Boston Methodists' View of Pleasure
Boston Methodist ministers yesterday disputed a Los Angeles conference proposal to remove bans on dancing card playing and theatregoing. They argued the change is not revolutionary but shifts enforcement to individual conscience while advising against such activities. Citations from Rev Perrin Walker Parkhurst Spencer Manchester and others frame the debate.
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Boston
Los Angeles
Cal
Willard T. Perrin
Methodist Church
Raymond P. Walker
Allston Methodist Church
G. H. Spencer
East Boston
Herbert A. Manchester
Presbyterian Church
Little Girl Thrown Into Acushnet River
Nine year old Helen Hathaway was tossed into the Acushnet River near Rural Cemetery as she gathered wild flowers with Ruth Potter and Sarah Aiken. A man emerged from bushes, seized her by the throat, and disappeared into the thicket. the attack left witnesses shaken and police seek the assailant, believed to be driven by a defective grievance.
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New Bedford
Hathaway
Helen Hathaway
Acushnet River
Helen
Ruth Potter
Sarah Aiken
Reed
Fish Fleets Bring Haddock Prices Soar At Pier
Schooners delivering haddock and cod report mixed cargoes from Pythian Sea Foam St. Paul Yankee and Lucy B with haddock cod and mixed fish amounts. Haddock prices jumped 3% to 51-10 cents a pound as Danish Nicolai ST. sails from Copenhagen April 19. Norwegian Brighton docks with bananas and pineapples from Cuba. Towboat Sadie Ross earns a harbor towing record, bringing in four masted schooner Winfield S. Schuster from Newport News with 2400 tons coal. Welcome auxilliary schooner prepares daily trips under Captain Higgins with 35 horsepower engine. E H Downing returns to duty after two weeks, and two stowaways bound for Liverpool face work to pay passage on City of Columbus voyage.
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St. Paul
Yankee
Lucy B
Nicolai ST
Scotland
Grand Banks
Brighton
Long Wharf
Nipe Bay
Cuba
Sadie Ross
Winfield S. Schuster
Newport News
Bird Island Flats
Carleton, Norwood & Co
Rock
Port
J. B. Crocker
Captain Crocker
Charles Balch
Welcome
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Hudson
Higgins
John Wilson
E. H. Downing
Savannah
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New York
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Eynon
John Lowensky
Alexander Sakarov
Nicolai N
Lissner
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Kanitz
Louisburg
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Crowell
Gloucester
Dizer
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Banes
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Philadelphia
F. P. Wing
Orion
Hillary
Next News
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Taylor
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Oley
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Bar Monitor
Shawmont
Boswell
Haley
Camden
Daisie
Hakendauqua
Ryder
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Black Bigs
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Teaser
Chandler
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Hill
Logan
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Nottingham
Tingle
Port. Johnson
C. R
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Carlisle
Lloyd
Newburyport
Preston
Frank
Tra
Branscombe
St. John
N. B
Neva
Chute
Bear River
Winfield
Schuster, Crocker
Iron Ox Tablets Promise Constipation Cure
An old advertisement touts Iron-Ox Tablets as a safe permanent cure for constipation. It claims relief without harming digestion, contrasts with harsh purgatives, and cites restoration of natural function. Distribution via The Iron-Ox Remedy Co of Detroit.
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Iron-Ox Remedy Co
Detroit
Hich
Shipping News Mini Almanac May 14 Weather and Arrivals
A compact shipping log notes sun and moon timings, high tides, and arrivals and clearances. It lists steamer Nicolo N and numerous vessels sailing to and from ports such as Gloucester Baltimore and Philadelphia along with cargoes including bananas and pineapples.
Five auto speeders fined in Brookline
True to the exclusive prediction of the Post some weeks ago, Brookline police have begun a crusade against unlawful speeding. Five motorists appeared before Judge Perkins and paid $5 fines each for violating the town speed ordinance. Named defendants include Alfred Nichols of Waltham, Joseph Merrick of Brookline, Hugo Pearson of Somerville, Arthur C. Hoyt and Edward Fish of Boston.
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Brookline
Alfred Nichols
Waltham
Joseph Merrick
Hugo Pearson
Somerville
Arthur C. Hoyt
Edward Fish
Boston
Judge Perkins
Shriners Night At The Globe Ends In Sold Out Scene
Aleppo Temple Nobles hosted a Globe Theatre extravaganza titled The Isle of Spice. The entire house sold out for Boston theatricals marking a first in local history. Arab Patrol members appeared on stage after the first act. a lavish banquet followed for the troupe and temple officers. Notable Masons in attendance included James S. Blake and Charles C. Henry among others.
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Boston Theatricals
Aleppo
Temple
Mystic Shrine
Globe Theatre
Isle of Spice
Aleppo Temple
James S. Blake
Charles C. Henry
E. C. Benton
Caleb Saunders
Charles A. Estey
Joseph W. Work
Benjamin W. Rowell
George A. Shadsford
Walter W. Morrison
Charles H. Porter
George S. Carpenter
William H. Puffer
Albert L. Richardson
Edward H. Wise
J. Henry Young
George H. Allen
Augustus C. Jordan
Alfred H. ‘Hartley
the Temple
Isle of Spice’ ‘Company
Charlestown's Missing Boy Ernest Cahill
Ernest W Cahill, 15, of 19 Parker Street Charlestown vanished Tuesday. He is 5 ft 4 in, about 180 pounds, blue serge suit and cap, carried gold watch and charm. A woman says he took $25 to $30 and claimed to be fleeing to New York or New Hampshire. His mother notified police in Providence New York Lowell and Newport NH. no reason known.
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Ernest W. Cahill
Parker Street
Charlestown
New York
New Hampshire
North End Plumbing School Graduation Held in Union Rooms
The North End School of Plumbing held its annual graduation exercises at Parmenter street union rooms last night. E. W. Jones W. J. Malcolm W. J. Murray Owen Hawkins and G. J. Patterson completed their work to the board of supervisors satisfaction and received diplomas.
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North End Plumbing School
North End School of Plumbing
Parmenter Street
Ehh
Board of Supervisors
E. W. Jones
W. J. Malcolm
W. J. Murray
Owen Hawkins
G. J. Patterson
Veterans of Co C 13th Regt Dine at American House
Fifteen Civil War veterans belonging to Company C of the Thirteenth Regiment banqueted last night at the American House. Captain W. H. Jackson presided. The Rev. S. H. Roblin of West Newton spoke on war reminiscences, joined by others sharing experiences.
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W. H. Jackson
S. H. Roblin
West Newton
William A Peard Dead Dorchester Builder’s Son
William A. Peard eldest son of a prominent Dorchester builder died yesterday at his parents home 54 East Street Dorchester after a lingering illness. He was active with numerous charitable and benefit organizations.
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William A. Peard
William Peard
Dorchester
East Street
Mr. Peard
Prom Night at Boston College in Copley Hall
Fully 800 persons attended the class promenade at Boston College last evening in Copley Hall. Floor marshal Joseph A. Wallace and a team of assistants guided the event with matrons named Mrs Campbell, Mrs Lambert, Mrs Guinness, Mrs O'Brien, and Mrs O'Hern among them.
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Boston College
Copley Hall
Joseph A. Wallace
James L. McGuinness
Edward J. Campbell
John S. Cashman
Albert S. Collins
Michael J. Danahy
James SE. Dunn
George T. Eberle
John F. Greene
Howland J. Harkins
Richard F. Howard
John T. Kerens
Walter J. Lambert
Bernard {. McManus
Wagon Accident on Norfolk Avenue Ends in Severe Injuries
James O'Donnell fell from a heavy two-horse wagon on Norfolk Avenue Roxbury as he finished work last evening. The wagon wheels passed over him causing internal injuries and a compound fracture of the right arm along with multiple bruises. He was taken to City Hospital and resides at 101 Ruggles Street.
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Norfolk Avenue
Roxbury
James O'Donnell
Ruggles Street
Train crushes man in Fall River accident
Olin F P Doyle, 65, of 119 Eagle Street Fall River, had both legs crushed in an attempted boarding at Cedar Hill station in New Haven on May 13 leading to amputation.
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New Haven
Conn
Olin F P. Doyle
Eagle Street
Fall River
Cedar Hill
Cantrill Declines 209th Ballot Nomination in Kentucky
Lexington Ky May 13 Colonel J Campbell Cantrill of Scott county was today nominated on the 209th ballot in the seventh district Democratic convention to succeed South Trimble in Congress. He declined the nomination.
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Lexington
J. Campbell Cantrill
Scott County
South Trimble
Cantrill
Carnegie Sends Book to Melrose Library
On May 13 in Melrose, Andrew Carnegie presented the trustees of the new Carnegie Library with a copy of Hugo Grotius's The Rights of War and Peace, or the Law of Nature and of Nations.
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Melrose
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Library
Hugo Grotius
Maine Ready for Fishermen
Maine fishermen are urged to obtain a Boston and Maine Fishing and Hunting booklet for two cents, along with a companion book on fish and game laws of northern New England and Canada. The note highlights that lakes like Moosehead and Sebago have cleared ice and bass are active in Belgrade and Grand Lake in Washington County.
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Maine
Moosehead
Belgrade
Washington County
Grand Lake
Boston & Maine
New England
Canada
General Passenger Department
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston
Master bakers hail strike as boost to profits and efficiency
Master bakers declare the strike a blessing with aims to ensure fair bread profits and a new system across benches. They predict two weeks to implement plans reducing future strikes via shared labor, new devices cut spillages, and unified operation under the union’s leadership.
Temperance twist as adulterated liquor claim shocks meeting
Albert E. Leach argues adulteration promotes temperance and warns most food products are heavily adulterated. He cites jam, lime juice and coffee samples lacking contents, while urging temperance advocates not to oppose liquor adulteration. Other talks praise water systems and Massachusetts notes. Eliot speaks on content in work.
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Emmons
American Science Association
Albert E. Leach
State Board of Health
Mr. .Leach
Leach
E. O. Otis
Germany
England
United States
Robert S. Weston
Massachusetts
Eliot
Co. W. Holland
Samuel Cabot
H. Co. Ernst
W. T. Porter
M. D
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