Christmas Tree at Norse Mission Christmas Tree at Norse Mission
Under Rev. Andrees Kielland a Scandinavian Christmas tree event will be held Thursday December 26 at 7 pm at the Norwegian Mission St. Francis and Water streets. Sailors from Norwegian vessels in port will attend and receive gifts. The annual event draws seamen and a large crowd, with last year’s distribution by Norwegian ladies noted.
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Andrees Kielland
St. Francis and
Water Streets
Norway
Chicago to Celebrate in the Same Old Way
Chicago officials say New Year celebrations will not be restricted this year. Chief McWeeny announced cafes and restaurants may sell drinks until 3 a m with guests admitted only until 1 a m. The stance counters protests from ministerial leagues and civic associations over New Year revelry downtown.
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Chicago
McWeeny
McWeeney
Texas Wonder Cures Kidney and Bladder Troubles
An реклам billpromotes Texas Wonder as a remedy for kidney and bladder issues including gravel diabetes and rheumatism for men and women. It claims children benefit from bladder regulation and offers mail delivery for $1.00 with a two months’ treatment per bottle. Testimonials requested from other states. Dr BE Hall 2926 Olive St St Louis MO. Sold by druggists.
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Texas Wonder
BE. W. Hall
Olive Street
St. Louis
Havana Mayor Opposes Duelling Amid Tense Dispute
General Freyre Andrade sworn in as Havana mayor vows to enforce the anti duelling law. He refused requests from Colonel Manuel Aranda and eight veterans for appointments and jailed two seconds after a heated exchange. The incident shocks elite circles and tests his stance on the code.
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Havana
Freyre Andrade
Manuel Aranda
Veterans’ Association
Aranda
Police Lieutenant Ends Life With Pistol in Cleveland
Police Lieutenant W A Mylett shot himself at the Fifth Precinct station dying instantly. A note to his wife and child cited unbearable impositions from new outside duty regulations. The 56 year old sufferer of rheumatism left the force amid retirement fears.
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Cleveland, CO
W. A. Mylett
Fifth Precinct
Mylett
Chauffeur Jim Givens Arrested After Madison Street Crash
Motorcycle Officer McKay arrested Jim Givens a gro chauffeur after a car collision that injured T. J. Cameron former saloon keeper at Madison and Royal streets Wednesday evening. Givens to have a recorder hearing Friday afternoon following a police complaint by Mr. Dameron.
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McKay
Jim Givens
T. J. Cameron
Madison and
Royal Streets
Givens
Dameron
Bicycle rider arrested after running without lights
Report says a rider was arrested Thursday night on Fruit Messenger Avenue for not having a working headlight on his bicycle. Patrolmen Helton and Mabry detained the individual identified as Barts Arab et.
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Helton and
Mabry
Barts Arab Et
Young Korean Breaks Silence on Conspiracy Link
Ok Wan Pin, youngest alleged leader in a 106-person conspiracy now on trial, testified he learned Koreans planned to assassinate Governor General Terauchi. He said cousin An Gion Kuohn proposed aid, but he declined. Pin claimed credit for saving Terauchi’s life.
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Seoul
Korea
Ok Wan Pin
Count Teratchi
An Gion Kuohn
Hirobumi Ito
Harbin
Terauchi
An Giong Kuohn
Revenue raid reels in Van Buren county impostors
Nashville telegram reports Revenue Officer W. H. Tyler recovering from a raid in Van Buren county. Jack Herrin and Jim Allison staged a mock game with a hidden officer at 3 a.m. until Herrin's voice disguise and a gun ended the joke as the pair were seized and the still destroyed.
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Nashville
Tenn
Revenue
W. H. Tyler
van Buren County
Revenue Officer
Jack Herrin
Jim Allison
Herrin
Allison
Record Heat Wave Grips Australia Cities
Sydney reports the first heat wave of the season with 122 degrees at Eucla on the south Australian border. Poma Queensland records 110, while Newcastle NSW endures the hottest spell in sixteen years with dust and windstorms. Other NSW areas affected.
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Sydney
Australia
Eucla
Poma
Queensland
New Castle
New South Wales
Chicago Women Sell Eggs At Nominal Price
Chicago club women launched a campaign to sell one million eggs at 24 cents a dozen with 6 to 10 cent discounts at 30 stations citywide. The Chicago Clean Food League bought ten carloads and planned future sales of butter meat and vegetables if successful.
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Chicago
Chicago Clean Food League
Work Begun on New Paving Venture in Dauphin Street
City engineers initiated Dauphin street improvements from Catherine to Reed avenue with a large crew at work. Excavation is progressing on the south side near Monterey for a major storm sewer. After sewer placement, grading for paving will start, with leveling of the hump between Catherine and Monterey and mild grade changes toward Macy street and Reed avenue.
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Dauphin Street
Catherine Street
Reed Avenue
Dauphin
Monterey
Wright Smith
Catherine
Macy Street
Willing to Go to Jail to Learn Language
In Kansas City a 24 year old man named Cruso asked Judge Bland for permission to enter prison for three years to study every word in an unabridged dictionary. He claimed he aimed to master spelling and definitions to pass exams before professors, and offered to incur jurisdiction by committing an offense if needed.
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Kansas City
Cruso
Ewing W. Bland
Southside
Caruso
Katsura Faces Cabinet Delays In Japan Formation
Dec 20 In Tokyo a fresh difficulty in forming Prince Katsura's new cabinet arises as Vice Admiral Baron Minoru Saito refuses to stay on as minister of marine. A successor to Saito may delay the official completion of the government.
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Tokio
Prince Taro Katsura
Baron Minoru Saito
Marine
Prince Katsura
Notable English Women Set for U S Visit
Liverpool reports Miss Violet Asquith daughter of the British premier sails from the port on the Celtic for America. The Countess of Aberdeen will join at Queenstown and both will be guests of Ambassador and Mrs Bryce in Washington.
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Liverpool
Violet Asquith
Celtic
America
Countess of Aberdeen
Ireland
Canada
Asquith
Queenstown
Ambassador
Bryce
Washington
Body of Chester Lawrence Found After Flight Crash
The body of Chester Lawrence newspaper man and companion of Horace Kearney in last Saturday’s airplane crash was recovered from the sea. A Redondo beach message identified a body found floating in an inlet nine miles south as Lawrence.
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Los Angeles
Chester Lawrence
Horace Kearney
Redondo Beach
Here
Lawrence
Bucket Brigade Rescues Whistler School From Fire
A Wednesday blaze damaged the Whistler public school roof but student bucket brigades led by Professor Fisher kept the fire from spreading. The Whistler fire department was dispatched yet not needed as the effort contained the flames.
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Whistler
Professor Fisher
Lyric Vaudeville Delights Audiences With Orchestra Feature
Lyric theater presents five vaudeville acts and three films this week. A new orchestra led by Professor Lensner provides clever music, now a hallmark of the popular house. Children’s matinee Saturday features the Livingstons and the Strauss Company. shows run daily at 3 7 46 and 9 15 p m.
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the Lyric
Lensner
Lyric Orchestra
Livingstons
Strauss Company
Mobile Theater Presents Trail of the Lonesome Pine on Stage
The Mobile theater showcases Eugene Walter's adaptation of The Trail of the Lonesome Pine tonight and tomorrow with Charlotte Walker as the hill country heroine. Klaw & Erlinger add vivid scenery and authentic Appalachian portrayal while promising six days of pictures and portraits during Christmas week.
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John Fox Jr
Lonesome Pine
June
Lonesome Cove
Eugene Walter
Klaw & Phanger
Mobile
John Fox, Jr
Charlotte Walker
Cumberland Mountains
Messrs
Klaw & Erlanger
Virginia Hills
Oberammergau Piety Spurs Worldwide Reproduction Plan
The village refuses to move their famed Passion Play but approves a pictorial reproduction for global edification in an approved manner. American Henry Elisworth has obtained this authorization.
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Elleworth
Mobile Theatre
Ellsworths
Oberammergau
Henry Elisworth
Taft Receives Christmas Gift in Washington
President Taft yesterday received a Christmas gift from an admirer in Washington. The brief note indicates the present was delivered to the White House and acknowledged by Taft during holiday observances.
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Taft
Washington
Glove Gift from Mrs. Louise Sarr Reaches United States
Mrs. Louise Sarr a 94 year old resident near Grand Rapids Michigan sent knitted gloves to the recipient in a note expressing hope they would accept her humble gift and wishing a merry Christmas. She is described as a cripple and the mother of ten children.
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Louise Sarr
Grand Rapids
Mich
United States
Noted Woman Dead DAR Leader Woodward Truesdale
Dec 20 obituary notes Woodward Truesdale former national secretary of the Daughters of the American Revolution has died at her Oakland home. She was last summer noted as the University of California's oldest registered co ed.
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San Francisco
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H. J. Cashman
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Victor Victrola IV
Eastman Kodaks
The
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Reynalds
Dauphin St
Mobile, Ala
Katsura
Eade
Mobile Theater
Dreamland
Marley
Ang - Collar &Cotroy
Joseph
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