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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1910
Page
4
Christmas presents were shared with more than 3500 children of the poor at the Salvation Army headquarters on East Brookline Street. Colonel Adam Gifford portrayed Santa Claus as drums horns dolls and sleds were handed to excited boys and girls.
The Salvation Army distributed thousands of toys to over 3 500 children from Charlestown Roxbury East Boston and South Boston. Helpers led by Colonel Gifford inspected homes and delivered remaining presents to ill kids as workers canvassed the city.
A Christmas display at the Free Home for Consumptives on Quincy Street Dorchester featured a tree with gold coins and gifts. Donations from Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue benefactors enabled a 32 50 gold coin for each patient along with a turkey dinner clothes dolls and candy for the children and seniors. Local supporters from Back Bay Jamaica Plain Brookline Dorchester and Boston contributed money clothing food and gifts. A Santa appearance rang bells and Mrs. Wright Fabian and others supplied meals and items for a memorable day.
A Christmas dinner for sailors ashore was held at the Bethany Mission 144 Hanover street hosted by James Brown for 300 sailors and longshoremen. A concert followed at the Bethel 222 Hanover street for 200 attendees. The Boston Seamen's Friend Society sponsored a 200 person concert at 287 Hanover street.
United States seamen from eight warships in Norfolk send Christmas gifts to John D. Rockefeller and Miss Helen Gould in gratitude for kindness. A flower stand goes to Rockefeller and a fern dish to Miss Gould, who in return sends a shuffleboard with 10 pin attachment to the Naval Y M C A here.
Lieutenant Governor Louis A. Frothingham attended a family gathering at the home of his sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs FE Guild in Milton. A sizeable family contingent joined the visit including his brother Dr Langdon Frothingham his wife and three children. The evening featured a Christmas tree.
Stanley Gallagher completed a 44 mile road walk from Worcester to Ashmont in nine hours on Christmas morning, entering his Magdala street home to the surprise of his family.
A Boston area Christmas chronicle recounts Giuseppe Bonari rushing home from Oklahoma City to help his poor mother, only to find her dead on arrival. Other tales follow a Jamaican Plain traveler stranded by a wrong train, a Dorchester club charity tree theft, a Lexington Street widow facing seven dependents, and Miss Mary Frincke who, despite a broken arm, aids sailors at Bethel with grim determination.
Two men forced a rear window at Hammond B. Hayes home on Channing Street Cambridge and ransacked the house taking clothing such as evening wear frock coats opera hats and shirts and a French clock valued at fifty dollars before exiting the same window.
Archbishop William H. H. O Connell departed Boston yesterday for a two week business trip. The Rev. James Quinn, with Dorchester roots, began duties as assistant vicar general of the Fall River diocese. The Rev. Charles S. Maguinnes, recently ordained, celebrated his first mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Four small children of Ovid Baril of Arthabaska county died in a store and home fire sparked by a gas explosion on Christmas morning. Baril saved his wife and youngest child but both parents were burned. Montreal report notes the blaze destroyed the family business and home.
All city Democratic leaders except the Mayor and a few allies condemn Superintendent of Streets Louis Ek. Rourke, demanding policy change or removal. They threaten to back recalls next year if Rourke remains unsatisfied and will press the Mayor to act.
Superintendent Rourke resists demands from Democratic leaders to purge deputy superintendents and install loyalists in the street department. Foss remains in place despite pushes to replace him with a preferred ally. Norton and Cummings are among those proposed for civil service spots but not yet seated.
Mr and Mrs Edward D Brandegee hosted a Christmas tree for their servants at Faulkner Farms near the Brookline Country Club. Assisted by Miss Eleanora Sprague and Miss Marion Sprague, head coachman Thomas Murphy played Santa Claus. The event ended with a grand march led by the hosts and guests dancing afterwards.
At Shawmut Avenue Rescue Mission a Christmas dinner drew over 70 converts and friends yesterday afternoon. A tribute honored founder George M. Morse, and a portrait of Mr. Morse was presented to the mission.
In Montgomery county Kentucky a Christmas dance at Craddock Willoughby’s home erupted after a quarrel. William Willoughby was killed and Craddock Willoughby along with two others were fatally wounded. a posse of officers rushed to the scene as several more attendees were injured.
In Waycross Georgia two men died and two were wounded in holiday clashes around Bachlet Southeast. Walter Allen and Dener Crews were the dead, with Allen shot through the heart by Walter Crews who was then shot by the dying man as he fell.
The Boston loaded boat George F. Keen bound for Boston from Portsmouth caught fire early today in Marblehead. The galley stove overheated, flames gutted the galley and gutted the boat despite the fire department’s efforts. No injuries reported and no insurance. boat likely a total loss.
In Elmhurst, seven year old Jena Trenkler kissed her grandmother good night and slept with a new doll when an oil stove exploded. Flames trapped the child and her doll in a second floor room while mother and siblings on the first floor could not reach them. Patrolman Fettig rescued the grandmother but Lena perished in the fire before firefighters arrived.
Christmas celebration at the Daly Industrial School in Dorchester saw 12 girls receive their first Holy Communion administered by Rev John Lane. The event included a gift laden Christmas tree for the orphans and a school play titled Dor othy featuring Margaret Savage and other students. Miss Miriam Savage read Jenny son’s The Brook.
A one hour vaudeville show was held yesterday at the East Cambridge jail. Three convicted murderers awaiting Supreme Court action on their exceptions watched and laughed at the performance. Present were Chester Jordan who killed his wife in Somerville James Mantir and Peter Delorey convicted in the Annie Mullins murder and Carmilo Sorro of Framingham awaiting trial for first degree murder.
Eugene N. Foss walked into the Charles Town State prison for the annual Christmas entertainment with Clarence W. Barron. A prisoner spotted him and yelled "Boss" as he entered, prompting one of the largest receptions of Foss career.
Governor-elect Foss made an unannounced Christmas visit to inmates, receiving a warm welcome as he toured the prison. He thanked the young men invited by the chaplain and expressed hope for many more merry Christmases, adding he had other engagements that day.
Max Henry Newman, director of the Chickatawbut Club for over five years, was surprised last evening when the boys presented him with a morris chair as a token of appreciation.
A home made cough syrup using Essence Mentho Laxene promises quick relief from chronic coughs and colds. The method details a 214 oz package and a pint syrup formula with granulated sugar, claiming tonic and laxative effects that cure in a week or two and save families money.
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