Christmas on Knob Hill and a millionaire mischief
Clare Carson, watched by gossips for walking the knob at sunset, is wooed by Fred who reveals a staged loss of a million dollars to win her. He explains his plan to marry Julia France, but after a staged fortune crisis, he proposes to Clare as a Christmas surprise, ending with a playful confession about his real gain and secret.
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Clare
Carson
Bert McValp
Bert
Fred
Claire
Julia
Stu
Nike
Cutter
Tanye
Julia France
Knob Gill
Ike
Bert McVain
Bob
Carson Familly
Claré
Western Newspaper Union
Yuletide observances in Bethlehem split among rites
The Montreal Herald notes three Christmas celebrations within twelve months at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The Roman Catholic feast is December 25, the Orthodox Greek rite follows thirteen days later, and the Armenian rite observes its own Byzantine ceremony three days after that.
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Bethlehem
Montreal
Uwerald
Frilled Lizard Dancer Looms From Queensland Sketch
The frilled lizard, native to Queensland and northern Australia, appears as a burlesque dancer with a rosette body and two spindly bowed legs. The passage notes bizarre Australian specimens including the funny kangaroo, the ostrich, and the emu famed from cross word puzzles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queensland
Australia
Inventor’s Mouse Power Dreams End in Death
An inventor sought to harness mouse power with a spinning drum and Nasx machine. French studies show mice run up to 24 000 meters in a day and average 16 000 meters daily. The new thread produced four pounds in five days of effort before the inventor died before finishing the invention.
Tar Sands Deposits Cover 5000 Square Miles in Alberta
The deposit of bituminous sands known as tar sands along the Athabaska river and its tributaries in northern Alberta spans about 5,000 square miles with varying depth density and thickness.
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Athabaska River
Alberta
Canada
Insuring Ocean Liner Every Modern Vessel Coverage
An insurance advertisement boasts coverage for ships and crews against all emergencies. It lists risks including warlike actions at sea, fire, pirates, robbers, wrecks, seizures, and detentions by authorities or sovereigns.
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Bento Journal
Melvin & Johnson, Inc. Publishers
Robert Stead
QANTA
Ater
The
Denton National Bank
Denton
Maryland
Reserve Federal System
Isa
Methodist Episcopal Church
Melvin E. Wheatley
Jesus
Christ
N. D. Richards
Mabel Duffey
Bethlehem Inn
Lillie Liden
America
Kirk
Pus St
Samuel Kirk & Son Incorporated
North Charles St
Baltimore, Md
Del-Mar-Va Peninsula
Axminster
China
Carload
Gov. Winthrop
Aunt Talan Curiosities
V. Theis
Denton, Maryland
Allen
Potomac Joint Stock Land Bank
Caroline County
Aeid
Attorneys-at-Law
Journal
W. A. Smith
Market St
M. K. Newnam Denton, MD
Rumford
Ypr
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