Readers Become Santa Claus This Christmas
Letters pour in to the Boston Post Santa Claus asking for toys mittens and money to aid needy children. Reporters describe sad scenes of cold worn children and the paper urges readers to contribute or deliver bundles. A letter from Jones Fuller includes a five dollar check for the Santa fund.
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Santa Claus
Post
Boston Opera House
Signor
Florencio Constantino
Boston
The
Boston Post
Court hears request to lower child support payments
Lyman C. Fisher asked Judge Hitchcock to reduce the support for his two sons Arthur and Lyman, arguing his weekly income has fallen from 50 60 dollars to about 12 dollars. He disclosed his second wife owns the Brookline store where he works. The former Mrs. Fisher and current wife Mrs. Daisy Webb testified, with Mrs. Duryea opposing. The case was adjourned pending Mrs. Fisher’s hospitalization and additional evidence.
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Lyman C. Fisher
Hitchcock
Arthur
Lyman
Fisher
Daisy Webb
Clinton Duryea
Duryea
Brookline
Dolly May Webb
Christmas fund appeals spark small gifts for children
The letter shows readers donating to a Christmas fund with small amounts including $2 from a sender initialed C and $1 from a Friend. A child’s plea asks Santa to bring clothes and a doll, noting the father cannot contribute due to finances, as more letters express similar requests for gifts and support.
Christmas Wish From South Boston Family
A reader from South Boston writes a Christmas request detailing a mother unemployed and a father in an asylum for five years. Josephine, age 12, joins eight sisters and three brothers in asking Santa for toys to help the family during hard times. The message is signed from Charlestown with love to Father in Asylum Mary.
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Santa Claus
Insane Asylum
Francis
Hattie
Mary
Josephine
Boston
Finance Commission Bias Questioned Over Old Age Pension Act
Professor F Spencer Baldwin head of the statistics department said the Finance Commission's report on the old age pension act shows prejudice at every turn. He writes to defend the act and answers the Commission's objections in detail.
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Finance Commission
F. Spencer Baldwin
Statistics Department
Baldwin
Finance Commission Criticized for Prejudice in Objections
In closing remarks the speaker accused the Finance Commission of excessive bias and petty obstruction. He argued the commission’s objections are overdrawn and targeted, suggesting their partisan conduct harms a measure aimed at improving city economy and efficiency.
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Finance Commission
Mayor Gaynor Reveals Trap Behind Aldermen Arrest Plan
New York December reports Mayor Gaynor sent a letter to the Board of Aldermen admitting he orchestrated the trap that led to the arrest and indictment of Aldermen M. J. Volkmann and Edward Cruise. Both are charged with extorting money from a newsdealer seeking a stand license.
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New York
Board of Aldermen
Gaynor
M. J. Volkmann
Edward Cruise
Portland Water Supply Faces Deepening Drought
Sebago Lake the Portland water source and Presumpscott River level are six feet below normal with only three feet of water over the intake. Officials say the situation is not yet alarming but precautionary measures are being taken to conserve and safeguard the city’s supply.
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Portland
Sebago Lake
Westbrook
Peary Delivers Medals to National Museum
Captain Robert E. Peary has turned over 16 gold and two silver medals to the United States National Museum. Among them are a National Geographic Society gold medal for polar discovery and a Royal Geographical Society gold medal for Arctic exploration 1886 1909. He also deposited Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity flag and a peace flag from the Daughters of the American Revolution, carried to the North Pole.
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Washington
Robert E. Peary
North Pole
United States National Museum
National Geographic Society of Washington
Royal Geographical Society of London
Scott
Peary
National Museum
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Gen Burt Defends The 25th Regiment In Speech
Brigadier General Andrew S. Burt retired U S Army spoke on The Colored Soldier at the Boston Literary and Historical Association. He later met Colonel Curtis Guild Jr and defended the Brownsville battalion while praising the 25th regiment for drill discipline marksmanship and fighting.
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Andrews. Burt
U. S. Army
Boston Literary and Historical Association
Curtis Guild, Jr
Seventh Army Corps
Burt
Brownsville
Boston
Senate
25Th
Lost nurse Lena Merkel ends life by hanging in West Roxbury
The 23 year old German nurse Lena Merkel employed by Robert Treat Paine was found dead yesterday afternoon hanging from a high wire fence in Caledonian Grove West Roxbury. She left a note to her aunt asking forgiveness and prayer. Police were notified by neighbors Cheney and Daniels who found the body while skating on the Charles River.
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Lena Merkel
Robert Treat Paine
Queensbury Street
Caledonian Grove
West Roxbury
Cheney
Dexter Road
Ernest
Daniels
County Road
Charles River
Jamaica Plain
Miss Merkel
Paine
Girl Environment Ends Life Plan in Grove Note
The unsigned note to Mrs. Joseph Riddell of 3 Austin Street Cambridge details Miss Merkel intent to drown herself in a frozen river grove but chose hanging. Two Dedham men named Charles were involved in the incident.
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Joseph Riddell
Austin Street
Cambridge
Famous Physician Robert Hall Dies in Providence at 81
Dr. Robert Hall, renowned New England homeopathic physician, died in Providence R I at age 81 from apo plexy after two weeks illness. A College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York graduate who studied in Vienna, he specialized in gynecology and belonged to numerous national medical organizations.
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Providence
R. I
Robert Hall
New England
Hall
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
New York
Vienna
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