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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
6
Captain James L. Publicover and his five crewmen, rescued from drowning by Cape Cod lifesavers after their four masted British schooner James Slater was battered to pieces on Sunday morning, are due to return home tonight.
A roaring gale brought the wrecked craft to Boston last night at 7 20. Captain A Gilbert acted as Boston agent, with Mate Leo Bell and crew members Joseph Duphinee Victor Bell Ray Bell and M Paulson aboard. The sailors will ride the evening train to Liverpool Nova Scotia for return home.
Joseph M. Sullivan chairs the Boston Lodge No. 10 Elks charity committee as it readies clothing funds toys and Christmas baskets for Boston and nearby areas. He notes this year’s donations will be the lodge’s largest ever and he has climbed to the second highest lodge post through four years of service.
London December 22 Lady Astor Member of Parliament sent a Christmas message to Canadian soldiers patients at Taplow Hospital She noted it was the first Christmas in five years without the Canadians and said Cliveden felt lonely without them expressing she was thinking of them.
The State Department transmitted two separate representations to the Mexican government through the American embassy in Mexico City. The notes concern protection of American lives and progress was reported from Washington.
In Mazatlan the two American sailors Leonard and Martin remain detained by a Mexican court on various pretexts. The State Department says the consul is protecting their rights and that the embassy in Mexico City will press the issue with the foreign office.
Henry P. Desmond aged 88 of 1st Grove street Melrose is in critical condition at Melrose Hospital with a fractured skull after being struck by an automobile at Main and Lynde streets last night. The car was driven by Henry V Gould of 8 Fast street Melrose.
Von Bissing seeks Rome visit with religious jurisdiction at issue. The Governor-General assigns cardinal oversight of priests sermons to curb political intrusions. The cardinal, a vigilant statesman, detects a plot to thwart his return to Belgium and secures a passport for both entry and departure. He shifts his journey from November to January.
A 1915 1916 correspondence chain between Baron von Bissing and Cardinal Mercier discusses accusations that Belgian priests abused liberty of speech in sermons at Lourdes grotto Laeken Ste Gudule and Schaerbeek. Disputes name several priests Swalus Carolyn Mussche Wittemberg and others and seek ecclesiastical action while noting Mercier's travel to Rome and on going responses.
The piece traces St Nicholas roots to Belgium and Holland, notes Dutch links to New York, and observes Santa’s evolution toward an American icon with a White House anecdote about President Harrison planning an old fashioned Christmas dinner and serving as Santa Claus.
A fire at the National Furniture Company plant in Gloucester caused extensive damage to the building and nearby offices including American Express and W. G. Brown & Co. department store. Estimated loss is 22,500 dollars. cause not yet determined.
Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, a Republican presidential candidate, denounced Socialism and Communism at a New England Society Forefathers dinner in New York. He cited Plymouth Colony experiments, urged rewards for merit, and urged organized labor to adjust plans. He praised Massachusetts and Coolidge for handling the Boston police strike and urged civic groups to organize locally against lawlessness.
A quoted statement reports citizens volunteering to assist peace officers in upholding the law. The remarks reflect community tension and calls for collaborative safety efforts amid unrest.
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