Lettie’s Christmas scheme and clever buy plan
Lettie pursues a clever schemes to save the family tree party and Christmas, racing to The Custard Cup and Wideawake office to unveil a working toy invention. She earns two dollars from Mr Abbott, buys candles, tree decorations, and supplies with careful budgeting, and celebrates a soon to unfold plan at home.
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Penzie
Wideawake
Jack
Mr. Abbott
Lettie
Jim
Algo
Abbott
Lettle
Ogshand
Penfield children chase budget tree for holiday joy
In a rough, stylized diary slice, Mrs Penfield notes frugality and misprinted funds as Lettie and Settle seek a no cost tree. Crink and Thad add spare coins while Mrs Penfield routes a country bargain, culminating in a small holiday expedition from The Custard Cup store amid a bustling city scene.
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Lettia
Crink
Thad
Penfield
Usuyl
Avery
Nysetery
Lettie
Arpall
Settie
Important Points on Wealth and Virtue
A Socratic observation on guardianship of wealth. It cautions that those who amass riches for their children without teaching virtue resemble owners who lavish feed on horses yet never train them to be controllable.
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Anich
Socrates
Golf and Galf. Wifteen per cent of 'the 'people 'play
Raylan expert notes that fifteen percent of the public play golf. The Wall Street Journal reference suggests casual discussion of golf culture and a cryptic quote about calling golf.
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Raylan
Wall ’Street Journal
Weadoos Name 2 In Lease Quiz In Senate Inquiry
Senatorial testimony centers on Edward Doheny paying 250000 dollars for legal services tied to several government dealings. Doheny claims payments to Thomas Gregory Lindley Garrison and Franklin Lane and George Creel. White House signals a new oil prosecutions attorney replacing Gregory. McAdoo defends his firm’s 25000 yearly retainer and denies improper ties. Walsh resolution moves to void Teapot Dome and California leases, passing 120 to 4.
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Doheny
Coolidge
Gregory
Snwyera
The
White Mouse
McAdoo
Lenges
McAdo Fiso
Yoas
Senate
House
Teapot Dome
California
Premier MacDonald Praises American Neighborliness
London report notes Ramsay MacDonald in his first public utterance as prime minister and foreign secretary at a Pilgrims' Society banquet. He welcomed Frank Kellogg, the new American ambassador, praising U S neighborliness while asserting no alliances or documents can sustain lasting UK U S friendliness.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
Pilgrims’ Society
Frank Kellogg
MacDonald
United States
England
Income and profits taxes rise 21 percent in 1923
The Internal Revenue Bureau announced that 1923 income and profits taxes collected averaged 21 percent higher than 1922, totaling 1,835,652,006 in 1923 versus 1,520,594,620 in 1922. Only New Hampshire and Oregon showed declines. Delaware had a gain of 201 percent over 1922, ranking all states.
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Washington
Bureau of ‘Internal
New Hampshire
Oregon
Delaware
Stinnes Seeks Gold Bank Plan for Germany Railways
Berlin reports Hugo Stinnes and Herr Kloeckner of the German industrial association oppose the Dawes committee plans for a gold bank. They depict a move to swallow Germanys railways by seizing railway debts totaling about 1 billion gold marks with a conservative valuation near 50 billion gold marks. The leaders campaign against the proposed financial reform.
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Berlin
Germany
Hugo Stinnes
Herr Kloeckner
German Industrial Association
Dawes Experts Committee
Mother and three children burned to death in Akron fire
In East Akron a mother Mrs. Arthur Smith and her children Anne age three Kathleen two and infant Arthur ten months died in a house fire. A fourth person David Hayes was seriously burned and taken to City Hospital. The family was reportedly trapped in their beds as flames engulfed the home.
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Akron
Arthur Smith
Anne
Kath-leen
Arthur
David
Hayes
Ford Shoals Offer Voted For Reporting McKenzie Bill
The House Military Committee voted to report Henry Ford’s two year old Muscle Shoals proposal as embodied in the McKenzie bill and the Madden amendment, providing for the duplication of the Gorgas plant sold to the Alabama Power Company.
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Ford Shoals
Washington
House
Henry Ford
Muscle Shoals
Gorgas
Alabama Power Company
Birthplace Aglow as Village Home Is Electrically Lit
In a small village the brick house where Thomas A Widl son was born received electric lighting for the first time on Thursday night, ending the kerosene lamp era. Detroit probate documents show John Podge estate inheritance tax totaling 86,052.01 with personal estate valued at 86,042,127.18.
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Necree
Aglow
Milap
Thomas A. Iwdlson
Detroit
John Podge
Not in This Weather What to Read Outside
A brief scene notes a child asking about outdoor reading in cold weather. John and a teacher respond with caution, highlighting the chill and urging indoors activity.
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Leacher
John
Johnnie
Danderine Promises Thick Glossy Hair For Women
An advertisement touts 85 cent Danderine as a tonic that revives lifeless hair. It claims to correct falling hair itching scalp and dandruff, reinvigorate thin dry hair with new strength color and youthful beauty. Sold at drug stores.
How Coal Mines Look Like a Crushed Centipede
A Nature Magazine description compares coal mines to a crushed centipede. If the surface were lifted, the mine would resemble a long bridge laid on its side with a main corridor and lateral chambers, as if an ant hill were cut open to reveal the interior.
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Nature Magazine
Castoria Endorsement Promotes 80 Year Old Remedy
A vintage endorsement proclaims Fletcher's Castoria as a pleasant harmless substitute for castor oil paregoric teething drops and soothing syrups. It notes no narcotics and that directions are printed on each package. Targeted to parents seeking safe infant care.
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Fletcher's
Castoria
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Lane
Creel
Premier MacDonald
U.S
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Dean's
Doan
John Lampe
Third St
Bellevue
Iowa
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