Post Santa Claus drives aid as readers flood letters
Santa Claus department at the Boston Post receives thousands of letters from poor children begging for food, warmth, and gifts as hardship spreads. Donors respond with varied contributions, while editors promise to honor many requests and print names unless asked to omit.
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Santa Claus
Post Santa Claus
Post Santa Claus Department
Post Banta Claus
Emery Eaton
Meredeth
N. H
Frank Brown
Brookline
George Close ’Company
Cambridge
Boston Post
Dewey & Co
A. Dewey
Mammer
Wesly
Aick
Donald
Walter
Matilda
Santa Claws
Roxbury
Francis
Mary
Santa Claus Hoitor
Post
Boston
William
Marriage rumor links Miss Warren and Astor in society circles
New York and Newport society buzzes with talk that Miss Constance Warren and John Jacob Astor are engaged. They spent much of the summer at Newport where his attentiveness was pronounced and she directed his actions. Warren gives to charitable lists each Christmas.
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Santa Claus
Norcros School
Mamma
Nora
South Boston
New York and Newport
Constance Warren
New York
John Jacob Astor
Newport
Mr. Astor
Miss Warren
Underwood & Underwood
Foss Plans Single Head For Highway And Railroad Boards
Governor-elect Eugene N. Foss aims to unify leadership by placing one head over both the Highway and Railroad Commissions. He objects to Frank D. Kemp’s reappointment and notes plans to reorganize the two bodies, amid Western protests and criticism of railroad policy. The Highway Commission members are Sohier Kemp Parker, with Parker as chairman. The Railroad Commission includes Perley Hall, Clinton White, and George W. Bishop.
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Eugene N. Foss
Foss
Draper
Frank D. Kemp
Springfield
Highway Commission
Kemp
Lodge
Essex County
Railroad Commission
Boston & Eastern Railroad Company
William D. Sohier
Beverly
Harold Parker
Lancaster
Walter Perley
Hall
Fitchburg
Clinton White
Melrose
George W. Bishop
Newton
Typhoid Epidemic at Annapolis Reported on the Wane
Washington dispatch notes the typhoid outbreak at Annapolis is subsiding. Navy medical officers report 30 patients with only one or two serious cases, and Surgeon General Stokes expresses confidence in full recovery barring unforeseen developments.
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Annapolis
Washington
Navy
Stokes
Page rails at American monument art in caustic address
Washington December 15 caustic criticism of American art and the standard of national monuments was voiced by Thomas Nelson Page in an address he delivered. He called the monuments a travesty of art and urged a new artistic standard.
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Washington
America
Thomas Nelson Page
Civil service reform discussed by league officials
Mr Page criticizes soldiers monuments as grotesque and cites harsh views on Capitol statues. Dr Huot outlines league recommendations for a uniform promotion system based on exams and seniority, plus tests of capacity for higher offices and humane retirement for disabled officials.
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American Civic Association
Page
National Capitol
Charles W. Huot
League
United States Civil Service
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