Christmas Tree Adventures in a Santa Claus Town
In a small city two boys limp and Mugs discover the joy of Christmas trees. They find a towering evergreen for a church, sneak it to decorate, and stay through night and day as the church fills with gifts. Limp faints from exhaustion but is saved by a surgeon who offers care and a hopeful future.
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Limp
Mars
Mags
Wil
Mugs
Tam
Bey
Mys Hospital
Coir
Western Newspaper Union
Ranger's Seven Foot Rattles Chain Sparks Debate
Howard P. Sesse, a forest ranger in Sproul state forest Pennsylvania, keeps a chain over seven feet long made from rattles he collected from snakes he has killed. He argues that a rattler's age cannot be told by its number of rattles since two to four can be gained in a single year.
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Howard P. Sesse
Sproul State Forest
Pennsylvania
Six Missouri Pacific workers totaled 266 years of service
Houston Texas November 28 six employees of the Missouri Pacific Lines marked long service with a combined total of 266 years, averaging about 44 years per man. The group was honored for their loyalty and dedication to the railroad.
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Missouri Pacific
Houston
Tex
Missouri Pacific Lines
Safety note warns Santa about flames and whiskers risk
A nationwide safety council warns children that Santa should avoid close proximity to open flames to prevent his whiskers and trimmings from catching fire, a caution aimed at keeping Santa and chimney travelers safe.
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Santa Claus
The
National Safety Council
St Jacobs Oil touted to curb rheumatic pain
Advertisement promotes St Jacobs Oil as a harmless rheumatism liniment that quickly relieves pain, soreness and stiffness in joints muscles and bones. It claims to stop sciatica lumbago backache and neuralgia and urges readers to rub it on the tender spot for fast relief.
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St. Jacobs
Long-serving railroad men to retire on pensions
H R Safford announces six Missouri Pacific Lines veterans will retire this year and next. A R Howard in Palestine will end 55 years of service January 1, followed by W L Maury 52 years in Houston, and J W Byars 51 years in Waco. J S Dallam 40 years in Palestine, G H Wallace 40 plus years as locomotive engineer, and W L Hoover 29 years in Palestine.
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H. R. Safford
A. R. Howard
Palestine
Old International Great Northern
J. W. Byars
Waco
W. L. Maury
Houston
J. S. Dallam
Missouri Pacific Lines
G. H. Wallace
William L. Hoover
Howard
International Great Northern
Missouri Pacfic Lines
Southwest
Wi Byars
Dallam
The
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