Toymaking in America Boosts U S Toy Industry and Skills
The article describes U S toy production as a growing, highly skilled industry with strong foreign competition. It notes large output of tin toys and horns, a mobile workforce, and the dominance of Boston and other cities in toymaking, plus the global roots of toy craft in Austria Germany and Switzerland. It highlights demand, wages, and the shift to durable, detailed designs aimed at American children.
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America
United States
Boston
Chicago
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Altoona
San Francisco
New York
Garry Herrmann
Natonal Commission
Athletics
Phillies
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Mackmen
Northwestern women barred from football days next season
Northwestern University female students face a male spectator ban on football days per the Students' Association. Peter Wilson says girls distracted the cheering squad and hindered the team, while critics argue eye focus affects golf strokes more than the ball.
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Northwestern University
Students’ Association
Peter Wilson
Gordon G. Smith
London
Territory of Los Andes Seen as Future Alfalfa Hub
Consular Report notes Los Andes is sparsely populated but suitable for alfalfa with irrigation. Samples from San Antonio de los Cobres Pastos Grandes and Antofagasta de la Sierra cited as first quality. Transportation via a Salta to Chile railway is the key obstacle to agricultural and mining development with mines rich in copper silver antimony kaolin borax and coal found nearby.
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Los Andes
Argentina
Department of Agriculture
San Antonio de Los Cobres
Pastos Grandes
Antofagasta de la Sierra
Salta
Chile
Concordia
Christmas Named Land Natal Discovered by Da Gama
Portuguese explorers charted a new coast while seeking an ocean route to India. Bartholomew Ilaz led two ships in 1486, and eleven years later Da Gama sailed south discovering Natal on Christmas Day and gave the land its name.
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South Africa
India
Bartholomew Ilaz
da Gama
Natal
Evolution of Christmas Through the Ages
The article traces Christmas history from a movable feast to a fixed Dec 25 celebration. It notes carol singing, druidic holly and mistletoe symbolism, the Yule log kept lit to Candlemas, and winter revelries with cookies, games, ale, and punch as part of holiday customs and seasonal pause in business.
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Galilean
Prison life in the Philippines shows reform at Bilibid
The article describes prison reforms after U.S. control in the Philippines. Bilibid, once brutal with flogging and garrote, now runs as a disciplined American-style prison with inmate self rule, marriage allowed, and separate property. Cocoa farming is expanding to fund operations and aid other islands. Swahig ward houses good behavior, located near Palawan.
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United States
Philippines
Swahig
Bilibid
Palawan
The Right Spirit Forgiveness Lesson From Christ
Sunday School lesson on forgiveness from Matthew 18 21 35 contrasts Peter’s question and the king’s mercy with the servant who fails to forgive. It stresses that receiving mercy obliges one to show mercy to others and that true forgiveness mirrors divine pardon.
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Peter
Peter Y
Jesus
Trench
Father
The Christmas Children at Our House
The little folks talk of Santa Claus and what he will bring. They are the sweetest little girls and the best of little boys, loved by mother for their good conduct and happiness as the days count down to Christmas. They write letters to Santa and guide him to their home for toys. Santa watches as he loads his sleigh and rewards those who mind their mother.
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Nuremberg
Europe
Santa Claus
United States
Black Forest
Germany
Tyrol
Austria
Yuletide Log: English Christmas Fire Lighting Tradition
The Yuletide Log was a large log placed in the wide chimney on Christmas Eve in parts of England. Families gathered around as music and ceremony accompanied the lighting. The lighter begins with a brand kept from the previous year and the hands must be clean.
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England
Old Country
Victoria Population Distinction in Census Report
The census notes Victoria has the highest share of residents aged over sixty five among Australian states and territories, with eighty five percent of the population Australian born.
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Victoria
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the Awakening
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Bernie Weters
William Lauder
Harry A. Fisher
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