The Christmas Eve Tale of John Bright and the Waif
A Christmas Eve story centers on John Bright the grocer and his daughter Faith as they shelter a freezing waif. The night yields warmth, faith, and the child’s final plea for God to take her home, ending with a dawn of quiet awakening.
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Bethlehem
Christ
Earth
Jewels
Joan Bain
Gocer
John Bright
Mr. Bright
Ichabod
Babe
Mary
John
Bolly
Thore
Faith
Father
Mother Earth
Bill Tibbs
Bill
Perlice
Little Faith
Santa Claus
Promised Land
Trapper ensnared by his own bear trap in Sierra Nevada
Virginia Nevada Chronicle recounts Thomas Way, a logger who built a bear trap, walked in, and trapped himself for five days. Rescued by hunters near a remote canyon, he endured freezing conditions, starvation, and vain escape attempts before the timely gunshots brought aid. Way vows to quit bear hunting.
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Sierra Nevada
Giome
Thomas Way
Lake County
California
Way
Sierra Nevadas
Detective Carey Leads Harrison Coshocton Robbery Ring Probe
Cincinnati Commercial reports Detective Jo Carey, operating as pawn broker J Carson, infiltrated a gang of robbers in Harrison and Coshocton counties. Carey gained trust, identified leaders D Smith and others, gathered proof from pawned goods, and planned arrests as gang exploits extended to Urichaville and nearby towns.
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Cincinnati
Jo, Carey
Harrison
Quashocton
Reno
Seymour
Ind
Au Atichsville
Maycet Parish
Carey
Jay
J. Carson
Chican
Strane
Belts
Beltz
Cragg
Unionaville
Ohio
Beltz & Carson
E. A. Parish
Urichayillo
United States
Urichaville
Dennison
Edgefield
Qarey
Robb Alexander
Poster
Adam's Hardware Store
Clothing Ster
Vario
Coshoton
Tuscarawas
D. Smith
Geor Blackburn
George van Horn
Willis Lovell
John Hitchcock
Sam Long
Cadi
John Long
Smith
Long
Lovell
Blackburn
Coalport
Pittsburg
St. Louis
Urichsville
Coal Shaft
McKinley’s Hill
Foster
Wesley Andrews
Andrews
Hao
Carle
Evider
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Family Circle
Angel
Hugh
The
Virginia
Galway
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