Immigrant Printer Turns Album Card Into Christmas Tradition
Immigrant printer Louis Prang sparked the American Christmas card boom printing miniature floral and animal motif cards in Boston in the 1860s. By 1875 he produced five million cards annually with color- layered presses, employing 300 people. The National Greeting Card Association cites Prang as the father of the Christmas card, while collections at the American Antiquarian Society and Boston Public Library preserve rare Prang items including Killarney roses motifs.
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York
API
Louis Prang
Prang
Boston
National Assn. of Greeting Card Publishers
Pratig
England
Edward Everett Hale
Huston
Asso
American Antiquarian Society
Worcester
Mass
Fine Arts
Boston Public Library
Association
New York
Rockefeller Center
Pan-Am
Marty J. Cooper
Killarney
Linkenbacks To Be Honored At Open House
Mr and Mrs Ronald Linkenback will be honored Sunday with an open house at 3828 B avenue NE. Ronald Linkenback married Jannette Mary Badger in Aukland New Zealand on November 2. The couple, after a wedding trip, will reside in Des Moines. The bride studied at Drake University and works for Iowa Power and Light. The groom is a graduate of Iowa State University and also employed by Iowa Power and Light.
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Albert Linkenback
B Avenue
Jannette Mary Badger
Stillman Badger
Dayton
Ohio
Aukland
New Zealand
D. B. Gordon
Centrals Methodist Mission
United States
Des Moines
Drake University
Iowa Power and Light Co
Linkenbuck
Iowa State University
Iowa Power and Light
Mrs Talmadge Declines Soviet Embassy Tea Invitation
Mrs. Herman Talmadge refused admission to the Soviet embassy in Washington on Thursday while attempting to deliver petitions from about 5,000 Atlanta women urging better treatment of Soviet Jews. The invitation had been extended by An toly F. Dobrynin's wife for tea to discuss Soviet news.
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Washington
UPT
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Herman Talmadge
Soviet Union
White House Dresses Up For Christmas Decorations
White House displays a festive Christmas scene with candlelit tours and public views. The main entrance hall is wrapped in red velour with gold braid. A 14 foot fruit and foliage tree stands between calamus and poinsettias in the halls. The Plag room hosts a 24 foot Noble fir decorated with gold and silver ornaments. The 1972 presidential Christmas card features etched White House grounds by William Henry Bartlett. Mayme Stocker, a pioneer in Las Vegas gambling, dies at 93. her Northern club became Monte Carlo in 1945.
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White House
Eniimnen
Sandlill
Fundus
Ylub
Howe
Willam Henry Bartlett
Tiber Creek
Constitution Avenue
Mayme Stocker
Las Vegas
Nev
Mayme Virginia Slocker
Las Vagas
Northern Club
Monte Carlo
Stature and weight bar women from police work
In Jersey City an all female police entrance batch saw 51 applicants take physical exams with only one meeting the 5 foot 7 inch and 135 pound minimum. An East Orange woman with a black belt was the sole participant to pass agility tests, while director Frederick Stevens urged broader roles for women in law enforcement beyond patrol duty.
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Jersey City
Nut
UPL
London
Frederick Ste
Paul Getty
Vans
Duchess
Getty
Civil Service
East Orange
Stevens
Duchess Getty Hosts Birthday Show At Dorchester Suite
Society pages describe a glittering Dorchester party for J Paul Getty’s wife. Guests recall a dramatic 80th birthday scene in the Orchid Suite with a cake and a playful duet signaling Getty’s prominence and wealth.
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Paul Getty
Dorchester Hotel
Getty
J. Paul Getty
Ain’ Petty
Christmas Card Posted for Thie? Grand Rapids Mother Seeks Return
A Grand Rapids mother placed a Christmas wreath on her son Jack Monroe’s grave after it was stolen from the burial site on his birth date November 26. She hopes the wreath’s message will prompt the thief to return it, expressing that the boy’s home is England and urging them to stay.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Grand Rapids
Jack Monroe
Jack
Nixon Hosts Guests Include Ex King Umberto and Notable Figures
President Nixon telephoned congratulations and hosted a gathering with Tricia Nixon, ex King Umberto of Italy, and over 100 guests listed in Who's Who Debrett's Peerage and Din and Bradstreet. A business associate’s daughter gave a 12 cent lapel button reading I am all which the hostess Margaret Duchess of Argyll forced him to remove. The duchess, linked to a 1903 divorce from the duke, remains resistant to concessions.
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Nixon
Tricia
Umberto of
Traly
Who's Who
Debrett's Peerage
Din & Bradstreet
Margaret Duchess of Argyll
Sweeny
Cole Porter
Senator Margaret Chase Smith Quietly Turns 76
Washington reports Sen. Margaret Chase Smith, Maine Republican, marked her 76th birthday with little fanfare as she finishes a long congressional career. Adviser William Lewis notes she won earlier by herself and believes she bears no blame for her re election loss to Rep. William Hathaway.
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Washington
UPL
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
William D. Hathaway
William Lewis
Senate
Daughter of exiled Romanian poet seeks stay in U S
Doina Vireols, daughter of exiled poet Vasile Postenca, fought the Romanian government for three weeks to visit her dying father. She plans to ask for a special passport to live in the United States with her son, Alexander, and to obtain a similar document for her husband in Romania.
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Chicago
Vasile Postenca
United States
Doina Vireol S
Alexander
Romania
Howell movement yields three way tie at Welty Way
Three players tie for first in the Howell movement at Welty Way on Thursday. Winners listed as Mrs Fred Hull and Mrs Mel Smok. Nearby, an airliner incident and a separate fatal disaster are noted in the era’s brief items.
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Welty- Way
Fred Hull
Mel Smokw
Phil Arnel
Rich
Golembiawski
William
Hastings
John Jackson
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