Boston Salvation Army Christmas Banquet Feeds 5000 Needy
In Boston the Salvation Army hosted a full day of charity drawing 5000 attendees, with 3000 children receiving gifts from a giant tree and 2000 baskets of food delivered to 2000 poor families. The event brightened many homes with toys, coal, and warm meals, ending with 6000 people warmed by generosity.
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Salvation Army
Boston
Santa Claus
Army Brothers
West Newton Street
Keppel
Adjutant Nunan
Volunteers Feed Five Thousand With Christmas Aid in Boston
Volunteers of America raised about 2600 dollars and provided one thousand dinner baskets for five person families, plus clothing for around 2500 people. The effort reached mainly South End and North End residents with help from police and physicians, while 8000 children enjoyed a Christmas tree and gifts at the Volunteers hall.
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Volunteers of America
Boston
Colonel Keppel
Band of Santa Clauses
Santa Claus
America
Pleasant Street
Keppel
T. J. Nunan
MacMullen
Locke
Greene
South End
New England
Adjutant Nunan
The
Post
Volunteers of America Hall
Hebrew Festival in Faneuil Hall Amazes Boston
A Chanuka festival at Faneuil Hall drew a packed crowd of Hebrew children and families. Miss Francis L. Cohen opened with Mendelssohn, followed by the Baldwin Place Synagogue choir under Abram Brasky and Rev. A. I. Manovitz. The event featured readings, music, and a gift of fruit to each child, with guests from New York and an organizing committee led by Samuel H. Borofsky.
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Faneuil Hall
Francis L. Cohen
Mendelssohn
Baldwin Place Synagogue
Abram Brasky
A. I. Manovitz
Boston
A. B. Levy
Cradle of Liberty
Martha Schlager
Isabella Goldberg
New York
Samuel H. Borofsky
A. Sodickem
E. 8. Sodickem
Marcus Cohen
A. Balavitz
H. Stewart
H. S. Steinart
B. Silverman
A. Cohen
R. Horwitz
B. Nullmaster
E. Nullmaster
S. Rottmein
8. Heiman
Julius Meyer
Charles Cushman
G. Goldberg
M. Tushinsky
S. B. Stein
H. Kneller
H. Nullman
J. Kolsky
S. Friedman
M. Brodie
M. Nullmaster
M. Freidman
A. Hubbard
A. Russian
M. Goldberg
J. Levine
Rose Havitz
Working Boys Fun Christmas at Bennet Street Home
A Christmas Day at the Home for Working Boys on Bennet street began with a mass and a sermon by Father John F. Ford. Boys received breakfast and gifts from a large tree, then shared turkey dinner at noon.
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Bennet Street
John F. Ford
Father Ford
Ford
Malley
Buck
Wing
James Corrigan
William Murphy
James Barry
William Haunitch
No Hard Luck Stories From Charities This Holiday
No hard luck tale emerged as Associated Charities on Hawkins street closed for a day and the Hanover street home saw no applicants. The Temporary Home for Women on Chardon street cared for 14 adults and six children, with four children from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. A special holiday dinner and candy were provided. Wayfarers Lodge reported 48 men served, far below the usual 100.
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Associated Charities
Hawkins Street
Hanover Street
Chardon Street
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Wayfarers’ Lodge
Old Ladies' Home Guests Add Quiet Holiday Notes
Twenty four residents earned their 50 cents board and lodging by chopping wood in the yard while the inside workers received no pay. No applications for admission were made yesterday. Dinner at noon lacked turkey, featuring roast pork, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, bread and tea as friends visited on Revere Street.
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Old Ladies
Revere Street
Celebrated His First Mass at St Columbkille Brighton
In Brighton the Rev. Charles Maguire celebrated solemn high mass at 10 30 in St Columbkille Church on Market Street. Assisted by Father Butler as deacon and Father Riordan as sub deacon with Rossi. Choir directed by Miss Powers. Maguire was ordained last Friday at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and is currently unassigned to a parish.
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Columbkille Church
Market Street
Brighton
Charles Maguire
Father Butler
Riordan
Rossi
Migs Powers
Father Maguire
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Happy Day for Somerville Home Inmates
Twenty inmates at Somerville Home enjoyed a special dinner yesterday. Friends of former days gifted many inmates with items, and seven received new suits of clothes, which pleased the residents greatly.
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Somerville Home
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William Evans
Richard Evans
Colonel Evans
Evans
Mr. Evans
Pierpont Morgan
Collins
Army
Salvationists
Manhattan Studio
Amanda Carlson
American Volunteers
C. A. Locker
Volunteers’ Rescue Home
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Borden
Eagle
Dr. Greene
Temple Pt
Bennet Street Institution
St. Co
Lumbkille Church
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