This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1915
Page
4
Thirteen South Boston youths aged 16 to 22 will be arraigned before Judge Orestes Doe in Walpole on charges of breaking and entering with intent to commit larceny. They belong to the Windsor Associates and were arrested after a Labor Day Lake Pearl outing in Wrentham.
Prosecutor George H. E. Mayshaw and Thomas D. Dwyer report a case against 29 youths for entering a bottling plant at the lake and stealing bottles and furnishings. A roundup of 13 occurred, with 4 guard citizens aiding. Warrants remain for four South Boston youths, one Hyde Park, one Middleboro, and eight Dorchester youths.
Christmas Sunday featured the Hancock Congregational Church honoring an annual manger service. Congregants placed bundles of clothing games and toys for Boston's poor at the manger after a Christmas morning sermon by Rev Cyrus Richardson. The offering was among the churchs largest. Special music by a double quartet directed by George Warner Buck accompanied the service.
A basement fire near gas pipes in Malden gutted a building housing three families. Mrs Lena Jones on the third floor awoke, warned others, and was rescued by Deputy Chief Nicholls who carried her to safety. Neighbors and firefighters aided, reviving a victim with first aid at the scene. Dorothy Jacobs, 4, and Richard Jacobs, 3, were saved from the second floor. Mr and Mrs Walters and their two children escaped to the street.
The Rev. John F. Cummins pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart Roslindale marked 40 years since his first mass by officiating a solemn 11:30 mass. Thousands attended at the church corner Brown avenue Ashland street to observe the milestone at the site where the parish began 22 years ago with a big tent.
Yesterday marked Father Cummins 40th year in the priesthood and the church and parish property, valued at over 200000, are now debt free. Cardinal O Connell sent congratulations as Father Cummins spoke of his life and noted Archbishop Williams would share the day if alive.
Funeral services for the Rev Sylvester S Nickerson longtime minister at the Boston Seaman Friends Society were held at his Somerville home on Albion Street. The service was led by Rev G T Taylor of Arlington with assistance from Rev J M Wathen of the Highland Congregational Church Somerville. Stanton H King Sailors Haven Charlestown gave an address on the Reverend’s work.
Young Brusso of Weymouth meets Johnny Mello of Fall River in a 12 round bout at Lenox A C Gloucester next Thursday night. Two other fights are slotted for the same card.
Police probe into the death of Anna Dorothy Kane of Salem after a private hospital stay in Lynn. Investigators Wilson H. Thorne Stacey Burches and John Donahue study scant clues from the case.
According to the physician present, the girl left no ante mortem statement implicating anyone. The police learned of the death hours later. Miss Kane, daughter of John E. Kane of 85 Proctor Street Salem, worked in Zina Goodell's garage on Lafayette Street Lynn. She left home Friday afternoon in good health, visited Dr G Warren Eastman at 6 30 Friday night, then was directed to Dr Louis Blanchard's hospital where she died Saturday at 3 pm. Medical Examiner Pinkham performed an autopsy at Haven undertaking rooms confirming the cause of death.
The steam fishing vessel Mystery adrift off Thacher’s Island after engine failure. After more than 24 hours at sea the crew endured hunger and cold before being rescued by the British steamer Muriel B Walters and brought to Gloucester Harbor.
Herbert W. Hubbard of Dexter Maine lost $75 after chatting with two men at a street corner and joining them for a lunchroom penny matching game. As the stakes rose the pair vanished and Hubbard reported the theft to police. He described one man as about 35 and the other about 50, both in gray suits, black overcoats and black derby hats.
The first Sunday twilight concert of the season was held yesterday at the North Bennet Street Industrial School for the Italians of the North End. Mike Cassassa and a quintet directed by Miss Clara Tippett performed, with Miss Dorothy Jordan supervising.
London announced that Brigadier-General George Benjamin Hodson of the Indian Army and Brigadier-General G D L Ryrie of the Australians were wounded at the Dardanelles.
Governor elect McCall will preside at a Hampton Institute meeting set for January 12 in Symphony Hall. Taft, president of the board of trustees, Major R. R. Morton, and a prominent colored leader will speak, and the Hampton quartet will provide music.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.