Christmas Day Dinners Planned for Thousands in New York
Salvation Army and Representative Sullivan lead a city wide drive for free Christmas dinners for the poor. 8,500 meals are set for the Department of Charities beneficiaries, with 2,500 more at Grand Central Palace and 4,500 baskets of uncooked food for distribution. Newsboys, inmates, and hospital patients will all receive feasts, toys, and warm clothing from multiple charities and civic leaders.
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New York
Park Row
Bowery
Salvation Army
Timothy D. Sullivan
St. Patrick's Cathedral
City of
Department of Charities
Reformatory
Hart's Island
First Avenue
Randall's Island
Flower Mission
Nathan Straus
Grand Central Palace
Tammany Hall
Fourteenth Street
Sullivan
Tim
Timothy D. Sullivan Association
Charles F. Murphy
Tim” Sullivan
William M. ‘Fliess
Brace Memorial
Duane Street
Frank Tilford
Lyric Hall
Forty-second Street
Sixth Avenue
West Side Lyceum
Children’s Aid Society
Seventh Avenue
Thirty-second Street
Eighth Street
Avenue B
Fort Wadsworth
North Brother Island
Lower West Side
J. M. Lamadrid
Grove Street
Free Industrial School For Crippled Children
Randolph Guggenheimer
Sittig Brooklyn Christmas Tree Society
Payton’s
Lee and
Division Avenues
Orpheum Theatre
Percy G. Williams
Grace Institute
West Sixtieth Street
East Side
Charles M. Schwab
Braddock
Ent
Thomas EF. Stillman
White Rose Home
East Eighty-sixth Street
M. FE
Dc. R. Stillman
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Israel
Santa Claus
H. Rosenstein
Sant Claus
Child’s Gift List Mentions War Toys and Goods
A present description lists guns dolis horses wagons soldiers tool chests and many other playthings implying historical military toy significance. The fragment notes a wide range of items reflecting gift choices and era culture for boys and young readers.
Postal Unions Send Global Christmas and New Year Greetings
The Postmasters General and Directors General worldwide are receiving holiday cards at the Federal Building. Cards from Mexico, Transvaal, Hamburg, Cyprus, Jaffa, Johannesburg, Leipsic, Muenchen and others illustrate postal pride. New York’s 1908 greeting follows a long tradition of sharing mail innovations and goodwill.
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Globe
van Cott
Asia
Europe
Africa
Islands
Sea
Federal Building
Director General of Posts
United States of Mexico
Post and Telegraph Office
Mexico
United States
Italy
France
Austria
Germany
Spain
England
Welington
N. Z
Edward
Post and Telegraph Department
Transvaal
Victoria
B. C
Hamburg
Cyprus
Mediterranean
Oberhausen
Jaffa
Johannesburg
Leipsic
Palm Garden
Muenchen
Zanzibar
Gibraltar
Bombay
Pago-Pago
New York
Post Office
N. Y
Universal Postal Union
New York Post Office
Boston
Philadelpha
Chicago
Immigrants at Christmas Amid City Festivities
Crowded galleries and brokers at the Consolidated Exchange join a holiday program with track games, prizes, and a Santa gift distribution. Immigrants at Ellis Island hold a somber Yule event with multilingual hymns, toys, and nuts, while the mood contrasts with detained families awaiting entry.
Merry Making by Brokers on holiday Stock Exchange
Crowds of traders at the New York Stock Exchange and Produce Exchange celebrated Christmas day with music, tin horns, rattles, and whistles drowning bids. The Produce Exchange floor, not in session, hosted most of the revelry amid numerous Christmas trees and festive decorations.
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Seventh Regiment
I. N. Spiegelberg
Broker Cohen
J. A. Blair
E. H. Hough
Dr. Lorenz
F. A. McGuire
Larry’ de Forrest
Santa Claus
William McQuoid
J. J. MceCrum
Valentine
Jimmie’ Wenman
St. Bernard
Broad Street
New York Stock Exchange
Produce Exchange
Gan
Christmas Joys Brighten City Hospital Children
Christmas visits warmed Bellevue New York Hospital and other facilities. Nurses dressed trees and distributed gifts funded by city funds and a $500 philanthropic donation. The shows included carols for 783 Bellevue patients and 180 in another hospital ward.
Cardinal Gibbons Sends Christmas Greetings Worldwide
Baltimore December 24 Cardinal Gibbons follows his annual custom by sending Christmas greetings to the Pope and more than sixty cardinals around the world. He also writes to Catholic crowns heads including Austria Spain Portugal Belgium Saxony and Bavaria's Prince Regent. The Cardinal, a Prince of the Church, notes the etiquette while remaining a good American in title.
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Baltimore
Cardinal Gibbons
Austria
Spain
Portugal
Saxony
Bavaria
Orm
Christmas at the Capitol as Roosevelt Gifts Holiday Spirit
Washington December 24 1902 Christmas cheer fills official Washington as President Roosevelt backs a low key holiday with open air outings and minimal office hours. Cabinet members distribute turkeys to staff while the First Family plans a quiet White House Christmas with stockings and gifts.
No connection with any other house in this line of business
A terse line states there is no connection with any other house in this line of business. The remark stresses independence and clarifies there is no affiliation or partnership with rival firms in the same field.
Col. Ransdell Receives Coal Gift For Capitol
In Washington on December 4, Col. Daniel M. Ransdell, Senate Sergeant at Arms, opened a Christmas present from an anonymous giver. The box, wrapped in gold foil and protected for transit, contained fourteen ounces of anthracite coal intended to ease the Capitol's heating difficulties during the session.
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New York Times
Washington
Daniel M. Ransdell
Senate
Capitol
Indianapolis
Col. Ransdell
Gifts of gold to Washington firemen
John R. McLean, president of the Washington Gaslight Co, distributed gold coins to 285 firemen in Washington and Georgetown as Christmas gifts. Assistant chiefs received $20 coins, others $5 each, following prior approval from Chief Dutton.
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New York Times
Washington
John R. McLean
Washington Gaslight Company
McLean
Cincinnati Fire Department
Ned
Ormé
Gas Company
Hart
Georgetown
Dutton
Midnight mass at Corpus Christi Church
The Corpus Christi Church at 221 West Twenty-ninth Street held its annual midnight mass with high Episcopal ceremony. A pre mass procession from the rectory at 255 West Sixty-ninth Street led by a cross bearer preceded about 200 worshippers. Father L C Rich celebrated, with Father Robert Turner master of ceremonies and several priests assisting. A crib near the left of the altar copied from a nativity painting drew much attention featuring the Virgin Mary, Christ, Joseph, the three wise men and the Star of the East.
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Corpus Christi
West Twenty-ninth Street
West Sixty-ninth Street
Robert Turner
Joseph
Cleveland to Spend Christmas at Home in Princeton
Ex President and Mrs Cleveland will observe Christmas Day at their Bayard Lane home in Princeton New Jersey. The holiday will be simple with emphasis on children. A large tree in the library holds gifts for Ruth Esther Marion and Richard who went out with helpers to buy presents for their parents.
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Ellis Island
Weckbacker
Mr. Weckbacker
Williams
Murray
Allan Robinson
Ivie
Matthews
Nordplad
Melby
Princeton
N. d
Cleveland
Bayard Lane
Ruth
Esther
Marion
Richard
Coney Island Police Give Turkeys to Local Families
Fifty eight Coney Island Station policemen acted as Santa and received turkeys from an amusement company. Each officer then distributed a turkey to a chosen poor family on his beat, with overnights and a station visit for collection.
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Coney Island
Santa Claus
Knipe
District Attorney Jerome Leaves City for Lakeville Home
District Attorney Jerome departed for his country home in Lakeville Conn this afternoon and is not expected back until next Monday. Health Commissioner Lederle and Mrs Lederle and Deputy Commissioner Piper will spend Christmas at the Jerome residence.
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Jerome
Lakeville
Conn
Lederle
Piper
Jerome Homestead
Roosevelt Christmas Visit Fails Again at Cove School
President Roosevelt sent a check to Cove School in Oyster Bay easing gifts for children. Principal Miss Sarah Provost said sleds games dolls and candies were more plentiful than ever with two trees and a personal letter from the President.
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Oyster Bay
L. I
Theodore Roosevelt
Santa Claus
the Cove School
Washington
Sarah Provost
Miss Provost
Roosevelt
Battleship Iowa Sends Christmas Greetings from Trinidad
A Port of Spain dispatch via Associated Press from Dec 24 notes the battleship Iowa and its crew wishing relatives a merry Christmas and a joyful New Year. The message reflects naval traditions and holiday goodwill conveyed from Caribbean waters.
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Iowa
Port-of-Spain
Trinidad
Associated Press
New York
Department Store Employees Dine at Christmas Dinner
The management of H. O'Neill & Co. treated their numerous employees to a Christmas dinner last evening in the store restaurant. Local staff enjoyed the festive gathering and the company extended holiday cheer to all workers.
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H. O'Neill & Co
O'Brien Names Lamarche as Private Secretary
Secretary of State elect John F. O'Brien of Plattsburg announced the appointment of Arthur E. Lamarche as his private secretary. Lamarche works as a stenographer in the law office of County Judge-elect Henry T. Kellogg in Plattsburg.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
John F. O’brien
Arthur, E. Lamarche
Lamarche
Henry T. Kellogg
Christmas Day in Cuba No stockings or Santa in sight
Special Correspondence from Havana on December 18 describes a Cuban Christmas quiet and practical. Pigs and turkeys fill markets ahead of the feast while families prepare in advance. gifts and trees are rare, with Kings Day on January 6 carrying more weight for children.
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New York
Havana
Yuletide
Cuba
Santa Claus
Wonderful Manganese Water Promoted by Dr Lorenz as Cure
An advertisement touts MAN A CEA The Wonderful Manganese Natural Spring Water as a universal cure for stomach and intestinal derangements, debility, exhaustion, and nervous conditions for all ages. It asserts Dr Lorenz’s endorsement and urges readers to contact REN K Curtis, agent, at 13 Stone St. N. Tel 3199 Broad.
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Lorenz
Ren. K. Curtis
Stone St
Broad
Pugilists to Speak at Toledo Charity Dinner
In Toledo on December 24 James J Corbett John L Sullivan Mayor Jones and Rev Fr D Kelsey will address the Salvation Army dinner for the poor Sullivan and Corbett agreed to act as waiters but chose to give speeches after learning Jones and Kelsey would also speak.
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Corbett and Sullivan
Salvation Army
Toledo
Ohio
James J. Corbett
John L. Sullivan
Jones
D. Kelsey
Sullivan
Corbett
Army
Kelsey
Paris Christmas fetes brighten streets and churches
Paris wore festive colors as Christmas events filled day and night. Crowds filled boulevards with booths selling novelties while Madeleine and other churches planned midnight masses with Opera artists. Mme Loubet joined in Alsace Lorraine Society tree celebrations gifting presents at the presidential mansion.
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Paris
Madeleine
Mme. Loubet
Alsace- Lorraine Society
Gifts to City Officials
An employee of the Bureau of Buildings presented Supt. Perez M. Stewart with a gold watch a chain and a locket as a Christmas gift. Chief Construction Inspector John O Conner delivered the address. Superintendent William H. Michales distributed Christmas gifts to clerks and the engineering force of the Bureau of Sewers Borough of Manhattan in appreciation of their year’s work.
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Bureau of Buildings
Perez M. Stewart
John O’conner
Bureau of Sewers
Borough of
Manhattan
William H. Michales
Wage Increases For Frick Coke Workers Begin Jan 1
Notices announce a 4 percent wage advance for about 20 000 Frick Coke Company workers in Connellsville including miners and laborers. The rise, to take effect January 1, will raise annual wages by about 1 000 000 and position Frick as paying the highest wages in U S coke regions. The Bessemer Coke Company also posts an 8 percent wage rise for 5 000 workers starting January 1 across its five plants.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Connellsville
Frick Coke Company
United States
United States Steel Corporation
Bessemer Coke Company
Connellsville Coking
Colorado election results and party shift threaten deadlock
The Colorado canvassing board awards the San Juan district seat to Republican C. A. Cooper. The House will seat 34 Republicans and 31 Democrats. the Senate 11 Republicans and 24 Democrats. Republicans plan to unseat 15 Democrats on fraud grounds to gain a joint-ballot majority, risking a House Senate deadlock that could block a U.S. Senator election.
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Denver
Col
San Juan
C. A. Cooper
House
Senate
United States
Housekeeper Falls Down Stairs Injures Self at Home
Mrs. Imogene Tracy fifty five housekeeper for Mrs. Lamar at 37 West Sixtieth Street fell while descending cellar stairs with a plate of liver. She was taken to Roosevelt Hospital with injuries described as possibly fatal.
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Imogene Tracy
Receiver sought for Buffalo Spring and Gear Co
The Buffalo Spring and Gear Company filed in the Special Term of the Supreme Court for a receiver. Liabilities total 514,912.08 with nominal assets 387,970.64 and forced sale assets 203,150. Principal creditors are out-of-town firms. An Eastern dealer's credit troubles driven large business ties into the failure.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Buffalo Spring and Gear Company
Supreme Court
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