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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1897
Page
5
Dr. Lorimer urged fair treatment for working people and arbitration over strife between labor and capital. He warned against wealth concentration, urged civic participation, and defended due process and immigrant education while praising patriotism as a force for unity and international justice.
The People’s Institute and Wells Memorial celebrated Thanksgiving with turkey dinners and praise from eminent divines. Bishop William Lawrence and Robert Treat Paine spoke at the People’s Institute 1171 Washington St, with 300 in attendance as Hutchins’s Orchestra performed.
Rev Father O Callaghan of St Augustine’s Parish preached at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross that a spirit of thanksgiving is essential to Christianity. He praised American freedom and asylum for the oppressed, noted Catholic Church freedom in the United States, and urged Catholic Union members to be lay examples to outsiders.
The speaker praised press liberty and universal voting rights, lamented the arbitration treaty failure by representatives, and celebrated New York voters backing good government. Letters from Archbishop Williams and Rev Edward Hale were read, followed by talks by Professor Blish and others with musical interludes by Archie Leon French and Miss Laidlaw.
Aprons tied and sleeves rolled, volunteers washed dishes as most cooking occurred in the building. A Helping Hands kitchen served piping hot meals to needy families, including a ten person family, a seven person family, and several with five or six members under the direction of Mr Wordell with Miss Whipple assisting.
In Provincetown Father Terra pastor of St. Peter's Church hosted a charity evening for 300 children at Town Hall. All denominations were invited to enjoy a supper and entertainments including singing and recitations. Entertain ment committee was led by Misses Annie Swett Mamie Joseph Nellie Corea Mamie Martin Mamie R. Silva and Annie Francis. supper committee by Mrs. Margaret Smith and Mrs. Ruth Swett.
A Thanksgiving sermon was preached yesterday morning at St. Patrick's Church, Northampton Street, by Father George W. Leahy. Mass was sung by the choir from St. Vincent's Orphan Asylum. Assistants were Father Philip F. Sexton and Father Stephen S. O'Brien. The Shawmut Council Knights of Columbus and Division No 17 AOH attended by special invitation.
Pupils of the New England Conservatory of Music hosted a pleasant house party in the parlor last evening. Charades were presented for entertainment.
The Parker Memorial basement on Appleton street served about 135 hungry people with a Thanksgiving dinner. The Benevolent Fraternity of Churches organized the event with help from Back Bay and Brookline churches. Food came from numerous churches across Arlington to Littleton New Hampshire, plus a celery box from Kalama zoo Michigan via Mrs Edward Dingley.
A Georgetown letter reports British experts found colonial volumes in British Guiana archives detailing Dutch Guiana from the mid 1600s to the 1700s. The records, dictated by the settlement commander, reference Dutch trading depots on the upper Cupuni Moruca and northwest. They support Britain's boundary claims and aid arbitration.
The Good Government League of Ward 24 hosted an open house at their Parkman Street quarters Dorchester drawing about 300 citizens. The event showcased the new political association's aim to improve caucus administration and elect strong candidates.
In Penacook N H the new Roman Catholic Church of St John the Evangelist was dedicated today by Bishop Bradley marking a milestone for local Catholics and the Penacook community.
Admiral Sir Augustus Phillimore K. C. B. retired has died in London. His death was reported from the capital in a brief notice dated November 2.
Inmates at Charlestown State Prison were denied turkey on holidays as officials fear contraband. A circular lists permissible parcels including butter cheese sugar and pie while turkeys were prohibited. About 500 packages were sorted over two days, inmates received roast pork and plum pudding instead. An in-prison chapel entertainment followed.
At Charles Street Jail prisoners received turkey dinner with apple pie cranberry sauce potatoes oranges apples bananas and coffee. Miss Shaw the harpist played in the rotunda heard by inmates in their cells. Similar observances occurred at the harbor institutions Austin Farm Cambridge Norfolk jails the Tombs and Massachusetts General and City Hospitals.
Steamer Boston arrives with Ernest Rudolph a destitute seaman from Yarmouth awaiting transport home from Shelburne. The Georian and Scandinavian delays from adverse winds. Wreckage sighted near Cape Romain suggesting a recent vessel foundering. Tug Juno completes swift tow of the Galatea to Portland for lumber bound for Buenos Ayres. A C. S. Glidden update reports the ship stranded at Egmont Key may be saved. Right wrecking tug surveyor sent to New York.
Sunday evening at Odd Fellows Hall the Ancient Order of Hibernians will honor Rev Eugene Sheehy of Limerick with a reception presided by Congressman John F Fitzgerald. Sheehy, praised for aiding Irish peasants and advocating independence, calls for prudence, home rule, and unity among Irish leaders with support from liberty-loving Americans. He envisions Ireland advancing through land improvement and development of its agricultural belt.
Bernard M. Wolf owner of My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets explains growth from a small shop to five floors with an elevator. He cites aggressive advertising in Boston papers, one price system, free alterations, and new departments including boys clothing as demand grew. The Post notes competitors fear his pricing while predicting strong sales during Gala Shopping Week.
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