First Christmas Tree Story Shared With Orphans
A Martins family card is readied for Christmas as two girls and a boy visit. The tale explains the origin of the Christmas tree with fairies, forest folk, and Santa, who uses trees to deliver gifts, aided by parents trimming and supplying the ornaments.
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Jean
Robert
Louzette
Martin
Daddie
Souzette
Fairy Queen
Forest Folk
Mister Bear
Mister Mouse
Mister Rat
Santa
Mrs. Martin
Mississippi Governor Freed in Sensational Suit Verdict
Oxford Mississippi December twelve governor Lee M Russell was acquitted by a United States District Court jury of seduction and related charges in a $100000 damages suit brought by stenographer Frances Cleveland Birkhead. Verdict came in twenty eight minutes after arguments and instructions. Mrs Russell attended at his side as the accuser faced the court.
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Oxford
Miss
Lee M. Russell
Mississippi
United States District Court
Frances Cleveland Birkhead
Piez and Wife Are Rewed
Charles Piez former director general of the United States Emergency Fleet Corp and Link Belt president married Laura Cooke of Laurel Missouri in New York after divorcing in 1921. The couple planned to reside at the Cooper Carlton hotel in Chicago following the remarriage under Illinois law.
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Chicago
Charles Piez
United States Emergency Fleet Corporation
Link Belt Company
Laura
Cooke
Laurel
New York
Piez
Laura Olivia-Flora Piez
Joseph Sabath
Illinois
Cooper-Carlton
Senate narrows ship subsidy bill into heated clash
Washington reports a lively senate skirmish as opponents begin filibustering to delay the ship subsidy bill. Democrats and Republican critics aim to stretch the debate to February to threaten passage before the congressional term ends March 4.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
U. S. Won't Raise Bars on Armenian Greek Refugees
Washington on December 12 indicates the administration will not raise immigration bars for Armenian and Greek refugees seeking entry. It notes congressional action would be required and suggests the administration will not initiate the change despite appeals from church groups.
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Washington
13 Year Old Boy Commits Suicide Over Christmas Pranks
Chicago December 12 13 year old Gordon Tuchband son of Gustave Tuchband 748 Addison Street killed himself after being rebuked by his mother Mrs Lillian Tuchband for opening several Christmas packages. He used a revolver from his father's bureau to shoot himself through the head.
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Chicago
Gordon Tuchband
Gustave Tuchband
Addison Street
Lillian Tuchband
Local Brevities Indiana News Roundup of Towns
Multiple Indiana towns report elected officers and court actions. Is ham Keith Post No 18 G A R lists officers. Gaston taxpayers withdraw high school lawsuits. Elwood settles heat charge dispute with Indiana General Service. Also notes volunteer plantings at Vincennes riverfront and other local events.
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Nannie Beatty
Emma Robertson
Ida Osborne
Laporte
Russell Lingard
Water Works Department
Michigan City
Loring
Vorter County
Punk
Care and
Montgomery
St. Joseph County
Arthur Hubbard
South Bend
Muncie
Gaston
State Board of Health
Gastons
Elwoo
Elwood
Indiana General Service Company
Madison Superior Court
Fred C. Gause
William Hayman
Vincennes
Wabash River
Main Street
Knox County War Mothers
Charles B. O'Donnell
Elijah McFarland
B. B. Griffith
Terre Haute
John Myers
Columbus
Bartholomew County
Heartsville
Hawcreek Township
Taylorsville
J. P.trigg
Middletown
W. H. Senour
Brook
Anderson
Culla Wayhinger
Upland
Indiana Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Young Men's Christian Association
Kiwanis Club
Bert E. Snee
Ogilville Tribe of
Red Men
Ogilville
Marion
Laura Geddes Henry
Peoria
Marion Y. W. C. A
Annabella Lockhart
Wabash
Wells County
Farmers’ Produce Association
Wabash County
Patriotism Not Natural Says Gibbons Scholar
New York Times notes Herbert Adams Gibbons of Princeton, a renowned international affairs author and Chautauqua lecturer, argues patriotism is learned. He shares a story of his seven year old daughter Hope who answers the country as “Tisofthe,” illustrating education shaping national feeling.
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New York
Herbert Adams Gibbons
Princeton
Hope
New York Times
Snowy White Laundry Ad Emphasizes Red Cross Ball Blue
A vintage newspaper ad touts Red Cross Ball Blue as the finish for clean clothes after hard work, praising snowy whiteness as the result of using the product.
Morning inspection reveals dental neglect in James
In room 3 during a community brush session, James admits he forgot to brush his teeth while his sister has clean teeth. The teacher questions why he did not brush, and James explains his sister took his toothbrush, making him unable to brush.
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James
Cooperation Outweighs Ambition in Shared Efforts
A short editorial line emphasizes that teamwork and collaboration yield greater progress than individual ambition. It argues cooperative action builds stronger outcomes across communities, organizations, and projects.
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Eleanor E. King
Gov
Russell
U. S. Emergency Fleet Corporation
U. S
Bloomington
Henry A. Brown
Monroe County
Stanford
Indiana
Mounds
Anderson’ Kiwanis ¢ Club
Rotary Club
McCray
Union Traction Company
Indianapolis
State Department of Public Instruction
Robert K. Devericks
Benjamin J. Burris
Evansville
George D. Heilman
Philip C. Gould
Vanderburg
Hellman
Charles Werner
Samuel Lewis Shank
Delbert O. Wilmeth
Richmond
Edward Bellis
Bellis
England
Hartford City
Farmers’ Institutes
Blackford County
Harrison Township
Montpelier
Jackson Township
Trenton
Washington Township
Roy
Licking Township
R. A. Oge
Lillian Pierce
Indianapolis Water Company
Earl Carter
Public Service Commission
Greensburg
Earl Gibson
Fort Thomas
Sky
Twelfth Field Artillery
Camp Travis
Tex
Albert Pruden
E. A. Bookhout
F. E B. Baer
City Water Works
William King
Shelbyville
Raymond Eubank
Philip B. Stapp
Hoosier Legionnaire
Legionnaire
Albert Jahns
Theodore Quigley
Walter Utrowski
Jahns Bus Company
Glen Phares
Union Township
Shelby County
Fred Compson
Nebraska
Trinity Episcopal Church
Ed Hall
Riley Craneford
Elks
North Vernon
Maude Moore
J. A. Long Creamery Company
Union City
Long Company
Ohio
Crawford Lodge
A. F
A. M
W.l.doug
W. L. Douglas
W.L. Dovs
Letras
W.l.douglas
Douglas Shoes
Wol Douglas
Poriratt
Douglas SecaUe
Bass
New’ York
New
Feu
Herskovits
Tealite
Sogo
Weitt
New. York, N. Y
Aegreet
New York City
Lathrop’s
Haarlem
Holland
Green Mountain
J.H. Guild
J. P Guild CO
Rupert
Small Girl
Ali Dewan
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