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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
20
The city celebrated a traditional Christmas with family festivities and charitable acts. A white Christmas blessed New England with snow and clear air, aiding hearty holiday meals. Institutions and theatres brightened the day with performances and donated entertainment for inmates and visitors.
Governor Coolidge spent the day with his family in Northampton after earlier appearances with moving picture photographers. Mayor Peters hosted family guests after a brisk walk through West Roxbury. Churches marked the Prince of Peace birth anniversary with midnight masses at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and ongoing daylong events. Welfare groups and agencies across national, state, and city levels contributed to the celebrations.
Nurses at Children's Hospital on Longwood Avenue Roxbury begin Christmas with carols in wards after 5 am. A brightly lit Christmas tree, stockings, and a noon service precede a turkey dinner. St Nicholas visits children in their beds bringing toys and gifts.
Wards and gladdened their hearts with games dolls and other toys from his heavily laden sack furnished by the kind remembrances of friends of the institution. Hundreds of visitors were at the hospital during the forenoon.
The Havas Agency issues an official note denying German press claims that Baron von Lersner planned to quit Paris. It states his 11 o'clock Tuesday declaration stands and that he and Yon son would remain in Paris, contradicting withdrawal rumors.
Mrs Augusta Doherty wife of Daniel F Doherty of 16 Mather Street Dorchester died Wednesday night after a long illness. Funeral tomorrow at 9 at St Mark's Church Dorchester. She is survived by her husband five sons and two daughters. Her son Lt John A Doherty former Harvard football player class of 1916 was killed July 19 1918 at Chateau Thierry.
London December 25 In the old days England rewarded victorious generals with great estates Blenheim was the great duke s reward for British victories and Wellington received about 20000 acres of land for beating Napoleon The present proposal contemplates a new form of honor for Earl Haig to recognize his wartime leadership.
The British public aims to present Earl Haig with Bemersyde on the Tweed, a famed Scottish castle and Haig family seat for 700 years. Lieutenant-Colonel Haig owns it and would sell for about 215000 dollars. A fundraising committee led by London's lord mayor backs the plan to honor Marshal Haig as a peer with the estate. The move echoes poetry and Scottian praise, reinforcing Haig as a central national figure.
Eleanor Baker known as Baby Doll spent Christmas near her husband in Charlestown prison. Harry Baker wrote from state prison that conditions are better than expected and he is lonely for his wife. She joined a Welfare League event, attended chapel exercises, and shared the prison Christmas dinner with Sheriff Richardson.
Early returns in Wellington New Zealand show prohibitionists with a thin lead over wets. Incomplete counts from 13 districts and many absentee ballots remain to be received, keeping the final result in doubt as the general election proceeds.
Stecher of America, Zbyszko of Poland and Londos of Greece defeated Jokre of Belgium Grandovich of Serbia and Draak of Holland in a thriling trio of near finishes. The event closed George Tuohey’s Christmas tourney at Mechanics' building in the East.
About 4000 fans packed the arena for a long evening of catch as catch can wrestling. Joe Stecher beat Ernes Joi e in 39 minutes with body scissors and wrist lock, Zbyszko defeated Grandovich in 34 minutes 10 seconds, Londos toppled Crank in 41 minutes 30 seconds, and the show featured brutal yet skilled holds with crowd roars and dramatic finishes.
Indianapolis December 23 Franklin D Olier national commander of the American Legion sent holiday greetings to department commanders executive committeemen alternates and adjutants thanking them for past cooperation and warning against overzealous or unfair acts that could weaken the legion s influence for national betterment.
A Legion leader extends sincere Christmas wishes and urges continued high ideals for the organization. He praises the cooperative spirit shown at recent national executive committee meetings and conference in Washington and Indianapolis, emphasizing vigilance against internal missteps to protect the Legion’s influence and national betterment.
Lieutenant Etienne Poulet the French aviator plans to continue his voyage to Australia and return to Paris by air. The Intransigeant reports his current machine wore out after 14 000 kilometres and a new aircraft will be sent from Marseilles Sunday to reach Burma in about three weeks.
Berlin reports the Reichsanzeiger outlines an upcoming export trade order giving the national economic minister power to forbid exports without permission. Central bureaus will become export permission headquarters, with fees and penalties sharply raised. Proceeds fund social improvements. Confiscation, imprisonment, and tripled fines are provided for illegal exports.
Cardinal Gibbons presided at the Christmas mass in Baltimore at the Cathedral. He invoked the papal blessing and led a procession of priests and Saint Marys Seminary students in a festive, imposing observance. The aged prelate appeared hale in scarlet robes as the service concluded.
William F. Hatch aged 68 longtime stablehand for the Somerville highway department was found dead early yesterday in front of 3 Temple Street Somerville. The medical examiner attributed death to heart disease. Hatch resided at 77 Derby Street and was a well known Winter Hill resident.
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