Strange Boston mixed marriage wedding at First Pentecostal Church
Charles Borum white and Elizabeth Lawson colored wed amid an anti mixing sermon by Rev. George W. Tillman. The tiny East Lenox Street church hosted tambourine and brass band accompaniment as the couple, after admonitions against miscegenation, were united and planned to live at 5 Stamford Street West End while continuing mission work in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
First Pentecostal
East Lenox Street
Charles Borum
Elizabeth Lawson
George W. Tillman
Stamford Street
West End
Minister denounces mixed marriages then marries couple
A Virginia groom aged 25 from Norfolk who cannot read or write marries a Black Boston bride after a minister denounces race mixing. The couple met in Providence while engaged in mission work and later joined a Pentecostal church that aids the unemployed. The Rev. George W. Tillman peels at miscegenation but proceeds with the ceremony as onlookers note the groom’s tall frame and his bride looking up to him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borum
Norfolk
Custom House
Providence
Boston
Pentecostal Church
George W. Tissman
Longwood Ave
Beacon St
Brookline
Kent
Beach
Hawe Sts
Post
Hobart Rd
Commonwealth Ave
Newton Centre
Hampton Court
South Station
Kendall Sq
Jd. Shine
Sherman
St. Cambridge
Boylston
Massachusetts
Brookline Ave
Ls Church
North Market St
Tremont Tre
Boylston St
Lady’s
Ward
Oval
J.urphy
Le Gendre De M. Poirier at Toy Theatre
The Toy Theatre presented Augier and Landeau’s Le Gendre De M Poirier last night, the second in a six play French series. Benedict’s notable talent drew attention as the plot follows Poirier pressuring Gaston de Presles into action while Antoinette struggles between honor and love. Mme Meurville led with restrained emotion in a praised performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Poirier
Augier
Landeau
Toy Theatre
M. Benedict
Antoinette
Gaston de Presles
Gaston
Poirier
Mme. Meurville
Deaths and Funeral Notices From Boston Area Papers
In this column, numerous notices report deaths and funeral arrangements for residents of Newton Worcester Dorchester Somerville and nearby areas. Entries list names ages residences service times and burial locations with churches and cemeteries referenced.
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Blue Hill Ave
Worcester
Mass
Brandstrom
Marie Brandstrom
Tallberg’s Chapel
Tremont St
Broadbent
Denry
Joseph H. Broadbent
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Roxbury
Burns
Newton Centre
John Burns
Langley Road
Carey
James S. Carey
Parker St
Waterside Cemetery
Marblehead
Casey
Somerville
John
Catherine Casey
Glavin
Murrey St
St. Benedict's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Malden
Chandler
Jamaica Plain
Grace Webster Mitchell
Horace Parker Chandler
James and
Harriett Lavinia
Angier) Mitchell
East Bridgewater
Forest Hills St
Cole
Los Angeles
Cal
John Francis Cole
Newburyport
Lynn
Boston
Minnie E
Arthur G. Cole
Margaret McKeon
Dana Terrace
Watertown
Belmont
St. Patrick's Church
Connelly
Brighton
Delia
Thomas BE. Connelly
McGinnis
Colwell Ave
St. Columbkille’s
Newport
Dalton
Francis E
Joanna
John F. Dalton
Gayhead St
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Deuel
Robert A. Deuel
H. L. van Ham
Hawthorne St
Drew
Everett
Alice E
Edwin J. Drew
Swan St
North Troy
Dudley
Revere
Laura Dudley
J. H. Lehr
Arlington Ave
Gallagher
Dorchester
Dennis
Ellen Gallagher
Carroll
Pleasant St
St. William’s Church
Henry
Margaret N. Henry
J. S. Waterman & Sons Incorporated
Washington Street
Dudley St
Frank S. Waterman
Joseph 8. Waterman
Frank S
Waterman
Marconi Telegraph and Cable
Russian soldiers in Poland reveal astonishing appetites and boy scouts’ aid
An army officer recollects Russian troops in Poland consuming large rations daily and notes boys as young as 11 or 12 serving as helpers. Orlof from Zhitomir is praised for courage in battle rescuing a Russian line. The piece ends with urged wartime economy cutting luxuries to aid convalescent soldiers and servants’ sustenance.
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Poland
Hook
Zhitomir
Order of St. George
Whitle
Orlof
Family Soldier Faces Death In WWI Field Hospital
A dying Trish soldier at Ypres speaks of family tradition in battle saying death holds no fear and prefers the field to home. He notes ancestors fallen at Abu Klea Isandlwana Alma Waterloo and a brother wounded in service. He tells Lieutenant H R Watson that at death all men are equal and bids farewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trish
Ypres
H. R. Watson
Hland Light Infantry
Abu Klea
Isandlwhana
Alma
Waterloo
Glencoe
Servants Publish Fashionable Household Advice Leaflet
Readers observe a circulating leaflet from London servants advising mistresses on frugal household management. It urges reining in costs by sewing cheaper garments and trimming expenses, reflecting class tensions in domestic service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
London education committee issues air raid guidance for schools
The Lon don County Council education committee advises teachers to continue lessons as normal when air raid alarms sound. Children should move away from windows but not be moved from upper floors to lower ones, and if damaged, assemble in the yard. Police prepare four large forces of special constables to keep streets clear and prevent panic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London County Council
London
Going West Origin of Soldier Phrase Stirs Debate
A London forum debate over the phrase going west as death gains a modern explanation from a young officer. He cites Aldershot maneuvers when a monocled staff officer shouted Tell the general that I have gone west, sparking wide usage among soldiers for dying or being killed in the current war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aldershot
Waterfront fish prices ease as 18 vessels dock
Fresh groundfish prices drift lower after 18 vessels delivered good sized fares. Haddock 58.4 cents, cod 83.4 cents steak cod 41.2 cents, pollock 61.4 cents, hake 63.4 cents, hake 43.4 cents, halibut 28 cents. The Priscilla halibut sale noted. vessels Swell and Surf reported key arrivals and cake sales. The Bos ton Wholesale Fish Buyers Assoc plans its third annual banquet at Crawford House.
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Haddock
Eh Ben Smith
Conqueror
Foss
I. Grueby
Nunan
Waltham
Avalon
Mary de Costa
Priscilla
Surf
Wight
Boston Wholesale Fish Buyers Association
Crawford House
EB. J. Giles
Everett
Baltimore
Vineyard Sound
Bread Sound
Boston Harbor
Atlas
Celia F
Boston
John J. Fallon
Meagher’s Beach
N. S
Halifax
J. L. Luchenbach
Constitution Wharf
Bremen
Ger
Calcutta
Liverpool
Shipping News Arrivals and Sailings With Multiple Vessels
Shipping reports list steamers such as Tuscan Prince Burwash Calcutta Kershaw Johnson from Baltimore to New York and Norfolk with stops at New port News Gloucester and Philadelphia while tug Neponset tows Pohatcong from Lynn to New York and vessels Hochelaga Louisburg Howard Everett Times sail to New York and Gloucester with towing Adeline from Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burwash
Calcutta
Kershaw
Johnson
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Arch
Page
Philadelphia
H. M. Whitney
Colberth
New York
M. E. Harper
Smith
City of Gloucester
Limekin
Gloucester
Calvin Austin
Strout
Portland
Neponset
Sears
Lynn
Hochelaga (Br
Louisburg
Howard
Everett
Times
E. D. Haley
Adeline
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Tillman
Dr. Tillman
Mr. Tillman
Kelleher
Mary Kelleher
Nashua St
St. Mary’s Church
Kelley
Peter
John FE
Margaret Higgins Kelley
Amory St
Marshall
M’donald
Milton
Isabella McDonald
Thomas McDonald
St. Michael Church
Randolph Ave
P. S.—Peoples Journal
Aberdeenshire
Scotland
M'Hugh
Richard
Martin
Hannah McHugh
Maher
Walter Age
Miller
Emma A. Miller
Henry F. Miller
Trull St
Athol
O’toole
Catherine
John O'Toole
Silver St
SS. Peter and Paul’s
Rayner
Isabella
Bertram
Thomas Rayner
Willis St
Rigg
Towers P. Rigs
Waterman Chapel
Washington St
Sullivan
Eugene A. Sullivan
Mary A. Donahue
Second St
St. Eulalia’s
Thomas
Norfolk Downs
Ruth Mae
Maria
Thomas Thomas
Farrington St
Walsh
Bridget Walsh
Flynn
Mary Walsh
Kilkenney
Frankfort St
St. Mary's Star of the Sea
New York City
Brooklyn
N. Y
Webberson
William
Rose Webberson
Brewery Workers’ Union No. 14
Working Men’s Sick and Death Benefit
Welzel
North End
Joseph
Elizabeth
Welgel
Salutation St
St. Stephen’s Church
Hanover St
Wiggin
Charlestown
Daniel G. Wiggin
Perkins St
Wheeeler
Jotham S. Wheeler
Westard
Friady
Ludlow
Wheeler
Charles Harvey Wheeler
S. S. Pierce Co
Annie Woods
Burgess St
Wolf
Gustaf
Josephine Wolf
Tallberg’s
Elizabeth Cahill
St. Raphael's Church
Elizapeth Cahill
M. A. Kafin
U. S
Paz
Bromfield Street
Fort Hill
Shipping News
Oxford Ervis
Son “Undertakers
Lagrange Street
City
California
Panama Canal
NEW Plant
Evangeline
Panama
Canal
Wilson
Havana
San Diego
Commercial
White Star Line
Azores
Gibraltar
Naples
Genoa
Canopic
Cretic
Finland
Adriatic
Atlantic Transport Line
Minnewaska
A.m. Moneapolis
White Star
Dominion Line
Maine
Liverpool Zeeland
Vaderland
Company
State St
York
Allen’s Law Office
School St
Catherine Christopher
John Christopher
Leyden St
East
Colonial Line
Hec
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
State House
Committee On Metropolitan Affairs
Cambridge Park
Metropolitan Park Commission
Neponsety
Mattapan Sqg
Charles River
Charles River Basin
James F. Cavanaugh
Joseph O. Knox
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts State House
Committee On
Frank Bartlett
Alfred Santosa
VIA Rail
V. Soat
Georgia
Tennessee
City of
Morris’ Goldberg & O
Bromfield St
L. H. Burack & CO
Imperial Jewelry CO
Summer St
Oxford
Courtney
Sth
Tremont St. Lic
Keezer
Columbus Ave
Albert's
Wash
John Ranlett
Rockland
Eiannanete
Devonshire St
Oakes Detective Agency
Family Y Be
School St. Bt
Baker &O
Portland St
Green St
Soante
Thoving
Bowen
Sudbury St
J. P. Brawner
Hall
Huntington Ave
Tel
Back Bay
Chickering
Steinway
Ivers & Pond
Symphony Hall
People’s Choral Union
Maybo 80
Jordan Hall
Berry
Emerson, McPhail, Chickering, Miller and Wyose
Fred Martin
Marks & Chester
Dudley 8T
Dudley Sq
eusWay
Prince Albert
Sgstom
Ee Reuven
Max Keezer
Cambridge
Boston Dress Suit CO
Anderson & White
de Groot
Kilby Loan CO
Kilby Street
State Loan CO
Court St
Cor
Cornhill
S. R. Briggs CO
HUB Loan CO
Workingmen’s Loan Association
Robert Treat Paine
Treas
Marks & Avery
Milk St
Roy
Lie
Henry A. Brown
Albert Ammann
J. H
Tady
the Post
Zoo Piazza
Strathmore Road
Ethelhurst
Brookins
A. &. Navin
W. J. Freethy
Swans Island
Oliver Typewriter
Gos Shawmut Ave
Apt
NEAP
Franklin Park
Fellsway Heights
Melrose Highlands
J. T. Nowell
Tremont 8&T
Ong Man Farm
N.H
W. ©. Bayley
Plaistow
N. H
South Weymouth
AGRES
John L. Bean
Columbian Sq
Weymouth
W. Hall
New Hampshire
Plum Village
Dept
City Hall
Edward T. Harrington CO
Main St
Quincy
B. A. Brown
Hancock St
Chapin’s
D. A. King
West Medway
Chamberlain & Burnham, Inc
Medford Hillside
Haus H
Tremont
Brayley & Kno
Broadway
Foston
Melrose Line
W. Hodgdon
Pennays- Vinia Ave
Onge
Vienne
Helene L. Stwenep
Boylston St. Tel
Slye
Bay States
Heinemann House
New England
Ersten Broadway
Lawrence
Pea Nee
Bie
Speocl Co
Congress St
A. Lowenstein & Son
Simpson Ave
Taylor's
Boyisten
Sunny
Samuel P. Wadsworth
Cummington St
Agee
Ur Tat
Chas.s. Norris
Atlantic Avenue
Brooks
U 41
Rosen
Daggett Factory
Lewis Wharf
Dunn & M'Carthy
Fargo
South Boston
Washington
D. C
Houghton & Ware
J. Howard Miller
E. Bridgewater
Tesl
Stuart N. Nye
Ashland
Winchester
Mystic Lakes
Middlesex Fells
Mr. Dew
Kennedy
Hawley Sts
Bac Kirkman
Perfections
United
Hamilton
Milk
Boston Post
Mayo
Cigaretts
Exch. Legals
Old South Church
Navy
Philadelphia Business
C. S. Dept
Penn
Press Syndicate
Washington, D. C
Vicinity
NEW England Trunk
Betty St
Mystic St
East 21St St
Slaters
Peter Shepherd
Williams Ave
Hyde Park
Lockport, N
Corliss
Corliss Limb Specialty Co
Court Square
Smith Building
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