Watch and Ward Society Hosts Public Meeting at Park Street Church
The Watch and Ward Society gathered at Park Street Church with Rev Dr Withrow and speaker Henry Chase recounting the group’s 21 year history. They described efforts to curb immorality from window displays to theatres and posters while noting past closing of gambling dens and the removal of the Louisiana Lottery.
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Watch and Ward Society
Park Street
Edward Everett Hele
Horton
Withrow
Henry Chase
London
Boston
Ling
Stow
Harvard
Louisiana
Allen
Alice Freeman Palmer
St James Coffee Party Plans April Reunion
Parishioners of St James Church gathered at the parochial hall to organize a coffee party at Copley Hall on April 26 to reunite all old parishioners. A permanent committee was formed with John Quinn as chairman and John Foley as treasurer, and a general committee led by Councilman James A Sweeney was appointed with many Boston citizens named.
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William P. McQuad
St. James Church
Harrison Avenue
Copley Hall
John Quinn
John M. Foley
John
John T. Sullivan
P. J. Daly
J. Fleming
M. A. Sullivan
John P. Dore
W. A. H. Crowley
C. E. Colbert
Daniel Driscoll
John L. Donovan
John A. Dugan
John Lyons
Thomas Ackey
W. F. Kerrigan
L. H. Collier
Thomas C. Sutton
John Sullivan
Thomas Brennan
James J. Burke
Joseph Ryan
Boston
China Refuses Italy's San Mun Bay Lease Demand
The Chinese foreign office returns Italy's demand for a lease of San Mun Bay with the same terms as Kiao Chou Bay. A letter accompanies the reply stating the Chinese government cannot grant the request.
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Perin
San-Mun Bay
Germany
Kiao-Chou Bay
Kurinsky Segel Wedding at Puritan Hall
Miss Fanny Segel daughter of Mr and Mrs Joseph Segel married Mr Abraham Kurinsky last evening in Puritan Hall Rev Isaac Boritz officiated Bridesmaid list includes Eva Hoff man Fanny Fine I Goldman Ida Gibbis Ida Rosenthal Rose Brook Best man Louis Segel Ushers I Rosenthal H Simon B Yaker I Gibbis L Segel H Phillips I Rosenberg observed by a large assembly of friends.
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Puritan Hall
Fanny Segel
Joseph Segel
Abraham Kurinsky
Isaac Boritz
Annie
Theatre season promises and family news from stage world
This evening offers a bright theatre program as many houses revamp shows and several productions debut in the city. Mrs. Cornelius Jackson, sister of Joseph Jefferson, dies at 62 leaving a son. Jefferson plans a Palm Beach and April Atlanta tour.
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Boston
Cornelius Jackson
Joseph Jefferson
Jefferson
Palm Beach
Fla
Atlanta
Chicago
Sporting Life
Camille D’arville
Texas
Henry Irving
Comyns Carr
Robespierre
Sardou
The Boston Stage Tonight and This Week in City Theatres
A crowded variety of engagements fills Boston venues tonight including Viola Allen in The Christian at the Museum and Julia Marlowe in Colinette at Hollis. May Irwin, Minnie Ashley in The Geisha, and the King of the Opium Ring melodrama at Columbia also feature, with Lost in New York and Shenandoah among other attractions at Bowdoin Square Grand Opera House and Boston Theatre.
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Viola Allen
Boston
New York
Julia Marlowe
Colinette
Hollis
May Irwin
Kate Kip
Miss Irwin
Dainty
Minnie Ashley
Mollie Seamore
Tremont
Miss Ashley
Columbia
San Francisco
Bowdoin Square
John Graham
Grand Opera House
Boston Theatre
Castle Square
Bowery
Handsome Truly Shattuck
Laney Haskell
Gracey and
Burnett
Gladys van
Lewis and Elliott
Nelson Sisters
Vinnie Henshaw
Louise Auber
Pauline Moran
Jess Dandy
Howard
Neil Burgess
Marion Manola
Keith
Royal Fairs of
Ashantee
Austin & Stone
May Howard
Grand Theatre
Alice Nielsen
Remet
Metropolitan Opera Company
Eugene Tompkins
Jacob Litt’s
Shenandoah
America
Opera Co
Complaints in the Fifth Massachusetts Volunteers Camp Wetherell
Residents of Newton and relatives dispute Colonel Whitney’s telegrams claiming the Fifth Massachusetts Volunteers lack for essentials at Camp Wetherell Greenville South Carolina. A letter reports forty men sick in one mess hall and warns of more deaths if they are not sent home. Meetings with Governor Wolcott promised early mustering out if conditions are confirmed.
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Newton
Fifth
Massachusetts Volunteers
Camp Wetherell
Greenville
S. C
Whitney
Wolcott
Barred from Pulpit Amid Church Siege in Rain
Reverend Dr. Joseph K. Dixon faced a barricaded church and locked organ as he attempted to lead services from the steps outside the building. Deacons Sawyer and Smith joined, but both were absent for the evening gathering while rain ceased to reveal a tense, prayerful renewal.
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Sawyer
Smith
Jesus
Plumb
Tears and Hand Grasps at Boston Church Standoff
Dr. Joseph K. Dixon faced a tense postservice scene as supporters wept and grieved. Members of the church society vowed to keep the Warren Avenue Baptist Church closed, while Dixon stated he would mind his own business and may not return to preach this week. Three barricaded keepers, all Boston residents aged 24 to 40, guarded the church interior and shared meals during shifts.
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West Canton Street
Dixon
Sawyer
Smith
Warren Avenue
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Christ
Joseph Sawyer
Dr. Dixon
William E. Smith
Aoeen
George E. Ladd
Sduton
Boston
Joseph K. Dixon
Cambridge
Your head will be clear and your work will be easy
A short motivational note stating that clear thinking will simplify tasks and increase efficiency, emphasizing mental clarity as a precursor to smooth performance. It frames a general principle rather than a specific event or action with named entities.
Controversy at Chinese church over Sunday barricade and notices
The post office and church conflict escalated as barricades blocked church doors and notices declared no Chinese school. Deacons Sawyer Smith denounced the move as outrageous while Dr. Dixon and supporters planned a peaceful service attended by about 150 people.
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Heman W. Chaplin
Society of the Church
Sawyer
Post
Deacon Smith
Standing Committee
Dr. Dixon
Dixon
Smith
Celestial Kingdom
Pie Nad
Jules Cambon Arrives in New York Aboard La Champagne
French ambassador Jules Cambon arrives in New York aboard the steamship La Champagne. He is among passengers who disembarked in the city on March 6.
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New York
la Champagne
Jules Cambon
France
United States
Refund offer for Greene's Syrup of Tar guarantees
We agree to refund money on a 50 cent bottle if it fails to cure cough or cold and offer a 25 cent bottle to prove satisfactory or refund. Signatories include Emery Souther and many merchants at addresses in Boston such as Green Street Tremont Street Washington Street Bromfield Street and Dorchester Street among two hundred others.
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Greene’s
Emery Souther
Green St
UST & Richardson Drug CO
Jfeorge G, Goodwin & CO
Bradbury
Washington
E. Woodward & CO
Bromfield
Joseph L. Parker
Tremont St
Brave officer wounded in night attack as burglars flee
A police officer faced a bold burglary, drawing a revolver that misfired while a burglar shot him in the left knee. The officer struggled, disabled attackers, and was later aided by Thomas J. Boyle before being taken to St John’s Hospital with possible lung injury. The robbers escaped and were still at large.
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Thomas J. Boyle
Howard Street
Healy
St. John’s
Infant’s Body Found at Easton Pamping Station
The body of a full grown female child, about one week old, was found in the strainer at the pamp ing station on Addison Street in Easton yesterday afternoon. Police are investigating the mysterious death and seeking clues.
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Pamping
Addison Street
East Oston
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