53 000 Young Folks Wanted For Methodist Leadership
Rev R M Pierce speaking at Glendale Church Everett urged enlisting 53 000 young people in leadership and ministry as part of the centenary foreign mission effort. He cited a 5 percent annual loss to the ministry and proposed recruiting 1859 men yearly for four years to fill vacant pulpits.
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R. M. Pierce
Glendale
Everett
Methodist Church
Life Work
Boston
Methodist Churches of
New
England
New England
Sailor Hulls Faces Trial Following Shootout
Nay Hulls, a sailor on the U S 8 Vulcan, was moved from Haymarket Relief Hospital to City Hospital for bullet probing after being shot by Patrolman James Martin of Charles town. Though seriously injured, his condition is not yet dangerous. James Noonan of Somerville, robbed and beaten by Trulls and William Martin, left Relief Hospital with three severe scalp wounds. Horlicks Malted Milk advertised as nourishment.
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Nay Hulls
U. S
Vulcan
James Martin
Charlestown
Haymarket
Hulls
James Noonan
Somerville
Trulls
William Martin
Expecting to Marry Keys by Spring in Cincinnati
Wealthy Cincinnati clubman John Baker Keys, 63, and Boston resident Florence Girardin appear poised for marriage before Easter. Guardianship actions placed Keys in City Hospital, yet Girardin confirms in a letter she expects wedding bells soon.
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Cincinnati
John Baker Keys
Florence Girardin
Boston
Romeo
City Hospital
Guardianship battle ends wedding plans in two weeks
Keys remains in observation ward awaiting release in two weeks. He entered voluntarily for 30 days to persuade Probate Judge Lueders he no longer needs a guardian. Miss Girardin reports guardianship battles and parental opposition easing as she vows not to give up Keys. Relatives will contest guardianship as they try to block the match.
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Keys
Lueders
Coolidge Names Staff For Governor Elect
Governor elect Calvin Coolidge announces retention of Henry F. Long as private secretary and Harry S. Fairfield as assistant private secretary. Colonel Jesse T. Stevens remains adjutant general. Aides and staff include Charles S. Riley John S. Barrows Stephen V. Crosby Max Ratshesky James R. Nicholson Farle P. Blake Charles Cain Charles Dawson Ascanio Di Rago and James E. Conners.
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Calvin Coolidge
Henry F. Long
Topsfield
McCall
Harry S. Fairfield
Braintree
Senate Committee On Rules
Jesse TI. Stevens
Coolidge
Charless. Riley
Northampton
John S. Barrows
Boston
All-Night Chase Ends With Capture of Trusty Bishop
Ernest Bishop, a county jail trusty and Sheriff Nicholson’s coachman, fled at 7 pm and was on the run until his capture at 3:20 am in North Blandford after a rainy night chase. He had four months left of a five month sentence for assault on his wife and was recaptured at the jail later today.
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Pittsfield
Ernest Bishop
Lee
John Nicholson
Sullivan
North Blandford
Bishop
Becket
Blandford
Bay State Street Railway Fares Lacked to Cover Costs
Wallace B. Donham receiver for the Bay State Street Railway declares to the Post the Public Service Commission’s raise is insufficient to meet operating costs. He notes the commission refused a six to ten cent increase and approved a mixed seven cent per ticket or ten cent fare, with two months trial to test the impact. Donham warns the railway would suffer heavy losses and finances would deteriorate without a proper fare hike.
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Bay State Street Railway Company
Massachusetts Public Service Commission
Wallace B. Donham
Donham
Bay State
Naval prisoners go home for Christmas
Two hundred naval prisoners were allowed to leave the naval prison in Portsmouth New Hampshire to reach home by Christmas under Secretary Daniels clemency. All received dishonorable discharges and come from nearly every state. Also 120 men will be released Tuesday as Christmas presents and returned to full navy duty upon request of Lt Commander Thomas Mott Osborne former Sing Sing warden.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Naval Prison
Daniels
Union
Thomas Mott Osborne
Sing Sing
Fog drains New York as three marine and rail crashes occur
A dense, hours long fog in New York caused two marine accidents and a collision between two elevated BRT trains. One man was killed and six injured as the Norwegian steamship Nils struck a submerged wreck and drifted ashore, while the French liner Chicago ran aground near Craven Shoals but was refloated and continued to Bordeaux.
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New York
Trevent
Chicago
Bordeaux
Craven Shoals
U. S. Dixie Receives Grand Send Off at Queenstown
In Queenstown on December 15, the destroyer tender U. S. S. Dixie steamed out for home amid cheering crowds. Barges carried sailors alongside, while residents waved flags from shore and windows. The U. S. S. Melville saluted with patriotic tunes.
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Queenstown
Associated Press
Dixie
U.S
S. Melville
President Wilson to Visit Geneva on Way to Italy
Geneva dispatch says it is reported on good authority that President Wilson will stop briefly in Geneva on his way to Italy next month, as part of his travel plans.
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Wilson
Geneva
Italy
Mayor weighs creation of municipal employment bureau
Pittsfield on December 15 reports signs of serious unemployment from war contract cancellations. A Central Labor Union committee of 10 urged the mayor to set up a municipal employment bureau and pressed employers to cut hours rather than lay off workers. the mayor pledged to discuss the proposal with employers.
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Pittsfield
Central Labor Union
Moulton
Elevator accident injures hotel worker at Castle Square Hotel
James M. Morrill, 88, of 6 Camden Street South Tend, is in dangerous condition at City Hospital after an elevator accident yesterday afternoon at Castle Square Hotel where he works. He suffers a fractured thigh and serious internal injuries.
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James M. Morrill
City Hospital
Castle Square
Camden Street
South Tend
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