Post Santa Claus appeals for Christmas donations drive
The Boston Post appeals for early gifts to fund its Santa Claus program. Investigators tour pitiful homes of sick and working families, and readers are urged to send contributions to the Post Santa Claus Editor in Boston. The piece highlights single-dollar gifts and notes many small donors and heartfelt messages, including memorials and seasonal wishes.
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Boston
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Probe of Hall pardon sparks legislative inquiry
Representative Robert M Washburn announces plans for a bipartisan committee to investigate the pardon of John A. Hall former Southbridge Saving Bank cashier. He says the inquiry will examine the channels and processes used to secure the pardon and review other opposed clemencies.
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Southbridge Saving Bank
Robert M Washburn
Worcester
Hall
Washburn
Ffall
No Hold Up In Ball Tickets
Mayor Curley denied any holdup in selling Tammany Club dance tickets to city workers. He said only officials earning 1000 dollars a year or more would be invited to buy, and that no threats are made to anyone who declines. He noted some police and firemen requested extra tickets but called the holdup talks absurd.
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Woman Charged With Jewelry Theft Held in Roxbury Court
Irene Dunning of 4 Itoncourt South End faced arraignment in Roxbury Court on larceny charges for allegedly stealing two rings valued at 270 dollars from Lydia White of 56 Gainsboro Street and a watch worth 15 dollars from Edgar Rube of 72 St Stephen Street. The case was continued to January due to the defendant’s health.
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Edgar Rube
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Will Ask For Probe Into Hall Pardoned
Representative Robert M. Washburn of Worcester announced plans to introduce a legislative order for an investigation into the pardon granted to John A. Hall, the South Bridge bank defaulter, by the Governor and Council. He will seek a bipartisan committee to keep politics out of the inquiry.
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Robert M. Weshburn
Massachusetts
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South Bridge Bank
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Bread Law Proposal Sparks Sunday Sale Debate
A bill to ban bread sales after 10 am Sunday was introduced in the House by G S Barnes and colleagues. The measure would supersede current hours for Sunday bread sales and aligns with a broader push on laborers retirement provisions by state leaders including M F O'Brien.
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Robert Ransh
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Pelletier on Brown's Trail Pursues Missing Former Broker
District Attorney Pelletier vowed to pursue Robert S. Brown, ex State Street broker and treasurer of the Southern Maine Steamship Co., who defaulted as his trial opened in Superior Criminal Court. Brown, believed abroad in Australia, is accused of forging George Draper’s name to notes totaling 125000 with other similar charges.
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Southern Maine Steamship Company
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Australia
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William F. Draper
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Philpott Lectures on Aviation at Harvard
A. J. Philpott of the Boston Globe lectured before 100 Harvard students in Pierce Hall Cambridge last night on Aviation and Its Recent Developments. The talk, under Harvard Aeronautical Society, outlined New England aeronautics history, recalling Squantum meets and Claude Grahame-White’s Squantum to Boston Light round trip for a $10,000 prize.
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New England
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