Dolls crafted in Thuringia hills inspire holiday wonder
In Sonneberg Saxony a community of families makes dolls on an economic plan with each family handling a section of production. The scene describes toy houses, washstands, kitchens, railway sets and ships appealing to American children, while a narrative thread follows an old chemist and his housekeeper amid a quiet resort and a tranquil graveyard ending.
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Thuringian Mountains
Sonneberg
Saxmeinengen
America
O. F. Hauertsen
Chas. F. Mayer Company
Kriss Kringle
Indianapolis
Morgan
Vanderbilt
Anta Claus
Indiana
Massachusetts
Here's to old Kentucky toast in a Kingan & Co. storiette
An Irish foreman at Kingan & Co. greets workers with a jaunty morning joke in a tale about Len Crane's toast to Kentucky. The scene features a police sergeant delivering the line and a quip about lifting the half of the crew to assist the foreman.
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Old
Kentucky
Len Crane
Bluegrass
Kingan & Co
Old Man and the Flower Covered Cottage Love Tale
A narrator recalls a flower decked cottage and a haunting scene on a porch. An old chemist, grieving for his wife who died after a two year marriage, is said to have never recovered, his mind altered by loss. The tale ends with a lingering mystery about the couple.
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Louise
Hainesworth Lane
Madame
Thadaimé
Miss Stone Murdered in Bulgaria by Bandits
Special correspondents report Miss Stone was killed twice by Bulgarian bandits near Sofia as locals fear further killings. Ali Baba led the attack and a planned confrontation with troops looms, with brigands hunted on a hill behind a barnyard. News from Amsterdam notes Queen Wilhelmina’s relief at Hen’s return and a public quarrel with Maj. Schwarz involving Mina.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Miss Stone
Ali Baba
Ali
Amsterdam
Wilhelmina
Mina
Maj. Schwarz
Inducement Motive Brings Hen to Return Home
The report states an inducement by an son in law to Hen involved promising morning fires and milking. This led to Hen deciding to return home, according to the account.
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Hen
Swirl of Society Highlights Harrison Monument Dinner
Harrison monument commission members dined Thursday while Mrs. John H. Holliday hosted a Thursday luncheon for Mrs. W. C. DePauw and Miss Florence DePauw. State auditor and Mrs. Hart entertained public officials and spouses at dinner. Miss Carrie H. Sneedy wed Walter A. Lombard at the bride’s home. In Wabash and Bedford, Miss Maud Swadley with Otto Logan of Colorado City Tex and Miss Pearl Runnels with Frank R. Rowe wed. A German doll fair Friday and Saturday at the German house benefits the Catherine home with a doll show. Mrs. E. J. Heeb hosts a Monday luncheon at the Columbia club for sister Mrs. T. M. Greene of Cincinnati. Invitations sent for lecture by Dr. H. B. Frissel of the Whampton Institute on Dec. 10 at the Propylacum.
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H. P. Wasson
Harrison’ Monument Commission
John H. Holliday
W. C. DePauw
Florence DePauw
State Auditor
Hart
Gues
Carrie H. Sneedy
Walter A. Lombard
J. H. Knowlton
Wabash
Maud Swadley
Otto Logan
Colorado City
Tex
Bedford
Pearl Runnels
Frank RB. Rowe
H. H. Hanna
H. B. Frissel
Wampton Institute
City Life Updates and Local Notices
Stenographer Rowland Evans returned 213.46 to the city from a five year old warrant forgotten in a pigeon hole. Sixth Christian Church on Pine and Elm is enlarged at 3000 dollars. a class and lecture room is built next door. Indianas Harrison monument fund reaches 765.20 with Indianapolis contributing 310.45, rural schools not yet reporting. G A R Post 70 elected officers including C W Brown and G W Payne. post contributes 2.50 to both Harrison and McKinley monuments.
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Rowland Evans
Sixth Christian Church
Pine
Elmsts
John S. Poland
Congress
Indiana
Indianapolis
Indiana Schools
F. L. Jones
Martin R. Delaney
C. W. Brown
G. W. Payne
Hoosierisms and town notices from Spencer area
A Spencer boy Louis Laymon was bitten in the face by a dog. McVitie shows heavy activity with Wm McDenis building a new store room. A young married man and a young woman, residents, argued on Thursday. stones were thrown and he fled. A Winchester woman reports to the Union.
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Louis Laymon
Spencer
McVitie
Wm. McDenis
Fairland Cor
Shelbyville
City man trivia taunts wife work load and dinners
A city man claims a wife does not know what she is talking about as the paper tallies a year of housework and cooking. The list estimates 366 dinners 1 086 dishwashing instances 488 school runs 1 460 baby bedtimes 800 cakes and 488 000 wishes.
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Frankfort
Cures for Female Ailments Featured by Dr. Pierce
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as curing the cause of pains from womanly diseases, restoring regularity, and strengthening weak women. Testimonial from Mrs. George Riehl claims fifteen years of uterine trouble and painful periods ended, with improved energy and no headaches. Also notes free paper-backed Common Sense Medical Adviser offer and address in Buffalo New York.
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George Riehl
Lockport Station
Westmoreland Co
Penna
Miscellaneous notices from a historical column
A collage of varied items notes cable costs, Vienna police skills, German glassmaking by compressed air, Fort Leavenworth training aims, London financial clearing volumes, Lincoln branch trains, copper-polluted German sheep, veteran Michi gan Central engineer, American flag over Santiago, hysteria bluff hair cutting, New York City water use. It mentions Gen. Wheeler and Almirante Oquendo, and compares city water use globally.
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Germany
Fort Leavenworth
West Point
London
Michigan City
Jackson
Santiago
Alabama
Joseph Wheeler
Wheeler
Capitol
New York City
Manhattan
Brooklyn
Bronx
Queens
Richmond
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the ‘Union
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Hartford City
Mr. Eye Noge
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Powdertown
Ind
Zebedee Yam
Yam
Zebedee
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Lincoln
Kansas
John McCurdy
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