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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1921
Page
4
Post Santa Claus proposes to conduct organized bundling contests with a group of young women reading letters and selecting toys while men tie them up for delivery. The effort will be run entirely by volunteers dedicating time to benefit the children and support the fund’s success.
In the run up to Christmas, Post Santa Claus coordinates 16 worker teams for daily contests in offices and shops across New England. Funds flow from factories, stores and clubs to needy youngsters, with gifts and money aiding families from Springfield to Medford amid sorrowful letters from mothers and children seeking aid.
Charles S. O Connor asserts Curley men impersonated O Connor lieutenants at three Roxbury halls. He says rallies at Ward 12 ward rooms Hugh O’Brien School and John Winthrop School were called off due to the tactics. He plans new Roxbury rallies and arrangements.
In a Brighton Town Hall rally, Mr. O'Connor declares women voters will elect him mayor. He calls women the conscience of the world and vows an independent, clean campaign. He says he has overtaken Murphy and Curley and predicts a landslide victory on December 13. He plans 12 evening speeches with Congressman Gallivan.
A blaze at Charles B. Meek’s Lexington dairy farm destroyed the garage and slighted damaged the milk house. The fire began when Leonard Meek, his son, tried to fill the auto gasoline tank by lantern light.
Boston lawyer Arthur A. Sondheim was named receiver for Henry H. Chmielinski, former Hanover Trust Company president, by referee James M. Olmstead in bankruptcy court. Bond set at unknown amount. Chmielinski filed a voluntary petition showing liabilities of 1,201,090 and assets of 1,156,000 plus stocks bonds and notes of uncertain value.
A damaged OCR fragment lists names and addresses including Highland Street Portsmouth New Hampshire Antrim Gardiner Somerville and Sedgwick It mentions individuals Harold McCausland Dorothy Brown David Baker and Gertrude Little along with phrases about cousins and a poor child’s plea The legible items hint at a community notice or genealogical directory entry with scattered totals and numbers.
James M. Curley spoke to a large Hyde Park audience at Waverley Opera House last night. He blamed high city rents on tax inequality and pledged to borrow 15 million dollars to build affordable housing for workers with monthly payments until repaid, to force landlords to lower rents through competition.
James M. Curley told large Hyde Park and Dorchester crowds that five cent fares will be restored. He toured Galligan Hall Readville Hyde Park Philbrick Mt Hope Roces Wolcott Oliver Wendell Holmes schools, promising tax relief and a united state effort to lift Boston. Congressman Peter F. Tague backed the ex mayor at Hyde Park rally.
Article touts Dr Williams Pink Pills as builds blood to expel rheumatic poisons via bowel kidneys and skin claiming permanent eradication and immunity while urging sufferers to try them. Notes price six dollars per box and free booklet from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady New York.
A veteran leader claims women voters and returning veterans will decide Boston's mayoral race. He cites rallies at Symphony Hall and O'Connor events stressing that former endorsements misled voters. He warns against city employees he once blamed for snow removal, and urges the public to see through reform banners.
The Women Voters of Ward 7 met at the Students Union 1 St Stephens Street and endorsed John R Murphy for Mayor along with Charles L Carr and Thomas N Niland for City Council. Mrs Wenona Osborne Pinkham of the Boston League of Women Voters spoke on the municipal election.
Harvard defeated Bates 29 to 19 as the Crimson led from start to finish. Roscoe Fitts led Harvard with strong play and Johnny Pallo contributed. the margin could have been larger if the Crimson had shot more accurately.
After three vessels sail with strikers aboard negotiations opened between strikers and steamship agents. A new agreement may be signed before midweek as pressure builds at tomorrow’s meeting. The Winifedian is expected to sail to Liverpool with about 7% passengers. The Venusia left for its destination last night. The current contract expired Oct 1 and the proposed deal is acceptable to union longshoremen at Charlestown and South Boston docks.
Charles Lambert, 37, walked into Police Station 4 in Lagrarge Street and told Lt Dobbins he had swallowed bichloride of mercury. Dobbins used egg whites as an antidote and had Lambert taken to City Hospital where doctors credit the quick action with saving his life.
Judge Edward P. Pierce of the Massachusetts Supreme Court is reported to be improving after an operation at Brooks Hospital. His physician Dr. Daniel Fiske Jones of Beacon Street announced the progress last night.
In Chicopee police court Judge J. P. Kirby sentenced three Johnson & Johnson Cotton Mill workers to several months in the house of correction for assaulting Mary Stolarz, a mill employee who continued work during the strike. He defended workers rights but warned that strikes must stay within the law.
The 250 longshoremen at East Boston docks did not return after Thursday’s walkout over non union labor. About 200 strike breakers handled cargo for the Amasis, Venusia, and Winifredian, with Venusia sailing to London and Amasis moving to New York. Police patrolled the piers but no disorder occurred. A meeting scheduled to ratify the 1921-22 wage and condition pact was adjourned pending a new session tomorrow.
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