City Christmas Cheer Brightens Jails and Shelters
Father McGrath urges listeners to begin anew as prisons receive turkey dinners and gifts. John D. Crimmins hosts a feast for 260 women and 140 men at the Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor on East 70th Street. Thousands attend Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and aid groups distribute baskets and entertainments across New York.
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Father McGrath
John D. Crimmins
Little Sisters of the Poor
East 70Th Street
Charles W. Morse
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Farley
Trinity
William T. Manning
Tough Club Hosts Greenwich Village Holiday Party
The Tough Club hosted five hundred children at No. 21 Grove Street for a Christmas Day entertainment with vaudeville, songs, and a feast of ice cream and cake. Simon Sharp, a charter member for forty three years, attended as the club’s generous host. Each child received a toy and a box of candy as the event drew cheers from the grateful youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove Street
Greenwich Village
Simon Sharp
Cheers For Sullivans At Christmas Dinner Event
Nearly eight thousand men were fed at the tenth annual Christmas dinner of the Timothy D. Sullivan Association at No 37 Bowery. John J White presided as guests took food home, with 2500 pounds turkey and chicken and 6000 cups of coffee. An orchestra played as fans cheered for Big Tim and Little Tim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy D. Sullivan
George J. Kraus
Big Tim
Little Tim
Santa Claus in convention halls feed ten thousand in St Louis
The St Louis Coliseum hosted a Christmas dinner feeding over ten thousand people with gifts for all children after the meal. A circus closed the day's events. In Kansas City gifts reached poor children with five thousand toy bags handed out at the hall and nearly a thousand delivered to homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Louis Coliseum
Kaneasity
Newsies Feast at Brace Memorial Lodging House
A Christmas dinner for about two thousand newsboys and homeless men and women was hosted by William M. Fliess Jr at the Brace Memorial Newsbors Lodging House on New Chambers Street. The meal featured turkey, potatoes, turnips, pie, coffee and tea, served to all ages from five to twenty with no separate courses. The event highlighted poverty and need in contrast to festive abundance, with volunteers and beneficiaries sharing a moment of communal aid amid the city’s winter hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brace Memorial Newsbors
New Chambers Street
William M. Fliess, Jr
Httle
Heig
Chicago
Tom
Joe
Brace Memorial
Newsies
Mr. Fliess
Mr. Heig
Misteer
Peekskill
Newebors
Epidemic Halts Warsaw Christmas Festivities
Warsaw Indiana officials ban public Christmas entertainments due to scarlet fever epidemic. Sunday school sessions are canceled next Sunday as authorities urge residents to stay home and observe health precautions.
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Warsaw
Ind
Governor Hughes Keeps Quiet Christmas at Mansion
Albany December 23 Governor Hughes spends Christmas quietly at the executive mansion with his family. The Governor’s parents Rev and Mrs David C Hughes are guests at the mansion during the holiday season.
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Albany
Governor Hughes
Executive Mansion
David C. Hughes
Bryan Spends Christmas at Home in Lincoln
Lincoln December 2 William J Bryan arrived in the city and spent Christmas with his family at Fairview. He visited friends and settled in for the holiday season in this Nebraska capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bryan
Lincoln, Neb
William J. Bryan
Fairvew
Mackays give two weeks' wages and Christmas dinners
Roslyn Long Island December 2 Mr and Mrs Clarence H Mackay remembered their Harbor Hill estate employees by giving each a present equal to two weeks wages The Mackays also provided turkeys and other provisions to each needy village family for a Christmas dinner
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Roslyn
Long Island
Clarence H. Mackay
Harbor Hill
Mackays
Theatrical World Sends Christmas Cheer at Clubs and Theatres
Actors and actresses from major companies exchanged gifts at parties in The Lambs The Players and other clubs. Leading figures such as Mrs Fiske Maude Adams Blanche Bates Maxine Elliott Anna Held Wilton Lackaye Annie Russell Ethel Barrymore William Hodge Joseph O Mara and Fritzl Scheff joined in. Santa Claus visited Maxine Elliott Theatre before its opening while Shubert and Elliott staff distributed gifts to performers and crews amid holiday celebrations.
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the Lambs
the Players
Mrs. Fiske
Maude Adams
Blanche Bates
Maxine Elliott
Anna Held
Wilton Lackaye
Annie Russell
Ethel Barrymore
William Hodge
Joseph O'Mara
Fritzl Scheff
Miss Bates
Sheridan
Clyde Fitch
Broadway
39Th Street
Shuberts
Santa Claus
Miss Ellicott
Eliott
Hippodrome Players
Alfredo Rossi
Rosa
Christmas at the Capital Brings Quiet Observances
In Washington on Christmas Day 1902 life slowed as public and private business paused. President and Mrs Roosevelt hosted a large White House luncheon, then dined with Rear Admiral and Mrs Cowles. Charity efforts filled the day with fuel, food, and clothing for the needy through Associated Charities and fraternal orders. Tang Shao Yi hosts a lively gathering of Chinese students, numbering over eighty, visiting the city and its sights.
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Washington
National Capital
Roosevelt
White House
Cowles
Wright
Memphis
Bonaparte
Baltimore
Newberry
Detroit
Meyer
John Timmons
Fairbanks
Atlantic City
Post Office Department
Masonic Temple
Associated Charities
Elks
Mystic Shriners
Tang Shao Yi
China
Chicago
Atlanta
National
Policeman Helps Four Lost Children On Sixth Avenue
Four children aged four to sixteen wandered from home on Sixth avenue and First street, crying and hungry. Policeman Strubell brought them to the East 51st Street station after they rode a velocipede. Lieutenant McCoy arranged coffee and cake, and the children calmed. The trio named Eva Woolner Edna Woolner and Helen Keim were sent to the Children's Society. The 70 year old woman found nearby was sent to the Night Court as a vagrant.
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Strubell
Sixth Avenue
Th Street
East 51St Street
McCoy
Schoenhougse
First Avenue
1St Street
Eva
Edna Woolner
Helen Keim
Children’s Society
Night Court
Oak Park Women Pay Penalties For Printed Matter Scam
Ten Oak Park women, wives of businessmen, were summoned before Postmaster Hutchinson and paid a $10 penalty for attempting to send bric-a-brac and lace wrapped as printed matter. Authorities say many foreigners and servants in the area are also accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Oak Park
Hutchinson
Christmas Bluff Ends In Comic Yet Grim Woman’s Folly
Mrs Lora Blackburn 37 of 85 West 97th Street attempted suicide with cyanide after failing to obtain a muff from John. She cried of a Christmas bluff and was taken to J Hood Wright Hospital where doctors found no poison. The tale ends unresolved with a hopeful note despite the near tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lora Blackburn
John
West
97Th Street
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Policemen Play Santa Claus in East Side Station
Detroit police at Hunt Street station distributed candy and toys to fifty poor children for a Christmas tree event. Three expected children were late, and the lieutenant sent a patrolman to fetch them. The tots received silver dollars as a reward for good behavior.
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Detroit
Hunt Street
Leutenant
HAINSES DINE SEPARATE AS JOHNS ILL DURING TRIAL
Major John P. Hains fell ill with a congestive chill and missed Christmas dinner with his father General Peter C. Hains and brothers at Queens County jail. T Jenkins Hains, on trial in Flushing, was upbeat about an acquittal but did not attend the Sheriff led prisoners’ feast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Hains
Supreme Court
Flushing
Long Island
T. Jenkins Hains
Peter C. Hains
Captain Hains
Queens County
Long Island City
Hains
Harvey
Hainses
Phillips
Santa Claus Fatally Burns at Family Reunion
Detroit report states Leo Wagner died from burns suffered while playing Santa Claus at a family gathering. Wearing a cotton whiskered costume, his outfit caught fire midnight, flames quickly spreading before help could arrive.
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Detroit
Leo Wagner
Santa Claus
Wagner
Sing Sing Prison Delights In Elaborate Prison Meal
Warden Frost treated the Sing Sing inmates to an unusually elaborate meal and followed with a performance by the prison orchestra before lights out. The event marked a rare display of extra comforts for the incarcerated population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frost
Sing Sing Prison
Christmas Celebration Ends in Fatal Fall in Yonkers
John Coffey, 35, of Habirehaw Rubber Works in Yonkers, died from a broken neck at St. John's Hospital following a 2:30 AM Christmas celebration. He fell down stairs after visiting John Welsh, a New York Central Railroad man. Coroner Wiesendanger is handling the case.
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John Coffey
Habirehaw Rubber Works
Yonkers
St. John's Hospital
John Welsh
New York Central
Wiesendanger
Curtain Fire at Church Tableau Ends Before Panic
In Orange New Jersey on December 25 during a Sunday school tableau at the Orange Valley Congregational Church, a curtain lowered onto lit footlights igniting the fringe. George E. Spottiswoode seized the burning curtain and, with others, smothered the flames, allowing the program to resume.
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Orange
N. J
Orange Valley
George E. Spottiswoode
Spottiswoode
The Sad Side of Christmas in London and Glasgow
Report from London and Glasgow highlights unemployment and destitution during the Christmas season. Thousands of workers are out of work as shipbuilding centers close, with the homeless gathering nightly for Salvation Army shelter tickets that often go unused. Police guard panicked crowds while charities provide meals to many, yet needs far exceed aid.
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London
Dee
Glasgow
Tyne
Thames Embankment
Salvation Army
Con
Christmas Gifts For Clinton Children On Public Square
Several hundred dollars in gifts were distributed to about twelve hundred youngsters on Clinton Illinois public square at 10 30 am Santa Claus and three aides delivered candy oranges and toys in miniature barrels and boxes The scene sparked pandemonium as children rushed to claim gifts and held the square for an hour afterwards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune
Clinton
Santa Claus
Real Live Santas in Automobiles Bring Christmas Cheer
In Louisville on Christmas Day charity workers fed the hungry and distributed gifts via automobiles carrying real live Santa Clauses. The Santa Claus Association outfitted and supplied the vehicles that cruised through poorer city sections, delivering cheer to transients and residents alike.
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Louisville
Charity Workers of
Santa Claus
Santa Claus Association
Tragic Christmas Tree Death Of Two Year Old In Chicago
Martha Fones, two years old, died after choking on a swallowed peanut. Her Christmas tree with gifts stands nearby. candles were unlit. She died at a hospital despite surgeons' efforts.
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Chicago
Martha Fones
Prominent Smyth County Man Perishes in Fire
Roanoke Virginia December 25 J A Gollahorne a leading Smyth County figure died in a blaze that destroyed his Bradford home last night He lived alone in a large country house and was burned to death in the fire.
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Roanoke
Bradford
Smyth County
J. A. Gollahorne
Gollahorne
Christmas tree fire injures Washington man
Washington on December 25 reports Nathaniel Butler was severely burned while attempting to extinguish a Christmas tree fire at his home. Frederick Plugge was burned but not seriously. The blaze caused several hundred dollars in damage.
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The
Tribune
Pittsburg
Teddy
Messrs. Griese and Beymer
Hotel Sterling
Washington
Nathaniel Butler
Frederick Plugge
Three More Reelfoot Confessions Reported
Union City Tenn December reports say three Night Rider members from Reelfoot Lake offered additional confessions to the state in the Rankin lynching case at Walnut Log. Their use as state witnesses depends on a conference of state attorneys tomorrow. Christmas at Union City passed quietly.
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Union City
Tenn
Night Rider
Reelfoot Lake
Quentin Rankin
Walnut Log
Murder at Baton Rouge Junction Shocks City
News reports the murder of J. J. Ridep in Baton Rouge Junction last night. He was killed by a bludgeoning blow, his head nearly severed, with the room ransacked and robbery suspected as the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
J. J. Ridep
Baton Rouge Junction
Franklin men die on canal boat from charcoal fumes
Albert Alpha and Sam Toquino, both natives of Franklin Louisiana, were found dead this afternoon aboard a gasoline boat on a canal about a mile from Franklin. Authorities believe they were overcome by charcoal fire fumes started in the cabin.
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Franklin
Albert Alpha
Sam Toquino
Two Dead by Asphyxiation in Cleveland Home
In Cleveland on December 25 Mrs. Bertha Vacha and her three year old son were found dead from asphyxiation in their home. Frank Vacha, the husband, was unconscious but may recover. Gas escaped in the house during the night. cause whether accident or design is under investigation.
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Cleveland
Bertha Vacha
Frank Vacha
Mystery in Death of Young Man Taken Home by Strangers
Clemens Serenbetz twenty years old son of Brooklyn flour merchant died after being carried from an L station to a home where doctors suspected knockout drops. He suffered spasms and coma for six hours before dying. Men who brought him were unknown to his family. no robbery motive apparent. He worked as a stenographer and bookkeeper for a Williamsburg grocer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Clemens Serenbetz
Robert Serenbetz
Cleveland Street
Brooklyn
Joseph Samenfeld
Miller Avenue
Serenbetz
Williamsburg
Beach Hargis murder trial stalls in Irvine jury split
The Beach Hargis murder trial in Irvine Kentucky ended the day with a hung jury after a decisive courtroom quarrel. Prosecutor A Byrd attacked Beach Hargis’s defense team while the mother, who financed much of the defense, remained confident of acquittal. The judge adjourned to resume tomorrow as the jury faced more deliberations.
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Irvine
Beach Hargis
Adams
A. Byrd
Hargis
Kentucky
J. J. Bach
Will A. Young
Breathitt County
Mob episode ends with capture after Palmetto burglary
Three Black burglars burst into Palmetto Bank and Culbreth Hardware in Palmetto Georgia early today. One suspect was captured and narrowly saved from mob violence as citizens hunted the others while authorities moved the jailed suspect to Fairburn. Public safety gear cartridges and knives were seized. cash remained safe after doors were damaged.
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Palmetto
Palmetto Bank
Culbreth Hardware Company
Fairburn
Culbreth
Prison Congress Plans To Meet In Washington
Secretary Root seeks an appropriation to entertain delegates for the International Prison Congress to be held in Washington in autumn. The gathering will include representatives from nearly every European country and will showcase U S penal reform efforts. The American Prison Association will merge its annual meeting, with Professor Charles R Henderson of Chicago chairing a coordinating committee.
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Washington
Root
Congress
International Prison Congress
United Scarcs
American Prison Association
Charles R. Henderson
Chicago
Boog
Protest Against Foreign Vessels Faces Pacific Coast
San Francisco reports renewed protest by the Associated Chambers of Commerce of the Pacific Coast over foreign bottoms using government coal then discharging here. Citizens say chartered tramp ships depress American vessels and regular lines on the Pacific Coast. Patrick Calhoun, head of United Railways of San Francisco, will be tried in January for charges tied to the Stanislaus Electric Power Company deal. Syrians Credes Nofel return to Venezuela after Castro’s downfall, originally aiming for Syria.
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San Francisco
Dec. S
Associated Chambers of Commerce of
Pacific Coast
Chamber of Commerce
Calhoun
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways
Stey
New York
Stanislaus
Venezuela
Marseilles
Credes Nofel
Cipriano Castro
Tnc
Trinidad
Paris
Party Attee
Set
Castro
Syria
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Young Men's Christian Association
Percy G. Williams
Gotham Theatre
Navy Yard
Hancock
Tough Club
Sullivans
Newsies” AT
JOY Tap
W. N. Fleiss, JR
Elliott
Sing Sing
England
Reelfoot
Louisiana
Georgia Bank
Mr. Root
Romo Ainine
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