Thanksgiving Day Celebrated Abroad in 1902 Gathers Americans
The 1902 Thanksgiving observed worldwide with grand banquets. In London Nearly 600 Americans and eminent English figures attended at Cecil Hotel with speeches praising King Edward and President Roosevelt. Ambassadors Choate and McCormick featured, plus Asquith and other dignitaries.
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London
Cecil Hotel
American Society
Ambassador Choate
Choate
Robert McCormick
Russia
Evans
H. H. Asquith
Lord Reay
Lord Fairfax
Lord Roberts
Henry Norman
King Edward
Roosevelt
Mr. Asquith
United States
England
Columbia
Elizabeth
Mr. Choate
Thanksgiving Day Observed in Paris by American Colony
Paris November 7 Thanksgiving Day was quietly observed by the American colony. special services held in several churches. The Rev Dr Thurber of the American church urged that world thanksgiving grown from nations accepting international arbitration instead of war. President Passy of the French Arbitration Society thanked President Roosevelt for the lesson to Europe in submitting the Pious fund case to The Hague tribunal.
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Paris
Thurber
Passy
French Arbitration Society
Roosevelt
Europe
Pious Fund
United States
Mexico
Hague Tribunal
Thanksgiving Reception at U S Embassy in Rome
Rome Nov 27 The Thanksgiving reception at the United States Embassy drew five hundred guests. The diplomatic corps officials and government members attended including Foreign Minister Prinetti St Louis Fair Commissioners Cridler and Ives and Monsignor Seton of St Josephs.
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Rome
United States
Prinetti
St. Louis Fair
Cridler and Ives
Monsignor Seton
St. Joseph's
Thanksgiving Day Observed in Rome With American Flags
Rome Nov 27 Hundreds of American flags adorned houses of Americans signaling Thanksgiving Day. A service at the American church was led by Rev Dr McCracken of New York. Francis MacNutt, a papal cavalier, hosted a grand dinner honoring the day with Archbishop Chapelle of New Orleans among the guests. Professor Norton hosted a student entertainment.
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Rome
McCracken
New York
Francis MacNutt
Vatican
Archbishop Chapelle
New Orleans
Norton
American School of Classical Studies
First Catholic Thanksgiving Observed in Manila
The first general Thanksgiving Day observance by the Roman Catholic church was held in Manila. Bishop Gracia issued a letter noting Roosevelt and Taft proclamations and guiding observance. A solemn high mass occurred at the cathedral with Arch bishop Guidi blessing worshippers. Governor Taft and many Americans attended.
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Manila
Gracia
Roosevelt
Taft
Apostolic Delegate
Guidi
Brent
George Pentecost
Governor Taft
Americans Hold Banquet in Berlin
Berlin November 27 Three hundred Americans gathered for Thanksgiving at the Kaiser hof with Retiring Ambassador White presiding. He toasted the German Emperor and President Roosevelt, noting similarities between them. Consul-General Mason proposed toasts to Ambassador White and to Secretary J. B. Jackson, who departs for Athens soon. A telegram of goodwill was sent to President Roosevelt by the assembly.
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Berlin
Kaiserhof
Ambassador White
Roosevelt
Mason
J. B. Jackson
Athens
Thanksgiving Ball in Mexico City Social Event
The American colony hosted a Thanksgiving ball in Mexico City with high society attendance. President Diaz was among the invited guests and the event was described as a great social success with many prominent Mexicans present.
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Mexico City
Diaz
Mexico
Thanksgiving in Vienna at Hotel Bristol hosts 200 Americans
In the absence of the ambassador, Charge d'Affaires Hale and Mrs. Hale held a Thanksgiving reception this afternoon. Second Secretary G. B. Rives and Captain Harris, the military attache, assisted. Nearly 200 Americans attended the event.
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Vienna
Hale
Bristol
G. B. Rives
Harris
Thanksgiving Day Observed Behind Prison Walls in Boston
Behind Boston area walls hundreds of inmates marked Thanksgiving with limited joy. Middlesex County House of Correction hosted a minstrel show. inmates ate turkey in the yard and women joined songs, recitations, and sewing. Charlestown State Prison heard songs with an orchestra. Deer Island held a turkey dinner and planned football and games, rain dampening plans.
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Boston
Middlesex
Nina Danforth
East Cambridge
Perry
Miss Danforth
J. Wilfred Blondin
Charles Street
Blondin
Charlestown
Deer Island
Thanksgiving Dinner in Greenfield Jail for Charles W. Cole
The Greenfield county jail served a roast turkey dinner to prisoners including Charles W. Cole ex president of the Globe National Bank. Cole enjoyed the meal and remains in good health though he ate alone in his cell and has had no recent family visits. He continues to work as jail office bookkeeper while on duty.
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Greenfield
Boston
Charles W. Cole
Globe National Bank
Cole
Thanksgiving Dinner at Salvation Army Halls
The Salvation Army hosted Thanksgiving meals at Bowdoin Square and a Washington Street theater building. Mrs. Colonel Hans led the serving, dozens of mothers and 1500 youngsters enjoyed turkey and dessert, with some sharing portions for siblings. Provisions were briefly tight at some halls but supplemented from headquarters. After meals, teamsters and helpers were fed, and any leftovers were set aside for needy families.
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Washington Street
Hans
Bowdoin Square
Thanksgiving dinner for Boston workers at Wells Memorial Institute
Three hundred Boston workers or those without homes enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal at the Wells Memorial Institute, Washington Street. Robert Treat Paine Jr led the gathering with remarks on democracy and education, praising American opportunity and national sacrifice, as speakers from MIT and the Twentieth Century Club added reflections on civic duty and work.
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Boston
Wells Memorial Institute
Washington Street
Institute
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
Charles F. Dole
Twentieth Century Club
Henry 8. Pritchett
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Edmund Billings
Fred Kendall
Paine
United States
Germany
Jamaica Plain
Many Gifts for the Poor in Boston Thanksgiving Drive
Through D. W. Waldron and city missionaries 1000 Boston families representing 4000 people received Thanksgiving aid. Over 40 barrels of country produce and apples funded by contributions arrived. Coal delivery proved hardest to enable cooking. Turkeys, vegetables, apples and other items went to 100 North End families under Miss Tilton. St Vincent de Paul groups provided many dinners. Rev Charles W. Wendte and Mrs Wendte hosted 20 young people at Memorial building. Baskets reached scores of families and invalids.
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D. W. Waldron
Corps of City
Boston
Mr. Waldrom
North End
Miss Tilton
Boston Baptist Bethel
St. Vincent de Paul Societies
St. Stephen's
St. Mary’s
St. Leonard's
the Sacred Heart
St. John the Baptist
Charles W. Wendte
Parker Memorial
Wendte
Memorial Building
Thanksgiving Hospital Concert Brightens Wards
The Hospital Music Fund held a concert at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday with double the usual professional singers and musicians. Wards received visits, flowers were given by ladies, and patients expressed thanks. The next event will be at Cambridge Aged People's Home with Avon House children on November 30.
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Hospital Music Fund
Massachusetts General Hospital
Dixwell
Cambridge
Two Thanksgiving Dinners in Boston One Four Dollars The Other Twenty Five Cents
A wealthy Commonwealth-Brownstone family dines at the Touraine with a lavish menu and a costly wine, while 14 year old Johnny Blank eats a frugal 25 cent breakfast in a downtown restaurant. The piece contrasts wealth and poverty in Boston Thanksgiving dining.
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Boston
Mrs. Commonwealth-Brownstone
Touraine
Johnny Blank
Mr. Commonwealth-Brownstone
Hebrew Thanksgiving Feasts for 2100 Children in North End
Two thousand Hebrew children aged 4 to 16 received free Thanksgiving dinners in Boston's North End. At Grand Central Hall 600 attended a kosher turkey meal served by Captain J Herschler and 20 Salvation Army helpers, while 1500 were fed at Baldwin Place Synagogue under Rabbis Fleischer and Margolies. The events featured large meals, candy, cakes, and the distribution of leftovers to families.
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North End
Grand Central Hall
Stillman Street
Salvation Army
Baldwin Place
Salem Street
Fleischer
Margolie A.s
J. Herschler
Herschler
Rabbi Margolies
A. Manterwitz
Julius Meyer
R. Greenberg
D. Franklestein
Rebecca Meyer
Hattie Mergolies
M. Finkelstein
D. Louri
Margolies
W. Bloomfield
Lillian Markowitz
Nora Goldfine
Lillian Friedman
Morris Silverstein
Second Kurlander Ball Honors City Businessmen
The second annual ball of the Kurlander Young Men's Charitable Association was held in Paul Revere Hall last evening with about 600 attendees. The Hebrew community leaders gathered for a concert to begin the evening of charity and social gathering.
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The
Kurlander Young Men's Charitable Association
Paul Revere Hall
Boston Industrial Home Thanksgiving Dinner Charity
The Boston Industrial Home on Davis street and Harrison avenue held a Thanksgiving dinner for inmates and community members despite ongoing repairs and coal strikes. Superintendent T D Roberts gave an address on what to be thankful for, thanking hotel proprietors merchants and friends who contributed the meal and effort.
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Boston
Davis Street
Harrison Avenue
T. D. Roberts
Matinee dance draws 500 couples at Curtis Hall Jamaica Plain
The Roxbury Social and Athletic Club hosted a matinee dance yesterday afternoon in Curtis Hall Jamaica Plain drawing over 500 couples. Frank J. McDermott served as floor director with Thomas F. Kilday as assistant floor director and M. C. Dolan as chief of aids.
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Roxbury
Waltz Opens Dance Hosted by Miss Bertha Wolff and Mr Matz
About 40 couples participated as dancing began with a waltz led by Miss Bertha Wolff and Mr A H Matz marking the start of the event.
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Bertha Wolff
A. H. Matz
Thanksgiving dinner draws diverse nations to Boston union
The 34th annual Thanksgiving dinner at the Young Men's Christian Union gathered attendees from England to Turkey and across Canada and the United States. Speakers included Rev. Edward A. Horton and William H. Baldwin as guests celebrated by a menu with invocations, hymns, and proclamations.
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Young Men’s Christian Union
Union
New England
Board of Government of the Union
America
Roosevelt
Crane
Edward A. Horton
William H. Baldwin
Charles L. Burrill
Boston
England
Scotland
Ireland
Nova Scotia
Germany
Italy
Denmark
Prussia
Turkey
Poland
British Guiana
Newfoundland
Canada
Sweden
Russia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Ohio
Indiana
Christian Union
Distinguished Boston Citizens Enjoy Thanksgiving Day at Home
The article lists Governor Crane at Dalton with family, Bates at home in East Boston, Collins in Brighton, Guilds at Marlboro Street, and Speaker Myers dining with Cambridge friends. It covers lawmakers and officials celebrating with family meals, some at bachelor status, others with wives and children, including Dolan in Charlestown and Naphen at South Boston.
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Crane
Dalton
Congregational Church
Reading
Bates
M. E. Church
Boston
Collins
Brighton
Guild
Marlboro Street
Myers
House of Representatives
Cambridge
Soule
Senate
New Bedford
Doyle
Board of Aldermen
Casey
Langham
Dolan
Common Council
Charlestown
Congressman Conry
Conry
Congressman Naphen
South Boston
W. 8. McNary
L Street
John A. Sullivan
Kelcher
McNary
Sullivan
Jamaica Plain
Kelley
Quigley
Norris
Farwell
Miler
McCarthy
Heath
Tinkham
Lomasney
Slattery
Bowen
Dow
Ministers Pass Thanksgiving Day Quietly Across City
City clergy spent Thanksgiving in varied ways from morning services to family rest. Notables included Rev Edward Everett Hale preaching at South Congregational, Rev John S Lindsay officiating at St Pauls Tremont and reading a funeral at Harbor View, and Arch bishop Williams attending a dedication in Georgetown Massachusetts.
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Edward Everett Hale
South Congregational Church
Highland Street
John S. Lindsay
St. Paul's Church
Tremont Street
Gentleman
Lindsay
Harbor View
South Cove
Harvard
W. A. Knight
Berkeley Temple
Second Universalist
A. C. Dixon
Rugegl Street Baptist Church
Tremont Temple
Seamen’s Bethel
Hanover Street
Ruggles Street
Herbert 8. Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
Columbus Avenue
Charles Fleischer
Temple Adath Israel
W. W. Everts
Temple
Archbishop Williams
Georgetown
Mass
President Roosevelt Enjoys Thanksgiving Ride and Dinner
President Roosevelt spent Thanksgiving Day on a long horseback ride with Mrs. Roosevelt and guests including John Elliott General Leonard Wood and Douglas Robinson. They departed the White House at 10 30 am and later hosted a private dinner in the state dining room with a list of notable attendees.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Lodge
Brooks Adams
C. H. Davis
Miss Davis
Douglas Robinson
Cowles
Theodore Douglas Robinson
Helen Roosevelt
Robinson
J. K. Gracie
Robert Ferguson
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
John Elliott
Ethel Roosevelt
How College Girls Spent Their Thanksgiving Day
Wellesley notes say 200 collegians gathered in a big hall at noon for Thanksgiving dinner and merriment despite gloom outside. They lacked formal entertainment, but sang impromptu songs and kept up cheerful chatter and good spirits.
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Wellesley
Tribute to Mother Eddy Thanksgiving Service Message
Despite cold weather the Thanksgiving service at the Christian Science Church was crowded. The reading and talks focused on gratitude as acknowledgment of God and his work, urging continuous thanksgiving and noting kindness from neighbors. A message was adopted praising Rev Mary Baker Eddy for guiding the church and its healing ministry.
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Christian Science Church
Mary Baker G. Eddy
Mother Church
MIT Students Entertained by Pritchetts for Thanksgiving
MIT students unable to reach distant homes spent Thanksgiving evening at the Pritchetts Marlboro street home. Guests included youths from the West, Cuba, and Porto Rico, all treated to genuine old fashioned New England cheer and hospitality.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Pritchett
Marlboro Street
Far West
Cuba
Porto Rico
New England
Party at Berkeley Hall by St James Y M C A
Centre Harbor vacationists attended a Thanksgiving party at Berkeley Hall hosted by the St James Young Men's C T A. The event served as a parish reunion with many former members present. William A. H. Crowley directed the floor.
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Centre Harbor
Berkeley Hall
St. James
Strollers Hold Third Grand Ball at Berkeley Hall
The Strollers staged their annual grand ball at Berkeley Hall with over 400 attendees including many notable young men and women socializing into the evening.
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Berkeley Hall
Strollers' Ball At Berkeley Hall Acknowledges Attendants
Photo by Purdy. Mr Benjamin Kabatzrick floor director with Floor Marshal B Kabatzrick and S W Fleisher in charge. Ladies present include Nellie McCormack Annie McClellan Lottie Wizanski Lillian Romanow Jennie Kalkouskys Fannie Kalkouskys Nettie Silverman Minnie Abrahams and Miss Goldenberg.
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Purdy
Benjamin Kabatzrick
Berkeley Hall
B. Kabatzrick
S. W. Fleisher
Nellie F. McCormack
Annie McClellan
Lottie Wizanski
Lillian B. Romanow
Jennie Kalkouskys
Fannie Kalkouskys
Nettie Silverman
Minnie A. Abrahams
Miss Goldenberg
Boston Lodge 97 Relief Concert and Ball Honors 18th Year
Boston Lodge 97 of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen held its 18th annual relief concert and ball at Odd Fellows Hall last night. About 450 couples attended, with the grand march led by Floor Director BE. C. Monahan and escorts Miss Celia Monahan M J Leonard Mrs Leonard and C H Bennett Mrs Bennett. The fraternal organization offers sick and death benefits to members and is led by master W D Marshall vice master G W Mason secretary M J Leonard financier C H Bennett collector P J Moran journal agent G H Wright.
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Boston Lodge
The
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Odd Fellows’ Hall
BE. C. Monahan
Celia Monahan
M. J. Leonard
G. W. Mason
C. H. Bennett
P. J. Moran
G. H. Wright
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Marcins
Elmer E. Hudson
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Wells Memorial
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Kurlander
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Boston Industrial Home
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