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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1915
Page
5
Local evangelist schedules three Sunday services to reach more worshipers. The lineup includes morning, afternoon, and evening sessions at the church, inviting families and workers to attend. A brief message urges visitors to arrive early for seating.
Evangelist Billy Sunday attracted massive crowds at the Regent Theatre and city tabernacle in Paterson New Jersey. Morning and afternoon men’s services drew about 19,500, women’s evening attendance 2,500, with overflow and out-of-town visitors swelling totals. ministers faced sharp rebukes while Sunday delivered sermons on character and church credibility.
Between 8 a.m. and 8:30 p.m. 30 000 people filed into the Billy Sunday tabernacle in Paterson New Jersey and nearby New York crowds swelled the vast audience. The immense line moved continuously as thousands sought entry and the shed never emptied.
Despatches report an early morning attack by General Barona’s troops on Roque Gonzalez Garza the convention provisional President of Mexico. Fierce fighting followed with casualties on both sides and Barona’s forces were repulsed in Mexico City.
Arthur Clements died at the Hay Market Relief Hospital yesterday from injuries suffered in an unknown manner. He was pulled from the Mystic River near Sullivan Square playground shortly after 1 PM by Patrolmen Creed and Killela with assistance from Thomas and Robert Green.
A concert of music written exclusively by Harvard graduates will be held in Appleton Chapel at Harvard on May 27 under the American Guild of Organists. The program offers a notably new feature for the university and rehearsals have begun.
A mass meeting to protest the closing of West End lunch rooms will be held at the Tecumseh Club headquarters at 1 Causeway Street next Thursday evening. John H. Farley will preside with speakers including Hyman Weinburg Henry Levenson and Benjamin Warenorf.
A wild unfounded rumor spread that President Wilson had been assassinated, drawing many calls to Boston newspapers and the Associated Press office from concerned citizens across the region.
The letter to editor ANGELICA E. POST argues Americans share blame for the Lusitania sinking. It condemns neutrality, accuses American conspirators, cites German pressures, and notes U S export of weapons and Edison Russia gun contracts as moral paradoxes.
The Associated Press confirmed there is no basis for a circulating report. Inquiries began at dawn, with reporters tracing back to a single source proving elusive. Over a hundred inquiries reached the Post, including one from Plymouth.
The steamship New York of the American line reached Liverpool at 6 15 PM today after sailing from this port last Saturday. The vessel flew the American flag and departed the same day as the Lusitania.
B Atwood Robinson a Boston importer has been commissioned by the Chinese government to accompany the delegation of Chinese business men on their tour of the United States. The Chinese party arrived at San Francisco last week and will visit Boston as the guests of the Chamber of Commerce.
News from Newbury reports Nathan D. Dodge 74 head of the Nathan D. Dodge Shoe Company died in California from heart failure. He was with his elder son Nathan Dodge Jr. and was reportedly on his way home. He was one of the oldest active shoe manufacturers in the business.
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