Wedding Day Parade Shows The Crabt ree Family And Guests
The narrative follows Pa Crabtree Ma Crabtree and their twins Tessie and Flossie as they arrive on foot from Kentucky for a daughter's wedding. Guests include minister Frank Johnston fresh from Crown Point. Bridesmaids Sue Lovenest Birdie Itenglass and Debbie Sniper, flower girls Rosie Dimple Pearlie Lamb, ring bearer Tootie Shingles, bride Samantha Ann Crabtree and groom Ezekiel Snigglefritz. The Friday Club hosts a playful post ceremony outfit swap for husbands with humorous affect. Mr and Mrs Jesse Moore of Detroit attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pa Crabtree
Will Ellis
Ma Crabtree
Hubert Brown
Little Crabtree
Tessie
Flossie
George Black
Ralph Harvey
Crabtrees
Kentucky
Will
Tootie Shingles
Little Bobbie Bly
Samanthie Ann Crabtree
Corey Vestal
Ezekiel Snigglefritz
Warren Duke
Jesse Moore
Detroit
Silver Medal for Life Saving Awarded to Scout Norman Gratton
Scout Norman Gratton of Troop No. 1 North Reading Massachusetts receives the silver medal for life saving from the national court of honor. While swimming near his home in August he heard cries from children and rescued a boy and girl from deeper water. Scoutmaster Orris H. Saxby nominated him for the honor.
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Norman Gratton
North Reading
Masa
National Court of Honor
Gratton
Orris H. Saxby
Court of Honor
Lord Roosebery Praises Boy Scouts as National Ideal
Lord Roosebery, a prominent British statesman, urges that a nation composed entirely of men who were or are boy scouts would be the homeland of mankind and the greatest moral force the world has known. He emphasizes scouting training as essential to national character and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Roate
Scouts Honor Theodore Roosevelt On his memory day
On the Roosevelt birth anniversary scouts across the country paid tribute to his memory and scoutlike virtues. Ceremonies included troop exercises, rallies, tree plantings, and dedications in schools and communities. A large pilgrimage to Roosevelt’s grave at Oyster Bay drew about a thousand scouts led by Daniel Carter Beard.
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Theodore Roosevelt
James E. West
Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
N. Y
New York
National Ree
Daniel Carter Eard
North Dakota
The Scout's Craft and Confidence in the Field
A poem from Boys' Life extols Scout skills and self reliance. It celebrates packing, fire building, shelter, cooking, navigation, river travel, and leadership, urging readers to follow the Scouts and learn the craft. It emphasizes readiness, courage, and cheerful, capable outlooks.
Christmas Spirit and the Gift of Good Will
A Pittsburgh Dispatch excerpt extols the season as a yearly oasis of brotherly sentiment transforming all into kinder, childlike hearts. It emphasizes the noble gift of genuine Christmas spirit beyond mere annual ritual and urges conversion to childlike generosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingdom of Heaven
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Peacock Pie at Christmas Once a Royal Delicacy
An account of peacock pie as a celebrated Christmas dish in past English banquets. The dish was often presented with the head and tail arranged to appear alive and tied to vows of beauty and valor. It reflects beliefs about immortality and the peacock as a vanity symbol today.
Clerk Accused of Mail Tampering Smelled Money in Envelopes
Postal inspectors in Manchester New Hampshire brought charges of tampering with the mails against Edmund F Donnelly a clerk in the office. They testified he could smell money in envelopes and, with two test letters, tore a small edge slit to sniff and take out bills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmund F. Donnelly
Manchester
N. H
Donnelly
Scout Declines Camp Offer to Support Widow
A Tacoma Washington Troop 80 scout declines camp due to a promise to help an elderly widow. He explains he must keep his honor and loyalty to her by sharing his berries for her winter living.
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Tacoma
Wash
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the Plainfield Messenger
Plainfield
Indiana
Messenger Printing Co., Publishers
Matter
Ind
Crown Point, Ind
Sue Lovenest
Horace Hanna
Birdie Itenglass
James Baldock
Debbie Sniper
Frank Cooper
Roxie Hardscrabble
Sanders Smith
Rosie Dimple
Chester Pike
Pearlie Lamb
Alva Harvey
Elliott
Lord Rosebery
Black’s
Davenports
Scouts
National Council of the Boy Scoute of America
Beouta
Beole
Amd
Berton Braley
Peacock
Consumers
C Coal Company
Plainfield Mills
Plainfield,fall P. M
Spaugh & Reagan
Dolph_ Weber
W. Anderson Clerk
Figal TY
Brewer Hadley
Danville
Rockville Road
Hay & Grain
Gols.Underwood, A. A. Figg & Thorp
Auds
Tyra Montgomery, Glerk
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