Santa's Pet Inspired Gift Run Ahead of Christmas
North Pole dispatch by Hal Boyle describes Santa Claus speeding toward the American border with a packed sled, penguins seeking Florida aboard, Mrs Santa’s reminder list, and Cluny the elf presenting a world gift the angel of peace to wave over every home for a day.
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Hal Boyle
North Pole
Santa Claus
Old Saint
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Santa
Old Boy
South Pole
Florida
Mrs. Santa Claus
Cluny
Angel of Peace
Cedar Rapids council approves gas pipes and fleet changes
Cedar Rapids city council authorized Iowa Illinois Gas and Electric to lay steel gas pipes on Nine teenth avenue SW and Twenty fifth street NE. Waterworks will swap a 1937 Reo truck for a newer one and pay 1954.78. A 1949 Ford sedan will be bought with parking meter funds. An ordinance set sidewalk grades near Armstrong's corner. Link Belt Speeder Co project on Fourteenth avenue SW was accepted. A 50 cent refund was approved for a plumbing permit at 115 Rapids avenue SW.
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Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
Cedar Rapids
Nineteenth Avenue
Third Street
Twenty-fifth Street
Franklin Avenue
Second Avenue
Second Street
Armstrong’s Corner
Tom Bowker
Oakland Road
Rapids Avenue
Back Pay Letter Funds Long Ago Classified Ad
A St Louis newspaper reports a remittance of 1.20 dollars from a housewife to pay for a classified ad from years ago. Her letter reads I enclose one dollar and twenty cents for an ad some years back I was not able to pay for at.
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ST. Louis
Hebrews Invite Jewish Congregation to Use Presbyterian Church
In Greenwich Village a village Presbyterian church opened its doors to the Village Temple, a Jewish group founded last summer, to hold Christmas season services. Dr. Jesse W. Stitt said the vote to invite them was unanimous and Rabbi Julian Fleg called it a high water mark in Christian Jewish cooperation.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Jesse W. Stitt
Village Presbyterian Church
Village Temple
Julian Fleg
Dr. Stitt
Rabbi Fleg
First inter faith event of its kind in Manhattan proper
The event marked a landmark gathering as religious leaders from multiple traditions met in Manhattan for the inaugural inter faith program of this scale. Organizers emphasized dialogue, community outreach, and shared service projects to strengthen citywide harmony.
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Manhattan
Baby Nibbles Poison as Blind Mother Trims Tree
In Dallas a 14 month old baby, David Richardson, touched rat poison while his blind mother decorated a Christmas tree. He later died at a hospital. His brothers, Paul and Bobby, pulled the poison from a cabinet in search of cookies.
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Dallas
Texas
David Richardson
Paul
Bobby
J. A. Richardson
Richardson
Co op Housing Plan Proposed By Real Estate Board
Cincinnati aide Walter S. Schmidt urges cooperative home owning societies to cut costs with 7 members forming a group to build homes in the 8000 to 10000 range. Private lenders cover 65 percent, government 30 percent, and members five percent. loans run 3 percent over 40 to 50 years.
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Cincinnati
National Association of Real Estate Boards
Walter S. Schmidt
Cincinnati Realtor
Association
Washington
Co-Operative
Schmidt
A Christmas Poem Fragment by Clement C Moore
Fragmentary OCR of a classic Christmas poem describing St Nicholas arriving at a house. The verse mentions fur clothing, a pipe, a pack of toys, twinkling eyes, rosy cheeks, and a round belly. The passage ends with Santa mounting the chimney and filling stockings.
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St. Nicholas
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H. F. Blomquist
Presbyterian Church
Robert
Meyerbeer
Clement C. Moore
Mamma
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Killian Company
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