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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1890
Page
9
A bright morning drew thousands to Palm Sunday services as Episcopal and Catholic churches offered special music. Palm branches adorned streets and pulpit messages focused on Easter preparations, marking the day as the start of Passion Week.
Palm Sunday services at the Church of the Advent featured palm branches in the chancel and chorister led processions. Rev. William B. Frisby preached on following Christ through Holy Week, urging preparation, prayer, fasting, and almsgiving as paths to Easter joy.
St Pauls Church was decorated with palms around the altar and reading desk for a morning service led by Rev R C Smith of Trinity Church. Rev Edwin Johnson preached a simple sermon from St Mark xi 11 in the afternoon. The morning anthem Behold thy king draws near the city gates was sung by the choir under Warren A Locke.
King's Chapel held its usual Sunday services with sermons by Rev. Merle St. Croix Wright in the morning and an afternoon sermon on Psalms 29:19. Music was well chosen for the day, with excellent performance of the anthems Palm Branches by Faure and Love Divine by Stainer.
At Trinity Church the day drew an unusually large congregation though no special services were held. The Rev Dr Brooks preached at the morning service and both afternoon at 4 o'clock and evening at 7 30 were well attended.
Catholic churches in the city held impressive Palm Sunday observances with palm bearing by all ages. At the Cathedral a high mass featured Arch bishop Williams blessing the palms and a 100-voice sanctuary choir. Immaculate Conception, St Stephen's, and others planned all day Maundy Thursday and Good Friday services with choir participation and orchestral music ahead of Easter.
The program showcased Mrs Susie Dawson-Doyle Miss Kittie E Yennison contralto Joseph F Sheehan tenor Walter Robbins bass with a chorus of forty. J Frank Donahoe was organist Daniel Crowley musical director. selections included Stabat Mater Domine Dixit Dominus and O Salutaris with solos and choral arrangements in a liturgical concert.
London despatch reports the Earl of Dunraven signaling intent to send Valkyrie to contest the America's Cup if Americans meet him halfway. He insists races be under the old deed of gift and rejects the new clause. Ralli declines to go, favoring competitions in England with promised prizes. Yacht racing debates note American challenge faltering and English cups open to international sailors.
Washington March 30 Special A bill to modify the civil service law would extend veteran preference to all honorably discharged veterans, removing the current disability requirement. The proposal, from the Senate Military Affairs Committee, would not guarantee more appointments as at the War Department many certified veterans are still rejected, and Civil Service officials oppose the change. The report also notes a $75,000 public building project for Haverhill, Massachusetts, described by Congressman Lehlbach as reflecting the city’s growing importance and energetic manufacturing base.
The First Baptist Church Ada marked its 225th anniversary with special morning and evening services on Commonwealth Avenue. Rev Philip S Moxom preached the morning sermon while Dr Cephas Crane President Warren D D and Rev Alexander McKenzie spoke in the evening.
Travel toward Europe will be large this season due to mild winter and strong steamship inducements. E A Adams & Co at 115 State Street market White Star line to Liverpool and Red Star line to the Continent, with fast ships popular in Boston. They also advertise a packet to the Azores sailing in early April.
Dr Hans von Bülow presents the second pianoforte recital at Music Hall this afternoon. His program features Brahms in F sharp minor, Schumann Fantaisie, Chopin Allegro de Concert, and selections from Hindemith and Mozart. The third concert, his farewell in Boston, is set for Saturday afternoon April 5.
William E. Hodgkins and his son Edward W. Hodgkins have formed Hodgkins & Hodgkins and opened a first class tailoring establishing at 27 School street. Cutter Harley B. Curtis joins with years of experience at Charles A. Smith & Co. The new firm promises the best in high class workmanship.
Hasty Puppine Club presents spring theatricals in Cambridge on Tuesday April at 8 15 p m. Tickets and venue details accompany the notice for community entertainment.
Amelia B. Edwards sailed for home as public interest grows around her unpublished history notes. A March proposal from the Egypt Exploration Fund suggested twelve topics including ancient Egypt religion laws and literature. Her hurried improvisation for the Art of the Novelist lecture aided by the Nineteenth Century Club and New England Women's Press Association via cable.
The final winter meeting of the Harvard Athletic Association at Hemenway gym featured outsiders dominating most events against Harvard boys. A. A. Green won the fence vault, D. Heywood and L. Wason triumphed in running high kick, and the rope climbing medal went to Williams with a record 85ft 13 1 5s. Harvard’s lone first prize came in pole vault via C Curry.
The Bridgewater Club of Boston area graduates met at American House for its seventeenth annual dinner. Dr C Irving Fisher gave an essay on Ishmael the Boy with the Bad Inheritance. Several officers and guests from cities including Philadelphia Denver London and New York attended.
The Portland Steamers will depart at 7 o'clock instead of 6, reflecting a schedule adjustment. This change affects all upcoming trips and may alter connections and arrival times for passengers.
Boston witnesses report a test comparing Abram Cox Co furnaces with Edward Fales Furnaces showing the Fales device heating 33 826 cubic feet more quickly and with less smoke. The panel includes measurements of outside and inside temperatures, coal consumption, and a 24 hour run, with affidavits sworn in Massachusetts on March 7, 1890.
A Boston Citizens Association secretary invited Mayor Hart to join a fact finding trip to study other cities and propose new legislation. Hart replied with a caustic letter urging direct, fact based examination of Boston departments and non political, open books to guide improvements. The letter proposes appointing committees to investigate municipal departments and to obtain cooperative participation from executive offices.
The speaker denounces a one line ad valorem duty on pocket knives and other goods, arguing it prompts undervaluation to dodge duties. He warns that high aggregate rates on cheap items burden consumers and accuse lawmakers of serving protected interests over the public. Conant signs off.
The Cardiff Coal and Iron Company formed to develop Cardiff Tennessee led by New England capitalists. Board includes B. J. Smalley and W. P. Rice among others. capitalized at 5 million dollars. Cardiff sits in Roane County on the Cincinnati Southern railroad by the Tennessee River.
Last week 202 deaths were reported to the Board of Health, with six violent deaths and forty in public institutions. A Dorchester lecture on Responsibility for the Good Times of Other People by Mrs Skate Gannett Wells was set for April 2 at 3 p.m. The Boston Y M C A heard Dr Charles L Goodell’s stirring address to young men. Rev Henry F Jenks lectured at the Young Men's Christian Union on Words and Thoughts. The Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange mourned member George C Rockwell of Tallapoosa Ga, appointing a committee for funeral arrangements. In Washington Supreme Court Alonzo V Lynde admitted Warren O Kyle to practice. Colonel George A Keeler, ill with pneumonia, left the Algonquin Club for Hot Springs N C and is improving. Chauncy Hall School established a new mathematics medal.
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