Out of the Christmas Jar for a Large Holiday Show
Moe Merri invites the department to brainstorm ideas for a Christmas season event. A suggested stage scene features a windmill miller Santa, Brownies in varied costumes, and a mill that dispenses tissue parcels as music plays. The set, on a northern pole backdrop, includes Look and Peary as Santa’s assistants with Jack and Santo performing a repeated parcel-giving act.
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Moe. Merri
Santa Claus
Dude
North Pole
Clook
Peary
Santa
Jack
Santo
Jack Horner Dream at Club Party With Santa Assistants
A stage moment features Jack Horner asleep beside a large half eaten pie with two tub pies as props. Fairy wakes him to cut the pies and share gifts with miniature Santa Clauses, delighting children and adults. a club party memory notes Santa’s popular assistant kept in check.
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Jack Horner
Mother Goose
Jack
Ind
Santa Claus
Christmas Card Hunt Party for Children
A card hunting party for children uses ordinary and colored cards plus Christmas cards hidden throughout rooms. Points are awarded 1 for uncolored, 2 for colored, and 3 for Christmas cards. Ten minute hunt, whistle ends, scores read, Christmas cards go to winners, rest split among guests. Centerpiece features a tee block, ice tube with cotton glue, diamond dust, toy bears, and two contestants with an American flag. Room is greens with diamond dust accents.
Fashion notes from a lively Paris street scene
The column observes changing fashion trends with a waning jet button craze giving way to bullet shapes. walking wear features rough homespun and motor coats. The toque remains dominant for Paris strolls, kimono silks show blotched tints, fur dominates afternoon wear, and tailored suits use rich diagonal patterns with fur mutfa trims long enough to sweep the ground.
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Paris
Sewing Screen Comforts Sewers with Built In Storage
Sewing screens offer ready use with two or three panels covered in brocade or cretonne and lined with pockets straps to hold sewing tools. A middle panel three panel screen includes a tile wooden shelf on chains and hooks for tools, plus a foldable table function. A flat embroidery silks case hangs from the upper corners, and a mahogany square sewing table with drawers provides extra workspace and compartmented storage for small items.
Gompers Appeal Filed in Washington
A petition for a writ of certiorari was filed in the U S Supreme Court on behalf of Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Crank Morrison seeking review of the Bucks Store and Range case. The filing claims the questions are of great public importance affecting millions including two million named as defendants.
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Washington
Samuel Gompers
John Mitchell
Crank Morrison
Supreme Court of the United States
Court of Appeals of
District of Columbia
Bucks Store
Bacon Hurt in Fall at Hempstead Estate
Robert Bacon, soon to succeed Henry White as ambassador to France, is injured by a fall from a horse at his Long Island estate. He fractured a collar bone and sustained bruises but expects a swift recovery and no delay to his Paris departure.
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Hempstead
N. Y
Robert Bacon
Henry White
France
Long Island
Freed at Last From the Awful Tortures of Kidney Disease
Mrs. Rachel Ivie of Henrietta Texas recounts fifteen years of kidney trouble and two years of immobility. She credits Dean's Kidney Pills with restoring strength enabling her to work again at nearly eighty. Sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY.
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Rachel Ivie
Henrietta
Texas
Dean
Dean’'s
All Denters
Foster Milburn Co
Buffalo
N, Y
A Man of Resource and The Country Neglecting Children
A stage snippet shows a penniless actor asking for ten cents to shave while a manager jokes about staging Othello. The piece contrasts this with a statistical note from Stockholm estimating 273,700 US children aged eight to fifteen would be tuberculous if Swedish rates applied, underscoring a shortage of open air TB schools in the United States and insufficient capacity even with proposed plans.
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Stockholm
Sweden
United States
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Oklahoma sheriff foils mob at county jail
In McAlester Oklahoma on November 29 a mob of seventy five masked armed men demanded Will Jones a Black man. Night Jailer Walton admitted four, but Jones had already been taken away by the sheriff in a closed cab. The mob luego planned to attack the state prison but dispersed when their target was gone.
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McAlester
Okla
Will Jones
Walton
Atate
King Manuel Quits England for Paris after stay
King Manuel of Portugal departed England after a fortnight's visit en route to Paris. He had come to select a bride from British princesses, but no decision was announced. In a separate report, the US department of agriculture notes 1908 tobacco production exceeded 150 million pounds of cigar tobacco with much larger totals for other varieties.
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Manuel
England
London
Portugal
Paris
Great Britain
The Markets Chicago and New York Prices Nov 27
Chicago markets report flour prices for winter and spring wheat with varying grades and jute bags. Butter eggs corn oats and potatoes show receipts, ranges, and delivery terms while New York closes with wheat and corn spot marks and futures quotes.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Cream. Org
New York
Domentlc
Duluth
Chicago and Omaha Live Stock Prices Report
CATTLE Good to prime steers range up to 9.20 with top bids near 8.00. HOGS Good to prime heavy hogs around 8.30 while light grades sit near 7.00 to 8.70. Prices listed for steers cows yearlings calves and hogs across Chicago and Omaha markets with multiple quality grades and regional variations.
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Chicago
Omaha
Nob
Texas
Eniven
Wothers
Owae
Moat
The Cost of Politics in New York Campaigns
In George F. Parker reminiscences about Grover Cleveland a story on pricey politics emerges. A wealthy would-be New York gubernatorial candidate seeks William C. Whitney's counsel and is urged to spend 200000 to become hooked on the race and continue funding.
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Grover Cleveland
George F. Parker
New York
William C. Whitney
Darky on trial for bigamy in criminal court
A Walker County Messenger correspondent reports a juried bigamy case where Judge McReynolds told Crum he could only give the minimum sentence after a guilty verdict. Crum pleaded to avoid prison, expressing fear of going to the pen.
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Darky
Walker County Messenger
McReynolds
Crum
Atlanta Constitution
United States Tops Abroad in Trade With Britain in 1908
Britain imported more American goods than any other single country in 1908, with purchases totaling $620,000,000. The value exceeded combined imports from France, Germany, and Holland by about $10,000,000, according to Canada’s July trade report.
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United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Holland
Department , Trade and Commerce of
Canada
Weathered ads and quotes mix in old time paste
A garbled OCR fragment echoes old advertisements and proverbs. It references home remedies, suggests rubbing Wizard Oil on the chest for colds, notes a trade ad for hides and fur, and includes assorted maxims from Publius Syrus and C Kingsley. The text blends generic wisdom with commercial pitches and dubious health claims.
Coffee Secrets Revealed as Health Restorer
A Memphis wife recounts her invalid husband’s recovery after quitting coffee for Postum. The physician blamed coffee for stomach and heart trouble and advised Postum, which restored strength, gained thirty five pounds, and eliminated ailments. The tale promotes Postum as a healthier beverage choice.
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Memphis
Hhs
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Jack In the Box
North Pole Table Center
Teastamont
Ry Am
Asner
Gompers
United States Supreme Court
Oklahoma
MacAlester
America
Department of Agriculture
Publius Syrus
C. Kingsley
N. W
Hide & Fur Ca
Minneapolis, Minn
RM. C
Dr. M
Uncle Sam
B.F. Co
Onaha
Wawouapeh Union
BSA
Adame Beermaae
Pierce
World's Dispensary Medical Association
VV Ceu
Mayer
Mayer Trade Ark
Martha Picture
George Washington
Washington Comfort
Yerma
F. Mayer Boot & ShoeCo
Milwaukee
Wis
Wrigley
L-Douglas
Douglas
Brockton
Mass
Dougas
W. S. Dou
W.L. Dodglas
Towa Quilty
Elszabetha
Etna Boner
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