Three Wise Men and a Sequoia Christmas Message
The article reflects on the Nativity story of the Three Wise Men Melchior Kaspar and Balthazar and their gifts. It links the Fourth Wise Man to Henry Van Dyke and Artaban, urging Christian service and public charity during Christmas. It then shifts to a Yosemite Sequoia Christmas tree exhibit, noting the tree’s age and size and describing traditional mince pie customs and memories of Christmas dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dickinson Sherman
Jesus
Bethlehem
Judea
Herod
Jerusalem
Christ
Israel
Mary
Melchior
Kaspar
Balthazar
Kings
Cologne
Cathedral of
Europe
Henry van Dyke
Artaban
Strick
Baboon Haunts Old Bergen Estate Between Babylon and Lindenhurst
A baboon believed to be a bootlegger mascot has taken refuge in the abandoned Bergen estate near Babylon and Lindenhurst. It attacked a teenage caretaker’s son, eluded hunting parties, and sightings persist as SPCA agents join the search on the 200 acre site owned by Mrs. William E. Hawkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Babylon
Great South Bay
Cornélius Bergen
Lindenhurst
William
Charles Bringer
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
Bergen
William E. Hawkins
Old Country Road
Elinger
William Tell
Drowned Spearfisher At Sunrise Beach In Gig Harbor
Eighteen year old Albert Garness speared a fish at Sunrise beach when the creature dragged him from his boat. Nearby fishermen reached him but he died. He had tied the line to his body, not the boat, causing the accident.
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Gig Harbor
Wash
Sunrise Beach
Albert Garness
Garness
Roosevelt Birthday Scout Tribute Across the Nation
Scouts nationwide marked Theodore Roosevelt's birthday with ceremonies and tributes to his ideals. Major events included a pilgrimage to Oyster Bay, NY, led by Daniel Carter Beard, and plans to recreate Roosevelt’s Bad Lands cabin with logs from troops nationwide.
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Theodore Roosevelt
James E. ‘West
Roosevelt
Oyster Bays N. Y
Greater
New York and Vicinity
Daniel Carter
Beard
Oyster Bay
North Dakota
Union
Scouting Anthem Promotes the First Class Spirit
The poem extols Scout skills and moral strength, praising the First Class Scout. It celebrates camping, navigation, woodcraft, and ready service, urging youths to learn from the Scout ethos and the Boys’ Life tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berton Braley
A Scout Is Kind: Boy Reunites With Lost Kite
A boy scout helps a younger child after a kite gets stuck in a high tree. The younger boy breaks the string and goes home sad with only the string ball. The scout climbs the tree, frees the kite, and returns it to the grateful owner, exemplifying scout values.
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Bronill
Seen this Morning shows a kind act by boy scouts
Two boy scouts carrying a basket of clothes for a colored washerwoman, reported in the Trenton Times daily Seen This Morning column.
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Trenton
N. J
Scouts Develop Picnic Ground at Zillah Park
Scouts of Zillah Washington presented to the community twelve acres for a new park named Scout Park. Over one year they with officials and friends prepared grounds built trails bridges laid water mains and installed city water to the site totaling 365 good turns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zillah
Wash
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Kaspar, Melchior Oon Balthazar
Gad
Yosemite Valley
Yosemite National Park
California
Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado
Mount Rainier National Park
Washington
Yosemite
Santa Claus
Sequoia and
Yosemite National Parks
Congress
United States of America
A. D
Mother
Izaak
Walton
Dr.Botsteler
Boy
Young
Hlinger
Willam
Edboy
Souis
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