LL Trains Fill To Capacity As Holiday Travel Surges
Boston rail traffic booms for Christmas as trains on the Boston line to Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Montreal run two to three sections. Passengers crowd aisles seats filled Pullman space scarce and extra sections planned for coming days. Merchants Limited skipped today but resumes tomorrow with two sections.
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Boston
Maine
New Hampte
Vermont
Montreal
New Haven Railroad
Merchants Limited
Torrow
Pullman
Oston & Albany
New York
Buffalo
Detroit
Chicago
Cincini
St. Louis
YY is First Thin Ice Victim of Winter
A man drowned in Scarboro Pond at Franklin Park after slipping through thin ice. His companion Edward Jacobs, a resident in the same building, narrowly escaped death by clawing his way to safety over the broken ice.
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Dorchester
Scarboro Pond
Franklin Park
Edward Jacobs
Tragedy at Scarboro pond as two boys sink in ice
The DeBruyn and Jacobs boys skated on thin ice near Scarboro pond against police warnings. Jacobs escaped after breaking through, but DeBruyn sank under the weight of his skates and body. Police recovered him after a half hour in the icy water. DeBruyn, one of eleven children, faced family hardship with his father out of work and rheumatism.
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Sted
DeBruyn
Jamaica
Ing DeBruyn
Edward J. Deion
Yessay
de Bruyn
C. Wall
Milk Street
Jacobs
Scarborond
Santly
Jash Baseball Indictments Quashed in Los Angeles Court
Grand indictments against William Babe Bor, Harl Maggert, and William Rum for conspiring to influence Pacific Coast League game outcomes were dismissed by Judge Nis. The court ruled the charges failed to allege a criminal act. The district attorney’s representative could not confirm potential new indictments.
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OS Angeles
Cal
William
Babe) Bor
Harl Maggert
William Rum
Actress Kia Monson Dies in Pasadena at 78
Sophia Monson, once a famed actress, died at her Pasadena home at age 78. She was the last living member of the original Norwegian National Theatre cast from 1862 assembled by Ole Bull.
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Asadena
Cal
Kia Monson
Bold daylight payroll theft ends with youths' capture
Two 19 year old South Boston youths were captured after allegedly grabbing a $1400 payroll from the New England Iron Works Company on Fargo street. Paymaster Charles Koopman alerted Robert Hodkin a New Haven railroad patrolman who halted the pair at gunpoint and forced them toward the company office. The suspects John Daley and Benjamin Kaski were then taken into custody at Athens street police station.
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New England Iron Works Company
South Boston
Robert G. Hodkin
New Haven
Fargo Street
John Daley
Columbia Road
Benjamin Kaski
Dorchester Avenue
Athens Street
Charles F. Koopman
Koopman
Hodkin
N. E. Tron Works
South
Boston
Benjamin Kiski
New England Iron Works
Confesses He Shot Himself in Despondency
Quy Ciueena a 24 year old of 2 Lodge road Awampscott admitted to the Lynn police he shot himself last Tuesday night after a quarrel with a Lynn woman. Powder marks on his coat and a gun found near Narrow Gauge tracks led to the confession.
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Quy Ciueena
Lodge Road
Awampscott
Lynn
Queena
New York
Dr True's Elixir Adverts Mrs Nellie Woodsford Story
Mrs Woodford and her children at 23 Lamson St report relief after using Dr True's Elixir a family laxative and worm expeller. She cites improved bowels breath headaches and gratitude noting a prior bout with illness and a worm case in her youngest child. The ad claims the remedy has worked since 1851 and is pleasant and mild to take.
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Boston
Lamson St
Nellie Woodsford
Dr. True
Newbern Iron Works Adopts Profit Sharing Pay Plan
In New Bern North Carolina on December 24 employees at the Newbern Iron Works and Supply Company received their first week of pay under a profit sharing plan. The payout reflected a 10 percent reduction from the prior week, with wages tied to profits above operating expenses. Company President Willis stressed the plant remains company owned, aiming to protect workers’ living wages while seeking improved business to raise future earnings. The plan followed two prior 10 percent cuts, one after a brief walkout, shifting to profit based pay after explanations by management.
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Newbern
N. C
Newbern Iron Works & Supply Company
Willis
Firm workers accept sliding pay scale after payroll cut
Leaders among the employees said they were not pleased by the wage reduction but believed the company offered a square deal and would receive their full share of profits. Ernest L. Willis, company president, stated officers had not turned the plant over to workers and had arranged a sliding scale of pay based on profits.
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Ernest L. Willis
New York Faces Christmas Eve Crime Wave Breakthroughs
New York police stepped up efforts after a Park Avenue hold up at Murray Hill hotel. Four men and a woman were arrested in Brooklyn as investigators aim to clear robberies in Manhattan Brooklyn and New Jersey. The suspects resisted and officers fired during capture.
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New York
Murray Hill
Park Avenue
Brooklyn
Manhattan
New Jersey
Fire injures eight year old in South Boston incident
Eight year old Catherine McPartland suffered severe burns when her two year old brother Michael set her dress ablaze with matches while alone with her in the home at 98 East Canton Street. Mrs. Mary McPartland found the girl burning and neighbors aided as Catherine was taken to City Hospital on the danger list.
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Catherine McPartland
East Canton Street
Boston
Michael
Mary McPartland
Catherine
Lexington Baby Fatally Burned in Home Accident
William Cordillo two and a half years old of Albemarle avenue East Lexington died after accidentally setting fire to his clothes while playing with matches. He was alone in the cellar when the fire started and died three hours after arrival at Symmes Arlington Hospital. The father was away the housekeeper worked and the mother is dead.
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William Cordillo
Albemarle Avenue
Lexington
Symmes Arlington Hospital
Michael Cordillo
Confesses to 1919 Worcester Taxicab Murder Charge
Leominster police report Joseph L. Berry 17 confesses to murdering Dosgilda Cote of Worcester in Bolyston on Sept 4 1919. Berry says companion Theodore A. Marquis 18 assisted and they drove the car to Ayer before abandoning it. Marquis to be arraigned in Clinton next Monday. Berry jailed on assault with intent to rob charges.
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Leominster
Joseph L. Berry
Concord Reformatory
Dosgilda Cote
Worcester
Boylston
Theodore A. Marquis
Berry
Cote
Marquis
Bolyston
Ayer
Clinton
Christmas Day Events At City Charities And Hospitals
Distribution of 10 000 Christmas dinners at the People s Palace under Salvation Army auspices. Christmas tree at Red Shield Club Charlestown Navy Yard with gifts and dinner. 10 30 Christmas tree at Parker Hill Hospital. Open House events at B Y M C U and Army and Navy Club Park Square. Gift packages distributed all day by Church Home Society.
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People’s Palace
Salvation Army
Red Shield Club
Charlestown Navy Yard
Parker Hill Hospital
Church Home Society
Army and Navy Club
Park Square
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JASH
Sophia Monson
U.S. Health Reports
Robert G. Hodikin
A& & House
W. H. Phelps & CO
Washington St
Adams
Mass
M. Hall & Carter
N. Y
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