Pair of Visitors Duped in City Swindles
Frank Helmer from Franklin New Hampshire was cheated out of 25 dollars by a stranger who posed as a Machinists Union helper and left him in the Chamber of Commerce library as Assistant Secretary. He was asked for 10 more to secure a job and the con artist vanished, with police seeking three suspects. Charles Stewart, a Montreal seaman, was fleeced of 37 dollars by two men who used a ruse about cashing a certificate at the post office and disappeared into the building. Stewart reported to City Hall Avenue station after the loss.
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Frank Helmer
Franklin
N. H
Boston Ch Commerce
Amber
I. B. Hayes
Hayes
Helmer
Machinists’ Union
Charles Stewart
Montreal
Cross Street
The
Chamber of Commerce
Stewart
City Hall Avenue
Litte Bey
Charlestown
Post
Santa Claus
Harry Arlington
Post Santa Claus
900 Men to Be Idle in Railroad Shops
Cleveland Dee 11. Orders were issued at the Collinwood shops of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway to lay off four men indefinitely, effective immediately. Previously, retrenchment reduced hours rather than layoffs.
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Cleveland
Dee
Collinwood
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Company
Symphony Concert At Sanders Theatre
The Boston Symphony Orchestra gave a concert at Harvard's Sanders Theatre last evening before a student-dominated audience. The programme featured works by Mozart Handel Cherubini and Placent Schmitt.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sanders Theatre
Harvard
Mozart
Handel
Cherubini
Plorent Schmitt
Post Santa Needs to Open Heart and Hand to Needy Children
The Post reports severe demand among destitute families for stockings, mittens, food and coal as Santa letters flood in. Volunteers mass mail responses, but hundreds of appeals remain, with children from 6 to 18 asking for coats, shoes, underwear, toys and candy amid illness and unemployment.
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Post
Post Santa Claus
Annie Charlestown
Santa Claus
Dreaming of Days When Appetite Was King
An advertisement recounts past hunger from stomach illness and promotes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. It claims a single tablet after meals aids digestion, restores normal digestion, and allows eating freely again, urging readers to buy a 50 cent box from their druggist today.
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Stuart
Uncertain Yearns for Fatherly Christmas Help
A personal plea expresses grief for a father's death and requests gifts such as a pair of skates and hair ribbons. The writer asks for any affordable items and signs with trust and affection, pledging remembrance.
Fragmented Probate Donation List From Cambridge Area
A mixed readable fragment shows contributions up to 6 p m, with numerous donor names and places including Cambridge Watertown Malden and Brockton. Amounts range from 0.50 to 93.00, many entries list individuals or friends sending small sums. The text resembles a community collecting notice with scattered initials and informal identifiers.
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Cambridge
Jane
Hartford
Watertown
Malden
Bike Tyrie
Bisset
Gaile
Philip
Catherine G. Maplewood
Little Inglish
Teddy Best
Grace
Randolph
Friends
Bradford
Plymouth
McGinty
Warthiod
Old Lady
Postal Obey Yds
Brockton
Mildred 'Cucker
McGuirk
Frank
Wynn
Ro S
Bt Bees
Jacob Sessler
H. J. Potter
Frank and Gear
A. E. Stockbridge
Roxbury
Edward W. Taylor
Coasaboom
North Weymouth
California Syrup of Figs Urges Gentle Baby Laxative
An old advertising text promotes California Syrup of Figs as a cure all for sick children. It claims a coat of the tongue signals digestive cleansing and that four teaspoonfuls will purge the bowels in hours. It warns against counterfeits and urges asking for the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
No Christmas General Strike by 97,500 Postal Workers
London December 11 There will be no general strike of 97 500 government postal telegraph and telephone employees during the Christmas season as action is deferred. Postmaster General Herbert Samuel rejects higher pay and the issue goes to the unions national joint committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
National Committees of Postal Workers’ Unions
Herbert Samuel
Stuart
National Joint Committee
Samuel
President Bettin in bed as illness eases in December
President Much Bett Washington rested most of the late afternoon and reported to feel much better tonight. Secretary Tumulty denied visitors while Thomas P. Riley, Massachusetts state chairman, met with officials to discuss politics.
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Washington
Dec
Tumulty
Thomas P. Riley
Eratic
Massacht
Literacy test push for all immigrants debated in House
Wells and Secretary Mor urged the House immigration committee to require a strict literacy test in the immigration bill. Taft previously vetoed similar proposals, leaving the measure unresolved.
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Washington
Wells
Railroad Lire Hoods
Frank Mor
American Federation of
House Immigration Cor Tee
Taft
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United States
Boston
Riker Jaynes Drue Store
Riker Jaynes
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Hanover Street
Leo
Borton
D. D. American Package Fruit Co., Inc
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Ee Aeate
Pine Grove
Ceresota
Annie Sor Suiiny
Campbell’s Soups
Green River
Dewar
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Riley
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Jordan Marsh Company
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Duffy'’s
Rovers
Duffy Malt Whiskey Co
Rochester
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