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Newspaper
Elgin Echo
Location
Elgin, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1914
Page
6
A simple home project outlines building a tree base from a grocery box and narrow boards. It describes dimensions for an oblong base 10 by 22 by 26 inches and a bottom pocket to hold the tree end, plus steps to assemble the frame, cover with cloth, and sew edges tight.
An illustrated instruction describes a pocket frame within a box to secure a small Christmas tree. It details snug fitting pockets at the bottom and top to prevent tipping, using boards, nails, and cloth to finish the base. The design aims for a neat, attractive appearance with slanted sides.
The text describes forming a slanted frame by nailing two boards to the box bottom so they project beyond the sides and ends. Strips F are then nailed to the ends of these boards to create equal projections. When the box is covered, and the cloth is applied from the…
Instructions describe creating homemade tree ornaments with two five point stars cut from cardboard, slashed and interlocked to form a double star, covered with tinfoil for shine, and mounted on slender supports. The activity offers a fun, constructive project for several days, preferred to store bought decorations.
Poem asks Santa Claus if his gifts reach the poor and needy or only the affluent. It questions whether Christmas generosity is shared with the gentry and the grieving, urging a true spirit ofgiving to those in want rather than to the already fortunate. The piece attributed to John Kendrick Bangs appears in Harper's Weekly.
In Brittany near Deury, mistletoe pickers climb tall poplars to harvest the evergreen gems. Using iron grips, they ascend tree tops and strip branches, then dye kernels and string cranberry accents for festive displays. The article also offers varied Christmas craft ideas and a note on copyright by A. Neely Hall.
Instructions describe mounting star ornaments on a tree by tying upper and lower ends with thread, securing the star to the tree, and using the four lower points to attach ornamental chains. It also notes making chains in various ways and mentions stringing popcorn for decoration.
Officers aboard the steamer Borinquen reporting from San Juan described four waterspouts sighted as the vessel entered the Gulf Stream. Two west, two east, moving quickly under a westerly wind. Water 78, air 71. Spouts became vertical then horizontal, later more appeared two miles away. Clouds about 1,000 feet above. After forty minutes conditions returned to normal. New York Tribune.
A Connecticut man patents an ash can on wheels with a lockable handle to hold it steady when not in use. Separately, salt imports remain substantial with over a million barrels arriving at Atlantic ports last year. The US Geological Survey notes domestic mines could meet full demand, and imports represented only about 3.2 percent of consumption, down from 1890 levels.
American troops ordered to stop cross border firing at Naco Sonora into Arizona after five killed and 44 wounded. Gen Bliss to take command, field batteries dispatched from El Paso, battalion under Pershing to entrain for Naco tonight. Citizens pleaded to Senators Ashurst Smith Fall Smith for relief. Factions Balboa era Carranistas and Villaistas clash. Yaqui Indians in Maytorena’s forces, daily battles since May.
A compilation from dec 9 reports noting John Frank Martindale known as Frank Howard dies in Greeley Indiana at 63. John H Morris and wife die in Bloomington Indiana after exposure from a Norma home fire. A. J. Sabath ill in Chicago. 500 workers strike Lehigh Wilkes Barre Coal after a dismissal. US Federal Reserve Board cuts rediscount rates in Chicago. Two men shot in Vicksburg. police cite jealousy. General Orozco reportedly heads revolution in Mexico and aims for presidency. President Poincare to move official residence to Paris.
Edwin C Brown a former baggage man who rose to general superintendent of the Michigan Central railroad and assistant to President Henry Ledyard died in Detroit on Saturday at eighty three years He had lived in Detroit 34 years Surviving are his widow a son Frank B Brown of Michigan City Ind and two daughters
In Scranton Pennsylvania on December 11 thirteen miners were killed when an eight-tack dynamite charge caused a blast in the Diamond mine. The explosion wrecked the lowering cage and killed workers as they were being lowered.
Washington dispatch reports President Watson nominates Brigadier Ganfal Funston for major general Col Henry A Greene for brigadier general and Charles F Hughes commander in the navy to be a captain.
A Punch cartoon shows Joan accusing Charley of killing dolls declared as made in Germany and thus suspected spies. The exchange highlights wartime sentiment and paranoia surrounding German goods and espionage fears.
A terse dialogue notes a woman who marries a China man and elicits shock until it’s revealed she herself is Chinese, highlighting surprising motives and social attitudes of the era.
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