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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1915
Page
16
Savannah November 21 The town of Decatur can boast of a post office head who has held office longer than any other person in the country and she is a woman. By vigilance she has survived changes in administration since she first succeeded her husband under Grover Cleveland. She has now served 14 years and was reappointed recently.
A child from Watertown Massachusetts writes to Post Santa detailing gifts of 25 and 5 cents from family to help make other children happy this Christmas. The note expresses goodwill and wishes for all boys and girls to be happy.
The Boston Post reports hundreds of letters from children seeking help for Christmas. Reporters screen requests to assist only the most needy, urging readers to donate to the Santa Claus fund or send toys and stockings to the Santa Claus Editor in Boston. Contributions listed total 177.98 with donors including Boston Post, Benjamin Whitney, Elaine G Burnham, and others.
Samuel W. Phillips aged 22, son of Mr and Mrs Charles R Phillips of Lower Waterford Vermont, died after shooting himself in the temple at the family farm. He breakfasted with relatives then disappeared and was found with a self inflicted gunshot wound between the house and the garage. He was to be married in October to a Bethle hem New Hampshire woman, an unhappy love affair said to be the cause.
The funeral for Willard Sylvester Cooke, former Boston Herald editor, was held at 108 Massachusetts Avenue in East Lexington. Rev. John Mills Wilson conducted the service with representation from the Boston Herald and the George G. Meade Post 119, G. A. R., of Lexington.
C Arthur Pearson of the Blinded Soldiers and Sailors Home in London proposes employing blind soldiers as divers. He argues the work suits them since they already work in darkness and water conditions often become dark even when clear.
Cardinal OConnell presided the dedication of the new convent at St Elizabeths Hospital Brighton in a ceremony marking Sister Rose’s 50th jubilee. He praised the hospital’s science, staff, and charity while noting the sisters’ sacrifices and the planned public inspection after completing the second building.
The funeral of Augustus Elwin Scott a Lexington notable will be held at 2:45 PM from his residence 117 Waltham Street Lexington Rev John Mills Wilson of the Lexington First Parish Unitarian Church will conduct services. Attendees are urged to take the 1:51 train from North station Boston and be conveyed by auto to the Scott estate.
The Hon. Frederick W. Mansfield former State treasurer spoke to 300 attendees of Division 60 A. O. H. in St Rose Hall Worcester Street detailing the order history and its Civil and Spanish war contributions. Other speakers included State President Donnelly State Secretary Richard Dyer and Suffolk county treasurer W. P. Fleming with a musical program by several performers.
The Rev. Percy Back of Vineland New Jersey has accepted the call to lead the Second Baptist Church at Arlington Heights. He will begin duties in December and will preach his first sermon December 5. He succeeds the long serving Rev. John G. Taylor.
About 200 people attended a post noon gathering in the town hall under the Concord Civic League. Harold Marshall of Melrose delivered an address on The Open Forum Its Meanings and Its Possibilities.
Concord passes its first ever open forum as residents gather November 21 to discuss community concerns and local issues with town officials in a public meeting.
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