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Newspaper
Correctionville News
Location
Correctionville, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1913
Page
3
An urban Christmas segment follows St Clause guiding a struggling mother Mary Dunham to recover her lost key for entry to her husband and child. The scene shifts to a church mission celebrating with tenement families, where a child’s care and charity reveal hope among hardship as St Clause aids a mother and infant.
Walter Juan Davis presents a reflective Christmas poem highlighting inequality. It contrasts festive abundance with the plight of the homeless and hungry, urging awareness of those left out. The speaker recalls cold streets, scarce food, and the disparity between comfort and need.
A dated guide explains using a sharp carving knife and a carving fork to steady meat. It covers techniques for roasting beef and lamb, including slicing from end to end, carving across the grain, and loosening meat from the bone with precise motions.
A historical notice warns of dangers associated with Christmas candles, urging caution across cities in the United States. It details fire risks, accidents, and the need for responsible use, highlighting child safety and the protection of homes during the holiday season.
In Cleveland Ohio on December 11 officials believe the derailment of Lake Shore & Michigan Southern trains near Wickliffe was a deliberate attempt to wreck the train. A reward of 1000 dollars was offered for the arrest of those tampering with the track. Ali H. Smith, newly elected president of the New York Central System, inspected the derailed car and noted the engine leaped as if an unseen obstruction caused the derailment. Mr. Smith assisted after the wreck by helping operate a hand car to the telegraph office.
Washington December 1 The reverth cutter Windom is raising levee sections in Texan areas as two counties near being submerged. Galveston relief chairman Harry A telegraphs McAdoo that flooding from the Inverse Colorado and Sraten rivers has created a four mile water sheet. Boats with blankets and food, under Capt C W Corbet US Life Saving service, head to Velascu to aid survivors. Hundreds face starvation and exposure.
An old man contends with long‑standing oppression and moral struggle, invoking the Promised Land and faith to resist tyranny. The piece critiques power, calls for steadfast courage, and contrasts historical suffering with present courage in preserving human dignity.
In Chicago a mass meeting of women condemned the forced resignation of Etta Fiege as school superintendent. Resolutions urged the legislature to make the Board of Education elective, not appointive, arguing enfranchised women must protect public schools. Speakers included Jane Addams and Mrs John McMahon, urging a fair distribution of education power and criticizing Mayor Harrison.
Eyewitness accounts describe a powerful cyclone tearing through Britain as a large funnel of wind flips tombstones, razes hundreds of homes, and hurls debris into streets. The storm’s core, referred to as the eye, allows a momentary calm before renewed ferocity and widespread destruction are unleashed.
In December reports the color and fate of a biotech White House mint bed are uncertain. No record shows who ordered its removal or where it was planted. Anstew Jackson is named in legends, yet the bed has vanished amid White House remodeling, leaving only planted earth and no trace of roots or greenery.
Ten Movnes Indiana December 13. Finley H. Anderson teller says George H. York Colfax grocer held hammer to Mortimer B. Wheelock late cashier of Citi media State Bank of Colfax over the head. Investigators say York’s debt exceeded 59000 caused by riverbank death link and Wheelock protection orders.
Kansas City, Dec. 15. The Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf subroad has been placed in receivership after a suit by Baldwit Locomotive Works of Philadelphia and creditors. Judge Hook in St. Louis appointed William Kenefick of Kansas City as receiver. The railroad runs about 75 miles from Denison, Texas to Barter, Kansas.
Budapest reports a political graft scandal tied to former and current Hungarian leaders. A sum of 403000 is said to have flowed into the government party fund in exchange for a gambling concession later repudiated by the premier. The bank faced pressure to return the money as the affair unsettled the cabinet and party.
A fire swept Tae Par, Man area near the Saskatchewan river destroying an entire block of buildings. Residents along Reteta watched as flames damaged several structures, with an estimated loss of 175 dollars. Guests were forced to flee the night scene.
A terse New York dispatch from December 13 describes a young, clean shaven Italian suspect connected to an infernal machine attack that killed a person yesterday. Authorities provisionally treat the case as related to a broader theory of conspirators.
Washington D C December highlights a proposal to convene world powers to study metal purity and currency at a gold standard basis. Senator Thomas urges inviting England France and Germany with five US delegates to discuss a global monetary framework amid volatile exchange rates while Root Cummins and Roe warn against unchecked note issues and seek safeguards.
A garbled text describes multiple individuals including Buren Sai, Texans, Jack Heyer, William Brown of New Orleans, and others facing fines after pleas entered in a dispute noted as Cotton Corner. The fragmentary record lists names and locations such as Missisalted, Robert M. hemp, and Unicaco with unclear charges and amounts.
A report from December 13 outlines a bridge act proposal for a sea ferry route from Presific to the shore of Caitland or Berhtes chamact. The bill would grant a third interest in the fridge le Dre 41y of San Prandtero and an etitet, with construction to be powered by electricity.
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