Benevolence at Christmas in New York City
Christmas charity soars as newspapers hire more staff and women journalists gain prominence. Notable figures include Mrs. Charles R. Miller, Mrs. Frederick Schrader, and Mrs. Ralph Pulitzer Jr. The piece surveys press, finance scandals, Belmonts, and civic acts as the season fosters generosity and public benevolence.
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New York
George B. Fry
Chicago Inter-Ocean
Herald
Philip Fowler
Philadelphia Times
Evening Mail
Charles R. Miller
Leslie
Weekly
Morocco
Frederick Schrader
Weber
Ralph Pulitzer, S Jr
W. Seward Webb
Pulitzer
Winterton news and social notes from December
December 27 Winterton column records movements and visits. William Gerow moved from Palmer place to New Vernon and bought a house. Emma Ivory returned from Paterson. Mrs Evang and daughter Margaret of South Norwalk visited Mrs Clarence Lockwood. Elia Decker went to New York for a week. Mr and Mrs Charles Bultstander spent Christmas in Middletown. Emma Smith visited sister Mrs David Decker. A humorous fragment about a ten foot pike and tall cracker barrel talk closes the item.
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William Gerow
Palmer Place
New Vernon
Emma Ivory
Paterson
Susan, Evang
Margaret
South Norwalk
Conc
Clarence Lockwood
Elia Decker
New York
Charles Bultstander
Middletown
Emma Smith
David Decker
Daviel
Ananias
Con
Not Aptly Worded Abhorrent Essay on Aged Mother Case
An absurd statement of fact about the escape of a caretaker in a New England town. It describes an elderly mother and a dangerous son. A timid ranger leads the service in a parish seeking comfort and aid. The text references a widow and an orphan, both aged, in a moral reflection.
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New England
Clevayman
Mali
Tonger Yous
Medical Students and Practicing Physicians in Japan
Fragmentary text notes that physicians in Japan undergo lengthy preliminary training and must maintain full written case records during the first decade of practice. The passage also references restrictions on advertising and exclusive rights, though wording is garbled and some terms are unclear.
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Morse
Brooklyn
Sing Sing
Knickerbocker Trust Co
Japa
Japan
Bate
Ieee
Montgomery Village Society Notes Christmas Guests Abound
Local social notes list visitors from Middletown New York and Newburgh including Miss Sadie Wilber and Mrs. William Eager. Guests lodge at Wallkill House and homes of Eager Gileoist and Shafer during Christmas season.
Nial Sherwood Appointed Resistance Engineer
Nial Sherwood of Liberty has been appointed resistant engineer to the Public Service Commission of the First District. Salary set at 105 dollars per month.
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Nial Sherwood
Liberty
Public Service Commission
Weathering Snow Shuts WAshingtonville Churches and Local Activities
Severe snowstorm closes Presbyterian and Methodist services on Saturday night and Sunday. Residents note holiday visits, Christmas celebrations, and local errands including ice house work, millinery training completion, and family travel to Olean Delhi and New York. Community events include Week of Prayer meetings and a neighborhood Christmas tree at St Marys Church. tax collections planned in January.
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Presbyterian and Method
Daniel Little
Olean
Frank B.tuthill
Tuthill
Frm
George B. Adams & Co
Methodist
Douglas
Delhi
James Linney
Emergon
Cooper
Lark Street
Edson Miller
Edson Wilbur
William B. Helms
Salisbury Mills
Harrison Street
Passaic
St. Mary’s Church
Infant burned in stove accident in Westbrookville
Irvin V Skinner infant son of Mr and Mrs Herman Skinner narrowly escaped severe burns Friday afternoon when a spark from the stove set fire to clothing. Mrs Skinner not in room heard cries and aided after flames were extinguished the child burned on neck and chest Dr Buck of Otisville attended and dressed the wounds. Christmas exercises and visits noted among local families as well as the infant daughter of Charles Chedister dying the same Friday afternoon
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Merrittlashworth
Shushan
Frank Rhodes
Fletcher Rhodes
Jesse Cranse
Otisville
Benjamin Roosa
M.G
New York
Long Island
Lexis Decker
Aiece
Mae Hewke
George VanKeuren
Pine Bush WCTU Hosts New Year Eve Parlor Meeting
The Women's Christian Temperance Union of Pine Bush invites all to a candle parlor gathering at J. W. Kerr's home in Thompson Ridge on New Year's Eve to usher out the old year and welcome the new one with cordial fellowship.
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Pine Bush
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
J. W. Kerr
Thompson Ridge
Auto Crank Injury Leaves Scotchtown Man Limping
Edward Bogardus of Scotchtown received a hard blow to the chin Friday when his auto crank was kicked. He is able to be about today after the incident.
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Edward Bogardus
Scotchtown
Sorghem
Washington Star
Christmas Time Memories In Loch Sheldrake News
Christmas notices from Loch Sheldrake recount school recitations and a towering tree at the church, Santa Claus handing out gifts, and Miss Mabel Leroy honored for piano work. Local residents and visitors are listed with holiday greetings and travel notes amid a playful community column.
Christmas calls in Bloomingburg report and visitors
Bloomingburg's Christmas exercises at the M E Church drew large crowds. The village welcomed numerous visitors over the holidays including Mr. and Mrs. E Canfield, Mr. and Mrs. J F Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. J A Lockwood and daughter Carlotta, and Rev and Mrs Schliermacher with their son. Other guests came from Middletown Albany Luzon Philadelphia South Orange and White Plains. Weather troubles in eastern Pennsylvania were noted.
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M. E
E. Canfield
J. F. Bennetts
George Brana
William Shorter
B.shorter
J. A. Lockwood
Carlotta Lockwood
H. N. Begg
Clara
Grace Howard
New York
James Howard
J. H. Bell
Middletown
Lewis Bell
Scott Schliermacher
Albany
Schliermacher
Minnie Hagan
Luzon
John Hagan
Frank Isner
Isner
C. F. Bennett
Middleteen
J. F. Bennett
Willard Collard
G. W. Collard
Walter Robbins
Robert Liord
Henry Robbins
Jar |Noxon
Margaretville
E. D. Noxon
Mmrs
D. W. Fagley Apent
Pennsylvania
Nelson Miller
South Orange
White Plaine
Coddington
James and
John Smith
Montgomery
Joel Demerest
Warwick
Norgz Mahone
Lena Hulse
Mrev G. A Smith
Liberty Christmas Notes And Local Happenings
Liberty residents report on holiday events including class gifts at the High School, decorations, and visiting relatives. Homes for Christmas feature teachers abroad and local residents returning, with church services noted and several locals studying or working in New York, Pratt Institute, and Scranton. A fox shot in Sullivan County and a new house for road commissioner Jacob Newkirk are mentioned amid other community updates.
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Wiliam
Clinton Shaw
Shaw
Liberty
Grace Lynch
Elva Hill
Anna Colgan
Anna Redington
New York
Lila
Edna Monroe
Grace Shaw
Helen Newkirk
Laura Clements
Matthew Gannon
Halstead
Sullivan County
Jacob O. Newkirk
R. E. Walsh
Brooklyn
M. E. Lynch
C. J. Stansbury
Jamaica
L. J
E. E. Pleney
John Royce
Willam Hardenburra
Union
Leslie Sarles
William Manion
Hamilton
Harold C. Ellison
Pratt Institute
William Birmingham
Nial Sherwood
William Schweinfest
John McCorrick
F. 3
Sharp
Howard O’conner
Scranton
Theodore Millspaugh
Stillspaugh & Co
HOWELLS Ladies' Old Society Meets at New Vernon
The Ladies' Old Society will gather Wednesday at two o'clock in the home of Mrs. Henry Reeves New Vernon. The meeting day shifts due to the annual church gathering and children's supper in the church lecture room Thursday evening. Mr and Mrs Winner Drake hosted about 20 young friends on Christmas night for Pearl Drake who is visiting from New York. They enjoyed games music and a new piano gift for Robert Drake. Refreshments were served. Last week several ice houses were filled with good quality ice.
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William Wood and
Ison
Middletown
Sadie Wilber
New York
William Eager
Charles Gileoist
Ernest Many
Newburgh
Thomas Godwin
Farmers’ Trust and Loan Co
Walter J. Mead
Samuel GC. Douglas
George Douglas
Schenectady
James H. Hanlon
Leona
N. J
Ansonia
Cono
Theodore Stevens
Frank Stevens
Wallkill House
Fred Steen
New Paltz
Daniel A. Shafer
William Patchett
Philadelphia
John B. Krom
Florence Comings
Montgomery High School
Erie
Michael Connells
Miss Comings
Connelly
Montgomery
WH. H Morrison
Yonkers
Orange
Henry Bord
Herbert F. Cox
Maud Devine
Mary D. Cox
Memorial Hospital
James R. Ortgies
Robert Kearns
Germany
Albert Brown
Prospect Terrace
Empire Hotel
Addie Hawking
Bessie Crist
Henry J. Crawford
Albany
Alexander Crawford
George A. Osborn
Fred Luquer, Jr
Conn
Cassie Gridley
Hartford
Methodist Church
Susan Overhiser
Clinton, X.Y
Overhirer
George TL Overhisar
Cartie Dickerson
Nexburgh
W. L. Dickerson
Frank Gilcrist
Yonkere
Emmet Gridley
Misa Martha Mould
Hirkland Falls
Wiliam F. Draper
Cy Christman
Miles Charlotte Schupp
Maude
Marie Bertholf
Santa Claus
George Leroy
Mabel Leroy
Loch Sheldrake
Celia Miller
Brooklyn
Marvin Leroy
Fred Coolidge
Flushing
L. I
C. P. Low
Clarente Cudney
Hurlerville Sentinel
Ferry Coddington
Flora Taylor
Mantallan
Oscar Coddington
William Howard Taft
Beatrice Viola
Jeffersonville
William Bullock
Ed. Bullock
Bennett
Parkston
Lena Hitt
Bullock
J. L. Burr
Cochecton
Hurleyville
Luella
Helen le Toy
George
Stanley Leroy
Grandpa Leroy
Ahbother
Old Sociery
Henry Reeves
New Vernon
Winner Drake
Pearl
Robert Drake
Sickness and Superstition In Epilepsy Cures
Fragmented text discusses outdated epilepsy cures and superstitious remedies such as cutting a black cat tail tip for three drops of blond mixed in milk over three days. Notes a belief that patient awareness affects efficacy and references cosmological questions about time, wealth, and human activity in a wandering, partially garbled prose.
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Lopion Avewers
Marriage of Grace Davidson to John Van Gilder in Ramsey
Miss Grace Davidson and John Van Gilder plan to wed on Tuesday evening December 28 at the bride’s parents home in Ramsey, New Jersey. Best wishes are extended by many acquaintances of Miss Davidson.
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Mary Lewis
Monroe
George Burrows
Dadiz
Hamptonburgh
Grace Davidson
John van Gilder
James Dariisos
Ramsey
N. J
Mies David Eon
Henry Mert
New York
Tie Ear
Pigoming Grove Church
Epworth League event and new church projects noted
Ridgebury hosts Epworth League at Mrs L Mo Nightlinger's home for watch night services after the regular December meeting. The Epworth League recently purchased two Pentecostal hymn docks for church use and the community shares a string of joke snippets from various papers.
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Epworth League
The Vicious Peccary Attacks Humans and Jaguars
In a Denver Post interview, zoologist Edward W. Walton recounts encounters with South American peccaries. He explains their ferocity, pack hunting, and history of killing large predators like bears and jaguars, detailing one perilous brush with a flock in a jungle clearing and another wagon ambush.
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Mexico
Edward W. Walton
Denver Post
Mr. Walton
Tim
Bastir
Frederick Selous
Jaxuar
O Ber
Peecares
Jacuar
Barassiog
unclear archival quote inflates political banter
Fragmented lines show a conversation satire about news, gender roles, and politics with garbled names and odd spellings. Senators and editors are referenced in a provincial print style, suggesting a mock dialogue about media, worth, and public service in a historical newspaper page.
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