Smyth Preaches at Mt Vernon on Andover Controversy
Professor Egbert C Smyth spoke morning and evening at Mt Vernon Church Ashburton Place to small audiences. He discussed Christianity relations to other faiths with emphasis on Pentecost and the universal scope of Christ’s religion. He urged spiritual liberation from earthly bonds and praised ministers Hopkins and Hitchcock.
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Egbert C. Smyth
Mt. Vernon
Ashburton Place
Andover
Boston
Edwin D. Mead
God
Mark Hopkins
Roswell D. Hitchcock
Professor Smyth
Smyth
Mt. Vernon Church
David
Jonathan
Jubilee choral service for Queen Victoria observed in Trinity Church
In New York on June 19 crowds filled Trinity Church for a Jubilee choral service marking Queen Victoria’s fiftieth ascension anniversary. Organist Messiter led the music as Rev Joseph W. Fill conducted. Readings by Rev Dr DeCosta and Rev Mr Turner, with Bishop Potter delivering the benediction. The Rev Dr Morgan gave a laudatory sermon about the Queen. The church featured floral decorations and interwoven British and American flags.
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New York
Victoria
Trinity Church
Messiter
Joseph W. Fill
DeCosta
St. George’s Society
Turner
Brooklyn
Potter
Yellow fever update from Key West reports no new cases
In Key West on June 19 three sailors from the British bark Brothers and Sisters were hospitalized with yellow fever. Two deaths occurred at the hospital since yesterday namely Edward Dietrich and Frederick Woonan. The current tally shows 34 cases, 13 deaths, 7 discharged or cured, and 14 still sick.
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Key West
Fla
Bark Brothers and Sisters
Edward Dietrich
Frederick Woonan
Mrs Cleveland Visits Wells College in Aurora
Mrs President Cleveland and party arrived by boat at Cayuga River and were welcomed by Wells College trustees and faculty. She stayed in her quarters, joined a serenade, and attended the Phanix Society banquet to honor the senior class, enjoying the college atmosphere and being treated “as one of the girls.”
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Aurora
N. Y
Cleveland
Cayuga
Wells College
Helen F. Smith
Frisbie
Death of Helen A Burt in Brattleboro Vermont
The body of about eighty year old Helen A Burt was found in the Connecticut River opposite the Brattleboro depot with a deep head wound and her skirts tied over her head. She had stayed with William Trendall and John England, a man of questionable character. England was last seen with her on the railroad tracks last Friday after an earlier altercation in which he knocked over a table. Her pocketbook was found in her stocking and jewelry intact. Brattleboro authorities are pursuing the suspect, England, a woodchopper living in the area for about ten years.
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Braztienoro
Helen A. Burt
Connecticut River
William Trendall
John Sngland
Sngland
Stigland
Stgland
Brattleboro
Canon Wilberforce Captivates New York Audience at Temperance Talk
Canon Wilberforce of England spoke in Chickering Hall under the National Temperance Society. He urged absolute prohibition, attacked liquor commerce, and contrasted English and American approaches, noting industry and political cautions while urging unity beyond party lines. A pledge and charity collection followed to support a chapel for the poor.
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New York
Chickering Hall
Canon Wilberforce
England
National Temperance Society
T. DeWitt ‘Talmage
America
House of Commons
Maine
Scotland
Sheffield
Colton
Conon Wilberforce
Phillips Academy baccalaureate sermon at Phillips Academy
The baccalaureate sermon was delivered in the Theological Seminary Chapel by Professor J. Phillips Taylor citing Isaiah. He urged religion as a guide for knowledge and character, contrasting with secular views, praising the Christian gentleman and noting late Presidents Hitchcock Hopkins and the drowned Phelps.
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Lawrence
Phillips Academy
Theological Seminary
J. Phillips Taylor
Hitchcock
Hopkins
Phelps
Christ
Lawrence to open enamel bobbin plant with 150000 daily capacity
A new Lawrence industry forms the Lawrence Enamel Bobbin Company with $50000 capital. G A Hutchins serves as president and E F Coburn as treasurer of a five member stockholding firm. They have acquired the Providence Enamel Bobbin Company rights and the former pottery estate, remodeling the buildings and installing ovens to produce up to 150,000 bobbins per day with many orders lined up.
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Lawrence
Sprcran
G. A. Hutchins
E. F Coburn
Lawrence Enamel Bobbin Company
Providence
R. I.) Enamel
R. I.) Enamel Bobbin Company
Hopkinton Baptist Church Extends Call to Rev Herbert E Thayer
Conroocoox N H June 19 The Hopkinton Baptist Church voted unanimously to extend a call to Reverend Herbert E Thayer a recent graduate of Newton Theological Seminary. The move follows his status as a potential pastor for the church and reflects community religious ties.
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Conroocoox
N. H
the Baptist Church
Hopkinton
Herbert E. Thayer
Newton Theological Seminary
Chelsea man injured after fall from express train at Framingham
George H. Stevens of Chelsea fell or stepped from the 11 10 express from Boston before reaching the station in Framingham last night. He cut his head and suffered severe bruises, found about 3 80 o'clock this morning and aided to the residence of C. Lloyd, his destination.
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South
Framingham
George H. Stevens
Chelsea
Boston
C. Lloyd
Going Back to Dixie Confederate Visitors Leave Boston
Confederate veterans from Richmond departed Boston at 6 30 PM on the New York and New England railroad after a day of tours May 1887. They were met with a citywide welcome in Lynn Nahant and Boston, with speeches, a 1500‑person dinner, and a parade to the Tremont House amid cheers and affectionate tributes. A farewell poem praised the reunited North and South as veterans parted with grateful, hopeful sentiments.
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Richmond
Boston
New York & New England
Mt. Auburn
Chelsea
Reservoir
Tremont House
John A. Andrew Post
Tremont
West
Washington
Summer Streets
First Regiment
Lee Camp
Post
United States
N. V. Randolph
State Street
New England
Phillips
Lynn
Nahant
John A. Andrew
Eight Regiment
Walker
Post 5
Berry
Hart
Pitman
Congressman Lodge
F. R. Farrar
Perkins
New England Club
Music Hall
Press Club
Massachusetts Society OF the Cincinnati
Parker House
David G. Haskins
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Massachusetts
Legislature of
Boston & Maine Railroad
Co. E
Cram
Co. S. Mellen
York Harbor
Vineyard
Cottage City
Newport
South Shore
Cape Cod
Old Colony
Ae Land
Funeral plans set for Dr Hopkins at Williamstown Church
June 19 Springfield reports the funeral will be held at the Congregational Church in Williamstown at 5 PM Tuesday with President Carter, Professor KE, H Griffin and Rev A C Sewall scheduled to take part. Hopkins intended to preach at Williams College chapel today as Carter delivers a tribute. Sheridan's Australian death recalls his early local theatre days with Mercantile Library and Forrest clubs referencing Suffolk and Columbia Streets.
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Springfield
Hopkins
Williamstown
Carter
Ke, H. Griffin
A. C. Sewall
Schenectady
N. Y
Williams College
Saturday Evening Gazette
William E. Sheridan
Australia
Suffolk Street
Columbia Street
Mercantile Library Association
Summer
Hawley Streets
H. C. Barnabee
Sheridan
Forrest Dramatic Club
Hanover
Friend Streets
Sir Philip Blandford
George F. Ketchum
Farmer Ashcroft
Boston
Nobleest Creative Art Sermon at Conservatory Graduation
The 1887 New England Conservatory of Music graduating class heard Rev O P Gifford deliver a sermon on Music as the Noblest of all Creative Arts at Warren Avenue Baptist Church. A rich program by the conservatory teachers and church quartet featured Mrs E Humphrey-Allen, Mrs Carrie Carper Mills, Mr F G Lunt, Mr Robert E Watrons, Mr Homer A Norris, and others with organists from several local churches. Gifford urged students to embody high character, saying music reflects both composer and interpreter and that art expresses the performer’s character. Earlier notes covered a Hort icultural Society exhibition with roses, rhododendrons, and berries by Lexington and Belmont exhibitors and prizes for various greens and flowering plants.
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New England Conservatory of Music
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
O. P. Gifford
Conservatory
Church
E. Humphrey-Allen
Carrie Carper Mills
F. G. Lunt
Robert E. Watrons
Homer A. Norris
Sig. Augusto Rotoli
Charles E. Tinney
Lillian E. Hyde
Jamaica Plain Baptist Church
Everett E. Truette
Central Church
Walter J. Kugler
Dearborn Street
James E. Ealry
Tremont Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Gifford
Raphael
St. Cecilia
Surprise reunion at Faneuil Hall caps Somerville YMCA meeting
Captain Booker of the R E Lee Camp is startled when a former slave waiter recognizes him after twenty years. In Somerville, the second YMCA meeting in Day Street Church features C IL Coon G W Armstrong and H M Moore as speakers. James Shannon, 30, dies at Somerville police station after prolonged alcohol intoxication. he was a deserter from the English army and had been on a drinking spree.
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Captain Booker
R. E. Lee
Faneuil Hall
Booker
Somerville
Day Street
West Somerville
C. IL. Coon
Charlestown Y. M.C. A
G. W. Armstrong
Boston
H. M. Moore
East Somerville
James Shannon
Shannon
Manley & Lee
Tewksbury
Richardson wins Herald cup at Walnut Hill with 819 score
E F Richardson defeats a large field at Walnut Hill Saturday to win the Herald cup match with a score of 819. W W Lowe takes the rest match with 400 points and W White wins the revolver match with a score of ola.
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Walnut Hill Range
E. F. Richardson
W. W. Lowe
W. White
Evening Theatre Listings for Boston and Oakland Areas
Museum events and theater slots listed for Boston and nearby venues. Includes Kellar performances at the Boston Museum and Ranch at Boston Theatre with evening shows at 8. Promenade concerts at SIC Hall and Opera Company at Oakland Garden with evening shows at 8.
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Boston Museum
Kellar
Boston Theatre
Bristol
Sic
Akland Garden
Brocolini Opera Company
Auctions and Obituaries in Boston Area Listings
Real estate and household sales scheduled with S R Knights Co Samuel Hatch Co and others. Marriages noted for Lauler Glover Shaw Bacon Snow Ford Wilson Embery Bateman Curtis Foster Hall Nason Pierce Stuart and White obituaries for residents of Charlestown Roxbury North Cambridge Melrose and Beatrice Emery Stuart details include ages and dates in June.
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Emlery
Atter
D. P. Morgan
Ruth TD. Wilson
Joseph A. Wilson
Beverly
Annie Ruth Emberg
Brookline
Bateman
Charlestown
Charles Ernest Bateman
Curtis
Ianey B
George Curtis
Hanover
Mass
Foster
Roxbury
Mercy FE. Foster
Hall
John B. Hall
Nason
Elias Nason
Tierce
North Cambridge
Eliza T. Aes
Abner Pierce
Stuart
Beatrice Emery
Arty
Ronald A
Edith W. Stuart
White
Melrose
George W. White
Reply clarifies Wise identity in Faneuil Hall dinner report
In a letter the Virginian clarifies that George D. Wise, Richmond district representative, spoke at a Faneuil Hall dinner, not John S. Wise. They are first cousins with distinct political roles. The note defends George D. Wise as rightly speaking for Virginia and for Fitz Hugh Lee, urging correction of the misidentification.
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Post
Faneuil Hall
Virginia
George D. Wise
Lee
Richmond
John 8. Wise
Mahone
Fitz Hugh Lee
Virginian
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Robert E. Lee
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Frederick
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Horticultural Society
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William Doran & Sons
Belmont
Edwin Fewkes
J. W. Manning
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W. H. Spooner
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Stoneham
KE. Grant
Concord
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Lincoln
S. R. Knights & Co
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Harvard College
E. R. Morse Safe Co
Sudbury ST
the Wises OF
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Wyoming Territory
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Devonshire St
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George R. Akins
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Forbes F Freeman
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Chauncey P. Judd
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Boylston Place
Institute of Technology
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Brookline News
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Wood’s Hall
Yarmouth
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Kneeland Streets
Wood's Hall
New Bedford
Wood
Wood's Holl
J. K. Kendrick
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Geo. L. Connor
L Pass’r
Hingham, Hull & Downer Landing Steamboat Company
Melville Garden
Poats
India Wharf
Louis Pier
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Snghi
Hull
Atlasion
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G. P. Cushing
Halifax
Lewis Wharf
Atlantic Avenue
Sailing Ground
Marblehead
A. de W. Sampson
Washington Street
Boston and Hingham Steamboat Co
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Nantasket
Pemberton
Strawberry Hill
Wil Ae Cave
G. Peirce
Supt. Ustan
Anita
D ‘Ahant
Bass Point
R. O
Ammond
Tae
D.eddy & Son
U.S.A
R. M. Field
Corinne
Eugene Tompkins
Harry Meredith
Oakland Garden
Brocolini Opera CO
the Music Hall
Grand Orchestra OF
Mr AD. Neuendorff
P. T. Barnum
London Circus
Museum of A Seers
Burmah
Alice
Paul Boyton
Living Wonders Museum
C. A. W. Crosby's Jewelry Store
Great Free Street
Huntington ‘Avenue
Boylston Street
Charles
Cambridge
Bowdoin Square
Court
Devonshire
Beach
Harris Avenue
Dover
Newton
Tremont Pynchon
Worcester Streets
Columbus Avenue
Newton Street
Munkadsy
Pilate
Avery Plumer
Plumer & CO
Avey
Ashton
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