24 Dec 1914
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
1
Belgium C. W. Barron discusses Europe from Inside urging the U. S. to back Great Prosperity. Wheeler reports on New York stance as England and allies vow total victory over Germany to end militarism and autocracy.
Clarence W. Barron, Boston News Bureau owner and famed financial expert, arrives in New York from Liverpool aboard the Lusitania after a month studying wartime effects on world industry and U S finance. He spoke with the Post about his findings and high-level discussions with leading financiers and government figures.
From London today reports describe German efforts along an 80 mile front between the Vistula and Pilica rivers as the Russians push toward War saw and Prussia. Fighting is furious and losses heavy as both sides report scant headquarters notices.
King Albert of the Belgians, directing resistance under shell fire from the council chamber of a Flemish town hall, stated to the Associated Press the stand his forces are making against the German invaders. His headquarters sit on a dry Belgian corner as Dunkirk and Calais loom.
King Albert asked the Associated Press to convey his gratitude to the American people for efforts to feed his subjects under German rule. The monarch was alone when the correspondent was admitted to the palace.
Emperor William with his entire staff reached Cologne today en route from Berlin to the western battle front, according to a Central News dispatch.
Rumor circulates in Rome that Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria Hungary is dying with reports claiming he has received the last rites.
The year round cigar buyer relies on experience to choose cigars from boxes bearing the Blue Label of the Cigarmakers' Union, signaling union-made quality and trusted origin.
Clara Caulsen of St Paul Minnesota a Smith College student visiting her Simmons College sister was held up and robbed in the Fenway after a struggle. She is under medical care at the college dormitory and was summoned by Miss Gloucester the matron in charge.
A 20 year old Miss Caulson was attacked as she walked toward Simmons College after boarding a Worcester car at Brookline Village. Police described a failed search for the suspect after responding to a holdup near Mrs. John L. Gardner’s residence by Fenway palace and the Notre Dame Academy. Details remain limited and the girl’s identity and physician’s name are withheld. The incident occurred near Huntington avenue and Ruggley street as she neared Riverway.
Thousands of expectant children await the Post Santa for Christmas cheer. The appeal urges donations to buy small toys stockings mittens and candy for needy youngsters.
The Post Santa Claus speaks through the paper to deliver happiness to children least responsible for their plight. Readers act as its agents, while the Post claims no credit for this charitable effort.
Catania notes renewed Mt Etna unrest with strong rumblings and earthquakes felt as far as Syracuse and Taormina triggering widespread concern among residents and authorities.
Tucson report says floods from a week of nearly uninterrupted rain damaged much of the area between Phoenix and the Mexican border.
Three people are confirmed dead with numerous livestock losses as unprecedented flooding wrecks ranches and city homes. The Santa Cruz River swelled to over a mile and a half wide, flooding Amado and nearby areas before reaching Tucson and washing out bridges and dwellings. Two Mexicans drowned after clinging to trees awaiting rescue.
Jesse Pomeroy smoked his first pipe in 38 years yesterday in his Charles Town State Prison cell. On Thanksgiving Day 1876 a fellow prisoner gave him a few whiffs that sickened him. he had avoided smoking since then until today. He will attend Catholic mass in the chapel tomorrow with Rev Father Murphy.
The page records a weather observation from Thompson's Spa with scattered figures such as temperatures and averages. It notes yesterday's and last year's readings, showing various cryptic measurements and dates.
The body of Maurice Albertson, Lawrence jewelry salesman missing three days, was found in a Wakefield cellar grave behind 34 Columbia Road. Police tied the murder to an anarchist-led robbery ring. Victim bore ten stab wounds and a gag, a dynamite stick lay beside him, with $2000 in jewelry missing.
Police uncovered a death house filled with dynamite shot gun shells and other explosives. Floors were oil-soaked and a burned candle indicated the killers planned to blow up the lair and destroy evidence of the crime.
The column lists celestial events including Jupiter in the southwest at sunset and Saturn and Venus as morning stars. It notes Christmas Eve customs and a historical milestone, the 1784 founding of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the 1814 Ghent peace treaty anniversary.
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for fair conditions Thursday and partly cloudy Friday with fresh west winds. The outlook for Southern New England is fair Thursday and Friday with continued cold conditions, while Northern New England remains generally fair.
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