City Christmas Tree Brings Laughs and Memories to Downtown
The municipal Christmas tree stands as a shared memory maker for all ages. It stirs thoughts of childhood, culture, and the city’s heart as Santa and community members glimpse its lights, while the festive scene evokes both nostalgia and quiet ache in observers.
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Tipe
Santa
mMiung
Kriss Kringle
Chicago
Planns
Municipal Christmas Tree Association
Philadelphia Seeks Citys Finest Christmas Tree for Children
City officials and the Child Federation plan a sixty five foot high tree for Philadelphia children. Nurserymen doubt availability but a Maine scout reports a perfect specimen found. Mayor Blankenburg pledges help as scouts search forests within five hundred miles for the ideal evergreen.
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Philadelphia
Child Federation
Federation
Maine
Blankenburg
New Year's Cakes From Plain to Almond Cookies
New Year cakes for children include Fruit Cakes Cocoanut Jumbles and Almond Cookies. Recipes use butter sugar flour and baking powder with eggs milk and flavorings. Almond Cakes feature almond icing and blanched almonds for a festive touch.
Fried and Braised Celeriac and Celery Entrees
Instructions describe fried celery in batter and deep fat with a sauce, braised celery with butter stock and toast, and celery tumblers made from white celery root and heart blended with butter, flour, milk, eggs, Parmesan, and cream sauce.
Poultry Care Tips From Folk Practice
Practical notes on chicken care including feeding with char coal from cornels, kerosene and lard for scaly faces, keeping clean water for hens, using ratyesitan ker. Handle winter and summer water needs, destroy severely sick birds, and separate ill birds from the flock.
Fresh air prevents roup in poultry study says
A National Stockman correspondent reports that close confinement and poor ventilation cause colds and roup in poultry. Experiments show fresh air without drafts greatly reduces illness, with two sick fowls improving in a nearly open front coop after four weeks, regaining bright combs and vitality.
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National Stockman
Egg story travels from Carlisle to England across war time
The Carlisle News recounts a Carlisle pair J Gordon Hackney and Ralph Smith packing eggs in 1912. A 1914 note from Miss Atlanta Burton in Chesterton England describes wartime egg scarcity, pricing, and local aid to German prisoners in Newcastle, with reflections on Belgium repatriation and U S Britain relations.
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Carlisle
Carlisle News
J. Gordon Hackney
Ralph Smith
Hackney
Atlanta Burton
Chesterton
England
Burton
Packer
Liverpool
London
Great Britain
Belgium
Newcastle
Niagara Falls
Cincinnati
Chesapeake River
Atlantic Seaboard
Jonathan
Plymouth
Feeding Hens with Green Mangel Beets and Sprouted Grain
For best egg production hens need succulent green material plus grain. In winter mangel beets stored from summer provide greens, or sprouted grain such as oats. Store beets to prevent freezing and feed grain sprouts when they reach about three inches.
Poultry in Basement Barn Hangings Fail to Grow Lively
In a basement barn experiment two fowls were housed in a hanging coop over sheep to save space. Warmth came at the cost of ventilation, leading to persistent colds for weeks. Despite multiple treatments the birds never laid and only recovered by early spring.
Bone graft repairs arm using leg bone at Chicago hospital
Rudolph Wernz, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Wernz of Fairbanks township, had an unusual operation in a Chicago hospital. After both arms were broken earlier one failed to heal, a piece of bone was removed from his leg and grafted to the arm. The surgery is rare but reported very successful.
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Rudolph Wernz
Fred Wernz
Fairbanks Township
Chicago
Weather of a Week in Farmersburg County
Weather summary for Farmersburg by Carrie Yeager for the week ending December 20 reports daily clear to cloudy conditions with high temperatures from 14 to 35 and low from 1 to 23 degrees. Rainfall totaled 49 inches on the 19th and a trace on the 20th with two days of sun.
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Farmersburg
Carrie Yeager
Real Winter Weather Hits Sullivan and Vicinity
Snow fell last week and again Saturday night into Sunday. Sleet and rain followed Sunday afternoon and night, leaving thoroughfares and sidewalks covered with heavy icy snow and sleet. Pedestrians mostly use the middle of the road for walking.
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Sullivan
Encampment Work Progress At Golden Rule Degree Meeting
Navillus Encampment No 105 of the Odd Fellows held work in the Golden Rule degree last Monday night. A special session is planned next Monday with Royal Purple degree work. All members are invited to attend. I S Draper C P and N Davis Scribe.
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Navillus
Oo. C. F
Draper
C. P. Cc
N. Davis
Scribe
Advertised Letters List From Sullivan Post Office 1914
In Sullivan Indiana on December 23 1914 letters remain unclaimed and will be sent to the Dead Letter Office if not called within two weeks. Ladies list includes Mrs Cora Brown Miss Manda Dale Estis and Helen. Gents list includes Frank Black Jakie Dean C R Bortner Bright MacGranahan Os Stivers Floyd Watson Wm Weymeier Chris Weymeier Charles. Callers should mention advertised and pay one cent per letter. Postal message from W F Aydelotte P M.
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Sullivan, Ind
Hobson Prohibition Resolution Fails To Pass House
The Hobson national prohibition resolution was submitted yesterday and received a majority of eight but failed to carry as it requires a two thirds vote. Cullop voted against it in the house.
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House of Representatives
Husband seeks election of one third of estate under will
The will of Luna Linn Brewer of Shelburn, who died earlier, is filed in circuit court with Sullivan County Loan & Trust Company named executor. Esther Riggs, deceased, is bequeathed the Shelburn lot and Masonic hall, remainder to Naoma L. Wolfe of Galena Kansas and Lucida Bennett of Sheridan Indiana. Charles M. Brewer seeks election to take one third after debts are paid.
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Luna Linn Brewer
Shelburn
Sullivan County Loan & Trust Company
Esther Riggs
Masonic Hall
Naoma L. Wolfe
Galena
Kas
Lucida Bennett
Sheridan
Ind
Charles M. Brewer
Dry Mash Feeding For Fowl Care
A dry mash trough helps avoid overfeeding and underfeeding by offering a ground grain and bran mix for hens to eat at will. If consumption rises, close the trough for half the day to prevent waste and ensure careful use of the feed.
Prolific Indian Runner Duck Sets Egg Record
John Slade of Malvern Pennsylvania owns an Indian runner duck that reportedly laid 358 eggs in 868 days, marking an extraordinary production pace with only seven no egg days in a year. The record is certified as the largest egg yield by any fowl in a near two year span.
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John Slade
Malvern
Will of William M. Denney Filed for Probate in Circuit Court
The will of the late county clerk William M. Denney, executed in 1913, names Isaac H. Kalley as executor and directs sale of real and most personal property to pay debts. The widow receives household effects in life use of one third of the estate, with remainder to children and grandchildren. E A Billman serves as trustee for a daughter until she turns twenty one.
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WM. M. Denney
William M. Denney
Wm. H. Crowder, Jr
R. O. Cramer
Isaac H. Kalley
E. A. Billman
Clubleigh and Tip Pleton Exchange Home Life Quip
Quips about domestic life surface as Clubleigh and Tip Pleton joke about spouses and late arrivals. The banter highlights humor on marriage and communication in a lighthearted social item.
Williams Brothers Enter Vaudeville in Hymera
Four Williams brothers son of Rev and Mrs W J Williams from Hymera enter vaudeville with Jack Howard. They will perform a mixed program of standard operatic and popular airs featuring saxophone quartette trombone unison solos and quartette singing before hitting the road.
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Hymera
W. J. Williams
Herbert
Wesley
Lloyd
Tom
Jack Howard
Williams Boys
Tom and Herbert
Kind Hearted Soncrintone Delays Sale of Iron Wood
The superintendent of a repcefa turing plant in the United States delayed the sale of a set of iron for more than a year while workers nurtured a nest of young ibers raised to maturity. The narrator notes the plant’s unusual care for the nest and its resolve to ensure they could take care of themselves.
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Tates
Eastern Star Reception Honors Martha Zoecher Visit
The Sulivan Chapter of Eastern Star hosted a Monday evening reception for Martha Zoecher of Indianapolis Worthy Grand Matron of the state An early female attorney in Indiana. Four candidates were initiated into the order.
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Eastern Star
Sulivan Chapter
Martha Zoecher
Indianapolis
Don't See Grouch Musing on Death at Connecticut Corner
An old Connecticut farmer jokes about how the best way to die would be to have something tickle him as he nears the end. The group debates mortality with humor, noting it doesn't cost more to be pleased than ill tempered.
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Connecticut
Ginis Creniss
Injury Report At Hoosier Bargain Store On Icy Pavement
Miss Lola Lisman a clerk at the Hoosier Bargain Store slipped on the icy pavement around noon Monday and severely sprained her right arm at the elbow. Richard Park county superintendent is at the Morgan county institute sessions in Martinsville this week. The Union notes subscription favors from M O Parks of Denver once with George Parks & Son and later with H K Ross, a dry goods businessman now moved to Colorado.
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Lola Lisman
Hoosier
Richard Park
Morgan County Institute
Martinsville
M. O. Parks
Denver
George Parks & Son
Appointment of Executor for William M. Denney Estate
Isaac H. Kalleby named executor of William M. Denney estate of Sullivan County Indiana. Estate claimed solvent. Attorney Isaac H. Kalley notes first insertion December 28, 1914.
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William M. Denney
Sullivan County
Indiana
Isaac H. Kalleby
Isaac H. Kalley
Civil Service Examinations Announced for January
The Civil Service Commission in Washington D C lists exams for January 5 6 and 20 1915 with salaries from 4 00 per diem to 3600 per year and positions including gas waste engineer band leader steno type preparator and inspector of weights and measures Men only unless otherwise noted Information on exam locations and applications is available from the Civil Service Commission or L L Earhart Cincinnati and Beryl Billman visiting home from medical college in Cincinnati for the holiday with his parents.
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Cook
United States Civil Service
Sawyer
Civil Service Commission
Washington, D. C
Froml. L. Earhart
Dist
P.O
Cincinnati
Ohio
Medical College
James M.billman
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Izes
Julius Patry
Beryl Billman
DR. Lindley
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