Post Santa Claus Aid Urged For Desperate Boston Family
A Boston Post Santa Claus appeal describes a starving poverty case as a young mother of five, husband jailed for non support, and a fuelless run down home. Readers are urged to donate clothes toys books or cash via the Post Santa Claus Editor at Boston Post. Contributions list includes many small gifts and donors from Massachusetts cities.
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Post
Santa Claus
Roxbury
Santa
Post Santa Claus
Washington Street
Post Santa
Boston Post
Boston
Mass
Boston Fishermen Strike Ties Up Bay State Fleet
Bay State Fishing Company faces a continuing strike as 17 imported trawler workers rest on Foam awaiting orders. Fishermen demand nine hour port days with Sundays off and a 5 pm close, while Bay State and Tridant refuse. Ripples sail soon. Crest Surf Breaker and Spray depend on repairs.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Cape District
Long Wharf
New Street Pier
New Street
Fish Company
William H. Brown
New England Coast Fishermen's Union
Frank H. McCarthy
American Federation of Labor
Boston
Tridant, Fishing Company
Bay State Fishing Company
Fish Pier
South
Seaman's Union Hall
Lewis Street
Defenders of Allied Pact Urged by Eliot and Shibusawa
In an Algonquin Club dinner speech, Dr. Eliot and Baron Shibusawa urge a robust alliance among the United States Britain France Russia and Italy to defend seas freedom and deter attack. They warn of a tense Sino Japanese trade battle that could strain U S Japan ties and stress tactful coexistence and mutual understanding.
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Russia
Italy
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Baron Shibusawa
Eliot
California
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Boston
Louis K. Liggett
Japan
United States
China
Philippines
England
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Sneeze May Kill Woman in Bradford Frame at City Hospital
Miss Mary J. Cort, strapped to a Bradford frame at City Hospital after a 35 foot fall from a third floor window at 6 Appleton street, lies in critical condition with fractured arm and spine. Surgeons and nurses monitor to avoid any movement that could damage the spine. Neighbors rushed her to the hospital yesterday.
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Mary J. Cort
Bradford
City
Services Held for Capt Henry J McKee in South Boston
The funeral for Captain Henry J. McKee was held from his home at 687 East Eighth Street South Boston. Delegations from the South Boston Yacht Club Iris Charitable Society and the South Boston Citizens Association attended. Requiem high mass at Gate of Heaven Church was officiated by Rev Waldo Hasenfuss with Gregorian chant and hymns by Mrs Julia Herrick Miss Alice Emmett and Joseph Ecker. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery family lot.
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East Eighth Street
South Boston
South Boston Yacht Club
Iris Charitable Society
South Boston Citizens Association
Gate of Heaven
Waldo Hasenfuss
Julia Herrick
Alice Emmett
Joseph Ecker
Calvary Cemetery
MIT Labs to Test State Construction Materials
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology laboratories are offered to test materials used by the State in construction. First tests will sample materials from the new dry dock construction by the Port Directors.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Post Santa Claus Receives Urgent Letter From Desperate Mother
A Powerfully urged plea arrives at the Post Santa Claus office from a young mother, besieging merchants and workers to pause their hurried lives. The letter underscores a Christmas need beyond wishful requests, highlighting poverty and hunger among five children in one home.
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Santa Claus
Woman Fights Thugs With Hatpin in Brockton
Miss Esther Packard, 24, of 85 Ellis Street, fought off two youths returning from a theater on Pleasant Street. One held a pistol to her face while the other took her handbag. She was roughly handled. Police found the handbag a mile away. robbers took $10 but missed $2 hidden in a compartment.
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Brockton
Esther Packard
Ellis Street
Pleasant Street
British Seize German Ship Presidente Mitre
The British transport Macedonia captured the steamer Presidente Mitre sailing under the Argentine flag, owned by Hamburg South American Steamship Co. Passengers were moved to Montevideo. The Presidente Mitre, formerly the Argentina, is 3959 tons gross and built in Hamburg in 1895. The Macedonia, a 10000 ton vessel, is operated by Peninsula and Oriental Steam Navigation Co. and was taken for government service early in the war.
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Macedonia
Hamburg-South American Steamship Company
Montevideo
Presidente Mitre
Argentina
Hamburg
Peninsula & Oriental Steam Navigation Company
Guards Watch Fish Pier In East Boston Strike
Armed watchmen stood at New Street pier as 115 steam trawler fishermen strike for two weeks. Disturbances occurred but no major violence. The Boston harbor tie up threatens higher fish prices with an estimated 500000 pounds of groundfish removed weekly from markets.
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New Street Pier
Boston
Gates of America stage premiere at Grand Opera House
The Grew Pates players presented The Gates of America a four act melodrama with an opening episode last night. Lead William Grew delivered a curtain speech offering $500 for an original play and the story follows immigrants at Ellis Island with adventures and a hopeful reunion ending.
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Grand Opera House
Grew-Pates
William Grew
America
Ellis Island
New York
Italians Enroll At Dorchester Neighborhood House
A large enrolment of Italians from Dorchester districts marked the opening of the Italian department of the Dorchester Neighborhood House last night. Monday night has been set aside for instruction exclusively to Italians.
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