Christmas in Switzerland in Winter Awe and Adventure
The Washington Star notes Switzerland shines in winter with sparkling snows and blue skies. Citizens and visitors enjoy skating, hockey, bob sleighing, skiing, and mountain railways plus festive Yuletide customs from St Nicholas to Christkindli. Switzerland aids refugees and soldiers at the front, keeping Christmas a day of peace amid war.
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Swiss Alps
Washington Star
Switzerland
Helvetian Republic
Jack Frost
Norway
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Yale
Liberius
Christ
Christkindli
Santa
Christ Child
St. Winfried
Scandinavia
Germany
Europe
God Provides Triumph Over Difficulties
A devotional meditation from Sunday School Times asserts that God remains sovereign in all trials. View difficulties through God not God through difficulties, trusting his omnipotent provision and the mind of Christ for confident, triumphant outcomes.
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Sunday School Times
Photographer's Grin Stays Low for Wife's Photo
In a humor comic exchange, Mr Spiffkin resists a cheerful pose. The photographer urges cheer, but Spiffkin explains he must look sober for a photo to be sent to his wife visiting away.
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Mr. Spiffkin
Puck
Abide with us for evening light and protection
A devotional reflection notes seasons of dusk and danger when Christ’s presence comforts and guides. It urges praying for Christ to abide with us as evening falls, bringing light through life’s shadows and offering safety at night and in death, attributed to J. M. Miller.
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Christ
J. M. Miller
Courageous Tommy
A child confronts a feared bogie man after being urged by a mother to stop eating pudding. He defies the urge, asks for more, and seeks final reassurance about the frightening story.
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Tommy
Epitome of Doings of National Lawmakers in Washington
The Senate met at noon to hear interstate commerce and railroad bills. Prohibition in the District of Columbia was under consideration. The House had no session at noon Saturday. Committees studied appropriation bills and corrupt practices while Hoke Smith retirement and Bryan on federal rail regulation drew attention. Secretary Baker urged Niagara Falls water diversion. Omnibus fisheries and railroad issues continued.
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Western
Union News Service
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
District of Columbia
House
Military
Naval
Tribble
Georgia
Interstate and Foreign Commerce
William Jennings Bryan
Baker
Niagara Falls
Foreign Affairs Committee
Owen
Senators-elect sworn in amid credentials dispute
Senators elect Watson Indiana Fer nald Baine and Kirby Arkansas were sworn in after failed moves to refer credentials to an election committee. Shafroth pressed for a constitutional amendment abolishing electoral college and limiting presidents to one six year term. Joint session convened at 1 p m with Wilson delivering the annual address.
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Senate
Watson
Indiana
Fernald
Baine
Kirby
Arkansas
Reed
Shafroth
House
District of Columbia
Bill
Wilson
Opening Day of Sixty-Fourth Congress in 2nd Session
The 64th Congress convened with the Senate at noon and a joint committee planned to visit President Wilson. Senators Kern and Gallinger and House members Kitchin Fitzgerald and Mann formed the outreach group. New senators Watson Fernald Kirby were sworn in. memorial held for Senator Clarke. House members Harrison sworn in. adjourned briefly.
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Senate
Kern
Gallinger
Wilson
House Committee
Watson
Indiana
Fernald
Maine
Kirby
Arkansas
Clarke
House
Kitchin
Fitzgerald
Mann
T. W. Harrison
Virginia
Portland Women Lead Pacific Coast Egg Boycott
Portland women began the first organized boycott on the Pacific coast by barring eggs from the list of household necessities for two weeks. The move follows a mass meeting of women’s clubs aimed at pressuring prices after fresh eggs sold 60 to 65 cents a dozen and case eggs around 50 cents.
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Pacific Coast
Portland
Ore
Lst
Abolish Electoral College reform proposal by Shafroth
Senator Shafroth introduces a constitutional amendment to end the electoral college and set a six year presidential term with no re election. The plan keeps electoral votes but state tallies are canvassed by Congress with the highest vote receivers earning the state’s electoral votes. Berlin paper doubts imminent peace as enemies cling to war aims.
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Washington
Shafroth
Colorado
Congress
Amsterdam
Berlin Vorwaerts
When Mother Gets Alarmed
A mother grows alarmed as her son shifts from quiet decorum to outdoor play with boys in rough games. He climbs trees, travels to distant woods, returns muddy with torn clothes and black eyes, while he recites adventures of Indians or pirates. The scene ends with parental wonder at a child’s restless imagination.
Bees Stunt Halts Filming in Big Tremaine Scene
Harold Lockwood and May Allison were filming a Metro production when a bee hive collapse caused a swarm. The cast fled as bees swarmed behind Lockwood and May Allison, who battled the insects with a bouquet and escaped stinging. Director Henry Otto halted work while the crew treated bites with mud.
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Harold Lockwood
May Allison
Big Tremaine
Metro
Henry Otto
Names and hearts in a bookstore gaze across eras
A New Republic reflection muses on how a living heart keeps a name vital. It weighs how readers choose books and figures, comparing cherished titles like Martin Chuzzlewit to The Last of the Mohicans and how a person’s affection shifts with names and imagined journeys.
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Paolo
Francesca
Peter Simple
Martin Chuzzlewit
Ballantrae
Eleanor
Mary Jane
Nelson
Henry Simpkins
Straits of Sunda
Brackett Bay
New Republic
Drift From Country to City Over a Century
The census bureau reports a long term population drift from rural areas to cities spanning 1790 to the present. Early urban centers were scarce with New York at 33,131, Philadelphia 28,500, and Boston 18,320. the nation totaled 3,929,214.
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Census Bureau
New York City
Philadelphia
Boston
Literary Digest
If He Was King of New York
A modest sculptor in a dining club speech envisions ruling New York by demolishing all houses between Sixth and Seventh avenues to via a grand boulevard. He would place domed halls of fame at each end to honor the nation’s illustrious dead. The Herald notes residents may object to taxes and seek early reservations in these buildings.
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Sixth
Seventh Avenues
Washington Square
Westchester County
New York Herald
Getting Husband to Do What You Want
A Detroit Free Press quotation explains a strategy to influence a husband by creating fuss over a task he has already done or reminding him of a thing you did that he wanted you to do. The result is him doing what you want as if he wanted to all along.
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Detroit Free Press
Canada
Otawa
W. W. Bennett
Bee Eldg
Omaha
Her Affliction Alimony Tale of Mrs Dasher and Niece
Niece Katherine writes that Mrs Dasher has secured alimony. Aunt Selina fears the outcome may be harsh for the frail nervous woman.
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Katherine
Mrs. Dasher
Selina
How Many Dolls Make a Family
In a classroom Miss Bell tests arithmetic with a doll problem. Teddy asks quietly how many dolls make a family, revealing a child’s curiosity beyond the math. An ad at the end mentions a medical cure for backache sent from Petals New York.
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Miss Bell
Teddy
Moth Traps Lure Thousands in Southern California Ranches
An acetylene gaslight in a large glass globe draws thousands of cutworm moths, causing severe damage to top ranches in southern California. A pan of oil below the globe catches many moths, sometimes several thousand in one night.
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California
Evolution critique and a punch at orangutan ancestry
A conversation questions the theory of evolution and mocks anti evolution denial by asking why one should humiliate the orangutan while implying some men may descend from apes. The exchange highlights skepticism and irony about Darwinian ideas.
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Fletcher
Miss Cayenne
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Nebraska
Ioe
Defiance Starch
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Winchester
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