Christmas Dinner Distributes Cheer Across City Jails and Homes
Father McGrath urged listeners to begin anew as city inmates, wards, and refugees received festive meals. John D Crimmins hosted a dinner for 260 women and 140 men at the Home for the Aged of the Little Sisters of the Poor on East 70th Street. Prisoners at the Tombs, the Catholic Protectory, and the House of Refuge on Randall's Island enjoyed turkey dinners, gifts, and services. large crowds attended mass at St Patrick's Cathedral and Trinity. Across Brooklyn, Salvation Army baskets fed families, while the Gothem Theatre offered free entertainment for thousands of children in East New York and the Hancock naval ship hosted a dinner and show for 600 sailors.
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Father McGrath
John D. Crimmins
Little Sisters of the Poor
East 70Th Street
Charlies W. Morse
Farley
Trinity
William T. Manning
Brooklin
Salvation Army
Volunteers of America
Young Men's Christian Association
Percy G. Williams
Gothem Theatre
New York
Navy Yard
Hancock
Tough Club Hosts Large Greenwich Village Christmas Event
Tough Club members welcomed 500 children from Greenwich Village to a Christmas Day program at 71 Grove Street. Simon Sharp, a 43 year charter member, helped oversee the festive afternoon featuring vaudeville, songs, and a feast of ice cream, cake, toys, and candy.
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Grove Street
Greenwich Village
Simon Sharp
Cheers for Sullivans at tenth annual Christmas dinner
Nearly eight thousand men attended the Timothy D. Sullivan Association Christmas dinner at 27 Bowery, a record by two thousand. John J. White reported guests packed food to take home for their families as well as dinner. The event began at 9 30 after a 11 a m start, with George J. Kraus as MC and an orchestra providing music.
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Timothy D. Sullivan
Big Tim
Little Tim
Christmas dinners feed ten thousand in St Louis halls
In St Louis, the new Coliseum hosted a Christmas dinner feeding more than ten thousand. Afterward, gifts were given to all children. In Kansas City, doors to the Convention Hall opened for poor children with five thousand toy bags handed out at the hall and nearly a thousand more at homes.
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St. Louis
Kansas City
St. Louie
St. Louis Coliseum
Kaneas City
Newsies Feast at Brace Memorial For Christmas Help
A Christmas dinner given by William M. Fliess Jr at the Brace Memorial Newsboys Lodging House fed two thousand newsboys and homeless men and women. The event showcased stark poverty and communal spirit with turkey potatoes pie and coffee served at long tables. The lodge has sheltered 2844 different boys in the past year amid lingering hardship and charity.
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Brace Memorial Newsboys
New Chambers Street
William M. Fliess, Jr
Newsies
Heig
Chicago
Tom
Joe
Brace Memorial
Mr. Fliess
Mr. Heig
Misteer
Peekskill
Epidemic Halts Christmas Joy in Warsaw Indiana
Public Christmas entertainments in Warsaw are canceled due to scarlet fever epidemic. City authorities also suspend Sunday school sessions next Sunday amid the outbreak.
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Warsaw
Ind
Governor Hughes Enjoys Quiet Christmas at Mansion
Albany December 3 Governor Hughes spent Christmas quietly with his family at the executive mansion. The Governor's parents the 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
Lincoln Neb December 2 William J Bryan arrived in this city today He spent Christmas with his family at Fairview
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Bryan
Lincoln
Neb
William J. Bryan
Fairvew
Makays Give Wages and Turkey Gifts on Harbor Hill
Roslyn New York December 2 hm Mr and Mrs Clarence H Makay remembered the employees on their estate Harbor Hill by giving each a two weeks wages present The Mackays also provided Christmas dinners to needy village families including a turkey and other items for a holiday meal.
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Roslyn
Long Island
Clarence H. Makay
Harbor Hill
Mackays
Christmas Cheer In New York Theatrical World
The city’s actors and actresses shared gifts and banquets at The Lambs The Players and other clubs. Led by Mrs Fiske Maude Adams Blanche Bates Maxine Elliott Anna Held and others the mood was festive with Santa Claus Maxine Elliott wearing a patchwork costume of Shakespeare and co. The Shuberts distributed gifts to their crews and the Elliott Theatre opens promisingly midseason as performers celebrate in dressing rooms and a grand holiday tour of merriment continues with Clara Rosa the elephant among the festivities.
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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
Maxine Eliott Theatre
Miss Elliott
Elliott Theatre
Hippodrome Players
Alfredo Rossi
Rosa
Children Found Wandering Near Sixth Avenue
Four children aged four to six wandered from home on Sixth avenue and Sth street crying hungry and shivering. They rode a velocipede to the police station where officers provided coffee and cake. They named themselves Bvad Edna Woolner and Helen Keim and were sent to the Children's Society. A nearly seventy year old woman found wandering at First avenue and 1st street was taken to the Night Court as a vagrant.
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Strubeil
Sixth Avenue
Sth Street
66Th Street
East 51St Street
McCoy
Schoenhouse
First Avenue
É1st Street
Bvad
Edna Woolner
Helen Keim
Children’s Society
Night Court
Policemen Play Santa Claus at Hunt Street Station
Detroit on December 25 witnessed East Side Hunt Street officers host a Christmas tree for fifty underprivileged children. They invited those with empty stockings and distributed candy and toys, with a large patrolman delivering late arrivals. Each child deemed "too good" received a silver dollar as a playful punishment.
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Detroit
Hunt Street
Leutenant
HAINSES DINE TOGETHER AT JAIL CHRISTMAS
Major John P. Hains fell ill with a congestive chill and missed Christmas dinner with his father General Peter Hains and brothers in Queens County jail Long Island City. T Jenkins Hains remained hopeful of acquittal and had kept good humor amid the case at the Supreme Court in Flushing. The Hainses did not attend Sheriff Phillips parade for the 40 prisoners in the jail and Sheriff Harvey provided the dinner.
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John P. Hains
Supreme Court
Flushing
Long Island
T. Jenkins Hains
Peter ©. Hains
Captain Hains
Queens County
Long Island City
Hains
Hains and His Two Sons Ate the Christmas Dinner Provided By Sheriff Harvey
Hainses
Emer
Phillips
Sing Sing Prison Hosts Elaborate Treat and Concert
Warden Frost provided inmates with an unusually elaborate meal at Sing Sing and scheduled a concert by the prison orchestra before returning them to their cells. The event marked a rare display of entertainment and hospitality inside the facility yesterday.
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Frost
Sing Sing Prison
Man Dies After Christmas Call Fall in Yonkers
John Coffey aged thirty five an employee of Habirshaw Rubber Works Yonkers died from a broken neck at St John s Hospital yesterday. He received the injury while celebrating Christmas at 2 30 yesterday morning. He went to the home of John Welsh a New York Central Railroad man and shortly after his call he fell down a flight of stairs Coroner Wiesendanger has the case in charge.
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John Coffey
Habirshaw Rubber Works
Yonkers
St. John’s Hospital
John Welsh
New York Central
Wiesendanger
Christmas Observed at National Capital With Snow and Feasts
Washington marked Christmas with a near halt to official business as snow covered the city. President Roosevelt hosted a family luncheon at the White House and dined with Rear Admiral Cowles. Many officials attended events and church services followed by charitable aid to the needy through Associated Charities and fraternal orders. Tang Shao Yi hosted Chinese students visiting the capital, numbering over eighty.
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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
The
Elks
Mystic Shriners
Tang Shao Yi
China
Chicago
Atlanta
Ten Oak Park Women Face Postmaster Over Printed Matter
Ten prominent Oak Park women, wives of local business men, were summoned by Postmaster Hutchinson and required to pay a $10 penalty for attempting to evade proper postage by wrapping Christmas bric brac with newspapers and sending it as printed matter. Many foreigners and servants in the neighborhood are also accused.
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Chicago
Oak Park
Hutchinson
Christmas Bluff Ends In Near-Death Prank
Mrs. Lora Blackburn of West 97th Street feigned a suicide by cyanide on Christmas daylight, hoping to lure a muff gift from John. A misread bluff led to swift hospital care as doctors found no poison. The 37 year old woman narrowly escaped serious harm. sequel unknown.
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Lora Blackburn
John
West 97Th Street
J. Hood Wright Hospital
Santa Claus fatally burned at family reunion
Detroit, Dec 25. Leo Wagner died from burns suffered while playing Santa Claus at a family reunion. Wearing a cotton whiskered costume, his beard caught fire at midnight and flames spread quickly before attendants could extinguish them.
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Detroit
Leo Wagner
Santa Claus
Wagner
Curtain Fire at Orange Church Panics No One Hurt
During a Sunday school celebration at Orange Valley Congregational Church the curtain lowered onto unprotected candle lights causing a fire in the Mother Goose tableau. George E. Spottiswoode and helpers tore and smothered the blaze, preventing panic and continuing the program.
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Orange
N. J
Orange Valley
George E. Spottiswoode
Spottiswoode
The Sad Side Of Christmas In London And Glasgow
London and Glasgow reveal harsh Christmas realities with high unemployment and widespread destitution. Thousands of men remain jobless as factories close and shipbuilding areas suffer. Salvation Army shelters run at full capacity while many homeless sleep outdoors. charities struggle to meet soaring demand.
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London
Glasgow
Tyne
Bers
Thames Embankment
Salvation Army
Children Own City's Public Square in Christmas Gift Drive
Clinton Illinois December matter describes a Christmas gift event on the public square. About twelve hundred children gathered at 10 30 A M as Santa Claus and three aides arrived with candy oranges and toys. Six hundred horns caused a pandemonium as gifts were unloaded in miniature barrels and boxes and then the children held the square for about an hour.
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the Tribune
Clinton
Ill
Santa Claus
Real Live Santas in Automobiles in Louisville
Louisville charity workers fed a full day of Christmas cheer delivering gifts via automobiles carrying real live Santa Clauses. The Santa Claus Association outfitted and supplied the fleet, spreading aid to transient and poorer neighborhoods throughout the day.
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Louisville
Charity Workers of
Santa Claus
Santa Claus Association
Pittsburg Dog Party With Christmas Tree
A dog party on Pittsbur g North Side featured a real Christmas tree at Hotel Sterling hosted by Our Teddy, a pedigreed terrier owned by Messrs. Griese and Beymer. About two hundred dogs were invited and most brought friends, with roughly fifty fights under the lit tree. Several dogs are said to be sick today.
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Tribune
Pittsburg
Teddy
Messrs
Griese and Beymer
Hotel Sterling
Tragic Peanut Ingestion Claims Child at Home
Martha Fones a two year old girl lies dead in her home after a peanut lodged in her throat. She was taken to a hospital where surgeons failed to revive her. The Christmas tree with gifts stands in the next room.
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Chicago
Martha Fones
Prominent Roanoke County man dies in Christmas fire
Roanoke Virginia December 25 A fatal house fire last night at Bradford Smyth County destroyed the home of J A Goellahorne a leading county figure He lived alone in the large country house and was burned to death in the blaze
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Roanoke
Bradford
Smyth County
J. A. Goellahorne
Gellahorne
Fire injures two in Christmas tree blaze at Washington home
In Washington on Christmas morning Nathaniel Butler sustained severe facial and body burns while attempting to extinguish a Christmas tree fire at his home. Frederick Plugge also burned while aiding, though not seriously. Damages from the blaze run to several hundred dollars.
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Washington
Nathaniel Butler
Frederick Plugge
Three More Reelfoot Confessions Reported
Union City Tenn December report states three members of the Night Rider gang from Reelfoot Lake offered further confessions to the state in the Rankin lynching case at Walnut Log. The admissibility will hinge on state attorney conference tomorrow with witnesses expected to testify as state witnesses. Christmas Day in Union City passed quietly with no special incidents.
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Union City
Tenn
Night Rider
Reelfoot Lake
Quentin Rankin
Walnut Log
Murder at Baton Rouge Junction Shocks City
News from Baton Rouge reports the murder of J. J. Ridep last night at Baton Rouge Junction. His head was crushed and the body nearly severed, apparently an axe blow. His bedroom was ransacked, indicating robbery as the motive.
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Baton Rouge
J. J. Ridep
Baton Rouge Junction
Two men die in gasoline boat near Franklin
Albert Alpha and Sam Toquino, both residents of Franklin, were found dead on a gasoline boat in a canal about a mile from town. Investigators believe fumes from a charcoal fire kindled in the cabin caused their deaths.
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Franklin, la
Albert Alpha
Sam Toquino
Franklin
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 sometime last night. Officials are investigating whether the leak was accidental or intentional.
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Cleveland
Bertha Vacha
Frank Vacha
Mystery in Death of Young Man as Strangers Take Him Home
Clemens Serenbetz twenty years old son of a wealth Brooklyn flour merchant died after being carried to a home by unknown men from an L station. Coroner and police investigate possible knockout drug use as he suffered spasms and fell into a coma for six hours before dying near dawn. He worked as a stenographer and bookkeeper for a Williamsburg grocers firm.
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Kennedy
Clemens Serenbetz
Robert Serenfetz
Cleveland Street
Brooklyn
Joseph Samenfeld
Miller Avenue
Serenbetz
Williamsburg
Jury Could Not Agree in Beach Hargis Murder Trial
Irvine Kentucky December jury failed to reach a verdict in Beach Hargis trial for his father’s murder. Judge Adams adjourned for the day, with a new return set for tomorrow. Prosecutor A Byrd, bitter in tone, attacked Hargis defense lawyers Bach and Young as he denounced the feudist era in Breathitt County.
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Irvine
Beach Hargis
Adams
A. Byrd
Hargis
Kentucky
J. J. Bach
Will A. Young
Breathitt County
Bank raid and mob action near Palmetto Georgia
Three African American burglars attempted a bank break in Palmetto and looted Culbreth Hardware before striking out. One was captured and narrowly saved from lynching by a crowd before being jailed in Fairburn. Armed locals searched for the other two as they damaged the bank and hardware store but failed to secure cash.
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Palmetto
Palmetto Bank
Culbreth Hardware Company
Fairburn
Coun
Culbreth
Prison Congress Plans Seek Funds for Washington Meeting
Secretary Root asks Congress for an appropriation to host the International Prison Congress in Washington in autumn 1907. Delegates from nearly every European country will view U S penology progress and discuss child saving preventive measures. The American Prison Association merges its meeting with the congress. Professor Charles R Henderson chairs the cooperating committee.
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Washington
Root
Congress
International Prison Congress
United States
American Prison Association
Charles R. Henderson
Chicago
Roy
E. C. Wines
Grant
International Congress
Protest Against Foreign Vessels Dominates Pacific Coast Commerce
San Francisco reports strong efforts by the Associated Chambers of Commerce to ease shipyard mood caused by foreign bottoms. Chambers and commercial bodies along the Pacific Coast condemn foreign-registered vessels receiving government coal and then discharging. Shipping men blame government tramp charters for demoralizing American lines. Patrick Calhoun plans January trial for United Railways charges after New York stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Pacific Coast
Chamber of Commerce
Calhoun
Patrick Calhoun
United Railways
New York
Stanislaus Electric Power Company
Syrians Return to Venezuela Following Castro’s Downfall
Two Syrians Credes Nofel who followed Cipriano Castro from Trinidad to Venezuela were sent to Marseilles by Paris police on suspicion. They left today for Venezuela after plans to go to Syria changed due to Castro’s downfall.
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Venezuela
Marseilles
Credes Nofel
Cipriano Castro
O Pais
Trinidad
Paris
Castro
Syria
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W. N. Fleiss, JR
Mazine Eiott
Sing Sing
Rock
England
Reelfoot
Louisiana
Georgia Bank
Mr. Root
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