Sir Galahad Talk Promotes Modern Grail of Love and Service
Sunday in Boston and suburbs features leading pastors delivering addresses on Sir Galahad and the Holy Grail and the modern book Little Sir Galahad. Clergymen, publishers, and The Wilmington Every Evening urge families to attend and share lessons of faith, charity, and right living with Galahad’s quest as a model.
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Sir Galahad
Boston
Galahad
Wilmington
Greater
the Post
Mary Alice
Minot House
Sermons Inspire Knights of Service Across Parish Gatherings
On Sir Galahad Sunday thousands of men women boys and girls will unite in churches for uplifting sermons. Lessons focus on Helpfulness and Knightly Service Faith as of a Little Child Our Place and Duty as Citizens Our Characters by What We Read and Our Obligation in Respect to the Saloon.
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Sir Galahad
Sir Galahad Sunday Inspires Pursuit of Great Achievement
The piece urges readers to find their Grail as a Cup of Great Achievement for Humanity. It names Lincoln Riis Keller Addams Nightingale Barton Willard as modern Galahads and asks guardians to promote and attend Sunday services supporting family and moral uplift.
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Abraham Lincoln
Jacob Riis
Helen Keller
Jane Addams
Florence Nightingale
Clara Barton
Frances E. Willard
Leading Boston Clergymen You Should Hear Tomorrow
A list of sermons and service times featuring Rev. Herbert S. Johnson and numerous pastors across Boston and nearby towns. Details include church names, locations, and start times ranging from 7:00 to 11:00 PM across multiple days.
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Herbert S. Johnson
D. D
Warren Ave
A. E. Worman
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Dorchester
Sir Galahad Sunday Inspires Boston Clergy Pulpits
Greater Boston churches plan tomorrow sermons from the book Little Sir Galahad by Phoebe Gray. Two score clergymen will preach themed talks on moral tone temperance civic duty and personal sacrifice while promoting the book as a humane faith empowering read. The nationwide movement aims to attract thousands to church and study the characters John Willett and Francis Willet among others as ministers highlight civic responsibility and personal virtue.
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Sir Galahad
Greater
Boston
Phoebe Gray
Sir Galdhad
Galahad
Mary Alice Brown
Lem Brown
Massachusetts Anti-Saloon League
John Willett
Francis Willet
John
Greater Boston
Malden
East Boston
South Boston
Somerville
Cambridge
Newton
Dorchester
Waltham
Weymouth
Lynn
East Lynn
West Lynn
Jamaica Plain
Waban
Franklin
Allston
Chelmsford
Wollaston
Arlington
Everett
Revere
Earnest Boursner Allen
The
Washington
Mayor Seeks Tax Hike to Fund City Departments
Boston’s mayor proposes a 50 cent tax rate increase raising the 1915 levy toward 18 dollars and aiming for 6.87 dollars for departmental needs. He argues current revenue shortfalls threaten street work sidewalks paving and fire department modernization, with additional state and county tax gains unlikely this year.
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City of Boston
Little Sir Galahad praised by Toledo church group
Street Congregational Church in Toledo Ohio quotes praise for Little Sir Galahad. The group notes children enjoyed the book eagerly and discuss its wholesome knightly flavor and noble motive. They say it raises questions about the drink traffic and admire Lem Brown's portrayal as redeemed through discipline and devotion.
City Expenditure Increases Outpace Revenue Says Mayor
The Mayor cites 1913 spending rises outstripping revenue for three years. Auditor Mitchell says the tax rate should have risen four years earlier. Increases hit Police and Fire, $420 000. Overseers of the Poor, $280 000. Widow’s Pension Act, $100 000. General department rises, $75 000. Hospitals and prisons, $172 000 for state tuberculosis care. A further $500 000 is needed for new city expenses including motorization and street work.
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Mitchell
Boston
Third Revival Week Closed In Roxbury
The third week of Dr Milton Rees revival conducted by nine Roxbury churches ended with a full house at Winthrop Street Methodist Church. Tomorrow marks the start of the fourth week with notable events including an 8 o clock men only mass meeting at Dudley Street Baptist Church and a women only address at Eliot Congregational Church. Dr Rees continues to attract converts as the series proceeds through Dudley Street Baptist Church and other Roxbury venues.
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Rees
Roxbury
Winthrop Street Methodist Church
Mountain Heights
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Boston
Eliot Congregational Church
Hot Square
Elot Church
G. L. Cady
Presbyterian Church
Erwin Signs With Rochester Internationals This Season
Rosse E. Tex Erwin, a longtime Brooklyn Nationals player, signed with the Rochester Internationals for the upcoming season in Rochester New York.
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Rochester
N. Y
Fated or Free by Preston W Slosson published
Sherman French and Company issue a provocative philosophical work by Preston William Slosson using Socratic dialogue to probe whether humans are free moral agents. The book presents opposing views through fictional characters and invites thoughtful reflection on human freedom.
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Sherman, French and Company
Preston William Slosson
Book Reviews on Kitchener biographer Begbie and Cobb’s Paths of Glory
The article critiques Harold Begbie’s Kitchener portrait as a disciplined, blunt commander whose life story fits a brief biography. It praises the humane, democratic view in Cobb’s Paths of Glory, with attention to German military methods and human cost, and notes a weak Welsh memoir attempt among the listed works.
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Kitchener
Houghton Mifflin Company
England
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Harold Breghbie
Africa
Carlyle
Frederick the Great
Wellington
Nelson
Napoleon
Cobb
Paths of Glory and the War Verve of Irvin S Cobb
Irvin S Cobb, famed humorist and short story writer, emerges as a narrator of war events in Paths of Glory. His alert proportion keeps the tale from sinking into gloom, detailing Belgian peasants fleeing, a mounted Uhlan, and a dead man with vivid realism. The reportorial stance becomes historical, and Cobb proves a major chronicler of the hour.
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Irvin S. Cobb
Daran
Cobb
Young Earnest by Gilbert Cannan reviewed as a serious study
The review praises Young Earnest as a sharply focused trilogy about Rene Fourmy’s inner quest and failed ambitions. Cannan portrays three distinctive women and the deep, nonverbal paths to self discovery, highlighting vivid character depth over exterior detail.
Mushroom Town and theWelsh Portrait of Llanyglo
The piece reviews Mushroom Town by Oli ver Onions, appreciating its intimate Welsh life sketches yet criticizing its discursive loose structure as below Onions previous works. Llanyglo is depicted as a Welsh coast village that becomes a famed English watering place, with locals resisting Saxon invaders.
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Wales
Oliver Onions
Mr. Onions
Imaginary Welsh townport in Mr Onions tale
The text describes an invented town Lilangglo built from traits of real places. It features three churches with grand architecture shaping life and a cast including John Pritchard Howell Gruffudd and Dafydd Dafis. The townspeople speak English rich in Welsh idioms, adding charm to the narrative.
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Mr. Onions
Lilangglo
John Pritchard
Howell Gruffudd
Dafydd Dafis
Innocent by Marie Corelli review and critique
A critical summary of Marie Corelli's Innocent, noting its romantic unrealism and theatrical tone. The heroine's abrupt rise to fame and the events in London are described as improbable, with Amadis de Jocelyn depicted as melodramatic. Overall, the novel is readable but not memorable.
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George H. Doran Company
Marie Corelli
Hugo Jocelyn
Innocent
Amadis de Jocelyn
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