Thanksgiving Day Message and Police Paradox at Tech Parade
A Thanksgiving Day message hails national blessings as debates shift to a conflict at the Rogers building during a Tech parade. Police claim no blows were struck while 90 assault cases are cited, asserting students caused most injuries, despite officers denying any actual hits. Judge Emmons faces criticism over subordinate testimony.
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Rene Pye Peerron
United States
Rogers
Tech
Authority
Police
Exeter Football Team Declines Challenge From Chicago High School
The Exeter champions of the East denounce a Chicago high school game proposal after defeats of Andover Bates and Bowdoin. Exeter managers say a college level team should not play a high school.
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Chicago
Exeter
Andover
Bates
Bowdoin
Thanksgiving Dinner Takes a Turn in Literary Mock Sermon
A satirical letter renders a Thanksgiving feast as a staged surgical dissection of a turkey. Amid the chaos and humor, relatives react with mischief and caution as the host battles the bird. The piece closes with economic woe and social commentary on trusts, prices, and daily life pressures of the era.
Boston News Roundup of Entertainment and Local People
A pasteboard of vignettes highlights Max Rosenberg’s return to Boston and his work with Sallie Berger, plus tidbits on William T. Hodge, Maurice Noonan’s lost wallet recovered by a friend, Jack Cummings planning a winter trip abroad for swimming glory, and Essex county official Thomas F. Delaney's reforms. Also notes on Georgia A. Bacon’s civil service talk, a polar sanitarium quip, the rise of Boston horticulture journal Horticulture, the death of Ednah D. Cheney, and a whimsical Adams Square starter startling midnight car departures.
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Maurice Noonan
North End
Noonan
Fitzgerald
Thanksgiving Reflections on Gratitude and Giving Back
A Thanksgiving meditation celebrates joy in living in a great world and the heritage of freedom, education, and opportunity. It calls for aiding the less fortunate to realize meaning through shared prosperity and acts of charity, echoing the Prophet Jeremiah's call to feed and support those in need.
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Jeremiah
Tariff, Hides, and Drawbacks Stir Massachusetts Debate
The Treasury Secretary cites a proposed tariff dodge to relieve unrest in Massachusetts. He favors a drawback allowing raw hides to be processed to shoes and shipped abroad, with duties repaid. Critics note leather makers already enjoy drawbacks, and the public wants boots priced as domestically produced goods.
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Secretary of the Treasury
Massachusetts
Europe
Shaw
Mayor Collins seeks throwout of expert report on gas property value
Mayor Collins urges discarding the expert appraisal of gas company property as basis for capitalization. Cross examination showed the expert Humphreys valued pipes at 100000 though cost was 7500 and added 10 percent for engineering. Officials reserved ruling and Mayor may appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court if needed, backing Boston residents against high gas rates.
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Department of the Interior
Aunt Mindy
Mindy
George Meredith
Collins
Babson
Humphreys
Gas Trust
Boston
Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth
Hystyle couple recalls Percy’s rough New York trip
Mrs. Hystyle recalls Percy’s sad outing in New York after losing the London and Paris labels from his grip. Mr. Hystyle questions if an accident occurred as she confirms the incident and its labeling mishap.
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Mr. Hystyle
Mrs. Hystyle
London
Paris
All One Could Ask of Him Mrs Homely
A humorous old-time caption style exchange shows Mrs Homely asking an officer why he did not notice her across the street. The policeman replies that he did see her, noting he could spot her face from a block away. The vignette captures a light interaction between citizen and lawman with plainspoken humor.
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Mrs. Homely
Miss Tiny's Thanksgiving Reunion at the Table
In Farmingdale Miss Tiny Turner prepares a lone Thanksgiving feast while yearning for her long-absent fiancé John Allen. A mysterious visitor appears, claiming Bijah Turner’s daughter, sparking awkward moments before Tiny realizes the guest is her lost love. They share a quiet toast and decide to dine together, finally acknowledging their shared gratitude and hope.
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Tiny
Jem
Bijah Turner
Miss Tiny
Thanksgiving events in Boston today bring services and dinners
Catholic Union holds annual mass at the cathedral with multiple Thanksgiving services across city churches. Salvation Army serves 4000 at 13 Green Street and other venues. Dinners listed at New England Home for Little Wanderers, Y M C A, Home for Destitute Catholic Children, and many institutions. Dramatic entertainments include She Stoops to Conquer in Malden, minstrel shows in Cambridge, Temperance Town in East Cambridge, and dancing by Condit's Orchestra at Roughan Hall Charlestown.
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Catholic Union
Salvation Army
Green Street
Hampden Street
Grand Palace
Stillman Street
Washington Street
New England
Little Wanderers
West Newton Street
Boston
Young Men’s Christian Union
Boylston Street
Boston Y. M
Malden
Monday Club
Cambridge
Cambridgeport Gymnasium Association
Father Mathew C. T. A
East Cambridge
Temperance Town
Institute Dramatic Club
Condit
Roughan Hall
Charlestown
Thanksgiving on the Ocean Aboard Admiral Farragut
The United States Fruit Company steamer Admiral Farragut sailed from Long Wharf for Jamaican ports with many tourists on board to spend Thanksgiving at sea. Saloon passengers include A H Watkins, Reuben Baker, W C Murray, Arthur Canfield, M H Cormack, Alice Belson, Charles Brown, Thomas W Ripley, G L Kilgore, W Alexander, Arthur Campbell, W O Vendryes, Alfred Hartman, and T H Kelley among others.
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United States Fruit Company
Admiral Farragut
Henshaw
Long Wharf
A. H. Watkins
Reuben Baker
W. C. Murray
Arthur Canfield
M. H. Cormack
This City
Alice Belson
Charles Brown
Montreal
Thomas W. Ripley
Melrose
G. L. Kilgore
Wakefield
W. Alexander
Arthur Campbell
Dorchester
W. O. Vendryes
Kingston
Alfred Hartman
Roxbury
T. H. Kelley
Lowell
Despairing letter asks Miss Champagne for love advice
A young man signs as THE DESPAIRING asks Miss Champagne whether to give up chasing a woman who shows no affection. The writer claims two years of effort with little success and asks for guidance on forcing conviction or persevering.
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Miss Champagne
Daily Post
H. L
Dear Miss Champagne a dilemma for a working girl
A reader asks guidance about remaining with a middle aged man who has money and a car despite not loving him. She can wait for a younger suitor with true affection and wonders whether to quit her job to marry. The letter warns against marrying a man she does not love and urges courage in convictions.
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Miss Champagne
Do Not Marry for Wealth If Love Is Lacking
The speaker urges decisive choice in marriage, warning against marrying solely for riches. Do not marry a man you do not love, regardless of his wealth, as wealth cannot ensure happiness.
Dear Miss Champagne What should I do about a young man
A letter from a 10 year old girl asks if a 20 year old man cares for her and whether to continue seeing him. The writer cites his absence on a planned outing and rumors of him with another young woman. She dislikes his drinking and fears dishonor. The advisor urges ending the relationship and avoiding him for welfare and propriety.
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Miss Champagne
Thanksgiving social whirl centers on Boston and surrounding clubs
Thanksgiving in high society as Boston and nearby towns celebrate with hunts kennels and breakfasts. Notables from Myopia Milton Dedham and New York attend, including the Seabury Dresel Allan Prince families and the Strong and Wendell circles. Many plan country house entertaining and official dinners across Milton Canton Pride's Crossing Cohasset and Watertown areas.
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Hamilton
Frank Seabury
Ellis L. Dresel
Bryce J. Allan
Frederick H. Prince
Frederick H. Prince, Jr
Normal Prince
Guy H. Norman
Charles G. Rice
Robert Gould Shay
Augustus Gardner
Eleanors Sears
Helen Prince
Rudolph L. Agassiz
Norfolk Hunt Club
Dedham
Kennels
White’s Corner
Millis
Miton
Dover
Edward A. Strong
Union Club
Strong
Baltimore
Clark
Strongs
New York
Boston
American Club of
Paris
Travellers’ Club
Professo Barrett Wendell
Somerset Club
Wendells
Chadwicks
Clarence Morses
George Howlands
Thornton K. Lothrop
Commonwealth Avenue
Wolcott
H. Johns
Vendome
William E. Murr
Pii
Roger Wolcott
Milton
Winthrop Sargent
Fistkill-on-Hudson
Oliver Ames, Jr
North Easton
Joseph S. Bigelow
Cohasse
Pride’s Crossing
E. C. Swift
Philip S. Searses
Harry Pratt McKeans
Joh Caswells
Charles K. Cummingses
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Mr. Rosenberg
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Sallie Berger
General Stoessel
Port Arthur
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Vienna
Russia
William T. Hodge
Mr. Hodge
Jack Cummings
Mr. Cummings
America
Arthur Blackburn Ackley
East Machias
Essex County
Thomas F. Delaney
Boston University Law School
Register of Deeds
Lawrence
Delaney
Georgia A. Bacon
Worcester
West Newton
R. Q. L. Farquhar
W. H. Stewart
Ednah D. Cheney
Adams Square
Miss Psweet
Mr. Splay
the Sunday Post
MR. Shaw
Executive Council
State House
Douglas
Republican Council
Freedom
New York Sun
York
Sunday Post
Isabella Starratt
Geneva Avenue
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Farmingdale
Cyrus
Hannah
Cyrus Turner
Mildred "Champaone
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T. D.wn Boardman
Augustus Hemenway
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