Irish Mayor Details Terror in Ireland and Deportation
Thurles Mayor Dennis Morgan, visiting Boston, describes Ireland as an armed camp with soldiers and Black and Tans in public buildings. He recounts family terror, a sacked home, and his own imprisonment and hunger strike while testifying on Irish conditions before an American committee. He plans a speech tomorrow night at the municipal building in Boston.
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Tipperary
Ireland
Boston
Chicago
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Pepto-Mangan touted to boost energy and blood health
A vintage advertisement claims Pepto-Mangan builds up energy by enriching red blood cells and clearing waste in stressed systems. It warns fatigue signals, promises quicker strength, and notes the tonic sold in liquid and tablet forms with the Pro-Mangan name on the package.
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Kula
Christmas Cheer Reaches Williamson Strikers
Relief workers in the Tax River coal field completed a week of distributions to striking miners and families. Two carloads of goods were sent to tent colonies and households received seasonable necessities including candles fruits toys and nearly 2000 hams. A community Christmas tree in Williamson Court House yard was lit for the first time with colored electric bulbs.
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W. Va
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The Magi Visit Bethlehem and Warless Peace
The poem portrays the Magi bearing gifts and adoring the infant Jesus as angels sing around the manger. It contrasts the nativity scene with soldiers who fought on Flanders sod, now depicted as heavenly guardians bearing the peace of heaven and the valor of those who died for God.
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Flanders
Saint Michael
Great Throng Fills Cathedral to Capacity at Midnight Mass
More than four thousand people crowded both upstairs and downstairs at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross for the annual midnight mass on Christ’s birth anniversary. Police controlled entry after capacity was reached. candles, poinsettias, and a lit facade sign enhanced the scene. Cardinal O Connell was to pontificate at a solemn high mass, with multiple services and a large congregation including church staff and local parish groups.
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Neil A. Cronin
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Augustine F. Hickey
Jerome O'Neil
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The
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Mission Church
Daniel Morse
Walter Murphy
John Kerwin
Thomas Uniac
Timothy Sullivan
Harry Dodge
John Kelley
Joseph Watson
John Flaherty
al Mahoney
Joseph Baxter
Joseph H. O'Neil, Jr
John Ryan
P. F. McDonald
John Landrigan
Cardinal O'Connell
Thomas J. McDonough
St. Joseph's Church
Chambers Street
West End
Francis W. Maley
St. James’ Church
Harrison Avenue
Philip J. O'Donnell
City Observes Eve of Nativity Across Boston
Boston marked Christmas Eve with a citywide observance on the Common featuring a 59-tree centerpiece and 1200 lights. Mayor Peters urged generosity for 3.5 million destitute European children as Ives’ Band played carols and Beacon Hill hosted festive processions and church services downtown and in residential districts.
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Europe
Herbert Hoover
Peters
Boston Common
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Shea
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Ives
Beacon Hill
Church of the Advent
Francis W. Snow
Christmas Carols at Old State House
Trumpeters A H Fisher A J Smith J N Proctor and F J Howard performed 12 Christmas selections from the Old State House balcony at noon on Christmas Eve as part of a long standing Boston tradition. The concert opened with America and closed with The Star Spangled Banner, amid broader remarks on treaties and peace efforts attributed to Senator Harding and ongoing post election discussions. Senator Harding planned no meetings that day and, with Mrs. Harding, would host Christmas dinner with reporters and open gifts at home.
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Old State House
Washington Street
Boston
A. H. Fisher
A. J. Smith
J. N. Proctor
F. J. Howard
America
Boy Receives Pair of Arms for Christmas Gift
Henry Weighmann a 12 year old born without arms received artificial arms after surgery at St Luke's Hospital. Doctors used chest muscles to form stumps and Spaulding School staff funded a $475 set. He told his mother Merry Christmas and offered a handshake.
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Chicago
United News
Henry Weighmann
Henry
Spaulding School
St. Luke’s Hospital
Spaulding
Rescued from Gum Tree After Lengthy Stranding
Whitney became trapped in a tall gum tree while a Christmas Eve dance played on. Boston’s Mrs. H. B. Emery coordinated a rescue with Richard Tufts and Roy Seaver, while Enos Comstock climbed aboard with a flask and offered encouragement. Seaver rigged a rope rescue and Whitney descended safely after more than an hour aloft.
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Boston
Pinehurst
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Roy Seaver
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Comstock
Screen Writer Robert Bosworth Marries Widow Cecile Percival
Robert Bosworth, noted screen writer and director, wed Mrs. Cecile S. Percival in San Diego last Wednesday night. Percival was widow of Harold Percival, formerly art director at the Ince studios in 1918.
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Los Angeles
United News
Robert Bosworth
Cecile S. Percival
San Diego
Taft and Harding Confer Discuss Versailles League Views
Former President Taft met with Senator Harding in Chicago and later visited Cincinnati for Christmas with relatives. Taft issued a statement about Harding’s views on the Versailles League and the proposed Society of Nations, noting Harding’s aim to avoid treaty obligations while seeking international agreement to limit armament and establish a world court.
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Wedded 50 Years in Taunton Celebration
Taunton December 4 Oscar A Hillard commander of the William H Bartlett Post No 8 G A R and Mrs Hillard chaplain of the Womens Relief Corps G A R today marked the 50th anniversary of their wedding ceremony.
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William H. Bartlett
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Women's Relied Corps
New Across-the-Shoulder Line Draws Interest
A fresh straight across-the-shoulder line attracts attention among fashion observers and designers. The feature appears on recent runways and in boutique previews, signaling a trend shift toward streamlined silhouettes.
Doughboys Christmas in Germany Brightens Khaki Holiday
Berlin December 24 United News reports American doughboys serving 3000 miles from home will share Christmas spirit with German locals. Red Cross Salvation Army and Knights of Columbus organize events. Mess halls add American touches and even wine from German cellars. Doughboys will distribute toys to German children funded by company funds and cap the day with entertainment.
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United News
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Salvation Army
Knights of Columbus
America
Judge’s Yuletide sentence for high schooler Hawthorne
In New York on December 4 United News reports Judge McIntyre sentenced Lawrence Hawthorne, one of three youths in a sensational Hotel Astor robbery attempt, to 30 to 60 years at Sing Sing. The judge’s Christmas gift to Hawthorne was a term ensuring incarceration until he is an old man.
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United News
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Court of General Sessions
Lawrence Hawthorne
Hotel Astor
Sing Sing
Hawthorne
Schooner Clarence Trohan Missing With Six Men Since Nov 29
The British fishing schooner Clarence Trohan left Yarmouth Nova Scotia on November 29 bound for Gloucester with 67700 pounds of salt fish and 33 barrels of fish skins for a Boston firm. Captain George Trohan leads a crew of five. voyage normally takes two weeks but no word has reached the consignees.
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Clarence Trohan
Yarmouth
Gloucester
Boston
Maine
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George Trohan
Pope Deeply Concerned Over Fiume Situation
The pope expresses deep concern over Fiume tensions and orders Monsignor Costantini to use all means to avert conflict. He warns it would be sacrilege to risk human life as differences between Italy and Gabriele D'Annunzio narrow.
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Pope Benedict
Fiume
Monsignor Costantini
Gabriele D'Annunzio
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