Ousted father found exposed on frostbitten Church Street
Gas tano Angelini an 84 year old man, ejected by two daughters and refused by a third in Rockland, was found late last night on a frost covered sidewalk. He had previously faced a July 3 1915 district court non support charge involving his children. One son Albert Ray lives with Mrs. Tediskin. Two daughters reportedly own real estate.
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Rockland
Gastano Angelini
Church Street
Albert Ray
Tediskin
Angelini
Angelini seeks court warrants as daughters refuse aid
Police report 600n Angelini, in critical condition at William J. Ridge Hospital, plans to file non support warrants in district court against his three daughters. Chief Burke says he visited the homes of Mrs. De Cenzo, Mrs. De Simmone, and Mrs. Tediskin, who refused to care for their elderly father after he claims being ousted from his Read Street residence. He hadn’t eaten for two days and was revived by local physicians at the police station.
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Angelini
William J. Ridge Hospital
David J. Burke
Charles de Cenzo
Read Street
Peter de Simmone
Howard Street
John Tediskin
Webster Street
Boston Nurse Marries Scottish Doctor in Welsh Ceremony
Miss Alice Fay of Boston and Dr. Andrew Gilmour of Glasgow wed in Cardiff Wales after August leave from French service. The bride, daughter of Dudley and Katherine Fay of Nahant, will resume wartime nursing in France with her husband. The Fay family includes siblings Mrs. Williams Medfield, Mrs. McGann Somerville, Rosamond Fay, and brothers Arthur and John Fay.
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Alice Fay
Boston
Nahant
Paignton
England
Andrew Gilmour
Glasgow
Scotland
Dudley B. Fay
Katherine Gray
Beacon Street
Cardiff
Wales
France
Gilmour
Robert Wade Williams
Medfield
Iwthel Fay
McGann
Pierce P. McGann
Somerville
Elizabeth Bowditch Fay
Rosamond Fay
Arthur D. Fay
Harvard
John H. Fay
New Tech Class to Start at MIT in February
Announcement says MIT will begin a new freshman entering February term to meet wartime technical education needs. President Maclaurin cites unusual conditions in the technical field caused by the war.
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NEW Tech
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Maclaurin
American soldier Georges MacDonald freed after Cambrai escape
Georges Carson MacDonald, 24, a former Chicago resident and electrician who enlisted with the First American Railway Engineers in New York, was captured by Germans at Cambrai and later fought his way back to Allied lines. He and another engineer were praised for coolness under fire and were recommended for promotion.
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New York
George MacDonald
Cambrai
Georges Carson MacDonald
Chicago
MacDonald
United States Secret Service
America
Charles MacDonald
Associated Press
France
Washington
Rhode Island Leader Calls for Massive War Sacrifices at Home
The Rhode Island chief executive returns from France urging total national effort to supply 2 to 3 million troops and all necessary air power and ammunition. He cites General Haig and describes German trench and machine gun fortifications as part of the brutal war, stressing relentless duty and sacrifice.
Lehigh Road to Save Coal with New Fuel Mix
Lehigh Valley locomotives will burn 35 percent less coal using a fuel blend of crushed bituminous coal and anthracite silt. The mix, once considered useless, outproduces steam by about 20 percent compared with bituminous coal alone.
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New York
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Germans Beg Food in Streets at Christmas
Geneva dispatch reports widespread German hardship during Christmas with women and children begging in snow for food and rioting in several towns. The wealthy reportedly enjoyed only basic meals, paying up to 50 dollars for a dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S & Misses
Geneva
Governor Beeckman Sees 2 to 3 Million Needed in War Effort
Providence reports Governor R Livingston Beeckman returning from a five week European tour. He asserts that the war against Germany cannot be won without 2 to 3 million American troops in the trenches and the necessary supporting forces and equipment. He cites his observations and Allied leaders including General Haig.
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Providence
Germany
United States
R. Livingston Beeckman
Haig
War warnings voiced amid ongoing conflict
A public statement warns that optimism will not end the war. Officials urge vigilance as hostilities continue, signaling the struggle remains unresolved and demands ongoing support and attention from the public.
101 Year Old Nancy Fay Celebrates Birthday in Southboro
Southboro, Dec. 26. Mrs. Nancy Fay marked her 101st birthday at her daughter’s Main street home. Friends, ministers, and deacons attended, with G A R members offering felicitations. Born in Framingham, she moved to Southboro as a girl and married Moses Fay in 1828.
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Southboro
Nancy Fay
Augusta Bacon
Main Street
Horatio Fay
Fay
Fayville Baptist Church
Stefansson Ends Arctic Voyage at Fort Yukon
Vilhjalmur Stefansson arrives at Fort Yukon near the Arctic Circle ending a voyage that began June 17, 1918, from Victoria aboard the Karluk. He aimed to reach the Atlantic via the Northeast Passage and conduct geological, botanical, and biological surveys of the Canadian Arctic shores. His plans shifted after ice conditions in 1917 and the loss of the Karluk, though he did discover a large island or continent northwest of Prince Patrick Island during dog-transport explorations.
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Seattle
Wash
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Fort Yukon
Victoria
B. C
Karluk
Stefansson
Arctic Circle
Melville Island
R. M. Anderson
Atlantic Ocean
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Arctic
Canadian Arctic
Mackenzie River
Prince Patrick Island
NO. ATTLEBORO STRIKE ENDED
North Attleboro December 26 Nine hundred jewelry workers ended a six week strike by voting to return Monday. The decision followed a recommendation by Charles G. Wood of the State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation who will investigate. Workers seek an eight hour day and time and one half for overtime. They will resume a 10 hour day with no extra overtime pay.
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North Attleboro
Charles G. Wood
State Board of Arbitration and Conciliation
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