Submarine Cables Spark Christmas Cheer Worldwide
The world’s submarine cable network totaling about 330000 miles will carry Yuletide greetings and good will over the holidays. Reduced Christmas rates are offered by most cable systems and several government telegraph administrations after Western Union pioneered the practice. Messages to Europe cost 1.25 dollars general, Italy has special through service at 1.50, while distant regions like Australia Japan China India Africa the West Indies and the Americas can be sent at roughly one third the regular rate.
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Mother Earth
Western Union
Europe
Italy
Australia
Japan
China
India
Africa
West Indies
Central
South America
Indianapolis Hog Market Higher on Receipts at Indianapolis
United Press Dispatch reports Indianapolis hog market on December 24 with 2,000 hogs traded. Prices rose 10 to 15 cents across weight classes from 90 to 350 pounds, top hogs at 12.00 for 200 to 250 pounds. Cattle receipts 200, steers 7.50 to 10.50, vealers 14.00 to 15.60. Sheep receipts 200 with generally steady prices and top fat lambs at 12.00.
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Indianapolis
Sheriff Ervin Ray Plans Next Steps After Term
Worthington Times reports Sheriff Ervin Ray, to be succeeded January 1 by William W. Brown, will return to Worthington for a time early next month. He has not decided his winter plans and says he could have taken a federal prohibition service job, but is through with that work.
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Ervin Ray
William W. Brown
Worthington
Prohibition Service
Hospital report on Dr. C. E. Ammerman’s admission
Dr. C. E. Ammerman was taken to the hospital yesterday for medical treatment.
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C. E. Ammerman
Sea Death Summons and The Ocean’s Grave Call
An old saying the culling of the sea marks a ground-swell heard on still nights, prompting seaside towns to see it as a death summons. The note cites Tennyson’s Crossing the Bar with the line And one died call for me as related imagery.
Christmas at the Boarding School
In a 1926 Western Newspaper Union item, a girls’ boarding school nicknamed The Bastille faces a frugal Christmas. They organize small fundraisers and schemes: Betty Gilder advertises reducing, Sue Perkins highlights safety pins, Polly Spencer and Emilia Gay run an odd job shop, Sarah Dodd rejects a book agent, Mary Wingate sells catechism seats, and Gronns notes her recital. The girls plan to contribute to holiday joy despite tight finances.
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Bastille
Phil Overbaugh
Betty Gilder
Pudge
Sue Perkins
Neu
Polly Spencer
Pretty Polly
Emilia Gay
Emma
Sarah
Dodd
Spiffy
Spifty
Josephus
Mary Wingate
Marybnd
Gronns
Christopher G. Hazard
Western Newspaper Union
Christmas Ribbon Counter Fight at the Store
In a holiday scene at a ribbon counter, Roxy and Annie clash with customers and class, while Mrs. A Saunders Smythe mocks their role. A sudden moment of humility from Mrs. Smythe ends the tension as she apologizes to Roxy and wishes her well for Christmas.
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Roxy
Annie
Merchantman
A. Saunders-Sinsthe
Roxey
A Sumers
Smythe
Christina
Anile
The Scratch Man Milwaukee Sentinel quote on rhetoric
The Milwaukee Sentinel notes that political races favor the candidate who most often calls opponents liars with varied rhetoric, suggesting a significant edge for swift and forceful verbal attacks. The remark highlights the power of repeated denigration in shaping public perception during campaigns.
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Milwaukee Sentinel
Secure Foundation for Liberties, Buchanan Quote
A concise historic proclamation by James Buchanan stressing that pure agricultural interests safeguard the Constitution. It emphasizes agriculture as the enduring basis for national liberties and stable governance.
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James Buchanan
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