Vignettes of Christmas Faith and Poverty on City Streets
The narrative recalls Christmas scenes of poverty and generosity. A woods walk for a family’s humble tree ends with shared joy as a father, mother, and son plan simple gifts. Other vignettes portray two tiny children amid shoppers, highlighting fragile need and parental love in a quiet, earnest tone. An aristocratic visitor, Miss Violet Twining, visits local acquaintances, while a society party at Colonial Hall showcases holiday decor and social gathering styles.
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Marchioness
Donegal
Violet Twining
New Brunswick
Miss Twining
England
Touraine
William A. Lameon
Rogers Street
America
Nightfall near the woods shadows a boy and father
A boy sits gloomily by the woods edge as a purple haze descends across the valley. The father hesitates and lingers, turning his hat while the boy trembles, near tears, and a small tree figure appears in memory after the snow.
Boston Social Scene Showed Guests From Cambridge and Boston
A large party before the dance drew nearly all Boston girls including Miss Go Miss Stevens Miss Allen and the Misses Chapman Carr The Cambridge men list Edward Peters Chick McNeil Clarence Souther Dana Souther Sidney Stowe MacKay Ivey Charles Gallam Bud Nash John James Chester Noyes Harry Foster Andy Marshall and Roger Wattles Also present were Miss Isabel Clark Miss Beatrice Ayer and Miss Peggy Davidson guest of Miss Sterence Nesmith Mr Henry Wilder Colonel Butler Ames and Miss Ruth Burke plus guests from Westford Ushers included Edward Abbott John Abbott John J Rogers Victor I Jewett Arthur C Spalding Horace Coburn Harry Chalifoux and John Pierpont Supper by D L Page Company at 11 pm then dancing The Vesper boat house plans three subscription dances and Hospital Guild teas in January and later months including Mrs Walter L Parker Mrs J W Meigs and Mrs Frank E Dunbar as hosts Various locals and visitors from New York Jersey City and Cambridge attended with social plans for Christmas.
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Boston
Miss Go
Miss Stevens
Miss Allen
Misses Chapman
Miss Carr
Cambridge
Messrs
Edward Peters
Chick” McNeil
Clarence and
Dana Souther
Sidney Stowe
MacKay Ivey
Charles Gallam
Edward Abbott
John Abbott
John J. Rogers
Victor I. Jewett
Arthur ¢. Spalding
Horace Coburn
Harry Chalifoux
John Pierpont
D. L. Page Company
Will Upheld In Sizable Andrews Estate Case
Justice Dowling upheld the will of Wallace C. Andrews who perished with his wife in 1899, granting the estate valued at 2 000 005 to the Andrews Institute for Girls. The case hinged on whether Mrs. Andrews survived and if the 1860 statute limits charitable bequests when a wife or children exist. The court found it impossible to determine who died first, and did not establish the will’s protection under the act.
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New York
Justice Dowling
Supreme Court
Wallace C. Andrews
East Sixty-Seventh Street
Andrews Institute For Girls
Andrews
Lakeville County
Ohio
Cleveland
Baer Attends Anthracite Conciliation Board Meeting
President Baer of the Reading Company for the first time attends a meeting of the anthracite board of conciliation. He declined to speak. US labor commissioner Neill voiced optimism that operators and miners will reach agreement and suggested possible changes to speed up settlements while preserving conciliation.
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Philadelphia
Anthracite Board of Conciliation
Baer
Reading Company
Chas, P. Neill
United States Commissioner of Labor
Neill
Italy Forming New Cabinet After Fortis
Rome reports King Victor Emmanuel names Alessandro Fortis resigning premier to form a new cabinet. The Meragero and the Giornale Di Italia name Baron Mayor Des Planches as likely foreign ambassador in Washington.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel
Alessandro Fortis
Meragero
Giornale di Italia
Menton Baron Mayor Des Planches
Washington
Christmas Concert at Sacred Heart School Agawam Street
Pupils of Sacred Heart School Agawam Street held a Christmas concert yesterday afternoon with all classes participating. Rev. T. W. Smith received a purse from the scholars, presented by Miss Nora Ryan, with a speech by Miss Ma bel Tansey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart School
Agawam Street
T., W. Smith
Fr. Smith
Nora Ryan
Santa Claus
Varnum School Room 8 Christmas Program Delights Local Audience
The Varnum grammar school room 8 presented a bright Christmas program with recitations songs and solos under Miss Julia Williams. Performances included readings such as Wishes for a Stocking and A Visit from Santa Claus and musical selections like The Colored Guards Jingle Bells and Joy to the World.
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Varnum Grammar School
Julia Williams
Edith Sanders
Mildred
Billian Humphrey
Grace Desrosiers
The
Colored Guards
Edwin Stickney
Shepherds
Sadie Smith
Elsie Smith
Mildred Beals
Esther Sanders
Maggie Morris
Alice MacKay
Nellie Asbury
Ida Bolk
Sanders
Beatrice Polk
Christ Child
Constance Drake
Santa Claus
Lillian Humphrey
Royal David's City
Wilfred Bennett
Frank McCann
Edward Lemphe
John Lawless
Edmund Flood
Beautiful Star
Lester Ward
Vera McElroy
Ninth Grade Colburn School Concert Impresses
The Colburn school ninth grade presented an engaging program yesterday afternoon with chorus Holy Night recitations and readings. Performers included Mary Smith, Marietta Cainan, Kitty McKennedy, Chester Knowles, Charles Thomas, Peter Golden, and Philip Maguire. Accompanist Maud Bulmer led piano pieces Hearts and Flowers and The Three Wise Men as the audience applauded the well rendered numbers. A post concert dance at Dracut Grange with the Burbank orchestra closed the evening.
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Colburn School
Piccola Mary
Redhaton
Marton Brodie
Maud Bulmer
Merger Clash Hits Pere Marquette Lease illegality
Cincinnati December 22 Judson Harmon receiver of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton Railroad discusses the Great Central Railroad affairs. The merger of the Cincinnati Hamilton and Dayton with the Pere Marquette is challenged under Ohio law claiming a railroad can only lease a connecting line. The company will promptly pay all valid claims, including bonds and interest, while other securities not listed may be considered later.
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Great Central Railroad
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Pere Marquette
Ohio
Toledo
Harmon
Trouble Ahead Over Chinese Coolie Import Debate
Johannesburg officials condemn Britain’s decision to halt Chinese coolie imports as announced by Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman in London. Mine owners face hardship from stopping the labor supply. a strong campaign could lead to serious difficulties and charges of imperial interference with Transvaal rights.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
London
Transvaal
Seizure dispute over American herring vessel denied by colony
St Johns Newfoundland reports the colonial government denies all charges of seizing an American herring fishing vessel and robbing nets in the Bay of Islands. It says no vessel was seized and suggests American interests seek compensation for losses after the Latonia left port.
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St. Johns
N. F
Washington
Bay of Islands
Latonia
Choate Likely to Head U S Delegation to Hague Conference
The Post reports Joseph H. Choate may be named by President Roosevelt as chairman of the American delegation to the second Hague peace conference. Roosevelt has not settled other members, though he considers prominent Americans. Former President Cleveland reportedly declined to lead the effort.
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Washington
Joseph H. Choate
Court of St. James
United States
Whitelaw Reid
Roosevelt
Cleveland
Lowell and Fitchburg Petition for Stock Issuance
Boston December 22 The Lowell and Pitchburn Street Railway Company filed a petition with railroad commissioners seeking authority to issue its original capital stock at par totaling 32310 000 The road runs thirteen miles serving the towns of Ayer Groton and Westford
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Boston
Lowell and Pitchburn Street Railway Company
Railroad Commissioners
Ayer
Groton
A Thousand Dollars' Worth of Good Reform Remark
A garbled 19th or early 20th century medical testimonial claims a cure for bladder trouble with a medicine from a perturbing inventor. The fragment mentions bricks, dust, and a dramatic “new man” feeling after treatment. The source text is incomplete and contains many garbled words.
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Kidnery
Brisi
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Paul Chalifoux
Charles Stevens
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Walter L. Parker
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J. W. Meigs
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E. J. Berliner
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Lawson Street
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Jersey City Heights
New Jersey
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Stackpole Street
Frank R. Clark
Washington, D. C
Charles S. Clark
That City
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Roger Lang
Notre Dame Academy
Roxbury
Emery F. Blodgett
Chelmsford Street
Harriet Cole
Nelson Wardwell
Horace Bennett
Walter Parker
Walter Edgell
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Sacred Heart
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Burbank Orchestra
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Roxen
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Walter Baker & CO. Ltd
Dorchester, Mass
Europe
Ilton & Dayton Road
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Judson Harmon
Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railroad
Canada
Joseph Choate
Hague Tribunal
Lowell and Fitchburg
Kimball
Court OF Fy
E. Austin
Runers’ Building
Merrimack Square
Adams
Morris
Appleton Bank
Central St
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Middle St
Lowell, Mass
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New England Optical Co
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Citizen
Courie
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