Salvation Army to Distribute 12000 Baskets and 4000 Toys
The Salvation Army in Boston will hand out 12,000 baskets of provisions at 2 p m today, with 575 bushels of vegetables 15 700 pounds of groceries and 3600 cans of preserves. Mayor Fitzgerald will distribute baskets and speak. Tomorrow at 2 p m 4000 Christmas presents will be given to children at the People's Palace with two large trees and candy boxes.
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Fitzgerald
Boston
Salvation Arrmy
A. Gifford
People’s Palace
Army
Gifford
Massive Fresh Fish Catch By Nine Trawlers At Wharf
A total catch of 211 300 pounds of mixed fresh fish arrived at the wharf from nine trawlers. Haddock and cod lead the haul with 14 000 and 43 200 pounds respectively, plus hake, pollock, and 1 000 pounds of cask. The Olive F Hutchins landed the cask. The James W Parker brought 3 000 pounds of cask among its cargo. Prices listed per pound for haddock, cod, hake, pollock and cask. The Indrawadi liner nears quarantine after five days at sea with cargo from Japan China and the Straits Settlement. Captain Carmine reports debris from the Belle Halladay removed. The J Manchester Tayner and other ships report on lumber cargoes and repairs. The Nat Aver wreck removal bids set for next Tuesday. Leyland steamer Caledonian sails for Manchester with a large general freight and farm produce.
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Haddock
Olive F. Hutchins
James W. Parker
Hake
Pollock
Lillian
Elmer FE Gray
Victor & Ethan
Washakie
Mive
Hutchins
Dimano
Thomas Bruni Gek
Indra
Indrawadi
quar@ntine
Orlock
Mystic Wharf
Gibraltar
Japan
China
Straits Settlement
Carmine
Seneca
Pollock Rip
Lighthouse Board
E. S. Greeley
Halladay
Newport News
Orion
J. Manchester Tayner
Tamra
Fla
Marine Railway
Haynes
Tampa
Vineyard Haven
Boston
New York
Vineyard
South Shoal
Misery Island
Salem Harbor
Mary Brewer
Bangor
Sawyer's Wharf
East Cambridge
Brewer
Hume
Rockport
Rockland
Bear River
Portland
Nay’s Wharf
Nellie Haton
St. John
N. B
Boothbay Harbor
Eaton
Government Engineers
Nat Aver
Deer Island
Ayer
Leyland
Caledonian
James R. Cannon
Clyde Street Pier
Manchester
Eny
Cigar Store Signal Promises Sweet Surprise From 3-20-8
A cryptic coded signal instructs entering the next Cigar Store and saying 3-20-8 to receive a surprise cigar touted as exceptionally mellow and affordable. The message emphasizes a remarkable value and a strong chosen flavor experience.
Shipping News Mini Almanac Dec 24 Update
Shipping notices list arrivals and clears from multiple ports. Clippers, schooners, and steamers named with routes to Yokohama Shanghai Portland and Baltimore. Tidal data and day length noted alongside vessel movements and towing barges in New England and Atlantic ports.
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Culler Androscoggin
Broadbent
Portland
Indrawadi Brd
Williams
Yokohama
Hiogs
Shimdzuger
Shanghai
Keelung
Hong Kong
Singapore
Penang
Gibraltar
Olsen
Louisburg
Alaw
W. Perry
Hawes
Halifax
N. S
Calvin Austin
Allan
St. John
N. B
Eastport
Nacouchee
Munson
Savannah
Gloucester
McDorman
Baltimore
Newport News
Norfolk
Greeton
Hriggs
Philadelphia
Timock
York
Belfast
Curtis
Winterport
Dingler
Strout
Mohawk
Pray
City of Gloucester
Linneken
Liniel Willard
Fitzgerald
New York
Hawthorne
Marion and Stroudsburg
Honey Brook
Bennett
Port Johnson
R. R
N. J
Conestoga
Oise
Phenix
Barry
Tulpehoeken
Valley Forge
Lablich
Knickerhoéker
Franklin
Newbngyport
Sebuytkill
Lykens
Hammond
Lincoln
Merrinu
Wiconisco
Portsteath
Catawissa
Sevier
Rolosonta
Salemi
Bear Ridge
St. Nicholas
Scranton
Brophy
Hoboken
N. A
Avondale
Tunkhannock
Irvington
Fariuhem
Perth Amboy
Marine
Banter
Bath
North America
Nel- Sil
Albany
Oakland
Cumberland
Svendsen
Charles T. Gallagher
Guilmet
Portsmouth
N. H
Confidence
Nickerson
Sandwich
Mass
Cossie
S¢Looners
M, Th
Brij
Graham
Bear River
Nellie Eaton
Hatton
Hume
Stinson
Rockport
Mary Brewer
Weed
Bangor
Salem
Gatherer
Brocklebank
Newburyport
Emma KF. Chase
Peabody
Boothbay
Corinthian
Glasgow
San Jose
Port Simon
C. R
Boston
Yarmouth
Ontia
Jeltine Joseph Widney
Herman Winter
Nellie
Astral
Francis C. Hersey
Beverly
Governor Brooks
Horace A. Bickford
Charleston
Lynn
H. A. Mathes
Prize for Fur for the King
Fear of ermine scarcity for King George's coronation in London next June prompts inducements to trappers by a trading company. Mild weather in Northern Canada has produced the lightest fur catch in many years.
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Winnipeg
Man
George
London
Canada
Wolf's My Clothier Stays Open Tonight
Local store Wolf's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland streets remains open tonight until closing to help last minute Christmas shoppers.
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Wolf's
Hanover
Portland Streets
Landlord shot by tenant in Tyler Street dispute
Fong Sing aged 30 fired a revolver at landlord Mock Quen 36 in the hallway of 4 Tyler street after a rent dispute. A boy Vincenzo Cara 9 followed the suspect and helped police seize Ling who faced assault with a loaded gun. Officers fear Tong war tensions at Chinatown station.
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Fong Sing
Tyler Street
Mock Quen
Lagrange Street
Ing
Harrison Avenue
Dover Street
Vincenzo Cara
Creedy
Bresnahan
Chinatown
Hep Sing Tong
On Leong Tong
Boston Faces Large Share of Metropolitan Park Tax
Boston will pay $660,288.24 of the total $1,154,553.21 park tax share this year under a five year apportionment approved by the Supreme Court. After allocating fixed charges of about $1.516 million, Boston’s remaining amount for interest and sinking fund is estimated at $2,261,817.69, with 60 percent of that sum to be borne by the city.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Charles River
North Adams Wets Win OuI City Election Recount
In North Adams the initial vote favored no license by one, but a recount increased the license majority to seven, allowing the open saloon to continue for another year. The result reverses the earlier temperance victory and confirms the city remains a license city.
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North Adams
People's Credit Reports Largest Yearly Business
The People's Credit at 433 Washington Street corner Winter reports record annual growth. Proprietor Sallinger credits a new order check system that spurred hundreds to buy on credit and earned endorsements from Boston merchants. He says better credit service raises confidence and distinguishes them.
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People’s Credit
Washington Street
Sallinger
Boston
Savant Writes Mayor on Tax Question
Headmaster George W. Evans of Charlestown high school urges the Mayor to study taxing preferential land values and cites Boston’s proposed review of taxation. He notes Vancouver’s industrial growth after similar measures and Spokane’s planned adoption, urging investigators access to assessor records to separate land from buildings and dock values.
Dancers Shine as Pavlova Headlines Oriental Themed Ballet
The Russian troupe again enchanted Boston with Laparra's La Haban era and a Mordkin arranged Arabian Nights ballet. Pavlova dazzled in a revealing costume, while Mordkin and Lassalle drew praise for stage presence and orchestral vigor shaping Rimsky Korsakoff inspired scenes. Watered down by language, the review lauds color and spectacle.
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Boston Opera
Laparra
Blanchart
Pilar
Miss Dereyne
Mr. Lassalle
Caplet
la Ilabanera
Mordkin
Aggiade
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Arensky
Bleichman
Bourgault - Duccoudray
Glazounov
Chaminade
Rubenstein
Azyiade
Shah-Rahman
Azylade
Pavlova
Scheherazade
Four Engines Help Move Bangor Train to Portland
The Bangor and Boston expo train required four locomotives over six hours to travel from Boston to Portland. A front engine failed at Seabrook, another was added after leaving Portsmouth, and a third came from a freight at Jewett after a setback near Agamenticus. The train arrived in Portland at 3 p.m.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Bangor
Boston
Portland Tod
Seabrook
Agamenticus
Jewett
Portland
Boston Symphony Plays Hansel and Gretel in Public Rehearsal
The Boston Symphony Orchestra featured Sylvain Noack as soloist in Dvorak New World Symphony and Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel Prelude during the 10th public rehearsal in Symphony Hall. Fiedler conducted the Academic Festival overture Brahms with noted warmth and precision.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Hansel and Gretel
Humperdinck
Dvorak
Lalo
Brahms
Sylvain Noack
Mr. Fiedler
Schubert
Noack
Fiedler
Greeks Buy Sutton Estate for Greek School in Peabody
The Greek Orthodox Church of New England through Revs Ambrosios Paraschakis and Polycarpos Mariakis purchased General Sutton’s Peabody estate to establish a Greek language school for Greek-American youth. The project will cost over 20000 dollars, funded by subscriptions from Greek communities and friends. the school will be incorporated in Massachusetts.
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New England
Ambrosios Paraschakis
Polycarpos Mariakis
General Sutton
Peabody
American Friends
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Seventy Buried as Theatre Wall Collapses in Newark
In Newark New Jersey a temporary steel structure on an old theatre undergoing reconstruction collapsed. A large section of wall fell on seventy laborers below one Pole worker was killed and two masons were seriously injured.
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Newark
N. J
Crowd Breaks Window at Houghton & Dutton
Record Christmas crowds at the Houghton and Dutton Company caused major disruptions. Police positioned at entrances could not prevent overflow into Tremont and Beacon streets, breaking a large plate glass window near the Tremont Beacon corner.
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Houghton @ Dutton’s
Houghton & Dutton Company
Tremont
Beacon Streets
Tremont Street
Old Burying Ground
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Neva
George McManus
the Press Publishing Co
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Shire Today
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Oxford
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Blake
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Cal
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Henry W. Savage
Mads
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Engs
Death Valley
Queen OF Outlaws
Shubbert
Forbes Robertson
Loew's Morpheum Theatre
Bears
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Owen Moran
Star Show Girls
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Zenatello
Giaccone
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Huddy
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Aida
Savage
Scotti
Mardones
White
Carmen
Gay. Nielsen
Fisher
Roberts
Gilly
Devaux
Gantvoort
Andre Caplet
Eastern Talking Machine Co
Mason & Hamlin
B. F. Keith's Theatre
Kathryn Osterman & CO
Lydia Barry Howard
Nefy & Starr
Harry B. Lester
Mrs
Mark Murphy
Marcantonis
Carbrey
Bre
Laypo
Benmin
Brahamws Flea Circus
Montgomery
Stone
Charles Dillingham
Old Town
Bessie McCoy
Tremont Wostiir
Christie MacDonald
A. H. Woods
Carter de Haven
Tmine Pictures
Ame Globe
Castle Sq. Tel
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Down Town
Winter St
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Boston Arena
St. Botolph
Massachusetts Avenue
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aDrey
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