Firemen Widows and Orphans Fund Grows in Chicago
A $500000 disaster relief fund for Chicago firemen widows and orphans moves toward meeting needs after the Nelson Morris beef house blaze. Funeral services are held for Assistant Chief Burroughs and Captain Collins as workers continue to search ruins and bury victims over the next three days. More than $130000 had been raised and organizers expect to reach beyond $200000 to ensure aid reaches all sufferers.
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United Press
Chicago
Fead
Nelson Morris & Co
Willam J. Burroughs
Pat. EB. Collins
Ahip Thea Templar
Burroughs
Horan
Santa Claus Visits City Hall and Christmas Gifts Spree
Thomas Cunningham and City Clerk staff receive gifts from Town Clerk Boucher and Assistant Mullins as a festive box labeled Tom mys Christmas yields a jingle and cigars. Other office workers at City Clerk’s office enjoy baskets of chocolates and bon bons. church services note Christmas hours at Christ Episcopal Church and local obituaries report Grace Louise Beach and Catherine Russell among the deceased with funeral details.
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Thomas Cunningham
City Hall
Jim Emile
Boucher
Russell
Thomas
Mullins
Maurice F. McKenna
Christ Episcopal Church
Queen's Daughters Whist and Dance at Colonial Club
Queen's Daughters prepare a whist and dance event at the Colonial next Tuesday evening with elaborate preparations and attractive prizes for card players. Wheeler & Wilson orchestra to provide music for dancing. an afternoon whist session starts at three. The gallery holds 300 spectators while others may attend as onlookers of the ballroom. Numerous committees, led by Mrs. John Cody and Mrs. Walter Anderson, oversee evening sections and reception duties.
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Wheeler & Wilson
John Cody
Walter Anderson
P. J. Lynch
William King
Mary O'Toole
Mary Stapleton
Gertrude Fitzpatrick
Katherine Fitzpatrick
Gertrude Fra
Ella May Seerey
Edn Keefe
Kathryn Walsh
Nellie Walsh
Marguerite Kelly
Bessie Kelly
Anna Gilbert
Jane McCarthy
Mary McLaughlin
John Moore
Georgia Feeley
Messrs
M. Powers
I Hen Phelan
G. Phelan
Sylvester Miller
Harold Cotter
Arnold Neal
William Seerey
W. Buckley
Dennis Buckley
Frank Buckley
Edward Kennelly
Contract System of Vote Buying Exposed in Adams County
West Union Ohio December 2 1924 grand jury investigation reveals a contract system of vote buying in Adams County with contractors trading seven voters for about seventy dollars. Judge A Z Blair says about half of local voters were bought or sold and corruption extends to church leaders. The 68 percent indictment and disfranchisement count highlight widespread election crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Adams County
Grand Jury
A. Z. Blair
Blair
More Shakings From the Tree
Boston widows receive Christmas dinners from Curley, other gifts to children at Knights of Columbus hall, and a crippled children's school visit. Anonymous notes offer free dinners. a Middleboro candy shortage. a South Africa Supreme Court justice dines in NYC with his MIT student son. 3 million Christmas cards in NYC. a burglar scare thwarted by a boy mistaking Santa Claus for the intruder.
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United Press
Santa Claus
Boston
Mass
James M. Curley
Ward 17
Knights of Columbus Hall
Industrial School
New York
A. Weir Mason
Supreme Court of the New Union of South Africa
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miss Kenyon and Mr Bradstreet to marry Monday
Miss Ethel Nettie Kenyon daughter of Rev Earl H Kenyon and Harold Bailey Bradstreet son of Mr and Mrs Charles M Bradstreet will wed at St Pauls Episcopal Church at 6 pm Monday in the churchs first wedding with the costly new electric pipe organ. The ceremony conducted by the bride’s father will feature a Mendelssohn wedding march and a large procession. Over 400 invitations issued with 75 out of town guests. Afterward a reception at the bride’s parents home, then a Florida trip and residence at 34 Filmwood Avenue.
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St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Ethel Nettie Kenyon
Earl H. Kenyon
Harold Bailey Bradstreet
Chas. M. Bradstreet
A. Ruth Kenyon
Mary F
Marjorie J. Lloyd
New Haven
Ttle
Mice Allen
N. A. Kenyon
Allendiggie
George Frank Bradstreet
Ralph Whipple
Edward L. Barlow
Frederick H. Lovegrove
John F. Chatfield
Killarney
Mendelssohn
Lister
Herbert Williams
New York
Brooklyn
Boston
Rowley
Mass
Kossuth Street
Florida
Filmwood Avenue
Gamma Delta Psi Fraternity
Miner, Read and Tullock Co
Girl Injured by Fall on Ice at Broad and Gilbert
Miss Grace Stoddard aged 18 of 907 Broad Street slipped on ice at 9 30 pm on Broad and Gilbert streets and was carried home unconscious by bystanders. Ambulance corps were summoned and Dr McQueeney found superficial injuries resuscitated her and left her at home.
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Grace Stoddard
Broad Street
Broad
Gilbert Streets
McQueeney
Bart Sheridan Receives Gold Chain From Connecticut Company
Bart Sheridan night foreman at Congress Street car barns is honored by Connecticut Company workers who present him a handsome gold chain as a Christmas token of appreciation.
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Bart” Sheridan
Congress Street
Connecticut Company
Just Hell for Working Girls
New York clerks describe Christmas as danger for workers on starvation wages. Rev. Frederick Lynch, pastor, criticizes department stores for low pay and overtime while urging awareness of late night temptations and rooming-house environments that harm young women during the holidays.
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New York
Frederick Lynch
Lynch
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Christmas Promotions Given To Public Servants And Workers
Washington postmaster general Hitchcock distributed promotions to about twenty clerks as Christmas gifts. In Philadelphia the Stetson hat factory gifted employees over 300000 in value. New York firemen received rank promotions in a record batch. Separately the Interstate Commerce Commission paused recent rate increases for top line railroads and steamboats until April 15 1911 pending hearings.
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Washington
Hitchcock
New York
Waldo
Santa Claus
Interstate Commerce Commission
Will of Emma Keenan Stacy probate admits life use to husband
The late Emma Keenan Stacy of 259 Beach Street had her will admitted to probate this morning. A life use of one-third of her estate goes to her husband and is to be divided among their children at his death. The residue is split into quarters: Alice, Alice’s daughter Emma, son Arthur, and son Edward via trust for him. executrix Alice J. Keenan qualified. Appraisers Joseph Strickfus and George Curtis were appointed.
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Emma Keenan Stacy
Beach Street
Alice
Herbert Perry
Tust
Edward
Emma
Arthur
Alice J. Keenan
Joseph Strickfus
George Curtis
Jury Deadlocks in Fire Bug Insurance Fraud Case
The jury in Frank Balog of Ellsworth Street Black Rock was unable to reach a verdict on charges of attempting to defraud an insurer by setting his house on fire. Judge Lucien F Burpee dismissed the panel after the failure to reach agreement.
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Frank Balog
Ellsworth Street
Black Rock
Lucien F. Burpee
Terrible Terry in Court for Assaulting Cop
New York December 24 former lightweight champion Terry McGovern was arraigned on intoxication and assaulting Policeman Maroney. He was discharged by Magistrate Weismar after a brief proceeding. The two men clashed last night with the officers reportedly on the losing end. He did not appear for today’s hearing.
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New York
Maroney
Terry McGovern
Weismar
Terry
Marriage License Issued to Smith and Judd in City
A marriage license was issued this morning to Henry L. Smith aged 54 a patternmaker of Schenectady to wed Miss Zetan Judd aged 31 a nurse of this city.
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Henry L. Smith
Schenectady
Zetan Judd
Christmas Gift Suggestions For All On The Table
A vintage ad presents the German custom of placing a decorated Christmas tree on the dining table. For men gifts like leather cases razors and poker sets, for women perfumes cut glass atomizers and handbags, while children enjoy bon bons and chocolates from Whitman Guth and Liggett. A doctor can help file and deliver prescriptions with a Merry Christmas greeting.
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France
Whitman, Guth and Liggett
Stratford Store Wins Reddisode Quilt Contest
The Stratford store wins the Reddisode quilt contest, with judges noting the vintage pattern and skilled stitching. The event drew entrants from local shops and quilting clubs, highlighting community craft and regional heritage.
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Old Stratford
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