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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1905
Page
9
After a long holiday pause bulls and bears are expected to clash in opening trading as Lawson prepares to press copper positions and market leaders aim to curb declines. Bank and rail stock activity in New York may also buoy or dampen the session.
Charles G Gates of 667 Madison Avenue son of John W Gates led a two mile chase with bicycle patrolman Dillon in Pelham Parkway Bronx His car was stopped when the officer blocked Williamsbridge road Gates joked he would upgrade his car Dillon remarked autos look alike to me Gates left with wife and chauffeur after posting a $100 bond for court appearance
Emmanuel Church on Newbury Street hosted a morning service led by a boy choir. Four clergymen officiated with Rev Dr Elwood Worcester preaching on The Nativity and assistance from three other ministers. The church was filled.
The Church of the Messiah on Gainsboro street hosted one of the city’s most elaborate services yesterday. The vestry choir and church quartet performed a feature, as Rev. Dr. John McG. Foster preached the morning sermon titled The Light of the World.
New York reports that Frank Work, a wealthy elder, left a will forbidding his granddaughter Cynthia Roche to marry a foreigner as her mother did. The estrangement between Mrs. Burke Roche and her father sparked renewed gossip on Fifth Avenue about Mrs. Roche’s daughter and her admirers.
New York society questions if an heirloom feud with Cynthia Roche’s grandfather blocks her unions with foreign nobles. The Newport scene recalls past engagements that faded amid palace-scale tensions at the Work estate and a divorce fallout. The Roche family relocated to Buckingham apartments as Mrs Roche cancels winter social plans.
At St Johns Episcopal Church East Boston a special Christmas service was held yesterday morning featuring a carol by the boys choir A sermon on The Nativity was delivered by the Rev W Dewees Roberts
Thousands attend Christmas services as choirs perform Beethoven, Mozart and Handel with organ and orchestra. Masses run from 3:30 AM to 10:30 AM, with charity efforts by St. Vincent de Paul societies distributing food, money and clothing to those in need.
Reports from Riga Libau Goldingen and nearby towns describe revolutionary turmoil with destroyed trains and disarmament orders. Provisional governments in Dohlen and Goldeningen suppress old authorities as students face disruption and daily funerals mark the unrest.
In Warsaw the post and telegraph strike ends as workers accept government terms and resume duties. The military governor bans street newspaper sales, revolutionary songs, meetings, and processions with up to three months imprisonment and a 1500 dollar fine for violators. Railroad workers threaten to resume only if St Petersburg strikers join.
Volunteers of America handed out 500 food baskets on 2% Common Street feeding about 50 percent of a family size, mostly large households with ill or neglected members. Each basket held beef or pork, staples, fruit and pie valued at 1.40 to 1.75 dollars. tickets limited to those in need and supervised by police and charity workers. A Christmas tree event and toy gifts are planned for Saturday at 25 Common Street with further donations from local merchants.
The Educational Peace Society held a meeting in Huntington Chambers. Ralph Albertson and M Woodbury Sawyer led the discussion on democratic citizenship and the school city plan. Resolutions urged a state appropriation and Boston adoption of the system.
The Mendelssohn Sabbath School hosted a Christmas Eve concert at Pythian rink Chelsea, with a second show at Walnut Street Synagogue, uniting for the Russian Hebrews relief fund. Nearly 2500 attended as Hebrew and Gentile supporters rallied for charity and cultural merit.
Carol services were conducted at St. Pauls on Tremont Street St Stephen s on Florence Street Christ Church on Salem Street and the Church of the Ascension in Roxbury reflecting seasonal observances across several parishes.
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