Salvation Army Lights Christmas for Boston Poor Over 13 000
The Salvation Army provided a Christmas dinner and gifts at the People's Palace in Boston for about 13 200 people. Two thousand food baskets, 1 200 dinners at Hampden Street, and toys for hundreds of children were distributed alongside warm words and aid from Colonel Gifford and Brigadier Thomas.
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Salvation Army
Boston
People’s Palace
East Brookline
Washington Streets
Hampden Street
Santa Claus
Palace
Washington Street
Army
Gifford
Harry Thomas
Prudential Staff
Brookline Street
Bodies Recovered From Harbor and Charles River Drownings
Christmas day brought multiple sudden deaths as harbor authorities recovered two bodies from the waters near the Charles River drawbridge and Pier 4. A man around 45, found in North Grove area, and another man about 35 in the Washington Street tunnel died under unknown or heart-related causes. Additional natural deaths occurred at homes and on Tremont Street from heart failure and natural causes.
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Charles River
Boston & Maine Railroad
William Cushing
North Grove Street
Pier 4
N. Y
Boston
New
Washington Street Tunnel
Friend Street Station
Arlington
Mary Healey
Dedham Street
Edwin Pope
Shayer
William H. Jackson
Stoughton
Tremont Street
Ellen Harris
Seneca Street
John Harris
Christmas Night Shooting Leaves Man Wounded in North End
John Covino 45 was shot during a joint Christmas and marriage celebration at 38 Charter Street and lies in critical condition at Relief Hospital. Suspect Pasquale Grazio 24 was captured at his home 7 Luther Street after a dispute over Covino ejecting him from the party.
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North End
John Covino
Nes
Pasquale Grazio
Covino
Grazio
Charter Street
Rosie Covino
Domenico Cappucci
Grazia
Alger
Gallivan
Luther Street
Gifts for Many Today in Boston Mail Shuffle
Thousands of delayed West_package mail arrived in Boston for distribution with the central office handling a heavy registered mail load. An estimated 2,000,000 Christmas cards faced removal for improper stamps or mica decorations, while authorities block delivery due to blood poisoning risk. others will be delivered today and recipients of confiscated ecards will be notified.
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Central Office
Children Gift Fr Butler With Easy Chair
After high mass at St. Leo's Church Dorchester the Rev Francis J Bull pastor found his Sunday school children had given him a handsome morris chair as a Christmas Day gift in his room at the rectory on Esmond Street.
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St. Leo’s
Esmond Street
Dorchester
Francis J. Bull
Christmas joy at Church Home for Orphans tree event
Sixty two children at the Church Home for Orphans and Destitute Children enjoyed a Christmas celebration yesterday with a large Christmas tree event at 4 39 p m led by St Nick the jolliest saint.
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Church Home
St. Nick
Christmas at the White House Quiet as Roosevelt Family Hosts Lunch
Washington observed a snowbound Christmas with minimal official business. President Roosevelt hosted a large family lunch with Cabinet members present except Wright and Wright in Memphis, BonaParte in Baltimore, Newberry in Detroit, and Meyer on a hunting trip. The Vice President and family joined the celebration.
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White House
Washington
National Capital
Roosevelt
Wright
Memphis
Bonaparte
Baltimore
Newberry
Detroit
Meyer
John Timmons
Fairbanks
Atlantic City
Sale of Red Cross stamps to continue through 1908
The sale of Red Cross stamps to aid tuberculosis prevention and bread disease control will continue to year end. The message reads Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 1908. About 200000 stamps have reached Boston stores with four fifths sold.
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Red Cross
Boston
Two Hundred Eat Turkey at Workingmen's Hotel
The Boston Workingmen's Hotel hosted about 200 men for a Christmas dinner earlier today, featuring turkey and chicken with festive arrangements. Rev. William Brett addressed the gathering while Mrs. Ainsworth supervised the event, aided by baskets sent from the hotel.
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Workingmen’s Hotel
Boston Workingmen’s Hotel
William Brett
Ainsworth
Christmas in Prison Describes Jail Inmates’ Holiday Meal
Fifty two men and eleven women spent Christmas in the tombs unable to post bail and missing the annual dinner. At Charles Street jail inmates received a fine pork dinner with apple sauce fruit and pie. Many prisoners could share extra delicacies sent by friends with the less fortunate unremembered on Christmas.
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Charles Street
How Deer Island Observed the Day
At Deer Island institutions an elaborate dinner was held and prisoners earned a day of freedom within limits. Only kitchen staff followed routine. A concert by the women’s orchestra occurred in the women’s building. Men enjoyed yard games until dusk and sang in their cells at night.
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Deer Island
Gifts for Aliens at Boston Immigrant Bureau Christmas
At the Boston immigration bureau 42 new arrivals shared their first American Christmas. Caterer Michael J. Kelly and Commissioner George B. Billings oversaw a turkey dinner and a tree ceremony presided by Inspector Henry T. Bingham. Women, men, and children received dolls, caps, socks, and shoes while candy and fruit circulated. Armenian child Dillian Avedesian found her first doll, one of many touching moments amid arrests of a Lawrence man in an immigration fraud case.
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Immigration Bureau
America
Land of Freedom
Michael J. Kelly
George B. Billings
Immigration
Henry T. Bingham
A.C. Clark
Boston
Dillian Avedesian
Bureau
Kylagian Avedesiar
Lawrence
Misah Melkorian
Philadelphia
Chardon Street Little Ones Enjoy Christmas Feast at Home
The children at the Chardon Street Home received a Christmas feast with pork and applesauce vegetables candy and nuts. Older residents and women joined in the outing to Bowdoin Square and outside amusements were available. No special program was planned at the home.
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Chardon Street
Bowdoin Square
Christmas Festivities At Helen Cheever Cottage And Parental School
At the Helen Cheever cottage a Christmas tree overflowed with gifts for truants girls including woolen gloves ribbons books games and dolls or sleds for those without dolls. The Parental School for Boys also lit a tree with each cottage sharing a special dinner of chicken sweet potatoes mince pie doughnuts fruit nuts and candy and a ventriloquist entertained.
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Helen Cheever
West Roxbury Parental School Christmas Celebration
At the West Roxbury Parental School 220 boys joined a Christmas program with a tree dinner and entertainment. Many boys sent gifts to their parents after Superintendent Dana P. Dame urged the art of giving. A large number of presents arrived for the boys from their supporters.
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West Roxbury
Dana P. Dame
Mayor Hosts Breakfast for Engagement of Stenographer
Mayor Hibbard entertained about 20 friends at his Dorchester home to honor Harry Fogarty, chief stenographer, and his engagement to Miss Adelaide Hibbard. The mayor's daughter Jeannette, 6, presided over the Christmas tree as gifts were given, with music and a reading by Mrs. Hibbard.
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Harry Fogarty
President Eliot and Harvard Men Host Cambridge Reception
President and Mrs Eliot entertained Harvard students who stayed in Cambridge over Christmas at Phillips Brooks House. The event drew over 150 students plus commuters from Boston, marking likely the last such official reception. Professors and spouses assisted in greeting guests as the chapel choir sang Christmas carols.
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Eliot
Phillips Brooks
Harvard
Cambridge
Boston
Palmer
Peabody
Merriman
James
Baker and
Ken
Taft Wins at Golf on Georgia Course
President elect Taft wins the annual handicap golf tournament at Augusta Country Club defeating Major J B Cumming the club president. He rode a dozen miles on horseback in the afternoon and dined with his family at the Langdon Thomas home as Augusta residents presented Christmas gifts.
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Taft
Georgia
Augusta
The
Country Club
J. B. Cumming
Langdon Thomas
Lawson Gives Christmas Boxes to Winchester Poor
Christmas cheer reached about 140 poor families in Winchester as Thomas W. Lawson provided boxes via a large Boston grocery store. The gesture recalled his long standing generosity to former neighbors.
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Lawson
Winchester
Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Suffolk School for Boys Christmas Program on Rainsford Island
At Rainsford Island, the Suffolk School for Boys held a morning sports gift distribution followed by a noon dinner. Later, Superintendent Seavey arranged an evening entertainment featuring the boys themselves.
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Suffolk School For Boys
Rainsford Island
Seavey
Fatally Burned While Playing Santa Claus
Leo Wagner died in a Detroit hospital from burns suffered while playing Santa at a family reunion. Wearing a cotton whiskered costume, the outfit caught fire as he led the merriment, the flames spreading rapidly and causing fatal injuries.
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Detroit
Mich
Leo Wagner
Santa Claus
Wagner
Forgives Driver Who Caused Fatal Injury
Ellen Downey who was run down by a brick wagon driver has died. She left a Christmas message forgiving the man who caused her death and assuring him against police prosecution.
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Chicago
Ellen Downey
Marine Eye Tonic Promises Relief for Weak and Tired Eyes
Advertises Marine Eye Tonic as a remedy for weak eyes and tired eyes. Claims to improve vision and reduce strain with regular use. Includes generic testimonials and medical-sounding assurances. No specific dates or organizations given.
One Day Cold Cure Ad Promotes Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as the universal remedy used worldwide to cure a cold in one day. It highlights FE. W. GROVE’s signature and the price of 26 cents.
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FE. W. Grove
Homesick Youth Ends Life in Bridgeport
Joseph Ganzel aged 22 of Bridgeport, driven by homesickness for Poland, killed himself with a revolver after waking early on Christmas day. In Ridgefield, Louisa Men coboni, 29, was shot by a man linked to her husband, while Derby resident Charles A Bahner fatally shot himself after a tense night with family.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Poland
Joseph Ganzel
Ridgefield
Louisa Mencoboni
Danbury Hospital
Charles A. Bahner
Derby
Risks His Life to Save Little Children
Worcester news reports Harry Rollins of North Brookfield steadied a runaway double-runner to shield a group of children who sprinted into the hill course. He crashed into a tree, wrecking the runners and injuring his knee while saving the children.
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Worcester
Harry Rollins
North Brookfield
Assistant Fire Chief in Serious Condition After Theater Fire
Samuel Dunlap assistant fire chief remained in a precarious condition in hospital after smoke inhalation during a fire at a moving picture theatre in Philadelphia. Several other firemen were overcome.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Dunlap
Miss Guggenheim Rushed to Hospital in New York
Miss Margaret Guggenheim daughter of Benjamin Guggenheim was stricken with appendicitis at the Hotel St. Regis and rushed to the German Hospital for urgent surgery. The young woman, about 19, lives with her father at the hotel and received prompt medical care.
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New York
Margaret Guggenheim
Benjamin Guggenheim
St. Regis
Guggenheim
Calls Men to Prayer in Bar Arrested in Chicago
Chicago report states Miss Elizabeth Duffy a Moody Institute worker known for aiding North Side habitues was arrested after attempting to distribute prayer meeting tickets outside saloons near the Derby ticket sellers area.
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Bar
Chicago
Derby
Elizabeth Duffy
Moody Institute
North Side
Fowl Taste GOOD while you're eating it
An odd promotional note urges readers to take Cascarets at bedtime to aid digestion after holiday overindulgence. It touts Cascarets as a best selling remedy with a yearly massive sales volume and claims a box is suitable for a week’s treatment.
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Nature
Death notices from Boston area, Dec 25
Obituaries for Thomas Carty Catherine Clancy Rick Hurley Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland Waterman list funeral details and times from Roxbury East Boston Beacon Street Boston and lodge venues with church services and burial plans.
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Carty
Roxbury
Thomas Carty
Bridget Carty
Fellows Street
St. Philip's Church
Harrison Avenue
Clancy
Boston
Catherine
Owen Clancy
Webster Street
Church of the Assumption
Hurley
Rick J
Hannah Ty'furley
B. P.O. Elks
Hayward Place
Order
Elks’ Rest
Mt. Hope Cemetery
Funeral services for Brother James Russell rescheduled
The funeral is set for Sunday afternoon December 27 at 12 oclock. Services will be held at Commercial Hall Kneeland and Washington streets instead of 75 Albany street as previously announced. A B Craig and L Maloney, Committee.
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James Russell
Commercial Hall
Kneeland
Washington Streets
Albany Street
A. B. Craig
L. Maloney
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