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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
12
James FE McMahon and Leo A McMahon of Hamilton Ontario surprised their mother at 8 Fuller street Ashmont after two and three year separations with an unplanned Christmas visit.
Mrs. McMahon described a joyous Christmas as she reunited with her sons James and Joe who had left home years earlier in search of work. After long separations the brothers unknowingly settled in Hamilton, Ontario, met by chance, and decided to return home for the holidays with Leo’s wife and baby joining the family reunion.
England and France guarantee to release copper cargoes on Italian ships held as contraband of war in exchange for Italy preventing re export of copper. Britain and other neutrals have embargoed copper passage to belligerents. Washington announces adoption of embargo undertakings to curb shipments of copper to Germany and Austria. The move aims to ensure American copper can reach Europe without further trouble.
Norwalk Conn December 25 Congressman elect Ebenezer J Hill received a formal notice that his election is contested by opponent Jeremiah Donovan. The lengthy complaint alleges numerous violations of election laws by A Wheeler the ally and political agent of Hill.
Woll's My Clothier at Hanover and Portland Streets advertises legal stamps with every purchase. The notice highlights a bonus incentive tied to purchases at thecorner shop.
Christmas Day was observed in all Catholic churches of the diocese with mass celebrations starting early and continuing through the forenoon. Thousands attended two midnight masses at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the upper church celebrated by Cardinal O Connell.
Dozens of clergy and cardinals attended a high mass led by Bishop Joseph G. Anderson with Cardinal O Connell presiding. A procession and 75 voice sanctuary choir accompanied services at the Immaculate Conception church. Masses continued at St James St Mary s Roxbury and North End churches with thousands in attendance.
The advisory council of the Diocesan Catholic Total Abstinence Union holds its regular monthly meeting tomorrow in Cheverus Hall Boston. St Augustine's Lyceum of South Boston elects officers led by John J Lenihan as president with Michael Casey and John L Monahan as vice presidents. Rev James F Fitzsimmons, now a curate at SS Peter and Paul Church, is a native of the district and formerly altar boy at St Augustine's. Rev J H Harrigan of St Ambrose presided at the first Christmas Mass in the new parish. Special Christmas music featured a quartet: Miss Ethel Smith, Miss Margaret Mills, Thomas F Murray, and Thomas J Fitzgerald.
A correspondent reports at Furnes in West Flanders on Christmas morning that the Church of St. Nicholas and its square housed 1000 Belgian soldier cyclists bivouacked inside the church floor. An AP writer, awaiting transport to the front, found a larger than expected gathering rather than a small village crowd.
A small child’s coffin and mud covered soldiers fill a dim church as a mass for soldiers proceeds beside a Christmas altar. Bicycles line the nave while exhausted troops sleep on straw. The rising sun and German guns interrupt but do not halt the religious services.
The funeral of Solomon Gordon a retired Jewish merchant of this city was held yesterday afternoon from his later home 11 Walcott street Dorchester. Many relatives friends and former business associates including delegations from the various Jewish organizations and congregations attended.
Wolf's My Clothier sits within easy reach of Haymarket Adams Scollay and Friend-Union Street stations, linking shoppers to the area via multiple subway access points.
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