Boston girl praised for calming storm frightened ship passengers
Miss Jennie Osmo, 19, of Jamaica Plain, helped steady panicked travelers aboard the Norwegian-American steamship Stavangerfjord during a five day Atlantic storm. Captain Irgens honored her courage alongside Charlotte Dessner and Yaseha Schwarzmann as the ship reached Brooklyn.
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New York
Jennie Osmo
Boston
K. S. Irgens
Staavangerfjord
Brooklyn
Staavengerfjord
Bergen
Christiania
Irgens
Charlotte Dessner
Lynbrook
IL TL
Yaseha Schwarzmann
Misa Osmo
T. H. Choreren
St. John’s
Jamaica Plain
Green Street
John Osmo
Post
America
Trondshem
Norway
Bow- Aitch School
Gifts for 1000 Wards of City Seeks Santa Aid
More than a thousand children in city care will receive Christmas packages funded by a $20 city appropriation. Miss Margaret Foley heads the institutions department effort, aided by wholesalers who donated goods to fill 1000 boxes of dolls, games, and clothing sent by parcel post for Saturday delivery.
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Margaret Foley
Houdini to perform daring mid air escape for Santa fund
In Boston the famous escape artist Houdini accepted a public challenge from city and state officials to free himself from a straight jacket while suspended over Washington Street near Santa's Post office. The stunt, planned for tomorrow afternoon, will be staged as a fundraiser for the Post Santa Claus fund with police and prison officials participating as challengers.
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Santa Claus
Washington Street
Post
Greater Boston
Harry Houdini
Houdini
Keith
John A. Kelcher
Suffolk County
Charles Street
Thomas C. O'Brien
Boston
Michael H. Crowley
City of
Elmer E. Shattuck
Charlestown
Charles T. Judge
Concord Reformatory
George M. Harlow
Deer Island
Crowley
Kelliher
Shattuck
Reeset
Route L Not Changing After West Roxbury Meeting
Dana of the Boston Prevated pledged no change to the Jamaica Plain South Huntington car line until further notice. West Roxbury residents, led by the association at Robert Gould Shaw School, urged deferral of the proposed schedule that would require two or three through-car changes, an hardship in winter. Over 200 members attended, praising Captain Howley’s police work and noting ongoing talks with officials on West Roxbury conditions.
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Dana
Boston
Jamaica Plain
Huntington Avenue
West Roxbury
West Roxbury Association
Augustus Hf. Kelley
Clinton Howley
Station 17
West Hexbury
Wiping Rouge Sparks Custody Battle At Trial
In New York a separation suit by Mildred Trattel against David Traittel, president of the Trattel Model Co., centers on a claim of cruel treatment after he wiped rouge from her lips to kiss her. The judge ordered $50 weekly alimony and $500 in counsel fees pending trial.
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New York
Dea
United. News
Supreme Court
Burr
Mildred Trattel
Trattel
David Traittel
Trattel Model Company
Long Island
Wits
Train Dead At Rush Hour Causes Boston Tunnel Tie-Up
A 67 16 Cambridge tunnel train stalled between Andrews Square and Broadway stations in South Boston during last evening’s rush. A following train pushed it into Andrews Square, blocking the line and delaying thousands of El riders. Trains were rerouted and passengers received surface-line checks while services resumed 15 minutes later.
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Cambridge Tunnel
Andrews Square Tunnel
South Boston
Andrews Square
Broadway
South Station
South
Harvard
Cambridge
Edward M. McColgan Funeral Tomorrow in Charlestown
Private Edward M. McColgan of Company M 801st Infantry died in Beaune France on November 8 1918. His body arrived in Boston yesterday and the funeral is set for tomorrow at 9 am at St Catherine's Church Charlestown. He was 81 and lived at 8 Bunker Hill Street. He worked in the Post pressroom and belonged to the Boston Newspaper Web Pressmen's Union Morning Glories of Charlestown and the Park Outing Club. The Henley Call and Warren streets intersection square in Charlestown has been named in his memory.
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Edward M. McColgan
Co. M
801St Infantry
Beaune
France
Boston
Afelock
St. Catherine's Church
Charlestown
McColgan
Bunker Tiill Street
Post
Web Pressmen's Union
Park Outing Club
Henley
Call
Warren Streets
Labor's side of railroad contracts
In Chicago on December 20, Frank P. Walsh counsel for the American Federation of Labor railway department argued before the United States Railroad Labor Board that allowing railroads to let out work on contract to evade the federal transportation act would enable officials to farm out management and drive the operating system to the lowest bidder.
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Chicago
United News
Frank P. Walsh
American Federation of Labor Railway Department
United States Railroad Labor Board
Foch Delivers Christmas Message to Knights of Columbus
Marshal Foch of France sends a Christmas message to the Knights of Columbus received by James A. Flaherty of Philadelphia. He says peace comes only to men of good will and must be reflected in the heart, not by force alone.
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Foch
New York
Marshal Foch
France
Knights of Collumbus
James A. Flaherty
Philadelphia
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Priest's Drug CO
Bangor, ME
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