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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1889
Page
2
The speaker extols liberal Unitarian principles against creeds, praising Channing and Parker, calling for education, abolition, and civic virtue. Clergy Roger Wolcott and Stephen H. Camp welcome attendees, while Curtis Guild Jr. and others reaffirm faith in liberty, science, and the fatherhood of God guiding social reform.
The Rev. Henry Doty Maxson of Wisconsin urges the East to aid the West in dispelling belief in a punitive hell. He cites a bereaved mother asking if her son is consigned to endless torture and argues for a comforting faith aligned with gospel purpose.
The president introduces Edward Atkinson as the Aladdin cooker inventor and jokes he will prove his diet system by example. Atkinson says he is unsure what topic to pursue and cannot improve the condition of the rich, recalling his first public speech to Unitarians and a Catholic priest’s question about his creed.
George O. Shattuck remarks on the absence of Leverett Saltonstall, praises the Unitarian Club for fostering harmony and dialogue among clergy, cites a Harvard President Walker analogy about drawing together, notes the rise of clubs shaping social, religious, and political life, and hopes the Boston club remains a standard bearer in forward movements.
Rev W W Fenn of Pittsfield is hailed as a fledgling in the Unitarian ministry. He argues against cold formality and calls for warm greetings and living faith. He urges members to begin now and do the next thing to deepen spiritual life and build the denomination.
The speaker emphasizes broadening inner spiritual life to strengthen mission work. As meetings conclude, the inspiring messages and noble triumphs voiced throughout are praised, hoping all participants enter a deeper fellowship of spirit that has sustained them.
The Rev Samuel A Eliot urged humility and service, promising young preachers will carry the gospel abroad. Speakers and guests included leaders like President Eliot and numerous judges and scholars listed in attendance or sent regrets.
The Interstate Telegraph Company sues the Baltimore and Ohio Telegraph Company in federal court seeking $50,000 damages. Allegations allege a 1885 agreement to exchange business for lines from Detroit to Avilla and Fostoria, with B and O transferring lines to Western Union in 1887 without due provision for Interstate.
Jefferson City Missouri May 30 The Interstate Commerce Commission held a hearing with Abiel Leonard charging the Chicago and Alton railroad with extortionate live cattle shipping rates. Leonard and supporters say Missouri rates run eight percent higher than Illinois and Iowa. Railroad attorneys call this a broader challenge to the weighing system adopted last January and argue shippers favored carload rates. Decision was reserved.
Dr Morags Ia May 30 Governor Larabee prepares to press railroads with six targeted questions sent to state shippers. The survey asks about local freight rates two years ago current rates satisfaction deficiency in tariffs passenger service quality and views on state control and future railroad legislation.
At Forest Hills cemetery a new monument over a child's grave is unveiled by Mr and Mrs Mieusset of the Sewall Place French restaurant. Designer is Mrs Mieusset. The statue shows a boy in a boat with a tennis racquet, titled Louis, in Italian marble. The piece is encased in heavy plate glass on a marble pedestal facing Citron avenue.
The seventh annual session of the National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts and Boston Political Class convened in Meionaon last evening. Mrs. H. R. Shattuck chaired as members debated freedom versus equality, socialist critique, and the need for women lawyers with Miss Mary A. Greene and Harriet H. Robinson presenting the platform calling for a federal constitutional amendment to secure women's suffrage.
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