Leu Gim Gong to Celebrate Christmas as Mortgage Taken Care Of
Deland Florida reports Leu Gim Gong a noted Chinese horticulturist in financial distress will celebrate Christmas with relief as friends raise funds to cover overdue interest and secure a first mortgage on his home. Citrus growers and others subscribe sums including $100 notes to be repaid from his estate, aiming to provide support for his remaining years. He is 63 and has been in poor health.
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Associated Press
Deland
Fla
Leu Gim Gong
Leo
Leu
Florida
Final Santa Claus rush leaves Butte stores bare
In Butte the eleventh hour rush emptied shelves as hundreds of clerks and thousands of shoppers crowded the stores. Managers and young staffers said belated purchases drained the wares with every Santa Claus in town reportedly supplied by close of business.
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Santa Claus
Butte
A. J. Schwendinger Struck by Car Near Utah and Second
A. J. Schwendinger 50 of 1002 California avenue was struck while running to catch a street car at Utah and Second streets. He suffered a deep scalp cut and body bruises and was taken to Murray hospital. Driver Carl Matters stopped, aided him, and reported the accident. Witnesses say he cut across to catch the street car.
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Second Streets
A. J. Schwendinger
California Avenue
Murray Hospital
Carl Matters
Matters
Schwendinger
Fare Lost on Imported Bride Who Wed Another
Grand Rapids in a ruling Justice Harry L. Creswell held Thomas Stoffotes cannot recover money he advanced for Mrs. Sofie Theodore’s passage from Europe. Stoffotes sued Mrs. Theodore claiming the ship fare, but she arrived and married another.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Thomas Stoffotes
Sofie Theodore
Europe
Harry L. Creswell
Stoffotes
Theodore
Prison machine severs forgery inmate Frank Elliott’s hand
In Sing Sing Ossining New York Frank T Elliott a Bronx man serving time for forgery lost his right hand when it was caught in a prison machine. The misfortune followed his infamous act and retribution theme.
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Ossining
N. Y
Frank T. Elliott
Sing Sing
Bronx
New York City
Robber Fatally Shoots Minneapolis Grocer
Orville P. Walby a Minneapolis grocer was shot and killed tonight by a robber who paused to take about 95 in small change before fleeing. Walby stood behind a counter with hands raised when the gunman fired, hitting him in the heart and causing instant death.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minn
Orville P. Walby
Walby
No headgear for steers long horns out of style for beef
Denver dispatch notes a shift to hornless Herefords as cattle breeders push dehorning. R F P Morris of Evergreen cites fewer predators and shipping dangers as reasons horns fade. By years end polled stock dominate at major shows. Hornless Herefords to become future standard as long horns vanish.
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Michael F. Dacey
International News Service
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Col
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R. F P. Morris
Evergreen
Morris
New York
Chicago
Kansas City Royal
National Western
Sam
Justice Mercy Marks Cheyenne Christmas Court Verdict
In Cheyenne Wyoming Justice T Blake Kennedy found Ernest Lahr former Laramie shop man guilty of violating the Union Pacific injunction against strikers and sentenced him to 48 hours in Albany county jail with a mercy proviso to start the following morning.
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Associated Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
T. Blake Kennedy
Eirnest Lahr
Laramie
Union Pacific
Albany County
Laramie Man Freed on Own Recognizance for Christmas
The subject was released on own recognizance with a promise to appear at the jail Tuesday morning. He will be able to spend Christmas with his family as a result.
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Lahr
Laramie
William Tell Exploit Starts $19 000 Suit
In Hamilton county Ohio a $10 000 damage suit is filed by the mother of a boy whose eye was damaged by an arrow during a modern game of William Tell. The suit targets Roy Twenhofel the father is alleged responsible for letting his son use a dangerous weapon.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Common Pleas Court
Hamilton County
Roy Twenhofel
William C. Perry
Twenhofel
Ohio Woman Raises Lion Found Starving in Ohio
In Defiance a Baltimore & Ohio brakeman delivered a near dead cub to Mrs. C. G. Shirley, who runs a small railroad-leaning restaurant. The cub, named The Bum, now grows a shaggy mane and massive head, circles, swipes with a paw, and roars. Mrs. Shirley suspects the cub was stolen from a menagerie during a getaway on a freight.
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Defiance
Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
C. G. Shirley
Mondovi Bank Robbed of About 7000 Dollars
The state bank of Mondovi Wisconsin was robbed by two men late today seizing roughly seven thousand dollars. The crime occurred around 4 30 p m and was not discovered until the cashier in the vault was found and freed.
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S— Bank
Associated Press
Mondovi
Wis
State Bank of
Spi
Mexico approves Brant concession for oil lands
Mexico City confirms Los Angeles report of an oil concession covering federal lands, saying less than 11 million acres are involved. Promoters must drill at least three wells in the first year and a similar number annually, with drilling sites to be designated by the government. W. W. Wilson G. T. Moreland and George Ruchmiller coordinated negotiations for Los Angeles interests.
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Mexico City
Los Angeles
Department of Commerce and Industry
Robles
Associated Press
Department of Industry
el Universal Grafico
W. W. Wilson
G. T. Moreland
United States
George Ruchmiller
Police massed force in Manhattan to curb holiday crime
New York on December 23 acting on tips from western cities police commissioner Enright ordered every available man in the metropolitan district on duty in Manhattan shopping area for a holiday clean up including headquarters staff and 100 reserve detectives.
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Associated Press
New York
Enright
Manhattan
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Trial Package Offer
A vintage promotion offers a mail in coupon for Foley tablets and pills. Readers are asked to send the slip to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Paxson & Rockefeller Co.
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Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Paxson & Rockefeller Co
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