Weeklong holiday forecast with national meetings noted
Washington outlines a holiday week from Christmas to New Year with public and private life largely paused for observances. Notable events include the Illinois Society of the War of 1812 banquet in Chicago, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association meeting in New York, the Iroquois Memorial Emergency Hospital handover in Chicago, and the first major automobile show at Grand Central Palace New York. Also listed are annual meetings of educational associations and learned societies in cities nationwide, with prominent gatherings at Chattanooga Minneapolis Indianapolis Princeton Brown University and Cornell.
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Washington, D. C
Illinois Society of the War of 1812
Chicago
Perry Et Put
Grand Central Paline
New York
Southern Educational Association
Chattanooga
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Minneapolis
American Historical Association
Allied Societies
Indianapols
The
American Philosophical Association
Princeton University
Archaeological Institute of America
American Philological Society
Brown University
American Bacteriologists
Cornell University
Santa Claus List From Uncle Sam On Christmas Eve
A humorous Christmas wire from Uncle Sam to Santa lists items for various groups and causes. The exchange mocks politics and social issues by assigning whimsical gifts such as a hobble skirt for the Goddess of Liberty, a standard of morals for Wall Street, feminine modesty for suffragettes, and a parcel post system for rural residents.
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Central
North Pole
Santa Claus
Sam
Goddess of Liberty
Leraby
Wall Street
Democratic Party
Willie Bryan
Teddy Roosevelt
Down and
Congress
Samuel
Peace Prosperity and Happiness for States and Possessions
A brief life era tribute line affirming peace prosperity and happiness for the United States states and outlying possessions. The quotation echoes a civic message of national well being without specific events or dates.
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The
Union
Old Fashioned Christmas Repeats Its Joys
A Fayetteville narrative shares how a family averted a severe illness with Dr King s New Discovery praised for coughs colds and bronchial troubles. W J Smith Bro H R Palmer Sons guarantee. A note on sprained ankles praises Chamberlain s Liniment for quicker recovery.
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A. D. McDonald
Fayetteville
N. C
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Christmas and Sunday Collide in 1904 Leap Year Tale
A 1904 leap year shifts Christmas to Sunday with Monday celebrations for adults and Saturday through Monday for children. Post office hours note Sunday operation but no Sunday mail deliveries. Churches plan combined Christmas and Sunday services.
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Santa Claus
Million for employees in Christmas gifts across Chicago
Chicago merchants boosted employee rewards this year with cash bonuses, salary hikes, and stock shares. International Harvester distributed $500,000 in gifts and Armour and Company about $300,000. Large stores, banks, and board firms also gave generous presents to their workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Armour and Company
Board of Trade
Miss Rutherford Lectures At School Auditorium
A delightful program by the United Daughters of the Confederacy featured Miss Mildred Rutherford of Athens with a lecture on The Old Plantation. She dressed in Colonial era attire and vividly depicted the Old South before the war, noting planter slave relations, followed by Mrs. Blackburn of Atlanta with recitations and Miss Emma Stapler singing Carry Me Back to Old Virginia.
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Ruutherford
United Daughters of the Confederacy
J. E. B. Stewart
Mildred Rutherford
Athens
Georgia
Rutherford
R. Bb. Blackburn
Atlanta
Emma _ Stapler
Old
Virginia
Saturday Book Club Opens For One Hour Today
The Saturday Book Club will be open today between 11 and 12 only. All members are requested to take notice of the limited hours.
Cough Remedy Promoted Against Influenza Dangers
An old advertisement claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy not only cures influenza but prevents pneumonia tendencies. Sold by all dealers. Engine s for sale. Phone 661.
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FF Pew T
Stuart
Johnson Shoe Co
Broad Street
Shoe Satisfaction
Tencent Coffee
Aragon Coffee CO
Richmond, Va
Commerce News
Cheney
Jackson
House of Representatives
Banner County
Engines Fc
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