Christmas Eve Tensions at Temple Dene Beset by Old Wounds
In Temple Dene, Christmas preparations heighten stress among the Tem ples family as Gervis returns with his bride Gladdy and a famed scientist Ansdell arrives. Leila, Syb, and Lady Jane navigate love, sacrifice, and looming revelations while old loyalties collide with new ties. Leila contemplates her lost romance as Gladdy struggles with loneliness and the house buzzes with guests and gossip.
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Temple-Dene
Jane
Gervis
Francis
Leila Descoeew
Francis Temsien
Leila
Lord Jesus Christ
Lella
Syb
Syd
Lady Jane
London
Mr. Ansdell
Temple Dene
Rempse
Gladdy
Aila
Sybil
Fruit Flies Explain How to Prevent Canning Infestations
A Nebraska dispatch explains fruit fly larvae in imperfectly sealed fall fruit jars. The insects, attracted to vinegar odor, hatch on exposed fruit and may infest can tops unless air tight seals are used. Pyrethrum canning is recommended to rid an area of the pests.
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George Edwin Black
Indianapolis News
Veterinary Surgeons Bemoan Decline in Animal Care
Veterinary surgeons complain of hard luck as modern transit and automobiles reduce demand for horse and animal care. They warn of overabundance of surgeons if trends continue, comparing the situation to horse shortages.
Automobile clubs count rises to thirteen nationwide
There are at present thirteen incorporated automobile clubs in the United States, marking a growing network of organized motor enthusiasts and advocacy groups across the nation.
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Automobile Clubs
The
United
Chicago Sees 29 Sudden Deaths Amid Weather Swings
Chicago records twenty nine sudden deaths over a short span as extreme weather and temperature shifts are blamed for the fatalities. The rising toll highlights health risks tied to rapid climate changes.
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Godden
Chicago
Farmer Returns Government Seeds Over Private Use Warning
A Missouri farmer received seed from the Department of Agriculture in an envelope marked Penalty for private use $300. He sent back the seeds and a note asserting he had not used them and faced no fine.
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Missouri
Department of Agriculture
Measuring and Weighing in Buenos Aires Butchers
The text notes that in Buenos Ayres meat is sold in piles by eye, allowing buyers to judge quantity and quality without weighing. It mentions butchers do not sell by weight but by chunks, highlighting local practice and pricing method.
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Buenos Ayres
Young Turkish Consul's Two and a Half Year Old Officer
A Persian Turanian tale reports the youngest officer in the world as the son of the Turkish consul general in Taurus Persia. At only two and a half years old he has drawn attention after his mother met with the Persian crown princess.
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Oleson
Cuming County
Lincoln
Fremont
Senate
Gleson
Lindell
Taurus
Persia
Honors for Dead Senator Draw Vast Minnesota Crowd
Nearly 20,000 mourners lined a long procession for the senator's funeral. Military escort from the Minnesota National Guard and police accompanied the coffin to the capitol where dignitaries and citizens from all walks of life viewed the body in somber arrangements.
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Minnesota
Minnesota National Guard
M. L. Merrill
Minnesota Volunteers
Allen
Towne Arrives To Quell Smallpox Spread In Nebraska
Special in Sioux City reports Dr Hi R Towne of the Nebraska state health board arriving amid an outbreak with 130 smallpox cases in Decatur Nebraska and nearby towns. Officials hope the disease is now under control though reservations like Omaha and Winnebago may pose greater challenges. A few deaths are noted and Cuban itch is claimed by some as a worse affliction.
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Lincoln, Neb
Braska
Dietrich
Sioux City
Towa
Decatur
Neb
Hi. R. Towne
Omaha
Nebraska State Board’ of Health
Tkis
Nebraska
Winnebago
Towne
Woman Identifies Suspect in Cedar Rapids Attacks
Mrs Litter of Cedar Rapids Iowa who lost her husband to a fatal shooting and was herself fatally shot by a foot pad on November 30 identified George Anderson as the assailant. The coroner's jury urged that Anderson be held without bail.
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Diana
Paul
Europe
England
Diana Andsell
Paul Andrell
Litter
Cedar- Rapids
Iowa
George Anderson
Pleads Guilty to Larceny in Nebraska Case
Julius Thandel, charged with burglary and petit larceny in Columbus Nebraska, after a twenty six hour jury deliberation and discharge for lack of verdict likelihood, pleaded guilty to petit larceny before Judge Grimison and received the maximum penalty under the 1873 law, thirty days in the county jail.
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Julius Thandel
Columbus
Neb
Grimison
Bold cattle theft shocks Indiana near Renusalaer
Logansport dispatch reports the boldest cattle theft in Indiana six miles from Renusalaer. Rustlers allegedly hit Alfred McCoy’s ranches, drove cattle to awaiting cars, and shipped them to Chicago. McCoy estimates losses at 8000 dollars. no clue has been found.
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Logansport
Ind
Indiana
Renusalaer
Alfred McCoy
Chicago
McCoy
Nation Sentenced to Four Years for Union Burglary
William Nation was convicted of burglary by a district court jury in Plattsmouth and sentenced to four years at hard labor in the penitentiary by Judge Jessen. Nation burglarized a store at Union. An attorney motion for a new trial was refused.
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William Nation
Plattsmouth
Jessen
Nation
Union
Maybrick Case Still Pending at London Embassy
Officials of the United States embassy in London say they have not received instructions to take further steps for the release of Mrs. Florence Maybrick, who is serving a life sentence for poisoning her husband.
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United States
London
Florence Maybrick
New Company Formed to Run Independence Cotton Mill
Report of a new company organized to operate the Independence cotton mill. Also notes cattle dying rapidly near Callaway from eating cornstalks after a ranchman near there moved fodder to his herd, with twenty five dead in one corral within an hour.
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Independence
Callaway
Hia
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