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The Hays Free Press

Location

Hays, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1902

Page

2

Kansas City and Topeka Headlines on Weather and People

In Topeka Chief Donovan slips on icy sidewalk, dislocates shoulder while patrolling. Newton sand house pipes heat sand for rail work, with a note that it makes a warm hotel for hobos. Reports from Dodge City and other towns cover injuries and local industry, including a priestly view of cattle and wheat shipments, plus a large Abilene flour export and interurban line progress. The column mentions a longtime Troy worker’s death, a baby born near Atchison, and various local incidents.

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Parole stories from convicts stir Governor Stanley remarks

Governor Stanley comments on convict narratives seeking pardon and parole during Sunday discussions. He notes some use relatives as leverage and urges cold businesslike handling rather than sentiment. The report covers health board members, university funding talks, and assorted Kansas notices.

Sunrr Conviersa Stanley

The Origin of Santa Claus in a 300th Christmas Tale

A medieval tale explains Santa Claus as Saint Nicholas saving three noble daughters by secret dowries to wed without dowries, with the King mandating unions. The saint’s hidden gifts, delivered on Christmas, inspire the modern holiday gift tradition and endow the 300th Christmas anniversary with a moral lineage.

Santa Claus Christ Child Lucan Margarita Roxana Claudia Tord Lacan Luran Sondon Nicholas Lycia Grandia Lord of Lucan St. Nicholas

Unbeliever converts by a doll in Christmas window

A girl named Toodles, once skeptical of Santa, falls in love with a doll seen in a shop window. The doll becomes her 'affinity' and she snaps from disbelief to belief after Christmas morning receives the doll, declaring, Youre right and I wuz wrong, There is a Bad Claus.

Toodles Santa Claus Toodies Lady Bountiftd Toadies Vitte Reure Lady Bountiful Goodby Sniff Lie Farth

Various Economic Updates and Policy Notes Across Nations

Markets corrected as pension bills, rail contracts, and tax debates headline a mixed panorama. The senate passed a pension bill of 134,697,000 while Reading Co moved 10,400 cars of coal weekly. Chicago bonds drew no bids. Iowa and Nebraska discuss taxes and wages. France and Venezuela claim sets, Cuba stations, and foot disease eradication funds surface amid broader fiscal moves.

Senate Reading Company Chicago Ware Focal Examining Boards Finland Internal Revenue Commissa Yerkes Rhode Island Eli Hyman Voronte San Francisco New York Germay Venezuela Seymour Conn Alvi Cuba France Nebraska Washington Hitchcock House Wington Pennsght Plaza Park New England Koonville

Across the Nation Ship Rates and a Dyer’s Fire

The article notes interstate commerce commission actions on rail rates from Chicago to New York and a proposed $400,000 wire transfer to a railroad’s penalties. It reports a fire at Mex Dyers lodging house in Siculck that destroyed property worth $152,000 and left twenty lodgers exposed in frigid weather. It also mentions diplomacy over arbitration and a British vessel in La Goura harbor.

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