Central Park Becomes Winter Wonderland with Sleighs and Snow
Central Park and Seventh Avenue filled with holiday scenes as snow glistened on trees and statues. Families enjoyed sleigh rides while park workers hurried to clear drifted shrubs and spectators watched carriages, dogs, and crowds amid festive chatter and playful snowball clashes. Police and volunteers helped amid light mishap as a frosty, charming New York Christmas atmosphere took hold.
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New York
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Hamlet
Humboldt
Daniel Webster
Park Department
Arsenal
Policeman Burns
Santa Claus
Ninth Avenue
Sixty-seventh Street
Seventh Avenue
Albert E. Turner
Donald
Charles Simpson
Frank Lawton
M. Northrup
George Grote
Ed Gay
M. Alexander
David Goodman
Freeland
Charles Weiland
Claus Bohling
Ringmond
David Lamar
George Carlton
John F. Cockerill
Swift
Clinton A. Hawkins
Christopher Hacket
C. Jarvis
Sigmund Herzig
Arthur Newman
Bonnie Be
Queen Bess
Sleighing On The Speedway Delights Christmas Crowds
Snow packed hard on the Speedway as sleigh parties gathered for a Christmas ride. David Lamar drove Ammond to fast miles, with George Spear and George Coleman following on Shorty and an unknown bay pacer.
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Ammond
Shorty
Finsh
J. L. Dodge
Redinda
Louis Kahn
Bonnie Kirkland
Charles Crawford
Lady Bell
Sam J
Brush Committee
Road Drivers’ Association
David Lamar
Speedway
Mr. Lamar
George Spear
George Coleman
Christmas With Stage Folk Pranks And Presents Noted
Christmas on stage brings relief after a strenuous day for theatre folk. Weber & Fields distributed gold pieces, Frohman salaries doubled, and Sam Shubert received champagne with a note of thanks. Maude Lillian Berri says she got a fortune from a Christmas gift, and ex Governor Francis offered popcorn rights at the St Louis Exposition for $3,000.
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Weber & Fields
Frohman
Sam Shubert
Edna Farrell
Maude Lillian Berri
St. Louis
Plattsburg General Gives Christmas Dinner to All
Gen. Stephen Moffitt of Plattsburg distributed a Christmas feast to about six hundred residents at local hotels, with cash prizes from 25 cents to 20 dollars, and baskets of provisions for the sick. He also provided rides to those unable to walk and handed out candy, nuts, and fruit to roughly 1,200 public school pupils, each bag containing a coin from a penny to a quarter.
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Plattsburg
N. Y
Stephen Moffitt
Moffitt
Oranges Donated by Ex-Gov Lounsbury to War Veterans
Ex-Governor George E. Lounsbury remembered about 500 veterans at Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Sailors in Noroton Heights by sending fourteen boxes of Florida oranges. Mrs. Lounsbury joined in with a greeting letter. The two are longtime friends and have a holiday tradition of giving to the veterans, who last year presented him with a costly cane.
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New York Times
Greenwich
Conn
George E. Lounsbury
Fitch
Noroton Heights
Lounsbury
Florida
Prison Christmas Show Delights Sing Sing Inmates
A varied performance entertained convicts at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining New York on Christmas Day. Prisons populace welcomed extra rations including chicken fricassee celery gravy mashed potatoes bread cheese lemon cake apples cocoa coffee tea with sugar milk and two cigars per prisoner.
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Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Johnson
Despondent nineteen year old girl ends life at sister’s home
Leticia Drake, 19, drank carbolic acid last night at 63 East One Hundred Twelfth Street in the Parker residence after a family Christmas gathering. She suffered from consumption and had been given months to live by doctors.
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Leticia Drake
Mrs. Parker
East One Hundred and Twelfth Street
Parker
Leticia
Unidentified man found near Eighth Avenue and Seventeenth Street
An unconscious man found at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Seventeenth Street remained in a comatose state at New York Hospital by 1 AM. A slip bearing the name James Warren is the sole clue to his identity, authorities report.
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Eighth Avenue
Seventeenth Street
New York Hospital
James Warren
Thornton Heir, Benjamin Neal, Dead in Apparent Suicide
Benjamin Neal Thornton, about thirty, son of E. H. Thornton of the Neal Loan and Banking Company, shot himself in his cousin's room in Atlanta on Christmas night. He had been in poor health and was socially prominent.
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Atlanta, Ga
Benjamin Neal Thornton
E. H. Thornton
Neal Loan and Banking Company
Fires destroy multiple major buildings across towns
Dec 25 reports detail fires in Lewiston Maine where United States Robbin and Shuttle Co. plant burned with $15000 loss and no insurance. Dalton Massachusetts Union Block destroyed by a kerosene stove fire. South Omaha Union Stock Yards sheep barns burned with $50000 loss killing 500 of 8000 sheep. Bloomington Illinois W A Nicolaus Co dry goods and related stores burned with about $200000 loss and damage to nearby shop.
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Lewiston
United States Robbin and Shuttle Company
Nghit
Dalton
Mass
Union Block
Omaha
Union Stock Yards Company
South Omaha
Bloomington
Ill
W. A
Nicolaus & Co
W. Kiem
Christmas Day at Sandringham With King Edward
King Edward and Queen Alexandra spent Christmas at Sandringham for the first time since accession. The royal family attended a service at Sandringham Church and the King oversaw the annual distribution of beef and game to employees and tenants. Londoners enjoyed clear cold weather and a notable dip event in Battersea Park with medals awarded to consistent bathers. Charitable dinners fed the unemployed, while Christmas trees illuminated Shell Hall in the palace after a late afternoon light.
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London
Edward
Queen Alexandra
Sandringham
Prince of Wales
Princess Victoria
Duchess of Fife
Prince
Princess Charles of
Denmark
England
Battersea Park
East End
Emperor William Spends Christmas Walk in Berlin
Berlin reports Emperor William spent Christmas Day in his usual routine, taking a walk this afternoon as part of the holiday observance in the German capital. The event reflects the monarch’s continued public presence during the festive season.
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Berlin
William
Christmas Celebrations Reported in Brussels Churches
The Times correspondent notes Christmas was celebrated in Brussels in the usual fashion with a strong English influence. Large congregations attended services in the English churches, reflecting the ongoing English celebration trend in the Belgian capital.
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London Times
New York Times
London
Brussels
Times
Rome Embassy Christmas Dance Draws Fashionable Attendance
In Rome on Christmas Day Ambassador and Mrs Meyer hosted a dance at the United States Embassy. Notable guests included Gen and Mrs Cloris of Washington Miss Carew Roosevelt in law and the St Louis Fair Commissioners A W Evarts John Mason Little and Mr Chapin. The Pope received felicitations from Emperor Francisco Josephs and the Kings of Spain Portugal Belgium and Saxony.
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Rome
United States
Meyer
Mrs. Cloris
Washington
Miss Carew
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Emperor Francis Josephs
Spain
Portugal
Belgium
Saxony
Gen and Mrs Porter Host Christmas Dinner in Paris
United States Ambassador and Mrs Porter hosted a Christmas dinner in Paris with guests including Admiral and Mrs Kautz and Commander and Mrs Barber.
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Porter
Paris
United States
Kautz
Barber
Big seven mast schooner struggles to load coal
The Thomas W. Lawson sails from Boston to Newport News after prior failures in Philadelphia and Baltimore to load a full coal cargo. With 38,000 tons capacity, 30 foot channel depths limit loading at Curtis Bay and Locust Point, forcing departure with insufficient drafts and an unutilized deck space. Captain Crowley plans Newport News for adequate water and a 9,000 ton load.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Boston
Newport News
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Hampton Roads
Crowley
Delaware River
Consolidation Coal Company
Locust Point
Baltimore and Ohio
Curtis Bay
Lawson
Curtis Creek
Curtis Ay
Baltimore American
Sunday School Libraries Need No Sterilizing Germicide
From the Richmond Religious Herald reflection on Sunday school libraries, the author suggests many books are already sterile and require no germicide, commenting on the propriety of sterilizing Sunday school libraries.
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Richmond
Religious Herald
Banker's Son Injured in New Jersey Surrey Crash
Raymond W. Armour, sixteen, son of New York banker William Armour, was critically wounded when his surrey struck a coal wagon after a passing auto spooked the horse in Bernardsville. His parents escaped with minor injuries. he was taken to a neighbor for care as two doctors assessed his skull injuries.
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New York Times
Bernardsville
N. J
Raymond W. Armour
Cutler School
New York
William Armour
Connecticut Ballot Law Called a Mighty Poor One
The Hartford Courant criticizes Henry T. Blake’s praise of Connecticut’s secret ballot law. Issues include mixed envelopes causing disenfranchisement, unsealed envelopes leading to rejected ballots, conflicting ballots nullifying both, and stray materials corrupting ballots. The piece argues these faults persist and cannot be dismissed by Blake’s arguments.
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Henry T. Blake
New Haven
Connecticut
New York Times
Blake
Courant
Hartford
Conr
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