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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
8
Reminiscence of a long ago Christmas in a Seattle area town describes small shops a bakery a drugstore and the Elephant Store. Women bankers and professors attend the Brown Church Christmas with a program and a boy gifts memory.
Olive Roberts Barton recounts Nick and Nancy as they aid Buddy Learns a Trade. The twins help Mr. Beaver warn about a trap near Ripple Creek while discovering the value of the Green Shoes. The family works at night repairing the dam and Bud pursues carpentry and plastering training.
Old Granny Fox plans a hungry breakfast by luring Danny Meadow Mouse from his snow covered tunnels. She keeps Reddy Fox at her side due to a sprained foot as the pair watch the fence post in a snowy Green Forest site.
Granny Fox orders Reddy to cover her with snow and tricks him away to keep out of sight. She laughs at her clever plan to trap Danny Meadow Mouse while sending him to the Green Forest. Next story promised: Brother North Wind Proves a Friend.
Columbus Ohio December 10 five large snakes were found dead in a street causing a panic. Carlysle Hichards phoned police after finding one corpse and speculating others died of grief following a comrade. One snake measured six feet and another rattled five times. National councils of women have been formed in 28 countries.
Obie Akton reports in December that Frank Dallas faced Judge Pardee on drunkenness charges. Dallas explained his cellmates trimmed his mustache in his sleep. The judge called for a barber to fix the whiskers, deeming the look indecent.
NORTH ADAMS December 19. Principal H B H Gadsby bans war paint bare faces bare knees and extreme outfits in his high school. Opposition is expected. Alaska population is 4718 a 14.9 percent decline since last decade.
An old advertising notice urges mothers to use Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin for infant constipation. It touts a mild, effective formula sold at drug stores for about sixty cents, claiming widespread use for thirty years and eight million bottles sold last year. The appeal promises a free trial offer and author is Dr W B Caldwell of 513 Panama.
James F. Harding, a Lusitania fireman who survived the 1915 sinking off the Irish coast, joins a veteran community in AOLEDO. The report notes his service on the ship and his continued participation in wartime memory events.
RAMSGATE England Dec 10 Albert Pritchard nine years old left home to attend his mother's funeral. He has spent 20 years in a hermit like existence inside the house saying he grew tired of lounging on the corner. His mother gave him tobacco and necessities. He declares he will now seek work.
Frankfort dispatch reports Mrs. Jackson Morris wife of Kentucky's adjutant general is skilled with a .22 rifle. She kills a chicken by stepping to the back door and firing, using a Belgian man brought to the adjutant general for his young son.
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