Americans In Europe Celebrate Thanksgiving Dinner
Three hundred guests gathered in London for the American Society Thanksgiving, chaired by John Morgan Richards. Paul Cambon lauded President Roosevelt, while Henry White praised U S Britain's good ties and lamented the absence of Ambassador Choate. Notable remarks from Conan Doyle and Anthony Hope highlighted Anglo American bonds amid a broader world view.
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London
American Society
John Morgan Richards
Paul Cambon
Great Britain
Roosevelt
Henry White
United States
Justice Walton
M. Cambon
McKinley
France
White
United
Treasury
America
Mr. White
Thanksgiving celebration in Berlin at Kaiserhof
About 300 American residents in Berlin held an informal Thanksgiving supper and dance at the Kaiserhof tonight, omitting embassy members due to mourning for the late President McKinley. Ambassador Andrew D. White laid the cornerstone of the new American church and praised its broad liberal character.
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Berlin
Kaiserhof
McKinley
United States
Andrew D. White
Notable figures share Thanksgiving day gatherings across Boston
Governor Crane and Lt. Gov. Bates hosted family and neighbors at home while officials from the Republican and Democratic camps spent Thanksgiving in offices, clubs, and homes. Generals, bishops, consuls, and diplomats also observed the holiday with family meals and modest entertainments.
Quiet Thanksgiving Day at the White House
President Roosevelt spent Thanksgiving quietly at the White House with no official callers. He walked from Lafayette Square to Secretary Root's home for a constitutional, wearing a box coat in cold wind and light snow. A private family dinner was planned for 7:30 p.m. with no outside guests.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Lafayette Square
Connecticut Avenue
Root
Wells Memorial Banquet At Roxbury Institute
The Wells Memorial and People's Institute held its annual Thanksgiving dinner at People's Hall in Roxbury with about 150 attendees. Robert Treat Paine Jr chaired the event, Rev. Dr. E Winchester Donald of Trinity Church spoke on public schools and national character, and performances by the Fanchon Trio and Miss Jump accompanied the evening.
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Wells Memorial and
People’s Institute
People's Hall
Tremont Street
Roxbury
Turkey
Robert Treat Paine, Jr
E. Winchester Donald
Trinity Church
Donald
America
Nation
Commonwealth
Boston
Fanchon
Miss Jump
Tennessee
Parker Memorial Dinner Feeds Forty Families and More
A Thanksgiving dinner hosted by Parker Memorial served eighty people at the Memorial building on Berkeley Street with forty baskets sent to needy families. Speakers included Rev C W Wendte Rev Edward Cummings and Rev Thomas Van Ness. Howard B Burlingame spoke on the first Thanksgiving Day in America. Youth groups from Brookline Cambridge and the city provided entertainment with an orchestra.
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Parker Memorial
Memorial Building
Berkeley Street
C. W. Wendte
Edward Cummings
Thomas van Ness
Howard B. Burlingame
America
Brookline
Cambridge
Thanksgiving Day Mass At Cathedral Draws About 1000
Under the Catholic Union of Boston guspices services were held yesterday morning at the Cathedral. Nearly 1000 persons attended the solemn high mass and sermon.
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Catholic Union of
Boston
Oil Stocks Investors Urged to Read The New York Press
Investors are advised to secure the November 29 issue of The New York Press to review opinions from noted manufacturers on Texas Oil as fuel, contrasted with coal, and gauge its market potential.
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New York
Texas
New York Press
Thirty Third Reunion of Boston Young Men's Christian Union
The Boston Young Men's Christian Union held its thirty third reunion with a New England Thanksgiving dinner for over 200 members unable to attend in person. President Baldwin led a procession to a banquet hall for speeches by Leighton Parks and E A Horton among others. Donations came from multiple local firms and individuals, funding food, china, lamps, and beverages for the event.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Union
New England
Baldwin
Union Hall
Euterpe Mandolin Club
America
Roosevelt
Governor Crane
Leighton Parks
Emmanuel Church
Boston
E. A. Horton
Dean Victor C. Alderson
Armour Institute of Technology
Chicago
Board of Government
Messrs
George N. Faught
Arthur V. Howland
H. C. Bronsdon
George G. Hall
Adams House
S. S. Pierce & Co
P. & I. Besse
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Cobb, Bates & Yerxa
David Whiting & Sons
Oriental Tea Company
Thanksgiving Dinner for Working Girls Home Residents
An excellent Thanksgiving dinner was enjoyed yesterday by about 150 young women who board at the Working Girls Home on Union Park Street. The number was increased by about 80 maids and Gray One who help run the institute. Great preparations are underway for the home’s blessing anniversary next Thursday. His Grace the archbishop will say mass, with a musical programme prepared for the occasion.
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Union Park Street
West Newton Street
America
E. M. McPherson
Board of Managers
Grace Moore
Charles Topmoth
R. W. Haskins
Reading
Mass
W. T. McElveen
Shawmut Congregational Church
May Warren
Louise Crocker
Thanksgiving at Boston Country Clubs and Homes
Equestrians and carriages filled the morning as the Country Club hosted a table d hote luncheon from 1 to 3. Notable attendees included Walter Edgerly, Henry Read, the Wood party, Clarence Barron, Frothingham and Wendell, with many guests at hunt breakfasts and elaborate family banquets across Boston area homes.
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Country Club
Walter Edgerly
Henry Read
Wood
Clarence Barron
Frothingham
Wendell
Alexander H. Higginson
Middlesex Meadows
Lincoln
Higginson
Rosamond Tudor
James A. Garland
Charles Francis Adams
Abbott
Herbert Hale
Richard Rice Barrett
Ellis Mott
Adolf Ladenburg
Hempstead
Ladenburg
Boston
Samuel Eliot
Brimmer Street
John H. Morison
America
William R. Hunter
Edith Norman
Sunnyfields
Commonwealth Country Club
Chestnut Hill
Dana Estes
Governor Ames
Andrew G. Weeks
Beacon Street
Gloucester
Reed Anthony
Beverly Farms
Andrew Weeks
Warren Weeks
Frank Harris
Parker House
David R. Whitney
Commonwealth Avenue
Charles Marsh
Kalada Park
Roxbury
T. J. Clark
J. H. Tyler
Bay State Road
Spruce Street
Harry Brown
Tappan Street
Milton
Alexander Martin
New York
Thanksgiving at Boston Y M C A Draws Large Crowd
A hearty Thanksgiving gathering at the Boston Young Men's Christian Association drew several hundred attendees from among members and visitors. Social Secretary Roberts organized a long program with entertainment by Katie Johnson Jubilee Company and Auchjaydee, followed by a substantial supper and singing led by J Calderwood. The Floyd-Bower combination closed the 50th Thanksgiving event with a Star Course performance.
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Boston Young Men’s Christian Association
Roberts
George W. Mehaffey
Katie Johnson
Feast Record Surpassed at Boston Industrial Home Thanksgiving
The Boston Industrial Home at Davis Street and Harrison Avenue hosted its annual Thanksgiving feast for dozens of needy men and women from 3 p.m. onward. The meal offered roast turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, squash, nuts, pies, and coffee, followed by chapel programs with Miss Bennett, Mr. Skeer, Mr. Tricolli, and readings by Frederick H. Koch. Superintendent T. D. Roberts said more guests were fed than ever before and urged gratitude beyond the holiday, noting the home’s 364-day purpose.
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Boston
Davis Street
Harrison Avenue
Bennett
Charles O. Skeer
Fred Tricolli
Frederick H. Koch
Emerson College of Oratory
Margaret M. Roberts
T. D. Roberts
Thanksgiving Dinner Declined by Home for Destitute Children
Disappointed by prearrangements, the Sisters of Charity at the Home for Destitute Catholic Children on Harrison Avenue canceled a display Thanksgiving dinner. The young residents still enjoyed their turkeys, likely more so with no strangers present to embarrass them.
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Sisters of Charity of the Home For
Harrison Avenue
Salvation Army Feeds Thousands at Thanksgiving Spread
Salvationists served about 600 pounds turkey 350 pounds beef 60 ham and 4000 oranges at a Thanksgiving event for waifs. A Roxbury Sunday school group aided with order and welcome as 4000 little ones enjoyed meals and prizes before departing with candy and fruit bags.
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Bill
Roxbury
West End
Salvation Army
Rebecca J. Fox
Thanksgiving in prison shelters bleak reform hopes
Prisoners in state facilities enjoyed special meals and minor entertainments on Thanksgiving while awaiting court decisions. Storti, Pomeroy, Amilian, and Best faced possible execution or new rulings as they endured solitary or limited company. Local jails hosted musicians and gave turkey dinners to all inmates.
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Charlestown
Storti
Supreme Court of the Land
Jesse Pomeroy
Millian
Pole
Pomeroy
Salem
John C. Best
Saugus
Amillian
Supreme Court
City host of homeless Weary Willie day dinner at lodge
Weary Willie and about 70 guests ate at the Wayfarers Lodge on Hawkins Street enjoying barley soup roast turkey mince pie and coffee. The superintendent urged no work today as the city fed the hungry and warmed the homeless. Some youths from rural New England appeared among the guests and one man asked to chop wood to pay for his meal but was refused. Pap the eldest ragamuffin tried to take the head of the table but was silenced by workers and other guests. The city will not entertain again until Christmas Day.
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Crane
Dalton
John l. Bates
I. P. Hutchinson
Reublican City Committee
Tremont Building
A. H. Goetting
Republican State Committee
Springfield
Rhode Island
Roosevelt
Collins
Corey Road
Myers
House of Repreentatives
Camridge
Josiah Quincy
Charles Street
Nathan Matthews
Boston
Parker House
James Donovan
Democratic City Committee
Joseph A. Conry
Norton
John A. Kelcher
John H. Lee
Brighton
P. Bowen
Mayor Hart
New England
John Z. Willams
Church of Rome
William Lawrence
Episcopal Church
Trinity Church
Commonwealth Avenue
John E. Blunt
Edward VII
Nottingham
Godfrey Morse
Algonquin Club
D Timagenis
Buckminster
Rosedale Street
Brookline
Willie
Scollay Square
Pap
Hundreds of manufacturers debate Texas Oil versus coal as fuel
In a broad expression of opinion, hundreds of manufacturers from diverse industries voiced views on Texas oil as a potential fuel in competition with coal. The discussions centered on price, supply stability, and practical adoption for manufacturing energy needs.
Thanksgiving Services Unites Dorchester Churches
Special Thanksgiving services were held at Virginia Street Universalist Church in Dorchester with participation from First Parish Unitarian Meeting House Hill Channing Unitarian Cottage street Pilgrim Congregational Baker Memorial Methodist Up ham's Corner and Stoughton Street Baptist. The sermon by Rev Joel M Learnard urged thanksgiving and warned against commercialism while noting the nation as a divine creation and a family. Benediction by Rev Moore concluded the service with music by the Dorchester Choral Society.
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Virginia Street
H. H. Sanderson
Channing Unitarian Church
E. R. Shippen
First Parish Unitarian Church
Joel M. Learnard
Baker Memorial Methodist Church
St. Paul's
Corinthians
England
J. Pierpont Morgan
Dorchester Choral Society
Calderwood
Moore
Virginia Street Universalist Church
Deaconesses Aid Needy Families at Thanksgiving
Miss Josephine S Fisk of Boston reports generous deeds by the M EK Deaconesses. Unsalaried missionaries organized district nurse deaconesses, provided turkey dinners or baskets with fruit for worthy families, Italian district recipients, and marines at East Boston Bethel Church. A charitable gentleman offered his house for marine meals. Aged ladies at the Colored Old People's Home express gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine S. Fisk
M. EK
Boston
Massachusetts Avenue
Bethel Church
Thanksgiving Mission Ends With Generous Provisions
The Rev. Dr. D. W. Waldron and City Missionary Society coworkers wrapped up a Thanksgiving effort on Wednesday evening. About a thousand families received turkey dinners and some bundles included coal and wood to aid those in need of fuel.
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D. W. Waldron
City Missionary Society
Turkeys Sent to 10 Homes by Epworth Settlement
Walter Merritt, president of the Epworth Settlement Resident Workers' Home, announced a shift away from public Thanksgiving feeds. Turkeys and other gifts were sent directly to 10 homes, focusing on families deemed glad and worthy to receive them. The home primarily aids Italian and Russian Jewish residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter ‘Merritt
Epworth Settlement
Children Enjoy Homey Thanksgiving Dinner at Mission
A Thanksgiving dinner was shared by about two dozen children at the Children's Mission on Shawmut Avenue. Matron Miss Tracy and assistants prepared a warm meal to make the orphans feel cared for and happy.
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Shawmut Avenue
Mission
Tracy
Sailors Enjoy Thanksgiving Sermon at Mission
The Rev. Dr. James Rea of Boston Baptist Bethel Church delivered a Thanksgiving sermon for visiting sailors and friends at the mission. A fine musical programme accompanied the service. Eighty turkeys were sent by the mission to needy families, with more possible if weather had not hindered outside shipments.
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James Rea
Boston
Colonies Observe Thanksgiving Across Havana and San Juan
Thanksgiving Day was widely celebrated at clubs theatres and cafes with religious services reported in Havana. The American colony and the better classes of natives in San Juan also marked the holiday with gatherings and observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
San Juan
George Pullman Dies in California Amid Family Finances
George Pullman, son of monumental fortune, dies in California after a life of limited business achievement and lavish spending. He altered his will amid claims of lack of business traits and filial gratitude. His widow Mrs. Pullman raised the monthly allowance from 250 to 1000 dollars.
Skating Opens on the Frog Pond for Holidays
Skaters from Beacon Hill Chelsea and beyond flocked to the Frog Pond as Superintendent Doogue declared the season open. By 10 am about 900 boys and girls filled the ice amid cheers and windy, chilly conditions. Parents watched as skates clattered and youngsters fell and rose, with many finishing the day satisfied despite the biting wind.
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Doogue
Beacon Hill
Chelsea
Godmother for a Vermont girl aided by a turkey
Milford nov 28 a 13 year old east Georgia vt girl Myra Lom bard left a note in a turkey gizzard pleading for help. Marketman george birch and merchant fred ellis found the note and the turkey, which was then sold. Mrs ellis decided to sponsor Myra's schooling, acting as her fairy godmother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Myra Lombard
Myra
East Georgia
Bay State
George F. Birch
Fred L. Ellis
Granotti In Chicago Described By Milan Despatch
Milan to the Associated Press reports Louis Granotti, an accomplice of Bresci, now in Chicago and shadowed by police. The Nov 2 Milan despatch says Granotti was sentenced to life imprisonment but not yet captured. Sig. Giolitti, interior minister, is quoted on the matter.
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Rome
Fanfulla
Sig. Giolitti
Interior
Louis Granotti
Chicago
Associated Press
Milan
Bresci
Humbert
Granotti
Blatz Palm Garden Thanksgiving Dinner for 350 Youths
Managers of Blatz Palm Garden hosted a Thanksgiving dinner for 350 boys and girls from the North and West Ends at 116-120 Sudbury Street. The party filled the Garden floor with a merry crowd as 400 pounds of turkey, 40 gallons of ice cream, three barrels of apples, three cases of oranges and 600 bananas were served.
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Blatz Palm Garden
Sudbury Street
Marlboro Pair Elopes to Boston
Wilfred A. Morse and Rachael Tanner, both from Marlboro, eloped after Thanksgiving to Boston seeking a minister for marriage. Their mothers objected. Tanner’s mother argued she was only 18. The couple obtained a marriage license and planned a brief Boston stay before returning home.
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Marlboro
Wilfred A. Morse
Rachael Tanner
Boston
Miss
Mrs. Tanner
Miss Tanner
Mr. Morse
Simroelyn
Tanner
New Sleeping Car Service to Chicago from Boston South Station
New sleeping car service departs South Station Boston at 6 P M for Buffalo Detroit and Chicago via Boston Albany New York Central and Michigan Central railroads. Promoted as the best quickest safest and only direct double track service from New England to these points. Send for West Sound. A 3 Hanson G P A.
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Chicago
South Station
Boston
Buffalo
Detroit
Boston & Albany
New York Central
Michigan Central Railroad
New England
West Sound
Hanson
G. P
Hudson River Ice Threatens Night Boat Service
Hudson River navigation from Troy may end tomorrow as ice thickens. The river near the city is solidly frozen, making it hard for the Citizen Hone’s large night boats to break through the ice.
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Troy
N. Y
Hudson
James Ryland Dies by His Own Action in Peabody
In Peabody on November 28, James Ryland aged years old and unmarried died this afternoon by his own action. No further details given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peabody
James Ryland
Expressions and Opinions on Texas Oil as Fuel
The New York Press on November 29 presents viewpoints from prominent manufacturers regarding Texas oil as a fuel. It outlines industry stances, potential impacts on markets, and policy considerations affecting adoption and price dynamics.
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Europe
Velt
Conan Doyle
Dr. Doyle
Anthony Hope
Sid Edmund Robert Fremantle
John Charles Ardagh
War Office
Newton Crane
South African Compensation Committee
Wells
Parker
Catholic Union Services
Boston Young Men’s Christiaan Union
Duglety
The
Young Men’s Christian Association
Salvationists
Wayfarers’ Lodge On
Hawkins Street
Little Wanderers
Turkeys
Berkeley Temple
Frank Moning
Temple
Children’s Mission
Porto Rico
States
Manila
Navy
George Mr. Pullman
California
Felicity Oglesby
Metropolitan Electric Company
Pullman Bank
Pullman Car Company
George M. Pullman
Guzzard
Waterville
Willie Vaughan
Kennebec
Brunswick
Emil Caouette
Hudson River
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