Women’s Suffrage Reform Meets in Boston Class
The National Woman Suffrage Association of Massachusetts organizes a Boston political class to study history and government and prepare for women’s participation in state and national affairs. Rev E L Rexford argues suffrage is a matter of intelligence. America chorus ends the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
National Woman Suffrage Association of
Massachusetts
Boston
E. L. Rexford
sAmerica
John Hutchinson
Unity Clubs meet in Channing Hall with light attendance
National Bureau of Unity Clubs met in Channing Hall with few officers present. President Hale absent. W H Savage presided. D R Butler acted as recording secretary amid a $76 treasury deficit. New officers named include W H Savage president and a diverse slate of vice presidents, recording and corresponding secretaries, treasurer, and an executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bureau OF Unity Clubs
Channing Hall
Edward E. Hale
George M. Budge
W. H. Savage
Watertown
D. R. Butler
Butler
A. Judson Rich
Fall River
Boston
Chicago
American Unitarian Society
Charles W. Wendte
Oakland
Cal
J. L. Jones
E. A. Horton
G. W. Wendte
California
George W
Universalist Missionary Society Meets at Shawmut Church
The Women's Universalist Missionary Society held sessions at Shawmut Avenue Universalist Church with President Rev. Mrs. W. A. Start presiding. Speakers addressed women in religion, home missions, church extension, and reform, urging gentler means for offenders and broader church usefulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian F. Ayer
Somerville
D. L. R. Libby
Putnam, Conn
E. L. Rexford
Roxbury
Universalists
Rogers
Unitarian Sunday School Society Meeting Notes
The meeting at King's Chapel was led by Rev. William H Lyon who spoke briefly on the death of Rev. Henry W Foote. Addresses on teaching morality in Sunday schools were given by Rev. Brooke Herford Lucia T Hines J O Norris and Dr J M Pullman. The session closed with My Country Tis of Thee and benediction.
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Unitarian Sunday School Society
King’s Chapel
William Hi. Lyon
Henry W. Foote
Brooke Herford
Lucia T. Hines
J. O. Norris
J. M. Pullman
Gospel Among the Indians Society Holds Annual Meeting
The Society for Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America met at No 25 Beacon Street with Rev Dr A P Peabody presiding and reelecting officers Samuel Johnson as vice president Alexander McKenzie secretary James Hunnewell assistant secretary Samuel Cobb treasurer. The select committee report made recommendations that were adopted. Resolutions honoring the late Rev Henry W Foote were proposed and unanimously adopted.
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The
Society For Propagating
North America
No. 25
Beacon Street
A. P. Peabody
Samuel Johnson
Alexander McKenzie
James F. Hunnewell
Samuel C. Cobb
Henry W. Foote
Preventive Power of Ideals Highlighted at Meeting
Speakers urged cultivation of love and living for others to avert dark experiences. Election results named Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells as president with a slate of officers including Dr. Salome Merritt and several Mrs. and Miss leaders.
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Xiward Cowles
M.D
John Ordronaux
McLean Asylum
J. Barrows
Kate Gannett Wells
Salome Merritt
A. G. Woolson
M. A. Livermore
Edna J. Cheney
Mary d. Satford
G. Davis
C. Richards
H. R. Shattuck
W. F. Temple
A. G. Weatherbee
Julia A. Nichols
Massachusetts School Suffrage Association Meets in May
The Massachusetts School Suffrage Association held its May meeting at No 8 Park Street. Ernst spoke on adopting the Australian ballot system and Westward voters with wider suffrage. Rev F B Hornbrook urged religious teaching in schools and education for all aspects of humanity. Edna D Cheney would invite Frank P Sanborn to discuss humanity and school board election principles.
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School Suffrage Association
Massachusetts School Suffrage Association
No. 8
Park Street
Ernst
Massachusetts
Congress
West
F. B. Hornbrook
Edna D. Cheney
Frank P. Sanborn
Association
Free Religious Association elects officers at Tremont Temple
The twenty third annual convention of the Free Religious Association of America began with a business session in Tremont Temple. President Potter read a letter urging a new president, which was rejected. New officers include President William J Potter and a broad slate of vice presidents, secretary, treasurer, and directors. Public meetings are scheduled for today with a banquet planned at the Meionaon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Religious Association
The
Free Religious Association of America
Tremont Temple
Whiting
Potter
Atlantic City
N. J
William J. Potter
New Bedford
Octavius B. Frothingham
Boston
Felix Adler
New York City
George William Curtis
Staten Island
N. Y
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Cambridge
Elizabeth B. Chace
Providence
R. I
George Hoadly
Cincinnati
Nathaniel Holmes
Edna D. Cheney
Jamaica Plain
Edmund Montgomery
Hempstead
Texas
Moncure D. Conway
Concord
Mass
W. A. Rust
Phebe M. Kendall
Today’s Meetings at Various City Churches and Societies
Evening devotion at King’s Chapel led by Rev F B Mott. Free Religious Association at Tremont Temple with talks by M J Savage E D Cheney and T W Higginson. Union Y P societies meet Shawmut Church with prayers led by H E Robinson and others. Essays by Annie Ryder F P Stiles Gertrude K Earle and R Whitten. Supper at 6 30 in Meion. Speeches slated after 8 O clock.
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King’s Chapel
F. B. Mott
Free Religious Association
Tremont Temple
M. J. Savage
E. D. Cheney
T. W. Higginson
Society For the Relief of
Beacon Street
Shawmut Church
T. B. Payne
West Somerville
Annie Ryder
Medford
F. P. Stiles
Haverhill
Edward Bellamy
Mr. Bayage
Edna D. Cheney
W. Higginson
Edwin D. Mead
James H. West
Young People’s Societies
H. E. Robinson
Young People’s Society
Gertrude K. Earle
Somerville
Young People’s Prayer Meetings
R. Whitten
Lynn
Beavor Train Robbery On Milwaukee Route
A lone robber boarded a Milwaukee & Northwestern train near Beaver Wisconsin at Beaver station five miles from Exus Junction. He forced passengers to surrender money and valuables at pistol point before leaping from the moving train as it neared Exus Junction.
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Exus Junction
Wis
Milwaukee & Northwestern Road
Beaver
Decoration Day Parade in New York District Observed
May day events in New York featured a subdued Decoration Day parade with Grand Marshal William P. Walton leading veterans and National Guard units along Fifth Avenue to Union Square. Notable participants included General O. O. Howard and General Sherman. the Galena fired minute guns as ceremonies closed.
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New York
Lincoln
Union Square
Seventh Regiment
Central Park
Fifty-eighth Street
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Broadway
William P. Walton
Fifty-fifth Street
Howard
Brooklyn Navy Yard
National Guard
Louis Fitzgerald
Emmons Clark
George D. Scott
James Cavanagh
William Seward, Jr
John J. Camp
Frederick Kopper
Louis Wendel
David Wilson
Old Guard
George W. McLean
Grand Army of the Republic
New York Mounted Rifles
New York Veteran Cavalry
Sherman
Hoffman House
Madison Square
Grand Army
Governor Hill
Grant
Levi P. Morton
O. O. Howard
J. M. Buckley
Department of the Atlantic
Seventy-first Regiment
Galena
North River
Metropolitan Opera House
Congressman McKinley
Ohio
Memorial Day Observed in Newport with Parades and Dedications
Memorial Day activities in Newport feature a large parade by veterans groups and civic bodies, a dedication of the new soldiers and sailors burial lot gifted by RE. H. Schermerhorn, the Tew monument ceremony by Warren Post, and an address by Mayor Coggeshall. A late oration was given by Rev. F. F. Emmerson in Masonic Hall.
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Newport
R. C
Charles E. Lawton
G. K. Warren
A. G. Lawrence Camp
Sons of Veterans
Newport Artillery
Perry Council
United States Veterans
Newport Band
United States Steamship New Hampshire
United States Naval Apprentices
Newport Light Infantry
Othrs
United States Army
Navy
United States Fourth Artillery
Soldiers’and Sailors
RE. H. Schermerhorn
Franklin
Clark
Coggeshall
George H. Tew
Warren Post
van Horne
Duryea
Zouaves
New York
Masonic Hall
F. F. Emmerson
Memorial observance at General McClellan grave
Patterson post and other groups arrived from Philadelphia to decorate the grave of General George B. McClellan in Trenton New Jersey. Orations were delivered by Moses Viel of Philadelphia and former Navy Secretary George M Robeson.
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Little Mac
Trenton
N. J
Patterson Post
James T. Page
Memorial Day Parade in St. Louis Honors Fallen Union Soldiers
St Louis on Memorial Day saw five thousand G A R veterans march to Jefferson Barracks and join one thousand troops at the national cemetery where eleven thousand Union graves were decorated. One hundred thousand residents attended as orations were given and military bands played dirges.
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ST. Louis
Jefferson Barracks
National Cemetery
Haymarket Monument Unveiled in Curcaco Memorial
The Haymarket memorial to police killed in the 1886 riots was unveiled with a simple ceremony. The bronze statue atop a pedestal stands over twenty feet high at Desplaines and West Randolph, featuring Master Degan unveiling the monument.
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Haymarket
Curcaco
T. Cane
Citizens’ Committee
Master Degan
Matthias J. Degan
Cregier
J. H. Head
Desplaines and
West Randolph Streets
Veterans Honor fallen leaders at Arlington procession
Washington May 30 veterans of the late war gathered for annual marches to Arlington Soldiers' Home and other grounds to pay tribute with floral offerings. The Sher idan monument ceremony featured the Marine Band dirge and a shed of roses by Woman's Relief Corps and Sheridan family offerings.
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Arlington
Washington
Garfield
District National Guard
National Cemetery
Harrison
McKee
Scott
White House
Genera Sheridan
Schofield
Sawyer
Manderson
Civil Service
Lyman
Mitchell
Sheridan Monument
Woman’s Relief Corps
Loyal Legion
Marine
General Sheridan
Sheridan
Moral Education Society Holds Annual Meeting
The Moral Education Society met in Meionaon with large attendance. President Mrs Kate Gannett Wells opened the session as secretary Mrs Julia A Nichols reviewed a year of growing work and named key supporters. Treasurer Mrs Susie C Vogl reported receipts 363 29, expenses 194 80, balance 168 49. Julia Ward Howe then spoke on Ideals, cautioning against false sexual ideals and stressing distinction between true and false ideals.
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Moral Education Society
The
Meionaon
Kate Gannett Wells
Julia A. Nichols
Susie C. Vogl
Julia Ward Howe
Fire and parade mark May 30 events in Bennington and Brooklyn
Fires destroy stereoscope works in North Bennington and a major tannery in Alexandria with heavy losses and partial insurance coverage. In Brooklyn, President Harrison attends a somber May Day parade with 11 000 to 12 000 marchers, grand Army ceremonies, and tributes at several cemeteries.
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Bennington
B. G. Surdam
H. T. Cushman
North Bennington
Alexandria
Co. C. Smoot & Sons
Harrison
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joseph F. Knapp
Tracy
Chapin
Grand Army
Willoughby Avenue
Washington Park
Flatbush Avenue
Greenwood
Cypress Hills
Evergreen
Holy Cross
Flatbush
Fire damages Merrimac Street five story building
A blaze at 12 o'clock last night in No 5 Merrimac street began on the third floor and was confined there. The Levine & Co outfit suffered about 2000 dollars in damage while the Bethany Mission sustained around 300 dollars. The building, owned by the Lyman heirs, incurred about 200 dollars in damage. The origin of the fire remains unknown.
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Merrimac Street
City Scales
New England Oyster Company
Bethany Mission
M._ Levine & Co. manufacturing tailors
Levine & Co
Lyman
Confederate Grave Decorated In New Haven Memorial Day
The Veteran Memorial Association of West Haven decorated twenty three Union dead graves and also honored a Confederate soldier buried in the same cemetery. G A R posts paraded to cemeteries and heard orations by local leaders. A grand afternoon parade included the Grand Army posts Sons of Veterans militia and fire departments. The Green rally featured speeches by Mayor Peck and several clergy figures and a school chorus.
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New Haven
Conn
Veteran Memorial Association of
West Haven
Grand Army
Sons of Veterans
Militia
Peck
Edward Harwood
Newman Smyth
Father Higgins
Decoration Day Observed by American Ladies in City of Mexico
In Mexico City on May 80 American ladies visited the United States cemetery to decorate the soldiers' monument with abundant flowers. A flag was placed over the monument marking graves of 1847 soldiers. Messages of goodwill flowed as flowers arrived from United States Minister Ryan and speeches were given by General Frisbie and Minister Ryan at the evening banquet.
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City OF Mexico
United States
Ryan
Frisbie
Philadelphia Observes Decoration Day Across City
Philadelphia observes Decoration Day with public offices and most businesses closed. Thirty six Grand Army posts decorate graves in ninety eight cemeteries in the city and surrounding counties. Some veterans travel to New York Lancaster Norristown for ceremonies at Grant McClellan Reynolds Hancock graves.
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Philadelphia
Grand Army
Grant
New York
McClellan
Renton
Reynolds
Lancaster
Hancock
Norristown
Northern Pacific Nears Great Northwestern Deal
A Pioneer Press special says the planned purchase of the Great Northwestern Central by the Northern Pacific is practically settled. The move would open up the Canadian Northwest, with Winnipeg noted among key interests.
Titania Defeats Shamrock In South Boston Open Race
In light mist and rising 20 to 25 mph breeze Titania beat Shamrock by 6m 74 5s in a 27 mile match from Larchmont Yacht Club. Titania led through Hempstead and Stamford legs with Captain Haff steering. both 70-footers eye defense in America Cup trials versus Valkyrie.
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New York
Titania
Shamrock
Larchmont Yacht Club
C. Oliver Iselin
J. Rogers Maxwell
H. C. Wintringham
Haff
Maxwell
Larchmont Club
Hempstead Harbor
Stamford Harbor
Hempstead
Stamford
Valkyrie
Puritan Canoe Club Races Postponed at City Point
Owing to no wind the Puritan Canoe Club sailing races at City Point were postponed, delaying the scheduled contests and outcomes.
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Puritan Canoe Club
City Point
South Boston Yacht Club Open Race Opens Yachting Season
The South Boston Yacht Club opened the season with a rain affected open race off City Point. About eighty yachts entered as winds fluctuated from light southeast to a calm before a fresh northerly breeze allowing many to finish within the four hour limit. The Shadow led in class one, White Fawn led class two, Eureka dominated class three, and Skipper won the mosquitoes in class six amid protests and a buoy fouling claim against Flora Lee.
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South Boston
Louisa Jane
Veto
Echo
Eureka
Thompson’s Island
Maude
Sea Bird
Queen Mab
King Pin
Maud S
Posy
Maud 38
Thelga
Alice
Diadem
Rocket
Flora Lee
Sprite
Enigma
Skipper
Minnie
House Committee
Evening Hop in Club House Summary
The note records an evening hop at the club house. It mentions the race summary with FIRST CLASS and CENTREBOARDS as top entries.
No Race of the Pleons Marbleshed May Day Bout
Marblehead May 30 Owing to a misunderstanding the yacht race announced for today did not take place.
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Marblehead
West Lynn Yacht Club Plans Sixth Annual Regatta and Fixtures
The West Lynn Yacht Club met with Vice-Commodore Elmer Davis in chair and adjourned to June 6. The seventh annual regatta set for June 17 offers four classes with prizes of 8 5 3 dollars and varying distances from four to six miles. Committee includes R. McKay, A. Mower, F. A. Smith, E. F. Davis, W. W. Johnson. Club courses scheduled for June 28 to Paddick's Island, July 21 to Marblehead, August 25 to Paddick's Island. Vessels Nordeck, Sleep Cygnus, Blanche, and White Wings noted with repairs and new sails. Niles Boxtromp buys White Wings.
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West Lynn Yacht Club
Elmer Davis
R. McKay
Marblehead
Paddick
Nordeck
Howe and Rich
Williams
South Boston
Sleep Cygnus
Robinson and Johnson
Bessom and Wilder
Blanche
Niles Boxtromp
West Lynn
Fred Tarbox
New Haven Yacht Club Opens Season With Regatta
The New Haven Yacht Club opened the season with a sail to Branford Point and an opening banquet. Twelve yachts participated and were towed to Branford Point Hotel due to light wind. later a stiff breeze created a lively race back to the anchorage.
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New Haven
Conn
King Philip Yacht Club Regatta Held in Mt Hope Bay
The annual sail in regatta of King Philip Yacht Club took place in Mt Hope Bay with 22 entries across four classes. In fourth class Nora captained by A S Aly of Bristol finished with a time of 2 03 34 alongside other noted boats Rena did not finish. prize list includes silver cup for first class winner Mabelle Swift, and cash prizes for other class winners including Climax Windward Barbara Greta Nora Florie among the top placers.
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Far River
King Philip Yacht Club
Mt. Hope Bay
Nora
A. S. Aly
Bristol
Eeeres
Elmer B. Young
Swarise
Dee
Ranisk
T. H. Shurtleff
Providence
Hesper
I. Hagxerty
Aso
Florne
L. P. Davis
Somerset
Lola
John Dexter
Mattapoisatt
Reba
Rena
Mabelle F. Swift
Kelpie
Climax
Windward
Barbara
Greta
Florie
Memorial Day Regatta At Orleans For Cape Cod Yacht Club
The Memorial Day regatta off Orleans saw four first class boats compete in a six and three eighth mile triangular course. Ariel won with 1h 34m 45s, Madge 1h 36m 19s, Nobsecus sett 1h 87m 25s, Puritan 1h 44m 29s in a closely fought race under a strong southerly breeze.
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Orleans
Cape Cod Yacht Club
Madge
Puritan
Ariel
Nobscussett
Nobsecussett
First Pennant Race Of The Great Head Yacht Club
The Great Head Yacht Club opens its pennant season with the first race scheduled for Sapnae afternoon at two o'clock and the opening hope the same evening.
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Great Head
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Titania VS. Shamrock
Burgess
Shadow
John Bryant
W.cherrington
Black Cloud
Aaron Brown
Moondyne
Shaw Bros
C. P. Pike
Bunnell & Isham
Judith
W. B. Pigeon
Annie Mand
Vejahn
Irynhild
W. D. Smith
Orna
W. F. Merrill
E. B. Rogers
Tom Cat
C. H. Lockhart
R. G. Hunt
P. M. Bond
Ft. A. Tiving
J. B. Farrell
C. L. Joy
J. H. Perry
Lark
A. P. Parkhurst
Sunshine
E. W. Haskell
B. T. Hall
Altice
R. C. Harding
W. &. Geyer
Bride of the Wind
F. J. Toby
Minnie R
E. D. Dixon
Flying Yankee
Sawyer&Rich
Cooper
Thomas Scannell
Cinderella
J. B. McDonough
L. A. Heyward
A. M. Faxon Eecenee
Pocket
Ackard & Glover
P Ware
Mabel D
R. D. Keith
Wildfire
H. A. Nora
G. B. Dennie
W. S. Sawyer
Corsair
Millett
Z. R. Tuft
Minnie, Bertram & Jackson
H. M. Wells
J. F. Small
Eva
J. BE. Maxim
Nellie
John O’ Leary
Pink
George Corbett
Lucy
W. H. Rangom
G. F. Clark
Ape Bullard
Ubert Ape
Lam
Thomas Christian
Goifrey
D. Ni Oing
Arthur Uller
F. Lorrill
Henry Hall
Onry . Roberts
W. Sherman
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George A. Crawford
Isham
F. G. Cooley
Otis A. Ruggles
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King Philip Club Regatta
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Yachts and Yachting Supplies
Edward Burgess
State Street
Robert W. Bibber
Epward Burgess
Sixth
Samuel Thaxter & Son
Eldridge
U. S
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Orinda
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Weinette
Mosquito Boat Pink
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Yacht Supplies
S.S. Pierce & CO. Yachting Caps
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