Dear Santa Claus Plea From a Sick seven year old
A Boston Post Santa Claus page receives hundreds of children requests for Christmas toys including a seven year old boy writing of sickness and two operations asking for a fire engine horse team and other toys. A Roxbury girl selects letters to aid relief efforts and a mother asks for help so her daughters can have some joy this Christmas while concealing her name.
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Mr. Santa Claus
Children’s Hospital
Papa
Santa Claus
Walter
Post
New England
Helen Watson
Abbottsford Street
Roxbury
The
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Farnam Will Leaves $500,000 to Yale for Sheffield School Buildings
In New Haven, Probate Court accepted the will of Charles H. Farnam Jr detailing an estate around $500,000 to Yale University for Sheffield Scientific School buildings. The widow Mrs Ruth Stanley Farnam gains life use, with full transfer to Yale upon her death.
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New Haven, Conn
Charles H. Farnam, Jr
Yale University
Sheffield Scientific School
Ruth Stanley Farnam
University
Hawaii Merchants Call Congress Appeal Over Shipping Rules
Leading commercial figures in Honolulu announce a mass meeting to seek Congress action. They want a temporary suspension of coastwise shipping regulations that impose a $200 fine on Americans sailing between U S ports aboard foreign vessels.
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Honolulu
Congress
George P. Sheldon Testifies on Phenix Fire Case in Albany
Albany N Y December 9 George P Sheldon a recent indictment over alleged irregularities during his Phenix Fire Insurance presidency testified before the Senate judiciary committee. He supported Robert H Hunter and Isaac Vanderpoel former deputy superintendent and chief examiner amid hotchkiss claims they secured loans from the Phenix.
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Albany
N. Y
George P. Sheldon
Phenix Fire Insurance Company
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hughes
Otto Kelsey
Sheldon
Robert H. Hunter
Isaac Vanderpoel
Insurance Department
Insurance
Hotchkiss
Phenix
Probe alleged trust in milk probe in New York
New York attorney general orders a trust inquiry into milk pricing with William Grant as investigator. The petition lists Consolidated Milk Exchange of New Jersey and firms Borden's Condensed Milk Company Sheffield Farms Stanson Decker Company and Mutual Milk & Cream Company as alleged participants in the combine.
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New York
William Grant
Consolidated Milk Exchange
New Jersey
Borden’s Condensed Milk Company
Sheffield Farms-Stanson-Decker Company
Mutual Milk & Cream Company
Pope Receives Bishop Walsh and College Members in Rome
In Rome on December 9 the Pope hosted Bishop Walsh of Portland Maine in private audience and accepted Indian made gift baskets with cordial regard. He also received several Americans led by Walsh, along with Mgr Kennedy and American College students. Bernard Mahoney and Henry A Brann were introduced during the audience.
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Rome
Walsh
Portland
Mgr. Kennedy
American College
Mer. Kennedy
Bernard Mahoney
St. Peter’s Church
Troy
N. Y
Albany
Bishop Farrelly
Henry A. Brann
Indian craft given to the Pope by Maine bishops
The baskets and articles were made by Passamaquoddy on Pleasant Island Eastport and Penobscot on Indian Island Old Town. They are the last surviving Maine tribes. Bishop Walsh, on a canonical visit, presents these works to the Pope as he reports on his three year stewardship of the Portland diocese.
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Portland
Walsh
Passamaquoddy
Pleasant Island
Eastport
Indian Island
Oldtown
Maine
Farman Sets Cross Country Flight Record
Maurice Farman, brother of aviator Henry Farman, flew 44 miles in 53 minutes from Versailles to Chartres in a straight line. He stayed about 250 feet high in his own bi plane, marking a new record flight distance.
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Paris
Maurice Farman
Henry Farman
Versailles
Farman
Chartres
Norway's King Haakon Visits England With Queen Maud
King Haakon of Norway arrived at Buckingham Palace tonight and will accompany Queen Maud and the crown prince on return to Norway. They expect to depart England on December 16.
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Norway
England
London
Haakon of Norway
Buckingham Palace
Queen Maud
Chicago Bars Ball Scandal Ends With Concert Plan
Protesters from clergy civic groups and citizens forced Alderman John Coughlin to cancel the annual First Ward ball. A concert will replace it next Monday at the Coliseum with no drinking or dancing allowed. Mayor Busse received bomb threats to his house if the ball remained active.
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Chicago
John Coughlin
Busse
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