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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1915
Page
7
Frank Edgerton of Central Village Connecticut leaped 40 feet from a railroad bridge into the Moosup river to rescue his five year old daughter Hazel. Both escaped serious harm after a desperate struggle and were brought ashore safely.
Badgerton and his wife crossed the railroad bridge as the highway bridge was torn up. A misstep sent the child into the swollen river. Edgerton leaped to save her but she drifted downstream before he could reach her. Helpers on shore extended ladders and pulled him to safety after he recovered the child.
Worcester police sought Mrs Anne Dinand and Miss Dumphey of Roxbury after an elderly couple Mr and Mrs Martin Flannagan were found unconscious and dying of starvation at 46 Assonet Street. Deputy Chief Murray alerted Boston authorities urging the two women be located. The couple were found by the house owner in a room with no heat or food. their condition was serious and they were placed on the dangerous list after hospital transport.
A Cross Street man and Boston and Albany Railway worker endorses Plant Juice herbal tonic for indigestion and dyspepsia. He reports long relief after three bottles and urges others to try the remedy at Liggett Drug Co. Store on Washington and Avon streets.
State and city officials cast aside politics for the Ward 17 Tammany Club Christmas Ball at Symphony Hall tonight. Democratic leaders from Ward 17 have hosted this annual event for 14 years during Christmas week.
Tammany Club Christmas Ball seeks funds to buy holiday dinners for needy families in Boston. The event at Symphony Hall expects 5000 invitations, with Governor Walsh and Mrs. Curley leading the grand march. Proceeds go to the Boston American Christmas Basket Fund, followed by dancing late into the night.
The text notes that demand for Christmas assistance in past years exceeded Ward 17 requests, but the organization and the Boston American have joined to extend aid. They aim to ensure every needy Boston family receives a Christmas dinner this year.
Charles Fleischer of the Sunday Commons told a Toy Theatre audience on Christmas 1915 that Christendom is an insult to Christ and there is no embodied Christianity anywhere. He urged peace and justice to unite the world despite present hypocrisy.
Rabbi Harry Levi of Temple Israel warned the Jewish community to guard against sectarian influence in public schools. He cited prayers and Bible readings and Christian exercises in non sectarian institutions as signs of a trend that could erode religious liberty.
In Glasgow on December 19 a fire at the Distillery Company Ltd building damaged twelve thousand casks of liquor. The blaze caused explosions and a burning whiskey torrent into the canal. Firefighters pumped from the canal bottom to douse the flames. Estimated loss reaches 750000 dollars.
Six federal prisoners were moved from Charlestown State prison to Fort Leavenworth Kansas to finish terms. The party, led by U S deputy marshals and guarded by staff, included George F E Cassella Giovanni Lalla William H Mettam Salvatore Regonesi Giuseppi Viola and Joe Warren. Also present were Warden Allen and Catherine M O Leary of the State Prison Commission. one federal prisoner William J Big Bill Kelcher remains.
Gottlieb Kling presented a claim in Circuit Judge Kinsey's court for 20 cents due since the Mullanphy Bank passed to a receiver in 1895. The case reflects a long dispute over a small debt dating back 20 years in St. Louis courts.
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