Post Santa Claus Seeks Signed Letters for Christmas Aid
The Boston Post reports on the Post Santa Claus operation preparing to deliver gifts to needy children. Records show many letters lack names or addresses, hampering delivery, while donors pledge support and bundles of toys are assembled for distribution.
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No Stairs No Lifts in Big Terminal at Grand Central
New Grand Central terminal will open with ramps instead of stairs enabling passengers to go from train to street on a level. Experimental ramps tested by varied users showed eight feet up per 100 as maximum the committee accepted. Broad gently sloping pathways replace stairways to keep traffic flowing smoothly.
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Grand Central Terminal
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Judge Ely Court Sets Record Fines for Shoplifters
Three shoplifters faced fines totaling 225 dollars after guilty pleas in Judge Ely's court yesterday morning. Miss Anna Woodsum admitted stealing goods worth 27.48 dollars, while Annie M Ellis and Florence Elis, alias Florence Hazeltine, took four waists valued at 31.80 dollars.
Mormon Doctrine as Guide to Ripe Old Age
Elder Gustaveson at Intercolonial Hall predicts Boston residents could live to Methuselah age by joining the Mormon church and following temporal salvation. He urges temperance and body care as essential to spiritual welfare, noting seven women and seven men in attendance.
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Bigamist Harrer Freed as Both Wives Elude Proof
Charles W Harrer admitted two marriages to Jennie Green in 1893 Newark and Edna Cooper in 1904 New York but could not be punished or freed from either wife. The first wife could not be found and the second wife disappeared after seeking to annul the marriage. The court released Harrer as corroboration failed and the second wife was denied a divorce on knowing of his prior marriage.
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Charles W. Harrer
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Jennie Green
Newark
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Edna Cooper
Supreme Court rules DC husbands not liable in wife assault suits
The U S Supreme Court rules husbands in the District of Columbia cannot be sued for damages for assault and battery by their wives. Jessie E Thompson had sued her husband for 70000. The high court upheld the lower ruling that neither common law nor local code allows such a suit.
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Mayor for Home Rule of Subway
Back Bay residents stormed the Railroad Commissioners hearing to protest the Elevated Railway Company appeal against the Boston Transit Commission ruling. The dispute centers on stations for the Riverbank subway at Massachusetts Avenue Dartmouth and Charles streets.
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Boston Subways Debate Amid Proposals and Protests
Mayor Fitz gerald urged Boston residents to benefit the city rather than suburbs as a $3,000,000 subway plan funded by Boston faces scrutiny. Attorney Snow defended the Elevated Company and outlined station locations near Mass Ave, Dartmouth Street, Charles Street, and West Cedar Street, with Park Street nearby. W E Tucker presented a 200-name petition arguing transportation would worsen without elevated rails.
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Engineers Say Raise or Quit in Rail Strike Threat
Chicago December 12 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers delivered an ultimatum for higher wages or a strike to the Railroad Managers' Association. President Warren B Stone reported a 97.5 percent strike vote if demands were not met, with previous talks yielding a 17 percent wage raise as a compromise. Action postponed until tomorrow.
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Brother of Author of Looking Backward Dead
Charles J. Bellamy founder and publisher of Springfield Daily News died at 59 after a three week illness of Brights disease. He is survived by his wife Imogene Comper and two children. A brother Frederick Bellamy, attorney of Brookline, also survives. The late Bellamy was a brother to the author of Looking Backward.
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Dartmouth Receives $400000 Gift From Edward Tuck
Edward Tuck of Paris donates 400000 in 7 percent securities to Dartmouth College to expand and strengthen teaching staff. Income will fund faculty salaries and library support, joining the Amos Tuck endowment and bringing total gifts to about a million dollars.
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Dartmouth College
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Love Glide skating craze swirls at Clark's Springs
In Middleboro on December 12 a new skating dance named the Love Glide captivates locals. Lovers circle a heart shaped track cut in the pond snow three times and kiss at the final heart apex, drawing crowds for novelty and romance.
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Beginning Sale Today for G A R Veterans
Veterans at the Soldiers' Home benefit from a Christmas sale staged by the Ladies Aid Association in Tremont Temple starting today and running to Thursday evening. Chairmen include Mrs. Mabel Philbrick Roxbury Mrs Hattie Goff Cambridge Mrs Elizabeth Spring Brookline and others with patronesses Mrs Larz Anderson Mrs Wilmon Blackmar Mrs J Q A Brackett and Mrs Roger Wolcott.
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Brookline
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Mr 8S A Meagher Expresses Family Thanks
Mr A Meagher and family express deep appreciation for the sympathy shown during their recent bereavement.
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