20 Dec 1907
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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
1
In Barscheit a royal intrigue drives Princess Hildegarde to test a marriage deed for Steinbeck. The American consul, Leopold, and Betty Moore intervene as a staged nuptial ruse spirals into violence and a window escape, leaving the villain behind and a fragile truce among rivals.
A quirky dialogue excerpt notes "I'm afraid to take fencing lessons" and counters with "Not a bit of it" while discussing character and sin. The passage attributes playful quotes and a reference to Matae supposedly taking lessons and bragging about effort.
Dorothy Winslow helps a hospital patient’s partner by buying one of two stockings and gifting a second, sparking a chain of kind acts. The boy’s plan to hang the stocking for Billy inspires others on the floor to share in Christmas cheer as dawn breaks.
Postmaster General Meyer issued an order directing postmasters to deliver letters addressed to Santa Claus to regularly organized charitable societies in the city or town of address. If multiple societies claim letters they will be divided equally. The policy applies only to Santa Claus to avoid confusion with Kris Kringle.
Five year old Lillian Wulff who was kidnapped in Chicago Saturday was found Friday five miles south of Momence. A man and woman identified as Mr and Mrs William Jones were arrested after a farmer’s wife reported a wagon passing with a girl. The child said she traveled under the name Jones and had been missing about a week, neglected and unbathed, since the abduction.
Des Moines Iowa Gov Cummins said he has no plan to quit his United States Senate race and does not intend to pursue the presidential nomination. He noted the presidency talk is new locally though heard in other states. Washington reports a record immigration year ending June 30 1907 with 1 285 349 arrivals, up 17 percent from 1906 and 25 percent from 1905 per Frank P Sargent.
Creditors of John Thompson and Sona Manufacturing, Beloit gas engine makers, petitioned for bankruptcy. J. W. Ferguson of Rockford was appointed receiver on Friday as liabilities reach 100000 dollars against 300000 dollars in assets.
William Shieldy, a steamboat man from Parkersburg West Virginia, shot his wife and then killed himself in a domestic tragedy reported from the city.
A young girl Vida Sumner Lane longs for a gray astrakhan muff seen at church and Santa Claus disappointment. On Christmas Eve a hidden gift box on the roof yields a beautiful chinchilla muff with a matching collar, signed by St Nick.
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