First Baptist Church and First Church of Winthrop Notes
fragmented church notices describe First Baptist Caurcu Winthrop Hermon Street head Rev Frederice M Ware with services at 10.80 6.15 7.30 and Hermon Street study class Tuesday prayer meeting. Rev W Litchfield minister rooms 82 Hermon Street morning service 10.45 Sunday school 12 Young People's Union 6 seats free. Liberty of the children of God theme. seven children dedicated last Sunday with flowers. First Church of Winthrop Methodist Episcopal at 215 Winthrop Street led by Rev Charles Tilton with quartet and organist. morning and evening music. Sunday services 10.30 sermon 12 Sunday school. Epworth League 6.30. 7.30 evening sermon. parishioners invited.
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First Baptist Caurcu
Winthrop Hermon Street
Belsher Street
Frederice M. Ware
Hermon Street
Winthrop
Hermon and
School Streets
Rev. W
Litchfield
Young People’s Religious Union
God
Tilton
Epworth League
Communion Service Abolished at The Mother Church Boston
The annual Communion season at The First Church of Christ Scientist in Boston has been abolished. The Mother Church seats five thousand and has forty eight thousand communicants, with branch churches maintaining their own communion seasons but no longer the universal Mother Church gathering. The change was announced in a press statement attributed to Mrs. Eddy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Church of Christ: Scientist
Boston
Ohurches
Christ
The Joy of Liberty and Religious Free Thought
A fragment reflecting on religious freedom preached by Unitarians, praising the liberty of mind as essential to true religion. It recalls historical apocalyptic claims from astrologers in 1186 and 1532, noting public fright at supposed cataclysms and visions.
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Simon Goulart
Assyria
Not A Candidate To the Voters of the 27th Suffolk District
The representative for two years denies any intention to seek a third term. He notes district custom of two-year terms, cites time demands of office, and thanks supporters while stating no commitment to run again. Revere June 30, 1908.
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Suffolk
Revere
Winthrop
Ward 5
Chelsea
Howland
Sleeper
State House
Mastering Mood and Grip for Daily Work
Success Magazine argues that losing confidence and mood swings derail many, while a disciplined, mood independent routine builds steadiness. The well trained person acts with resolve each morning, mastering mental conditions to maintain steady effort and output.
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Success
Dying Younger Amid Falling Overall Death Rates
Health Culture notes a paradox in aging trends. Despite more babies surviving to adulthood, people who reach adulthood now die younger, reducing average remaining years of life. Insurance data and government census reports corroborate a rising death rate for those over fifty five in the past fifteen years.
Origin of card suit symbols linked to social classes
The marks on playing cards are said to symbolize four social classes. Hearts represent the clergy, spades the nobility derived from spads meaning sword, clubs the serfs, and diamonds the citizens.
The Senatorships Dilemma in the District
The Revere Journal reports growing interest in the Senatorship as Hall steps back. East Boston efforts prefix a crowded field with Burnham McKee and Gove in contention, Winthrop eyes a first Senate seat, Chelsea hints at a candidate, and Revere waits.
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Hall
Boston
Messrs
Burnham
McKee
Gove
Winthrop
Senate
Chelsea
Revere
East Boston
Island Ward
Sunday tintype issue sparks clash over Massachusetts day laws
The Boston Globe criticizes Sunday restrictions on tintype galleries at beaches and amusement parks. It questions the police reasoning and suggests the move to close tintype operations on the Lord's day reflects inconsistent enforcement rather than a clear moral issue.
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The
Boston Globe
Hog tail magic and a traveling age guessing stunt
A colonel retells a tale of a hog with a curling tail trained to point to numbers by corn incentives. The trick drew crowds at the state fair and later in San Francisco until fog erased the tail’s guessing aid.
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Colonel Forbes
Marysville
San Francisco
San Francisco Chronicle
Gouverneur Long Delegation Favoritism Sparked Debate
The editorial criticizes the selection of Buckfield and Governor Long over Chicago, arguing an alternate should have been allowed to vote. It notes an alternate who stayed away refused to resign, and mentions others eager for an alternate spot but deterred by restrictive attitudes.
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Long
Buckfield
Chicago
Lynn ‘Tem
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C. A. Sawyer
E. E. Rowland
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