Christmas at Starvation Junction by the Hungry Boy
At Starvation Junction a blizzard delays a through express and leaves hungry travelers with scant meals. Reuben Bullwinkle offers a hungry boy and his mother a Christmas dinner while a woman and child face poverty and a selfless act unfolds amid a weary station crowd.
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Reuben Bullwinkle
Rube
Reuben
Jone
Rabeath
Caesar
Boston
California
Tommy
Reuben Lullwinkle
Santa Claus
Train Stowaway Delivers Food Amid Snowbound Journey
Reuben Bullwinkle secretly aids a hungry woman and child aboard a stalled train as passengers shelter from a blizzard. He distributes apples doughnuts and pies without seeking thanks, reflecting quiet charity on a snowy voyage.
Christmas Remembrances From Burdette’s Humorous Tale
Robert J. Burdette recalls old time Christmas gifts designed for stockings and birthdays in a playful lampoon. He describes Noah’s ark figures as family favorites, distinguishes animals by color clues, and notes a red monkey toy and a box drum that teach practical lessons despite modest value.
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Robert J. Burdette
Ladies' Tromme Journal
Noah's Ark
Noah
Shem
Ham
Japhet
Across the Street Christmas Loss Remains Silent
A Detroit Free Press reflection contrasts a bright Christmas past across the street with a silent sorrow this year. The once lavish home, filled with wreaths and a grand tree for a white-dressed girl, stands empty with a white, velvet finial marking tragedy, while poorer houses celebrate.
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Paradise
Detroit Free Press
When Formally Instituted Christmas Celebration
Church historians state Christmas was formally instituted by Pope Telesphorus who died in A D 138, marking an early formal establishment of the feast in Christian tradition.
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Telesphorus
Christmas Talk Prompts Budget Joke
A brief quip from the Chicago Tribune features Mrs. Benham Henry asking what to get for Christmas. The reply jokes about economizing this year and choosing nothing.
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Stoney
Hest Way to Tell
The best way to tell whether a present is a cheap one is to observe whether the price has been robbed of.
Mr Gage and His Bill for Currency Reform Power
Secretary Gage testified before the House Banking and Currency Committee to urge a currency reform bill aimed at a stronger gold standard and a larger treasury role for greenbacks and silver, while preserving circulation. He outlined a plan to issue national bank notes backed by bonds and to redeem existing notes with a new redemption fund of gold and silver, detailing bond exchanges and note issuance mechanisms.
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Washington
Gage
Committee On Banking and Currency
House of Representatives
O’connell
the Treasury
Gope
United States
Treasury
Furth
Treasury Banking Act Provisions on Notes and Taxation
Provisions authorize substitution of bonds for United States notes and silver certificates, set limits on bank note issuance, create a two percent annual tax on unsecured circulating notes, require ten percent deposits in lawful money, end small-denomination notes, and redefine capital requirements for national banks with a 189 day effective date.
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Treasury
United States
Treasury Department
Secretary of the Treasury
Treasury of
Congress
General Fund
National Banking Association
General Redemption Fund
City of
New York
Record of Rising Money Order Activity Delights Post
Washington reports from major post offices show a sharp rise in money orders for Christmas gifts with New York guiding gains. A New York steamship week handled nearly 10 000 orders totaling about 150 000 dollars with Norway and Sweden as main destinations, while daily orders exceed 20 000. Other large offices echo the trend, signaling better times and stronger finances.
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Washington
Post Office Department
New York
Norway
Sweden
Klondike trade boosts San Francisco merchants
Heavy orders rush in as Alaska Commercial invites bids on 400000 pounds bacon 200000 pounds ham 200000 pounds lard and 16000 cases of canned meals. Alaska Exploration expects 15 steamers between San Francisco and Dawson next summer raising demand for provisions.
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San Francisco
Dee
Klondike
Alaska Commercial Company
Alaska Exploration Company
Dawson
Wisconsin Grange elects officers at Marshfield convention
The Wisconsin Grange meeting in Marshfield elected Grand Master H.15 Huxley Neenah Overseer T. SK. Eggert Sammond Secretary A. C. Powers Beloit Treasurer Thomas Dickson Jackson. J. C. Davis installed the officers. The convention adjourned sine die after voting to hold next year’s meeting at Mareb field.
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Marshfield
Wis
State Grange
H.15
Huxley
Neenah
T. SK. Eggert
Sammond
A. C. Powers
Leloit
Thomas Dickson
Jackson
J.C. Davis
Mareb Field
Death of Washington Hesing Chicago German press leader
Washington Hesing prominent Chicagoan and proprietor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung died suddenly of heart disease at his Michigan Avenue home. He served as Chicago postmaster under President Cleveland and had a long public career including education work and political shifts from Republican to Democrat.
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Mr. Hesing
Washington Hesing
Cincinnati
Anton C. Hesing
Louise L. Hesing
Hesing
Chicago
Harvard University
Yale
University of Berlin
Staats- Zeitung
Board of Education
Medill
Grant
Republican Party
Carter Harrison
Cleveland
Gompers Reelect President At AFL Convention
Samuel Gompers was reelected president of the American Federation of Labor by 1845 votes to 407 for Ernest Kreft of Philadelphia. The next session will be in Kansas City Missouri. The committee urged appeals for a fund to aid English engineers on strike and recommended a $500 federation grant. It also endorsed restricting immigration with an education test similar to the Lodge bill.
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Nashville
Enn
American Federation of Labor
Samuel Gompers
Ernest Kreft
Philadelphia
Kansas City
England
Explosion Kills Woman and Child in Holyoke Gas Stove Incident
A gasoline stove explosion in Holyoke Massachusetts killed Miss Amelia Koegel 35 and a two year old child Alfred Kewell as flames trapped them in a pantry. Koegel attempted to light the stove and shielded the child during the escape but both died before aid arrived.
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Holyoke
Mass
Dee
Amelia Koegel
Alfred Kewell
Fatal shooting in Oskaloosa leaves two farmers' sons involved
In Oskaloosa Iowa on December 20 Richard De Long was accidentally fatally shot by James Smith during a struggle over a revolver. De Long died Sunday afternoon. Both men are sons of wealthy Mahaska county farmers. In Cleveland Ohio on December 20 Louis Yura was found guilty of first degree murder after a multi day trial for the death of farmer Hill during a robbery attempt.
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Oskaloosa
Richard DeLong
James Smith
DeLong
Mahaska County
Cleveland
Louis Yura
Yura
Killingsane Hill
Lima
John Strawman
Seneca County
Cracker Trust Consolidation Assured In United States
Marvin announces the three leading cracker firms New York Biscuit American Baking and United States Bakery form a $45,000,000 combine to be active Jan 1, 1898. Primary goals include foreign markets and an employee stock cooperative with headquarters likely in New York.
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Pittsburgh
Marvin
United States Bakery Company
New York
United States
New York Biscuit Company
American Baking Company
Fire at Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Store Gutts Five-Story Block
Fire at the Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company building on Locust and Broadway in St. Louis reduced a five story block to ashes. Losses top 335000 with most stock destroyed though vaults saved. The Model Cloak Company in the same building suffered about 50000 in damages with three quarters insured.
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St. Louis
Mermod & Jaccard Jewelry Company
Locust Street
Broadway
He Model Cloak Company
Window glass workers settle wage scale in Pittsburgh
After delays the full wage scale for window glass workers is agreed. Canners and flatteners gain 15 and 13 percent increases, while blowers and gatherers settled earlier. Factories resume in three weeks, with January starts giving work to about 10 000 men across eastern and central states.
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Pittsburgh
Chandlers Letter Attacks Gage Currency Reform Plan
Senator Chandler of New Hampshire writes a Washington paper criticizing Secretary Gage and his financial bill. He argues debate will unsettle business, split the Republicans, and likely yield a Democratic Congress and president. He urges President McKinley to halt Gages proposed policy.
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Washington
Chandler
New Hampshire
Gage
McKinley
Russian squadron enters Port Arthur for winter
Russia announces a squadron under Rear Admiral Reouiow has entered Port Arthur on the Chinese coast with Chinese government approval. The fleet will remain there through winter as a temporary station and not to pursue occupation or hostilities toward China Germany Japan or any other power.
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St. Petersburg
Reouiow
Port Arthur
China
Germany
Japan
Time reduction in Union Pacific shops hits Cheyenne workers
Notices posted in Cheyenne and Laramie reduce work week from five to four days and daily hours from eight to seven with immediate effect. Workers also receive a ten day holiday layoff. The cut amounts to about 80 percent of wages, attributed to a 40 percent drop in Union Pacific business from summer levels.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Union Pacific
Laramie
McDonald Gives 250000 to McGill University
Montreal philanthropist W. C. McDonald donates 250000 to McGill University with 50000 endowment for the law faculty and 200000 for the scientific department, funds tied to his earlier gifts aiding the building.
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Montreal
Can
W. C. McDonald
McGill University
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