Study Dancing Problem in Hub
An immediate study of the dancing problem in Boston was decided upon at a meeting of the committee of evening recreation of the Public Recreation League yesterday. The group discussed conditions found by the license clerk in charge of licensing public halls and heard from representatives of the Boston Social Union, Ellis Memorial, and other organizations. The study will be carried out with cooperation from the committee on evening recreation, the Boston Social Union, and the Mayor's office to identify conditions and possible improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Carl Carstens
John M. Casey
Robert A. Woods
Boston Social Union
Frances G. Curtis
State Board of Charities
A. J. Sheafe
Alice Vanston
Social Service House
Jane R. McCrady
Ellis Memorial
E. B. Mero
Public Recreation League
Committee On Evening Recreation
Boston Social Union Committee
Social Survey
Men and Religion Forward Movement
Casey
Notable Blood Health Claim Product Promotion
An advertisement extols a remedy that purports to act on the blood to purify enrich and revitalize the system. It offers the product in liquid form or as chocolate coated tablets named Sarsatabs sold for immediate use.
Shuster's Aid to Come Home
Wakefield attorney Loring P. Jordan, who went to Persia as private secretary to W Morgan Shuster, is expected to return home soon due to Russia demanding Shuster's dismissal. The elder Jordan had predicted this outcome as tensions rise between Russia and Persia. A guard now protects the Persian treasurer's Teheran headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loring P. Jordan
Wakefield
Persia
W. Morgan Shuster
Republic of Persia
Russia
Frank B. Jordan
Eaton Street
Jordan
Shuster
Teheran
Atwood's Record Flight From Lynn To Providence
In a Post interview at the Hotel Lenox Harry N Atwood described his 135 mile flight yesterday atop the Burgess hydro aeroplane from Lynn to Providence. He said the run was a record breaking achievement and landed safely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenox
Harry N. Atwood
Lynn
Providence
Longest hydro aeroplane flight ends near Edgewood Yacht Club
Atwood concluded a record hydro aeroplane flight by landing in a cove near Edgewood Yacht Club after exhausting fuel. He battled extreme cold and heavy wind while steering the overweight craft to water. He reported starting the flight at 10:55 and crossing from Lynn to Nantasket, then toward Plymouth along the shoreline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atwood
Edgewood Yacht Club
Lynn
Nantasket
Plymouth
Bay
Aviator retraces Cape to Providence flight in hydro aeroplane
Sandwich flies at two thousand feet along the cape and canal line ending near New Bedford then Newport and Providence. He lands opposite Edgewood Yacht Club with no fuel left in the Burgess-Wright hydro aeroplane and notes its heavy handling. He plans a Portland Maine run on Christmas Day if unchanged.
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Sandwich
Cape
New Bedford
Fort Rodman
Newport
Providence
Edgewood Yacht Club
Portland
Atwood
Boston
Lenox
Will of John Henry Champney Creates Charitable Bequests
The will from John Henry Champney of 19A Burroughs Street Jamaica Plain blocks any beneficiary from contesting the will and leaves large grants to 23 Boston charities. Each charity receives $500, including the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals, the Animal Rescue League, Florence Crittenton League, and several hospitals and homes across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Champney
Burroughs Street
Jamaica Plain
Boston
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
The
Animal Rescue League
New England Watch and Ward Society
Industrial School For
Free Hospital For Women
Brookline
Needlewomen’s Friend Society
Children’s Mission To Children of the Destitute
Boston Industrial Home
Jamaicea Plain
Labor Leader Held For Embezzlement In Boston Case
Joseph Coulombe, treasurer of the Leather Workers' Union of Quebec, was arrested in Spencer by U S Deputy Marshal Charles Bancroft on a $1100 embezzlement charge. He was committed to East Cambridge jail with extradition hearings set for December 8. He had vanished from Quebec February 1 and was found working in South Framingham under an alias.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick P. Leay
Boston
Joseph Coulombe
Leather Workers’ Union of Quebec
Can
United States
Charles Bancroft
Spencer
Hayes
East Cambridge
William H. Garland
Coulombe
Quebec
South Framingham
Joseph la Plante
Exhibit Two Old Tapestries at the Boston Art Museum
The Boston Art Museum receives two Brussels tapestries after Rubens cartoons about Achilles. George R White loaned them, buying from the late Charles Foulke. One tapestry shows Achilles presented at a temple, ninth of a ten-cartoon series. the tenth is missing. The other depicts Achilles anger at Agemmenon over a slave, woven by Van Utrecht with Van Leerdale signatures and Brussels city seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Art Museum
Brussels
Rubens
Achilles
Boston
New York
Foulke
Agemmenon
van Leerdael
Little Mothers Party at North End Milk Station
Two hundred mothers and babies attended a Christmas party at North End Union on 20 Parmentier Street hosted by Milk and Baby Hygiene Association Station 1. Santa Claus figure Alaus Olsen distributed gifts as 15 little mothers led the event in nurses caps, with speakers in Italian and English among the attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Catherine Stammers
Carmello Basso
Vera Lewis
Eleanor Burgandi
Ida Friedman
Mary Piccatella
Sarah Goldman
Reva Goldman
Postoffice Officials Order Sunday Work to Handle Christmas Mail
Washington December 21. Postmaster General Hitchcock ordered postoffice clerks and carriers to work Sunday to speed distribution of letters and packages despite existing rules. Larger cities were instructed to hire wagons and teams as holiday mail volume is expected to be greater than ever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hitchcock
Rhode Island Turkey Arrives for Taft Christmas Dinner
A 40 pound Rhode Island turkey arrives at the White House for President Taft's Christmas Day feast. Taft refers the matter to the White House cook to prepare the bird for the holiday meal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Taft
Rhode Island
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Sarsaparilla
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Xmas Furs
Eer
Mema
I Ae
Sunday Post
M. O'Keeffe
Mit
O’keeffe
Edgewood
Point OF Pines
Htwood
Cape Lod
Champney
LABOR
Ireland
ST. Paul, Minn
John Ireland
Burns
Shoeman
Union Square
Ade
Little Mothers’ Party
Santa Claus
North End Union
Ape
Young's
Vorenbergs
Xmas
Vorenberg’s
Silk
Vorenberg
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