Christmas Decorations For New York Tables Amid Holiday Cheer
Lucy Carter notes how Christmas colors red and green invigorate urban homes. Rural areas trim with evergreens and sumach while cities use crepe paper flowers, cranberry bunches, and popcorn accents. Centerpieces of lace and fine linens rise, with Italian filet and Cluny motifs popular. Novelty items include engraved glass, silver compotes, and a dog or cat teapot. practical updates include perforated spice spoons and jelly moulds for festive tables.
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Knox
Holland
New York
China
Lucy Carter
Destructive Fire Tears Through Nacogdoches Town
A blaze in the E. A. Blount building on the public square caused the most disastrous fire in Nacogdoches with losses around 300000 and insurance equal to that amount. The article also touts Dean's Regulats as a liver tonic.
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Nacogdoches
Téx
E. A. Blount
Brakeman Injured Near Napier Furnace
John Brown a L N brakeman on Napier branch was badly injured Sunday while coupling near Napier furnace. He was caught between timbers and mashed about the chest, brought to Columbia for care. He is Tobe Brown of Columbia's son and expected to recover after confinement. Also a health ad: Hall's Catarrh Cure claims constitutional efficacy with a money back offer, manufactured by F J Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio.
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John Brown
Napier
Napier Furnace
Columbia
Tobe Brown
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J. Qheney & CO
President Roosevelt Backs Child Labor Reform Across Nation
Roosevelt voices strong support for stringent child labor laws at state and federal levels. He cites Georgia’s new law as a model and urges Congress to enact comprehensive DC and territorial protections, stressing need for action where jurisdictions lack robust rules.
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Georgia
New South
Congress
District of Columbia
Territories
Nevada
Santa Claus as a treasured childhood myth and moral debate
The piece defends Santa Claus against teachers who tell children the stories are false. It argues that preserving belief sustains wonder, affection, and imagination, comparing childhood to Eden and urging care not to undermine joy with harsh realism. It warns public schooling should honor the child’s sense of wonder.
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Santa Claus
Hhus
Baota Claus
Acres
Miner Rescued After Cavern Collapse Near Bakersfield
L B Hicks, trapped under six feet of debris after a tunnel collapse at Edison Electric Power Company site seven miles north of Bakersfield, is rescued after three days. Five fellow workers died. rescue used a water pipe to communicate, Hicks subsisted on tobacco and was entertained by a phonograph as the perilous effort continued. Fire whistles and guns greeted the recovery.
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Bakersfield
Cal
L. B. Hicks
Edison Electric Power Company
Hicks
Kern River
Wig
Hickx
Bette
Worley shot self while cleaning revolver at Hradshaw
Virgil Worley a well known young man of Hradshaw accidentally shot himself in the left lung while cleaning his revolver this morning at Pulaski His condition is critical though recovery is possible.
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Herald
Pulaski, Tenn
Virgil Worley
Hradshaw
John A Brings $4,000 in Notable Colt Sale at Cole
John L. Amis sold his stallion John A for $4,000 to T. B. Welle of Pensacola Florida. The horse is sent to Ed Geers in Memphis to join Geers campaigning stable in 1907. John A last year stood as a two year old with a 2 08 percent and 2 04 percent marks.
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Cole
Teno
John L. Amis
John A
T. B. Welle
Pensacola
Fla
Mr. Wella
Ed Geers
Memphis
Geers
Jon A
Eadie Hal
Martin
Newsboy
Fry's
Hal
Brown Hal
Mr. Amie
Jérm A
Kidney aches and warnings prompt Dodi's Kidney Pills claim
A fragmentary ad warns of danger signals from kidneys and back and touts Dodi's Kidney Pills as a cure. It includes a testimonial from a Columbus resident about severe pains and limited mobility, urging readers to visit Adams & Martin's drug store for the product.
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Nature
Columbia
Bright
Dodi
Lunn
Grocer
Columsy
Pike
Franklin
Tena
Pescaal
Jumbia
Adama & Martin's
Hitchcock defends land order amid legality probe
Secretary Hitchcock told the Senate Indian Affairs panel that his order withdrawing 4,000,000 acres from the Five Civilized Tribes would stand pending the ongoing legality investigation. He conferred with the President on the matter as Commissioner Louph and Chief Forester Pinchot attended the session.
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Washington
Interior
Hitchcock
Senate Committee On Indian Affairs
Louph
Indian Office
Gifford Pinchot
Department of Agriculture
Onion Perfume in Tar tary Woman Beauty Hint
A Baltimore American line notes a Tar tary custom of using freshly cut onion rubbed on hands and face to heighten a woman’s allure. The odd practice is described as a perfume substitute in local lore.
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Tartary
Government Helps Business through Mourner Agencies
In St. Petersburg agencies hire many vagrants for professional mourning duties. Workers receive clothing and pocket handkerchiefs, but boots are required to be employed. For funerals, crowds assemble at Nikolaki Market and are selected by agency staff, with wages and tips around seventy-five cents.
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St. Petersburg
Nikolaki
Kansas City Journal
Retail price list from grocery dealers
Prices from stores and wagons for cranberries molasses cheese coffee tea salt vinegar rice and eggs. Notes include best New Orleans molasses best New York cream cheese 20 cents per pound mid 19th century style figures and extra fine walnuts almonds listed in stores.
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New Orleans
New York
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