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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1915
Page
2
A group of G A R veterans led a parade line down the trail after an evening sermon. Participants gathered for a veteran tribute with local attendance and a brief sermon concluding the service.
Attendance yesterday afternoon 8000, evening 11000, total 19000. Previous attendance 687200. Grand total to date 706200. Converts yesterday 165 and evening 232, total 397. Previous converts 16615. Grand total converts to date 17012.
The evangelist preached powerful sin themed pictures and urged faith in Jesus blood as the only remedy. Clergymen at the campaign described the visuals as the most vivid yet as about a thousand attended the afternoon service. A Hamilton Club sermon preceded the Providence revival invitation as clergymen sought dates but were told to retry with broader backing.
In Paterson New Jersey on May 19 an elderly white haired veteran in blue suit shouted praises and waved his hat to lead a jubilant rush as 11000 people surged to the Sun Day tabernacle during an evangelist’s appeal for converts.
A thin ribbon of blue marks a large gathering as 232 veterans and thousands join in a patriotic service. G A R post, Sons of Veterans, United Spanish War Veterans, and auxiliaries attend with khaki drum corps aid. Sunday, exhausted, invites all to come forward and the crowd chants Star Spangled Banner.
The Rev John OBrien of New York was chosen president of the Alumni Association of the American College of the Roman Catholic Church of the United States at its 31st annual meeting in Rome Italy.
Fillmore K. Robeson of Rochester representing Pawling School New York won the Eastern interscholastic golf championship at Wykagyl Country Club near New Rochelle. In 36 holes he defeated Simpson Dean of Rome Georgia and Lawrenceville School New Jersey by 5 up and 3 to play.
A Worcester congressman urges legislators and the public to back a peacetime drive for jobs and growth. He says Republicans will keep the machinery buzzing with bread and butter needs, transportation, and education in party principles while avoiding criticism of the President.
Bare feet and diaphanous drapery at a rehearsal defy Mayor Curley’s edicts. The performance is set for today on the Misses Wallis estate at Centre street Jamaica Plain before a fashionable audience.
A group plans an outdoor masque at the Wallis estate near the Arnold Arboretum to benefit the Jamaica Plain District Nurse and Anti-Suffrage Association. Twelve young girls rehearsed barefoot yesterday and may wear stockings today by mayoral orders.
Speakers at a Republican dinner praised President Wilson and Senator Lodge for backing the nation’s stance toward Germany. They lauded Governor Walsh and legislative Republicans while urging continued party unity and preparation for fall elections.
Police in Maldon announced the assault victims a nurse and an escort were attacked by unidentified assailants. After two days of investigation the force identified suspects and said two arrests were momentarily expected.
Keefe and his sister drove Miss Regan to her home where she remains distressed by the incident. Keefe saw two men jump from a bench by the reservoir and flee into the woods before police arrived. Residents report two men matching the description had been seen nearby for two weeks making insulting remarks to women returning home after dark.
Five Medford High School students picking wild flowers in the Lawrence estate woods were attacked by a man yesterday afternoon. One girl was seriously injured before the others subdued the assailant with hatpins, sticks, and stones.
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