Trumpeters Welcome Day on Steps of New Cathedral
From the steps of St Pauls Cathedral on Tremont Street, trumpeters from the Boston Symphony Orchestra welcomed Christmas at midnight. Holy Communion followed with early services led by Dean Rousmaniere and two bishops. Bishops Thomas and Lawrence presided at 9 and 11 am, with Rev. F J Walton and Rev. R M Harper assisting.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
Tremont Street
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Dean Rousmaniere
Rousmaniere
Frederick J. Walton
Fosdick
Thomas
Wyoming
Ralph M. Harper
Lawrence
R. M. Harper
F. J. Walton
Detectives Identify Two Train Holdups Men in Illinois
Springfield, Ill Dec 25 Detectives named Jack Hartnett of Chicago and Elmer Vigus of Springfield as the two men who robbed the Chicago and Alton Hummer Express Monday night at Iles Junction The suspects were confronted by Engineer McLaughlin Fireman Sullivan and Express Messenger Ayres at the police station and the railroad men insisted the held men were the bandits They were arrested today.
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Springfield
Ill
Jack Hartnett
Chicago
Elmer Vigus
Chicago & Alton
Iles Junction
McLaughlin
Sullivan
Express
Ayres
Ripon Returns to Queenstown After Steamer Accident
The British steamer Ripon from Fowey to Philadelphia turns back to Queenstown for medical aid as two crew members suffer serious injuries in an accident.
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Queenstown
Ripon
Fowey
Philadelphia
Boston Common Christmas Tree Lighted by 2000 Lamps
The municipal Christmas tree on Boston Common was lighted last evening by its 2000 incandescent lamps and drew thousands. From early evening until midnight small groups gathered around the tree with several hundred people present at times. no formal exercises were held.
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Boston Common
Greeks Clean Up City of Saloniki
In Saloniki on December 25 the Greeks report adoption of sanitation measures. Infectious disease cases are reported to authorities, hospitals opened for patient care, water supply and scavenging systems are being reorganized, and an extensive medical service has been arranged.
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Saloniki
Child Tries Toy Engine Feared Dead in Watertown
Five year old Dominico Cizigno at 14 French Terrace Watertown probably died last evening while demonstrating a toy fire engine given at Christmas. He was found in the cellar clutching the scarred red toy with tin horse decorations, near suffocation.
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Dominico Cizigno
French Terrace
Watertown
Boy’s fire play with toy engine causes blaze at home
A boy named Dominico played with a wind up toy engine at the family Christmas tree. The toy drove the flames toward a coal bin, setting clothing on fire and filling the tenement with smoke before real fire engines arrived to extinguish the blaze and the coal bin fire. He was taken to Cambridge Hospital and listed on the dangerous list.
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Cambridge
Dominico
Recall of Officers From Tchatalja Forts
Constantinople dispatch says all officers on leave from the Tchatalja lines have been recalled to their regiments. They are ordered to report within 24 hours.
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Tchatalja
London
Constantinople
Sale of Ladies Coats Shoes and Hats Items
A local ad lists discounted women garments including CALF COAT and Mink Scarfs with prices from 3.00 to 75.00. It advertises girls coats in sizes 2 to 6 years and sold odd lots of shoes with styles like patent leather and gun metal. Ladies hats and sweaters are offered with percent off and assorted sales.
Performer Is Victim Of Fall At Lynn Theatre
Claude Buffington, a performer at a Lynn theatre, was seriously injured during his act when a crockery vase fragment pierced his left arm after he fell from a stepladder onto a dining table. The chandelier was lowered too quickly and Buffington landed amid dishes before the curtain. he was taken to Lynn Hospital in serious condition.
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Claude Buffington
Lynn
Buffington
Lynn Hospital
Lamp causes man’s injury at Greenleaf Hotel shack
A tipped lamp burned James McDonald’s head and left hand and caused a small blaze in a rear shack of the Greenleaf Hotel off Granite street Quincy at 2:50 yesterday morning. Patrolman Canavan found two men staggering in smoke. train crew alerted the fire. He entered the shack and rescued them as one fled saying the other was burned.
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James McDonald
Greenleaf
Granite Street
Quincey
Canavan
Quincy
Double Wedding at Roxbury Home of Bornsteins
At 39 Intervale street Roxbury last night Miss Miriam Vera Bornstein married William I. Cohen of East Boston and her sister Miss Sadie Florence Bornstein wed Mark Abrahams of Roxbury. Rabbi M Eichler officiated with Lilian Levy as bridesmaid and Arthur S Bornstein as best man. The Bornstein brothers Arnold John Harry and Leonard were ushers. The couples, active in Jewish social circles, plan residence in Roxbury after February 1 and are touring Canada and the Northwest after the ceremony.
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S. Bornstein
Intervale Street
Roxbury
Miriam Vera Bornstein
Sadie Florence Bornstein
Miriam
William I. Cohen
Boston
Sadie
Mark Abrahams
M. Eichler
Union Park Street
Lilian Levy
Arthur S. Bornstein
Arnold
John
Harry
Leonard Bornstein
North End
Canada
Northwest
Nantucket Struggles After Fourteen Hour Snow Storm
Nantucket reports a northeast storm that began at 4 a.m. and lasted fourteen hours. Snow averaged over two feet, stranding the island and destroying telegraph and telephone lines and the Martha's Vineyard cable link. The steamer remained in port but resumed trips to Woods Hole.
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Nantucket
Nantucket Island
Martha's Vineyard
Woods Hole
Alcazar Derelict Refloated Off Cape Lookout
The British steamer Alcazar of 2020 tons, bound from Port au Paix Haiti to Chester PA with logwood, was driven ashore in a gale 15 miles off Cape Lookout. Tug Columbia to Wilmington with Captain A Garrod and 26 crew rescued off the vessel after it was pulled afloat and left adrift. Revenue cutter Seminole searched for the derelict but had not reported back.
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Wilmington
N. C
Columbia
Savannah
Norfolk
A. Garrod
Port Au Paix
Haiti
Chester
Penn
Cape Lookout
Taft Narrates How I Earned My First Dollar
President Taft discusses his early earnings in a teaser for next Sunday's Post Magazine. The feature promises personal anecdotes and reflections on beginnings in a light, engaging tone.
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Taft
Post Magazine
Sun Dodgers At Majestic Theatre Opens Two Week Run
The Sun Dodgers stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth with George W. Monroe and Harry Fisher in a lively two hour show. An Irish widow, a fiancée, vaudeville acts and suggestive spectacle fill the program as the cast moves through songs and repartee, with strong audience applause and notable stage effects.
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Majestic
Sun Dodgers
Nora Bayes
Jack Norworth
George W. Monroe
Harry Fisher
Mr. Norworth
Miss Bayes
Mr. Fisher
Maud Gray
Kitty Flynn
Actress Dies On Stage In Stamford Vaudeville Show
Stamford announces Miss Margaret Hatch, a vaudeville actress aged 49, collapsed from heart disease during a performance and died minutes later in the wings. The body remains at the local morgue as relatives in Chicago are notified.
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Stamford
Conn
Margaret Hatch
Chicago
Woman Crushed by Elevated Train at Dudley Terminal
Nora Horgan, 82, of 806 Shawmut Avenue, was caught in a door of a northbound Elevated train at the Dudley Street terminal and crushed about the chest. She was taken to City Hospital where the injury was described as not serious.
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Nora Horgan
Shawmut Avenue
Dudley Street
City Hospital
Collins
McLaughlin
Moore
Kendall
Letters From the Sewing Circle Feature in Sunday Post
The Sunday Post publishes notable letters to the Sewing Circle, showcasing reader opinions and community voice on domestic craft topics and weekly handiwork trends.
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Sunday Post
Christmas Murder in Somerville
Joseph W. McLaughlin, 38, of 36 Linwood Street, Somerville, died from two razor wounds to the neck in a home confrontation alleged to involve his brother-in-law Michael J. Collins, who is under arrest for murder. Collins reportedly admitted the act, while the family provides a conflicting account and his brother John Collins is held as a witness. The case features liquor involvement, a bloodstained razor named Black Demon, and varying testimonies from McLaughlin’s wife, Collins, and others.
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Joseph W. McLaughlin
Linwood Street
Somerville
Michael J. Collins
John Collins
McLaughlin
Collins
Reed
Moore
Kendall
John
John H. O'Neil
Massachusetts General Hospital
St. Botolph Club
Treland
Tremont Street
Boston
Worthington Street
Charles River
Waverley
Staunton Readies for Woodrow Wilson Homecoming
Staunton Virginia prepares for the arrival of President elect Woodrow Wilson next Friday night. bonfires will signal the approach from Alexandria to Staunton with a parade and review by federal and state officials. A torchlight procession, street demonstrations, and addresses by local and visiting dignitaries mark the celebrations lasting through Saturday.
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Staunton
Woodrow Wilson
Virginia
State Line
Alexandria
Wilson
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Mann
Friends of
Dr. Fraser
Frager
Mary Baldwin Seminary
In Seminary
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