Colerain turnpike improvements near Georgetown
Special to the Democrat Sun from Georgetown Ohio December 17 Mr Reible of Westwood reports good work on the Colerain turnpike with hopes it will soon equal a city pavement. School director Frank Keller bought fence from Davis and Shields Cumminsville to enclose the school yard. Several local families host and visit during the weekend with meals and calls. Minor Pottenger suffers a broken arm after a fall from his barn area.
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Democrat Sun
Georgetown
Reible
Westwood
Colerain
Frank Keller
Davis and Shields
Cumminsville
Ereet
Burns
Emma Happ
Isaac Happ
Christmas Sales and Santa Claus Cause Laughter and Debate
A Cleveland educator argues against belief in Santa Claus at a dinner, asking why children should be lied to. The tale weaves in courtroom sanity questions and a comic ending about a Santa Claus joke. A Georgian Atlantic observer notes Sam Small’s stance on dodgers and hypnotism. A bishop Foss reflects on gifts given with pure motives amid holiday shop talk and a two dollar bill anecdote.
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Afos L. Griswold
Cleveland
Santa Claus
Sam Small
Bishop Foss
Christmas Trade Tales and a Quincy Bargain Clampdown
The piece recalls SR Thomas Lipton praising retail Christmas sales and a New York reporter noting the brisk trade. A Quincy bargain sale ends with a shopper crushed in the crowd, a clerk’s quick rescue, and a quip about Christmas splints and crutches on the third floor back fifth aisle to left.
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Thomas Lipton
New York
Quincy
Peace speech contrasts with war in Christmas rhetoric
Universal Peace Union leader LFRED H LOVE criticizes wartime cruelties in Philadelphia. He cites a Philippine veteran who admits he would have fled sooner if aware of the coming danger, highlighting a tension between ideals of brotherhood and battlefield cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lfred H. Love
Universal Peace Union
Philadelphia
Universal Brotherhood of Man
Philippines
Calhoun
Christmas Address Warns Against Gluttony by Bishop Olmsted
ISHOP OLMSTED of Colorado tells Denver children on Christmas day to enjoy the feast but avoid excess. He urges tolerance and humor as he shares a tale of a Bala boy who wished for a cold to avoid overeating.
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Ishop Olmsted
Colorado
Denver
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