Christmas Eve Wedding Brings Judith Love and Market
Judith Ross agrees to wed Ralph Reed on Christmas Eve after Paul Ross's wedding to another. The parson, his sister, and two witnesses attend under a bell and flowers in the Ross library. Judith gifts two jade pins as Christmas symbolizes love and luck.
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Judith Y Ross
Paul
Judith
Ralph Reed
Canada
Ralph
Pittsburgh
Tim
Parson
Par
Ross
Western Newspaper Union
Sampson's Christmas Kindness Quietly Rewrites a Life
In a 1929 Western Newspaper Union tale, the wealthy Mr. Sampson, desensitized to others, is moved by a Christmas encounter. He buys a paper from a street urchin named George, invites him to supper, learns of the boy’s family struggles, and arranges hospital care for the sick infant, reawakening a warmer voice inside him.
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Jr. Sampson
Jones
Mr. Sampson
Sampson
George
Garrett Street
Santa Claus
Jean
Frank
Sammy Christmas Corporation Brings Joy to Trough
Sammy, an errand boy in a city office, forms The Sammy Christmas Corporation to provide a Christmas for the trough residents. With Mrs. Bennett as manager and Munson as director, donations flow in from reporters and merchants, funding shoes, coats, toys, and a holiday tree. Sammy is celebrated. his salary rises by five dollars weekly.
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Jammy
Sammy
Sant Claus
Santa Claus
Mr. Munson
Bennett
Sammy Christmas Corporation
Bea
Munson
Western Newspaper Union
Odd Harvest Festival at St Dunstan’s Church London
A historic harvest festival at St Dunstan in the East London features 89 fish varieties on display, representing the church's Articles. A brotherhood of fish from salmon to periwinkle decorates the church alongside fruits, beverages, and a four foot high wheaten loaf and an emden goose. After the service, offerings are sent to Guy’s Hospital per tradition.
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London
Old City
St. Dun Stan
Bishopsgate
England
Church of England
Guy’s Hospital
Detroit News
Oranges and a Boy Scout for a Parsimonious Grower
In Orange County a Santa Ana grower with a small grove tried to do his own harvesting with help from his young son. During a midseason irrigation the man asked when the boy would work enough to make the oranges grow. The boy replied that he needed more to eat to grow big enough to work harder.
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Orange County
Santa Ana
Los Angeles Times
Reporter and photographer cover car fire in Pittsburgh
A reporter and photographer visit a Pittsburgh auto agency for a story and photos. A man rushes in claiming a car outside is on fire. They rush out to see flames consuming the vehicle, then the photographer discovers the burning car is his own.
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Pittsburgh
C’mon
Real Fighting Bull Breaks Loose on Spanish Rail Trip
A fighting bull escaped its transport box near Salttillo and caused damage to a civil guards truck at Los Parrales station, Valladolid. After guards arrived and fired, the enraged animal died after fifty shots, as the effort to subdue it continued.
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Real
Spain
Saltillo
Valladolid
Los Parrales
Ciudad Real
Banquet in London Credits Futuristic Optimism Before MacDonald Visit
A London banquet before Ramsay MacDonald’s departure to America featured keynote optimism with Lord Dewar as the sole skeptic. Dewar quipped that optimism makes a ninety year old buy new clothes, underscoring a wary final note amidst the gala.
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London
Ramsay MacDonald
America
Lord Dewar
Virtue to Vice in Rosenwald Address in Chicago
Julius Rosenwald the philanthropist urged short hours and long vacations in Chicago saying I love work and successful people love it. He warned work carried to excess becomes a vice like four aces in a card game admired but five cause trouble and turmoil.
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Julius Rosenwald
Chicago
Lobby Liberality in Education Campaign
Senator Sorghum recounts a lobbyist who offers to educate the public and set up a liberal fund to cover tuition and prize awards. The exchange highlights concern over influence in legislative matters and funding schemes.
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Sorghum
Long headed remark puzzles Mrs Dumbell and John
Mrs Dumbell asks what it means to be long headed and John grumbles that it means not short sighted, reflecting a quip from a Cincinnati Enquirer item.
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John
Rich or poor I’ve seen both, I don’t envy either
Dialog highlights two characters noting that wealth or poverty brings no envy. One character remarks on many rich people he does not envy, while the other adds that many poor people evoke no envy either, underscoring a balanced view on wealth.
Diverse small town businesses for sale mix in Wyoming Colorado
A catalog of sale notices lists multiple small enterprises including a bakery in Colorado with full equipment priced around 3 508 dollars, a 40 year old drug store and a 18 year meat and groceries shop. Also offered are a blacksmith shop a feed flour mill and a hardware store with buildings and houses included. Indicates years of operation and approximate yearly earnings with various prices. Also mentions a Hamm Building sale service in Saint Paul Minnesota.
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Colorado
BBC
Wyoming
Deere Lines
Hamm Bldg
St. Paul
Min
Kelly Springfield
Invotcu
Minn
Cor
Town businesses listed for sale in Midwest ad flyer
A long catalog of small business opportunities from a St. Paul Minnesota listing includes butcher shops gas stations garages cafes meat markets and general merchandise stores with various rents receipts and building sizes. Several Nebraska Wyoming Colorado and Iowa locations are noted with bid amounts and stock fixtures included.
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Z. B.lyons
Gen
Mose
Neb
Lincoln
Highway
Chrysler
Hamm
T. Baal
Mina
Hianford
Deere Agey
St. Paul. Minn
N. Dalk
Nebraska
Bath
Moise
Colorado Town
Oakland-Pontiac
Mdse
Wea
Siatar
California
S. S. Shean
Optigian
Strest
Lincoln, Neb
Barton’s
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