A Conductor on the Underground Railroad Tale
A 1856 Tennessee encounter shows colporteur David Singleton aiding a slave family. In a poker night gambit he wins cash and enslaved people Bill Chloe and their baby from Mr. Boone, then ferries them to Memphis and Cincinnati before delivering them to the Underground Railroad superintendent.
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Cincinnati
The Christmas Birds Tale From a Norwegian Christmas
Daddy tells Jack and Evelyn a Norwegian Christmas story about feeding birds. A poor man shares his last grain with birds and they later thank him but a distant Weaint, Noe, far north, faces loss of his home as winter nears.
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Evelyn
Norway
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Delicious Holiday Macaroons
A vintage recipe feature explains several almond and coconut macaroons methods. It covers blanching almonds, grinding into paste with rosewater, adding sugar and egg whites, and baking on buttered paper. Alternative recipes adjust eggs flour and almond essence for varied textures and yields.
Long bodice pins and Yuletide Quotations in brief
Describes six inch rhinestone tipped bodice pins for jabots and a humyed pin to secure violets. Presents Christmas gift quotes and a short moral about a steady coal fire for winter heating. Mentions a historic steelyard tool dating to Rowan era.
Etiquette Rules for a Church Wedding in Society
The bride's parents typically bear most costs from invitations to flowers carriages and the reception. Invitations should arrive three weeks before the wedding with a church card and RSVP for breakfasts. The proper wording for invitations and announcements is described along with post wedding notes gifts and a bridesmaids luncheon.
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Henry George Stuart
James Seymour Welch
Mary Lane
William Alden Smith
Chicago
Points to Remember in Social Etiquette on Street Cars
A guide notes behavior for boarding and alighting street cars. It describes how a man should let a woman precede him and offer assistance, while the woman pays her own fare when they meet on the street. It also explains seating and courtesy gestures among passengers.
Mourning Paper Border Etiquette Recalled
A garbled note recalls 19th century mourning paper etiquette for border widths on widow cards. It discusses narrow borders for early mourning periods and the shift to broader edges as mourning progresses, noting appropriate use and disposal of older style borders.
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Otes
Novel Accessories Inspire Dazzling Hat Ornaments
A period piece describes Carnage Flowers in rage bronze gold and blue roses with bead–outlined petals and bead clusters in bronze violet and gold. It notes a large pink rose and a chestnut bur ornament as striking millinery novelties.
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Burbank
Fear Plot to Kill King Sparks Mass Arrests in Bombay
In Bombay on December 6, authorities report no confirmed incidents of a plot against King George and Queen Mary. Suspects are being held in prison until after the couple's Delhi durbar. the 1st and 6th regiments mobilize to join the ceremony, with soldiers expected to depart Bombay for Delhi as the royal party moves on.
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Unite
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Queen Mary
Delhi
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Her Majesty
Bony
Wabash Railroad Directors Replaced in Reorganization Move
New York December 6 The Wabash Railroad faces reorganizing possibly without a receivership as four new independent directors replace Gould and others signaling a shift in control to Equitable Trust. Kulz Loeb & Co. to serve as bankers in any readjustment.
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Wells Hl
Blodgett
B.D. Lyvad
TP. Welles
Transatlantic Cable Rates Revised by Western Union Telegraph
Changes in cable service and rates announced for international letters and deferred press messages. Day cable letters cost 1.50 for twenty words, weekend letters 1.50 for thirty words, deferred press at a lower rate. historic rates were 100 for twenty words forty five years ago.
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New York
Dec
Western Pitan Telegraph Company
President May May Consider Jewish Passport Question
Washington reports President may not send a message to Congress on the Russian Jewish passport issue until Curtis Guild receives a reply from the Prussian government. The United States seeks an investigation into Russia's passport policies.
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Congress
Washington
Tutt
Curtis Guild
St. Petersburg
United States
Russia
Taft May Name Root for Supreme Court Seat
New York Senator Elihu Root is mentioned as a strong possibility for a federal supreme court appointment. Reports in senate circles say President Taft values Root's legal ability and may nominate him, reflecting confidence in his qualifications.
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Supreme Court Place
Washington
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