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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1907
Page
5
The Ginter stores showcase a festive array of Christmas foods candies fruits nuts crackers and more with wide selections at low prices. Four city locations 566 Washington 163 Summer 16 Canal Elm and Union streets offer late shopping Tuesday until 11 PM with Vermont turkeys highlighted.
The annual dinner for A G Van Nostrand and his executive corps was held at Young's Hotel. About 30 guests attended a decorate table with six large Japanese lanterns from his Orient tour. Horace G Allen acted as toastmaster as Van Nostrand recalled his world trip and souvenirs were shared. Songs and witty speeches marked a lively, convivial evening.
Pontoosuc reports J Hugo Grouch, an irritable bachelor, will supply drums and horns to local families at no cost. The gadgets are guaranteed to be noise free, as the drums supposedly go speechless after a few beats and the horns have only four good blasts. Christmas Day near his home is expected to be unusually quiet.
A local notice touts Crane's Christmas Tablets as a great sale item. It claims the tablets curb appetite after meals, with anecdotes of a Thanksgiving incident and a supposed antidote called Crane's Retarder. The ad targets poor households and promotes the product for children who overeat.
Dr Karl Muck, conductor of the Boston Symphony, says European-like calm is rare at Symphony Hall Friday matinees. He notes afternoon crowds are noisier, forcing a pause in a performance, while evening audiences remain orderly. His wife interprets his remarks.
The Methodist Club at Wesleyan Hall held a meeting focused on the New England Conference Temperance Society. Hon. B. B. Johnson spoke on unfair taxation, urging corrective legislation. Dr E C Anna of Germany noted American Methodism gains, with Bishop Woodsell scheduled to discuss revival preparation.
A six lecture course will begin at Theodore Parker Memorial on January 6 led by Professor Charles Zeublin of the University of Chicago sociology department. The first talk is Temperament and Personality, followed on January 12 by The Constraint of Orthodoxy.
A group of New Yorkers fled the city to avoid tipping demands and camp a15 miles from Bread Loaf Vermont. They endure cold tents and hunger while fearing discovery as they wait for the tipping wave to pass. Their attackers included hall boys elevator workers and various service staff with large Christmas signs. The men compare their plight to Valley Forge as they await relief.
Miss Martha Nangle from Great Falls Montana claims she has never been kissed and does not intend to be. She references daily walks from City Point to Mattapan Square in Dorchester over two months and argues long distance walking is the best exercise and beauty elixir.
Lynn December 23 Mrs Vincent E Gregg head settlement worker of Neighborhood House helped Martin V Ryan avoid jail after his unlicensed dog fine was reduced from 6 to 3 and extended to February 29 to pay.
John H. Paley editor of the Jewish Daily News was found dead in his Brooklyn home. He suffocated from gas escaping an open burner in the parlor. The coroner investigates whether the death was accidental or foul play. Paley leaves a widow and four children.
The Rev. Mr. Deming who heads the Seashore Home for Boys discussed philanthropic work as a valuable church asset in a speech delivered yesterday.
Mrs Mary Baker G Eddy plans a $1 000 000 endowment for the poor and general good. Prominent Christian Scientists in Boston expect income from the fund to be directed through a central institution to alleviate Boston's hardships.
The article reports Archibald McLellan visiting Concord New Hampshire to confer with Mary Baker Eddy about a proposed Christian Science institution funded by a million dollar endowment. Eddy writes to McLellan inviting details while McLellan promises to assist and publish proofs. Rumors link Eddy’s fortune to her son George W Glover and a forthcoming local bequest in Boston.
New York Governor Hughes is at home sick with the grip and has canceled all engagements in the city. The report notes widespread grip cases and promotes Lung Kuro as a quick relief for coughs and lung troubles.
A former Wall Street broker ruined by the panic lives in a misery shack at Busted Rocks. He sold his car to buy a summer lot, laments a sad Christmas ahead, and fears hungry former associates may raid his cabin for food.
Megan sett, Dec 23. A church pastor uncovered a plan to use repeaters to grab extra candy gifts during a Christmas entertainment for Sunday school children. Pudgy Mills allegedly organized blocks to surge for more gifts, a scheme halted when exposed. Mills resigned from one church but remains in others.
Mayor-elect Hibbard will visit City Hall to thank Mayor Fitz gerald. He will meet John Casey of the license bureau and Chief Clerk Tim Butler, the only two staffers likely to stay under the new administration. The 11 a.m. meeting may shift if the district attorney requires the chief executive first. James Chenery White accompanies the mayor-elect.
Jacob Kirsh Harris Weiss Joseph Rittenberg and Hyman Abrams received 15 month terms while Morris Weiss got 21 months in Fast Cambridge jail. Judge Lowell presided in the United States Circuit Court yesterday after a bankruptcy petition by Kirsh April 29, 190. Assets vanished from Kirsh lace and white goods store on Bedford street prompting trustee Percy Atherton to uncover fraud. Atherton recovered $6000 in a suit in the Superior Court.
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