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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1922
Page
11
Santa plans gifts for 1200 girls aged 3 to 12 living in state wards. Funds were raised by James Fee, director of the division of child guardianship, for stockings on Christmas morning. Dolls of many styles will be exhibited Friday in Room 47 at the State House.
The four Colby College freshmen died aiding in rescuing about sixty fraternity brothers in the Old North dormitory fire. The last body was sent to the families today as mourners gathered in Waterville for the tragedy reported yesterday.
The upcoming Boston Sunday Post Magazine will feature a Flapper Number, promising readers an issue centered on contemporary fashion and culture. This special edition aims to capture the zest of modern youth and the flapper spirit of the era.
Mrs. E. Charlotte Hanington, superintendent of the Victorian Order of Nurses of Canada, regretted her role in a decade old Red Light vice cleanup during an interview at the Hotel Lenox. She said current unsupervised vice has produced a hecticly gay and oft times unwittingly bad flapper.
Mrs. Hanington critiques young women in business and flappers blaming progress, vice-cleanups, and societal shifts. She argues reform should push women toward teaching nursing and home life while praising American college influence and cosmopolitan aspirations she sees in daughters.
The November report shows 51 volunteers active during the month. 291 were friendly visitors to families 151 served on committees or clerical work and others engaged in other valuable service. The Society continues its annual membership drive.
Dr. John T. Dilling of Easton is indicted by the Aroostook County grand jury for murder for allegedly causing Miona Oak of Caribou’s death in May through an illegal operation. The panel also includes two charges of negligent killing during hunting and other indictments.
Fire swept the Norfolk town hall and former church, dating to 1797, destroying valuable records. The cause remains unknown and losses are estimated at 40 000 dollars.
Three bandits attacked the cashiers of the Public Service Gas Company and the guarding policeman as they left the offices in West New York New Jersey. They felled them with pistol butts and escaped with a bag containing 8770 dollars in cash and checks and about 5000 dollars more in calls.
President Harding named Brigadier General William Lassiter to major general and Colonel Edwin B. Winans to brigadier general in Washington on December 5.
Charles P. Porter a Civil War veteran and longtime overseer in the Mills here died at his home aged 88. He had lived in Manchester for many years and was well known in the local community. Dee on the obituaries page notes his service and years of work.
An advertisement urges readers to take Pape's Cold Compound every two hours for cold relief. It claims the first dose opens nasal passages and relieves headache and feverishness, the second completes relief, and the third completes the cure with minimal cost.
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