Hold Three On Charge Of Hold Up In Roxbury
Three men are locked in Roxbury Crossing police station after a midnight holdup on Willow Park Roxbury. They face robbery charges for taking a $20 silver watch and chain from Henry Jeffrey. suspects named W C Sawyer 32 of South Boston James Givan 23 of South Boston and Thomas Dundin 27 of Adams Street Roxbury.
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Roxbury Crossing
Henry Jeffrey
Willow Park
Roxbury
W. C. Sawyer
Gold Street
South Boston
James Givan
Silver Street
Trail by Citizens After Shawmut Avenue Robbery
Three men were chased by a citizen after allegedly holding Jeffrey up behind a tree on Shawmut avenue. They fled toward a restaurant, were halted by patrolmen, and later, as Jeffrey identified them, a watch was found on one suspect during a search. The trio was taken to the station by patrol wagon.
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Shawmut Avenue
Jeffrey
Hoar
Preparing the Parcels Post Offices for Boston Expansion
Postmaster Mansfield plans expanded parcels post facilities in Boston after Jan 1 as demand rises. Four Milk Street windows will receive parcels post matter, with adjoining space freed by the pension office move. A conveyor system and rail sorting will speed delivery, while other branches adapt to the new service and urge customers to use nearest postal station.
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Post Office Department
Boston
Federal Building
Mansfield
Milk Street
Oston Pension Agency
Boston Post Office
North Station
Charlestown
New Haven
Essex Street
Boston Postal District
United States
the Post
Boston Postoffice
District of the Ann
Postoffice Department
J. Roy Kerr
Milford
Mass
Carr
Parcel Post
Parcels Transportation
Bromo Quinine Labeled as Cold and Grip Cure
Advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a universal remedy claiming to cure cold in one day and grip in two days. It directs readers to look for the signature of E. W. Grove on the product and emphasizes its laxative formulation.
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E. W. Grove
Taft 10 Live in New Haven at Yale professorship
Taft plans permanent residence in New Haven as he accepts the Kent professorship at Yale College next spring. He will join the Law School as lecturer in international and constitutional law and will be a full faculty member with a salary to be fixed after the Kent foundation.
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New Haven
Taft
Kent
Yale College
Kent Foundation
Boston Christmas mails reach 335516 in prior year total
Boston residents sent 335516.97 in Christmas mails to foreign countries this year. Sent mainly to England Ireland Scotland Germany Italy and Scandinavia, the total exceeds last year by over 32500 and covers 25479 individuals, signaling national prosperity this season.
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Bostonians
England
Ireland
Scotland
Germany
Italy
Scandinavia
Boston Christmas mail upswing boosts early month totals
Boston’s Christmas mail for the first 15 days brought in 691,681.70, with 341,998.14 sent to other regions. Total money order transactions, foreign and domestic, reached 1,378,232.61, up 46,852.42 from last year despite 13,606 fewer orders. Foreign mail rose 10 percent versus last year.
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Boston
Fire damages Roxbury stable. patrolman rescues horses
A late night blaze damaged a two and a half story brick stable owned by Benjamin Landy at 974 Columbus Avenue Roxbury, with losses about 300 dollars. Patrolman Gilman of Station 10 used his blouse as a shield and rushed into the flames to separate and drive three frightened horses into the street.
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Benjamin Landy
Columbus Avenue
Roxbury
Getaway Day at Harvard Ends Term After Last Meetings
Today brings the end of the term for several thousand Harvard students as all departments complete final meetings. The Christmas holidays begin officially on Monday, and no student planning to stay home will be left in Cambridge tonight. College reopens January 3.
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Harvard
Cambridge
Harvard Men Share Christmas Gifts At Memorial Hall
Harvard students distributed cash gifts totaling thousands of dollars to workers and dormitory staff during Christmas events. Colored waiters in Memorial Hall received 10 to 30 dollars from tables, dorm goodnites got 1 to 5 dollars per room, elevator boys in Gold Coast dorms averaged about 2 dollars, with one boy reporting 125 dollars. About 1000 students stay in Cambridge through vacation while Lionel de Jersey Harvard plans Christmas tours with musical clubs visiting southern cities.
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Harvard
Memorial Hall
Gold Coast
Cambridge
Lionel de Jersey
London
Harvard Musical Clubs
South
Prohibition Party to Open Washington Publicity HQ
New York Dec 20 The Progressive party executive committee decided to establish publicity offices in Washington and adjourned a two day session to reconvene January 10. The committee announced the legislative party personnel with Dean W D Lewis of the University of Pennsylvania as chairman and named chairmen for other committees to be chosen later.
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New York
Washington
Progressive Party
Dean W. D. Lewis
University of Pennsylvania
Progressive service branch formed with noted leaders named
Finance figures El on H Hooker of New York publicity William Allen White of Kansas organization Walter Brown of Ohio. Frances A Keller to direct the new Progressive service with bureaus Education Samuel McCune Lindsay Columbia University social and industrial justice Jane Addams conservation Gifford Pinchot popular government George L Record New Jersey cost of living and corporation control Charles S Bird Massachusetts. Legislative committee members include Dean Lewis chair and George W Kirchway Columbia University Charles B Merriam Herbert Knox Smith Pinchot Jane Addams James R Garfield Henry F Coffems Francis J Heney Dr Walter Weyl.
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Elon H. Hooker
New York
William Allen White
Kansas
Walter Brown
Ohio
Frances A. Keller
Samuel McCune Lindsay
Columbia University
Jane Addams
Gifford Pinchot
George L. Record
New Jersey
Charles S. Bird
Massachusetts
Dean Lewis
George W. Kirchway
Charles B. Merriam
Chicago
Herbert Knoxmith
Connecticut
Washington
Walter Weyl
James R. Garfield
Henry F. Cochems
Wisconsin
Francis J. Heney
California
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