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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1916
Page
4
In Rome via Paris on December 2, Pope Benedict pled for peace in the sacred college’s Christmas reception. He cited Bethlehem’s message and urged leaders to heed the college and halt the destruction of peoples, seeking justice and durable peace to end the war’s horrors.
William D Brigham of 42 Wheatland Avenue Dorchester deacon and clerk of the Second Congregational Church and secretary of the Wendell Phillips Memorial Association is ill at home with pneumonia. Prayers for his recovery were offered in colored churches of Boston and Cambridge on Sunday and Christmas Day.
The American Chamber of Commerce in Berlin said through Overseas News Agency that 1000 Berlin children received Christmas presents. Attending were American ambassador James W. Gerard and General von Kessel, commander in Berlin.
Catholic worshippers packed archdiocese churches for Christmas masses commemorating the birth of the Nazarene. Extra services were held, with a midnight Mass at the Cathedral led by Cardinal O'Connell and a night workers’ Mass at St James Church. Most churches opened with a solemn high Mass at five o'clock.
Elaborate evergreen festoons and illuminated altar displays adorn the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Cardinal O Connell presided at a 10 o'clock high mass with Rev M J Scanlan and seminary clerics assisting. A diverse clerical pageant includes seminary students from St John s, brighton and knights of the Order of St Gregory in full regalia. Vespers, choirs, and sermons follow, with additional masses at St Joseph s Roxbury and St Cecilia s Back Bay and at the Mission Church Roxbury.
Christmas Day services across Greater Boston drew large crowds with beautiful interior decorations and music. Missions at St. Paul Cathedral, Second Church, First Church, King's Chapel, Emmanuel Church and others featured sermons, holy communion, choral singing, and brief devotional exercises.
A simple cough syrup blend using Pinex and sugar syrup costs about 54 cents for a pint and reportedly offers faster relief than store bought preparations. It claims to address coughing at the source, loosens phlegm, soothes irritated throat membranes, and aids bronchial conditions with a guarantee of satisfaction.
President Wilson hosted a large dinner of relatives and friends at the White House marking Christmas. He spent the morning with his grand niece Josephine Cothran and other relatives by a huge tree, then walked with Mrs. Wilson to visit neighbors and distributed candy and toys to children in Virginia. Telegraph and letter messages from across the nation and abroad wished him joy and peace in Europe as Congress is in recess for the week.
Patients at City Hospital enjoyed a Christmas day with a turkey dinner and a tree loaded with presents. Volunteer performers from local theatres entertained from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with Dr. Dowling and Miss McMahon coordinating efforts. Chef Thomas Sims served 1500 dinners using 1700 pounds of provisions.
A historical inventory item lists a Thanksgiving market basket with one barrel of cranberries, 100 bushels of white, three bushels of sweet potatoes, five barrels of squash, eight bushels of celery, two barrels of flour, 100 pounds of roince meat, 2 pounds of plums, 110 pounds of butter, 180 dozen eggs and 1600 quarts of milk.
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