Elizabeth and Uncle Simeon Seek Balance on Winter Farm
Elizabeth runs away from Hawthorne school to find inner balance during Christmas visit to Uncle Simeon Goldthwaite's farm. The pair discuss cold climate, friendship strain with Alice, and Simeon’s patient, calming guidance as Elizabeth confides about a three month rift with her rival.
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Lizabeth
Simeon Goldthwaite
Simeon
Elizabeth
Hawthorne
Uncle Simeon
Aunt Agatha
Doll
Grayhorse
Alice
Christmas Forgiveness Promises Happy New Year
Elizabeth learns forgiveness heals old quarrels as neighbors Abbott and his wife reconcile after a long silence. Letters from Alice reveal remorse and a vow to begin anew with the baby Jesus guiding peace at the manger. Uncle Simeon calls Christmas the forgiving time and anticipates a fresh start.
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Lizbeth
Uncle Simeon
Elizabeth
Abbott
Simeon
Clorinda
John
Agatha
Alice
Mars
Bethlehem
Isaiah
Hittie
Fazabeth
Aunt Agatha
Mr. Abbott
Zion's Herald
To the New Year by Tom Masson
A pastiche poem where a narrator appeals to a fresh New Year as a companion for the coming year. The speaker invites a boy to be friends through all weather, sharing laughter and tears, and asks the year to keep him cheerful and not cause pain as they part.
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Tom Masson
Life
First Lesson in Saving Warns Boy Against Sisters Hints
Aichison Globe notes a moral lesson for boys about saving money. It says the first rule is to resist sisters hints whenever a dollar is earned, emphasizing self control and thrift.
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Aichison Globe
Boy's Ransom Paid in Gold for Omaha Packer's Son
Edward A. Cudahy, Omaha millionaire packer, paid $25,000 in gold for his son Edward Cudahy Jr after a kidnapping last Tuesday night. The boy was held in a southwestern South Omaha location and released after the ransom was delivered. The family announced a $25,900 reward for the abductors.
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Omaha
Neb
Edward A. Cudahy
Packer
Edward Cudahy
Cudahy
Ruser’s Park
Fremont
Eddie McGee
Reform School
Leavenworth Street
South
Mexico
Denver
Thirty-seventh
Leavenworth
Rivers and Harbors Bill Pruned Significantly
Washington December 21 The house committee on rivers and harbors finished pruning its bill reducing total appropriations from about 80 million to roughly 60 million after cuts, with large projects hit hardest including Cleveland where 4 million remained from over 54 million.
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Washington
House Committee On Rivers and Harbors
Cleveland
Banker Edward Dreyer Granted Writ to U S Supreme Court
Edward S. Dreyer, once convicted of mismanagement of his bank and sentenced to the penitentiary, has been granted a writ of error by Justice Boggs of the Illinois Supreme Court, allowing his case to go to the United States Supreme Court. He has fought to escape his sentence, including a prior habeas corpus detour on a train.
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Chicago
Edward Ss. Dreyer
Justice Boggs
Supreme Court of Illinois
United States Supreme Court
Dryer
Cleveland Defends Democracy Faith Against Populist Rise
Ex President Grover Cleveland argues the Democratic defeat stemmed from populist doctrines and calls for a return to true democratic principles. He contends reform must come from within the party, urging renewal of the old faith and empowering the rank and file.
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Cleveland
Philadelphia
Grover Cleveland
Evans
One Post
Cleveland de Barty
Gonofth
Ings
Yecouuus
Britain to Buy 50000 Horses for South Africa War Needs
Capt Heygate reports purchase of 50000 cavalry horses and mules in Kansas City for delivery to New Orleans then Cape Town and London. Ships sail early January with Likely high loss from climate as horses cross the equator. cost about 360 dollars per head and 32 deaths per 1000 on ships.
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New Orleans
Portifrica
England
South Africa
Powell
United States
Baden
Kansas City
Heygate
Cape Town
Durban
London
David Moberly
Lieut
Moberly
Tropics
Rockefeller Gift to University of Chicago Total $1.5 Million
At a convocation in Chicago President Harper announced John D. Rockefeller had given 1.5 million dollars to the University of Chicago. One million will form an endowment and become the university’s absolute property, while 500 thousand will fund immediate needs including a proposed university press building and library space.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Harper
John D. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Independent Glass Co Forms In Pittsburg
A new joint selling agency to be opened January first in Pittsburg by independent window glass makers. The Independent Glass Co is chartered in New Jersey with $300000 capital stock. Thirty six concerns, spanning nearly all independent producers, join the agreement.
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Pittsburg
American Glass Co
Independent Glass Co
New Jersey
Army surgeon’s report cites distress in Porto Rico towns
An Army doctor reports in Porto Rico that Las Marías and Adjuntas suffer extreme hunger and disease. He notes squalor, malnutrition, and a weekly death rate with a caretaking system limited to 1 dollar daily for hospital subsistence, 15 cents per stamp, and minimal hospital meals.
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Rico
Jacksonville
Fla
D. Williams
United States Army
Porto Rico
Williams
Las Marias
Adjuntas
The Soo Canals Trade Totals for 1900 Revealed
Duluth reports 1900 canal commerce at 25 2 because freight tons. East bound traffic tops 20 5 million tons while west bound is 5 1 million. American canal carries 92 percent of traffic Canadian eight. Iron ore and wheat lead gains. coal and lumber volumes fall.
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Duluth
Minn
Governor Roosevelt Removes New York County District Attorney
Gov Roosevelt removes Asa Bird Gardiner from office as New York county district attorney on charges raised by Deputy Attorney General Hammond. Rugere F H Philbin, a Democrat from New York City, is appointed to fill the vacancy. The charges concern Gardiner’s attitude toward the indictment of Chief of Police Devery after an improper police order was issued.
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Albany
N. Y
Roosevelt
Asa Bird Gardiner
New York County
Hammond
Rugere F H. Philbin
New York City
Devery
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Earth
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Tabby
Boy's Ransom
Kildnappers
Dreyer
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Gardiner
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