Christmas Day Pantomime Rescue at Waterloo Lodging House
In a dilapidated room near Waterloo Bridge a singing father and his young daughter Babsie endure a cold Christmas Day. The theater panic and missing child drive Halliday to perform until Babsie reappears in the gallery to save the show with a triumphant chorus.
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Waterloo Bridge
Babsie
Pet
Maine
Regal Theater
Nigel Halliday
T Midliday
Pin Vetoen
Halliday
Mel
Hallidag
Grahhamé
Satl
Faith
Prabsie
Amon
Vanager Vaughan
T Grahasie
Fortunes in Toys and a New French Pistol Saber
A column notes popular penny puzzles and the demand for mechanical toys with high profits for makers and sellers. It cites 1862 style penny watches, the decline of nonmoving toys, and a Paris factory kept busy to meet demand. Also recounts Mississippi river reminiscences and a French pistol saber that discharges from the hilt when struck, a weightier cavalry sword capable of penetrating armor.
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Curiig
Amado
Prenelanan
Paris
French War Department
Tragic Shipwreck Aboard Ariosto Off Cape Hatteras
A British steamer Ariosto, 2265 tons, went ashore on Diamond Shoals near Cape Hatteras in a severe storm. Twenty one sailors perished while the remaining eight and the captain were saved after lifebuoy and breeches buoy reach procedures connected the wreck to shore.
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Aresto
Diamond Shoals
Cape Hatteras
Ariosto
Galveston
Eramburg
Nuffolkh
Ifesett Stadroms
Owen
Capitan Troward
Sosa
Forty Known Dead In Brazwell Mine Explosion Near Brownsville Pa
A Brazwell mine blast near Brownsville Pennsylvania killed or trapped many workers. Over forty dead were confirmed as rescuers found mangled bodies in the wrecked shaft and tipping point. A naked flame ignited gas, triggering the disaster with four cages of men down below.
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Brazwell
Brownsville
Torrie
Browneville
Thomas
Cavenun
Californias Earthquakes Ravage Coast Towns At Christmas
A series of strong quakes rocked Southern California on Christmas morning. San Jacinto and nearby towns suffered major damage with over 50 000 dollars in losses. Santa Ana Anaheim San Bernardino Riverside Needles Ventura and Redlands felt the tremors injuring residents and breaking walls while hospitals and a hotel were damaged.
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California
San Jacinto
Ritepside
Babuda
SandJaauty
Phenail
Atothe
Johnston Creek
Elemit
Santa Ana
Anheim
San Bernardina
Riverside
Needles
Ventura
Anabedin
Powers
Hemit
Redlands
War News in Brief from the South Africa conflict
Sixty five cases of enteric fever are reported from Ladysmith. Boers mass at Stormberg as Lord Roberts attacks rumors. Conan Doyle volunteers for service while Britain plans army expansion to 160000. Transports chartered, Italians may replace British troops in Egypt, and mediation talk looms as Washington reports European powers invited.
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Ladysmith
Tugela
Vriday
Conan Doyle
Cape Town
Allen Line
Queen Victoria
Windsor Castle
South Africa
Stormberg
Burghersdorp
England
Rome
Egypt
Connaught Rangers
Red Cross
Portugal
Transvaal
Delago A A. Berlin
Washington
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Bowus
Y. Penn
Maddy
Theager ‘Sverything
Dreas Rehearsel
Beauncy
Bfairhday
Ftalio
Haiday
Hin
Lalliday
Arist
Enmiraden
Vna
Lassiz
Fortunes IN Toys
Mississippi
Bill Jones
Bill
Cap
Lonn
Memphis Scimitar
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