Purim Festival Began At Sunset In New York
The article describes Purim observances beginning at sunset, detailing the fast of Esther, readings in synagogues, and the baking of amantashen. It recounts Haman�s plot, Esther�s courage, and the festival’s charitable gifts to the poor. The celebration is highlighted as joyous, with masquerades and a focus on children.
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New York
Esther
Central Conference of American Rabbis
Modecai
Haman
Mordecai
Adar
Christmas For Young Alaskans Delayed Westward Mail
Seward Alaska February reports mail reach to Alaska points west of Seward delayed since last fall. A new power schooner Joseph Pulitzer will soon run to Kodiak Unga San Point Unalaska and other westward towns formerly served by the Dora, delivering Christmas presents ordered last fall.
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Seward
Alaska
Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia River
Pulitzer
Kodiak
Unga
San Point
Unalaska
Dora
Bed Camouflage Is Too Thin in Frisco
In San Francisco on March 2, a U S commissioner ruled that a bed in a former saloon does not prove a home. Henry Jensen, charged with violating the prohibition amendment, argued that the bed in a room with nearly 200 bottles of liquor was his temporary home. The commissioner sent Jensen to the grand jury.
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San Francisco
Cal
United States
Henry Jensen
Jensen
War department ends army store sales as supplies dwindle
Washington announces that 77 army quartermaster retail stores will not close until their stock is exhausted or overhead exceeds 40 percent of sales. Most items sold, yet supply declines. A new disposal method will list remaining items with descriptions, locations, and minimum bid units to let small retailers buy directly.
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Washington, D. C
War Department
Director of Sales
Army Quartermaster
United States
Quartermaster Corps
Assistant Secretary Heads to Wheatland With Mrs Hopkins
Assistant Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. S. G. Hopkins departed yesterday afternoon for Wheatland. They will stay until Friday, then return to the city. On Sunday they will go back to Washington, where Mr. Hopkins has urgent departmental business.
Wyoming man believes he has genuine Stradivarius violin
Cody Wyoming March 3 A McNeil of this place suspects he possesses a genuine Stradivarius violin. He found inside an old fiddle a rabbit skin roll with a parchment dated 1673 Jamestown lineage and a 1706 will from George Blue. The instrument measures 23 inches long and is battered but intact.
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Cody
Wyo
A. McNeil
George Blue
Jamestown Colonie
Sam Blue
Antone
Thomas Blue
J. B. Smith
WW. M
Witnes Abslum Miller
Red Rogers
McNeil
Service Ad for Hobbs Huckfeldt Finkbeiner Auto Tops
An automotive top making service advertises prompt and efficient work at Hobbs Huckfeldt and Finkbeiner offering quick, reliable auto top replacements.
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Hobbs, Huckfeldt & Finkbeiner
Six Die After Farm House Fire Near St Kerreol Montmorency
March 2 report from Quebec states six people perished when a fire destroyed the home of farmer Guadious Duvont near St Kerreol in Montmorency county. Mrs Duvont was rescued but four children and the couple Pierre Trembley and his wife died in the blaze.
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Quebec
Duvont
Kerreol
Montmorency
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