Christmas Past Glimpses From 19th and 20th Century News
A collection of yuletide vignettes from past press dispatches catalogues odd and grim holiday moments. Tales include a Grants Pass church bazaar sellout, a Chicago Santa beard slap, a San Francisco gold piece scam conviction, and 1932 Manhattan Santa letters reaching 10 000 entries.
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Santa Clause
Arizona State University Hayden
ASU
Harry Evans
New York Herald-Tribune
Ladies of St. Luke's Church
Grants Pass
Ore
Chicago
Robert Biber
U.S
San Francisco
Omaha Daily Herald
Sheeley Bros
The
Herald
Charles Dunn
Tennessee
Dunn
Holdredge
Neb
Liscomb
Titus
Fort Smith, Ark
Richard Halley
Kansas State
Peabody
Kan
Central Post Office
Manhattan
Santa Claus
North Pole
Arctic
Oshun
Happy Land
Open Pairs Championship won by Polak and Fisher
The Open Pairs Championship of the Iowa State Regional Tournament went to Gunther Polak of Chicago and Dr. John Fisher of Dallas. An illustrative hand showed how bidding shaped a strong card reading, with West's pass and sequence leading to a decisive response, while North faced a bidding decision with a substantial hand.
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Gunther Polak
Chicago
John Fisher
Dallas
West
Bridge game analysis reveals key trump endplay
In a bridge hand, West led hearts and signaling encouraged, declarer faced a single trump trick loss. Quick players crossed to dummy and tried a trump finesse, but West held the king after the queen, sealing the contract. Others that remembered bidding avoided the finesse and played for a doubleton king.
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West
East
Declarer
Man Keeps Pet Rattlesnake After Bite
Harold Johnson, 19, of Trenton New Jersey says he will not give up his pet rattlesnake despite a bite that sent him to the hospital. He found the 14 inch snake in North Carolina two weeks ago and received serum from five area hospitals. He will be more cautious.
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Trenton
N.J
UPI
Harold Johnson
Johnson
North Carolina
World ends not, but attorney glad it did not
MC FARLAND Wisconsin Edward Ben Elson the lawyer who sold spaceship ride tickets amid a predicted end of the world says he is glad the world did not end. He claimed Kohoutek would rescue 1 000 people and accompany 143 000 suspended miniature humans in a basement basket.
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MC Farland
Wis
UPI
Edward Ben Elson
Elson
M ‘Oriety
Kohoutek
Christmas Heats Up New York City Police Blotter
NYPD reports a violent Christmas weekend with robberies and shootings across Queens Manhattan and Brooklyn. Detectives Kwoczka and McDevitt were shot during a burglary. a clothing store owner Michael Schuman was killed. a teen Angel Ortero was shot in a housing project elevator. a grocer shot a mentally troubled man David Wade. five bank holdups yielded over 150000 caught in night deposits. two partygoers were wounded in Brooklyn.
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New York
UPI
Ronald Kwoczka
William McDevitt
Queens
Kwoczka
Manhattan
Michael Schuman
Schuman
Mark Hollander
David Wade
Chase Manhattan Bank
Brooklyn
Osmond Brothers Labeled Heretics by Soviet Press
Sovietskaya Kultura attacks the Osmond family accusing Joseph and Ellen Osmond of exploiting their children for dollars. It claims the boys’ church choir voices are weak and branded the children as heretics unless the Mormon church aids their pop music image.
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Moscow
UPI
Osmond Brothers
West
Sovietskaya Kultura
Joseph
Ellen
Mormon Church
Joseph Osmond
Osmond
Canadian Prime Minister’s Wife Gives Birth To Son In Ottawa
Margaret Trudeau and Pierre Elliott Trudeau welcomed their second son born December 29 at 7 21 a m EST in Ottawa Civic Hospital. The baby weighed 7 pounds 9 ounces and may be named Sasha. Mother and child reported in excellent health after a lengthened laborshift during a busy political period.
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Ottawa
UPI
Margaret Trudeau
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Trudeau
Sasha
Ottawa Civic Hospital
Mount Carmel
Also Mentioned on This Page
ACES
South
Gould
North
King of Hearts
Ira G. Corn JR
Cheese & Gourmet Department
Sun
Dennis Mueller
E. McDowell
State Farm
Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Liknors
Harri Griffin
Susan
Casa Blanca
Arizona
Casa Blanca Inn
Blanca
Chapparal
Camelback RD
Nyc
Angel Ortero
Justin
Kathleen Sinclair
Margaret Sinclair
Vancouver
B.C
Lloyd's Home Furnishings
Paul N. Scottsdle Rd
Bheaton’s
Scottsdale
Safari Hotel
Phoenix
Biltmore
Larry Mueller
State Farm Insurance Companies
Hinois
Rex Prisbrey
Eer LA Es Ee TL Ae
Green Gables 24Th St
Thomas Rd
Palo Alto
Christ
Mayman's Toys & Hobbies
Papago Plaza
E. McDowell Rd
Tee
Tempe Center
Mill Ave
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