Edgeworth tobacco gift idea for Christmas shipments
A humorous guide to gifting pipe tobacco for men, praising Edgeworth as a safe, versatile choice. It urges women to buy Edgeworth in 16 ounce jars for $1.65, offers to ship jars with Christmas boxes and greeting cards, and notes Larus & Brother Co for retailers to obtain Edgeworth by parcel post with prepaid options.
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Edgeworth
Larus & Brother Company
South 21St Street
Richmond
Vale
Glove magnate quotes in tariff debate as clever parable
In a tariff discussion a glove magnate cites a proverb framed as a witty exchange. A young man tells a young woman he doubts she will marry him. She replies she has been engaged to eight men but never married any. The tale undercuts claims with humor.
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George
Cascarets for Liver and Bowel Health Ad
A brief ad notes Cascarets for liver and bowel care priced at 10 cents a box. Claims include curing biliousness constipation sick headache and indigestion. Drug stores carry the product. The snippet also contains a quoted boast about a distinguished guest.
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Carter
Snow Baby at Their Door Brightens Lonely Couple
A Christmas Eve tale from 1929 follows Warren and his wife Tucker, who longed to share happiness. They discover an abandoned baby at their door, felt divinely moved, and decide to raise the child to fill their emptiness and honor their missing daughter in distant city life.
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Tuckers
Warren
Ethel
Christmas Eve Nut Cake Heist at Parsonage
A 1923 Western Newspaper Union item recalls five year old Frances stealing a nut cake with orange icing for Santa. The minister catches her at the hearth as she places the cake in the ashes, asking if Santa will appreciate the gift. Santa later takes the cake, leaving crumbs as proof.
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Miss
Bob
Grandma’s
Father
Frances
Mother
Santa Claus
Santa
Western Newspaper Union
Christmas Season Poem by Agnes Meyer Hucks
A festive Victorian tone celebrates giving and fellowship during Christmas. The poem urges generosity to the poor and remembrance of the elderly, the vulnerable, and those who have suffered misfortune, ending with a communal, forgiving Christmas chorus.
Message From Santa Claus Rears Cheer In Verse
Christmas time is drawing near says Father Santa Claus. He plans to harness his reindeer and travel to America with heaps of dolls and toys. He urges care that all gifts go to good girls and boys.
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Santa Claus
America
M. Stephenson
Congress Unleashes Bill Deluge After Organizing
Washington reports a flood of proposals as the new Congress begins, with lawmakers introducing immigration limits, railroad commission powers, cotton futures rules, and a host of executive and constitutional reform measures. Notable names include Lodge Capper Moses Dial Dill Harris Wadsworth Spence and Crisp. The actions target labor, tariffs, pensions, and governance structure, signaling a busy session ahead.
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Washington
House
Congress
Johnson
Immigration Committee
Lodge
Massachusetts
Capper
Kansas
Senate
Moses
Republican
New Hampshire
United States
Cameron
Arizona
Department of Mines
Oddie
Nevada
Harris
Democrat
Georgia
Dial
South Carolina
Dill
Near East Relief Fund
Wadsworth
New York
Spencer
Missouri
McCormick
Llinois
Capital of Representatives
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Shortridge
California
Crisp
French aviator Georges Vexenot sentenced for murder
Houston, Texas. Georges Vexenot, former French infantryman and aviator, confessed murdering his sweetheart. A criminal district court jury on Wednesday sentenced him to life in the Texas penitentiary rather than the electric chair.
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Houston
Tex
Georges Vexenot
Criminal District Court
Texas
Hester Reappointed Secretary at New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Henry G. Hester was re-elected secretary and superintendent of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange at the board meeting in New Orleans, securing the position for the fifty fourth consecutive year.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Cotton Exchange
Henry G. Hester
Texas City Channel gets $60,000 allotment from 1924 funds
The board of army engineers on Wednesday announced an allotment of sixty thousand dollars from the 1924 appropriations to the Texas City Channel project.
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Texas City Channel
Washington
Board of Army Engineers
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Cascara
Qouinine
Snow Baby
By Laura Elaine Cameron
Aarren
Tucker
Ethel Cook Eliot
Hester
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Co
Detroit, Michigan
General Motors Corporation
Flint
Michigan
A. Lawrence -Toombs & Sons
Fletcher
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