Parables of Spring and the Higher Life in May Sermon
The May Church of the Disciples sermon by Rev. Charles G. Ames extols spring’s spiritual lessons. It links nature’s renewal to faith, hope, and love, citing Humboldt, Agassiz, and biblical imagery while urging daily observation of flowers, birds, and the open spaces that nurture the soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Disciples
Charles G. Ames
Salomon
Jesus
Phillips Brooks
Warbie
Carol
White Mountains
God
Europe
Margaret Fuller
Charlestown
Country Week Association
Kepler
Uniform Hours of Work and the Eight Hour Day
Rev Joseph Cook at Park Street Church argues for an eight hour day as a cornerstone of prosperity. He outlines four helping wheels of relief and seven conditions for any hours reduction, citing Australia and U S experience, and urges workers to prove fitness by temperance and church attendance.
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Park Street
Joseph Cook
Europe
United States
Great Britain
Massachusetts
England
America
Leland
Germany
France
Atlantic
Australia
Cause of Humanity Report at Boston Home Meeting
The annual meeting of the Boston Industrial and Appleton Temporary Home was led by Rev. A. J. Gordon who noted incorporation in 1876 and praised contributors like David M. Weston. Superintendent Thomas O. Roberts reported $28,295 raised and spent on coal wood and furnishing aid, with 12,000 people aided in finding work and 362976 earned by those doing outside tasks. The home supported meals beds sewing and country-home programs, appealing for further funds as Been L Swift spoke and the session closed with the hymn Work for the Night is Coming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Industrial and Appleton
Union Congregational Church
A. J. Gordon
David M. Weston
Thomas O. Roberts
Davis Street
Harrison Avenue
L. Swift
Quiet opposition to open bar law shown in city
Notes report dissatisfaction with enforcing the open bar law, echoed by police and hotel owners. A circulating petition to General Court argues enforcement worsens temperance, while managers expect little impact on business. Other items include society meetings, a deaths count, a Japanese photo exhibit, freight discrimination efforts, and thanks for a May Day festival success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth
Massachusetts Chiefs of Police Union
Young's
Oneg
Board of Police
Sunday on the Common Sees Light Rain Dampen Events
The Boston Common saw limited activity for Sunday services as inclement weather hindered outdoor gatherings. Rev. E. Davies of Reading led a morning singing and preaching service, and at 5 p.m. the Tabernacle Young Men's Institute on Chardon Street organized a singing event with the Ashman family musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
E. Davies
Reading
Tabernacle Young Meun’s Institute
Chardon Street
Ashman
Root
Matthews
Bowdoin Street Baptist Church
Dressing cabinets and Paine's Furniture Warerooms
A public note extols the need for a good dressing cabinet and cites Young on changing principles. It touts Paine's Furniture Warerooms on Canal street as the best local source with over two hundred styles, including many new patterns, and claims no extra cost for the latest design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paine
Canal Street
Exhibition car of Middlesboro minerals travels New England
A Middlesboro Ky exhibit of minerals and woods tours Federal Street station on the New York and New England line. The car has drawn investor interest as a potential basis for a future metropolis dubbed the Marvellous City. Tickets admit the stereopticon show and a lecture at Meionnon Hall Fremont Temple this evening at 8. The second city lots sale in New England City is slated for May 20 with a special excursion train departing Boston on May 17.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Street
New York & New England Railroad
Middlesboro
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Meionnon Hall
Fremont ‘Temple
New England
Boston
Dinners of Boston Clubs Highlighted by Noted Speakers
Saturday dinners at Youngs Hotel featured General B F Butler talking on Schools and school systems and open bars and appointments. Mayor Fisher of Waltham presided. The Massachusetts Club heard phonograph recitals from Brackett Long Coffin Marden Hart and Pierce. Ex-Speaker Noyes led Middlesex Club with tariff revision talk. Woodbury spoke at Newtowne Club on The Revival of Our Commerce. Water Commissioner Doherty retired and was honored at Parker House dinner. Other clubs at hotels included New England Papyrus Massachusetts Reform and Boston Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayors’ Club
Young's
B. F. Butler
Fisher
Walthai
Massachusetts Club
Young’s
Governor Brackett
Long
Coffin
Marden
Hart
Edward L. Pierce
Charles Sumner
Noyes
Middlesex Club
E. P. Smith
Waltham
D. W. Marquhar
Newton
Raymond
Somerville
Reed
Westfield
Ton. Howes Norris
Martha's Vineyard
Charles Levi Woodbury
Newtowne Club
Thomas I. Doherty
Water Board
Robert Grant
P. J. Doherty
William Jackson
Parker House
New England
Papyrus, Massachusetts Reform
Boston Clubs
Hartwell Railed to Rest in Watuam Funeral
The body of Cephas L. Hartwell former Fitchburg railroad general freight agent arrived in Watuam and funeral services were held at 2 pm from his Main Street home led by Rev L P Blackford. A Boston special train brought about fifty railroad officials including Superintendent Adams and General Traffic Manager Whitmore with a delegation from the Boston Chamber of Commerce. The Rumford Quartet sang three selections. Burial followed at Mt Meake Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watuam
Cephas L. Hartwell
Fitchburg Railroad
Main Street
L. P. Blackford
The
Universalist Church
Boston
Adams
Whitmore
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Rumford Quartette
Mt. Meake Cemetery
Archeological Institute Holds Annual Meeting at Harvard Rooms
The Archeological Institute met in Harvard Overseers rooms at 60 State Street with President Charles Eliot Norton presiding. Reports show cash balance of 298,246 on May 1, 1889 and subscriptions by major cities totaling over 13,000. Delphi and other funds discussed. Officers elected include Norton as president and Peters treasurer with Lowell and Frothingham secretaries, and new Western societies urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archeological Institute
Harvard
State Street
Charles Eliot Norton
Boston Society
New York
Chicago
Baltimore
Detroit
Wisconsin
Philadelphia
Delphi
Athens
Journal of Archeology
William C. Lawton
Bandelier
Clarke
Boston
Yale
Washington
Edward G. Parker
Lexington
Bombay
Calcutta
American Society
W. C. Lawton
Minnesota
Cleveland
Cambridge
Henry Cunster
Martin Brimmer
Francis Parkman
Stephen Salisbury
Worcester
Frederic J. de Peyster
Russell Sturgis
Allan Marquand
Princeton
David L. Bartlett
Daniel C. Gilman
John P. Peters
Percival Lowell
Arthur L. Frothingham, Jr
Patrick and Snakes Debate at Music Hall Meeting
At Music Hall Rev J W Hamilton argued that St Patrick could not have driven snakes from Ireland since no reptiles exist there, blaming Catholic legends for superstition. Mrs Mary Sagatoo of Saganing Mich appealed for funds to rebuild an Indian church. Miss Hallie Q Brown of Allen University performed readings and the Commonwealth Male Quartette sang. Brother Fulton’s return was announced for two weeks hence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
J. W. Hamilton
Patrick
Ireland
Hamilton
Mary Sagatoo
Saganing
Mich
Hallie Q. Brown
Allen University
South Carolina
Commonwealth
Fulton
Yachts At Home And Abroad In 1890 Fleet News
Providence May 4. Charles Fletcher sells the steam yacht Emu and buys the Sentinel a 162 foot schooner rigged steamer. Sentinel joins several yacht clubs and will likely fleet with Rhode Island Yacht Club. Elf a new launch by D D Almy measures 76 ft with 11 ft beam. Bohemian formerly A T Bliss Boston is enrolled in Rhode Island Yacht Club. A Massachusetts Yacht Club committee, chaired by Louis M Clark, weighs changing measurement rules and extending time allowances to aid smaller yachts. Mosquito Club schedules pennant and cup races across June July and September with prize events. Eastern Yacht Club mulls a Decoration Day sweep stake for 46, 40 and 30 ft classes tied to May 29 club events. J Pronton ss Sears sells Nooya to New York buyers. A new 23 ft yacht Volunteer is building at Dunbarton Eng for Robert Wylie. London cable notes Earl of Dunraven may not challenge for the America Cup, letters awaited by NYYC. Captain Jake Schmidt, famed single-handed sailor, buried at Stapleton after years on Staten Island. German-born, age forty-three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Charles Fletcher
Emu
Mumins
Brooklyn
Sentinel
New York Yacht Club
Larchmont
American Steam Yacht Club
Rhode Island Yacht Club
George H. Flint
Elf
D. D. Almy
Bliven
New York
Bohemian
A.T. Bliss
Boston
Joseph Fletcher
Charles Letcher
Massachusetts Yacht Club
Louis M. Clark
Corinthian of
Marblehead
The
Eastern Yacht Club
Sailing party capsized off Winthrop in squall
A party including Dr J B Morris of Crescent Beach Mr Thomas H Roberts a Boston carriage maker and Mr David Bailey a telegraph operator capsized near Great Head Winthrop at noon yesterday during a heavy shower. They were rescued with difficulty by local boatmen and cared for at Ocean Spray then moved to Crescent Beach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. 8. Morris
Crescent Beach
Thomas H. Roberts
Washington Street
Boston
David Bailey
Doran, Wright & Co
Great Head
Winthrop
Sheldon
Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn
Messrs. Miller, Flannagan and Fuller
Ocean Spray
William Davis
Dr. Morris
Vesper Boat Club expands with non resident members plan
At a special meeting in Lowell the Vesper Boat Club approved a five dollar annual fee for non resident members and announced a new canoe house costing about three thousand dollars to be ready early in the season. The club also voted to support a baseball team and absorb the Lowell Tennis Club, and a regatta program for Essex on May 30 to June 1 was set by the Eastern division meet committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesper Boat Club
Lowell
Vesper Club
Lowell Tennis Club
Essex
Frederic T. Walsh
James W. Cartwright, Jr
Boston
H. E. Rice
Springfield
Wanted at Yarmouth Steamer Larceny Arrest Report
Inspectors Mahoney and Robinson seized Eugene Rogers aboard the steamship Yarmouth for stealing jewelry valued at $300 from Jacob Bingee's house in Yarmouth Nova Scotia. Most of the stolen property was recovered on Rogers.
Democrats of Ward 19 Nominate Ward Chairman
Delegates from precincts in the nineteenth ward met yesterday afternoon at Friendship Hall Cabot Street to nominate a ward committee chairman. Felix Gallagher led the vote with Thomas F Noonan a close second.
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Nineteenth Ward
Friendship Hall
Cabot Street
Felix Gallagher
Thomas F. Noonan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chas. G.ames
Boston Industrial and
Appleton
Friends OF the
OPEN
New England Historic Genealogical Society
James Schouler
Boston Society of Natural History
J. A. Jeffries
Winthrop School
Young Men’s Christian Union
Leighton Parks
Emmanuel Church
Dudley Association of
Roxbury
H. C. Wirt
Thomson- Houston Electric Company
W. H. Kennard
W. G. Chase
Boston Camera Club
Bromfield Street
Fruit and Produce Exchange
Interstate Commission
Boston Children’s Friend Society
General Butler
Cephas L
Hartwell
van Hovren
Sovereigna
Siys & London
London
Moacow
Baoke Shee
Chris- Terh
Curves de Ons
Loston
Harvard Overseers
St. Patrick
Qoya
U. S
Mosquito Club
J. Prontqonss Sears
Dunbarton, Eng
Robert Wylie
New York Waters
Earl of Dunraven
Jake Schmidt
Stapleton
Staten Island
New York Bay
Yarmouth
Charles Craig
Bright
Dr. Craig
Craig Medicine CO
Passaic
N. d
E. O. Thompson
Old South Church
Edward Burgess
G. W. Simmons & CO
North ST
Tate
Horace Partridge
Washington St
W. W. Stall
Tremont St
Oak Grove Farm
Mason & Hamlin
Warroam
Speciau.j
Thomas F. Fales
Christ Episcopal Church
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