Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...charities who are going to distribute the collected articles to the poor report that there is a pressing demand this year for coats, suits and shoes. Any clothing, no matter how worn, can be used and is desired...
Today the Phillips Brooks House Association will begin its annual clothing collection and will continue it until Friday noon. Old coats, suits, shoes and text books are in the greatest demand among the poor, but other articles of clothing and magazines are wanted as well...
...hoped that there will be a large and generous response, for the demand is big. Everything that is received will be sorted out and sent to the institutions named below for distribution to the poor according to location and size. In this way the aid is given to those who are really in need, for these institutions keep in constant touch with the families and know their exact condition. They...
...demand for men to do some form of work in order to help the less fortunate in the community is ever-steady and perhaps ever-increasing, under the present conditions. This is especially true in large communities such as Boston and all its suburbs. Everybody seems to want and need help and everybody wants men of education and ideas...
...families, there is still a large number of places to be filled and every day new calls for aid are received. There is work and there are places to work for all who can give two hours a week either in the afternoon or evening. At present the largest demand is for men to take over boys' basketball clubs, to assist along musical lines, and to visit poor families in the 14 districts under the care of the Associated Charities of Boston...