Christmas in Big Bill's Camp and Pioneer Hearth
A tale blends a Christmas plan by a rugged crew led by Big Bill to invite local kids to share gifts and a feast, with a historical vignette of Henry Nave building a shelter by a Missouri river cabin. The narrative shifts from holiday cheer to frontier log building and hardy pioneer life’s thrift and labor.
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Bill
Pudgy
Sam
Bob
Dave
Santa
Martin
Bethlehem
Big Bill
Arrow Rock
Henry Nave
Nave
Henry H
Famous Headline Hunter Survives Deadly Fire Rescue
A catastrophic blaze in a building storing celluloid films killed nine people and injured many others. Milt Auerbach, on his first day as an office worker, saved a unconscious girl and escaped after clinging to a window ledge and a dodgy ladder as fire consumed the structure.
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Milton Auerbach
Atlantic City
N. J
Milt
Sauer
Penn Avenue
Pittsburgh
Hell
Milt Auerbach
First steam locomotive engineer in US on trial ride
Horatio Allen piloted the Stourbridge Lion on its trial run dated August 8 1829 marking the first steam locomotive event in the United States. The second early figure referenced is Peter Cooper builder of the Tom Thumb on the Baltimore and Ohio line with a trial trip dated August 28.
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United States
Horatio Allen
Stourbridge
Peter. Cooper
Baltimore & Ohio
Jas
Proclamation on Labor Day by Kansas Governor Humphreys
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer notes Gov. Lyman A. Humphreys of Kansas issued the first proclamation designating a new holiday to be known as Labor Day. The proclamation reportedly recommended a formal observance and related details.
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Lyman A. Humphreys
Kansas
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Princess line fashions rise in home sewing wave
The Sewing Circle promotes princess line patterns for home sewers with three top dress designs for women and children. Pattern 1976 offers a versatile shirtwaister with easy yardage needs, Pattern 1828 features a frontline front button frock for girls, and Pattern 1983 presents a versatile daytime frock with optional sleeves. Send fifteen cents for the Fall and Winter Pattern Book from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept. Chicago.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Cash and Cakes Sparkles in a Humorous Tea Tale
A father scolds his son for eating only cakes at tea time while the boy jokes about life at home. Mrs Gorrocks urges taxes be paid with a smile and Miss Comely laments cash as the price, all in Pearson's Weekly Good Fortune.
Worms Eye View Editor’s Semi Official Statement
The Philadelphia Bulletin notes reporter access blocked by Mrs. Gibson. Her husband provided the story, while she declined to comment leading to a semi official statement context.
Ledger Mixup Raises Eyewitness Comedy in Bank
A clerical exchange reveals a misposted debit as credit and a quip about being lefthanded as the new clerk apologizes. The moment underlines routine accounting glitches and office banter.
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Pines
Jocile Webb Pearson
Frances Grinstead
Western Newspaper Union
Floyd Gibbons
Glover
Mange McNiiuc
Fourth Avenue
New York City
Doan
Doans
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