Joyous Christmas at City Hospital for 700 Patients
More than 700 patients at City Hospital enjoyed a festive Christmas with turkeys tree lighting and music. Wards were decorated with wreaths and crepe paper as the Salvation Army band played and nurses gave toys and presents to children including a fragile girl and recovering Walter Curley who spoke of a bully time. A small orchestra from the New England Conservatory performed in the wards.
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McCollum
Santa Claus
Salvation Army
Miss Welch
Santa
Walter Curley
A. O. Mills
New England Conservatory of Music
Post Santa in Auto Shed Brings Xmas Joy to Roxbury South Boston
The Post auto delivered toys candy and clothes to families in Roxbury Charlestown and South Boston. Jimmie Fay Frances Shelley Eddie Fitzgerald and Mrs Lawrey's children received gifts while Sister Gabriel Father Duran and Elks volunteers helped distribute supplies and provide relief.
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Jimmie Fay
Harrison Avenue
Roxbury
Santa Claus
Post Auto
Jimmie
Santa
Sister Gabriel
Post
Gabriel
Cambridge Lodge of Elks
John Duran
All Saints’ Catholic Church
Centre Street
Father Duran
Frances Shelley
Carver Street
Post Santa Claus
Frances
Egleston Square Methodist Church
Charlestown
Perfect Recovery Attributed To Cuticura Treatment
A mother recounts her son Clyde's severe eczema from age thirteen, unresponsive to doctors and remedies until Cuticura products, used nightly then twice daily for six months, led to a complete improvement. The ad promotes Cuticura Soap Ointment Resolvent and claims cures for various skin conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde
Navy
Algy Cockburn
Shiloh
Potter Drug & Chem
Sole Props
Boston
Mass
Actors Observe Christmas in Boston Theatrical Gifts
Actors in Boston celebrate Christmas with gifts. Frank Daniels received a silver mounted pipe set from his wife Bessie Lanson, and a silver tray from Daniels. M A Yack, his business manager, received an elegant pin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Frank Daniels
Wagenhals & Kemper
Eugene Walter
Hollis Street
Helen Ware
Grace Filkins
Edmund Breese
London
Tremont
Donald Brian
Napier Lothian
The
Charles E. Lothian
Colonial
Bernhardt Receives Audience With Emperor at Tsarkoye Selo
Russian court report says Sarah Bernhardt was granted an audience by Emperor Nicholas at Tsarkoye Selo on Christmas Day and was presented with a portrait of the Empress.
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ST. Petersburg
Sarah Bernhardt
Nicholas
Tsarkoye Selo
North Cambridge Burglars Loot Homes on Christmas Night
A gang targeted unoccupied North Cambridge houses Christmas night looting three or more homes for nearly $1000 in goods including jewelry and silverware. First hit was William H. Hidden at 47 Mt. Vernon Street, then John F. Freeze at 17 Chauncey Street, with a Prentiss Street break also reported. The thieves used false keys and ringing a bell to gauge absence.
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Cambridge
William H. Hidden
Mt. Vernon Street
Hidden
United States Trust Company of
Boston
Cambridge Police
John F. Freeze
Cambridge Grammar
Chauncey Street
Prentiss Street
North Cambridge
New System of Accounting For Public Utilities Details
Details of the Public Service Commission ordered accounting plan for traction gas and electric companies were released. The system limits capitalization to cash invested, treats franchises as separate costs, enforces amortization and depreciation, and spreads underwriting and other expenses over years to prevent one year losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gas and Electric
Public Service Commission
Henriques Forms New Portugal Ministry
Arthur Alberto De Campos Henriques, former minister of justice, formed a new Portugal ministry taking the interior portfolio. New ministers include Espreguiera in finance Sousa Tellesa in war Venceslo de Lima in foreign affairs Luiz Castro in public works Antonio Gabral in marine and Joao Alarcao in justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joao Alarcao
Tice
Prophet Predicts World Ends This Sunday In Nyack
Lee J. Spangler, the self styled prophet, plans a Christmas Day journey to the South Mountains for earths obsequies inviting saints to join. His doomsday predictions have unsettled residents and many women are now unable to sleep or near collapse.
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Nyack
N. Y
Lee J. Spangler
South Mountains
Prophecy of Sun Day End Times Stirring Nyack
Local chatter cites Spangler predicting Sun day catastrophe with tar and feathers for skeptics. He claims New York will burn and dry up before December 27, with the city abandoned as flames rise. He warns of sun darkening and universal darkness before the end.
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Spangler
New York City
New York
Nyack
Prison Chaplain Barnes Retires After 28 Years Service
Rev John W F Barnes the prison chaplain retired Dec 1 at age 65 with 20 years service under a state pension of 1000 a year. His replacement is Rev Herbert W Stebbins who previously led a Chelsea church and now serves at the state prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. F. Barnes
State Prison
Mr. Barnes
Instituton
Herbert W. Stebbins
Barnes
Yye
Gaston
Malden
Quincy
Providence
R. I
Stoneham
Chelsea
Greenwich Park
Boston
Federal aid to inquiry into Pittsburg municipal scandal
The Voters' League said federal government help will back prosecutions. DOJ has begun steps to investigate national banks serving city funds after $176,000 was alleged to have influenced depository selection, with $17,500 accounted. Prosecutions may target former President Ramsey and former Cashier Vilsack of the German National Bank for illegal fund use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Voters’ League
Department of Justice
Department
United States
Ramsey
Cashiel Vilsack
Brakeman Fatally Injured In Bridge Collision
Daniel J. Coughlin, 28, of 19 Tayvette Street Newton, was struck on the head by a bridge in Kingsbury Street while standing on a freight car. He was rushed to Massachusetts General Hospital where surgeons operated but he died minutes after arrival. He was a brakeman for the Boston and Albany railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Kingsbury Street
Wellesley
Daniel J. Coughlin
Tayvette Street
Massachusetts General Hospital
Coughlin
Boston & Albany
Medford Woman Annie Kane Found Dead at Home
Annie Kane 70 lived at 86 Newburn Avenue and was found dead this morning by Frank Moses who forced entry after being unable to gain access. Medical Examiner Durell ruled death due to natural causes.
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Medford
Annie Kane
Newburn Avenue
Frank Moses
Bristol Road
Schooner Messer Sinks Off Chatham After Leaking
The Harry Messer, built in Bath in 1880 and valued with cargo at 45 000, struck Shovelful Shoal and after crew abandoned ship at daybreak was found on Handkerchief Shoal. life savers aided Captain Pierce and eight crewmen before attempting to refloat, which was abandoned as the vessel settled.
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Pierce
Messer
Pollock Rip
Cape Shore
Captain Pierce
Handkerchief Shoal
Monomoy Point
Joe Kelly
Handerchief
Dennis
Harry Messer
Bath
Boston
Leyland freighter Lancastrian battered by gales homeward
After fierce gales and heavy seas hobbled deck fittings and flooded the cattle deck the Lancastrian from London anchored at the harbor. The seven hour storm knocked over ventilators and lifted the forward lifeboat while washing decks. Two students from Oberlin College and Western Reserve University joined the voyage on Dec 12. The ship carried 2300 tons of wool hides and skins.
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Leyland Line
Lancastrian
London
Tondon
Atlantic
J. H. Sothern
Oberlin College
Carl W. Trotman
Western Reserve University
Steamer City of Atlanta Reports Foundering of Warner Moore
The Ocean Steamship Company's steamer City of Atlanta reports passing a waterlogged schooner Warner Moore, abandoned with flag at half mast in the mizzen rigging. No one aboard. found in 87.45 N, 74.40 W. Warner Moore from Richmond, Va., left Charleston for Providence Dec. 27.
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New York
City of Atlanta
Ocean Steamship Company
Boston
Savannah
Warner Moore
Union
Charleston
S. C
Providence
R. I
Sinking scare as Luckenbach collides with Camaguey near Cape Henry
The Cuban freight ship Camaguey arrived in New York with damage to its port quarter after a collision yesterday with the steamer Julia Luckenbach off Cape Henry. The Luckenbach crew signaled for assistance then planned to proceed to Newport News after assessing damages.
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New York
Julia Luckenbach
Cape Henry
Camaguey
Luckenbach
San Juan
Porto Rico
Newport News
New Gold Pieces Gift At Dorchester Home Christmas Cheer
A bright $2.50 gold piece was given yesterday to every patient at Free Home for Consumptives 428 Quincy Dorchester. Donors Dr and Mrs William Appleton Miss Dorothy Forbes. Gifts and a big Christmas tree brought rejoicing as recipients chose their money for any use. William J Lally contributed flannels. Frances Wright Fabyan sent turkeys for the dinner. Over 800 poor children were fed at the 15th annual Children’s Health Fund dinner 31 Exchange Street with food baskets and clothes distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Home For
Quincy Street
Dorchester
William Appleton
Beacon Street
Dorothy Forbes
Commonwealth Avenue
William J. Lally
Frances Wright Fabyan
Children's Health Fund
Exchange Street
Cremated When His Country Home Burned
ROANOKE Virginia December 2 In a fire that destroyed his Broadford Smyth county home last night J A Gollahorne cremated one of the county s prominent men he lived alone in a large country house it is believed the blaze began from a kerosene lamp explosion while he slept
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Roanoke
Broadford
Smyth County
J. A. Gollahorne
Gollahorne
Handy to Relieve Stomach Distress and Indigestion
An advertisement claims Papes Diapepsin digests all food after meals. It promises fast relief from indigestion sour stomach belching and nausea, and asserts one candy like triangle after eating digestively aids a healthy stomach.
Mine Fire Kills Two in Joggins Coal Mine
In Amherst Nova Scotia a brattice screen fire in the Joggins coal mine killed John H. Coleman 25 and George Sawyer 29. Frank McNeil 22 survived with severe burns but is not expected to live. The trio was cutting coal when flames ignited. McNeil escaped. Fire was put out with minor property damage.
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Amherst
N. S
Joggins
John H. Coleman
George Sawyer
Frank McNeil
McNeil
Alden Descendant Denny Dies In Portland Maine
William B. Denny age 80 former Shawmut Fire Insurance president and western Maine rate maker died in Portland today. A Boston native and lineal descendant of John Alden, he had long tied to Puritan stock and 15 years in the insurance field.
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Portland
William 8. Denny
Western Maine
Boston
Shawmut Fire Insurance Company
John Alden
Truth and Quality Laxative Endorsed by Physicians
An advertisement extols Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a dependable laxative list with cleansing and soothing effects. It claims the product is pleasant, natural, and free of debatable substances, urging buyers to use the genuine California Fig Syrup Co. version sold by leading druggists.
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California Fig Syrup Co
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Boston City Hospital
Joy
McCann
Eddie Fitzgerald
Alton Street
Eddie
Johnnie Daly
Tufts Street
Johnnie
Boston Exchange
Bernhardt
Czar
Federal Aid TO Inquiry
Pittsburg National Banks
Samuel Sternberger & Company
Philadelphia
America
Wees
Eclipse
Hanover and
Portland Streets
Chatham
City of
Atlanta
Warner
Moore
Julia Lucken
Bach
Amherst, N. S
Alden
Washington Street
Hawley Street
W. O. Bye
P. Broadway
Kansas City
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