Surprise Santa Claus Joins Village Christmas Party
A snowbound village gathers for a schoolhouse Christmas celebration with a community dinner, carols, and gifts. Santa appears with Reg and Peggy Johnson revealing a rekindled romance as the youngsters cheer and the room fills with laughter and mercy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Johnson
Tom Blodgett
Peggy Johnson
Beth
Tom
Santa Claus Bhalken
Peggy
Santa Claus
Miss Johnson
Reg
Yoo
Vegay
Western Newscover Union
Wealthy Recluse Miss Poppitz Leaves Brooklyn Fortune
New York Brooklyn widow Fauline Poppitz died in a frugal Williamsburg room leaving bonds mortgages and cash valued by police at 500000 and by her lawyer at more than 10000. Neighbors recall a lonely life and shrewd lending while she kept to near austere habits and studied German medical and biographical books.
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New York
Fauline Poppitz
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Miss Coppita
Misa Poppits
Berry Street
Miss Poppitz
Virginia
Miss Popnitz
St Brooklyn
Amy Maguire
Poppitz
Ais
Maguire
Macaviator coined for automatic plane piloting robot
In the army air corps office a new term macaviator is coined for a flying robot that auto pilots airplanes. The device uses gyroscopes to balance and steer, guiding the rudder and sight, joining metal mike and avigation as wartime aviation jargon.
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Washington
Army Air
26 Pigs Born to Sow Split Pigs in Two Litter Bond
Wisconsin Rapids report says Walter Hoekstra of Hansen Wood county owns a large Duroc Jersey sow that delivered 12 piglets then 14 more two days later. The litters were segregated for 12 hours each day to share the mother’s resources. Seventeen piglets survived, a favorable rate.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Wis
Walter Hoekstra
Hansen
Wood County
Boekstra
Christmas Candle Reminds Family of Shelter and Charity
Nora Carney in a western prairie home tells her children the Ireland legend of Mary and Jesus seeking shelter on Christmas Eve. A candle in the window guides the Christ Child and inspires the family to help others at Christmas, a memory that lasts across generations.
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Nora Carney
Michael
Ireland
Christ
Jesus
Joseph
Mary
Bethlehem
Lttle
Judea
Jimmie
Christ Child
Jimimie
Carney
Western Newspaper Union
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Florence Harris Wells
Army Ordnance Meeting
Army Ordnance Association
Aberdeen Proving Grounds
Philadelphia
Quaker City
Katherine Edelman
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