Christmas and Hanukkah Coincide in Historic Celebration
The article notes a rare coincidence of Christmas and the Feast of Lights, recounts Judas Maccabeus and the Maccabean battles, and details Hanukkah rituals including candle lighting and prayers. It references Josephus and highlights eight days of celebration and the restoration of temple worship.
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P Mkah
Nationa
Josephus
The
Battie
Chris
Antiochus Epliphanus
Mattachias
Joarib
Aim
Jerusalem
Mattathias
Estaing
Israel
David
Judas
Kislev
Jerus
Wees
Syria
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Judas Maccabeus
Max Kalish
Dog Bite Proves Fatal After Three Years
Charles I L Richards aged forty eight, local agent for the New Hampshire Woman's Humane Society in Nashua, dies at home after pneumonia followed by hydrophobia symptoms. He had been bitten by a dog three years earlier. The case links the bite to his fatal illness.
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Nashua
N. H
Charles IL. Richards
New Hampshire Woman's Humane Society
Richards
Plot to kill socialists prompts Tokyo court guards
In Victoria British Columbia December 23 reports say the Tokyo trial reveals a plot to kill Kotaku and other socialists. Precautions at the court and for prisoners have been tightened as letters of dire threats reach the accused.
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Victoria
B. C
Kotaku
Tokyo
Spain passes landmark church and state separation bill
Madrid December 28 Carlist and clerical opposition failed as the Cortes approved the famous papal? bill providing for church state separation and curtailing religious orders. The premier said further anti clerical measures will follow and a plan to improve the condition of the Spanish masses will be pursued.
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Madrid
Cortez
Spain
Morse Sees Music Show in Prison in Atlanta
Charles W Morse arranged a visit by the Midnight Sons to the Federal Prison in Atlanta where performers entertained 700 inmates with song dance and light humor for two hours.
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Morse
Atlanta
Charles W. Morse
Federal
Midnight Sons
Gillett of Rainier Seeks Seattle Trial for Perjury
John W. Gillett of Rainier Oregon admitted to King County auditor that a young woman was of legal age when he knew she was not. He sent a letter offering to come to Seattle for punishment, enclosing a stamp. The auditor replied no trip is needed unless the attorney general seeks him.
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John W. Gillett
Rainier, Ore
King County
Wash
Ashe
Seattle
Dia
Chester Turner Dislocates Hip While Sleeping
Chester Turner awoke unable to move after dislocating his hip in his sleep. Maas Hanson reports from December 23 detailing the incident.
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Hanson, Maas
Chester Turner
Brooklyn stenographer seeks husband out here in Sacramento
Beulah Hamilton, a Brooklyn stenographer for a clay product company, sought a true Western forest ranger and found a match in Joe Mentzer of Oroville, California. The ranger forwarded her letter to a local paper, which drew hundreds of proposals as the true love search drew public interest.
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Walted Press
Sacramento
Cal
Beulah Hamilton
Uct Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joe Mentzer
Oroville
Poisoned Mothers and Daughter in California Case
Mrs Whiteline and her daughter Lavina Corey were poisoned in Chico. Mrs Whiteline died. Lavina, ill but able to speak, alleges outsiders sent the poison in pork gravy prepared by Mrs Whiteline. Husband William Whiteline, Oakland grocer, traveled to Chico.
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Chico
Cal
Mrea
Wm. Whiteline Indead
Mine Lavina Corey
Vic
Whiteline
Mina Corey
Mra. Whiteline
Taft gifts turkeys to White House workers
President Taft gave a Christmas gift of turkeys to White House married employees. One hundred two fowls were distributed. In financial news, Harry W. Carroll, former city comptroller, was elected acting secretary of the newly organized Stock Exchange, which will open for business January 1.
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Washington
White House
Taft
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