Restrictions Lifted on 12 825 196 Acres of Indian Land
The Indian bureau reports removal of restrictions on 12 825 196 acres of land held by five Oklahoma tribes, about 18 3 of the total allotted area. It details land, sales, payments, oil production, royalties, and school funding for tribal members, noting progress and wartime participation.
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Oklahoma
Cato Sells
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Indian Bureau
Arger
Congress
Sanbork
Voohiminong
Con- Rees
Sells
Hans
Austin Judge Extends Injunction Against Saloon Sales
A Fort Bend county defendants Emil Joseph and Percy Nelson had their temporary injunctions restraining liquor sales extended by Judge George Calhoun of the Fifty third district court. They plan to appeal to the third court of civil appeals as the judge upholds statewide prohibition as constitutional.
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Aveno
Tex
Emil Joseph
Percy &. Nelson
Fort Bend County
Gsorge Calhoun
Fifty-third District Court
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Calhoun
Court of Criminal Appeals
War Industries Board to Dissolve January First
President Wilson accepts the resignation of Bernard M. Beruchey as chairman and confirms the War Industries Board will cease to exist as a government agency on January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Bernard M. Beruchey
War Induustries Board
Bod
War Industries Board
Dereuth Relief Fund Reaches 274,882 Dollars
The Dreuth relief fund has grown with several small contributions and the total now stands at 274,882 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dereuth Relief Fund
Anestio
Tex
Dreuth Relief Fund
Home
Haw
Christmas Carols Reflect National Heart Across Lands
Fragment discusses how Christmas songs reveal national character across countries. It notes Italian peasant Christmas, English and American literary influence, and cites lines like As Joseph was a-wanking and Hark the Herald Angels Sing as examples of festive carols embodying seasonal joy.
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England
America
Christmas on America and Longfellow’s Christmas Verse
The excerpt reviews Longfellow’s Christmas poem The First Christmas in New England, contrasting harsh frontier scenes with memories of Christmas joy. It notes Civil War shadowing the verse and lines where bells and carols give way to war’s distant cannon and the ache for peace on earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
New England
Old England
Longfellow
Christmas in California and Santa Claus in verse
The piece surveys Christmas poems and songs reflecting festive ideas across the United States. It notes California imagery in a Si poem and recalls well known Christmas verses such as Clement Moore and Ruth Maynard. Traditional dialect verses celebrate Santa Claus and holiday cheer across regions and generations.
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St. Nicholas
Kris Kringle
Santa Claus
Clement
Moore
Christmas Wings and Whistles in a Dim Dialect
In a piece of Dickinsonian mood Paul Laurence Dunbar reflects on the air of Christmas and its mood contrasting with childhood fears. Margaret B. Sangster invokes Bethlehem, the blessed Lord, and angels singing as Christmas moral returns to earth.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar
Anne de Banjo
Bethlehem
Mary
Lord
Dressing Christmas Dolls for orphans in need
A woman dresses 50 dolls yearly for 60 orphan girls in need at a local institution. She buys dolls wholesale, enlists friends to sew outfits, and advises not to sew the clothes on to allow easy undressing and redressing. Patterns fit variably. alterations help.
Norton couple extend Belgian soldier Christmas aid to all 120000
Mr and Mrs Ralph C Norton plan a 40000 gift of chocolate toilet soap and candles to every Belgian army member. A Flemish French greeting card accompanies each box praising endurance and hope as the 1918 Christmas message notes deliverance and peace.
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Ralph C. Norton
Jesus Christ
Lfe
Bris. Norton
Moody Bible Institute of Chicago
League of the Holy Scriptures
Copley
State Institutions Seek Large Biennial Appropriations
Texas state departments and institutions request extensive two year funding starting Sept 1 1919 due to high living costs. Totals cover salaries maintenance and major new buildings across UT A&M College medical etc with dozens of agencies listed including plantations normal schools hospitals and public works.
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Austin
Tex
University of Texas
State Medical College
School of Mines
A. and M. College
Johan Tarlton Agricultural College
Grubbs Vocational College
Prairie View Normal
State Department of Agriculture
Farmers’ Institute
Confederate Woman's Home
Attorney General's Department
New Merxico
State Reclamation Engineer
Southwestern Insane Asylum
San Antonio
North Texan Insane Asylum
Texas Texas Normal
West Texas Normal
Southwest Texas Normal
Sam Houston Normal
College of Industrial Arts
State Juvenile Training School
Railroad Commission
Deaf and Dumb
John Sealy Hospital
Governor's Office
Pardon Board
Negro Deaf, Dumb and Blind School
Department of State
Pure Food and Drug Department
State Board of Health
State Library and Historical Commission
Courts of Civil Appeals
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Herald Angels
Provincetown Bay
Troy
Christendora
Southland
California
Sven
Esa
Ruth Naymond
Chile
Chimbly
Chillun
Santa
James Whitcomb Isley
India
Coudhnod
Bob
Als
Savty
Claus Woz
Santy Claue
Margaret B. Sangster
Ile
Belgium
Texas
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