Christmas Eve Rescue Finds Polly and Derrick Beside Snowy Fir
Polly Standish and Derrick Gordon, newly engaged, are stranded after a delayed eastbound train and a stage accident. Derrick builds a pine tree camp, serves a Christmas feast, and secretly gifts toys, turning a bleak night into a hopeful holiday while awaiting Ferguson’s arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red
Ferguson
Astrakhan
Polly Standish
Derrick Gordon
Polly
Derrick
Gerryl
Ferguson's
Luke Sanders
Ferguson’s
Mixa Benton
Perrick
Heart to Heart Talks of Everyday Heroes
A Washington street car motorman Charles Driver dies after heroic act saving passengers by pulling a live wire away with a newspaper. His sacrifice mirrors daily heroism in modern life and especially among transportation workers who risk their lives for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Driver
Washington
Sidney
Hero Worship Shifts From War to Peaceful Heroes
The essay argues society should honor peacemakers and scientists over warriors. It contrasts ancient heroes who killed with modern pioneers like Pasteur and Edison, urging monuments to peaceful sacrifice and progress. It predicts a future where civilization values patient service over military conquest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greinan
Becaue
Charlemagne
Pasteur
Edison
Caesar
David Livingstone
Africa
Charles Martels
Vuul
Poiing
Lorenz
Alasten
Morning Swaws on Love Entanglement Miss Trommer
Fragmentary dialogue notes a bashful Morning Sal Swawson and Miss Trom mer, reference to an engagement and a fall, with Swanson describing self as the young man and noting muddled events from the previous evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sal Swawson
Miss Trommer
Swanson
Palestine seen as California’s twin in climate land and topography
Aaron Aaronsohn’s Agricultural and Botanical Explorations in Palestine notes striking similarities to California in geography climate and agriculture. It spans latitudes and longitudes, features high mountains and deep depressions, and describes a warm dry season with a temperate wet season and rare frost in winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Palestine
Corona
Dead Sea
Death Valley
Aaron Asronsoba
Kept Busy by a Secretary Reading a Telephone Book
A Philadelphia citizen cites a story about a secretary who, unable to recall which telephone numbers belonged to which person or business, endures lengthy book-reading to match numbers. The anecdote highlights perceived flaws in school training and mental discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Commercial High School
Miss Blank
Nurberg
Auditor's Notice of Indiana County distribution hearing
The auditor appointed by the Orphans' Court of Indiana county will attend at the Savings and Trust Company building Indiana Pa on Friday January 20 1911 at 10 00 a m to hear claims on funds held by The Savings and Trust Company as administrator of A Je Smith. Interested parties must present claims or be barred. Also notices of administration for Eliza J Trout Washington township and W A McCracken Montgomery township estates invite claims and prompt payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Orphans’ Court of
Indiana
Washington Township
Indiana County
Pennsylvania
Thompson Hellman
Said Hellman
Harriet Snyder
Savings & Truet Company
Blair Sutton
H. A. Boggs
W. H. McGregor
J. C. McGregor
D. BH. McGregor
Robert Rumbaugh
Act of Assembly
McGrougor & Company
Gald
James W. Mack
Orphans' Court of
Savings and Trust Company
A. Je Smith
William N. Liggett
Executor's Notice for W. A. Trusal Estate
Letters testamentary granted to J. A. Adamson as executor of W A Trusal late of Washington township Pa claims against estate to be settled and payments to be made by creditors. Also notice of annual bank stockholders meeting for election of directors at The First National Bank of Indiana Pa on January 10 1911 between 1 pm and 2 pm. J R Daugherty cashier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Trusal
Washington Townahin
J. A. Adamson
Creekside
First National Bank of Indiana
Banking House
Indiana
Daugherty, Caghier
Also Mentioned on This Page
Achie
Christmaas
Fergusons
Ralph Ferguson
Misa Standish
Lnalsted Derrick
Tila
Santa Claus
Mrs. Santa Caust
Nestby
Ralph
Polly Dear
England
Germany
Dundee Advertiser
London
Poereaa
Peacher
Tommy
Milwaukee
G. Chapman
Johans’ Court Sale
Miles Wynkoop
Ernest Stewart
Din Maan
Notich
Eliza J. Trout
Anthony Stuchell
A. L. Brewesr
Dr. H. Tomb
W. A. McCracken
Montgomery Township
W. E. McCracken
P. G
Wilgus
Marshall Building
Carpenter Avenue
Nixon Alley
E. E. Dinger
Becton
Farmers’ Telephone
R. N. No
Smickshore
Robert Mullen
Thomas Pealer
Inlay
National Bank of India
Tother
Vogel Bros
Penna
Christy’s “Trorntstiss
Indiana Roller Mills
Hetrick & Wilson
Garret
Rossmoyne Flouring
Millyrante Brothers
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