoln
Waldorf-Astoria
Press Club
Hotel Astor
University Club
Hungary
Taft
Cowles
Emilen Roosevelt
White House
Loeb
Pennsylvania Railroad
Metropolis
New York Republican Club
Republican Club
House Blown Up By Natural Gas
An explosion of natural gas at the home of the caretaker of the city water works reservoir in Erie Pennsylvania seriously injures four people. Two are badly burned and may die. All were blown through a second story window down a 380 foot embankment. Debris caught fire but flames were extinguished. Property loss estimated at 3000 dollars.
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Erie
Penn
City
Walmer Castle Opens to Public as Lord Warden Appointment Made
King Edward names the Prince of Wales as lord warden of the Cinque Ports. Walmer Castle will be opened to the public. The prince gains powers of a lord lieutenant and can appoint justices of the peace. He presides over the portmote and holds high judicial duties.
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London
Edward
Prince of Wales
Cinque Ports
Curzon
Kedleston
Walmer Castle
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Nobska
Thomas G. Macy
Cromwell ¥. Macy
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James H. Johnson
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R. E. Lovett
George W. Watson
T. A. Stanley
Falmouth
M. EB. Grush
Joseph E. Parker & Co
D. A. Judson
Troy
N. Y
Old Jerry
Forest Hills
Hunter
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ST. Louis Exposition
Wellington A. Hardy
Hinckley Bidg
Waters
Cluett, Peabody & CO
Cluett and
Monarch
CZAR
Eshop Lawrence
William Lawrence
Francis H. Rowley
E. C. Moore
New Old South Church
Col. Higginson
Major Higginson
Trainman
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Prince ST
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Puritan Dental
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