Post Santa Claus Opens His Quarters
The Boston Post opens headquarters at 263 Washington Street to receive funds for Christmas gifts for New England children. Readers’ donations financed over 200,000 gifts last year, but about 3,000 requests went unfilled. The toy shop, workrooms, and operations are funded by the paper, with Christmas five weeks away and ongoing appeals to readers.
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Millionairess for a Day Wins Plymouth Rock Holiday
Miss Castle of Saylesville won the Boston Post Millionaire for a Day contest. She will visit Plymouth Rock and historic sites in Massachusetts with her mother, funded by the Post Santa Claus fund and guided by the paper. The prize arose from a 19 word answer to a presidential question. Her family recently moved to Pawtucket and includes her parents, sister Bertha, and brother John.
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Henry Ford
Massachusetts
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Boston
Mother Castle
Webb Street
Secretary Davis Attacks Immigrant Passport System
In Los Angeles on November 18, Secretary of Labor James J. Davis condemned the passport system under the three per cent law as clumsy and ill suited to needs. He proposed a new bill for blood, physical, mental and character testing of prospective immigrants and urged alien registration and education.
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Los Angeles
United States
James J. Davis
Congress
Girl Scouts To Hold Doll And Toy Sale In Boston
Girl Scouts of the Boston Council plan a doll and toy sale next Wednesday from 11 am to 5 pm at the Boston headquarters on the fifth floor of the Kensington building at Boylston and Exeter streets. Troops produced dolls, toys, aprons, towels, and rag goods for sale or display to benefit The Children's Hospital which will receive the first 100 in proceeds to fund an extra Girl Scout bed.
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Kensington
Boylston
Exeter Streets
Children’s Hospital
City Councillor Watson Opens Campaign Today
City Councillor James A. Watson announces re election bid with an open air rally planned for this afternoon in Pemberton Square. He promises to explain his stance on housing and rent issues to voters.
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Dorothy Gordon wardship fight unfolds as Mary Coakley testifies
In a Newton court battle over Dorothy Gordon's guardianship, Mary Coakley seeks to witness for Gardiner. Testimony recounts Dorothy's 1915 withdrawal from her mother, complex ties to the Jardine family, and the role of Emily Jardine as guardian figure amid family moves from New York to Beechwood Camp and Winchester.
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Beechwood
Willard Newell
Willard
Mary Coakley
John Sullivan
Cambridge
McLean Hostal
Coakley
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Jardine
Aes
Ij Gardiner
Witnesses in Dorothy Gordon case from New York society
Wealthy Long Islanders and social elites have offered to testify under oath about Dorothy Gordon and her mother in the guardianship dispute over William F. Jardine. Mary Coakley emerges as the star plaintiff witness, with further revelations expected about the Gordon Supply Company and related expenses.
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New York
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William F. Jardine
William Jardine
Fingerprint Clue Eases Brookline Jewel Theft
Fingerprint experts expect to help solve the $5000 jewel theft at Ira A. Stone’s Brookline home on Thursday. Prints on the jewelry box and drawer, plus a $500 reward, may crack a case investigators say is baffling. Neighbors reported a man seen in Stone’s yard, aiding Watts Detective Agency in the probe. The Stones’ residence was rarely vacant in the two weeks prior to the theft.
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Euston Street
Brookline
Watts Detective Agency
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The Blue Circle serial love mystery by Eliz in
A note points readers to The Blue Circle, a serial of love and mystery appearing in the next Post with author credit Eliz in and hints of continuing chapters.
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Blue Circle
Elizin
Newberry Resigns His Senate Seat After Resignation Letter
In a November 18 letter to Governor Groesbeck, Senator Truman Newberry resigned as United States Senator from Michigan citing partisan persecution and the Townsend defeat. The letter recalls Senate review, Supreme Court actions, and his support for keeping the United States out of the League of Nations.
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Alexander J. Groesbeck
Alexander J Groesbeck
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League of Nations
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Ford
New York Naval District
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Serious Charge Against Truck Driver by Woman
Mrs Ruth A Dunston of 93 Centre street was injured Saturday night after being struck by a truck on Granite street. She says the driver stopped looked at her and drove away without aiding her. She obtained the truck number and gave it to the police.
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Alfred Comtois
Staples Street
Joseph O. Guthrie
Comtois
Lawrence Gadpout
Lowell Corporation Hospital
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Guthrie
Quincy
Ruth A. Dunston
Centre Street
Granite Street
German Opera Returns to Chicago Parsifal in German
German Opera returns to Chicago as the Civic Opera Company presents Parsifal in German for the first time in the city. The performance marks a revival of German operatic repertory in Chicago venues.
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Richard
Parsifal
Tea Pees Poe Eae
Resignation of Senator Newberry Follows Election Fallout
United News reports Michigan's Senator Truman H. Newberry resigns after a presidentially charged election that left many pro Newberry lawmakers defeated. Woodbridge N Ferris pledged to reopen the case upon taking office. Indictments had been issued earlier by a Grand Jury in Grand Moore.
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Washington
United News
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United States
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Senate
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Woodbridge N. Ferris
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Indiana
McCumber
North Dakota
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New York
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New Jersey
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Maryland
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Delaware
Kellogg
Minnesota
Potindexter
Newberry Resigns. Senators Respond With Mixed Reactions
Truman H. Newberry of Michigan tendered resignation to Governor Groesbeck and asked it be read into Senate records. Reactions ranged from regret to satisfaction. Senator Borah said his vote spoke for itself while Arkansas Senator Caraway called the move cowardly and unseating the seat.
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Truman H. Newberry
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New
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Arkansas
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Cummins
Smoot
Utah
Kansas
Flying Circus Nets $3000 for Airman's Widow
A Curtiss Field event by the American Legion raised 3000 dollars for the widow and four children of Lieutenant Belvin Maynard known as the Flying Parson. The fundraiser took place at Camden City New York.
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Belvin Maynard
American Legion
Germans Build Ships at Bethlehem Steel Yards
Hamburg dispatch reports two ore carriers, each 560 feet long and 60 feet wide, under construction for the Bethlehem Steel Company in German shipyards. The ships, when completed, will ply between Chile and the United States.
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Hamburg
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Thelehem Steel Company
Chile
Cold Relief Tablets Claim Quick Headache Relief
An advertisement asserts a fast acting cold remedy that eases head congestion and nasal symptoms within hours without feverish headaches. It emphasizes quinine in the formula and promises comfort with minimal side effects.
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