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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1919
Page
5
The Boston Post invites letters from readers on the efficacy of prayer and whether prayers are answered. August 22, 1919. Submit brief, specific experiences to Prayer Editor, Boston Post, with optional anonymity and one-sided pages.
A reader describes how persistent prayer and faith helped her husband quit smoking after years of habit. She recounts praying together, a decisive moment on his knees, and the belief that God answered in His own way. The letter urges continued earnest prayer for national issues and cites faith as guidance.
A reader from Dorchester urges steadfast prayer amid divine silence. The article argues God answers and withholds for the believer’s good, urging continued faith and nightly devotion. No petition is too small and prayer remains effective.
Letter to the Post recalls 1863 Lincoln day of humiliation and fasting and 1918 Congress request to Wilson leading to May 30 observance. The writer urges recognition of these national prayer events as pivotal moments in American history.
A reader describes relief from rheumatism behind a moved office chair and then finds a new job quickly after praying. She secures an agreeable, well paid position and notes two direct answers to prayer, praising prayer's help in facing the world.
John A. J. Rudge of 52 Flint Street Somerville testifies that personal faith in Christ transformed his life after trials. He argues science and scripture confirm God’s intangibility and urges readers to seek faith rather than dissect divinity. He recalls embracing the new birth and that prayer yields answers in God’s way.
Three men funneled from a car attempted to steal it at 282 Massachusetts Avenue. One opened fire wounding Berry, who was rushed to Relief Hospital with bullets in his left shoulder and right side. Baxter 38 revolver recovered. suspects Baxter, Sullivan, and Doherty arrested and jailed without reply.
The destroyers Wilkes Davis Porter Algwin Cummings and Rowan, part of the Atlantic fleet squadron, were sent to the Philadelphia navy yard to be placed in reserve. Officers and crews will transfer to newer ships as part of a plan keeping 54 destroyers with the Atlantic fleet and 18 with the Pacific fleet while others stay in reserve until enough men are recruited.
The Berlin correspondent reports a large British squadron has passed Koenigsburg East Prussia heading east likely reinforcing for a general offensive against Bolsheviks in northern Russia. Their course would take them up the Baltic toward Libau Riga and the Gulf of Finland near Petrograd.
Tony Palumbo of 108 Water Street Wakefield lost control on the Revere Beach parkway near Everett Avenue Everett at midnight to avoid a crash. His car overturned and three young women riding with him were thrown out and injured slightly. The injured are Irene Cody Flora Miller and Bella Miller all of 31 Almont Street Maiden.
The Camp Devens versus U. S. Shipping Board baseball game at Braves Field yesterday afternoon was canceled due to poor field conditions from heavy rain. Ren arrived overseas months ago and has since visited his father and the boys.
Advocates of the Plumb plan seek to seize control of the nation’s railroads by turning them over to operatives. They announce a $1,000,000 fund to battle congressional districts against opponents of the plan. The effort faces a tough climate in Congress after a failed strike threat and the AFL executive committee’s rejection of the plan.
Lieutenant General Jan Christian Smuts accepts an invitation from Viscount Buxton Governor General to form a new cabinet in the Union of South Africa following the death of General Louis Botha who had been premier.
Lawrence Aug 31. New jail keeper George Bunting will oversee seven turnkeys and ten prisoners two women among them when he takes control. The facility also houses two women and eighteen men awaiting trial or grand jury action.
The Essex county jail system tightens as prisoner counts drop. By next month staff may halve, with Steward Clarence Simondson resigning and turnover for 17 year turnkey William Vose granted leave. Ipswich and Newburyport jails reduce inmate numbers and Salem sees a major decline, possibly consolidating adult confinement to Salem and the Danvers industrial farm.
Curator George Morse at Franklin Park Zoo launches a crackdown after hoodlums threw stones at animals, injuring deer and a male kangaroo and tearing ostrich feathers. One man, Peter Flaherty of Jamaica Plain, pleaded guilty and was fined after being caught last Friday night.
Lowell Aug 3 The City Hospital faced a fire in the coal pocket causing 6000 in coal loss and boiler damage. 100 patients were moved from beds for immediate removal to another building with danger averted after about an hour. A patient had a narrow escape as fire apparatus arrived.
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