Uncle Kriss the heart of the Christmas city tale
A nostalgic portrait of Uncle Kriss who directs town Christmas festivities in a city famed as the Christmas city. He gathers wreath berries, oversees wreath making, and ensures every child has a tree and comfort, promoting charity and community as Christmas bells ring.
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Christmas City
Uncle le Kriss
Uncle Kriss
Weture
Santa Claus
M&m
Eliy
Wests
Merry Christmas Words Spark Warmth Across Hearts
A poet describes the power of the words Merry Christmas to share joy and lift burdens. The passage reflects on friendship, happiness, and the magic of seasonal greetings, while noting a Paris dressmaker's ink splashes on elegant gowns.
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Paris
Miscellany of Odd Global Incidents and Local Folly
A string of short notes recounts divorces and disputes in Des Moines and Pawtucket, burglars boring doors in Toone and Oak Park, a cow sopping breakfast in Elgin, purse thefts in Chicago, and fires from a cigarette in Racine. Elsewhere trawler sustenance, beetle-leg jewelry, and long-lived London life stories illustrate a satirical collage of 1920s era curios.
Jenson testifies in Chicago case against Hans Rydam
Jenson of Chicago testified against Hans Rydam in a local hearing and was fined fifty dollars for the cited offense.
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Jenson
Chicago
Hans Rydam
Long Distance Rates Cut Again By Bell System
The fourth reduction in long distance telephone rates in just over three years will take effect January 1. The move saves about five million dollars for U S telephone users and mainly affects day station-to-station calls for distances of 60 to 300 miles. Person-to-person and evening night station-to-station calls see little change, with minor reductions in some cases. The Bell system notes total annual savings reach nearly fifteen million dollars from four reductions since 1926.
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J. C. Pinson
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
United States
Bell System
Construction encroaches with new underground cable network
A southwestern expansion builds a fifty million dollar underground cable system to link principal cities. The text notes higher overhead facilities and faster call handling, with a figure of $352.05 cited by Mr. Pinson as a cost example.
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Mr. Pinson Lestimet
September to May Fitness Promise for Winter Treasures
A seasonal note encourages staying fit through the end of summer and into autumn to enjoy a prosperous winter season full of treasures and happiness.
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William L.gaston
H. M. Trocter
Bradford
Eng
Merry
Katherine Edelman
Geo. W. Connell Insurance
Stamford State Bank
Mary C. Hell
Des Moines
Iowa
George P. Hell
Toone, Tenn
Herbert Johanson
Racine
Wis
Oak Park
Elgin
Gormel
Murmansk
G. L. Sheldon
London
H. M. Lee
Manchester
Edward Kendal
Malmesbury
South Africa
Susie Been
Arthur and
Joseph Mallon
Birkenhead
Health Department of
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Eunice Calston
James Horton
Australia
David Searles
Glasgow
Ethel Payton
St. Louis
Thomas Olley
East Horsham
James Alben
Plymouth
Nantes
France
Mary Patterson
J. C. Lorman
Frederick Lester
John Arnold Wallinger
Henry Robinson
Belfast
Thomas H. Kelly
Norwich
Miss Edith
Bryant-Link Co
North Side Square
the Greyhounds
Strauss Dry Goods Company
Stamford
Hamlin
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