Boston officials tour New York sight and squalor
Pawin L. Pilsbury with Chief Sanitary Inspector Thomas Jordan and Dr. Alexander Burr returned from a four day inspection tour in New York. They visited Bowery lodging houses and the Peniel Mission noting crowded basements and coffee for sleeping as a sign of urban distress and comparing conditions with Boston.
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Pawin L. Pilsbury
Board of Health
Thomas Jordan
Alexander Burr
New York
Mr. Pilsby
Boston
Feeney
Bowery
Peniel Mission
Eigk
Edwin L Pilsbury Tours New York Street Markets
Health commissioner Edwin L Pilsbury observed a bustling Saturday night street market scene in New York. He noted push carts selling meat vegetables dry goods clothes and notions along Hester Street and Ninth Avenue with crowds of buyers, calling the fare fair by his assessment.
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Hester Street
Gouverneur Slip
Forty-second Street
Ninth Avenue
Boston
Sacred Concert by German-American Singing Society of South Boston
The German American Singing Society of South Boston held a packed sacred concert at Arion Hall last night directed by Mr. Ascher. The program featured Dregert's Vineta, Heut scheid ich, wn wie ist's inveglich dann, Im Wald, with soloist Miss Carrie Birkenmeyer delivering Schubert and Jensen songs and a few pieces by Johns and Smith. Members of the Symphony Orchestra contributed two trios along with cello and violin solos by Heberlein and Aug. Kuntz.
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Carrie Birkenmeyer
Trockene Blumen
Schubert
Marmeludes Lueftchen
Jensen
Johns
Smith
Symphony
Heberlein
Aug. Kuntz
Archbishop Williams Consecrated Bishop of Boston
Thirty five years after Archbishop Williams became bishop the Boston archdiocese has expanded from 109 churches and 119 priests to over 200 churches and 500 priests. Orphan asylums number ten, hospitals have tripled, and parish schools grew from 11 with about 6000 pupils to 150 with 40000 pupils. The Catholic population now exceeds one and a half million.
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Williams
Bos
Springflei
Providence
Devotion Begun at St James Church on Harrison Avenue
Worshipers began the 40 hours devotion on May 8 at St James Church located on Harrison Avenue, continuing through the night with acts of reflection and prayer.
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Acturs
James
Harrison Avenue
Yester
Saint names appear in Boston area churches list
Day it be onan in the following churches St Joseph Boston St Lawrence Immaculate Conception taught on Annunciation Danvers Immaculate Conception Haverhill Most Holy Redeemer St Peter and Paul South Boston St Peter Cambridge St Columba Brighton St John the Baptist Boston Note OCR errors show misread names and locations.
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St. Josep Boston
St. A. Lawrence
Immaculate Conception
Annunciation
Danvers
Reverend Kendig Delivers Second Ethical Lecture on Family Relations
The Rev. A. B. Kendig spoke at Dr. John Galbraith's Bromfield Street church last night on That Wife of Mine. He outlined qualifications for the ideal married woman and housekeeper, including a high regard for the daily newspaper.
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A. B. Kendig
John Galbraith
Bromfield Street
Retreat for women closes at Immaculate Conception Church
At the Church of the Immaculate Conception a women’s retreat begun March 3 concluded with a one instruction from Rev. W. G. Read and a sermon by Congregation A. Fargis, followed by the service.
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Church of the Immaculate Conception
W. G
A. Fargis
Channing Church Opens East Cottage Street Auditorium
Channing Church Dorchester held the first service in the new East Cottage street auditorium seating about 600. The Gothic interior features visible timbers, quartered oak pews, and a 1000 pipe organ. Organist Thomas R. Frost led the music after a sermon by Rev. Henry Hallam Saunderson on The Power of the Individual Life. The society includes over 100 families and plans dedication in a few weeks.
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Thomas R. Frost
B. J. Lang
Boston
Lowell
John A. Dodge
William Jardin
Walter Atherton
Henry Hallam Saunderson
Technology
Gertrude Newman
J. F. Smith
Saunderson
Atheneum Hall
Town Meeting Square
Castoria For Infants And Children The Kind You Have Always Bought
An old catalog line promotes Castoria as the trusted remedy for infants and children. The advertisement emphasizes consistent brand usage and the product’s familiar labeling. No medical claims are detailed in the short note.
Stage Matters at Colonial Theatre Benefit in Boston
The Colonial Theatre hosts a benefit for the Working Boys' Home next Sunday evening March 17 with reports from many city attractions. Notable acts include Jude Fealy with William Gillette in offence FES mes and Miss Lipman receiving a U S Revenue Cutter belt, while Florence Rockwell and Miss Irwin return to play major roles. Other highlights include new stage innovations at the Grand Opera House and a run of The Burgomaster ending at the Columbia Theatre.
Boston Theater and Opera House Offer Busy Week of Shows
The Boston Theatre opens with The Runaway Girl starring Arthur Dunn and Ethel Jackson for a two week run, Blaney’s Across the Pacific debuts at Grand Opera House, and The White Rat returns to Bowdoin Square. Gillette’s Sherlock Holmes continues at Hollis for two more weeks while May Irwin’s Madge Smith Attorney closes its first week at the Museum. Other highlights include Richard Vage at Park, The Girl From Maxim’s at Keith’s, Ben Hur at Colonial, The Fargomaster at Columbia, and a Royal Burlesque bill at Howard with Bellevis, Tom Brown, and the Three Rosebuds.
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Arthur Dunn
Ethel Jackson
Blaney
William Gillette
Hollis
Mr. Gillette
May Irwin
Museum
Madge Smith
Henry Miller
the Park
Richard Vage
Play
Giel
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Attie Williams
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Poston Peren
Columbia Theatre
Fargomaster
Boston
Alice Pierce
London
Keith
Royal Burlesquers
Bellevis
Tom Brown
Kellehart
Adams
Marty Moore
al Leach
Music Hall
Birbeck
Austin & E'S
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