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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1918
Page
6
The Read store offers a selection of festive gifts sure to gladden many Christmas hearts with broad appeal and seasonal cheer.
A. C. Ratshesky, president of the United States Trust Company, donated 25000 to establish a summer camp for boys from crowded tenement areas. The Federated Jewish Charities announced the gift in honor of the Ratshesky couple's 23rd wedding anniversary. The camp will host 400 boys each summer for open-air activities and recreation, with girls already served. Ratshesky previously funded a model country vacation home in Beverly for 50 girls and backed a major Jewish philanthropic foundation in Boston. Over three years he has given more than 300000 to city poor of all races and creeds.
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A soldier's body was found in a dark hallway at 53 Leverett Street around 7:20 PM by an unknown caller who summoned Relief Hospital. Medical Examiner Magrath ordered removal to the morgue as police and authorities pursue identification and determine cause of death, with possible manslaughter theory under review.
Reports from Stock Hulm dated December 17 state travelers arriving from Petrograd say the Bolsheviks have begun evacuating the Russian capital to Nizhni Novgorod, centering preparations for departure.
Samuel Untermyer of New York told a Senate committee he sought to disprove pro German insinuations and said he declined to act as legal adviser to the German embassy despite friendships with von Bernstorff and aides. He cited his 1916 negotiations with Dr. Albert for the New York Sun and defended them as business, noting it mattered little who paid if control stayed with his group. The hearing included letters denying Hearst ties to Fox and Kelly, and Captain Lester read credentials for Fox from the Hearst office in Germany, tying testimony to Dr. Fuehr and an ex coworker of Albert.
A damp 10 year old revolver incident left Edward Gotawalla with a forehead wound deemed non serious after a hospital visit. A heavy cold sidelined Con tessina Maria L. Loschi from Italy, delaying her return from Boston. Harvard’s demobilization ends with Xmas recess as Navy and Marine units depart. Nicola Ferrara faces jail for refusing selective service registration. Massachusetts industrial accident costs rise with 844,627 victims and nearly $4.87 million paid to physicians. Harvard’s 1011th Engineers staged Plots and Playwrights at Jordan Hall. James M. Ames died after a 50 foot fall from 4th floor window. John Carey ill with influenza. Abraham Auerbach (Iverbach) faces charges for 509 theft from a Jewish society. William R. Davis found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot in Chelsea.
Montevideo December 17 report a steady rise in Bolshevik agitation across Brazil Uruguay and Argentina in the past two months with councils formed by workers in cooperation with police. At Rosario Argentina a council has called a strike.
The U S S Vulcan left Charlestown navy yard on a two year global voyage. One lieutenant lost his service revolver to Charlestown police amid a theft tied to sailor Ray Hulls who shot a man after a robbery in Somerville. Kulis remains hospitalized with a bullet wound while the gun is held as evidence.
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