Christmas Morning Stranger Becomes Reborn by A Child
A hungry tramp visits the Tracy home on Christmas morning and is fed by Mary and a brave boy named Donald. The boy reads Mother Goose to the visitor, who speaks of his mother and finds humanity again under the child’s gentle influence. A year later the man writes from an eastern city detailing his return to work and gratitude.
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Mrs. Tracy
Donald
Mery
Santa Claus
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Mother Goose
Tom
Donald Robert Tracy
Donald Robert
Garrett the Man In El Paso Appointment Surprises Texas GOP
Washington reports ex Sheriff Pat Garrett of Las Cruces New Mexico was named collector of customs at El Paso replacing Moses Dillon. The pick triggers Republican discontent if Bruce of Mineola, a former Democrat, is passed over. Garrett’s non resident status sparks objections though his fitness is conceded.
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Pat” Garrett
Las Cruces
N. M
el Paso
Moses Dillon
Garrett
Lew Wallace
Robert H. Bruce
Mineola
Texas
Christmas Stockings Across English and American Homes
The passage notes Jo England enlivens stockings at the foot of beds while in America the Wire family hangs them on the mantelpiece. Santa Claus thus avoids stairs and goes straight to the sitting room to distribute gifts.
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England
America
Santa Claus
Body found in open storm sewer at Seventh and Rusk
In Fort Worth Texas laborers discovered the body of James T Hart a Dublin millwright. He had been sandbagged robbed and thrown into the sewer after arriving from Dublin en route to Pilot Point to take charge of a new mill. Police noted a deep cut between the eyes. He carried little money.
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Rusk
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Hart
Pilot Point
Million-Dollar Bond In Texas Probate Case
Houston Texas December 13 Captain H B Rice is named permanent administrator of the estate of the late W M Rice The court approved a bond of one million dollars the largest probate bond in Texas The bond is signed by Lenoir Hunt as state agent for the United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company Captain Rice assumes full control of the Texas property as permanent administrator.
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Houston
Texas
H. B. Rice
W. M. Rice
Lenoir Hunt
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Baltimore
Captain Rice
Morgan's Cin Bill Advances Favorable Report
Washington December 13 The senate committee on isthmian canals authorized a favorable report on Senator Morgan's bill to acquire the Nicaragua route right of way from Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Senator Morgan Carter presented a report with the canal study. action on construction was deferred.
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Washington
Senate Committee On
Novel method of death in Buffalo kerosene act
George Nowakak drank nearly a quart of kerosene and attempted to set fire to the oil in Buffalo on December 13. Police reported the incident as a suicide attempt and the man was hospitalized for emergency treatment.
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George Nowakak
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