Christmas Tree for Cats at Animal Rescue League
The Animal Rescue League at 68 Carver Street hosted a holiday tree event for cats with rubber mice yarn balls catnip and bells while about 60 children were entertained by Mrs Huntington Smith. A stray dog named Louise was present as children received gifts candy and supper. The event emphasized kindness with a talk to children and inclusion of stray animals.
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Animal Rescue League
Carver Street
League
Huntington Smith
Big Xmas Tree for Skip the Famous Ratter of the New England House
Skip the Boston dog, famed for rats, is honored with a six foot Christmas tree at the New England House on Blackstone Street. The fully decorated tree bears gifts cookies and a dog friendly cake bearing Merry Christmas 1902. Skip will guard the tree and celebrate with his master and new son Skip Jr.
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New England
Skip
Charles W. Parker
Blackstone Street
New England House
Dogland
Boston
Skip, Jr
Hebrews Celebrate Chanuka With Gentile Brethren Amid Christmas Cheer
For the first time in years, some Hebrews will share Christmas joy with Gentiles as Chanuka continues to next Wednesday. The festival marks the Maccabees victory and includes gift giving and customs. Hebrew children will join Gentile classmates in Yuletide activities, with observance by united Hebrew charitable societies at Faneuil Hall tonight at 7.
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Edman
United Hebrew Charitable Societies
Faneuil Hall
North Church Chimes Ring On Christmas Eve
The North End church chimes ushered in Christmas Eve as residents faced a hard season yet remained joyful. Gift exchanges were generous, the needy remembered by church groups, and many children received presents despite poverty while coal and wood stores were busy with demand. In Italian homes music filled the air.
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Old North
North End
Stores Aid The Poor With Discounted Christmas Turkeys
Storekeepers especially butchers helped the poor by making Christmas brighter as they cut prices on turkeys and chickens by about one half. The practice appeared in many shops, ensuring affordable holiday meals for needy families.
Professor Norton Entertains Harvard Students
Harvard men unable to go home for Christmas were hosted by Professor Charles Eliot Norton. Between 400 and 600 students and a few professors gathered at Shady Hill last evening for a merry Christmas Eve, socializing and listening to Italian song books used in Italian churches during the late middle ages.
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Harvard
Charles Eliot Norton
Professor Norton
Shady Hill
Italy
Harvard Christmas Eve Service Reflections by Professor Norton
On Christmas Eve Professor Norton read the birth narrative from Luke, delivering remarks in keeping with the season. The Harvard observance remains a cherished annual institution among students and faculty.
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Norton
Christ
Harvard
Christmas shopper falls at station fractures skull
Jeremiah O'Brien a six year old Charlestown resident with arms full of packages fell at the Haymarket square subway station yesterday. His skull was fractured he was carried unconscious to the Relief station and is expected to recover.
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Jeremiah O’brien
Haymarket Square
Charlestown
Papal Delegate Holiday Guest At Savannah
Papal apostolic delegate Mar Dio mede Falconio arrived in Savannah from Washington and will spend the holidays as a guest of Bishop Benjamin F. Kiely.
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Savannah
Diomede Falconio
Washington
Benjamin F. Kieley
Crown Princess of Saxony Seeks Divorce
Princess of Saxony informs Neues Wiener Tagblatt via M Jachenal that she will seek an immediate divorce. She will not return to St Petersburg to avoid possible asylum, writes to Princess Therese of Bavaria complaining of Saxon court supervision and disputing official statements and gossip.
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Vienna
Saxony
M. Jachenal
Switzerland
Neues Weiner Tagblatt
St. Petersburg
Therese of
Bavaria
Coal in Brighton Helps City After Shortage
Twenty three tons of Welsh anthracite coal were distributed by the Brighton relief committee yesterday. Stations stayed open until 1 o'clock except the Market and Washington street corner station which closed at 8 due to demand. Chairman William H. Woods oversaw the corner station. Sewer yard station opens until noon today and may stay later, and Woods home on Union Street will be open all day.
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Brighton Relief Committee
Market
Washington Streets
Willian H. Woods
Mr. Woods
Union Street
Christmas Eve Observed in Boston Homes and Institutions
Christmas Eve was observed at homes and institutions across Boston with services and programs. Inmates from the North End mission for young women visited Mt Hope Home, receiving dinners and gifts. Gwynne Home on Worcester Street distributed gifts beside a decorated tree. Ward 9 children gathered at Industrial Home hall to meet Benefactor Dr Bough, with Santa Claus. Temporary Home for Working Women and Boston Industrial Home inmates received trees, candy, fruit, nuts, and useful gifts. Lincoln House clubs on Shawmut Avenue provided entertainment and a collation for about 200 youths, with bags of candy and fruit given to each.
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North End
Mt. Hope
Gwynne
Worcester Street
Ward 9
Lome Hall
Davis Street
Bough
A. Santa Claus
Shawmut Avenue
Charles Holton
Boston
T. D. Roberts
Lincoln House
Boston Federal Officials Spend Christmas Day At Home
A satirical note quotes Boston federal workers as planning quiet Christmas at home. Treasur er Marden dines with his children in Lowell after stocking a year’s supply of coal. Postmaster Hibbard enjoys Christmas with family. Other officials like Fiske, Hoitt, Moulton, Gill, Darling, Thompson, Bass, Evans, Smith, McCarthy, Lames, and many staff are described in light domestic terms as a big storm looms west of the Alleghenies.
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George A. Marden
Lowell
Hibbard
United States
Fiske
Casey
Hoitt
Lynn
Moulton
Salem
Cotton Mather
Internal Revenue
Gill
Springfield
Star of Bethlehem
Darling
Thompson
Life Saving Service
Bass
Lighthouse Service
Evans
Post Office Department
Cambridge
Postal Service
Signal Service
Smith
Alleghanies
Port
McCarthy
Charlestown
Lames
Uncle Sam
Boston
Christmas Music and Plays by Boston German Societies
Boston's German American community marks Christmas with a rich program across multiple societies. The Boston Turn Verein leads with Aschenbroedel performed by a large cast, plus a fairy ballet and gifts for all children. Other groups including the German Workingman's Association and Boylston Schul Verein host performances and gift distributions, with celebrations in Arion Hall and Kossuth Hall. Several clubs join later for dances and receptions, and churches schedule Christmas observances.
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Boston
Turn Verein
German Workingman’s Association
Arbeiter Hall
Boylston Schul Verein
Arion Hall
South Boston
German-American Singing Society
Kossuth Hall Association
Kossuth Lodge
Kossuth Hall
Germania Society of
Roslindale
Schwaben-Verein
Abt Club
Fidelia and
Harmonia Clubs
West Roxbury
German Ladies’ Aid Society
SHOTGUN FATALITY IN NEW BEDFORD WORKSHOP
A South Dartmouth blacksmith was found dead in his shop with his head blown off by an accidental shotgun discharge. A double barreled shotgun lay across the body, and authorities believe the death resulted from an accidental discharge.
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New Bedford
Chartes Lead
South Dartmouth
Howard Ellis Dies Suddenly in Broadway Incident
Howard Ellis, a New York lawyer and former U S consul in Holland, collapsed and died on Broadway after attending a law case Moments before the incident he appeared in good health The sudden death shocks the local legal community and recalls his diplomatic service
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Howard Ellis
New York
United States
Holland
Broadway
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