Twain Mourns On Christmas As Clemens Daughter Dies
A cloud of sorrow falls on Mark Twain after the death of his daughter Miss Jean Clemens in a bath at their Elbridge New York home. The family plans her funeral there tomorrow as Twain contemplates a quiet winter in Berga.
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Misa Jean Clemens
Huckelberry Finn
Tom
Santa Claus
Mark Twain
Miss Clemens
Elgirs
N. Y
Berda
Mires Ot
Longworth’s Christmas adjournment sparks bitter playground fight
In Washington on the last day before adjournment, Congressman Longworth laments a cruel trick as the appropriations panel backed a 14 000 dollar playground project. Foster Peters Olcott Lui Mann and others deliver red speeches, while Longworth proclaims no children but cares about playgrounds.
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Congress
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Appropriateas Committee
Foster
Persons
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Lui Mann
Peters
Gillett
Fur Helmets for Torpedo Boat Use
Officers on board the torpedo boat destroyer Filomazer are issued fur helmets with auto goggles for protection against cold spray smoke and sparks from funnels. The helmets enable speeds of up to 32 knots and may be adopted on other destroyers.
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United Prec
Washington
Filuaser
Ida May Chadwick Crowned Nation's Wooden Shoe Dancer
A 17 year old, Ida May Chadwick, is celebrated as the champion wooden shoe dancer of the United States. The feature traces her rise from early contests at Tony Pastor’s in 1905 to national renown, noting her persistent dominance and family support as judges awarded the Richard K. Fox medal trophy.
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Ida May
United States
Orpheum
Seattle
Ida
Thambe
Ida May Chadwick
Richard K. Fox
Stampa
Santa Claus Brings Christmas Cheer to Ballard Streets
Christmastime joy fills Ballard as windblown crowds stroll snowy streets and homes glow with lights. Parents fill stockings while children boast toys and gifts, as religious groups gather to renew faith in peace on earth and goodwill toward men.
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Ballard
Christmas Checks for Millions Distributed Across Cities
United Press reports Wall Street corporations distributed about 1,000,000 in bonuses on Christmas Day. In New York 1,000 immigrants were hosted by the Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society at Eliiabeland. Chicago firms also made gifts, with International Harvester giving 500,000 and Crane Foundry issuing forty thousand checks totaling several million dollars.
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New Yrk
Wallat
New York
Eliiabeland
Protestant Episcopal Missionary Society
Chicago
International Harvester Company
Turkey Wins Over Possum for White House Xmas Dinner
President Taft spent Christmas Day pondering the old question what is whiskey while a possum and a turkey were the chief features of the White House dinner. A 60 pound pie vanished at Thanksgiving and a replacement pie baked by Newark bakers union was served.
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United Press
Washington
Taft
Bakers’ Union of
Newark
Kidney Disorders Vanish After Pape's Diuretic
A 50 cent course of Pape's Diuretic claims to quickly cure kidney and bladder troubles. Benefits include relief from back pain, headaches, nervousness, and urinary symptoms with a single dose marketed as a universal remedy from Cincinnati firm Pape Thompson Pape.
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Pape
Rheumatism Sufferer J B Tabor Finds Relief at Bake Ovens
J B Tabor a veteran bridge builder and foundation worker from 401% 12th av N W fell to rheumatism after decades of exposure. After enduring stomach liver and kidney troubles he visited Loughney Loughney Bake Ovens at 220 225 People’s Savings Bank building corner Second Ave and Pike St for a treatment that ended his pain. Consultation is free and offices operate 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays Sundays 9 a.m. to 12 noon.
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N. W
Inez
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Loughney & Loughney
Man Sneeze Ejects Civil War Bullets From Nose
Wilkes Barre reports Anneese Francia Rogers a Civil War veteran shot at Antietam expelled three bullets from his nose after forty seven years. The projectiles once near his optic nerves caused headaches until a violent sneeze forced them out. The account notes California sun spot discoveries as a separate item.
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Anneese Francia Rogers
Antietam
Bia
Rogers
Dance at Dreamland Tonight Free Admission
Dreamland hosts a dance event tonight with free admission. Attendees are encouraged to arrive early for seating and to enjoy music and dancing in the evening program.
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Dreamland
Divorces In Their Stockings At Reno
Reno Nevada Christmas functions were forgone as Judge Pike of Washoe County divorce court declared no more secret separations. Hearings will be open to press and public to a limited extent or not held. About 400 divorce petitions may have testimony disclosed unless privacy is required by extenuating circumstances.
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Reno
Nev
Pike
Washoe County
New York
United States
John W. Bate
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