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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1909
Page
3
The Post Santa Claus rode a fleet White Automobile unit through Boston and suburbs. He visited Cambridge, Somerville, Everett, Charlestown, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain helping families in need with toys and meals while a grandmother cared for seven with a dying husband nearby.
The Boston Post reports a record Santa Claus effort delivering toys clothing and meals to hundreds of families citywide. Donors contributed largely in cash and goods with notable support from Miss Alice Nielsen and opera colleagues aiding distribution and performances.
An article promotes Birt's Head Wash as a superior dandruff remedy. It condemns common soaps and shampoos, claims widespread hair troubles from washing, and asserts the product removes dirt dandruff and microbes, leaving the scalp moist and hair glossy. Price cited as 50 cents per jar.
A hopeful ad touts the famous mud baths as a cure for pain and poison with thousands claimed helped. The notice invites readers to request a book from R. B. Kramer, president of Kramer, Ind, about a large hotel open year round.
An 19th century style advertisement claims DUSKIPANON backing a laxative Syrup of Senna as the best aid to restore regular habits. It promotes natural function with nourishment and proper effort, selling California Syrup at a fixed price through leading druggists.
Generous Bostonians and visitors filled the Post Santa Claus office with acts of kindness on Christmas Eve. Donations ranged from food and coal to clothing and money, with families and children in Roxbury and the West End benefiting. The William H. Brine Company aided by supplying dolls and toys for Christmas bundles, while two quiet donors selected letters for needy families.
For two days the mother was ill and a doctor arrived after leaving clothing and toys for the children. The Post Santa Claus visited East Boston to bring aid to needy families on Border Street Maverick Street Cross Street and nearby homes, restoring hunger and filling with joy as groceries and provisions arrived for nine and five child families and orphans.
Rood McLean, 21 School Street Brighton, was tried in Brighton District Court for fare evasion on Cambridge and Charles streets. He offered an improper transfer and refused to pay more. He was found guilty and fined by Judge Fabyan.
One hundred fifty students attended a reception hosted by President and Mrs. Lowell at their Cambridge home on Quincy Street from 8:30 to 10. The St Stephen's choir sang carols, adding a festive mood. Faculty members and their spouses joined, including Dean and Mrs Hurlbut and Professors Rand Merriman and Byerly. Radcliffe students were not invited this year.
William J Bryan, recently ill at ex Governor William S Jennings home, departs Jacksonville for Miami to board a steamer to Cuba and then travel to South America. He is feeling better but still has a severe cold.
A sequence of Boston area fire calls from morning to post midnight, listing box numbers, streets, Districts Dorchester Charlestown West Roxbury and Charlestown, with residents names and reported losses including several grass fires and a few no loss or slight loss incidents. Notable names include Patrick J Dann Elizabeth Mc Shane Edward A Babb Thomas Fallon Robert Hodson Tony Fananto.
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