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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
8
A comic tale follows Mr. and Mrs. Smith who misunderstand a Christmas gift plan involving a delivery to the Salvelys. A chase erupts as the messenger boy flees with a package while a crowd and police converge, exposing a bungled gift exchange and mistaken identities.
In a humorous office tale Smith plots to retrieve Snivelys missing book while Perkins unknowingly handles the wrong package. A mistaken gift swap leads to chaotic laughter and a misdelivered present blamed on a series of simple errors. The confusion ends with a relieved phone call and a vow to留 celebrate Christmas once a year.
Allied lines show steady resistance as British squadrons push to outflank Russians near Ypres. German cruiser Nurnberg sunk by British forces under Vice Admiral Sturdein. Dover endures alleged German submarine raid amid anxious reports from the front.
Pocatello residents receive word that Carl Binley, brother in law of Ralph Vans, was killed on a hunting trip near Toppentah Washington. The Occidental Lia charge of AUN is cited, with Jamonnaburg and Christin Frederick Toyers named among South Africa rebellion leaders. Official notice states Toyers is dead.
London reports the vast Wednesday engagement off the Falkland Islands where Admiral von Spee's squadron faced Vice Admiral Sir Frederick C. Sturdee's fleet. The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were sunk with 764 crew each aboard, Leipzig lost 303, and two German colliers were captured while several British ships were damaged. Casualties exceed 1,800 officers and men. British losses include three killed or wounded.
Fire wrecked nearly the Edison plant in Wear Orange New Jersey causing about 5 million dollars in losses after insurance. The laboratory and inventor Thomas A Edison’s machinery survived. Twelve or more workers died in a dynamite explosion at the Dekiwara Lackawanna and Weston Goal company shaft. only Martin Bellipas survived.
Seventeen people were injured and four possibly fatally when the St Louis San Francisco passenger train Wain No 9 derailed four miles east of Joplin Missouri. The line ran from St Louis to Wichita Kansas.
An official communique admits the Russian evacuation of Hoda in Ruarlan Poland and notes no further troop actions in that position. Separately, U S exports of copper in the twenty days of November totaled 6 045 021 dollars, compared with 97 873 928 dollars in October.
Washington reports President Wilson ordered warships to Mexico border zones and Brigadier General Tucker Hillies to Nuc to guard against Mexican faction clashes near the border. Secretary Bryan to issue warnings to both factions to end fire into American territory as U S forces stand ready. Carranza loyalist General Til and Governor Maylorena forces face off, with repeated cautions to avoid incursions.
A Mixnourt Mneife Anthway company proposes an effort to increase Nebrastin pasa feet tari from 2 ts and cents. the plan faces rejection by the atta fulway pemouly tan.
An old advertisement touts Cudwura Ointment and Guth cura Sonp ang bint water as a treatment to clear pimples whiteheads pustules and scalp issues. It claims quick results with daily bathing and mentions a 32-page book called Culleuray available via port card.
Fragmentary lines describe a family journey with a child named Milward Martin eight years old left at home. A parent writes daily notes from the trip, enclosing a whining line and a fleeting mention of a missing or misdirected penny. The text preserves a tender family correspondence tone.
In Atlanta during an engagement, William Collier faced a heckler who asked for a phrase to conjure a “good, swell name.” An onstage slip led to a comic moment as the barber shouted a garbled request, prompting Collier to improvise. He scribbled words that became a banner gag, later adapted by the Barker as a punchline.
The readable segments present a garbled, possibly archaic or encrypted line about a three year term and names, followed by intrusive phrases urging concealment and mentioning killing. The text lacks coherent context or identifiable individuals, places, or events.
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