Marie's Christmas Return from the Sea at Arichat
In Arichat a widow Marie mourns Leon Bretagne lost at sea. On Christmas the Bretagne returns as if risen, dragging anchor to the shore with Marie aboard. She finds Leon dead but amid superstition and Masses she learns he died at sea and she shares his fate in the cold, solemn wind.
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le Bretagne
Arichat
Marie
Leon
L'Isle
L’isle Madam
Bretagne
la Bretagne
Petite Amie
Dumont
Galt
Christmas in the Arctic Opens First Theater Night
Capt B. Os bon reports a Christmas Eve theater debut in remote Arctic shores. A full house attended the first ever performance titled Black-Eyed Susan with Susan as star, a sailor audience watching in awe at a white woman on stage.
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Osbon
Susan
Esquiman
Photographer Candidly Captures Family in Christmas Mood
A staged studio scene shows a photographer urging a tense Mr Housefull to look happy for a family portrait as Christmas looms. The exasperated expression and dialogue reveal a lighthearted clash between artful posing and real mood.
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Mr. Housefull
Perpetual Christmas Present Joke Exchange
A humorous exchange features Mrs. Caller asking if a husband receives a necktie every Christmas. Mrs. Athome answers yes, noting he never recognizes it as the same gift year after year.
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Caller
Athome
Belief in God Found in Kongos Fetich Beliefs
Rev. Thomas Lewis asserts Kongos preserve bodies for burial in houses with a burning fire for months while Zombo groups suspend bodies in dugout vaults. He argues fetichism rests on a fundamental belief in God and the human soul, with native terms Nzambi and other divine concepts arising indigenously.
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Kongo
Thomas Lewis
God
Nzambi
Western cricketer teaches leisurely cricket on Indiana estate
George William Sellers describes teaching cricket at his Indiana estate Cricket is a more leisurely game than baseball He notes lunch in the marquee and meat tea during play and that his men enjoyed drinks cigars and sandwiches In a postmatch remark he recalls John a worker who praises cricket but jokes about fielding and running between meals
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George William Sellers
Chicago
Indiana
Mr. Sellers
Concord
John
Mir
Sellers
Armored automobile to attack airships under German army
Berlin builds a four wheel armored car with a 60 horsepower engine able to reach about 16 mph. It climbs a 20 percent grade and is armed with a rapid fire five centimeter gun firing 24 rounds per minute with 102 shots carried. Crew includes driver and three assistants as Germany seeks dominance in airship warfare.
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Berlin
Taps Honor New Ex Mayor of Grantham
A formal ceremony marks the end of Grantham England mayoral term. The mayor is ceremonially stripped of the robe and chain, and town clerk taps the former leader on the head with a wooden hammer to signify the end of his authority.
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Grantham
England
Trying His Hand in the Scot Parish
A Scottish parish minister reproves John for skipping church. John replies with stubborn wit saying he has not grown remiss but is simply tinkering away with his own mind. The exchange carries a humorous rustic tone about duty and hobby.
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John
To the Point Elites in Lane
An elderly aunt explains to Hans why she left him abruptly in a lane. She says she saw a man and ran. Hans asks if she caught him, and Flieg ends Blaetter.
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Hans
Flieg
May Be a Whited Sepulcher
A Galveston News item notes a woman’s belief there is always good in a man who wears a white vest, reflecting on appearances versus character.
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Galveston News
Robbers Loot Homer Moore & Sons Poultry House
In Danville two robbers held bookkeeper Harry Stine at gunpoint and escaped with 52 dollars in cash and 456 dollars in checks after opening a safe. Fifteen workers were in the basement during the robbery.
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Homer Moore & Sons
Harry Stine
Stine
Bradford
Rose L., Thompson
Anna L. Boysen
Asmus Boysen
J. F. Pitts
Lake Shore Railroad
Art Institute
Miss Goodenow
Inukai
Chicago
Board of Trade
Mount Vernon
Jefferson County
Zion City
Alexander Dowie
Ziel
Kewanee
A. P. Willoughby
St. Louis
Springfield
Milton J. Foreman
Edward Merriam
Frank Shepard
Supreme Court
Frank Bryant
Thomas Grady
Freeport
William M. Brady
Harrisburg
C. J. Ashride
Sturgia
Hillshoro
Witt Presbyterian Church
John L. Henning
Edgington
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