Western banks keep funds at home over Wall Street gambling
The World argues southern and western banks withheld deposits from Wall Street, keeping reserves at home and refusing stock exchange loans. It cites Western banks with reserves up to 27 percent and praises their prudence while urging national banking reform. The Wisconsin banks are praised for stability from conservative, productive lending.
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Wall Street
United States
Corteliou
New York
Wisconsin
Oklahoma to Guarantee Bank Deposits in February Law
Oklahoma prepares to implement a state guarantee for bank deposits starting February 17. The measure requires banks to participate, protecting customers’ funds and shaping the state’s financial stability framework.
Oklahoma plan seeks banks to fund state guarantees
The piece explains a proposed scheme in which state banks contribute deposits to a guarantee fund run by the state banking board. If a bank fails, depositors are paid from the fund, creating a lien on the failed bank’s assets. National banks are not required to join but may under an agreement. The impact on federal banks and Congress’s reception are noted.
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Bryan
Congress
Republican Congress
State Banking Board
Banking Board
Oklahoma
Christmas Poems In Scrap Book By Free Press Editor
Christmas stanzas by noted authors gathered in the Free Press Scrap Book present a thousand Christmases through humor and view. The collection opens with James Whitcomb Riley and a verse wishing Godspeed and cheer to all on earth both near and far.
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Free Press
James Whitcomb Riley
Birth of Light and Life Verse Excerpt
Ben Jonson sings of a birth of life and light with an angelic sound. The shepherds, drawn by the radiant sign, search and believe, finding what they sought amid awe and wonder.
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Ben Jonson
Marmion excerpt on Christmas mirth and sport
England was merry England when Old Christmas brought his sports again. Christmas tales and jovial gambols lifted the poor man’s heart through much of the year.
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Marmion
England
Christmas Verses and War Echoes From Collier's Weekly
A compilation of poems and reflections includes Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Christmas blessing at age 82, Kipling’s Christmas day scenes, and an excerpt from Lafitte’s tale about toil and loss at sea. The pieces mix holiday sentiment with maritime danger and sacrifice.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
Christ
Mary
Rudyard Kipling
Lafitte
Government Action and Miner Reaction in Goldfield
The piece argues that federal troops may calm Goldfield unrest despite suspected impropriety. It notes Roosevelt’s prompt deployment and swift withdrawal after misrepresentation concerns. It also mentions Taft and Cannon leaving the White House and their stated reasons, deeming them plausible.
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Taft
Cannon
White House
Star of Bethlehem vs Santa Claus Mix Up
A poem notes the Star of Bethlehem guiding wise men to Christ in a manger on Christmas Eve. The speaker jokes about mixing Him with Santa Claus and references a fleet’s wireless report mentioning a chilly sea, drawing a contrast with criticism faced by the fleet.
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Santa Claus
Grace Hayward Co Presents Sherlock Holmes at La Crosse
Grace Hayward company opens a week long engagement at the La Crosse theater with Sherlock Holmes in the Sign of the Four. The troupe promises a stronger cast and new vaudeville acts between play segments, offering fans another chance to see the classic detective tale expertly staged.
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Grace Hayward
la Crosse Theater
Grace Hayward Debuts With The Confessions Of A Wife
Grace Hayward opens a seven night engagement presenting The Confessions of a Wife with six vaudeville acts and moving pictures. She returns after four seasons at Minneapolis Lyceum theater. Tonight she offers To Love Honor and Obey with free ladies, and Christmas Day features Sherlock Holmes plus matinees thereafter.
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Miss Hayward
Lyceum Theater
Minneapolis
Alice Rutheford
Lew Welsh
Mitty DeVere
Fashion Hints for Scarfs and Muffs Using Fur Cloths and Velvet
The Fashion Department suggests practical scarf and muff designs using furs, fur cloths, velvet, lace, and chiffon. Describes two piece scarf and tie, big roomy muff, silk lining, wool interlining, ribbon loop casings, and quantities required for sizes. Pattern 5854 offered for ten cents with optional two cent stamp for faster mailing.
Question on relative values of press room and sanctuary
A reader ponders the shift from a hammer to an axe and asks about the comparison between a three decked white elephant in the press room and a three decked intellect in the sanctuary, seeking the implied value or outcome.
Christmas Eve Jokes About Eve and Adam
Dialogue humor frames Eve as a Christmas gift to Adam with a pun on Christmas Eve. Bub and Pop discuss the joke with a playful exchange about names and timing.
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Adam
Willie’s Wish About Luther Burbank Gobbler
Poem fragment invokes Luther Burbank and nature’s gifts with a whimsical image of a gobbler made from second joints, reflecting Harper’s Weekly playful verse style.
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Luther Burbank
Harper’s Weekly
Christmas Eve Escape Aboard Car For Rosemary
A pale man drives a blue car to rescue Rosemary, a golden haired child in Perugia, and she believes the stranger is a heaven sent figure. He asks about her nurse in London and her mother, then suggests taking her for a ride toward Mentone as she delights in the adventure. Rosemary recognizes Hugh Egerton from a past voyage and Christmas memory, while the driver remains cautious and curious about their meeting.
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Rosemary
Paul
Mentone
Nice
Hugh Egerton
Liberty of thought at Swarthmore kept from sale
The Philadelphia North American denounces wealthy donors who try to restrict colleges. It argues true education requires free thought and free tuition, praising Swarthmore College for upholding academic freedom as an intercollegiate duty.
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Philadelphia
Swarthmore
England and Her Indians Commentary in Boston Herald
The piece argues that religious divisions among Indian peoples weaken their unity against British power and that this dissension may curb large revolts for years. It suggests divisions mask deeper issues, though they do not resolve underlying tensions.
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Boston Herald
Just Life and Candid Reflections on Happiness and Truth
A sequence of aphorisms and mock dialogue reflects on happiness built on lies, consequences of evil, and media attitudes toward love booze murder and crime. The text notes the impracticality of expensive gifts for the poor and comments on Christmas generosity and crankiness.
Quips and Cranks and Wanton Wiles
A poem recounts a drunken dream after eating a little bird at night in a new hotel. The speaker battles demons and fiends in slumber while waking with a throbbing head and a belief the night was a nightmare. The piece reflects on guilt and appetite with a Detroit Free Press attribution.
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Anman
Detroit
Free Presa
Indirect payment at old church arouses debate
A visitor, pleased by a verger's courtesy and guidance, offers half a crown as a tip. The verger declines, citing rules, but adds that finding a coin on the floor would not violate the rules, prompting a small moral contrast in this Bits excerpt.
Overspeeding Prisoner Faces Fine or Jail
A magistrate declares a prisoner guilty of overspeeding and offers a choice between a $10 fine or ten days in jail. The prisoner objects that the judge’s sentence is ungrammatical. The Philadelphia Ledger notes the exchange.
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Philadelephia Ledger
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