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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
4
A list of toy and childrens items with prices including rocking chairs doll carriages doll beds sewing machines and toy sets. Items include Doll Baby Carriages 2.98 Toys Washing Sets 1.19 and 1.98 Doll Lawn Swing 1.49 98c Music Boxes 0.49 and other small toys with prices from about 10c to 4.48.
Rev Father O Callahan introduces mayor elect James P Fitzgerald to a large crowd in Paul Revere Hall. Fitzgerald praises the Free Home for Consumptives supporters and says his illness and the poor arise from a persistent illness. He travels with his brother Ed and Assistant District Attorney Joe Dennison after brief remarks.
Lawrence December 14 ex police officer Arthur Wm French sues Mayor Lynch and Marshal James T O Sullivan for 5000 damages alleging a conspiracy to prevent him from performing his duties after removal from the force following a Board of Aldermen hearing.
Abner Stodder longtime electrotyper dies suddenly at Malden Hospital from heart trouble after a brief illness. He was foreman of Rockwell and Churchill Co on Arch Street and for 30 years with H C Whitcomb Co also on Arch Street. He leaves four sons Joseph Charles Louis Abner and a daughter Mrs William Jackson.
Discussion among Democratic circles centers on William S. McNary possibly stepping back from the 10th district race. Rumors say he may back a candidate to face Joseph F. OConnell, with Sullivan and Slattery also eyeing Congress. Republicans talk of Senator Edward B. Callender potentially shaping the contest if Democrats stay divided.
Jun 14 article reports Don Amando De Cespedes of Costa Rica whose country exhibit at St Louis fair led to several marriage complications. Telegrams from alleged wives and letters from other women delayed wedding to Miss Bertha Schrimplin, who then declines marriage. Don says he married them all in a Protestant ceremony but is Catholic and not legally bound. Costa Rican girl dismissed. He plans to leave town.
P F Garrett famed Lincoln county sheriff and ally of Roosevelt was not reappointed customs collector at El Paso after a dinner with the President in San Antonio. He traveled with Tom Powers proprietor of the Coney Island saloon and gambling house to the White House event.
A vivid vignette of street vendors arriving for Christmas commerce. Vendors display a range of toys and wares from wind up bears and clowns to wreaths and linen crochet pieces. Shoppers, babies, and workers observe as sellers compete by offering below rivals prices, aided by distinctive cries and display.
The Boston Consolidated Gas Company sent a five hundred dollar check to the Boston Firemen's Relief Association with a note to Fire Commissioner Benjamin W. Wells requesting the funds be turned over to the relief fund. The donation, dated yesterday, marks support for firefighters and their relief efforts.
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