Peabody Chief Urges Police to Donate for Cambridge Widow
Chief M. H. Grady writes to Herbert H. Dyer of Harvard Trust Co urging all policemen to contribute to a Cambridge committee fund for the widow of Patrolman Thomas J. Riley who was killed in the line of duty on November 1. He asks every officer in the state to give a small mite.
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M. H. Grady
Peabody
Herbert H. Dyer
Harvard Trust Company
Cambridge
Thomas J. Riley
Dyer
Riley Fund
Riley
H. Grady
City of
Riley fund swells with police widow aid gifts
Public letter from Herbert H. Dyer shows a small check. Lyman Arnold of General Electric adds 20 for the Riley fund aiding Patrolman Thomas J. Riley’s widow and child. Boston Post reports the fund totals rising to 3275.42 with new contributions daily.
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Lyman Arnold
General Electric Company
West Lynn
Dyer
Arnold
Thomas J. Riley
Cambridge
Commonwealth
West Lynn, Mass
No Picture of Irish Navy In New York Teasrooms
East Side saloons show no trace of the Erin's Star or Ireland's Hope dreadnoughts. Horatio Bottomley's London report of photographs in a New York tearoom prompted a search. An incomplete canvass found lithographs of Venus, portraits of the goat Bock, and John L. Sullivan.
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New York
United News
East Side
Erin's Star
Ireland
Hope
Horatio Bottomley
London
East River
Venus
Goat Bock
John L. Sullivan
Holden resigns from Deer Island house of correction
George W. Holden, former master at the Deer Island house of correction, tendered his resignation to Institution Commissioner Thomas C. O'Brien, who accepted it. It took effect last night at 5 o'clock.
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George W. Holden
Deer Island
Appalled by laxity in morals
Chicago January 3 Bishop Thomas Nicholson of the Methodist Episcopal Church urged ministers before the Methodist Ministers Association to lift their voices in protest against an age of bold men and an appalling lack of respect for womanhood in a moral crisis debate.
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Chicago
Thomas Nicholson
Methodist Episcopal Church Today
Methodist Ministers’ Association
Morality and Greed in the Age Criticized by Bishop
A bishop rebukes moral laxity in women’s dress and public life, condemning modern entertainment and Sunday newspaper reading versus church attendance. He laments greed yet notes generosity, calling today an age of forest trial but with compensation.
Relief Resolution Seeks State Department on European Relief Needs
Senate adopts a resolution by Sen. Edge calling for the State Department to provide authoritative figures on the needs of women and children in distressed European nations. He notes large US relief funds and aims to base philanthropy on factual requirements. The measure requests reports on assistance and cooperation from governments involved.
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Washington
State Department
Europe
United States
Senate
Edge
New Jersey
Bishop Gailor Addresses Clergy at St Pauls Cathedral
Numbers of Episcopalian clergymen gathered at St Pauls Cathedral on Tremont Street for a quiet hour with Bishop Thomas F Gailor. He urged that Christianity remains vital through daily manifestations of God and the incarnation in Christ.
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
Tremont Street
Thomas F. Gailor
God
Bay State Gifts to European Children's Fund Reach $426,626
Massachusetts contributions to the European Children's Fund chaired nationwide by Herbert Hoover totalled 426,626 dollars as of December 31, still short of the half‑million goal. The drive reflects continued fundraising activity and Hoover's national leadership.
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Bay State
Children’s Fund
Massachusetts
Lodger Burned in Allston Fire at 409 Cambridge Street
John McNulty, 55, lodger at 409 Cambridge Street Allston, sustained severe burns to hands and legs yesterday in a lodge fire. Firemen from Ladder 14 rescued him from a top floor window. Landlady Mrs H A Williams escaped but inhaled smoke and recovered after hospital treatment. Building and furniture damage about 2500 with water and smoke to two ground floor stores.
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John McNulty
Cambridge Street
Allston
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
H. A. Williams
McNulty
Allston House
New Year Bride Frances Fay Farrell Weds in Jamaica Plain
Frances Fay Farrell, daughter of Mrs Frances M Fay and the late Christopher Fay, married Harry G Farrell at the Church of the Blessed Sacrament in Jamaica Plain. The couple honeymoon in the South and hosted a reception at 49 Creighton Street, Jamaica Plain.
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Boston
South
Frances Fay Farrell
Frances M. Fay
Christopher Fay
Harry G. Farrell
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Jamaica Plain
Creighton Street
Frances R. Fay
Peacemaker’s role ends in fatal New Bedford shooting
Grico Secascia, who had tried to mediate a long standing quarrel, was killed when John Vellaro shot him at Frank Cancola’s Coffin avenue home. Patrolman Henry Gero wrestled Vellaro after a gunfight, injuring him. Secascia died at the hospital.
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New Bedford
Grico Secascia
John Vellaro
Henry Gero
Sceascia
Vellaro
Frank Cancola
Cancola
Coffin Avenue
Wilson Sends Crowder to Assist Cuban Situation
President Wilson directs Major General Enoch H. Crowder to Havana to confer with President Menocal on Cuba's situation. Crowder sailed from Washington aboard a navy transport for the mission.
Ellyson Tells of German Demand to Leave Brooks Harbor
Theodore G. Ellyson former commander of the United States Destroyer Brooks recounts a Sept incident in Kiel harbor when a German naval officer ordered the ship to depart and threatened cannonading if he did not leave Ellyson refused and later reported to Rear Admiral Hughes before his transfer was requested.
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New York
Theodore G. Ellyson
Brooks
Kiel
Cantigny
Ellyson
United States
Germany
Hughes
Little Walks About Boston Reflects on Poor Richard Sayings
The piece credits Benjamin Franklin with shaping many maxims in Poor Richard's Almanac and notes how readers benefited by following thrift and virtue. It cites famous lines such as Eat to live and Fly pleasures and they'll follow you, illustrating the lasting reach of Franklin's wit. The author urges turning pages to revisit these sagacious quips.
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Franklin
Richard
Tariff Debate Amid Personal Crisis Letter to the Editor
In a letter dated January 3 1921 William A Gaston argues against a temporary tariff bill. He says tariffs risk creating monopolies. stress the need to sell surplus American goods abroad and keep workers employed with fair exchange for Europe and South America. He urges working out trade issues without tariff pettifoggery.
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Sir
United States
Europe
South America
Installation of Nonantum Lodge 116 Officers in Allston
Nonantum Lodge No. 116 I O O F will install officers at Odd Fellows Hall Union Square Allston on Wednesday January 5 at 8 pm. Supper at 6 30 pm. Newly elected officers include William T. Tisdale noble grand Ralph C. Thomas vice grand Thomas D. Still P G recording secretary Charles S. Taylor financial secretary G Horace Ellison P G treasurer Everett A. Kelley P G trustee. District deputy grand warden and suite will conduct exercises. First Degree Club of Nonantum Lodge will hold a business meeting and whist party for men on Monday January 17 at 745 pm at the Republican Clubrooms Allston.
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Nonantum Lodge No. 116
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Union Square
Allston
William T. Tisdale
Noble Grand
Ralph C. Thomas
Thomas D. Still
P. G
Charles S. Taylor
G. Horace Ellison
Everett A. Kelley
Nonantum Lodge
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