Novel German Woman Invents Bead Christmas Tree
A German woman living in New York creates miniature bead Christmas trees from green beads wire and wax. The design impresses royalty in Munich and Ludwig of Bavaria, and President Roosevelt once received one though it was declined. The trees are durable, bendable, and reusable, appealing to children and grownups alike.
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Kaiser
Ludwig of Bavariano
Kaiser Wilhelm
Company
Wielving
America
Munich
Csenaut
Hofgarten
Ludwig
Roosevelt
New York Tribune
Monster Christmas Cake Claims Largest Ever Built
A Leytonstone shop in England displayed a seven foot high Christmas cake weighing about 1060 pounds. The recipe lists ingredients including 152 pounds butter, 152 pounds sugar, 110 pounds raisins, sultanas, currants, 3,000 eyes, 85 pounds citron peel, 40 pounds almonds, 10 quarts milk, and 1 pound each of nutmeg and lemon essence.
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Leytonstone
England
Fortune For Toys For the Poor In Pittsburgh Will
The late George B. Nutt leaves apestita valued at 31000 for poor children in Pittsburg and Allegheny. The will directs the estate to wife for life with remainder to Nutt’s children. If all die before the mother, funds go to buy gifts for many children at four institutions. He wished distributions in small sums to reach a wide area.
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Christinaa St. Nick
Santa Clara
Santa Claus
Pittsburg
Allegheny
George B. Nutt
Christmas Stockin Footwear Caution Quip
A Washington Star brief notes a Christmas Eve saying by Mr Erastus Pinkley and Miss Mir ami Brown. The exchange jokes about hanging stockings and the risk of someone kissing feet instead of leaving presents, reflecting holiday customs with humor.
Beat He Knew George Horn of the Scottish Highlands Tale
A short rustic vignette recalls George Horn, a strong but simple country figure. He wanders farms, is kindly treated, and visits a doctor for chest pain. A misunderstanding over a medicinal plaster leads to a comic twist about a missing chest.
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George Horn
Scoteh Highlands
Geordie Res
Nate
An Expensive Dollar Captured By Frugal Family
A Lamah Missouri Democrat item recounts a family joke where a friendly donor gave a child a dollar. The child spent it cautiously, and the father tracked the theft but repaid the donor by sending back a chain of payments totalling a mischief of dollars, ending with a check for one.
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Lamah
Dollar Fish and Sabaths in Tangier Mixed News
Dollar fish, a young moonfish, prompts a visitor question at the aquarium while the text notes moonfish shape and color and rare availability. Three Sabbaths weekly in Tangier reveal religious observances. Mohammedan, Jewish, and Christian days mix with a flag ritual and cultural contrasts.
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Tangier
Morocco
Trister
New York
Tragic Train Assault Overwhelms Passengers
A deranged female passenger fatally stabbed a fellow traveler on the Baltimore and Ohio line near Point Pleasant, causing chaos aboard the Express to Spencer. The injured woman died en route to the McDowell county hospital. victim identified as Mrs Morgiwiski, wife of a coal miner. In separate items, ten jurors were seated in the Rinehart forgery trial in Waynesburg, while an elderly Ontario couple died from accidental gas exposure in Port Huron, near the St Clair River.
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Point Plessann
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
McDowall County
West Virginia
Spencer
Josh Lettled
Penie
Point Pleasant
McDowell County
Morgiwiski
Rinehart
Waynesburg
Farmers and Drovers’ Bank
George ©. Phillips
Center Township
George Loar
Springhill Township
J. F. Blaker
Air Center
Jefferson Township
W. 2D. McGrumphy
Zephaniah Johnson
M. H. Blaker
Cumberland Township
George W. Marshall
Morris Township
John W. Dalby
Herman Johnson
J.C. Huffman
Jackson Township
Port Huron
Mich
John Paul
Sarnia
Ont
St. Clair River
Oppose Bond Issue Grangers Seek Revenue Roads Plan
Altoona Pa December 10. State Grange focuses on Barngaard hygiene and foods while Dr Leonard Pierson warns aphibous fever. He cites Germany’s 700000000 stamp out cost. Weeks urges road measures through motor federation funding but argues against higher bonded debt. Road commission plan, $10 million in two installments, and $50 million loan clash with statewide highway across the state proposal. Legislature committees resist debt increases and favor county-capital road links funded from client receipts.
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Altoona
Barngaard
Leonard Pierson
Jip
Germany
Weeks
General Assembly
Motor Federation
Ito
Stuart
Taft Meet With Ways and Means Committee at Longworth Home
Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee will meet President elect Taft at 5 this afternoon at Representative Longworth's residence. A statement will follow on the committee and president elects views regarding the forthcoming tariff revision.
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Ways and Means
Aing
Washington
Bec
House Committee On Ways and Means
Taft
Longworth
Mike Kguwh White
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London Chronicle
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