Thanksgiving Observance at Young Men's Christian Union Dinner
The twentieth annual New England Thanksgiving dinner was held by the Young Men's Christian Union with members from many nations and states. Guests, led by President Baldwin, dined in three long tables and heard speeches by Rev. Phillips Brooks and Rev. Brooke Herford among others. The event honored the union’s mission and featured a praise-filled program with prayers, songs, and gratitude for progress and opportunities in a diverse city.
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Young Men’s Christian Union
Home
New England
Mr. Baldwin
Union Hall
Charles 5. Hill
Plymouth
Harrison
Massachusetts
Brackett
Board of Government
Baldwin
Aladwin
Christian Union
Phillips Brooks
Robert Collyer
Reuven Thomas
George A. Gordon
Brooke Herford
England
United States
Uierford
Hie
F. L. Locke
Charles J. Burrill
George Naught
Messrs. Tully
Davis
Bronsdon
Andrew Gray
Episcopal Church
Russia
Belgium
Wales
Norway
Newfoundland
Scotland
Ireland
Denmark
Sweden
Canada
Nova Scotia
Germany
Prince Edward Island
New Bruswick
West Indies
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Iowa
West Virginia
Maryland
South Carolina
Nebraska
George N. Faught
H. ©. Bronsdon
G. W. R. Harriman
W. H. Baldwin
Walter H. Dugan
Frank L. Locke
Reed Whipple & Co
Parker Trouse
Young’s Ovel
George G. Hall
Adams House
R. B. Brigham & Co
Pierce & Co
James Dooling
George Johnson
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
A. B. Clarke & Co
Otis A. Ruggles
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
David Whiting & S. Sons
Oriental Tea Company
Cobb, Aldrich & Co
John Capen
Thanksgiving Dinner At Boston YMCA For Members Absent From Family Gathering
The Boston Young Men's Christian Association held its annual Thanksgiving dinner yesterday afternoon for members who could not attend family celebrations. The event, while not strictly charitable, served as a communal meal and a token of appreciation for members.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Boston association dinner preserves homelike day spirit
About 250 guests gathered in the gymnasium for a dinner organized by the association with business leaders funding the event. Henry Frost opened with remarks, followed by Walter Douglass Jr and other speakers. Miss Mary Rayner performed recitations and the Euterpe Banjo Club provided music. Twenty five young women from the YWCA volunteered as waitresses, and the night closed with cheers for the association and its gracious ladies.
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Boston
Henry Frost
Board of Directors
Walter C. Douglass, Jr
George 8. Avery
James D. Ball
A. A. Brugeman
Frank Parsons
A.P. Silden
Charles L. Pilkin
J. L. Gordon
Mary K. Rayner
Euterpe Banjo Club
Young Women’s Christian Association
Thanksgiving at Little Wanderers Home in Newton Street
The Little Wanderers Home held a noon Thanksgiving dinner for about a hundred children and patrons. General A. P. Martin presented a Beecher family flag. he praised the flag’s meaning and recounted Civil War service. The event celebrated 25 years of care for 7000 children, including 1500 orphans of soldiers. The day featured tours of the home at 202 West Newton Street, with nursery, playroom, and orderly distributions of treats.
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New England
Little Wanderers
D. W. Waldron
Henry Ward Beecher
New York City
A. P. Martin
General Martin
United States
Martin
Turkey
West
Newton Street
Newsboys’ Thanksgiving Dinner at Faneuil Hall
About 600 young newsboys from the Newsboys Home on Howard Street attended a Thanksgiving feast at Faneuil Hall. President Davis, Superintendent Reed, Mrs. C A Snyder, and the board joined the event as Rev. W Bridgman offered grace before the meal.
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Johnny Horners
Faneuil Hall
Lofton
Howard Street
Davis
Reed
C. A. Snyder
W. Bridgman
Forty Five Merry Bootblacks Feasted at Crawford House
Forty five bootblacks were fed yesterday at the Crawford House by Mrs Dr Augusta Solomon. The boys left smiling, evidently thankful for the dinner and the generous hospitality extended to them.
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Crawford House
Augusta Solomon
Thanksgiving Dinner for Homeless at Boston Homes
Boston Industrial and Appleton Temporary Homes served 42 064 meals this year and hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for the homeless and friendless. The menu included roast turkey cranberry sauce vegetables and pudding. After eating attendees heard addresses by Rev A J Gordon Lewis G Lowe Lyman K Brooks and J D Roberts with songs and instrumental numbers.
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Boston
Appleton
Archer
Shoots
Lawrence Builard
Mathews
Elliot
A. J. Gordon
D.D
Lewis G. Lowe
Lyman K. Brooks
Feast at the Tabernacle Thanksgiving Dinner
Bowdoin Square Baptist Tabernacle hosted a multicultural Thanksgiving for 103 attendees including 16 countries and states. Addresses were given by local leaders and a Chinaman, with contributions from numerous firms and individuals. Ice cream donated by John W. Gordon and the meal featured traditional turkey and sides.
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the Tabernacle
Bowdoin Square Baptist Tabernacle
England
Maine
Massachusetts
China
Italy
Chappell
Training Institute
A. S. Stafford
Lee
Warren Avenue
Andrew Mack
Institute
Farwell
Sheldon
Messrs. Cobb
H. L. Lawrence & Co
Lomasney & Young
C. B. Fessenden & Co
D. A. Dunbar
H. O. Chapin & Co
Clarke Bros. & Co
J. D. Mead & Co
Howard N. Spurr & Co
Pierce, Hartford & Co
Farnum & Co
E. L Morrison & Co
Winn, Ricker & Co
H. P. Morrison & Co
Joseph Squires & Co
G. M. D. Legg
S. A. Wilbur
George Henry Quincy
C. A. Rand
W. L. Leavitt
Miss Hattie Pike
C. H. North
John P. Squire
John W. Gordon
PARDONED CONVICTS AT CHARLESTOWN PRISON
Thanksgiving at the Charlestown State Prison included a concert by the Shipp brothers and a yard session with a football game. Governor pardoned two life-term robbers Henry Pike and Frank H. Wenzell after sixteen years, both from Middlesex county.
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Charlestown
Shipp Brothers
Henry Pike
Frank H. Wenzell
Middlesex County
Wenzell
Boston
Pike
Relative-Free Departure Echoes Across Community
A fragment notes one man leaving with no family or friends nearby, venturing into the world alone. The line underscores themes of isolation and independence as he faces life without kin or close ties.
Freight Handlers' Annual Ball at Horticultural Hall
Freight Handlers Local Assembly 5572 Knights of Labor held its fifth annual ball at Horticultural Hall with about 400 couples attending. Dancing began late evening with a 11 o clock supper intermission in the lower hall. Proceeds go to the sick benefit fund. Floor director Michael O Rourke. assistant Martin E Bree. honored guests Michael Lally Cornelius Slattery Patrick Golden James J Murphy Daniel Donahue and Michael O Rourke.
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Knights of Labor
Horticultural Hall
Michael O’rourke
Martin E. Bree
Michael Lally
Cornelius Slattery
Patrick Golden
James J. Murphy
Daniel Donahue
Michael O’ Rourke
Afternoon Dancing Party at Charlestown Armory
The Charlestown Jadets hosted an afternoon dancing party with dinners and dancing led by R. W. Bray. Holbrook's Orchestra provided the music while William H. Curtis Henry A. Grandy James H. Jacobs and Frederick K. Shaw assisted guests and helped run the event.
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Charlestown
R. W. Bray
Holbrook
William H. Curtis
Henry A. Grandy
Jamesh. Jacobs
Frederick K. Shaw
Dancing Party at Brookline Thanksgiving Benefit
A Thanksgiving subscription party was held in Union Hall Brookline last evening under the management of D F Baxter J F Ryan and J P Mackey. About one hundred couples attended and the dancing continued to a late hour.
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Brookline
Messrs
D. F. Baxter
J. F. Ryan
J. P. Mackey
Union Hall
Social and dance held by John F. Andrew Camp 96
The John F. Andrew Camp 96, Sons of Veterans, held its second social and dance at G. A. R. Hall on Washington street. Officers included Floor director George W. Knowlton and assistant H. C. Paige with aids S. H. Libby W. P. Davis H. P. Botter W. W. Fraser F. O'Brien. Butti man’s Orchestra provided music.
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Sons OF Veterans
John F. Andrew
G. A.R. Hall
Washington Street
George W. Knowlton
H. C. Paige
S. H. Libby
W. P. Davis
H. P. Botter
W. W. Fraser
F. O’brien
Buttiman
Seventh annual ball of Sons of Benjamin Ball held at Turn Hall
The Independent Order of the Sons of Benjamin Ball last evening featured George A. Harris as floor director and S. Rose as assistant with aides Abraham Stahl Wallinan and R. Appel. Levin's Orchestra provided music for the event.
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Sons OF Benjamin
Order of the Sons of Benjamin
George A. Harris
S. Rose
Abraham Stahl
Wallinan
R. Appel
Levin
Cross Country Run Draws Large Field In Boston
About thirty runners began a six mile course from Exeter Street to Corey Hill and back to the club house. Joseph Manley led the pack from Harvard Athletic Association, with Theodore Spencer and J L Dodds among the top finishers. several officials and award cups noted.
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Boston Athletic Association
Lenugth
Exeter Street
Huntington Avenue
Mechanics’ Hall
Chester Park
Falmouth Street
Walker Street
Back Bay Park
Imarshes
Brookline Avenue
Chapel Street
Coolidge’s Corner
Corey Hill
Hawthorne Grounds
Babcock Street
Kent Street
Beacon Street
Carlton Street
Beacon
Manley
Turkey shoot opens Jamaica Plain Gun Club season at Clarendon Hills
The Jamaica Plain Gun Club began its 1890 1891 season with a turkey shoot at Clarendon Hills. The event ran from about 9 30 AM to late afternoon with many members present. Results list multiple six clay and six bluerocks events with names such as Barrett Woodruff Nichols Bradbury Dickey Blake Savage Cobb Needham and more.
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Jamaica Plain
Nichols
Bradbury
Woodruff
Dickey
Blake
Savage
Jarrett
Woodrail
Cobb
Needham
Barrett
Moore
Cilley
Payson
Swain
Thanisch
Secce McCoy
Kunkel
New England Hospital Fair Opens at Horticultural Hall
The tri en nial fair for the New England Hospital for Women and Children begins Monday at 4 p m and runs through Saturday closing at 5 p m. The event features useful and fancy articles flowers seasonable books candies autographs photographs and many specialties with a well appointed restaurant in the lower hall for visitors from afar. Support for the charity is urged.
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New England Hospital For Women and Children
Horticultural Hall
Hood's Sarsaparilla Promises Relief From Blood Ailments
A Ray of Hope for those held by scrofula and other blood diseases, Hood's Sarsaparilla claims to impart good health and strength to the blood, dissolving disease and setting the captive free.
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Hood
Thanksgiving Thought at Unitarian Service on Twentieth Century Life
The Back Bay Unitarian service at Second Church featured Rev E E Hale who urged a view of life in the twentieth century as a moral and economic advancement. He argued education and universal access to art science and literature would raise life, while international peace and a tribunal system could settle disputes, and that faith in God would unify home and society.
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Back Kay Unitarian
Copley Square
E. E. Hale
D.D
Haile
Hale
Prince of Peace
United States
Northern
Pacific
Thanksgiving Day Sermon at Trinity Church
Thanksgiving Day services were held in Trinity Church at 11 a.m. with Rev. Phillips Brooks delivering a sermon on Romans 14 3 about living and dying unto the Lord. He urged gratitude to God and charity to others, stressing the need to relate life to both God and fellow-men and warning that modern individualism risks weakening family worship and social duty.
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Trinity Church
Phillips Brooks
St. Paul
God
Union Service at Eliot Church in Roxbury Thanksgiving
A large union service was held at Eliot Church Roxbury on Thanksgiving morning with Dr Hamilton welcoming ministers from various denominations. Dr Gumbart spoke on social reform and progress while Dr Kneeland and Dr Judson Smith addressed church roles in social advance and missionary work.
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Eliot
Roxbury
Hamilton
Foster
Putnam
Elm Hill Baptist Church
Chase
Highlands
Gumbart
Dudley Street Baptist Church
Gumbert
Kneeland
Highland Presbyterian Church
Africa
London
GOQVO
Plumb
Francis Bellamy
Bethany Baptist Church
Faith of the Christian as a Reason for Thanksgiving
The Rev. Philip S. Moxom preached at First Baptist in a union service for Thanksgiving. He argued the day haslost religious meaning and urged focusing on faith as a reason for thanks, citing Romans I 8 and contrasting early Christians with a sceptical society.
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Philip S. Moxom
First Baptist Meeting
Central Congregational
Jesus Christ
Paul
Thanksgiving sermon praises church as world witness and hope
The speaker lauds the church of Christ as a divinest global witness and a barrier against doubt, urging closer adherence to Jesus principles. He notes divisions and failures yet sees hopeful signs, calling for greater ethical preaching and mass outreach.
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Church of Christ
God
Jesus Christ
The Condition of the Negro and Southern Education
Dr J C Price, a noted Southern orator, spoke at Park Street Church on the rising role of education in black emancipation. He cited homes, funds for schools, and the need for intelligent leadership, praising Tuskegee and Atlanta University figures and noting 10 000 Negro preachers sustaining the race. Booker T Washington and Bumstead shared the message with the congregation as students offered plantation hymns.
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Tuskeegee Normal and Industrial Institute of Alabama
Park Street Church
J. C. Price
South
Price
Banstead
Atlanta University
Washington
Tuskeegee Institute of Alabama
Booker
JT. Washington
Bumstead
Father Ignatius Preaches Revival at Berkeley and Chandler
The small Presbyterian church saw a crowded turnout as Rev. Father Ignatius preached on Matthew 16 13 18. He urged faith of the heart to build the church upon Christ the rock and warned of looming social change. A door collection supported the mission work.
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Father Ignatius
Berkeley
Chandler Streets
Mr. Hood
Peter
Christ
Hell
Miner voices views on city politics during union service
The Rev. A A Miner and Rev E L Rexford led services at Columbus Avenue Universalist Church urging citizens to fulfill constitutional vows and civil duties. He warned against foreign-origin burdens and warned of Rome's political aims while stressing public schools as vital inheritances.
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DP. Miner
A. A. Miner
E.L. Rexford
Roxbury
Church of
Special Exhibits Mechanics' Fair Display
The Cold Blast roll top refrigerators for grocers dairy use and wine coolers are on exhibition at the Mechanics' Fair Building. Limited room at the factory forces sale of those on display now. Cheap.
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Mechanics’ Fair
City Mayoral Ballot Split Over Schools and Religion
A persuasive column argues that both major party mayoral nominees align with Jesuit influence and state aid for private schools, while a third Prohibition candidate stands on school and temperance issues. It urges voters to back the women-led school committee and reject both major candidates on moral grounds.
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Cal
State House
Prohibition Party
Thanksgiving Turkeys Presented to Married Employees
Mesars A Shuman Co distributed Thanksgiving turkeys to each of their married staff on Wednesday. The Boston Theatre drew forty eight thousand attendees for "The Soudan" yesterday, with box office receipts surpassing any prior day for dramatic performances in the city. Saturday evening at Tremont Temple, Hon Daniel Doucherty of New York will discuss Orators and Cretory.
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Mesars. A. Shuman & Co
Boston
Im ‘Tremont Temple
Daniel Doucherty
New York
Grover Cleveland
Politicians thank as truce holds amid Tremont meter storm
The flag of truce is out today and hostilities pause until after Thanksgiving dinners. J Otis Fallon at Democratic city committee HQ says quiet, Republican rooms deserted. Moody Merrill preparing reply to Citizens Association on Tremont meter case. Followers remain calm and dine, while hostilities are expected to resume. The Tremont issue has shaken the Republican ranks as of now.
MR RUST DENIES WEST END RAILROAD INTEREST
Rumors accused Akerman Republican candidate N J Rust of stake in the West End street railway. At 172 Newbury Street he stated he has no interest in the railroad and would not favor or oppose anything to benefit Boston citizens, whether for or against it.
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N. J. Rust
Akerman
West End
Post
Newbury Street
Boston
Notre Dame Jubilee Observed in Cambridgeport
The Sisters of Notre Dame of Cambridge celebrated their golden jubilee yesterday morning at Aquinas Hall Cambridgeport with a large attendance. Rev Thomas Scully pastor of St Marys Church praised the sisters work. A literary and musical program followed with Miss J Chisholm presenting Notre Dame in Cambridgeport and Miss J Conrick delivering the salutatory.
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Notre Dame
Cambridge
Sisters of Notre Dame of
Aquinas Hall
Cambridgeport
Rally for Alger Mayoral Bid at Cambridge Church
A campaign rally for Mayor hopeful Hon. A. B. Alger is planned this evening at St. Paul’s A. M. E. Church in Cambridgeport. Dr. W. C. Lane will preside with speakers including K Representatives elect M. E. Rideout and C. W. Henderson.
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A. B. Alger
St. Paul’s A. M. E. Church
Cambridgeport
W. C. Lane
M. E. Rideout
C. W. Henderson
Burglar Arrested After Upholstery Shop Break-In
Officer True of Station 4 arrested Neil Corcoran last evening for breaking and entering the upholstery shop of J. M. Wait at 62 Tremont Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officer True
Station 4
Neil Corcoran
J. M. Wait
Tremont Street
Runaway horse drags hermetic driver injured at hospital
Ephraim Taylor, a heroic driver, was caught in the wheel of his herdic when the horse ran away. He sustained serious injuries but was still alive last evening and receiving treatment at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Ephraim Taylor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston Man Falls Thirty-Five Feet at Chelsea Wharf
John H. Sexton of 3 Farnham Place Boston fell thirty-five feet from a staging while unloading a vessel at Magee Furnace Company Chelsea wharf yesterday and sustained internal injuries.
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John H. Sexton
Farnham Place
Boston
Magee Furnace Company
Chelsea
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