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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1922
Page
7
Hotels across Boston schedule subdued New Year’s festivities for 1923. Plans call for no midnight noise after midnight with adult guests enjoying a calm transition into the Volstead era and the new year.
Officials and hotel managers chart festive New Year Eve programs with 10 o clock dinners and orchestral shows. Noise souvenirs will greet guests at midnight as more hotels offer hotel atmosphere and special surprises to draw in diners while no dancing until after the clock strikes twelve. Reservations have surged as Christmas dinners set expectations for a lively end of year gathering.
Paris on December 25 reports Christmas eve festivities despite high prices. Cafes drew capacity crowds as revellers dined and danced through the night, with menus shifting to aristocratic fare while blood pudding waned.
Montreal reports no outrages occurred during Christmas midnight mass as a large congregations of about 150000 filled churches. Police were present in greater numbers to handle emergencies, and canvassed churches found no untoward incidents.
Major John A Dunn formerly captain of H Company 101st United States Infantry and veteran of the Spanish war Mexican border action World War I died at 1 20 pm at the Marine Hospital Chelsea aged 42 He leaves a wife three children his mother a brother and sister Funeral will be a military service with high mass at St Peters Church Meeting House Hill Dorchester Readiness and service record note his long career from Ninety second regiment through the general staff college at Longrey and Camp Meade prior to his death
A half year old twin son of Irswicz at 17 Maple Street nearly choked this afternoon on a bread fragment. Drs. L. E. Dionne and H. D. Gaffney arrived as the tube was used to dislodge the obstruction. The child will need the tube in the throat until the bread dissolves.
On Christmas Day crews at the harbor enjoyed shore leave aboard ships with turkey dinners on American vessels and roast beef on British ones. The Nantucket ship hosted trees and cadets sent home, while the Mariners Home offered a dinner for unemployed seamen. Santa filled stockings for 20 children assisted by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and a larger tree and gifts awaited 125 mariners and local youngsters later.
Two West Side women, living within five blocks, identified a man as their husband while accompanied by a detective. Arrested for bigamy, he gave the name Linford H Stockwell. Miss Helen Fallon alleged marriage July 27 1922 under the name Linford Remnick. Miss Vivian Goodwin claimed a 1923 marriage as Linford Koslin.
Mounted Officer Lester D. Hill of the Back Bay police saved a horse from a blazing stable at 192 Commonwealth Avenue. He wrapped his coat over his face to shield himself from flames and smoke and led the terrified animal to safety after discovering the fire and sounding the alarm.
A man frees a distressed horse after a hard tussle in a crowded street. He uses his coat to shield himself and the horse, keeping both safe as bystanders react to the incident.
A Christmas program at the Massachusetts Reformatory in Concord featured a mass by Rev. Howard J. McLaughlin of Concord Junction. Prisoners received yard liberty, a movie, dinner of roast pork, and an afternoon concert. Fifteen inmates were paroled and given fares home.
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