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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1915
Page
12
The Boston Post reports a flood of charitable letters and donations for the Post Santa fund with children’s pleas from East Boston Roxbury and Connecticut, receipts from five cents to twenty five dollars, and staff urging early contributions to aid needy families.
The note describes how thousands in Greater Boston face a hard Christmas without help. A family with eighteen children appeals for toys and essentials, noting five to six dollars weekly is insufficient. The Post Santa story highlights how even small gifts bring joy to sick and needy households on Christmas Day.
Record attendance at the Boston Art Club exhibit at the clubhouse on Newbury Street leads to a one week extension. The member paintings display remains open daily next week from 11 to 5 for public viewing.
The Very Rev Charles W Lyons president of Boston College and rector of the Church of the Immaculate Conception announces a novena in honor of the Immaculate Conception to begin at 7 45 tomorrow night in St Valentine s Chapel Harrison avenue and East Concord street with services led by the church authorities.
Boston shores up its baked beans supply as shipments surge over the past two weeks. Chamber of Commerce figures show daily arrivals exceeding 4000 bushels with consumption about 1101, easing famine fears. Three California pea bean ships, plus New York and Michigan beans, expected next week, keeping prices firm around $4 to $5 per bushel for various varieties.
A weeklong men’s retreat begins tomorrow at St. Philip’s Church on Harrison Avenue. Rev. R. F Powers organizes the event with a different diocese priest each evening. Sunday features Rev. Mortimer J. Twomey as speaker with a special music program nightly.
Nov 27. Thomas Burns found guilty of assaulting American league umpire Thomas Connolly after a dispute over money. Judge M F Kennedy sentenced Burns to three months in the House of Correction in the local court.
Ambassador Page in Rome transmitted fragmentary statements from the Italian liner Ancona’s captain and first officer. They said the ship halted after attempting to escape and was shelled as passengers were lowered into lifeboats. Shells did not strike the lifeboats. officials cautioned the evidence was not yet conclusive.
Despatches report a panic on the Ancona when meeting a submarine. Officials say a precise account of the incident will be hard to obtain.
Thomas Grieve presided at a Boston Caledonian Club meeting in Deacon Hall. The Burns birthday event will be held at Mechanics' Building on Friday evening, January 2, with a committee chaired by Grieve and including Niven, Spiers, Menges, Bell, Wilson, Scott, Urquhart, Miller, Green, and Mackenzie.
Mayor Curley urges street commissioners to remove the annual tax on awnings and signs while preserving the initial fee charged when the sign is installed. The initial charge ranges from 25 cents to 1 dollar, and the mayor favors continuing it.
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