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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
2
Hundreds of destitute men received Thanksgiving dinners at the West End Rescue Mission on Green Street. Volunteers led relays to feed about 300 men with boiled ham, vegetables, cranberries, pie and coffee, in a scene aided by a police presence to maintain order.
Washington reports the director of the mint urges legislation to authorize coins of two and a half cents. The proposal aims to fill the gap between one and five cents and would adjust pricing in popular shops and daily goods.
Lloyds reports the British steamship Reapwell of 38417 tons sunk after a German submarine attacked the Brixham fishing fleet on Tuesday. Two trawlers were sunk and another disabled. masters and crews were saved. The submarine fired on boats after abandonment.
The United States coast guard starts its 41st winter patrol along the Atlantic to aid ships in distress. The Gresham sails to Provincetown for headquarters, the Ossipee to Boothbay Harbor, and the Acushnet to Woods Hole. Androscoggin serves as a floating hospital in northern waters and heads to Nova Scotia to aid fishermen.
Mrs Mary Goode the Rosenthal graft whistleblower who helped expose police graft died of pneumonia contracted a week earlier after visiting the women s night court in the rain. Previously she ran a reform effort aiding fallen women and reportedly paid police for protection while earning an $8000 yearly family allowance.
In Roxbury the Ursula Club of telephone operators plans a farewell party for retiring supervisor Miss Mabel L. Moulton at St James Hall tonight. More than twenty operators and hundreds of Greater Boston friends attend as entertainment and dancing are planned to mark her departure to marriage.
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