Municipal Christmas Tree Grows In Public Favor
The piece extols municipal Christmas trees as public symbols uniting communities. It traces origins to 1912 with Mrs E D L Derreshoff and notes early trees in New York, Boston, Hartford, and San Francisco. It describes public celebrations with lights, choirs, and carols, framing the tree as the people's Christmas tree.
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E. D. L. Derreshoff
New York City
East
Manhattan
Madison Square
New York
Hartford
Conn
Statehouse
San Francisco
Golden Gate Park
Big Meeting at South Bend Plans County Republican Club
United States Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman of Illinois will headline a large banquet in South Bend Indiana on December 28 to organize a permanent St Joseph County Republican Club. Paul Frankel says 500 voters have pledged membership.
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South Bend
Ind
United States
Lawrence Y. Sherman
Ilinois
St. Joseph County
Republican Club
Paul Frankel
Willis Says Progressives May Be Short-Lived
A. W. Willis of Winchester writes to Indiana Republican leader Will H. Hays that he left the GOP in 1912 after being a persistent fighter and that the progressive cause is waning due to labor conditions. He urges laboring men to revive industry in 1917 by reopening factories and keeping wheels turning day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Will H. Hays
A. W. Willis
Winchester
Randolph County Progressive Committee
United States
Postpone Murder Trial in Gibbons Case Overtoe Nail Claim
The murder trial of Mrs. Myrtle Gibbons is postponed amid claims regarding a self defense assertion. The July killing and alleged sensational prior relations with Smith are cited as context for the delayed proceedings slated for January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Gibbons
Gibbons
Smith
Sullivan High School Class of 1914 Reception
The 1914 graduating class will hold a reception and reunion at Ben Hur hall on New Year’s night. Invitations go to alumni and the class invites each member to bring a guest. The 1914 class was the largest in southern Indiana with 66 members.
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Sullivan High School
Ben Hur Hall
Alumni Association
Indiana
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Star of Bethlehem
Porto
Fron
Stee
Malaga
Bull Moose
Citizens Trust Co
Landis
OUR Christmas Savings Club
Noacr
Listigail AL
St OF WiItsh
Ito
Pierre of
Mgraint
Alexis
Russia
Czarevitch
Issum
Progsuyads
Aezy Pues Utas
Otin
Edpe -Jaony
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Interurban
Hise Eines
Sullivan
Terre Haute
Aa. m
Youngstown
Pimento
The
National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank of District No. 8
L. Davis
J. K. Smock
H.W. Davis
E. D. Davis
W. H. Burks
Washington and
Main Streets
Bucklen’s
Arnica
Laurent & Thompson Attorneys At Law Aid
Shelburn, In
S. Awhoe
Luss
Buck
Decca
Whittemore Bros. & CO
Albany Street
Cambridge
Mass
Ohl! and Laverst
M. A. Baddon Real Estate
Watson’s
North Side Square
C. T. Howard
Indiana Veterinary College
Parks & Knotts Barn
Sullivan, Indiana
Parker
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