Christmas Eve in the Stable Brings a Ghostly Treasure Plan
A young sister and brother plot to visit the stable on Christmas Eve hoping to hear Nigger speak as the talking beasts in the tale. A desperate Maxwell recalls a lost birthright and plans theft to steal three thousand from Dr. Harding. The scene ends with Nigger’s hoarse Christmas greeting and a cliffhanger.
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Shedel
Minna
Christ-child
Han l
Hans
Benny
Father
Wenny
Alice
Friedel
Fairfield
Fairfield Parsonage
Maxwell
Dr. Harding
Marines Reported Landed in Nicaragua Amid Tense Clash
Washington reports evasive U S replies over Nicaraguan insurrection as Marines are believed landed to protect American interests. Rebels move on Rama Greytown and Managua with Utstein arms. fate of force size and duration remains unclear.
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Washington
Salvator Castrila
Rama
Greytown
Managua
Utstein
Estrada
Senor Lastrillo
Raima
Department of State
Nicaragua
Business Men Support Rebels in Nicaragua
New Orleans reports that liberal contributions to the revolutionary cause in Nicaragua have been made by the country’s business interests. Consul General Sussman said he had received advisories that ample financial support had been provided to the insurgents by large industrial and commercial interests, amid Zelaya’s extortionate taxation.
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New Orleans
Nicaragua
Sussman
Testrada
Zelaya
Navy dispatches send gunboat Princeton to Nicaragua voyage
Seattle report notes gunboat Princeton under Commander C. H. Hayes sails from Bremerton navy yard toward Nicaragua to join gunboat Vicksburg at Coiyto. Princeton will stop at San Francisco for ammunition and stores after extensive repairs.
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Seattle
Wash
Princeton
C. H. Hayes
Brementon Navy Yard
Nicaragua
Vicksburg
Coyiito
Navy Yard
San Francisco
Nine U S Sailors Missing From Marietta Off Costa Rica
Nine sailors are missing from the U S gunboat Marietta lying off Port Limon Costa Rica after heavy weather sent the gig and whaleboat with four and five men respectively out to sea. A general alarm was sent by wireless and ships in the area were asked to watch for the boats. No sign of the boats or crew has been found.
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Colon
United States
Marietta
Port Limon
Costa Rica
122000 Corporations to Receive First Annual Licenses
Washington PoP lists 122000 corporations will soon receive their first annual licenses under the new corporation tax law. Failure to pay tax brings heavy fines and lack of blanks is not an excuse. Returns due March 1. licenses dated March 1. Net revenue estimated around 25 million dollars.
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Washington, D. C
United States
Department of Internal Revenue
Dances Herself to Death at Thanksgiving Ball
Mrs. Joseph Wyda of North Chicago died after dancing at a Thanksgiving ball in Waukegan. Her excessive dancing led to fatal exhaustion as attendees continued to seek her company on the floor.
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Chicago
Illinois
Joseph Wyda
North Chicago
Waukegan
Slayer of six to Electric Chair in Grundy court
Howard Little was found guilty of murdering six people in Grundy West Virginia and was sentenced by Judge Burns to die in the electric chair. The verdict was delivered Saturday by a jury in Bluefield area proceedings.
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Bluefield
West Virginia
Howard Little
Grundy
Boy weighs penny slot query sparks dollar weigh question
A six year old asking a mother about weight during a train station visit prompts dialogue on a penny in the slot weighing device. The boy wonders how much he would weigh with a dollar dropped in. Spohn elected mayor of Goshen Indiana after years as County Superintendent of Schools.
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Pat O’hara
S&s. F. Spohn
Spohn Medical Co
Spohn
Goshen
Ind
Conscience and Remedies Advertised in Odd Verses
A column of quirky sayings and product pitches urges readers to rub Wizard Oil for chest cold relief and to swap a large automobile for a coal yard. It touts Lewis' Single Binder tobacco and nudges readers to tell the dealer their preference while weaving aphorisms about conscience.
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Lewis
Painkiller Remedy Promised for Joint Aches
An antique ad extols Davis' Painkiller as a home remedy for stiff joints sore muscles and rheumatic neuralgia. It urges use for slips strains or bruises with the claim of long standing effectiveness and morale boosting quips.
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Eerry Davis
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Andrews
Harding
Sidney Maxwell
Sidney
Carl Maxwell
China
Bill Bacon
Genny
Dapple Gray
Jenny
Denny
Landed—Department
U. S
Corporation
Publius Syrus
Dolliver
Iowa
Canada
Towa
Ottawa
Can
John I. Brown & Sow
Boston
Max
Cincinnati
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