Christmas Eve Reflections At A Denver Hotel
A Christmas memory recounted by E M Wheelock of Briggs and his family at a hotel in Denver. Friends stage a humorous Santa gift delivery for Briggs’s ill wife and child, with a clerk revealing the child’s stocking by Room 40 and a quiet, CSV tone. The tale ends with the group quietly leaving to find a toy shop and a solemn, improvised blessing.
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Brown
Lsten
Briges
Briggs
E. M. Wheelock
Dear Santa Claus Poem From Christian Register
A playful verse imagines Santa in fur and woolly gear delivering toys to Christmas children. The speaker lists fantastical gifts from a sword to a bicycle, a drum, a parrot, boxing gloves, a printing press, and a twenty dollar bill, all folded into a quirky handwritten note to Santa.
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Santa Claus
Santa Claua
Mary Boerrill
Christian Register
Chimatinun
Suinen
For the Children 2. 4 A Boy and a Elephant Tale
A city boy Paria Jones recalls a hunting tale with a wooden man, dreaming of elephant hunting but fleeing from a small mis sight in the grass. The piece presents a playful fable ending with a mother sheep. The Washington Star note hints at upcoming publication in the paper.
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Paria Jones
Tive
Prise
Washington Star
Pilgrims at Assisi Run Around Saint Francis Tomb
The Washington Star describes Calabrians and Shillangs flocking to Assisi for the feast of St. Francis birth anniversary. Crowds surge the tomb crypt causing crushes and deaths as worshippers cry Viva San Francesco and rush inward.
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Washington Star
Reggie and the Watchful Mother Nature Prepares
A dramatic tale shows a devoted mother overprotecting her son Reggie. A child specialist warns that constant supervision drains a child’s vitality and stifles growth. The piece questions maternal devotion and urges self examination to avoid making Reggie’s life a burden.
Birds Learn Songs from Adults, Not Innate Instincts
A Youth's Companion note reports Davies Barrington's experiments showing birds learn songs from tutors. Nestlings exposed to adult singers adopt those tunes, while isolation prevents this. even a goldfinch raised near wrens and siskins mimics the watery song, and house sparrows learn from adjacent birds.
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Davies Barrington
Philosophical Transactions
Kingston
Electric inventions and railways highlight early 20th century progress
A inventive genius introduces an electric paper burner to prevent check alteration. A Teddy bear toy lights up from within using a battery, and two Maryland men patent a jaw opening toy with lights. Boston hosts a cooperative electric show, Norway builds a single phase railway powered from a hydraulic plant, and a new arc lamp uses plastic electrodes formed inside the lamp.
Cipher message from editor tale in Maino woods
Frank I Cobb of the New York World vacationed in the Maino woods when Joseph Pulitzer sent a cipher. A country operator handed Cobb a message that mixed words like Simplicity aggrandizement griffon Gerald roderick hoy seated hamfat publicity. The operator joked about a dollar for delivering it and noted the muddled phrasing showed no sense to it.
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Frank I. Cobb
New York World
Maino Woods
Joseph Pulitzer
The
World
Elevator Operator Opens With Third Floor Complaint Catalog
A Sixth Avenue store elevator operator playfully announces the third floor as waists dresses alterations and complaints. Passengers lightheartedly react, while many use that floor to lodge complaints, reflecting a comic streetwise moment captured by the Times.
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Sixth Avenue
New York Times
Trains Collide in Snowstorm Near Cleveland
A deadly snowstorm collision on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway in Cleveland kills five trainmen and injures another, with no passengers hurt. Victims include H. J. Collingwood and John Frank. a party of Vassar girls aided the injured and escaped unharmed. Separate wreck near Benson, Arizona, leaves ten injured and thirteen hurt. victims include Tom Walker and P. W. Brauer, with victims treated at St Marys Hospital in Tucson.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern Railway
H. J. Collingwood
John Swajles
Charleroi
Mich
John Frank
Collingwood
W. J.burns
C. Basher
J. Carrier
Buffalo
Union Station
Vassar
Tucson
Ariz
Tom Walker
P. W. Brauer
Rock Island
Benson
St. Mary's Hospital
Mra. L. A. Bellows
Boston
William Fife
Cananea
Mex
Nellie Corbett
Southern Pacific
Newport Lobster Famine Ends With Nova Scotia Supply
Newport records a lobster famine easing as Nova Scotia catches arrive. Narragansett Bay lobster laws are set to be repealed in May, affecting local harvests and prices. The report mixes other brief items from Washington and New York, including postmaster reappointments and a looming oil station for the Navy.
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Newport
R. I
Nova Scotia
Narragansett Bay
Naval Coaling Station
Narragansatt Bay
Cupid Hits the Rails in South Jersey Weddings
Cupid festoons the West Jersey and Seashore line as dozens of staff marry or plan to wed, many brides commuting from Philadelphia. Conductor O J Mc Cann and Baggage Master George Schock of Ocean City, and others in Atlantic City Millsville Atco Woodbury Camden join in recent nuptials. A separate note reports phone operators in Montclair improving voice quality through deep breathing exercises, then a dramatic rescue in Bloomfield where Frank Baum narrowly escaped fatal injury after his coat snagged in a shaft.
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Cupid
West Jersey and Seashore
South Jersey
Philadelphia
O. J. McCann
George Schock
Ocean City
Harry Cassel
George Auber
Atlantic City
Frank Mayhew
Millsville
Charles Vaughn
Atco
Frank Horner
Woodbury
Jarvis Sharp
R. D. Mercer
Howard Robinson
C. A. Little
Camden
Burned to Death by a Cigar in Media Pa
Thomas Valentina Cooper a Pennsylvania Legislature member from Delaware County and former Collector of the Port of Philadelphia was found dead after a fire at his Media home. Aged 74, he reportedly suffered insomnia and may have had a stroke before a cigar fell from his mouth. family said no outcry was heard as flames engulfed a blading couch.
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Tom Briggs
Briggs
Oian
Colorado
Colorado Mountains
Mackenzie
Elsa Briggs
Johnson
George
Santa
Frank Baum
Consolidated Safety Pin Company
Bloomfield
Baum
Robert G. Ringland
Media
Thomas Valentina Cooper
Pennsylvania
Delaware County
Philadelphia
Teachers Must Attend Institutes Under State Rules
Charles J. Baxter state superintendent writes to Herman A. Stoes burlington county schools supervisor detailing that state regulations require all teachers to attend teachers institutes and no school board may pay a teacher for absentia unless excused by county commissioners. The inquiry followed a Burlington County teacher’s unexcused absence from an institute.
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Charles J. Baxter
Herman A. Stoes
Burlington County
Ice Trust Loses in New York Appellate Ruling
The Appellate Division reversed a Special Term order striking the complaint against the American Ice Company in a suit by the Attorney General in the People of New York. The People seek redress by injunction and cancellation of its business permit for alleged violations of law through combination with others to create a monopoly in the New York ice trade.
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New York City
American Ice Company
Supreme Court
Ico
New York
Gift fatal to child in East St. Louis stove incident
Minnie Coming six years old died from burns after using a toy stove her father gave her. The girl tried to build a fire with kerosene oil and a match, flames enveloped her clothes, she died within two hours. Her mother was fatally burned and the father injured.
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East St. Louis
Minnie Coming
Reconstruc tion of two dreadnoughts urged in Chile
Naval Committee in Santiago recommends rebuilding two Dreadnought class battleships within three years. Other items note Switzerland's new president Robert Comtesse and vice president Marc Ruchet, legal cases in Paris, a post office theft extradition in Paris, and various international briefs from London and St Petersburg.
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Chile
Santiago
Naval Committee of the
Chamber of Deputies
Switzerland
Berne
Robert Comtesse
Confederation
Marc &. Ruchet
Federal Council
Comtesse
Cattle and hog prices surge in Maryland market
Market reports show cattle prices in Maryland at unprecedented highs while livestock at auction fetches strong sums. A 100-pound hog sold for 14 dollars at a public sale, and two hogs are quoted at ten cents a pound on the hoof.
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Maryland
Secretary MacVeagh Ruling on Public Money Securities
Secretary MacVeagh issued an order striking State, city and railroad bonds from the list of securities that may be accepted for defraying public moneys in national banks.
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MacVeagh
Lst
Labor world revived project reaches Pittsburg
The Labor World notes revival of the labor temple project in Pittsburg. Iron workers in Wales receive a half per cent wage advance dated October 1. Over the past seventeen years American coal mines killed 22 840 workers, left at least 10 000 widows and 40 000 orphans, with 1 308 fatal mine deaths in Britain in 1908 and 141 851 non fatal accidents causing seven days or more loss. Five European nations exceed New York in union membership. New York leads Russia Hungary and Spain for certain totals. All Pennsylvania industrial workers are foreigners in coal mines two to one. New York City color pressmen get higher wages. Railway unions push for organization of yard workers.
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Pittsburg
Wales
Great Britain
New York
Russia
Hungary
Spain
Nnll
Industriea
Pennsylvania
New York City
Attorney General disputes state water supervision of wells
Attorney General Wilson of Trenton informs Charles H. Folwell that Meeker vs East Orange does not justify the Water Supply Commission claiming general supervision over underground or driven well potable waters. The state will rely on Chancery cases to block diversions from driven wells near Newark to Staten Island.
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Wilson
Trenton
Charles H. Folwell
State Water Supply Commission
Meeker
East Orange
Newark
Staten Island
Highwaymen Raid Labor Camps Near Montclair
For the third time in three months, four robbers raided foreign laborers west of Montclair near Overbrook Hospital For the Insane, stealing $130 in cash, watches, and clothing. Earlier raids targeted Ridgefield workers and Caldwell outsiders, with varied loot. Separately, Princeton University enrollment shows New York State leading, New Jersey rising to third. total university enrollment is 1,400 with 134 in graduate schools. The electrical engineering program lists 13 students.
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Montclair
Overbrook Hospital
Ridgefield
Caldwell
Princeton
New York State
Princeton University
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Randolph Dead and Local News Summary
Ira F. Randolph dies of Brights disease at James Manning’s home in Plainfield leaving a New York City niece. State Grange backs local option law in Asbury Park. Yacht Frolle sold to Richard B. Stites of Ocean City. Snowstorm yields a doe sheltering in a carriage shed near Millville. Dr F S Grim elected Oak Grove Grange Lecturer. Eva Lawrence travels from Delano to India as missionary. Glassboro area butcher demand for soup bones surges amid high meat prices. Real estate in Gloucester County and adjacent towns sees movement. Vanderbilts financially invest in Missouri Pacific Railroad. Cornelius Vanderbilt named a director. Mrs Hester Thomsen in Minneapolis sustains a frugal diet for a sick child.
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Ira F. Randolph
James C. Manning
Dunellen Avenue
Plainfield
Bright
Mary Moore
New York City
State Grange
Asbury Park
Willam D. Snow
Philadelphia
Richard B. Stites
First National Bank
Ocean City
Daniel A. Ford
Cossaboontown
Millville
F. 8. Grim
Baptisttown
Oak Grove Grange
Eva Lawrence
Delano
India
Glassboro
Clayton
Williamstown
Gloucester County
Taft Names Ambassadors and Officials in Senate Confirmations
The Senate confirmed Horace H. Lorton of Tennessee as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Nominations included ambassadors to France Austria-Hungary Mexico and various ministers to Belgium China Chile Portugal Cuba Paraguay Peru and others with a wide slate of embassy secretaries and consuls as part of a broad diplomatic confirmations and government posts.
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Horace H. Lorton
Tennessee
Senate
Supreme Coast
Washington, D. C
Horace H Lorton
Supreme Court
Foreign Relations Committee
The
William Alden Smith
Michigan
Bacon
Robert Bacon
New York
France
Richard C. Kerens
Missouri
Austria-Hungary
Henry Lane Wilson
Washington
Mexico
Charles Page Bryan
Winois
Belgium
William Vamaen Calhoun
Winos
China
Henry P. Metcher
Pennsylvania
Chile
Henry T. Gage
California
Portugal
R. Reynolds Hitt
Ilinois
Panama
John B. Jackson
New Jersey
Cuba
Fenton R. McCreery
Honduras
Edwin V. Morgan
Paraguay
Charles W. Russell
District of Columbia
Peralaurus
Swenson
Minnesota
Switzerland
Horace G. Knowles
Delaware
Dominican Republic
Philip M. Brown
Mexico City
Henry L. Jans
Wisconsin
Constantinople
Irwin B. Laughlin
Berlin
Hoffman Philip
Rio de Janeiro
Montgomery Schuyler, Jr
Tokio
George Post Wheelock
St.Petersburg
Beens Einstein
Ekin
Paxton Hibben
Indiana
Netherlands
Luxemberg
Charles Dunning White
Christians, Norway
Balkom Scheyer
Bogota
Colombia
Tou
M. Marshall Langhorne
Virginia
Cairo
Egypt
Peter Augustus Jay
Rhode Island
William Henkel
Demand by 75000 Trainmen for Higher Pay
Trainmen on about seventy five railroads east of the Mississippi, totaling 75000 workers, via the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen based in Cleveland, will issue formal wage demands ranging from five to forty percent. Notice is required before presenting the demand, with a response deadline of January 20 after the January 3 filing.
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Pittsburg
Brotherhood of Railway Trainman
Cleveland
Ohio
Racial unrest erupts in Alabama as militia is sent to Magnolia
In Marengo County Selma Governor Comer orders militia to Magnolia after a deadly clash. Black suspects Will Sheldon and Clinton Montgomery allegedly fired on a sheriff s posse wounding four whites, two fatally. A house was set ablaze and Clinton Montgomery died in the fire. One suspect was captured fleeing the blaze. Separately Jose Madria arrives in Managua to announce he will accept the presidency amid large crowds.
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Montgomery
Ala
Comer
Selma
Magnolia
Marengo County
Will Sheldon
Clinton Montgomery
Algernon Lewis
Clinon Montgomery
Jose Madria
Managua
Nicaragua
General Raum Dead in Chicago Died at 82
General Green B Raum former Commissioner of Internal Revenue and Commissioner of Pensions died in Chicago after a lengthy public service career Born in 1842 Raum held senior posts under several administrations and was noted for fiscal and veterans affairs leadership in the United States government.
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Green B. Raum
Internal Revenue
Pensions
Chicago
Leopold's Widow Fled Belgium to France
Baroness Vaughan widow of King Leopold left Belgium for France after being told she would be expelled if she did not depart voluntarily. The move follows a period of political pressure and royalty diplomatic sensitivity in the region.
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Vaughan
Leopold
Belgium
France
Wild Beasts From Africa Arrive for Washington Zoo
A shipment of wild beasts from Theodore Roosevelt was landed in Philadelphia for the Washington Zoological Gardens. The consignment, part of Roosevelt’s program, arrives amid renewed interest in exotic animals for the capital’s exhibit.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Washington (D. C.) Zoological Gardens
Philadelphia
Jottings About Sports and Baseball News
Lothrop Withington of Honolulu named new forward football captain. Joe Jeannette and Sam Meyer fought a thirty round draw in Paris. George Mullin of the Detroit Base Ball Club leads the American League in pitching. Stanley Ketchel declines to visit Australia to fight Burns Fite Simmons and Lang. Penn plans to play Dartmouth next season, dropping the Indians for the Red and Blue Vet. Expert opinion splits on Canadian Rugby versus American football. Dr Williams signs a one year Minnesota contract at 3600 instead of a longer deal. Ban Johnson says he may name those involved in the alleged bribery case if needed. Miss Marion Kennedy topped a toy dog show in New York with a Pomeranian Butter Cup.
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Lothrop Withington
Honolul
Forvard
Joe” Jeannette
Sam" Meyer
Paris
George Mullin
Detroit Baseball Club
Stanley Ketchel
Australia
Burns
Fitesimmons
Lang
Penn
Dartmouth
Williams
Minnesota
Ban Johnson
American League
New York
Marlon Kennedy
Pomeria Buttercup
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Harper's
Birmingham Age-Herald
Star OF Bethlehem
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May
Aohne Family Cress of
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Reggie
Dave Epredid
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Yazal
Mother Nature
Scientific and Industrian
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Hart
Gabriel A. Guerra
Taft
Richard L. Rahhurst
Detrote
Homer Warren
Fred Greifner
Michigan City
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Posen
Prussia
George Bruce Corlelyou
the Treasury
Consolidated Gas Cope Pany
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Toledo
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Navy
Anibal Zelaya
Alabama Supreme Court
Horace D.taft Iles
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Whealfred Taft
Horace D. Taft
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Thomas V. Cooper
ICE Trust
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Frederick Greenwood
London
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Pall Mall Gazette
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Cohen
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the Fairies
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St. Petersburg
European Russia
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Khiva
George Salting
Tolstoy
Kor
Yalstoy
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Wichita, Kan
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Missouri Pacific
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Minneapolis
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