Christmas notes and social events at St. Luke's church
Miss Alice Schmitt was elected secretary and Miss Helen Smith treasurer of the social notes group at St. Luke's church for six months. The Christmas fair netted 102.68 with 100 donated to St. Luke's treasurer for church uses. Miss Viola E Keyes hosted a linen shower as she prepares to wed Mr. Elwood Parks. Mrs. George Wilcox will speak on What do you want to be? at the YWCA Sunday at 4 o'clock as snow blocks Denver rails and city traffic.
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St. ‘Ke’s Church
Alice Schmitt
Helenmith
St. Luke's
Viola
E. Keyes
Savoy Street
Embroidery Club
Miss Keyes
Elwood Parks
George Wilcox
Adelphi College
Brooklyn
Young Women’s Christian Association
Pilot Performs 180 Loop in Sixty MPH Gale
London reports B. C. Hucks edged through a sixty mile per hour gale at Hendon yesterday and completed a magnificent loop the loop at about 1800 feet.
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London
B. C
Hucks
Hendon
Cabinet Members Wives Ban Eggs From Tables
In Washington the wives of cabinet members join an eye boycott to push lower egg prices. Mrs. William Jennings Bryan leads, followed by Mrs. Garrison, Mrs. Albert S. Burleson, Mrs. David Houston, and Mrs. William B. Wilson. A petition by Mrs. Ellis Logan aims to collect over 25 000 names to urge Congress to act on food price relief.
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Washington
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
Garrison
Secretary of War
Albert S. Burleson
David Houston
Secretary of Agriculture
William B. Wilso
Secretary of Labor
Congress
Ellis Logan
French Interested in Red Cross Stamps
The French Red Cross shows keen interest in American Christmas stamps. A letter to the French embassy asks about methods used by the American Red Cross to raise funds yearly through holiday stamps and suggests adopting similar plans.
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Washington
French Red Cross Society
American Red Cross
Ordnance Bureau Tests New Shells for Armor Piercing
Washington reports the naval ordnance bureau under Chief N C Twin ing is testing improved armor piercing projectiles. Experiments aim to increase penetrative power as armor thickness grows, seeking a shell carrying explosive to detonate after penetrating to fragment the projectile.
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Washington
N. C. Twining
Naval Ordnance Bureau
Bureau
Marriage License Issued to Downing and Chase at Town Clerk
A marriage license was issued yesterday at the town clerk's office to Charles Downing of 492 Broad Street an electrician employed by the New Haven road and Mises Della Chase of 492 Broad Street with no occupation listed.
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Charles Downing
Broad Street
New Haven Road
Mises Della Chase
The Law of Life Lecture at YMCA
Sunday at 5 pm a lecture is set for YMCA members and Right Living club friends. John D. Brock, the physical director, leads with a talk on Then of Life Muscular Power How Developed. Brock cites studies from Springfield College where he graduated in 1910.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
John D. Brock
Brock
Springfield College
Semiannual Clearance Sale and Parade Promotions
Tomorrow marks the start of E. H. Dillon & Co. annual winter millinery clearance with nominal prices on trimmed and untrimmed hats and trimmings. A Saturday December 6 parade by Warner Bros. fire department and Moose Drum Corps proceeds from Seaside Institute to Main and beyond, ending at a Grand Carnival and dance. Moss & Krieger advertise a holiday shop with coats suits gowns furs and flexible credit, inviting early purchases with small weekly payments and no money down.
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E. H. Dillon & Co
Main Street
Warner Bros.’ Fire Department
Seaside Institute
Moose
Atlantic
Main
State
Broad
Fairfield Avenue
Gre
American *Graphophone Co
Fairfield
Elm
Congress
Hall
Moss & Krieger's
Is8 & Krieger
Adv
Moss & Krieger
Tramp Poet Dined By English Society
Harry Kemp the American tramp poet, recently released after stowing away for a term in prison, was hosted by the Poetry Society at a dinner in London. G. C. Ashton Johnson presided and urged that the government erred in imprisoning a poet, arguing poets deserve free travel for their art.
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London
Harry Kemp
Poetry Society
G. C. Ashton Johnson
Ben Johnson
Lad Crippled by Sulphuric Acid Explosion
New York December 5 Gerald Gray a 15 year old wireless telegraph service owner in Newton New Jersey poured sulphuric acid into chlorate of potash in his father Dr Whitefield Gray Newton office. An explosion wrecked the building threw him 20 feet and cost an arm and serious leg injuries. He was in Werten hospital last night with the right arm amputated at the shoulder and facing possible further disability if the leg muscles are damaged. East Orange New Jersey December 1 Herbert Beers dismissed from Waltham Watch Co cut himself with a pen knife bleeding to death.
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New York
Gerald Gray
Newton
Swartswood Lake
N. J
Whitefield Gray
Werten Hospital
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Cloak and Suit Department
Astrachan
Denver
Frank Jacoby
Postoffice
Ordinance Bureau
LIFP
Isaac
Moss
THE
Wheeler & Howes CO
la Resista Corset Co
Norman St
Lehigh
Patrick McGee
Sprague Ice & Coal
E. Wash. Ave
East End
East Washington Ave
IRA Gre
Gory & CO
Seaford Ave
Naugatuck Valley Ice CO
Housatonica Avenue
Lad
East Orange
Herbert M. Beers
Waltham Watch Co
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