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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1915
Page
4
Boston hosts Evangelist Sunday seeks a 15000 to 18000 seat tabernacle built at cost with iron framework and sawdust floor. The Boston Evangelical Alliance plans a six week campaign with site options including Boston Common and a six figure guarantee fund to cover expenses.
The Tabernacle in Philadelphia saw a powerful Billy Sunday revival with 584 sinners shaking hands and about 2300 conversions by day’s end. German Town Young Men’s League members filled 3000 seats as Sunday urged attendees to abandon worldly amusements and commit to Christ.
A bizarre scene in Boston tied to Mme. Nordica unfolds as a manhole, an ash cart, a New England Telephone worker, and a cable man collide, while letters and messages from Nordica amid illness reveal a poignant, tangled tale of love, travel, and crisis.
The article excerpt shows Nordica writing to her husband with affection and prayers for his health and success. It notes her loneliness on the journey and marks many letters with growing pathos as she neared her last illness.
A manhole at a street corner opened when the horse attached to an ash cart slipped into the hole. Thomas L. Symonds the cable man was trapped in a hole but unharmed aside from fright. Fire and police used a makeshift derrick to free the horse which was badly wounded and taken to the city yard.
Richard A. Lynch told the Mayor the 65 West Brookline Street building will be ready soon for occupancy by homeless women. Two floors may be used, housing up to 60. fire sprinklers and safe egress will be installed. The site serves emergency cases not cared for at the Chardon Street home.
Massachusetts Tax Commissioner Trefry denounces the state tax law as flawed and calls for an income tax and a constitutional taxation amendment. He warns of a larger state tax this year and says reform hinges on new revenue sources and voter approval next fall.
An old advertisement promotes Adamson’s Balsam as a cure for colds, claiming health benefits and relief from common cold symptoms, presented in a promotional tone typical of period medical ads.
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