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Brainerd Dispatch in Brainerd, Minnesota

21 Dec 1888

Page 5

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Brainerd Dispatch

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Brainerd, Minnesota, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1888

Page

5

Christmas in the City Tale of Scaly and Cop Unthank

A battered foundling known as Scaly clings to a doll in a toy store on Christmas Eve. Cop Unthank, a patrolman, rescues him from a mob and secretly funds a new life, adopting the boy Christopher and planning baptism and a fresh start on Christmas Day.

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Santy Claus Santa Claus Jesus Christ Ttropolis Ture Scaly Solon Hades Heaven Adamant Packer Ichabod Unthank Denly Sealy Tony Mission Cap Unthank Poverty Row Scanlon Street Ripper Cop Unthank Christopher Dolly H’m Paradiso
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Angels Protect a Child Amid Dark City Streets

An ethereal pair of angels vow to guide two lonely lives toward happiness as a frightened boy flees Poverty Row. Cop Unthank, a terrifying police figure, looms over the tenement district, his grotesque features deterring residents and driving a tenant into flight.

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Cap Unthank Old City
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