Mighty Toy Hungry Army Storms Boston for 4000 Toys
Thousands of children from Boston’s poor families lined Washington Street and gathered at the Salvation Army’s People's Palace where during the afternoon they seized toys donated in recent weeks. The event followed a 20 ton food distribution to about 70,000 ill-nourished people and featured rescue narratives of a mother and children aided by Army workers.
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Boston
Child Army of the
Salvation Army People’s Palace
Salvation Army
Palace
Washington Street
Canton
East Brookline
People’s Palace
Gifford
Joseph Atkinson
Frank Sulzer
Thomas Smith
Sheperd
Roxbury
Sulzer
Army
Christmas Chaos at Palace As Toys Fly Off Shelves
In a crowded Palace scene, Salvation Army Colonel Gifford maintains order as a toy supply dwindles. Dolls, doll carriages, sleds, and roller skates vanish from the platform while 200 boys form hockey teams in the street. Little girls stage snow tea parties and lawn gatherings amid the holiday rush.
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Salvation Army
Gifford
Ast Brookline Street
Boston Arena
Elks Play Santa for 500 City Children
The Boston Lodge of Elks hosted a Christmas for 500 underprivileged children identified by the police superintendent. A dinner, songs, and a grand Christmas tree display preceded the distribution of gifts and 250 baskets of holiday provisions. Oscar Shaffer, the lodge treasurer, appeared as Santa Claus to welcome the children.
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Boston
Santa Claus
Lodge Tser
Oscar Shaffer
Francis Wright Fabyan
John F. Cronin
Dorothy Forbes
William Appleton
Herbert Sears
Peter C. Crowley
City Hospital
John H. McCollum
Christmas Celebrations Lighten Inmates Across Boston Area Jails
Hundreds of inmates in Boston and suburbs enjoyed Christmas dinners and concerts. Charles Street Jail served a chicken dinner with gingerbread, while City Prison offered corned beef and coffee. The House of the Angel Guardian in Roxbury held mass and music by Louis Christiani. Inmates at the Boston Industrial Home received gifts and dinner, and Cambridge Street Volunteers of America fed nearly 200 with a turkey dinner. Immigrant detention, Immigrants' Home, and other institutions hosted dinners and entertainment. The State Farm gave roast pork and mince pies, with a minstrel show and church music. Norfolk County Jail inmates in Dedham also enjoyed a large Christmas dinner and concert.
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Boston
Somerset Street
Amelia White
Ida E. Hall
Louis Christiani
Davis Street
Harrison Avenue
Guy Fern Jones
Waverley
Elliott
Cambridge Street
The
Volunteers of America
Christy
West End
Long Wharf
East Boston
Church Rescue Mission
Washington Street
State Farm
James J. Murphy
Middleboro
Norfolk County
Dedham
Grace Hospital
Herbert S. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
A. H. Walker
Harold Clifford
Harold C. Wheeler
Jamaica Plain
Paul D. Rust
Commonwealth Avenue
H. H. Germain
Boston Sees Santa Visit All Poor Families in City
A Post reporter toured Boston, finding no family overlooked by Santa Claus, noting widespread poverty yet generous visits from police, churches, Salvation Army, and readers of the Boston Post. Families displayed modest meals and small gifts amid crowded homes, with some Canadians seeking aid.
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Boston
Post
Santa Claus
Canada
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Boston Post
Christmas Cheer at Boston Hospitals Brightens Ill
Hospitals in Greater Boston celebrated Yuletide with trees dinners and gifts for patients. Notable events included a two hour sleigh ride for Free Home for Consumptives patients, turkey dinners funded by donors, and musical performances at City and Massachusetts General Hospitals.
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Greater Boston
Mary Josephine Amory
Commonwealth Avenue
Parkway
Blue Hills
Main
Dorchester Avenue
Massachusetts General Hospital
J. B. Bruce
Elaborate Catholic Nativity Observances Across Boston Churches
The Nativity feast was celebrated with midnight high masses, elaborate floral and electrical decorations, and solemn vespers in Cathedral Holy Cross Immaculate Conception and Roxbury Mission Church. Bishops, priests, and choirs led services with extended ceremonies, sermons, and music. Hospitals and charities followed with prayers, large crowds, and Christmas meals for patients and residents.
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Cathedral of the Holy Cross
Church of the Immaculate Conception
Mission Church
Roxbury
Mgr. M. J. Splaine
Michael J. Scanlan
Catholic Charities
Pio de Luaica
Ellen A. McLaughlin
Christine Galbraith
Pio de Luca
F. X. Mahoney
E. P. Illingsworth
J. Frank Driscoll
Brighton Seminary
John B. Peterson
Edward O’bryan
Stephen O’brien
P. J. Lyons
Carney Hospital
William J. Conway
S. J
Gustavo J. Carballero
S.J
Junius McGehee
Joseph Beglan
Francis P. Powers
Henry Woods
San Francisco
Allen Duggin
Michael F. Byrne
James A. Gillespie
H. J. Wennerberg
Charles E. Lang
James Hayes
Co, SS. R
Christmas Dinner For Juvenile Inmates At Parental School
At the Martin Luther Home and the Parental School in West Roxbury a Christmas cheer event was held yesterday afternoon. Superintendent Menard led the program with a turkey dinner served from noon to 2 pm followed by a vocal and instrumental concert by professionals for the juvenile inmates.
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Martin Luther
West Roxbury
Superintenten Menard
New York Feeds Thousands on Christmas Day Charity Drives
New York citizens and organizations united to aid the poor as Salvation Army aided 25 000 here and 5 000 food baskets were distributed to families at the Ninth Regiment Armory. Thousands received clothing fuel and toys while Congressman Big Tim Sullivan hosted dinners for 6 000 homeless men and 2 000 Ellis Island immigrants enjoyed their first American Christmas. The municipal tree lit Madison Square Park drew crowds and a magistrate pardoned intoxicated prisoners.
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Salvation Army
Ninth Regiment
Tim’’ Sullivan
Bowery
Bib
Tim
Ellis Island
Madison Square Park
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Charles Street
Henry Duval
Victoria Lawton
Irene Worthen
Temple Street
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Raphael
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John E. Sexton
Thomas R. McCoy
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C. SS. R
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Francis L. Kenzel
Charles Hoff
Co. SS. R
J. J. Frawley
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Andrew Gunning
John Feldman
Frank Fassanacht
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