Christmas Parties Delight 3000 Children at Colonial Theatres
More than 3000 youngsters attended morning Christmas parties at the Colonial theater and high school auditorium. The event featured a Nativity pantomime, a Santa appearance by John Holland, carols, and a comedy film. Miss Sue Blassingham coordinated the events and the gift distribution to needy children.
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Colonial
Dorothy Wilson
Herod’s Court
Betty Stanton
Jane Garland
Santa
Santa Claus
John Holland
James Whitcomb Riley
Mr. Holland
Madame Tiney
Lindsay
Paramount Theater
Villa follows dynamite train at Carneros massacre
Associated Press reports Villa followers blew up a train at Carneros 47 miles south of Saltillo on December 21. Several constitutionalist soldiers were killed and others massacred after escaping the blast, according to information reaching the border.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Tex
Villa
Carneros
Saltillo
Brotherhoods Expect Fast Rail Labor Settlement
Cleveland December 23 The eight hour day dispute with the railroads advances after arbitrators awarded the switchmen an eight hour day and a five cent wage rise. Warren S. Stone and William G. Lee expect early settlement as talks resume with manager’s committee in New York and a decision before January 1.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Warren S. Stone
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Wm. G. Lee
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Lee
New York
$60,000 Gift for Wakefield Library From Beebe
Wakefield Massachusetts residents were told of a $60,000 gift for a public library to be made by Junius Beebe a leather merchant. The donation will memorialize his father and was announced December 23 by Associated Press reporting.
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Associated Press
Wakefield
Mass
Junius Beebe
Put a Candle in Your Window Tonight Tradition
A plea to light a candle in each home this Christmas Eve at dusk. The writer recalls last year’s many windows and urges widespread participation to symbolize welcoming the Christ Child and spreading happiness and joy.
Judge Rules Federal Corrupt Practices Act Valid
In Pittsburgh on December 23 Judge W. H. Thompson ruled the federal corrupt practices act valid. The decision followed indictments against 72 Pennsylvania brewery corporations and the United States Brewers Association of New York.
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Pittsburgh
W. H. Thompson
United States District Court
Brewery Corporations
Pennsylvania
United States Brewers’ Association of New York
Otis House Donated to City for Art Gallery
A Christmas gift from General Otis to Los Angeles County presents the former Otis home, known as the Bivouac, for use as an art gallery. The property valued at $150,000 sits opposite a city park and marks a civic cultural upgrade.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Harrison Gray Otis
The
Los Angeles Times
General Otis
One Killed as Trailer Detaches on Boston Elevated
One passenger was killed and sixty injured none seriously when a trailer attached to a trolley car jumped the track of the Boston elevated railway tonight. The car was well filled with home going shoppers.
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Boston
Boston Elevated Railway
Wilson seeks detailed terms from belligerents for a just peace
The Associated Press reports President Wilson demands full, practical statements from all governments on what they would accept as a basis for peace. He calls for explicit terms, realistic guarantees, and notes the US openness to various paths, including abandoning isolation. Efforts aim to establish a negotiable starting point amid wartime vagueness.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
France
Alsace-Lorraine
Good Fellows 10 Distribute Gifts Today
Twenty auto owners are asked to meet at Settiner hall Broadway at 2 PM led by Tom McElheny to distribute Christmas presents to poor city residents. Cars will escort the gifts to various homes in a charitable outreach by the Good Fellows ten group.
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Settiner Hall
Broadway
Tom McElheny
First Christmas Morning Chapter 2 Advent story
The passage recounts Mary and Joseph traveling to Bethlehem for the census, Mary giving birth, and shepherds in the fields guided by angels who announce the birth of the savior. The shepherds visit Bethlehem and find the holy family with the newborn babe in a manger.
Woman Alleged To Have Attempted Suicide In Pekin
Laura Brown a rooming house keeper at 407 Market street is alleged to have tried to drink carbolic acid in her apartments last night A man Summers is said to have knocked the glass from her hand raised the window to the street and summoned officers Two patrolmen found the glass and odor of acid but could not locate the woman A note addressed to Mrs D A Zimmerman Pekin Illinois suggests an intent to end life The note was unsigned Officials say this is her second such attempt in two years and she returned to her room this morning denying the act She bears acid burns on her lips
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Laura Brown
Market Street
Summers
D. A. Zimmerman
Caroline Street
Pekin
Illinois
Gardner Breaks With Mann Over Wilson Peace Note
Cincinnati December 23 Representative E P Gardner repudiates Rep James R Mann leadership over his endorsement of Wilson peace note to Europe. Gardner says he will back Lenroot Wisconsin for speaker when Congress convenes and calls for the destruction of the Hapsburg and Hohenzollern dynasties.
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Cincinnati
E. P. Gardner
Congress
James R. Mann
Wilson
Rep. Lenroot
Wisconsin
Mann
Germany
Hapsburgs
Lenroot
Wsconsin
Gardner Opposition Signals Fight Over Mann Speakership
Washington observers see Rep Gardner s opposition as key to a possible Progressive Republican shake up in the race for speaker. The scene remains uncertain with at least three seats in doubt and a fragmented House including Progressives Democrats Socialists Independents and Prohibitionists.
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Bolt
Washington
Rep. Gardner
Mann
House
Clark
Lenroot
Aberdeen Angus Sale Yields Stock for Local Farms
Bay registered stock buyers Edgar E. Phillips and Glen Forgey attended a sale of Aberdeen Angus cattle in a neighboring town yesterday. They purchased a carload of the stock and will ship it here for immediate placement on their farms.
Urge Local Man For Department Commander
At a Post No. 14 G. A. R. meeting a resolution endorsed Isaac N. Watkins for department commander and urged notifying other posts to back his candidacy. The measure was signed by John Ensfield, commander pro tem, and J. E. Crain, adjutant.
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Isaac N. Watkins
Watkins
John Ensfield
J. E. Crain
German U-41 survivor Crompton exchanged to Switzerland
Lieut. Crompton commander of the German submarine U-41, one of its two survivors, has been exchanged and sent to Switzerland after the vessel was sunk by the British.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Lieut. Crompton
Switzerland
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Miss Blassingham
Lookie
Mamma
Thinks
Otis
Monroe
Good Fellows
Joseph
Galilee
Nazareth
Judea
David
Bethlehem
Mary
Christ the Lord
Heaven
Deed
Roomer
Gardner
U41
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