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Newspaper
Comet
Location
Johnson City, Tennessee, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1903
Page
1
A nostalgic verse piece evokes a family's Christmas at Grandma's home with baking, decorations, and children awaiting Santa. It contrasts warm holiday scenes with adulthood's duties, cherishing childhood joys while hinting at life’s responsibilities ahead. Millington, Tennessee.
The Southern Railway offers round trip tickets from all points with travel in December through January return by January 4. Special rates apply for teachers and students December 12 to 22 with returns by January 4. Certificates signed by school officials required for student rates. Also notes a large oil gusher at Batson's Prairie in Hardin County Texas at 1200 feet, spurting 800 feet into the air. Public schedule info available from station agents.
Fortunes for college muscle show endowments rivaling elite universities as Penn builds a half million dollar athletic complex, Harvard opens a 250000 dollar Stadium, Chicago plans a half million dollar athletic fund, and Columbia and Princeton expand gymnasia and real estate to support sports. Also notes on baking powder safety and local notices.
An extended Tennessee courtroom drama centers on citizens who capture a grave offender and hand him to the courts. Frustrated by continuances and legal delays they seize the prisoner, executing him themselves. The frontispiece shows the author's daughter on horseback, and the book is praised for broad appeal and moral instruction.
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