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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1916
Page
2
Post Santa Claus finished his year with 92 000 gifts sent to about 23 000 families. The fund surpassed $8000 for the first time and receipts supported delivery by numerous volunteers and auto owners. An accounting and audit will soon publish how the funds were spent and donations were used to spread Christmas cheer to thousands of children.
An alarm sounded at 6 45 yesterday afternoon for a chimney fire at the Algonquin Club 217 Commonwealth Avenue. The blaze was extinguished with chemicals without disturbing diners and members gathered at the club. No damage was reported.
Major and Mrs. Ralph G. Carpenter, after a long divorce case with a decree granted then revoked, await a court decision on the permanent custody of their son during the holiday period in Concord New Hampshire.
Major Carpenter made his third weekly visit to the Eagle Hotel to see his son now living with his mother in the city for a month after a stay with grandparents in Wolfeboro. He arrived from Boston as Mrs. Carpenter and the boy left for the Streeter home where they dined, with no greeting exchanged at the door.
Ralph Jr shares in the privilege of the boys company on this day, marking a notable moment in the youth group activities.
The U S postal service in the Boston district finished Christmas delivery by shortly afternoon yesterday with no Christmas mail left at any station. Advertising circulars and booklets from Boston businesses were also cleared from racks.
By 4 PM yesterday the last piece of mail in the citys greatest Christmas rush had arrived. Over 4000 workers filled the operation with zeal as 20 million pieces were processed. Postmaster Murray praised clerks and carriers and eyed a future South postal station and government owned auto service to ease peak loads.
Fire in North Hampton wipes out Roy Rollins general store and postoffice with hundreds of Christmas packages damaged. A storehouse and two railcar loads of grain burned. town records may be lost. Buildings near the Boston and Maine station suffered minor damage saved by railroad workers.
In Holbrook on December 25 the parish celebrated the dedication of the completed St Josephs Catholic Church and the first Masses. Father John A Sheridan presided over three masses as the junior and senior choirs joined in song. A solemn vesper service followed.
Crowds from all sections of the south shore braved a snowstorm in Quincy to attend the dedication of St. Mary's Catholic Church. The first mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Thomas R. McCoy at 5 20 o'clock. The church stands on a new superstructure above the basement used by the parish for years.
The ad touts Hood's Sarsaparilla as beneficial for rheumatism catarrh scrofula eczema and other blood and system ailments. It claims anemic and nervous individuals gain from Pepticon Pills a pepsin wax iron tonic. The two medicines are presented as a strong blood and nerve treatment used by thousands of families.
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